A Very Simple Question about Abandoned Vehicles

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by RightDeve

Yeah, that's the real point I want to ask. Had there's some meaning/philosophy behind this, I think it would be otherwise. Very clear point Mobhack.

Yep, in game terms. But in RL, who knows if a vehicle is abandoned or not (unless there's some people watching it actually abandoned). In RL, it would be safer to at least shoot that vehicle before actually sitting on it and see whether it's abandoned or not, right?

In RL, abandoned vehicles attract fire - especially from the fly boys.

My copy of the report on the Normandy air support mentioned one abandoned German half-track left on an obvious point on a hill. Examination of the various traces left by weaponry showed about 20 or more different attack runs had been performed on it, with bombs, guns of different calibres, rockets etc. So it had probably been reported as 20 different "kills" by various flights/squadrons over a week or so's time frame.

But down on the ground, beaten-up status or simple "neglected" state is easy to verify.

However from game code PV, that sort of thing is simply impossible to properly code.

Andy

[Suhiir]

Originally Posted by Mobhack

In RL, abandoned vehicles attract fire - especially from the fly boys.

My copy of the report on the Normandy air support mentioned one abandoned German half-track left on an obvious point on a hill. Examination of the various traces left by weaponry showed about 20 or more different attack runs had been performed on it, with bombs, guns of different calibres, rockets etc. So it had probably been reported as 20 different "kills" by various flights/squadrons over a week or so's time frame.

Andy

I saw the same thing during Gulf I.
I recall one T-62 in particular that had been hit AT LEAST five times by various air delivered weapons (and no doubt reported as 10 kills by the Air Farce) and once by the ground forces as they moved up.