Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras

DeltaFart · 01-17-2009, 03:58 PM

Yeah if most of you guys knew of this, sorry I never knew until I saw a clip of a prototype Apache hovering with it's rocket pods swiveling up and down.

My idea is this. Give the Apache Gunner(and any other helicopter gunner that has this capability) control over the hydras, with up and down movement capability. I'd say the first wepaon slot would suffice since I never saw the pods swivel side to side. That or add its own little gun camera and the up and down swivelling.

And I searched swivel rockets and got nothing. Probably not the best search query but I couldn't think of any other words

[R-DEV]Rudd · 01-17-2009, 04:00 PM

I agree, since bf2 can let you move a turret while driving at the same time, and you can restrict views to a limited arc i.e. up and down, this is surely possible and would allow pilots to attack ground targets without gaining too much acceleration.

+1

CAS_117 · 01-17-2009, 04:11 PM

so how does he aim them again?

~~mp5punk~~ · 01-17-2009, 04:15 PM

I think what he is saying is guide the hydras like a mounted tow. So when you shoot you can move your chopper up and down and kind of control where the missle hits. Say if you the pilot and you are engaging a moving truck and you shoot a hydra and you move your cross hair after fire the missle follows the cross hair.

Colonelcool125 · 01-17-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mp5punk

I think what he is saying is guide the hydras like a mounted tow. So when you shoot you can move your chopper up and down and kind of control where the missle hits. Say if you the pilot and you are engaging a moving truck and you shoot a hydra and you move your cross hair after fire the missle follows the cross hair.

That's not at all what he's saying, because that's not how Hydras work. He's saying the Hydra pods should be able to tilt up and down, but I'm not sure who he wants to control that tilt.

~~mp5punk~~ · 01-17-2009, 04:19 PM

Oh ok well then don't mind my statement lol

[R-DEV]Rudd · 01-17-2009, 04:24 PM

hmmm, my previous statement is bollocks, could only work with both a joystick and mouse

Alex6714 · 01-17-2009, 04:25 PM

Unless in doing so you can provoke a change in the hud, then it doesn´t seem so useful, but I don´t know who you want to control this.

For example, in real life an apache gunner will aim at a target, the pilot lines up his monocle crosshair with the gunners crosshair, and then fires. Of course thats only one way of doing it.

@Rudd. Well for example you could have pilot controlled swiveling pods with "shift" input to put them a full rotation, and they automatically flip back. Maybe there are other ways, but imo not worth it, as you would need the HUD to adjust aswell, and we can´t simulate realistic pippers.

Drav · 01-17-2009, 04:32 PM

One good use for them is pointing them down so the pilot can fly roughly level and the hydras will fire towards the ground. This means you dont have to dive down to strafe an area.

However, good luck getting that to work ingame.....

badmojo420 · 01-17-2009, 05:06 PM

Would it be at all possible to let both gunner and pilot control them? So if needed the gunner could take control and fire them at an angle?

01-17-2009, 03:58 PM	#1
DeltaFart Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,384 United States of America Location: Glassboro NJ	Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras Yeah if most of you guys knew of this, sorry I never knew until I saw a clip of a prototype Apache hovering with it's rocket pods swiveling up and down. My idea is this. Give the Apache Gunner(and any other helicopter gunner that has this capability) control over the hydras, with up and down movement capability. I'd say the first wepaon slot would suffice since I never saw the pods swivel side to side. That or add its own little gun camera and the up and down swivelling. And I searched swivel rockets and got nothing. Probably not the best search query but I couldn't think of any other words
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01-17-2009, 04:00 PM	#2
[R-DEV]Rudd PR:BF2 Developer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 18,500 United Kingdom Location: Brighton Blog Entries: 2	Re: Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras I agree, since bf2 can let you move a turret while driving at the same time, and you can restrict views to a limited arc i.e. up and down, this is surely possible and would allow pilots to attack ground targets without gaining too much acceleration. +1
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01-17-2009, 04:11 PM	#3
CAS_117 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,562 Tunisia	Re: Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras so how does he aim them again?

01-17-2009, 04:15 PM	#4
~~mp5punk~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,219 United States of America Location: San Diego California	Re: Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras I think what he is saying is guide the hydras like a mounted tow. So when you shoot you can move your chopper up and down and kind of control where the missle hits. Say if you the pilot and you are engaging a moving truck and you shoot a hydra and you move your cross hair after fire the missle follows the cross hair.

01-17-2009, 04:19 PM	#6
~~mp5punk~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,219 United States of America Location: San Diego California	Re: Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras Oh ok well then don't mind my statement lol

01-17-2009, 04:24 PM	#7
[R-DEV]Rudd PR:BF2 Developer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 18,500 United Kingdom Location: Brighton Blog Entries: 2	Re: Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras hmmm, my previous statement is bollocks, could only work with both a joystick and mouse
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01-17-2009, 04:25 PM	#8
Alex6714 Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3,940 United Kingdom	Re: Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras Unless in doing so you can provoke a change in the hud, then it doesn´t seem so useful, but I don´t know who you want to control this. For example, in real life an apache gunner will aim at a target, the pilot lines up his monocle crosshair with the gunners crosshair, and then fires. Of course thats only one way of doing it. @Rudd. Well for example you could have pilot controlled swiveling pods with "shift" input to put them a full rotation, and they automatically flip back. Maybe there are other ways, but imo not worth it, as you would need the HUD to adjust aswell, and we can´t simulate realistic pippers.
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01-17-2009, 04:32 PM	#9
Drav Retired PR Developer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,150 Afghanistan Blog Entries: 1	Re: Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras One good use for them is pointing them down so the pilot can fly roughly level and the hydras will fire towards the ground. This means you dont have to dive down to strafe an area. However, good luck getting that to work ingame.....

01-17-2009, 05:06 PM	#10
badmojo420 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,446 Canada Location: London, Ontario	Re: Apache Gunner Swivel Mounted Hydras Would it be at all possible to let both gunner and pilot control them? So if needed the gunner could take control and fire them at an angle?

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