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Posted: 2007-03-25 23:48
by trogdor1289
What do you mean by mine alarm?

Posted: 2007-03-25 23:49
by Wasteland
The red square that appears when you're near a mine.

Posted: 2007-03-25 23:58
by trogdor1289
Either it is hardcoded or else the devs have a good reason for it.

Posted: 2007-03-26 00:45
by youm0nt
If the mine alarm gets removed, then maybe you guys can add the "enemy mine spotted" to the commo rose some how

Posted: 2007-03-26 00:48
by Raniak
You only see the "mine alarm" when near friendly mines, it's to prevent teamkill...

well... I think...

Posted: 2007-03-26 00:48
by DarkTalon
I say id it isn't hardcoded get rid of it as fast as you can.
first off, friendly mine accidents are a real threat, secondly there will be more communication between the commanders and engineers.

Posted: 2007-03-26 01:15
by RikiRude
We definatly won't remove it, IRL you know where your friendly minefields are.

Posted: 2007-03-26 01:16
by 77SiCaRiO77
yeah but sometimes i see the red square when im near a enemy mine , that isnt very realistic

Posted: 2007-03-26 01:33
by causticbeat
how do you know its an enemy mine?

Posted: 2007-03-26 01:47
by RikiRude
lets just assume the engs have mine detectors of some sort haah. I don't know how to fix THAT.

Posted: 2007-03-26 07:34
by Expendable Grunt
Fishw0rk wrote:Engineers (and I think Crewman also) see the red X box near enemy mines. Its like that in vBF2 as well.

I've never seen that...

Posted: 2007-03-26 10:40
by El_Vikingo
I have the 3D map off most of the time, only turn it on when I need to check things( position and such).

It looks like shit when you have flag markers everywhere.
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Mines are only a problem when people mine their own bases, which I call stupidity, which happens too often.

Mines are to prevent the enemy armour to move to places we don't want them to move.

Mines in BF2 are a joke.

Even if you warn in team chat in CAPITALS, which I've never seen, people won't notice it.

Posted: 2007-03-26 15:42
by mammikoura
'[R-DEV wrote:Riki_Rude_BTYC']IRL you know where your friendly minefields are.
let me correct you, IRL you know where your friendly minefields are if someone tells you. AFAIK people can't magically detect if there is a friendly mine next to them.

I think that's how it should be in the game too, maybe if possible add a marker to the map on every friendly mine, but the red skull should go.

Posted: 2007-03-26 15:43
by Wasteland
IRL you have a vast logistical network to make sure you know.

Posted: 2007-03-26 16:54
by Hides-His-Eyes
'[R-DEV wrote:Riki_Rude_BTYC']We definatly won't remove it, IRL you know where your friendly minefields are.
Absolutely.

THere is no way in hell any PR team could be co-ordinated enough to place mines, tell their squad leader to tells the commander who tells the other SLs who tell all their troops who all remember.

Posted: 2007-03-26 16:58
by El_Vikingo
Hides-His-Eyes wrote:THere is no way in hell any PR team could be co-ordinated enough to place mines
I'm sure they could, but would the players remember?