Jet Flag Capture

2006-01-07 23:23:47

#1

the_outsider38: Microsoft Poster Child; +83|7009|Vancouver BC Canada

I was just flying around on Wake today, keeping tabs on those pesky J-10s when i was rewarded with a capture assist point. Apparently i flew over a flag just as it happened to change hands, must have been the Airfield. Note: my current speed was 1020km/h? or miles/h, so i wasn't just hovering. Could someone clarify the units in the game for me?

https://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d126/The_Outsider38/screen009.jpg

sry that resolution is way to big, heres a link. http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d126/ … een009.jpg

Last edited by the_outsider38 (2006-01-07 23:25:42)

2006-01-07 23:26:22

#2

Ayumiz: J-10 whore; +103|7048|Singapore

Well perhaps it is miles cause US uses miles as their unit often?

2006-01-08 00:15:05

#3

Greenie_Beazinie: Aussie Outlaw; +8|7128

Thats cool

2006-01-08 02:06:18

#4

Raxor: Enemy Boat Spotted; +17|7159|United Kingdom

love getting defend flags on wake shooting down jets flying over it, if you tried to do it it would never happen

2006-01-08 02:18:24

#5

ozzi92: Member; +2|7020

well it possible coz when i use jet on wake and i fly over a base it showes the flag meter thing and when i fly over it goes down a bit if it's not my teams but i guess u just got really lucky fly at the right time

2006-01-08 02:40:12

#6

Coolbeano: Level 13.5 BF2S Ninja Penguin Sensei; +378|7078

huh? the resolution's fine... but nice job on that

i've tried that so many times but i never make the pass at the right moment

2006-01-08 03:48:52

#7

Echo: WOoKie; +383|7034|The Netherlands

I got a cap assist several times while flying, its just luck.

Last edited by General-Echo (2006-01-08 10:10:02)

2006-01-08 03:53:33

#8

RDMC_old: Member; +0|7051|Almere, Holland

the_outsider38 wrote:
I was just flying around on Wake today, keeping tabs on those pesky J-10s when i was rewarded with a capture assist point. Apparently i flew over a flag just as it happened to change hands, must have been the Airfield. Note: my current speed was 1020km/h? or miles/h, so i wasn't just hovering. Could someone clarify the units in the game for me?

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d126/ … een009.jpg
sry that resolution is way to big, heres a link. http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d126/ … een009.jpg

I had it a few times I flew over a flag and I got a capture assist points its cool

2006-01-08 06:07:43

#9

someone25: Member; +1|7062

crazy! this u dont will see often!

its mph! must be! The F35 has a max speed of Mach1+ (over 1300km/h)

2006-01-08 06:11:26

#10

dodge_this(fr): Raving Rabbit; +26|7004|The Hague, Netherlands

lol nice, I should try that sometime

2006-01-08 07:13:19

#11

randomfire1977: Member; +1|7047|Florida

you can do it on any map with a Jet, you just got to be flying over the flag at the right time. Honestly I have never done it myself, but I have flown over so many flags and gotten the bar to take or capture a flag more times then I can recall.

2006-01-08 11:09:17

#12

Mj.Blindfisch: Bulletdrop-Buddha; +338|7011|Germany

Hmm,in BF1942 it was possible to capture flags with an airplane,you just had to circle tight enough around it.
I'm not sure if it would work in BF2 with jets but maybe there is a good pilot out there who likes to try.

2006-01-08 11:34:50

#13

Prodie: Moderator Emeritus; +270|7089|Nova Scotia, Canada

Think if you were flying over just as the flag was being capped by one person, and that person died so you got credit for the full capture....

That would be cool!

2006-01-08 11:39:32

#14

CMDR_Dave: Redneck; +66|7156|Missoula, MT

Great pic...it's fun when these little surprises pop up isn't it?

2006-01-08 11:42:21

#15

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7007

There is no way you were going OVer 1000 mph, I am sure it was in Kilometers per hours, I mean be realistic.

x

2006-01-08 16:08:04

#17

the_ubernoob_: Member; +8|7058

Metric all the way. I'm assuming that all of the US vehicles use the same units of measurement and on the US choppers (either the cobra, hawk, or maybe both) it mentions Kilometers per hour somewhere on the HUD (EA designed the worst huds ever along with the terrible machinegun sights (This isn't WWII, we don't need to limit ourselves to using tracer rounds to hit the enemy anymore).

2006-01-08 16:15:37

#18

KillerAFET: Member; +3|7095|Abilene, Texas

<{SoE}>Agamemnar wrote:
The speed on your jet is in kilometers. The instruments on an aircraft must be precise, and the metric system is the standard in that department. If you notice the Mig29 and J-10 have the same speeds as their american counterparts... and those manufacturers never use imperial.

I'm basing this on the fact that I've seen videos of 1500 miles and you are definately not going that fast in game. 1000 kms looks more like it.

Nope, aviation speed in measured in Knots. I'm an engineer and my discipline is aircraft instrumentaiton for the B-1Bomber. We measure speed, as all military aircraft do because it is standardized, in KIAS or Knots Indicated Aircraft Speed. Of course this is a game so it may indicate speed in Cheetos per hour but in the real world it is knots. We measure fuel in pounds, not gallons by the way.

2006-01-08 16:18:54

#19

the_ubernoob_: Member; +8|7058

KillerAFET wrote:
Of course this is a game so it may indicate speed in Cheetos per hour but in the real world it is knots.

No one knows how things work in the magical world of EA's mind.

2006-01-08 20:11:08

#20

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7031|Riva, MD

I was about to say. You can easily take a flag yourself if you know how to hover properly.

2006-08-30 02:54:05

#22

Moggle: Member; +4|6894|I'm not sure

Prodie wrote:
Think if you were flying over just as the flag was being capped by one person, and that person died so you got credit for the full capture....

That would be cool!

I've done that! North base on Wake. Strafed it when grey, got a kill and a teamkill as well, and then flew close for the bombing run and didn't get anymore kills but did get the full capture assist point. Just pissed that I didn't have fraps running that day.

2006-08-30 05:47:25