Death descent?

[howlingmunkies]

On the beta patch, I was playing the first tutorial. When my planes return to base, I noticed that they are still flying at around 28,000 feet or so with less than 2 miles in distance from base.

Can anyone else confirm if their planes do this?

Thanks!

[mikmykWS]

Probably not 100 accurate most of the time but how does this impact gameplay?

Mike

[nawarren]

It would be good if you could set altitude profiles for waypoints. Perhaps you could set altitude bands for different A/C types. If an A/C is landing then it should descend to a low altitude prior to landing.

[Dimitris]

If you observe an aircraft during landing approach (preferably at 1:1 with hi-fi mode enabled), you will see that it gradually reduces speed and altitude. We implemented this for far more than just show; this makes the aircraft vulnerable to attacks during this phase e.g. by portable SAMs.

[Gunner98]

That aspect works - I was testing a scenario I'm building and an F-16 was on final approach, low, slow and out of ammo when it got jumped by a couple Mig-29s. It was quick and dirty....[:D]

B

[nawarren]

That's great news to hear that A/C get low and slow for approach, as you say this makes them vunerable and is an excellent feature.

Cheers

Neil

[howlingmunkies]

but how does this impact gameplay

It doesn't, was just curious. Since the game is all about realism. Thanks.