Air base

[Hitman.2.5]

I was really looking forward to the release of .9 because of Silent eagle but;
the the Runways at the abandoned airbase its just unreal, the US air force surely wouldn't allow or even clear an aircraft to land on a runway in that condition. before a runway (especially an overgrown one) in that condition would be used army/AF engineers would clear it.

I can take off in every air asset with proficiency but on Silent Eagle a few times my wing has clipped a tree and i just don't want to fly on that map with a jet unless i am Russian because of the state of the US runways and landing on the US runways is almost suicide i can land on it most times.

could we just have the runways cleared please.

[[R-DEV]Sniperdog]

Yeah he makes a good point... usaf would never order their shiny toys to land in such a dirty place...

[Draakon]

Your doing something wrong i am afraid. I can alway land perfectly each time. Although, sometimes i have landed with runway going to end but i just jumped out.

[[R-DEV]marcoelnk]

Well... initially i planned to let engineers repair the airstrip so its easier to take off but that is hardly realizable. I agree that it might not be 100 % realistic, but on the other hand if that kind of situation happened in RL the US forces would need everything they got as soon as possible and maybe take a dangerous runway into account. Also removing all those bushes would make it a normal airfield again which i definitely dont want. I find that boring. I will look into removing a few bushes and trees that are too close maybe but see it as a challenge Also i never crashed when starting or landing so far and even if im the mapper of this map im not a good pilot really.

[=Romagnolo=]

You could remove the tall trees between the taxi ways and the airstrips because to grown up a tree that height, the airfield should be abandoned for a really long time ! Small bushes and a tall grass comming out the concrete are ok.

I think this can help you:








In this image you can see trees arround the airstrip, but not in the airfield area http://skinnymoose.com/dailylimit/wp...6/p1010973.jpg

[[R-DEV]Sniperdog]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]marcoelnk

Well... initially i planned to let engineers repair the airstrip so its easier to take off but that is hardly realizable. I agree that it might not be 100 % realistic, but on the other hand if that kind of situation happened in RL the US forces would need everything they got as soon as possible and maybe take a dangerous runway into account. Also removing all those bushes would make it a normal airfield again which i definitely dont want. I find that boring. I will look into removing a few bushes and trees that are too close maybe but see it as a challenge Also i never crashed when starting or landing so far and even if im the mapper of this map im not a good pilot really.

With the kind of range modern jets get they wouldn't need to land even remotely near the actual hot zone. But I suppose its the thought that counts :P (I think its fun but just a few less trees might suite the situation)

[mat552]

Wellll....Silent eagle is the PERFECT example of the idea that the bases in PR aren't actually where they are.

There is no way they'd do anything but an emergency landing on a runway like that but rather they are flying in from "off map"

I think that it really adds to the ambiance of the map (when I'm not nearly wetting myself landing or taking off so close to so many trees) It does work though.

[Elektro]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]marcoelnk

Well... initially i planned to let engineers repair the airstrip so its easier to take off but that is hardly realizable.

Why not make the runway "destructable" and then put its health to 0%, so the combat engineers have to repair it with their wrench? Possibly allow the US Army to have more than two engi kits...

[chilean]

The US airstrip on Silent eagle is a mess, I have crash in the U.S airstrip a few times but only 2 on Online servers, Its hard to land sometimes, The A10 is too big and I have hit some trees in the middle of the runways and that sucks you should let the Engi to fix or remove some Trees that are too near to the runway,

And the other time i crash, I was taking off with the f16 and i collide with a tree and still dont know which one was :/

[chilean]

Originally Posted by Elektro

Why not make the runway "destructable" and then put its health to 0%, so the combat engineers have to repair it with their wrench? Possibly allow the US Army to have more than two engi kits...

Thats a really good Idea let the one who are gonna fly to use it and fix IT