Smoke and fire?

[bongodriver]

No, I saw black smoke and fire yesterday, but have noticed a lack of hit sounds on my aircraft....got shot down twice without even knowing I was taking hits.

[pstyle]

I see it often. Maybe 3/5 kills?

Vapour/ fuel trails are more frequent. Perhaps 9/10.

Seems the only place you get fire/smoke from is the engine.. can anyone confirm?
Other parts (fuel tank, coolant etc) seem to vent the white vapour.

[furbs]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

No, I saw black smoke and fire yesterday, but have noticed a lack of hit sounds on my aircraft....got shot down twice without even knowing I was taking hits.

I found if i turn up the sound in CLOD, then turn in down in windows mixer i hear it more often.

Hmmm...anyone got a pic of this black smoke online? im talking about thick black smoke, ive seen the wispy oil smoke.

[Bounder!]

Originally Posted by furbs

I found if i turn up the sound in CLOD, then turn in down in windows mixer i hear it more often.

I do this too and it definitely helps with hearing a/c hits although I don't always hear flack hits.

I do see both allied and axis fighters trailing black smoke/catching fire as they go down but it isn't as often as it used to be. Last night on ATAG I did see a Spit 2a take damage and his wing caught fire rather spectacularly and thick black smoke poured out of his wing so fires aren't limited to the engine. In general though you tend to see white vapor from water radiator damage and thin black vapor from oil leaks more often than thick black smoke from fire.

[JG52Krupi]

I got banged by 5 spits the other night and was pouring black smoke on fire and had to bail.

Looked good but when the aircraft got to a certain distance the smoke stopped showing, hope they improve this in the sequel...

[macro]

Have you checkef that you effects settings in options isnt set to low?