posted 06-25- 10:32 PM               

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Can you tell it's been raining here for the past 3 weeks? I'm getting cabin fever.

The AI drops these guys on cue although it still has the existing parachute airfoil which doesnt behave very parachute-like.

Maybe one of the DOF damage gurus (Bjorn?) can help me figure out how to get a delay in there before their chutes open too.

TS

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posted 06-25- 10:50 PM            

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Ah! Fallschirmjagers! Just what we need for those pesky airbases!

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posted 06-25- 10:52 PM               

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I haven't been outside for like a week! it's killing me.

good idea! Can't wait to try it.

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posted 06-25- 11:04 PM               

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Ok.. I'll admit it.. I'm a sadist. I've been flying my bomber above the formation and releasing my paratroopers so I can watch them go bouncing and spinning off the bombers below.

TS

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posted 06-25- 11:11 PM               

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Nice work Tailslide!

Man, you need to get out of the house! Jag and I were thinking it was time for a little SDOE 500 at Kart Gardens...

Werner

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posted 06-25- 11:27 PM               

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Sounds good to me ! I'm mostly healed up from my last near death experience hehe.

Just give me a call whenever you guys want to go.

TS

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posted 06-25- 11:39 PM            

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Didnt all paratroopers during wwii use static lines and therefore open their canopies just after leaving the aircraft?

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posted 06-25- 11:42 PM               

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The chutes didn't open right away they sort of trailed out in a streamer for a couple seconds then popped open, I think.

TS

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posted 06-26- 12:23 AM            

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True. The line was prolly 40 or so feet long and when it reached its length it pulled the chute out.

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posted 06-26- 12:32 AM               

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Hopefully.

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posted 06-26- 01:19 AM            

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i just realized something.
Isnt the reason ppl on parachutes go through the group because they have no collision points? (The same reason they dont take fire)

We could make paratroopers that actually dont fall through the ground proabably, that would be nice

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posted 06-26- 01:23 AM               

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Yes! I was thinking about this too, have them hit the ground and stand there, smoking stogies.. you could protect them from strafing, etc.

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posted 06-26- 01:25 AM               

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yay! SDOE paras
cant wait to test it out

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posted 06-26- 02:17 AM               

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how bout give em MG42s so they shoot at stuff?

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posted 06-26- 02:41 AM               

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That would be great.. pilots could have pistols, paratroopers rifles.

TS

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posted 06-26- 03:20 AM               

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Tailslide, this is great! Once you get all the figured out, please post this interesting add-on.

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posted 06-26- 04:20 AM               

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I have no idea how SDOE works, but I imagine if you want them to stand, you need to put their center of gravity below their feet, and a contact point at their feet. Just a thought.

-Gecko =FC=

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posted 06-26- 10:27 AM               

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If you add Dirk's head to the model, you may be able to "fly" the paratroop (at least control his head movement). Make his upper torso a gun position object and give him a .30 cal...

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posted 06-26- 02:16 PM            

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TS,

Let's discuss what the problem is and how it can be solved.

One thing that struck my mind is not to use a timer, but something with the (now) classic breaking airfoil object. As the paratrooper falls, it accelerates, stretching out a DOF with a drag airfoil. If well tuned, the DOF will break when a predefined airspeed is reached, which could be the signal to open th e chute. Would make it more important to have decent altitude when jumping. Probably a combination of that and some kind of timer, though, just to be on the safe side. Might even be good to have the chute itself attached with a DOF so that if you leave at ludicrous speed, you lose the chute and die anyway
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posted 06-26- 03:07 PM               

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Man, I have been gone for awhile, can someone tell me where to get the paratroopers?

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