BoM: Wonder if they'll model the poor Soviet Plexiglass?

[*Buzzsaw*]

Salute

Early models of the Yak-1, MiG-1/3 and especially the LaGG-3/LaGG-5 had cockpit plexiglass with very poor optical qualities, to the point that Soviet pilots removed it, or flew with an open cockpit.

This reduced speed by quite a bit, up to 20 kph in some cases.

Wonder if they'll model this in BoM. Should be a part of the game.

Of course, I-15's and I-16's didn't have the problem since they only had the glass windshield.

[Slipstream2012]

I'm sure that all the Soviet planes in BoM will be modeled perfectly, and the game will be everything that Clod failed to be, simply because it is of more interest to the devs.

[scotchegg]

I've always thought those imperfections in the glass (scratches etc.) were a great boost to immersion. Hoping that at some point some mod makes its way into the clod planes as well...

[*Buzzsaw*]

Originally Posted by scotchegg

I've always thought those imperfections in the glass (scratches etc.) were a great boost to immersion. Hoping that at some point some mod makes its way into the clod planes as well...

Imperfections may have existed in British and American cockpit plexiglass, but they were minor compared to the Soviet problems. Their glass was often cloudy, of varying thickness and warped, creating distortions and making it very difficult to spot opponents.

That was the reason pilots preferred to fly with an open cockpit.

[hiro]

it'd be tight if they also modeled the light reflection / glare changes with the random distortions . . .


they should put it a toggle, [] poor Soviet glass and [] us / brit plexiglass
scratched

no better yet a slider

poor Soviet [][][][] US / Brit scratched [][][][] polished [][][][]factory new

for the folks that will scream they can't see the 109's

[5./JG27.Farber]

I asked Luthier in a Q&A if they would have gunsights or painted on the windscreen DIY jobs, he just said it would be "historically correct"... So there is proberbly your answer.

[tintifaxl]

Don't expect MG to nerf VVS planes. All historical production and QA problems will certainly not be modelled.

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw*

Salute

Early models of the Yak-1, MiG-1/3 and especially the LaGG-3/LaGG-5 had cockpit plexiglass with very poor optical qualities, to the point that Soviet pilots removed it, or flew with an open cockpit.

This reduced speed by quite a bit, up to 20 kph in some cases.

Wonder if they'll model this in BoM. Should be a part of the game.

Of course, I-15's and I-16's didn't have the problem since they only had the glass windshield.

Seems we had a lot of soviet Pilot flying during BoB, at least for the first two years of it

Btw good post of you just above