B-52 stratofortress good idea? Check your six!

[Cletus]

Any use for heavy bomber project?

Often bored or even pissed when searching one mod or pictures from a mass of web sites. I am collected those damned B52-stratofortress mods and pictures to same web site. Yes you can also find 3D mesh and sound files too.

click here to download:
http://www.netti.fi/~harriata/

[HuNtA]

the problem with addons like this is OFP isnt made for high flying aircraft. fact. it is not made for level flight. fact. it is not made for random bombing. fact*.

*unless you use a script, but thats kinda cheating

[Cletus]

Ok dead fact. and buried fact. duck (possible?)  R.I.P thanks.

[Shalashaska]

about its dimenctions? Isn't it too much big for this game?  

[Cletus]

Looked orginal mod from my web site? Or do you meaning too small islands. Sorry big size is smallest problem :)

[greg147]

I, for one, think a retextured and re-made version of the current B-52 beta would be great  ;D

Even if the islands are a bit too small for it, you could still use it for sabotage missions etc.

Also, a matter about big planes, if you think the C-130 is big, you havn't seen the Antonov transport plane thats out. Its about 4 times the size of a Herc, and on the ground, it can hold 3+ T80 tanks.  

[Cletus]

There is also high detailed model (only antenna systems missing look more details from my picture bank) from same web site. Better looking sitting ducks for targets.

[Profe]

IIRC B-52's also do low level bombing, I don't think a b-52 would be a bad idea at all, if only for how cool it'd look to have that monster raining death and destruction over your head.

[Cletus]

Low level attack runs with heavy bomber, using what kind weapon? That MK-82 snake eye is only perhaps for pylon use. Perhaps those sebnam mod players can tell more about bombing. How this carpet bombing script work, only explosions without visible bombs? Must be a weird looking B-52 airshow with this game limits. Small islands, why not short attacks from another island (selecting first right weapons) middle in heavily defended areas (SAM?) no cruising. Just another limitation more?


For rain makers there (ofpec) is only few scripts:
Air Strike/Targeting System V.1.01  (answer for altitude problem?) Toadlife
Airstrike With Real Bombs      David Berka
Iron Bomb Airstrike Script      Fishion
Simplified Airstrike script        Viriato
Carpet Bombing Script           Apricot

Usefull stuff?

More readings from here about B-52 problems:
http://www.ofpec.com/yabbse/index.php?board=12;action=display;threadid=16844

[Gnat]

Who needs scripts ?

I'm currently trying to re-do Zak's old B-52 beta.
In the process of retexturing the model and re-arming it. Also been playing with the addon to see if I can get AI to Carpet Bomb without the usual swoop/divebomb attack that all OFP planes do ..... guess what, ITS POSSIBLE  See picture.

More info in the BI forums.

And thanks Cletus, I'm hoping your wonderful collection of files will come in handy! Cheers

[Shalashaska]

Looks like AFGHANISTAN  :hmm:

[Cletus]

I just looked that BI forum, serious texturing and bombing fix stuff. Great job! That  bombing altitude is just right for Sebnam mod missions (must find now that old jungle camo texture and that 4 x machine gun system stuff). Perhaps we  see more pictures from ground.

Ps. perhaps we need explosion scripting more effects? :)
      Explosion Shock Dust script by Fishion (ofpec).