ruisleipa
Member
+149|6477|teh FIN-land
you know when you're in a chopper and there's a circle on the HUD that flies around and sometimes disappears then flies back again but doesn't actually seem to do anything? Well, wtf is it? I've been trying to work it out but nothing makes sense. Please solve this conundrum, it is driving me mad.
KEN-JENNINGS
I am all that is MOD!
+2,979|6887|949

It's a gauge to let you know how level you are when hovering off the ground.  If you notice, it's just when you are close to the ground that the circle appears.  the closer it is to the crosshairs, the closer to level you are.
DrunkFace
Germans did 911
+427|6936|Disaster Free Zone
You don't have to be close to the ground.
ruisleipa
Member
+149|6477|teh FIN-land
fair enuff, but seems pointles since you have the artificial hoprizon already...
Brasso
member
+1,549|6885

closest helipad i think
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aimless
Member
+166|6380|Texas
No. It's just a level.
Zandermander
Chopper Whore
+3|5856
Its where the closest flag is i believe... every time i hover over a flag i see it.
MrAnderson
Ghost Town T90/Apache Whore
+99|6254|Aberdeen, Scotland
Lol, why do people post random answers when the correct answer has been given already?

Ken's right, it shows how level the heli is when hovering.
Stubbee
Religions Hate Facts, Questions and Doubts
+223|6998|Reality

MrAnderson wrote:

Lol, why do people post random answers when the correct answer has been given already?

Ken's right, it shows how level the heli is when hovering.
Ken is sort of right but it can appear at any altitude. I had it over the carrier on Gator at 500m.

It isn't just a level, it is also a gauge of your speed and direction when you are close to hovering.
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baggs
Member
+732|6459

Zandermander wrote:

Its where the closest flag is i believe... every time i hover over a flag i see it.
Considering his title and his sig, this really made me chuckle.

Ken had it right first time, it's so you know you have perfect level.

Last edited by baggs (2009-10-07 00:08:54)

Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6043|Catherine Black
You're all wrong, Ken's sorta there.

It's for identifying when your upward thrust = downward gravity, IE you are perfectly stationary (in the Y co-ord).
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irishtop
Hopscotch Champion
+11|6418|Houston, Texas
no for how level you are, but if you are in a perfect hover, if will be centered and not moving.
signa
~~~~~
+50|6984|Michigan, USA
its useless. only nubs hover, then get tv'd.
globefish23
sophisticated slacker
+334|6579|Graz, Austria

signa wrote:

its useless. only nubs hover, then get tv'd.
Ehrm...
How do the "pros" repair and rearm on helipads then?
Rushing over them like a jet several times?
RoaringJet[FIN]
Member
+16|5710
No. They stay above it.
baggs
Member
+732|6459

globefish23 wrote:

signa wrote:

its useless. only nubs hover, then get tv'd.
Ehrm...
How do the "pros" repair and rearm on helipads then?
Rushing over them like a jet several times?
Ha ha yeh, was always great fun dodging incoming TV missiles whilst repairing. A highlight of chopper whoring
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American Hillbilly
+12|7054|Long Beach, CA
Good stuff this thread.
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