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After All These Years - I Should Know This

Devildog73

Devildog73

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Guys,

Is there anything we have which can simulate our bombers hitting an ammo dump?

During May 1945 strikes some Avenger IIs hit Japanese camo'd ammo dumps and left fires burning when subsequent sorties arrived later in the day.

I have used the volcano smoke effect in the past, but wanted to cause a nice effect during the bombing run which actually hit the ammo dump.

Do we have any "hell-fire and damnation" effects available to us for such a wonderful strike against an enemy ammo bunker?

Ddog

Also, I am just kind of substituting barges and changing their speed values to make Japanese kamikaze boats.
Any suggestions for a better boat would be greatly appreciated.
According to photos I have seen of the kamikaze boats they were basically a speed boat with one suicide person and as big a bomb as they could fit on the boat and not sink.
Others were the same boats with a torpedo strapped to it. Some of the more rational Japanese "pilots" aimed the bomb-laden boat at an Allied ship and "bailed out" at full throttle as close as he dared get before jumping.
 
Small boats are limited.

Brunosk's High Speed Launch, or MAS S-boat both look too "sleek" to me.

I think you're stuck with Collins Daihatsu's ... by 1945 it might be all they had left out on the islands anyways:playful: Collin's covered Daihatsu might look the part.

For ammo dump explosions, I'm thinking a small target object (pile of crates) with a special dp file that calls for a big explosion & fire effect. I remember someone posting ammo barge dps & effects for Sully's Barges in a thread here at SOH, but I'll be blowed if I can locate the thread...:banghead::dizzy:
 
UncleTgt said:
Small boats are limited.

Brunosk's High Speed Launch, or MAS S-boat both look too "sleek" to me.

I think you're stuck with Collins Daihatsu's ... by 1945 it might be all they had left out on the islands anyways:playful: Collin's covered Daihatsu might look the part.

For ammo dump explosions, I'm thinking a small target object (pile of crates) with a special dp file that calls for a big explosion & fire effect. I remember someone posting ammo barge dps & effects for Sully's Barges in a thread here at SOH, but I'll be blowed if I can locate the thread...:banghead::dizzy:
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Two projects that I'm working on are some small boats. Although they may not fit the part. I'm also working on an Alpha-ed box for damage effects. I'll let you know if I get close to having it ready for testing.
 
Blood_Hawk23 said:
Two projects that I'm working on are some small boats. Although they may not fit the part. I'm also working on an Alpha-ed box for damage effects. I'll let you know if I get close to having it ready for testing.
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Sounds interesting Blood_Hawk!

Currently, as the Uncle stated, we are somewhat limited in our small boat fleet.

I think I am probably the first to use the Japanese Kamikaze speed boats that came into play at Okinawa and the Japanese homelands.

Once you get something cooked up, I can sub them in place of the barges on steroids or Collin's Daihatsu's...:encouragement:
 
Regarding the big fire and big smoke, is there a way to reference the volcano smoke in the dp of a building, cave, or hanger so that it generates upon bomb hit?
 
Devildog73 said:
Regarding the big fire and big smoke, is there a way to reference the volcano smoke in the dp of a building, cave, or hanger so that it generates upon bomb hit?
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I just answered my own question!

I added the napalm and volcano effects into Xavier's Hanger 5 dp at 100% destruction.

Here is the look after my bombing run, pulled a 180 and shot it with guns, ordered flight to do the same, pulled another 180 to look.
 
Devildog73 said:
Sounds interesting Blood_Hawk!

Currently, as the Uncle stated, we are somewhat limited in our small boat fleet.

I think I am probably the first to use the Japanese Kamikaze speed boats that came into play at Okinawa and the Japanese homelands.

Once you get something cooked up, I can sub them in place of the barges on steroids or Collin's Daihatsu's...:encouragement:
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Is this what you're looking for?

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That is cool looking.... Altought the model pic you posted dosen't seem to be right.
 
That was a pic I found. Not one I've made.

I have first hand knowledge that one could be on its way. Our resident shipwright is looking into it.
 
Just a thought here....

didn't the AF project Shore Bombardment package have the dps for what you are looking for? Also I looked at PSK's barges and there is a ammo barge there (PSK_barge2) that has explosion effects in the dp. Have no knowledge of how these things work but just thought that it have been overlooked accidently.
 
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