Online War - FMB scripting

[robtek]

The aim should be, imho, when a player bails from a working plane and he tries to create a new plane, he find himself in that "abandoned" plane, as long as it is still flying
And from a realism point of view, it is realistic that planes with dead crews were hunted and so live planes could escape.
I dont think that happens so often to have a felt influence on playability.

[ZaltysZ]

Originally Posted by robtek

The aim should be, imho, when a player bails from a working plane and he tries to create a new plane, he find himself in that "abandoned" plane, as long as it is still flying

You mean injection after ejection? I don't think game engine allows you to teleport a crew member into plane. You can force a player posses a virtual crew member, but at first there should be something to posses in cockpit.

Originally Posted by robtek

And from a realism point of view, it is realistic that planes with dead crews were hunted and so live planes could escape.
I dont think that happens so often to have a felt influence on playability.

In fact, the problem isn't flying Dutchmen alone. The problem is bigger. All despawning logic isn't so trivial and implementation can become very complex. The more I play in MP, the more pitfalls I see.

[robtek]

Thanks for the answer ZaltysZ,

the first part of my post was just wishful thinking, pointed at players which abandon a working plane so they dont have to fly home and land.

And for your second point, i think i saw part of the problems in form of fata-morgana-bomber-raids, which disappear as you come closer to them, on the syn-server.