Aerostat Killing

[jollyjack]

Had some  Fortress Stalinggrad mission running yesterday. Mig3 -Ju87s ass kiccking target practice .... Now these aerostat balloons are indestructible.

Must you make set them to linked entry?

 

[Beebop]

If you mean those white balloons they are not editable.  You cannot change durability or height.  They seem to be objects developed for the "Verboten" area of the Moscow map even though they are available in the "Grounds" menu. 

To get destructible balloons you need to use objects from the "Aerostats" menu.  They are observation balloons from Flying Circus.  As I own FC I don't know if they are accessible to non FC owners but before I owned FC I don't remember seeing 'Aerostats' in the Objects Menu.  Their height can be edited in the Properties 'Y' box (by default they appear on the ground where placed).  They can be rotated and their spotter distance can be edited in the Advanced Properties box.

 

HTH

[jollyjack]

The (white) programmable ones (FC only?) i found obey wind direction and height (- 80 for height .f.i. lowers altitude), but they will not move once wind direction is set as in real life.

Balloon hunting with moving targets would be nice. Would be even better when connected to a moving vehicle. And yeah, Zeppelins, when oh when?

 

[Beebop]

Hmmm.

The plain white balloons are only available to me in the "Grounds" menu.  They cannot be made into Linked Entity's even though the option appears in the Properties menu.  Setting the 'Z'  (altitude) value in the properties box has no effect.  Default seems to be 2100 meters.   All I can do with them is move their 'X/Z' position and Rotate them.

 

All I have in "Aerostats" are four balloon of two types with observers in baskets (that jump when the balloon bursts into flame) , one each Great Britain and German.  Them I can set 'Z' values for.

The white indestructible balloon is not available to me  in that menu.

Edited July 7, 2020 by Beebop

[JG4_Deciman]

4 hours ago, Beebop said:

Hmmm.

The plain white balloons are only available to me in the "Grounds" menu.  They cannot be made into Linked Entity's even though the option appears in the Properties menu.  Setting the 'Z'  (altitude) value in the properties box has no effect.  Default seems to be 2100 meters.   All I can do with them is move their 'X/Z' position and Rotate them.

 

 

The white 'Barrage Balloons' (graphics\grounds\aerostat.mgm) are just some eye candy.

No collision, no damage.

You can fly directly through them without any problem.

 

But the height (Y Position) can be set according to your needs.

Basic offset is 1000 meters.

So if you want so place it at a special altitude take the height -1000.

My setting for a balloon shown in 1100m height is 'Y Position 100'

 

Deci

 

 

[Sketch]

Can be shot down, and can adjust the Z axis (height of object from ground)

 

 

Can not be shot down (like most 'Grounds' entities)