Auto Landing Gear / Radar..

[zone36]

Does anyone else hate this?

I know it's not that big of a deal and doesn't affect gameplay at all, but I just think it's stupid that the landing gear deploys and retracts automatically based on your speed.. I'll pull some low speed moves in the jet to shake a bandit and out it comes.. then quickly retracts as I pick up speed again.. just looks dumb and annoys the hell out of me..

I'm not asking for a fix or mod to change this, like I said.. it's certainly not a major issue, but it just seems like it would have been real easy for EA to make this a manual toggle, by hitting "G" or something for instance..

..now onto the radar of the aircraft.. the one that doesn't even exist. I hate having to fly around the map and looking everywhere trying to visually pick up hostile jets to engage; I wish the jets could ping out a forward only radar scan to identify anything in the air, within range and in the current direction of travel.. and whatever is detected at that point remains on your minimap for say 5 seconds, at which point it (the radar) would need to recharge (just like after using flares) or something like that so that it's not a constant advantage. I know this wouldn't be realistic, but this is BF2.. and I think it would do alot of us pilots a favor.

end of my rant..

[SaladFork]

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The closest thing to a radar scan is the commander's one, and a good commander will point out annoying enemy pilots for you to ensue. It is SO much easier to dogfight when you can see their plane on your radar. I love it when random guys on the ground call out an enemy plane. You on the ground might think it's nothing, but it really does help.

As for the landing gear, I see no issue with it. It is purely cosmetical. It doesn't effect flying ability, it doesn't MAKE you slow down, and it sure as hell comes in useful when trying to land (though a good pilot never should need to).

~Salad

[Eddy01741]

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Here's the thing for landing gear, why do you care, it doesn't directly do anything to performance, plus why do yo even take an outside view of a jet, if you were on the same server as i was on Dalian, and you were in a JSF looking at your landing gear, i would blast you outta the sky with my J-10, it don't matter. Plus why would you need a radar, you could fly from one end of the map to another in about 10 seconds, radar in real life can scan like over 100 miles, when these maps are just so small, not needed. Plus, there's not aifields like a mile away from the fight, real airfields or aircraft carriers are like 100 miles away, it's all for balance dude, i have no problem shooting down everything in the sky in Dalian with my J-10, if you can't fly a jet, get a joystick, or better yet, don't fly in a jet, this is not a flame, i'm just saying the truth.

[zone36]

Re: Auto Landing Gear / Radar..

The closest thing to a radar scan is the commander's one, and a good commander will point out annoying enemy pilots for you to ensue. It is SO much easier to dogfight when you can see their plane on your radar. I love it when random guys on the ground call out an enemy plane. You on the ground might think it's nothing, but it really does help.

As for the landing gear, I see no issue with it. It is purely cosmetical. It doesn't effect flying ability, it doesn't MAKE you slow down, and it sure as hell comes in useful when trying to land (though a good pilot never should need to)

Yeah, I just think it'd be nice for the aircraft to be able to provide this type of data on it's own, apart from needing to rely on a UAV or spotting from the ground (you're set as long as you have a coordinated team, but out of luck if you don't).

And you're right, the landing gear is pretty much a cosmetic touch because there should never be a need to land your aircraft in the game, but cosmetically.. it annoys the hell out of me that my gear is dropping down, when I'm not attempting to land..

[zone36]

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Here's the thing for landing gear, why do you care, it doesn't directly do anything to performance, plus why do yo even take an outside view of a jet, if you were on the same server as i was on Dalian, and you were in a JSF looking at your landing gear, i would blast you outta the sky with my J-10, it don't matter. Plus why would you need a radar, you could fly from one end of the map to another in about 10 seconds, radar in real life can scan like over 100 miles, when these maps are just so small, not needed. Plus, there's not aifields like a mile away from the fight, real airfields or aircraft carriers are like 100 miles away, it's all for balance dude, i have no problem shooting down everything in the sky in Dalian with my J-10, if you can't fly a jet, get a joystick, or better yet, don't fly in a jet, this is not a flame, i'm just saying the truth.

Why do I care? Why do you care, that I care?

I've already said it's not a big deal, so lets keep the flames off.

I dunno how you fly and fight, but I think checking your 6 from time to time is a good idea, and that needs to be done by switching your view to outside of the aircraft since no HAT options exist in this game. And you're not going to shoot me down because I take a split second glance behind me.. I'm not going 400knts staring at my landing gear, waiting for you to shoot me down.

And lastly, referring to your last comment.. what does my topic have to do with being able to fly? Because I wish there was a better way to locate and engage enemy aircraft in this game, all of a sudden I can't manage, fly and fight? Come on man..

[Eddy01741]

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Why do I care? Why do you care, that I care?

I've already said it's not a big deal, so lets keep the flames off.

I dunno how you fly and fight, but I think checking your 6 from time to time is a good idea, and that needs to be done by switching your view to outside of the aircraft since no HAT options exist in this game. And you're not going to shoot me down because I take a split second glance behind me.. I'm not going 400knts staring at my landing gear, waiting for you to shoot me down.

And lastly, referring to your last comment.. what does my topic have to do with being able to fly? Because I wish there was a better way to locate and engage enemy aircraft in this game, all of a sudden I can't manage, fly and fight? Come on man..

Sry, i musta not read the part with it's not too big of a deal, sorry, can you forgive me.:hmm:

[zone36]

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It's cool man.. so is the J-10 your aircraft of choice?

[[UK]=A$H=]

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Which is the best aircraft? (stupid question)

[zone36]

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Which is the best aircraft?

the common vote is on the J-10 for the fighter role..

I'm not sure with regards to the bombers.. Su-30 most likely..

[Eddy01741]

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It's cool man.. so is the J-10 your aircraft of choice?

Yes, for everything except for bombing, J-10 is so manuverable, i got 58 points on 32 player Dalian while flying the J-10, i didn't get kills any other way, Dalian imo is a air vehicle only map, it was so funny, some of their pilots always crashed into those steam things from nuclear powerplant, i was never shot down, i crashed a coupl of times, once i crashed by accident wen going to reload, 2 times i accidntally collided with the enemy. I got a gold star, the commander got a silver star with 58 points as well, he didn't get as many kills, so i got the gold star.

[SaladFork]

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Depends what you're doing. I prefer the J-10 (Chinese fighter) for dogfighting and precise bombing, while I'd go with the Su-34 (MEC bomber) for bombing.

~Salad

[Eddy01741]

Re: Auto Landing Gear / Radar..

the common vote is on the J-10 for the fighter role..

I'm not sure with regards to the bombers.. Su-30 most likely..

I think they are all the same, i just prefer the F15E because it looks cooler IMO, but i'm pretty sure they are all the same. Oh yeah, and the MEC bomber is so wierd, they have side by side seats for gunner and pilot, it looks a bit awkward.

[Forest]

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I think it would be cool for radar to be located on your pilot's control panel out of normal view, so that in order to view it you would have to press ctrl and temporarily not be able to control your plane or see the HUD.

[JackReacher]

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oh, ye, the automatic landing gears..irritating as hell
but there are to reasons for that:
1. Its a famous excuse too. this game is ARCADE
2. considering the fact that you dont even supposed to land in bf2, auto gears are fine. rearm/repair? fly about an airstrip. pickup? fly low. no need to land the plane.

about the radar, I agree. that could be very useful. but then again, planes arent made for assaulting infantry. only vehicles (with bomb mode you can spot them easily) and aircrafts (missiles mode marks your targets).

[MrChris_CJ]

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I want deployable landing gear! planes are bitches to land as it is without me having to stall jus fr the wheels to drop down :cry: