Give me some "holy sh... did that just happen" ideas

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by ECV56_Lancelot

Because later on with the sim in our hands, we start to get threads everywhere complaining about "stupid AI shot me down", or crash over a mountain or the ground when it was chased by another aircraft, or complaining that they don't shoot down anything, or that they shoot down everything before i get the chance to shoot down an aircraft, and so on.

I don't think the idea is always that these are events that are in the main AI routines, more like they can be scripted into particular missions.

[metro163]

-aircraft jumpseat position
-panorama view in ATC tower
-fly airship or yacht with a girl for holiday sightseeing
-photo wall in pilot club
-checklist before flight
-operational AAA gun
-fuel dump when airborne
-newspaper or aircraft flight manual reading during bomber flying
-signal flare before takeoff
-swim to float plane for rescue （perhaps after signal flare）
-parachute diving training
-lubricant oil maintenance
-fueling
......

[wannabetheace]

Originally Posted by bhunter2112

This thread got me to sign in again and make a comment - probly 2 years since that happened.

Historical is the key for me. The missions probably were very similar. You were not a fighter pilot one day and a bomber pilot the next. Even the fighters were trained in certain areas and armed as such. But it's a game so...

What I want to see. A mission with a soul. Just a little tidbit of info came get you into the flight. Your wingman is a noob...watchout for him. Topcover for a HE115 searescue of a fellow pilot. Running into an ace you have been briefed on. Scramble for takeoff.. a damaged bomber is heading slowly back over the Channel to France...get it .. cover arrive
historical radio chatter.


I want to make a kill/damaged claim after a mission.

Well, I agree with the idea that a mission with a soul.

Here is my 2cent.
How about encountering with enemy ace who is teasing you. Of course he should be top class ace like German Hans Joachim Marseille or French ace Marcel Albert . Moreover he is in perfect position to shoot you down but doesn't want an easy kill or he just fed up with killing rookies so he just decided to play and make fun of you . Finally he wave at you and let you live and banks away or some kind like friend&foe just to show some individual's personality.

And you can meet him again where his plane is damaged and it's your choice to finish him off or give him a treat you owe..etc

[vpmedia]

unpredictable random events & long term playability is what every game needs

(this is where even the big development firms fail, for example for me CoD6 was one day fun and now I'm back to IL-2 1946, 5th year)

[Tbag]

As has been mentioned before: A good AI crew in multiseat aircraft would be awesome. Gunners telling you where other aircraft are, probably commenting on the battlefield/target, flight engineer giving damage reports, bombardier who gives instructions to the pilot.

[Avimimus]

It's surprising how much I've wanted a monocle - ever since the I.A.R. 81 was released as a flyable, actually.

[Necrobaron]

How about the possibility to collide with the body of a bailing enemy? Maybe see people on fire as they bail from a flaming bomber?
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Harmed By Nexium

[Insuber]

You are clearly obsessed by blood and gore ... are you sure that you are in in the right game?. Btw Oleg said clearly 'no blood spatters or other gore effects AFAIK.

Ins

[Romanator21]

Well he is the "Necro-baron", necro meaning death, and I suppose Baron implies having some sort of power over it/through it.

[SlipBall]

So what do you think of the suggestion's so far Luthier, has anyone hit on any of the ideas that you had in mind?...I know that you were looking for rare, one time events that would surprise the off-liner on occasion. But I think that you have a great opportunity here to learn from these ideas, and to make SOW a truely incredable off-line experience. I think that the more we can interact with AI the better, they are our human crew and our friends in game off-line. Greatly increased amount of commands available to use would help out the most. Maybe even hearing the crew do small talk among themselves, or hearing the navigator telling a funny joke at times. AI can be the substitute for the human element that so many of us crave here.