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Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox
For example in B-17II The Mighty Eighth, old game by Microprose, Norden bombsight had a small red light on the bombsight which would light up second or two before the sight would release the bombs - is it possible to model something like that in SoW (not sure what historical reference here is, to my understanding Loffte bombsights used by Luftwaffe were very similar to Norden)?
This question I don't understand. how this small red light will hep in a situation above (and I really didn't understand what do you mean... why behind.... Only if you order them to drop.... but if in missions is a target all others in a flight will bomb that target, but not behind.
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Thanks for the answers.
Now that I look at my question I see it doesn't make much sence. Let me clarify a bit.
In IL2 if auto bomb release is used in formation bombing it causes the following effect:
leader doesn't know when his bombs will fall and others must observe his plane to see if any bombs are dropping. Now, when you see that other plane is dropping his bombs it is already too late - because of the delay between the server and the player infront of you who is aiming the bombsight + human reaction time which is average about two seconds - you will miss.
What I asked here is the following: in Microprose's game
B-17II The Mighty Eighth there was a 3D model of Norden bombsight which had that red light going off just before the bombs were released. Why I mention this - if this was how real Norden bombsight operated than it would help us with online level bombing in formation to tell others when to drop and hit targets with precission. Currently in IL2 only leader's bombs will hit the target - everyone else will hit the area behind leader's aiming point.
I only ask this because to my knowledge Luftwaffe Loffte bombsights used during BoB were very similar to US Norden bombsight. If Microprose modeled Norden correctly as it was in WW2, and I think you and your development team have much more information on this subject - will such thing be in SoW?
Sorry for being such a perfectionist, but this is how we fly online:
One more question if I may.
With all these great new features about bombers and stuff - will SoW: BOB feature large Luftwaffe formations like in BoB2 Wings of Wictory? (over 25 planes per formation, and sometimes there are missions with up to four such groups)