Re: Collection of in-game facts

**Legato895** · 08-10-2005, 03:48 AM

oh, so is that w/o a request? because when somebody is requesting stuff it shows an icon by their name. thanks allot, that actually helps! now i can point whore more efficiently!!!

**Obi** · 08-10-2005, 09:09 AM

I have also noticed a larger red dot underneath a enemy that has ust been spotted. What does that mean?

**Napalmenator** · 08-10-2005, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Lucky Shot

Little known... You can cap the Mosque flag in Mashtuur from the roof. While TG disapproves of taking the flag with a fully manned chopper, there is nothing to say that parachuting a small Mosque Defense squad off on the roof (Supply, Medic, Medic) to hold that point throughout the game.

Even though, it's the least useful for vehicles, every other flag sits close to it.

<7Ds> Lucky Shot

On that, on the Dam map, you can cap the flag that is in the dam from undernether in that tunnel that goes through.. I have only done it in a helo before but I assume you could do it in anything.

**Telorn** · 08-10-2005, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by StrikeFear

Yes.
Yes.
There is NOTHING special in ANY CASE about SpecOps kits, those particular cases included.
He can be spotted both thru in-game commo-rose, and via CO right-click menu.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE RUMORS GOT STARTED. ... unless... wishful thinking?

It wasn't a rumor. It was a fact stated by a developer on an IRC interview before the game came out. I read the interview on totalbf2.

**digitalerich** · 08-10-2005, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Bommando

They show up when you are a Medic or Support class. They indicate teammates who are low on ammo / health.

I think Bom and Legato are talking about 2 different things...maybe. As a Medic, you'll see Red Cross icons (ppl needing health) or large red circles with a lightning bolt (fallen teammates). What Legato is asking about, and this is something I've wondered myself, is that sometimes you'll see a friendly dot with a thick red or orange border of sorts around it, sometimes in a semi circle. I've always assumed this is telling me the friendly is taking fire from that direction but I've never confirmed this

**SmokingTarpan** · 08-10-2005, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by digitalerich

sometimes you'll see a friendly dot with a thick red or orange border of sorts around it, sometimes in a semi circle. I've always assumed this is telling me the friendly is taking fire from that direction but I've never confirmed this

It's a red outline around their dot, thus being a full circle. It means that they have lost health or ammo, but not to a significant degree and have not made a call for it.

I wondered what this was for a while, then one day I was playing support and walked next to one of these guys with my ammo bag out (didn't mean to, was just passing by). The ammo bag sound went off a few times, and their red outline disappeared. After that, I actively went after people that had red outlines (but had not made an ammo call), and when they had gotten a bit of ammo they returned to normal.

So, there you have it.

**icky** · 08-10-2005, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by 0b1one

I have also noticed a larger red dot underneath a enemy that has ust been spotted. What does that mean?

I think it is probably multiple enemies stacked at one location.

**Samoth** · 08-14-2005, 11:55 AM

Is body armour "locational"? Eg will shooting someone in an un-armoured part of the body do more damage?

**Legato895** · 08-14-2005, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by Samoth

Is body armour "locational"? Eg will shooting someone in an un-armoured part of the body do more damage?

that will be hard to test because the locations not defended by body armor are often associated with "less damage if hit" body parts...

... like the groin ...

**Samoth** · 08-14-2005, 12:05 PM

Take one guy with armour. Take one guy without armour. Shoot both in various spots (eg on the armoured player, where armour is not evident) until they die, if they do not die at the same time, then armour is locational.

Well, in theory anyway.

**StrikeFear** · 08-14-2005, 12:41 PM

Jet's AA missiles will NOT guide to a friendly jet without first having attained a lock on an enemy jet.

It's like the missiles have this rule, "If I get a lock on ANYTHING, then I will 'home in' if fired. I might home in on friendly, maybe enemy. But if I don't first get a lock, I ain't gonna home in."

**duckilama** · 08-16-2005, 01:07 PM

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE RUMORS GOT STARTED. ... unless... wishful thinking?

As stated in the other threads where this was discussed, it was part of a preview, just as the automatic resizing of the maps was part of a preview. Not a "rumor", but obsolete information that was presented, then never retracted.

**Faultline** · 08-17-2005, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by 0b1one

I have also noticed a larger red dot underneath a enemy that has ust been spotted. What does that mean?

I think this means the enemy that was spotted has been eliminated.

**John CANavar** · 08-17-2005, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by John CANavar

Question: For a CO, is there a **practical way** to talk to a particular squad or group of squads?

Does the following description work?

- Press 1 to select squad 1, press B to talk to squad 1 only
- Press and hold control and then press 1,3 and 5. Press B to talk to squads 1, 3 and 5 only (this would be necessary for platoon operations)

Speculations/Discussion here:
http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlefield-2-ranked-vanilla/57839-stupid-questions-about-commanding.html (but we need facts)

YES there is a practical way. See:
http://www.tacticalgamer.com/showpos...8&postcount=30

**brental2** · 08-17-2005, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Faultline

I think this means the enemy that was spotted has been eliminated.

When a spotted enemy is killed it flashes a question mark or atleast it does when I spot them and then kill them.

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