4.12 development update discussion and feedback

[Asheshouse]

Nice update today.
I sure wasn't expecting the Wellington.

Ashe

[RegRag1977]

This is a very pleasant surprise indeed!

TD you guys know how to tease

Question : Will it be flyable or AI?

[Daniël]

A Wellington! Great!!!

[Wiesel]

WELLINGTON! GREAT!!!

"One of the british Bombers"

[Fergal69]

It would be great to see a wellington, especially a flyable version, as reading these forums, it is a very missed bomber. It's strange that people seem to mention the Wellington more so than the Lancaster.

Would be nice to see if it is as resiliant & able to soak up the damage they suffered due to the geometric structure they used to build it with.

With regard to float planes, how about a Arado 196 or Heinkel 115?

[Bonz]

Just thought I check to see if there is an expected release date...
Before Christmas? Maybe.

[Aardvark892]

Outstanding news... although it makes me worry that since this update was just released that it means that 4.12 is now even farther in the future. Don't take that as a complaint, TD, I'm one of your biggest fans!

[Bearcat]

Hmmm ..

Flight model changes

- Updated flight models for P-36 / P-40 family, SB-2, B5N and Me-163

- Introduction of mach related drag increase for all aircraft

I hope that winds up being a good thing..

Scoring system changes

- Added shared kills (½ point). This can be enabled from difficulty menu (on/off/historical).

- Shared kills are written to event log.

- Damage registering changes. Aerial kills are awarded based on damage amount instead of giving the kill to pilot who shot the target plane last.

- New kill markings in debriefing UI.

- Added optional team score to online dog fights with optional cumulative team score which doesn’t reset team score between missions.

- Player who commands AI bomber bomb release also gets score from all AI aircraft’s bombs that destroy targets.

Great news!! No more working a bandit only to have some putz come in and plunking him on his way down and getting the kill.. I see there are still no rockets for the P-51s..

[Luno13]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

Hmmm ..

I hope that winds up being a good thing..

I don't think it can be a bad thing, but I'll wait to fly them before I judge. I'm pretty excited about the new mach effects, visual effects, and finally options to remove that infernal "Mission Over" in glowing red letters! Opening up the sound files is a great decision also. I can't wait to mess around with it.

Very nice stuff DT! Will there be a PDF release or does that come with the patch itself?

[ElAurens]

How will the new mach drag affect, say, a high speed dive?