RocketTurtle

You really like the Avenger.

I don't have rocket pods in the OP. That's why I'm wondering if they should be allowed.

A GAU-8 Avenger? Jesus. Bit overkill there. Is that so you can shoot down my Blizzards with ultimate revenge?

I guess I didn't include that. Hm... I've never actually used them. Are they any good for air to air combat? I would assume the AI can lead with them decently.

That's pretty funny. My Blizzard II is about the lightest I could get while still having the extreme maneuverability of my first Blizzard, along with still having the turbojets. Amazingly, it has the same fuel capacity of my first Blizzard.

That's fine. As long as you have it in before Pixel hosts the tournament.

That's an interesting idea. It would be interesting to see how it would work with the modern setting we use here. - - - Updated - - - Never said it didn't. I was just impressed, because I thought you made a 2 engine fighter that was only 7.9 tons

Damn, only 7.9 tons. I'm a bit scared... Edit: oh only one engine. Okay, that makes more sense.

It's not that we didn't see your submission, you just didn't provide a .craft file

I don't think so. I'll test it when I'm back at my computer. I'll put a bunch of wings inside the plane and see if it flies.

Here, my Blizzard II. https://www.dropbox.com/s/webqdjky0mt8o3p/F-42%20Blizzard_zip.craft?dl=0

Yeah my planes disassemble when pulling any Gs at at any mach, so I'll give you that.

Okay. What do you think? Should I make Quiztech allowed by default, or make it vary by tournament? Searching #topgunai will present you with a lot of mesmerizing videos.

Well, we've always done the tourney with no mods, but we can probably do a modded tournament in the future. We already have quite a lot of submissions from the old thread, so if we wanted to do a modded tournament we'd probably have to wait quite a while for people to submit their modded aircraft. I don't run these tournaments, I simply created this thread because the old one was really disorganized, and it was hard to find the rules, etc. As I mentioned earlier, t3hJimmer usually runs them, however he hasn't replied. I personally would love to do a modded tournament, though.

Wow I'm dumb. The limit is 60 points. xD My Blizzard is armed with 2 missiles, 2 Vulcans, 4 ammo cans, and 3 countermeasure pods, bringing it to 57 points.

The wings are actually pretty big. They're just offset far into the middile, and swept far back. Which only makes a difference in how the planes look, due to the stock aero

Yeah it would be really cool if we could have multiple runways set up for the planes to take off from.

Seriously. Everyone knows existence was created last TUESDAY.

Watch some of the tournament videos. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23topgunai - - - Updated - - - Yeah so I think I've basically hit a maneuverability hard cap. My Blizzard.zip and my Blizzard B both have the EXACT same turn rates, and I can't make either of them any better, without making them inherently unstable. I still can't chose. The Blizzard B is heavier, but slightly more stable, and more durable. The .zip is zippier, faster, lighter, etc. but less stable and less durable.

You might be setting them up too close. In all the tournaments, usually the fights starts with the AI firing all the missiles, and then fighting with guns.

Sounds good.

Same. My Blizzard B's and Blizzard.zips actually have about equal results. Despite the fact that he .zip is so much lighter, it seems to be less maneuverable. I'm trying to make it more maneuverable but it's so small, I can't really add anything.

The Blizzard.zip! A compressed version of the Blizzard B! It has the same fuel capacity, and is almost 2 tons lighter! (10.3 vs 12)

That's cool. I also recommend fiddling with your AI settings, because that is all up to you. You can set the minimum and default altitude really low, so your craft will engage first, however it poses the risk of crashing into the ground. So chose wisely. ' Right now I'm waiting for t3hJimmer to reply to this thread, as he will likely be hosting the tournaments, because he can record them, and knows how. Once he does, I'll get all the craft files, and once I think there are enough planes, I'll draw seeds, and we will fight them.

Actually I'd prefer if you kept discussion of previous tournaments on the old thread, to prevent confusion. This is basically the start of making these tournaments more organized and easier to find. I'll keep the OP updated based on the ongoing tournament.