Vehicle stealth?

[ApocalypseMeow]

Can you use vehicles for stealth, effectively? Does it lower your stealth index if you use American vehicles in Afghanistan or Russian vehicles in Africa?

[Taako]

I believe the only vehicle you're able to use stealthly is the walker gear.

[Skeptik]

No, the AI just don't notice them past 60-70 meters, but no stealth. The closest thing to that would be ducking in the truck so no one sees you, but you cant coast by enemies because the vehicle stops rather quickly after you duck inside of it.

There is a "stealth" function on the D-Walker later on in it's development, but you still can't get very close to enemies.

I drive my vehicle up to an outpost (about 60-100 meters) away, do what I have to do, then run back to it and continue.

[Cursed]

in ground zeros if you use LAV and they don't see who's driving it , no alert . loading tips suggest that it works in TPP too , but it does not

[Frag Maniac]

Don't see how they could spot you in a tank, provided you're not doing anything obviously suspicious. I've read APCs can be fairly concealing too.

[Xarathox]

Originally posted by Frag Maniac:

Don't see how they could spot you in a tank, provided you're not doing anything obviously suspicious. I've read APCs can be fairly concealing too.

Nanoparasitexrayvision, son.

[Bansheebutt]

Yes, enemies will spot you if you come within their field of vision.

But attack vehicles also follow the same rules as normal stealth. If the enemy doesn't see exactly where you are, a Combat Alert is not triggered.

[Whoops]

Allegedly, there is a camo(olive drab I believe) to make it so that you are harder to spot while driving a vehicle. Regarding vehicle camo, I think it does give a small, perhaps tiny difference. Possibly not worth it if you are like me, who like to ride with style (aka, solid silver/gold andzebra patters)

I run similar to what Puggles does. I aproach from blind spot and park as close a possible to objective. I pick spots that would be good exit points or a place that is in the path of the secondary objective. Sometimes I did not predict the possible outcome or future objectives, and my vehicle has been left behind just to cut down on time.

D-Walker is excellent with transportation though. (if you don't care about having a buddy) Just give him the basic tranq gun, basic CQC arm, and the scout(marking) head. Cheap, park and forget, fast, and can be of some use with the scout head.

[soyforce]

you can toss a smoke grenade into the back of a 4-wheel drive and then use it. the AI will recognize it as a smoking vehicle and won't be able to see you. doing this you can drive straight into an enemy base without being detected.