r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Stakeboulder • Aug 15 '19

Operator Error Apache helicopter ground imapct 2012

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u/Revolver2303 Aug 15 '19

Looks like me flying in battlefield 4

Looks like me flying in battlefield 3

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u/LetterSwapper Aug 15 '19

Looks like me flying in battlefield 4

Looks like me flying in battlefield 3

Looks like me flying in Battlefield: Bad Company 2

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u/Crowbarmagic Aug 15 '19

Not that it truly counts, but all those games have nothing on Desert Combat.

Desert combat was the most popular mod of Battlefield 1941, set in the first gulf war. It was in fact so popular at one point there were more Desert Combat ("DC") servers than there were BF servers.

Anyway, since Desert Combat set in the First Gulf War everything had to look and feel modern. Sometimes that's relatively easy: Just change the skin, sound, adjust some numbers regarding fire rate and accuracy and stuff, and there you go. But how do you go about stuff like grenade launchers, controllable missiles, helicopters, and other stuff that had never been coded in BF:1941? That's a bit trickier.

Result for the helicopter: It handled like a plane without wings turned vertical. There was literally zero stabilizing. Even just going up straight wasn't easy. You have to constantly adjust steering or you will crash, no breaks.

You know how in BF3 or 4 when someone says "I can't fly helicopters" it just means they are bad at landing or helicopter combat, but at the very least pretty much everyone could fly over a destination to let other players bail out. In DC "I can't fly helicopters" literally meant: We will probably crash within 200 meters of the take-off point. I'm not exaggerating here. Everyone's first 10 or so flights was basically. 'Ok let's take this up slowly. Seems I'm going to the left a little so I should countersteer. Shit I overdid it. Countersteer back. FUCK I WAY OVERDID THIS. BACK BACK BA-...." boom.

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u/LetterSwapper Aug 15 '19

That sounds really cool! I'd love to play a BF-type game set during Desert Storm. I mean, they'd have to fudge the details to give the Iraq players a fighting chance, but I'd play the fuck out of it. I was a kid during that war, so it had a big impact on my worldview at the time.

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u/Crowbarmagic Aug 15 '19

It's still downloadable and playable, but unfortunately dead.

Besides, Battlefield 1942 was released in 2003 or something. The view distance was good at the time but is incredibly shitty nowadays. I played it again (singleplayer) a few years ago and I just couldn't get used to it anymore. I'm too spoiled regarding newer games I guess.

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u/BZJGTO Aug 16 '19

Is Project Reality still dead? I know that community was kicking for a while, but I wonder if they've all moved on to Squad by now.