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Flash Gordon
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posted 08-26-2000 08:40 AM     Profile for Flash Gordon   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Hi.

How does the effectiveness of the 30 mm hold up when ECA is installed? From what I've heard, ECA corrects the muzzle velocities and rates of fire of all the weapons but toughens up all the planes to compensate. Okay, that makes sense. However, how does the 30 mm fair when all is said and done. One 30 mm shell could rip a Spitfire in half. Three of these shells could take down a heavy bomber. Does the 30 mm perform up to par post-ECA? I only ask because with its low rate of fire and low muzzle velocity, its high killing power its only good point.

Flash


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JWC
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posted 08-26-2000 05:08 PM     Profile for JWC     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
[Does the 30 mm perform up to par post-ECA?]

Unfortunately, the 30mm doesn't perform like it should in regular EAW! It's just not modeled very well. Apparently, the EAW code does not actually model the explosive effect of cannon shells when it comes to the damage model of the aircraft in EAW.

I'm not really certain if Charles changed the damage level produced by the 30mm or not.


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Ajax
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posted 08-26-2000 05:38 PM     Profile for Ajax   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
Indeed. I had to boost up the muzzle velocity and ROF in AE in order to make the 30-mike behave a bit more realistically.

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Flash Gordon
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posted 08-27-2000 04:13 AM     Profile for Flash Gordon   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post
I think I'm gonna cry, guys.

Anyway, is the performance of the 30 mm post-ECA at least comparable to its performance pre-ECA? I like the 30 mm and would be miffed to have to take a hit in performance upon installing ECA.

As an aside, if the explosive effects of cannon shells is NOT modeled, do you mean to say the program treats them as just big bullets? Could there be a way to compensate by making them even bigger to model the explosive effect?


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