Beta testing one of Sam Hoy's missions

**BarnacleofDoom** · 11-01-2008, 04:01 PM

We (Eugene, Sam, and I) enlisted in some Canadian regiment and were sent off to Uhao to provide arty support.

The arty mod proved very interesting to operate. Eugene and I were 'cannon-cockers' and Sam had the riskier forward observer position - he was the only one who was killed. He'd pass us a coordinate, and we'd have to figure out the bearing, elevation, and all, aim, and fire. Then wait. It was taking around 50 sec for the round to impact, so patience was a big factor for the arty operators. I think that we could implement the arty in some of the missions on the TG server without too much problem as it represents a good deal of coordination and teamwork, as well as good comms practice - all values that TG desires.

-BoD

AdeptAbyss · 11-04-2008, 02:27 PM

Always wanted a good arty mod, love using arty just it's way to easy currently just click on the map and bang

**tHa_KhAn** · 11-04-2008, 03:02 PM

I really want to try this mod out. It looks great. I've been a big fan of coordinated indirect fire.

**Extinct** · 11-04-2008, 04:07 PM

It would be amazing if we could use it in game on a regular basis.

**BarnacleofDoom** · 11-08-2008, 06:35 PM

It is quite touchy. That combined with the degree of precision involved - the system measures down to several decimal points - meant that most of the time I was shooting 'towards' rather than 'at'. Any hits were pure luck. Sam, this mission on server yet?

Sam Hoy · 11-08-2008, 07:39 PM

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It is quite touchy. That combined with the degree of precision involved - the system measures down to several decimal points - meant that most of the time I was shooting 'towards' rather than 'at'. Any hits were pure luck. Sam, this mission on server yet?

Yes, its on the server.
No, I don't think you can play it until they get the mods working.

It certainly can be tricky to get rounds exactly where they need to be. But I would not worry too much about the hundredths and thousandths degree changes. The shell makes an impact in an approximately 10m diameter circle each degree change in elevation makes about a 100-200m alteration in point of impact so it seems to follow that each tenth of a degree changes the impact 10-20m (?) which should be precise enough to put rounds on a target especially considering multiple guns are saturating an area.