A Tracer Static Effect!

[Rysgame]

A tracer static effect would be wonderful. Both for AAA and ground to ground.

 

I think this would be great for guys and gals making missions and they want a wide front ground offensive without the need for dozens and dozens of units and ammo resupply for them to continue to fire.

[QuiGon]

A what?

A function for ambient AAA tracer fire for immersion purposes

[dooom]

thats actually not a bad idea. it would also cut down on the need to trigger and place ground units.... why burn resources and ME time to create that firefight immersion?? I ahve struggled with this too. I wanted the immersion at night for particular missions/objectives but dont really care about the associated ground units as they would not be targts consequential to my mission...

 

in fact ... the more i think about it, its a great idea. Kind of like the smoke and fire effects.

 

+1

Edited August 9, 2018 by dooom

[dooom]

edit - double post... reply UI is acting very strange this AM>

[QuiGon]

Other games do have such an effect already: You define an area for ambient AAA fire somewhere on the map, adjust some parameters like the intensity of fires and there you go.

[Harker]

Bump. This is an amazing idea!

[draconus]

...looks great until you fly into it and nothing happens... immersion gone!

[Cik]

i'd be happy if they implemented a baghdad-style skyfiring routine to the AAA. would make a cool setpiece.

[Worrazen]

This is more like movie making, ofcourse all the other games "have" it already, it's not an advancement, it's a compromise.

[sirrah]

OP idea could also be achieved by adding an infinate ammo option to the ME (as well as a barrage fire option for AAA units)

[Kid18120]

OP idea could also be achieved by adding an infinate ammo option to the ME (as well as a barrage fire option for AAA units)

 

That would require actual units being put in the mission along with the more resources being used for the whole scenario.

A simple effect like i.e. ArmA3's "tracers module" that allows you to put an entity (not rendered) somewhere and it will make an area of effect / textures only barrage of tracers randomly firing around. Place it far enough and you get that alive battlefield feeling without "wasting" computing power for it

[sirrah]

That would require actual units being put in the mission along with the more resources being used for the whole scenario.

A simple effect like i.e. ArmA3's "tracers module" that allows you to put an entity (not rendered) somewhere and it will make an area of effect / textures only barrage of tracers randomly firing around. Place it far enough and you get that alive battlefield feeling without "wasting" computing power for it

 

I understand, but as mentioned earlier, it'd massively break immersion once you get too close. But hey, let's do both :D

[Kid18120]

I understand, but as mentioned earlier, it'd massively break immersion once you get too close. But hey, let's do both :D

 

[OT] In ArmA3 i usually put the tracers module along with some actual AI AAA tanks and use a little trigger magic sauce to disable the module and activate the units once you get close enough :D

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