Iron Chef Sakai Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 i have seen some gruesome footage of the eastern front on pbs a long time ago, and it showed tanks being hit by ground attack planes and dive bombers. here in lies my question, will the effects of the destroyed tank look the same as if a tank knocked it out? when ground attack planes and dive bombers hit tanks, it was common for the tank to go flying up into the air and land on it's roof, ect... i don't see this being modeled, but will there at least be improved effects, mabe turrets getting blow clean off under a hard enough hit? even shells that hit the tank and don't knock it out, say form another tank, will they leave a mark, dents, mabe effect the pretty paint jobs if on a german tank a little? i've seen some screen shots from the game and it looks very good, thats why i am inquiring about graphical damage since they are deciding to take the graphics high road,instead of just completly copying cmbo and adding russain units, wich was a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogface21 Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 I'd like to see turrets blown off and tanks flipped over as well, but I doubt it will happen in CMBB, hard to code. But man, I would love to see a MkIV go to sh!t when its attacked by a Il-2, something other than the 'mopey turret' we get now. True, you get the fireball and the brew-up effect regularly, but some more destructive eye-candy would be kickass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 The engine re-write will most probably support this. The engine we have now really was not made for such fantastic displays because BTS was aiming this game at people who probably have slower computers (ie: old time wargamers). However, now that BTS has seen how many fans they really have, and that many of them would actually upgrade just to play the game, coupled with advances in computer technology, the new engine rewrite will be able to support all sorts of cool stuff we usually expect from modern games. Personally, I could do without the snazzy light effects. Explosions and ravaged tanks you have to have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoffel Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 when I hit a bmp in Operation flashpoint with my Carl Gustav rocket launcher the bmp blew up ,jumped up in the air and bounched a few times before it stood still so it should have been possible in CM too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Kruger Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 Mopey turret?! LOL! That was funny! I'd love to see damage effects, I don't really need tanks flipping over (is it really easy for 20-40 tons to flip over in the air?)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn-Sykes Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 what about mine dogs that bark that would be really cool too. and horses that get hit by shrapnel and implode and spray horsey guts all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeyore Posted December 2, 2001 Share Posted December 2, 2001 yeh, and I want to see Finnish arm-pit hairs swaying from a nearby blast Yeknod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Chef Sakai Posted December 2, 2001 Author Share Posted December 2, 2001 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Herr Kruger: Mopey turret?! LOL! That was funny! I'd love to see damage effects, I don't really need tanks flipping over (is it really easy for 20-40 tons to flip over in the air?)...<hr></blockquote> you have no f-ing idea my friend , the show i mentioned was real war footage and showed t-34's going up 10-20 ft in the air. you'd think the tanks were light as a feather from the way it looked. i have only seen this show i am refering to once, and i almost could'nt beleive what i was watching, it made saving private ryan look like the little mermaid. it was'nt a remake or anyhting it was actual war footage taken from russian and german archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunoReactor Posted December 3, 2001 Share Posted December 3, 2001 If you think T-34s are a bit light on the scale, I remember (quite vividly) a photo of a Tiger lying upside down with no turret. I think it was on the West front, after being attacked by aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Chef Sakai Posted December 3, 2001 Author Share Posted December 3, 2001 yup, i saw stuff like that on that eastern front footage, t-34's, tigers, kv's, you name it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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