BF2S Forums Jet-Eye Tanker School (Tank Vs Aircraft Tutorial)

SplinterStrike wrote:

Amazing vid Safr.

I swear you're the one that's gonna be the reason I went to buy a gaming rig again. I miss my tanks.

lol... thanks!...  money well spent!

Get LOTS and LOTS of ram, and an external HD for video with 300+ gig

Watched, practiced and now off to try on Oman.

Great video.

I love you safr , this was great , you would be a Very good dragshooter with sniper is my guess , although this is cooler ;P

thank you for the youtube version. i saw both videos, but i can show the youtube one to my friends (who wouldnt watch the whole vid)

great work


-edit-: btw, i LOVE the choice of music for the video, fits perfectly. remembers me of many good games i had with '42

Last edited by iD (2008-04-01 19:31:39)

iD wrote:

thank you for the youtube version. i saw both videos, but i can show the youtube one to my friends (who wouldnt watch the whole vid)

great work


-edit-: btw, i LOVE the choice of music for the video, fits perfectly. remembers me of many good games i had with '42

Thanks!... and yu welcome.
I do enjoy watching my final product, but cant stand to hear my own voice.
A promo made sense.

Guess i'll just have to make another music vid that uses the best shots out of the narration section.

Safrguns wrote:

ReDmAn_ThE_uNiQuE wrote:

I love you safr , this was great , you would be a Very good dragshooter with sniper is my guess , although this is cooler ;P

Thanks ReDmAn!...  hehe... love me now, but hate me later when you start racking up bans   

yeah... Sniper my fav inf kit besides a wrench.
actually pulled off a dragshot yesterday just messin around.
It surprised me... thought inf movements would be too fast for my old-fart brain.

xD lolz
well, i still have 10 hours of tanking left for my rank.. so i think ill practise this ... must be hard to resist the temptation of a aviator ^.^

san4 wrote:

Great tutorial. Very few BF2 videos explain how to learn skills. Watching people do impressive stuff is fine, but giving people something to learn makes a video meaningful. More players should make movies like this one.

Thank you San4!
My intent was not only to show how, but also to take some of the mystery out of it.
Many people either say it's impossible therefore I'm hacking,
or they say it is too difficult for them to learn.

After watching so many great pro snipers out there,
I am convinced that anyone who is determined to learn this can.
Now they can learn it faster.

What differentiates this from sniper dragshooting IS the
element of luck...  but for me, that is one of the things that
makes it so much fun...  The better you get, the less luck you need.

The explosions are also much more rewarding 

I too would like to see more tutorials.
I got some of my inspiration from Got-Ya-Good's Sniper School Series.

SamFisher199 wrote:

Most usefull bf2 video eveer, thx +1

Thanks Sam!

I now have the promotional version at Gametrailers.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/user … 99118.html

Looks much better than on you tube.

I love you. Gave me a reason to try my hand in armor well done

cypress_messiah wrote:

I love you. Gave me a reason to try my hand in armor well done

Thanks cypress!... Good luck with it!

Axatar wrote:

Really TANK you Safrguns, now i increased my hitrate VS aircraft:

Nice Jet Kill!   I see the con trails!
That guy was turning hard....  not an easy shot.

Did you check for a demo file?

Ten24Alpha420 wrote:

Safr. I admin on a dragon valley server and I need tanking hours so I usually take the tank at refinery and see what I can do. I got a few but never bothered to save the demo file. I can't be assed to get video anymore without a fricken rewind button.

Just watched the video again and I really do not have any negative thoughts on it.
Was that voice yours? Almost sounds like a bot.

I am assuming you have another movie left in you at least?
I'd like to see some stunt shooting like in gizmo camoxides pigeon shooting.

Demo rewind:  Yes.... very irritating... but I can understand why one is not possible.
I have pretty much perfected a technique of watching the demo 1st time at 300%, making stopwatch timing notes,
and then restarting and FF ing to my time marks for each attempt or pass at recording.
Time consuming yes, but not so bad if there are other things around the desk to do.

Yes... it's my voice.  lol... now I use a voice bot!      (taken as a compliment)

Another vid...  Well,  I WAS going to do a vid called 64 tons of air.
But after all the criticism I got for doing staged shots, I gave up the idea.
It was going to be mostly jump/stunt shots to the tune of Pink Panther.

I do have a lot of unused clips left over that I was planning on throwing together
into a very funny and short vid where the jets get their revenge.
The music for this i'm keeping under tight wraps... way too funny all by itself.

There was also another Idea I had for something completely different...
a Tanking horror flick...  The Phantom Of Oman  ("the Opera") just for funnies.

And finally, I'm still wanting to do a follow up in my tank vs aircraft series
that involves a co-star...  yet another skill/comedy vid.
I'm still waiting for the right candidate to come along.
(need to create some more jet-eye tankers first)

So yeah... you assume correctly... time frame? who knows...
The jet's revenge is coming next.

Jestar12345 wrote:

Safr, a quick question, when a jet is flying low towards you to do a bombing run, is there any certain section of the jet you aim at to hit them?
Whenever I take a shot at a jet coming at me like this, it either goes through or just under or over.

Many of my head on shots do the same....  but....

Aim at Top of the wing near the fuselage.  Most nose cone hits seem to just bounce off.  focus on largest part of the wing sections.

For head on choppers, windshield or rotor base... OR rocket pods.
This is at distance... if you just fire straight up as they pass over, you'll hit the underbelly.
(if u time it right)

Last edited by Safrguns (2008-04-06 16:07:42)