Rooster Posted March 20, 2000 Share Posted March 20, 2000 No kidding. I played it back from every angle and a Stug shot a round straight through another Stug that passed three feet in front of it . The round went on to take out a Sherman, but the stug that traversed the line of fire wasn't harmed whatsoever. Has anyone ever seen this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JonS Posted March 20, 2000 Share Posted March 20, 2000 yup, its been seen, and discussed before. Last time, IIRC, it was an 88 firing through one Sherman to hit (and kill) one further down the road. I think it was on the forum about 6 weeks ago. The discussion included a response from Steve that otlined how and why (in CM game engine terms) this happens. Try a search. Regards Jon ------------------ Ubique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted March 20, 2000 Share Posted March 20, 2000 Hi Rooster, The short answer is that the flight path is not looking at moving objects. In theory we could do this, but in reality we would all need huge computers or LOTS of snooze time for turn computations to take place. Since this is a fairly rare situation we felt that taking playability to the breaking point was not a good idea. Also, some rounds visually go through other vehicles because the player isn't using Realistic Scaling. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Posted March 20, 2000 Author Share Posted March 20, 2000 Thanks for the explanation. It could be the scaling thing and I'll check it out. The game really is spectacular in its replay capability -- nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted March 20, 2000 Share Posted March 20, 2000 ...and in the case of an 88 round going through one Sherman to kill another, that's actually fairly believable. (Just bought a used, hardcover edition of Craig's "Enemy at the Gates" - woo hoo!) [This message has been edited by dalem (edited 03-20-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerShark Posted March 20, 2000 Share Posted March 20, 2000 I thought it was some strange German tactic? Maybe i should read more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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