Driving over Mines

Sinster · 07-21-2003, 02:21 AM

Ok I just finished playing. My teammate slowly drove over the mines I planted and they didn't explode. So if my teammates can do that so can the enemy. I thought EA fixed this?

Strange_Things · 07-21-2003, 03:37 AM

maybe the mines went between the tracks?

e.z.o.z. · 07-21-2003, 04:56 AM

Anybody can go through mines if they go slowly enough. What changed in 1.4 was reversing over mines. It used to be that a tank in reverse even flat out (which is slow but not too slow) could safely go over mines. The balance came from the fact that you were presenting your weakest armour forwards.

Now you have to go at the same slow speed regardless of which way you are facing. The old version was a bit like the pit lane speed limiter bizzo in Formula One - as long as you were in reverse you didn't have to worry about controling the speed. (Not that F1 cars reverse out of the pits, you know what I mean).

So yeah, you can still drive over mines, you just have to be careful. I used to enjoy doing the old bootlegger's reverse through minefields but I guess I'll have to practice my slow driving instead.

Sinster · 07-21-2003, 04:56 AM

You can see the mines move. They weren't between the tracks. He went real slow over them.. I didnt' have FRAPS running so I took screenies.. and put them together.

Guru Imakuni · 07-21-2003, 05:22 AM

You're supposed to be able to run over mines...that's that.

thunder_or_fd · 07-21-2003, 06:32 AM

When youre in a tank and an engie lays mines on your tracks .. you'll set it off when you fire the big gun because of the shaking - so i guess that makes up for realism in that u can drive over mines

mr. peabody · 07-21-2003, 07:15 AM

haha, i like that movie in your signatere sinster. haha, it looks like the last apache gets killed by the other one bouncing up and hitting it.

Raijin Z · 07-21-2003, 08:53 AM

They're hinds.

Last night on Gazala CTF, Desert Combat, I mined the road leading from east base to Allied main, and told everyone to keep off the road because I mined it. I killed two opposition with the mines, so I reloaded and reseeded the road. I issued the warning again, while someone was stopped next to me in a humvee, and they just started off down the road and into a TK.

I hate dealing with mines. When you NEED to use them, you die before laying more than one, and when you put them down where the eneemy is likely to go, friendlies hit them regardless of warnings.

Sinster · 07-21-2003, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Raijin Z

They're hinds.

Last night on Gazala CTF, Desert Combat, I mined the road leading from east base to Allied main, and told everyone to keep off the road because I mined it. I killed two opposition with the mines, so I reloaded and reseeded the road. I issued the warning again, while someone was stopped next to me in a humvee, and they just started off down the road and into a TK.

I hate dealing with mines. When you NEED to use them, you die before laying more than one, and when you put them down where the eneemy is likely to go, friendlies hit them regardless of warnings.

I know how you feel. You give your team a warning... But some schmuck always ends up running them over and then they start busting your balls cause of the TK.

Sinster · 07-21-2003, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mr. peabody

haha, i like that movie in your signatere sinster. haha, it looks like the last apache gets killed by the other one bouncing up and hitting it.

Took me forever to get a good movie... Flying from that view is very confusing if your not use to it. So after the bomb run you can see where I started to bank to the left and my nose started to pitch down. I kept on going into the ground

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jimmy doom · 07-22-2003, 07:57 PM

they need to add proximity mines...that would be cool

Officer Tay · 07-22-2003, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmy doom

they need to add proximity mines...that would be cool

Aren't those the mines that the engy uses now? I thought if you drive near them, they'd explode. I guess you can call that a proximity mine.

jimmy doom · 07-22-2003, 08:38 PM

I am assuming that they are WWII type mines that trigger upon contact rather than sensing motion. Typically proximity mines are used more so in mines placed in the ocean that sense water being displaced. My point is that it would be nice if a tank comes near a mine it would explode regardless of speed. I have never really watched a tank in BF42 to see if it is actually the contact that sets it off. Eitherway having an enemy roll over your mine field sucks...it would also be cool to have personel mines geared to blow up soldiers

NavalLord · 07-23-2003, 12:41 AM

these are sensitivity mines, if you place one on the back of a moving tank it blows up (suicide i know, but still fun! the enemy starts yelling KAMEKAZIES! and they go crazy

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jimmy doom · 07-23-2003, 02:04 PM

They sound more like insensitivity mines to me...hardyharhar :P

07-21-2003, 02:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sinster Staff Sergeant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Plymouth, MA Posts: 266	Driving over Mines Ok I just finished playing. My teammate slowly drove over the mines I planted and they didn't explode. So if my teammates can do that so can the enemy. I thought EA fixed this? __________________

07-21-2003, 03:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Strange_Things Specialist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 232	Driving over mines maybe the mines went between the tracks? __________________ <center>~Mark \"Tupac is one of the greatest rappers ever and eminem will never amount to what tupac is\"-Googlism</center>

07-21-2003, 04:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sinster Staff Sergeant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Plymouth, MA Posts: 266	You can see the mines move. They weren't between the tracks. He went real slow over them.. I didnt' have FRAPS running so I took screenies.. and put them together. __________________

07-21-2003, 05:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
Guru Imakuni Captain Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 2,309	You're supposed to be able to run over mines...that's that. __________________

07-21-2003, 06:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
thunder_or_fd Master Sergeant Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 525	When youre in a tank and an engie lays mines on your tracks .. you'll set it off when you fire the big gun because of the shaking - so i guess that makes up for realism in that u can drive over mines __________________

07-21-2003, 04:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
e.z.o.z. Private Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brisbane Posts: 73	Anybody can go through mines if they go slowly enough. What changed in 1.4 was reversing over mines. It used to be that a tank in reverse even flat out (which is slow but not too slow) could safely go over mines. The balance came from the fact that you were presenting your weakest armour forwards. Now you have to go at the same slow speed regardless of which way you are facing. The old version was a bit like the pit lane speed limiter bizzo in Formula One - as long as you were in reverse you didn't have to worry about controling the speed. (Not that F1 cars reverse out of the pits, you know what I mean). So yeah, you can still drive over mines, you just have to be careful. I used to enjoy doing the old bootlegger's reverse through minefields but I guess I'll have to practice my slow driving instead.

07-21-2003, 07:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
mr. peabody Warrant Officer First Class Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: usa Posts: 874	haha, i like that movie in your signatere sinster. haha, it looks like the last apache gets killed by the other one bouncing up and hitting it.

07-21-2003, 08:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
Raijin Z Sergeant Major Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Northeast USA Posts: 609	They're hinds. Last night on Gazala CTF, Desert Combat, I mined the road leading from east base to Allied main, and told everyone to keep off the road because I mined it. I killed two opposition with the mines, so I reloaded and reseeded the road. I issued the warning again, while someone was stopped next to me in a humvee, and they just started off down the road and into a TK. I hate dealing with mines. When you NEED to use them, you die before laying more than one, and when you put them down where the eneemy is likely to go, friendlies hit them regardless of warnings.

07-23-2003, 12:41 AM	#14 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,101	these are sensitivity mines, if you place one on the back of a moving tank it blows up (suicide i know, but still fun! the enemy starts yelling KAMEKAZIES! and they go crazy )