Hellfish6
03-07-2006, 05:03 PM
I originally posted this in the Tank-Net forums, but I don't know how often Ssnake checks there and I thought it might be more pertinent here. Before anyone labels me a heretic for this, I am a former infantrymen, so the subject is near and dear enough to my heart to risk posting this on a forum populated with you "Death before dismount" debutantes. :wink:
And yes, the term "crunchie" is a fighting word. :D
How hard would it be to implement player controlled infantry? I like how you can already follow your dismounts as they move, but what if you could make them controllable vehicles too? Instead of commanding an individual soldier you represent a squad or team leader controlling the unit? What would normally be your gunsight would instead by an ironsight or crosshair for a rifle. Insert/Delete/Home/End would let you cycle through small arms/grenade launcher/LAW/ATGM? The "E" key would make your squad/team go prone? F7 would let you look through binos or just check around and give you access to your personal weapon, F6 would let you control the fires of the entire unit (or bring up the ATGM optics), F9 would let you control the movement, etc.
From my limited knowledge of SB it looks like it could be done and it would add a whole lot, imho, to the sim. I like watching my infantry clearing forests that my tanks have bypassed, but I'd like to have a more active role in clearing the forest too. Likewise for dismounted scouts - it'd be cool to get dropped off and then go set up an LP/OP as a dismount.
This is about the extent of thought I've put into it thus far, so it's entirely possible I'm forgetting something that would kill this idea pretty quick. I'm not looking to make this an infantry sim, but rather to increase the functionality and usefulness of them.
And yes, the term "crunchie" is a fighting word. :D
How hard would it be to implement player controlled infantry? I like how you can already follow your dismounts as they move, but what if you could make them controllable vehicles too? Instead of commanding an individual soldier you represent a squad or team leader controlling the unit? What would normally be your gunsight would instead by an ironsight or crosshair for a rifle. Insert/Delete/Home/End would let you cycle through small arms/grenade launcher/LAW/ATGM? The "E" key would make your squad/team go prone? F7 would let you look through binos or just check around and give you access to your personal weapon, F6 would let you control the fires of the entire unit (or bring up the ATGM optics), F9 would let you control the movement, etc.
From my limited knowledge of SB it looks like it could be done and it would add a whole lot, imho, to the sim. I like watching my infantry clearing forests that my tanks have bypassed, but I'd like to have a more active role in clearing the forest too. Likewise for dismounted scouts - it'd be cool to get dropped off and then go set up an LP/OP as a dismount.
This is about the extent of thought I've put into it thus far, so it's entirely possible I'm forgetting something that would kill this idea pretty quick. I'm not looking to make this an infantry sim, but rather to increase the functionality and usefulness of them.