4.13 development update discussion and feedback

[Pursuivant]

Congratulations to the B-24 design team!

Now all we need is for someone to model the other 5 crew stations needed for the B-17!

[majorfailure]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Congratulations to the B-24 design team!

Now all we need is for someone to model the other 5 crew stations needed for the B-17!

Don't get greedy.

Can't wait to fly the B-24. Finally an allied heavy with a decent bombsight. Great work and thanks to the team that made the cockpits&stations for this beauty.

[Buster_Dee]

Yes, many hands on this one (and still growing). For my part, you're welcome.

[Sita]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Now all we need is for someone to model the other 5 crew stations needed for the B-17!

5? i think six minimum ... or even more

[dFrog]

Well, B-24 is just awesome. But... I wonder... in Avia B.534 there is a very nice animation of moving ammo cartridges when firing guns. Why this animation was not used in B-24 when there are so many ? If you can do it for one plane, why not for this ?

Yeah, I know. I'm nitpicker.

[Monguse]

dFrog

Glad you asked about the articulated ammo belt and ammo considering I have been wrapping my head around that issue.

If you take the low ball approach like hiding part of the ammo belt, it painfully become obvious that using TrackIR with 6DOF the user is aware of the missing belts and it blows the "magic".

The only real solution is to have a fully articulated (albeit simple polys) animation with again a fully articulated simplified ammo.

Given that, now you know why the B25J waist and A20 ventral position never had the articulated ammo belts installed.

All I can say is maybe one day.

[IceFire]

Congratulations to Buster and Monguse. Your hard work and many thousands of hours have paid off.. I look forward to making use of the B-24 in online and offline scenarios!

[dFrog]

Originally Posted by Monguse

...Given that, now you know why the B25J waist and A20 ventral position never had the articulated ammo belts installed.

All I can say is maybe one day.

OK, thanks for explanation. I'm not fan of planes with more than 2 engines, but this one is really nice piece of (tremendous amount of) work.

[Tuco22]

Great to see this masterpiece finally get implemented, i followed Monguse's thread intently since its inception.

Fantastic work guys!

[Buren]

I am speechless, this is truly an outstanding labour of love! It definitely shows.

Looking forward to fly countless hours with the B-24. This might be flagrant to some, but I always favoured the '24 at the expense of its Boeing contemporary.

Consider me hyped.

p.s.: I wish there are going to be several stock missions (even perhaps a campaign) dedicated to the aircraft. Perhaps taking advantage of the larger maps. (e.g.: the Solomons)

Also, are there plans about a dedicated manual to the B-24, with an elucidation of the new features coming with it, the aircraft's peculiarites, historical practices regarding formations, bombing etc.?

In any case, again, excellent effort. Thank you very much for you hard work!