Planes hiding in the bushes - is it a joke?

[pupo162]

Originally Posted by reflected

I flew some online sessions in CloD, and my jaw dropped when I realized that many people use the same defensive maneuver, that is, they dive down under tree level where they can't be seen because one can't collide with trees.

Seriously? *couldn't find a WTF smiley*

you could blame me for this i guess. i have tress off for performance, so i have no ideia were the trees are.

And that's probably why we do not have a collision model - because ppl can turn them off.

Solution would be to implement performance-friendly (simple looking) trees as option, remove the "tree-off" option (after proof that these don't impede performance for weaker machines) and equip all trees with a collision model.

My guess however is that we will have collision models only in a couple of years when the weaker machines have disappeared or have become marginal.

[reflected]

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Stormcrow

And that's probably why we do not have a collision model - because ppl can turn them off.

Solution would be to implement performance-friendly (simple looking) trees as option, remove the "tree-off" option (after proof that these don't impede performance for weaker machines) and equip all trees with a collision model.

My guess however is that we will have collision models only in a couple of years when the weaker machines have disappeared or have become marginal.

Err...you're saying this as if it was an impossible task to develop trees that look good, have a collision model and have no impact on performance, and nobody has done it before..

Try RoF for instance.

I am not overwhelmed by the trees in RoF, that's all. I like the CoD trees better except that they don't have a damage model right now.

It is true that RoF fixed basically their performance issues that they had initially (remember the I've-got-stutters-threads in the Rof Forum?). But I also think that CoD has the edge in terms of graphics right now and I even don't run it yet on max settings.

BTW: I do not have any performance issues with trees at all in CoD. Some seem to have though.

[Frache]

People dive because it is so much easier to see a plane above you than below in game. Planes can literally disappear to me when they cross under the horizon and its a major turn off to me in the sim.

[CWMV]

How is that a turn off?
Only time I end up on the deck is when I've decided to leave the battle. Full throttle on the deck flying back to France!

[Skoshi Tiger]

There are many reasons people dive away in combat.

One may be to disengage from combat. Either your hoping that you'll get lost in the ground clutter and your opponent will loose contact with you or that they don't want to loose their height advantage.

The other may be that they're working with a squad mate and they're trying to get you to chase after them so their squad mate can get you when your engrossed in trying to get that kill.

I personally don't fly with trees on because the flickering shadows and hit to the frame rate. I'm sure there will be less flying through trees when they sort out those issue

Cheers

[reflected]

Originally Posted by Frache

People dive because it is so much easier to see a plane above you than below in game. Planes can literally disappear to me when they cross under the horizon and its a major turn off to me in the sim.

+100000000

BTW I don't usually fly low, buti t was a case of a scrabmle, a 109 attacknig the airfield. As soon as I took off and got behind him, he hid in the trees.

[klem]

Originally Posted by Frache

People dive because it is so much easier to see a plane above you than below in game. Planes can literally disappear to me when they cross under the horizon and its a major turn off to me in the sim.

Its called camouflage

[patrat1]

its more like a klingon cloaking device than camouflage.