Jeep ack range - Why was it INCREASED of all things??

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  1. Red Ant

    Red Ant Well-Known Member

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    Wouldn't it have made more sense to DECREASE it instead?
     
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    how long is ack range now? or do you mean hmack range? How long is hmack range? How long planes bullets range? d7? d8? ack d6? d10?
     
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    Tonight I got shot down by a jeep firing from a distance of D17. I've heard people complain about getting shot down at even longer ranges. I'm preeeeetty sure jeep range was limited to a lower value a few months back.
     
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    aaa range cannot be changed without new fhl version.
    currently it has 480m/sec of muzzle velocity and 3.00 sec of projectile life.

    you can try to calculate the range with some ballistic calculator.

    if you prove that 3.00 sec is too long, we can decrease the value in incoming fhl version.
     
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    Hmm, well if that's true, hitting me from D17 shouldn't have been possible at all. Even if we unrealistically assume that the projectile travels on an a 100% flat trajectory and maintains a constant 480 m/s until it vanishes, it couldn't possibly reach further than 3 x 480 m / s = 1440 m.
    D17 corresponds to 1700 yards (right??), which is the equivalent of 1554.48 m. And I didn't just guess the distance; the game printed it to my radio buffer when the shell hit my plane.

    Are you 100% sure about those muzzle velocity / life time values?
     
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    excuse me...
    480 rpm.
    my fault.

    but 722m/s.
    and yes, 3000ms.
     
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    How long is planes bullet's range? in D's D6? D7?

    I'd like to know, since stupid to waste ammo shooting from too far...

    -ty in advance
     
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    I'm very disappointed with the increased PK's as well which seem to affect the P38 worse. One ping/hit and PK. Last weekend it happened and happened last week. I highly doubt that these D12, D15 hits will cause a pilot kill in any situation, even for aaa. I've been pummeled with up to 25 x 20mm rounds and have both wings fall off and rfuselage but, one ping/hit from jeep or aaa cause a PK.
     
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    same shooter?
     
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    25 hits from the same shooter, yes. Most times it's random but, PK situations are more often from jeepacks, with one ping/hit.
     
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    My thought is that when a fighter pilot is on my tail and close enough to hit at say D2-D4, those hits are more precise and could cause a PK rather than a hit from aaa or jeepack which are stationary and further distance. A PK is a hit that hit the small sweet spot in the damage model. They can't be that precise. I shoot at closer range on fighters and don't get PK's unless I'm lucky.
     
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    3 tracks with gustat on, and pk-cheater will be banned
     
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    There is a PK cheater?
    Sorry.
     
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    I didn't know it was possible to get a PK on someone using a cheat method. Or are you just being funny?
     
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    It is very possible. If you Reverse engineering the protocol FE<->server( not that difficult for a good computer nerd ), then it is easy to change any hit message to a PK
     
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    Dirty buggers. Should do away with PK all together except for only close range. I can understand a PK on something not moving but, not on something moving from a stationary point. Guess I'll have to keep track of those tracks or try to search for the ones with PK's. I'll bet it's been one of those slackers who can't dogfight and win with skill.
     
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    does Widows 7 have the 'Win 98 compabilty' option for .exe files? guess not..