sandbags on tanks
 

will the sandbags add hitpoints on the tanks. also will there only be stronger hitpoints where there are sandbags? im looin foreward to .7

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yes they will. in one of the updates they have stated that zooka rounds and AT rifle rounds wont do any damage if they hit the sand bags

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Yes and it works very well and looks very good.

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yup im happy with the good lookin models of the italians and aussies

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well does it protect the crappy italian tanks a bit? well are the italian ranks even worth going into battle with?

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I think they are good tanks for the African theatre...not uber against maybe a matilda, but then again, you have few tanks that can penetrate that armour.

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Well I'm not sure about the Italian tanks. The sandbags only protect against shaped AT charges from Panzerfausts and the like. The italians tanks maybe slightly protected against Boys AT rifles. I'm not totally sure - sorry :).

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That's right, sandbags, skirts and spaced armour have not effect in the tank rounds but disable totally the AT shaped charges and AT rifle rounds

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Does this mean that I can go forward with my panzer IV, without fearing a bazooka in my side?

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but why is it that you can kill a PzKpfw IV Ausf. H (with skirt side armor) with a panzerfaust?

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wasnt coded yet

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Well no, if I'm the guy with the bazooka. :naughty:

Seriously, the treads are still the weak spot, and the skirts don't completety cover them but the bazooka guy has to be quite close to hit the treads.

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It's a lot more difficult to knock out a tank with an AT weapon or AT rifle round in 0.7. Sandbags, spaced armour and sideskirts arent totally effective, but if you're an M4A1 Sherman driver in Falaise or Bocage you feel a lot safer knowing that it's more difficult for the enemy to flank you and take you out.

The Italian tanks are funny things. I'd say that the M13/40 is comparable to an British Crusader I and the L6/40 is comparable to an British M3 Honey, but only just.

The guns are somewhat weaker, but not Ha-Go type weak. They arent useless, because they still have a fair bit or armour and speed. These are their selling points. Then again, if you're cruising around in a Semovente you dont have too much to worry about. Both are great tanks.

I sometimes pick the M13/40 over the Panzer IIIJ. Not because I'm an Italian tank nut (though I cannot deny the fact that I am, I love them) but because I find it to be a much more balanced tank overall. It's speed also helps greatly on maps like Tobruk where you have to hit hard and move fast.

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Yes, the skirts will only protect the part they are placed (obviously), but at long distance they are a great help. I was betatesting Foy, and using a Panther, I was hearing the hits of the bazookas in my sides, was a great moment, a warm feeling of safety, hehe

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hey lobo do the Italian tanks have 24 rounds in the tank machine gun?

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hey will the sandbags on the panzer 3 N do anything?

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Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe. Maybe not. You shall see the glory!

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This is really awesome to here. the Panzer 4 will be worth something again. thanks to whoever was able to code that.

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Hartmann?

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I think this feature will be awesome as well because sometimes it's just totally frustrating to get owned by AT personel in a brand spanking new tank and to add insult to injury the whole business of the tanks blowing up violently and hopping just pisses the tanker off even more. It probably wouldn't be so bad if it was a 1 shot -> disabled & flaming concept rather than 1 shot -> explosion.

Anyhow, I can't expect miracles and so I welcome this with wide open arms, you guys get great credit for coding this in and I'm sure it makes the game that much more of a blast to play.

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Will this reward the patient ATer that aims well over that whom jeeps up, hops out, explodes?

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In FH2 I want the sand in the sand bag to flow out of the bag when hit. Cool effects and they wont be there forever. :)

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And the ATers will get an extra problem, I will not say more because we want to keep our nasty reputation of secretive badasses, but maybe you will discover it tonight (slowly sneaking to the skyline)

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I have a feeling that we shall be greatly rewarded shortly by the FH gods...

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off topic but, what time is it by the clock that the updates are posted by? just so I can figure out the time difference.

anyways it be cool to have a huge explosian of sand along with whatever the regualar blast effect of the weapon is.

btw, have you devs given any thought to different energies for each side of the tank (if possible)?

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Lets all hope.

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do you?


I think only those-whos-names-we-shall-not-slander-or-disrespect-because-of-their-allmighty-modding-powers are the only ones who know right now. and maybe a couple lucky people who are under a special comunity protection program.

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Eeeem... I didn't posted that! My post was original post here was refairing to Frenkan post:
And how exactly is it linked with the topic.
What have happened!?!?

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ok this is weird. you CLICK page two for this thread and it takes you to a different page then if your on page one and click the ">" button. wtf is going on here?

I was refering to your post where you asked:

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whoa! allen what that post says is what i said in the BF 2 special forces topic in Off Topic section and what i said is here in this forum. this is wierd. its like my post went to you and your post went to me.

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Hey, that's not my post too!
By the way click here: 6.

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why am i posting stuff that i never said?

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everybodys post is getting screwy, at least for me

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this is wierd allen my post went here and your post went to the BF2 special forces topic.

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The forums are experiencing techincal difficulties (posts are not getting chronically alligned among other things) but FileFront technical staff is working on it.

Be patient, in the mean time I suggest you delete posts of yourself thay went fubar and try again. They "might" get back to the place they were intended to go to but I can't say that for sure, and even then for aslong as the problem isn't fixed people will get confused.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

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In FH2 is it possible for the sandbags to become useless after one or two hits, have them physically blown away from the tank?

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Yay backblasts!

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The fart heard 'round the World?

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Bit off topic Nocoolonesleft you make some very very good Sigs and considering your age great stuff :D Now to ontopic.. I can now feel safe well kind of safe driving through a town lol

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Thanks AussiePepsi, I'm working on a new one right now.

I cant stop messing around on Photoshop, it's like an addiction.

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Done.

:)

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Looks realy good, so when are you changing it?:naughty:

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/way off topic

crap, you have no idea how long my poor dyslexic mind has been reading your name as 'NoOnesCoolLeft' :rolleyes:

/hoping there has been a member named such
//feel foolish anyway
///and we're back

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:deal:

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Question: Can code made for BF1942 be ported over to BF2? If not directly, can the things your skills at coding for the 1942 engine be applied to the BF2 engine or will you have to reinvent the wheel so to speak?

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HAAH i always read it was 'NoOnesCoolLeft too.

I wonder if you shoot a sandbag in FH2 if the sand will come rushing out :p

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maybe that's a psych experiment phrase instead of :beer:

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Nothing from BF1942 is allowed to be ported over to BF2.

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I understand what you're saying, you're asking if code that the FH devs had implemented into FH1 themselves from scratch could be ported over to the new engine, which to me sounds fine, given that it's their code, the problem is with BF2 it now uses Python programming and I'm not really that well schooled in the coding of BF1942, but I'd imagine that the coding scripts the FH devs had written for FH1 from scratch are not compatable with BF2's Python language.

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But its not from BF42, it's from FH...whatever. Am I misunderstanding?