Adding a fourth tank-crew member?

[BlitzkriegBob]

I've never worked with unreal engines so I have really got no clue what's possible and what's not, but could you somehow add a fourth crew to a tank so that he could act as a commander and the existing commander would just be the gunner, which would be more realistic.

Maybe you could lock this 4th player's camera to spectate around the tank (which is pretty much the function of a Cmdr, being the eyes, ears and brains of the tank) while making his model disappear so that he can't be killed and then just kill him in case the tank gets destroyed. Would this be possible with a server-side mod so that people don't have to download anything?

 

[Nathan Bay]

I dont like the idea of having a camera that can look around the tank. But having a fourth crewman sounds like a good idea if you are looking for even more realism. I have no idea what you can or cant do with the unreal engine, sorry.

 

[AXEL]

i think that would be in the tanks coding itself, but i'm unsure. And for the commander why give him an omniscient view and instead leave him where he is, and just put a gunner position inside the tank and all he can see is the inside of the tank?

 

[hsj40]

Make 4 crews for tanks no way lucky find two in tanks most people likes there own tanks go where thay want to go on maps.That just the way it is game time. NUTS

 

[jeffduquette]

The option would be nice -- but like the man above says the reality of online play is that the majority of tanks are crewed with 1-player. Occasionally when a server is jam packed (which happens on weekends once in a while) you get players teaming up in two man crews -- driver and TC-gunner. I'm not saying its right or wrong, I'm just saying it is the reality of the way the game is played.

I don't mind teaming up -- particularly if its someone whom I know has a handle on basic game mechanics and whom I know has a high level of situational awareness. But my preference is to grab my own tank and do my own thing.

 

[18Bravo]

You could possibly put a 3rd position on the is2 and 4th on the kv tanks for that rear turret mg. As far as giving more visibility, maybe giving the forward mg an openable hatch so they can look around as well?