Building damage or destryed

[shift611]

Here's a question I should know but can any building in DCS be damaged or destroyed, if not does anyone know if it will be possible to do this in 1.5 or 2.0 update. I only ask because I accidently dropped a couple of bombs on a town and did'nt see any damaged where there should have been a massive crater, lol.:lol:

[Devrim]

In current version, when you hit a building, you won't see a specific damage model. They're only shining for a while, that's it. We don't even see bullet damages or holes on buildings.

But you can destroy a building after many hits, but don't expect a great wreck model.

 

For now, I don't think we will see upgraded things about buildings except for new textures. I hope ED will do something about it. :\

Edited September 26, 2015 by Devrim

[JughedJones]

I'm no expert in coding or game design, but it seems to me that destructible buildings that have any kind of damage model would require a performance trade off that I'm not sure any of us would care to accept.

[Weta43]

They all take damage and will transition from 'alive' to 'destroyed' after taking enough damage.

Some will catch fire and burn before being destroyed, some just go from OK to dead.

 

You'll see both in the first few seconds of this :

 

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[shift611]

Taking account of performance trade offs for damage models I am sure that ED could build in very easily a "damage on/off" choice as there are in many games these days. OK I said "games" and I know DCS is a sim but in coding its much the same. I only bring this up because DCS is very realistic in all other area's but we constantly see real world targeting and destruction of buildings by dropping smart bombs down ventilation shafts, great stuff lol.

[vicx]

Weta43, that was an intriguing bit of footage showing the buildings with what looked like positional damage.

 

You are making me login into DCS right now to double check that I haven't completely missed something that has been in DCS all along.

[Devrim]

...Some will catch fire and burn before being destroyed...

Interesting, I don't remember a fire & burn like this. I should check it.

[Manuel_108]

What?? I've never seen a building burn like this!

[razo+r]

Shoot it with tanks and you'll see them burning

[Dahlbeck]

I think that clip is from LOMAC. Don't know if the same effects are in DCS?

[ebabil]

i didin't see such effect either. just flashing before collapse. burning fire on buildings would be good also using them as landmark for target areas and some fire rescue missions for helicopters as well.

[vicx]

You have to have textures set to HIGH or it won't work. It does work. I just can't believe I've never noticed this before. It looks pretty cool from distance but the flame effect has always looked nasty up close or zoomed in.

[Chief1942]

In one of the F-86 missions where you are tasked with destroying a hangar at an airbase (Sabre Strike.miz), if you also hit the buildings adjacent to the aircraft parking area, they will not only burn, but have many secondary explosions and effects for some time afterward. i've seen it again in another F-86 mission when shooting rockets at tanks adjacent to a building and missing the tanks, the building would go up like an ammo dump.