Attack chopper problem.

[farfletched]

Hi everyone.....

As u can see this is my first ever post on TB2F .... So go easy on me

Just a quick question to see if you guys get the same problem as me.....

When sitting in the gunner position in the 2 man attack choppers I often fire a missile out at enemy slicks......now ive found that about 60 - 70% of direct hits go straight through the enemy chopper, and ive had to get good at just missing to actually get the kills.

Anyone else experience this?

[NoseKi||s]

Re: Attack chopper problem.

This does happen sometimes yes. Most likely it's because of lag or some other kind of synchronization problem between the server and your PC. I dont think u can get rid of this entirely but try to change server for starters.

Remember that the enemy chopper on your screen might not be exactly where it appears to be. The server keeps track of both your missiles location and the enemy choppers location. The enemy chopper u see on your screen is just an estimate of where the chopper should be, based on the data the server sent to you about [your ping]seconds ago. That's a problem especially with fast moving objects like the TV-missile, bcoz it travels such a long distance in the time it takes to synch with the server.

To put it short, the chopper through which your missile flew, wasn't actually in the location where it appeared on your screen. It was higher/lower/right/left just enough to make your missile miss.

On the other hand, on the server i play on my ping is about 8-15 and still it happens. I'd say it happens to me about 20% of the time tops.

[Habloc]

Re: Attack chopper problem.

LoL I once shot through a chopper 4 times in a row, he was just hovering over a flag...

And about the choppers... How come a direct hit from a tank don't blow the shytes out of it, when the chopper can destroy anything with it's TV missle... Not only that, using the TV missles is a lot easier than using a shell from a tank...

[Talus]

Re: Attack chopper problem.

Welcome :hi:

I would say that for me and my copilot, this happens about 10% of the time.

What are your pings like?

[BartMan84]

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I agree with Habloc, I've hit choppers with tank shells so many times just to have him turn his attention to me and blow me up in one missle run.

[farfletched]

Re: Attack chopper problem.



Glad to see im not the only person findin this a problem....

and that was a good point about pings...i normally play my lowest pinging servers...which is about 20, which is pretty good really! So, i dont think it can all be blamed on the ping..

However, this problem used to happen a lot in quake 3 with the rail gun... and some ppl made an unlagged mod for the game...maybe they could make one for BF2 ,, so everything you see on your screen is killable in the position you see it.

Yeah ... no ... maybe? oh yeah...and i had a funny thing happen when shootin a tank from a chopper. it was a direct hit, but the tank just jumped up in the air...like a virtual 10 feet, then landed again..it was funny..but rather annoying as it was totally unscaved!

[NoseKi||s]

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Lol.. i had something similar happen to me in Dalian plant. A tank was inside the hall capturing the eastmost flag.. i started to throw grenades at it and at one point the tank jumped on top of the boxes surrounding the flag and then landed again.

And yeah.. if these TVG missile things happen with a less than 30 ping then it's not really acceptable (and of course i'm not counting all those times i've shot thru the open midsection of a BH).

[caseman]

Re: Attack chopper problem.

I find that the "missile going through the enemy" problem only happens when you are zoomed in.. whether it's an AT kit, TOW, TV guided camera, ect.. I've never had a rocket fly through an object when I'm firing from the hip so to speak.

[BeerStein]

Re: Attack chopper problem.

It does happen - more often when the chopper is moving than when it is standing still.

Your ping does have a lot to do with it.

I recommend making sure to lead your target enough, and make sure you are going for the meat of the chopper and not like the tail or cockpit.

Try to get them when the settle into a hover, or they stall in a turn, stuff like that where they kind of pause in the air.

If your ping is over 100 - you might want to think about finding another server. Not that it is extremely high - but you should be able to find better.

[farfletched]

Re: Attack chopper problem.

Cheers for all ur suggestions...

I will try leading the shot slightly and see if that works..and u were saying about aiming for the meat of the chopper, i find that hitting the tail area seems to work better...it never flys through the tail (also you can miss the tail by a few feet and still boomer those buggers!)...only the main body of the chopper has this annoying problem with the rockets.

Anyhoo..go..experiment with direct shots in rubbish + good pinging servers..and we can get this problem fixed once n for all....otherwise im gettin on the phone with Dice!

[imported_routakiila]

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100%Lag

[raceacontari]

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as they said, its lag...when my friend and I jump in the chopper, sometimes he can always get the shot (im the better pilot so i fly), yet other times I have to laugh at how bad he misses lol.

[Saureco]

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How come a direct hit from a tank don't blow the shytes out of it

Try the Project Reality Mini Mod. Vehicle armors have been reduced, but things like C4 take more than 2 charges to blow a tank. But if you're looking to get a one-shot tank shell on a helo to drop it, that mod will do it.