Gerry Posted July 17, 2000 Share Posted July 17, 2000 I just received my new copy of Tacops (I had a really old one). After going through the doc's I had a few questions... 1. I noticed that the Tacops Gazette seems to have ended at the end of 1998. Is that because all the good questions have been asked <g>??? 2. there are several references to Panzer East. Was that game every released? 3. if you play "out of the box" with thermal imaging active for OPFOR is there any value at all in using smoke? 4. I noticed some comments about people wanting fratricide (units taking friendly fire from units firing through them). If implemented I hope this will be an option. In games I've played where this is implemented it drives me crazy. I would like to think that the "troops" will sort things out without me having to manually shift units a few pixels up or down. BTW, not being a professional I'm totally amazed at just how lethal modern weapons systems are. Thanks, Gerry 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minmax Posted July 18, 2000 Share Posted July 18, 2000 To answer as best I can in order 1. Beats me I have the Tac Ops Classic CD which is vers. 2.0.0 2. Don't know 3. Smoke is still good to get foot infantry out of hot water when they get opened up on. old axiom of combat do something even if it is the wrong thing. Besides popping smoke always makes you feel like your doing something useful. 4. Troops will not. The deadliest weapons in the world (deadly to friendlies) A private fresh out of boot camp ready to light something up. A Second Lt. with a map and artie on the PRC-77. I think it adds a neccesary element of realism to the game. I agree I had no idea the killing power of something as small as an M-16A2 till I used it. Man has gone a long way in finding ways to destroy one another. ------------------ M. L. Johnson TAOC DAWG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MajorH Posted July 18, 2000 Share Posted July 18, 2000 > 1. I noticed that the Tacops Gazette seems to have ended at > the end of 1998. Is that because all the good questions > have been asked ??? Still plenty of good questions . I simply forgot to add the newer issues to the Gazette PDF collection. > 2. there are several references to Panzer East. Was that > game every released? No. Its new features will be gradually added to TacOps. > 3. if you play "out of the box" with thermal imaging active > for OPFOR is there any value at all in using smoke? Smoke reduces movement speed - even for units that have thermals - so it can be useful for slowing enemy units down. Somke also usually reduces the 'to hit' probablility for direct fire. > 4. I noticed some comments about people wanting fratricide > (units taking friendly fire from units firing through > them). If implemented I hope this will be an option. In > games I've played where this is implemented it drives me > crazy. I would like to think that the "troops" will sort Adding fratricide is a low priority and will be optional if I ever put it in. ------------------ Best regards, Major H majorh@mac.com 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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