Meet the Apache!
Welcome back, faithful wishlisters. I have news for you, Cleared Hot now has twice as many helicopters to choose from :)
After playing the game with only the littlebird for a couple years now, it is really cool to experience it with a new helicopter.
As compared to the Little Bird, the Apache is:
[h2]New Cannon: 30mm Gun[/h2]
This thing packs a punch. It feels a lot chunkier when shooting it, and it will kill any ground troops in one shot, including any nearby splash damage. It's also effective against lightly armored vehicles.
[h2]New Missile: AGM-114 Hellfire[/h2]
This is the base missile on the Apache, and does more damage than the standard Hydra missiles on the Littlebird. The missiles start out at a slower speed, but accelerate as they fly. This was actually non-trivial to add for a few reasons.
Spawning a missile at a slow speed could result in the player running into his own missiles :) This was fixed by processing collisions on the missile more manually- allowing us to check what it hits and selectively ignore whatever is shooting it.
Getting the missiles to hit directly where they were aimed didn't come "out of the box". Most everything in the game is physics based, so flying fast and shooting a missile would result in a different missile path than firing it when not moving.
This is a gameplay decision- but for now, I wanted the missiles to hit the spot they were aimed when you fired them. It also is possible that for higher damage missiles, maybe they should be a bit harder to aim. You might have to consider which side of the helo they're firing from, and your speed.
[h2]New Environment: Classified [/h2]
These gifs are recorded on a work-in-progress level that I will write more about soon. It involves a more combat mission that happens in the beginning of the career mode.
[h2]Thank You![/h2]
As always, thanks for your support, it really does help. We have a lot more coming, new vehicle features, a vehicle passenger rework, lots of NPC updates. Stay tuned.
Meet the Apache AH-64 Gunship
After playing the game with only the littlebird for a couple years now, it is really cool to experience it with a new helicopter.
As compared to the Little Bird, the Apache is:
- More powerful (heavier main cannon, more advanced missiles)
- More armor / can take more damage
- Accelerates more slowly
- Can only carry 1 passenger (co-pilot seat)
- Bigger range
- Flies at a slightly higher altitude (but this can be controlled)
[h2]New Cannon: 30mm Gun[/h2]
This thing packs a punch. It feels a lot chunkier when shooting it, and it will kill any ground troops in one shot, including any nearby splash damage. It's also effective against lightly armored vehicles.
[h2]New Missile: AGM-114 Hellfire[/h2]
This is the base missile on the Apache, and does more damage than the standard Hydra missiles on the Littlebird. The missiles start out at a slower speed, but accelerate as they fly. This was actually non-trivial to add for a few reasons.
Spawning a missile at a slow speed could result in the player running into his own missiles :) This was fixed by processing collisions on the missile more manually- allowing us to check what it hits and selectively ignore whatever is shooting it.
Getting the missiles to hit directly where they were aimed didn't come "out of the box". Most everything in the game is physics based, so flying fast and shooting a missile would result in a different missile path than firing it when not moving.
This is a gameplay decision- but for now, I wanted the missiles to hit the spot they were aimed when you fired them. It also is possible that for higher damage missiles, maybe they should be a bit harder to aim. You might have to consider which side of the helo they're firing from, and your speed.
[h2]New Environment: Classified [/h2]
These gifs are recorded on a work-in-progress level that I will write more about soon. It involves a more combat mission that happens in the beginning of the career mode.
[h2]Thank You![/h2]
As always, thanks for your support, it really does help. We have a lot more coming, new vehicle features, a vehicle passenger rework, lots of NPC updates. Stay tuned.