Odd Tank Attacks In This Game???

Kimblee_Clone · 08-24-2007, 06:14 AM

What's up with the tank attacks in this game?? You have to angle the shot so that you hit the target... Why is it this way?

And why is Secret Weapons of WWII's T95 the only vehicle this doesn't apply to?

Just a couple questions from someone who has been a player of BF1942 for a while now and just decided to start posting about it.

NavalLord · 08-24-2007, 04:16 PM

It adds an element of skill. That way, not every noob will be destroying tanks from the other side of the map.

Random Ping · 08-25-2007, 02:42 AM

It's the implementation of the force of gravity into the game environment. If you shot artillary in real life, or even a bow and arrow for that matter, gravity will pull the projectile down toward the ground as it passes along its trajectory. It's just the simple physics of life

All the anti-armor shells have the gravity effect so once you master one type, like a tank barrel, all the rest (artillary, bazookas, etc.) will follow. Also remember that one antitank shell to the rear of a tank will do the most damage, most times destroying it with one shot. So hit the enemy tanks in the ass and start taking names.

Kimblee_Clone · 08-25-2007, 03:41 AM

I understand this, but it takes away from the realism. Real tanks fire the shots with such velocity that they fly in a very gradual arc, not like these tanks at all. The tanks in this game (which I still love and play even though I don't like this feature) have even been edited so that the barrel angles much farther than they ever did in real life...

NavalLord · 08-25-2007, 04:22 AM

Nothing about BF42 is realistic.

08-24-2007, 06:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kimblee_Clone Private Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 2	Odd Tank Attacks In This Game??? What's up with the tank attacks in this game?? You have to angle the shot so that you hit the target... Why is it this way? And why is Secret Weapons of WWII's T95 the only vehicle this doesn't apply to? Just a couple questions from someone who has been a player of BF1942 for a while now and just decided to start posting about it.

08-24-2007, 04:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 5,945	Re: Odd Tank Attacks In This Game??? It adds an element of skill. That way, not every noob will be destroying tanks from the other side of the map. __________________

08-25-2007, 02:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Random Ping Master Warrant Officer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Evergreen State (at least on the West coast) Posts: 1,275	Re: Odd Tank Attacks In This Game??? It's the implementation of the force of gravity into the game environment. If you shot artillary in real life, or even a bow and arrow for that matter, gravity will pull the projectile down toward the ground as it passes along its trajectory. It's just the simple physics of life All the anti-armor shells have the gravity effect so once you master one type, like a tank barrel, all the rest (artillary, bazookas, etc.) will follow. Also remember that one antitank shell to the rear of a tank will do the most damage, most times destroying it with one shot. So hit the enemy tanks in the ass and start taking names. __________________ It is not important that the glass is half-full or half-empty, but rather how the glass got that way.

08-25-2007, 03:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
Kimblee_Clone Private Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 2	Re: Odd Tank Attacks In This Game??? I understand this, but it takes away from the realism. Real tanks fire the shots with such velocity that they fly in a very gradual arc, not like these tanks at all. The tanks in this game (which I still love and play even though I don't like this feature) have even been edited so that the barrel angles much farther than they ever did in real life...

08-25-2007, 04:22 AM	#5 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 5,945	Re: Odd Tank Attacks In This Game??? Nothing about BF42 is realistic. __________________

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