Joe Colwell Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 Hello again, I was reading in the manuel and it was talking about air strikes but didn't say how is happens (unless i missed it). Could you please help me on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kburns24 Posted November 28, 2001 Share Posted November 28, 2001 Actually they can come anytime they want to... You can't "call them in" to hit targets. Sometimes they will paste your side instead of the enemy... The $hit happens factor affects this game also. I hope this was a little helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellros Posted November 29, 2001 Share Posted November 29, 2001 Of course, an aircraft must be an available unit in the scenario/Quick battle/etc. If they are, then it is as kburns said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Colwell Posted November 29, 2001 Author Share Posted November 29, 2001 i understand the part about the planes coming in the game (when it happens, it happens) but will you see the planes come across the screen or will you just see 2 bombs come out of no where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTed Posted November 29, 2001 Share Posted November 29, 2001 Joe, You will see a fast-moving plane-shaped shadow. There should be bombs, rockets, or gunfire somewhere along the flight path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Posted November 29, 2001 Share Posted November 29, 2001 The camera isn't normally aimed in the right direction to see a plane. Incidentally, since you don't see the plane, it's impossible to select one; as they don't stick around, either, this means that you cannot see what they're targetting except by selecting the victim and noticing a yellow somebody's-targeting-me line pointing up at the sky. Incidentally, not all the planes use bombs (some use rockets), and they can all strafe, as well. Watch those replays carefully and see if anybody's getting killed mysteriously... (Weird bit: If you're playing Allies, especially a computer-chosen force, there's a pretty decent chance that there'll be one of those common 20mm FlaK guns firing. The sound will be distinctive, plus you'll likely notice an "Infantry?" contact way out of LOS of anybody but the plane, and looking like a light gun instead of a team/infantry. Perhaps it's more information than you should get? (Depends on air-ground communications and the visibility of the tracer fire, perhaps?)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Concussion Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 I don't mean to change the post of this subject or anything, but I am having a small difficulty with airstrikes. Whenever I create a level and select it's units, I can not have artillery spotters for allied aircraft, just axis. Why is this? Also, I noticed that AA guns don't fire at the airplanes not sent in by spotters. Again, why is this? Oh ya, I also wanted to say that this is the best game in the world, and this is my first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted November 30, 2001 Share Posted November 30, 2001 Moving this to the main forum as its not a technical issue. Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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