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Shots on helicopter

Posted: 2009-01-22 01:42
by xcanadiansoldier
When rpg or something hits a helicopter. It usually can stay alive. in the game it usually just blows up

Re: Shots on helicopter

Posted: 2009-01-22 01:44
by Rudd
yes, there is a good thread around here saying hp should be increased but critical damage should also be used

Re: Shots on helicopter

Posted: 2009-01-22 02:16
by charliegrs
what would be ideal is locational damage. you hit a chopper in the tail rotor, it will start to spin out of control. hit the engines, and it loses alot of power and you will have to limp it home before you crash. however i dont think these things are possible in the BF2 engine.

Re: Shots on helicopter

Posted: 2009-01-22 02:40
by Rudd
what would be ideal is locational damage. you hit a chopper in the tail rotor, it will start to spin out of control. hit the engines, and it loses alot of power and you will have to limp it home before you crash. however i dont think these things are possible in the BF2 engine.
on local yes, dedicated it is spotty

Re: Shots on helicopter

Posted: 2009-01-22 03:35
by Expendable Grunt
They had location based damage back in .5, or at the least something that resembles it. It caused server problems and didn't always work.

Re: Shots on helicopter

Posted: 2009-01-22 03:39
by waldo_ii
Someone, a week or two ago, posted in the suggestion forums about raising helicopter health and the damage threshold so that the same amount of damage as now will weaken the helicopter to the point where it will cease to have necessary functionality, but will survive long enough for it to crash on the ground and have everyone have at least a chance of escaping.


*hint*maybethedevsaddedthatinatlastsecondbecausethecodewasevengiventoyouandevenitheuninteligentnubcouldlikelyfigureouthowtodoitthroughtrialanderrorinexploringtheprmodfilesforthehelicoptersandthenreplacingafewnumberswithsomebiggerones*/hint*

Re: Shots on helicopter

Posted: 2009-01-22 05:06
by orlandolukas
well. 85 is outsoon and what ever changed is already there. Cant wait too see.

Re: Shots on helicopter

Posted: 2009-01-22 06:07
by Doom721
Last I heard...

There was things like "dynamic crashes" and loss of control of air vehicles after being hit, but it caused issues ( python? ) and didn't work

Though I remember hearing it **did** work on a local server.... don't quote me im going off memory :P