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gloog
02-24-10, 01:56 PM
Hi all....!

This has probably been mentioned already so sorry in advance.

TMO for 1.4 and RSRD mod installed.

Blub blubbed a Chitose seaplane tender north of Luzon and 14000+ freighters south of Formosa.

Because of limited air I need to surface periodically.
I've been jumped a good few times by H8K's and survived....crash dive.

Thing is H8K's are fairly accurate and scared a couple times. 've treid to take one on and don't intend to either.

However, every time I get jumped by a G4M Betty I swear it has to be the funniest thing I've ever seen.

I'll get an aircraft alert > Instigate a crash dive > I'll see the offending airspace intruder > then watch as he zooms in for the kill, he unloads his delivery of death, they miss completely, he gets caught in the blast of his own bombs/DC's and starts to do this bizarre cartwheeling on the spot.
Then after that the Betty hits the water and floats a bit then explodes.

All the while that the aerobatics are going on his dorsall gunner is emptying his magazine in a big 'not hitting a barn door' circle.

The first time this happened, I thought oooooh unlucky airmen, they missed a big S-Type sitting duck and probably thought suicide by bomb blast rather than face the wrath authority.
But this has happened eveytime a Betty vectors in on me....it's hilarious.

Memo to self, H8K dive! dive! dive! Betty hang around for some mid misssion light entertainment.

I don't get the 'downing Betty' credit....doh!

I got an alert just a moment a go I should've e screenied it for a laugh!

Anybody had this issue and would like to share?

Cheers

gloog
02-24-10, 04:10 PM
http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/707/betty2.pngAs promised some screenshots of a G4M Betty taking a dive after trying to tkae my boat out.


http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3392/bettyc.png

I tried to get the image of the plane doing it's aerobatics but I wasn't quick enough!!!


http://img519.imageshack.us/g/bettyn.png/

Armistead
02-24-10, 06:26 PM
It's a common game bug, but is funny when it happens cause they do about 100 cartwheels per second.

magic452
02-25-10, 02:44 AM
Good post there gloog :rotfl2:Keep 'rm coming.

Magic

gloog
02-25-10, 03:29 AM
Cheers magic

As you say a bug.....thourghaly entertaining one though!

Was wondering? How to get my screen shot on screen instead of link?

Any ideas

Cheers

Sailor Steve
02-25-10, 11:04 AM
It looks like all you need is a slash before the second IMG tag: [/img]

But...a .png file is very large, so it loads slowly for people without a monster connection, and it costs a lot of bandwidth to run it. Better to convert it to .jpg first.

HMCS
02-26-10, 02:52 AM
Bettys in RL were badass- 20mm cannon in the tail. Hit em, and they light up like a Roman Candle, though.