08.02.2009, 17:24
I was thinking such a MOD would be of interest to the OOF team in particular, as it would be highly unrealistic to have radio comms between airplanes and airfields - even more so between planes - in a WWI scenario.
Back then soldiers on the ground could only transmit messages to airplanes flying over them by firing flares or using explosive shells fired straight up (makeshift primitive flak if you will) according to a pre-determined code ( Two shells at 12 o'clock high fired at small interval would warn a pilot two ennemy fighters were coming in fast on his tail etc... )
Eddie Rickenbaker's book is full of such anecdotes where German artillery would spoil his surprise attacks on unsuspecting observation planes.
I think it would be great for OOF if someone could find a way to link radio calls to flak/flares effects to simulate this primitive ground-to-air communication system. If you think about it, there is radio call preceding nearly each major AI action : landing, attacking, getting shot down/scoring a kill etc... so I'm thinking someone with programming abilities could probably figure something out.
Just and idea...
Cheers
Nico
Back then soldiers on the ground could only transmit messages to airplanes flying over them by firing flares or using explosive shells fired straight up (makeshift primitive flak if you will) according to a pre-determined code ( Two shells at 12 o'clock high fired at small interval would warn a pilot two ennemy fighters were coming in fast on his tail etc... )
Eddie Rickenbaker's book is full of such anecdotes where German artillery would spoil his surprise attacks on unsuspecting observation planes.
I think it would be great for OOF if someone could find a way to link radio calls to flak/flares effects to simulate this primitive ground-to-air communication system. If you think about it, there is radio call preceding nearly each major AI action : landing, attacking, getting shot down/scoring a kill etc... so I'm thinking someone with programming abilities could probably figure something out.
Just and idea...
Cheers
Nico