Patch 4.10 - Development Updates by Daidalos Team

[CKY_86]

Originally Posted by robday

Thanks for the reply CKY 86. I sort of knew what 6DOF meant, but not that it related to TrackIr.

No prob

[Avimimus]

There are also the basic issues with map size and the altitude cap - which make it hard to simulate late war bombing tactics.

I'd personally love an Il-4. I hadn't taken much notice of it until it was made flyable with a hack and then my opinion of it changed completely.
- It has adequate performance, good handling and the the dorsal and ventral gunners have very good fields of fire (making them among the most effective pre-1942 defensive positions).
- It was also mass produced and has a diverse bombload that is considerably larger than the Pe-2. This adds a lot of capability to the RKKA pilots (as the Pe-2 can't carry much more than an Il-2 in overload).

So, I hope that cockpit gets finished...

[ElAurens]

With the upcoming intoduction of "The Slot" map being made an official part of IL2/46 we will have a map of the proper proportions to support large bombers. I have been flying on this map for some time using a mod pack and it will change the way people see the sim. Or it should anyway. I have flown multi hour missions on this map in the mod B-17 and H8K "Emily" flying boat. It is a different, and rewarding way to fly.

CS_Thor, overall I agree with you, the smaller and medium bombers should take priority, but the Japanese in particular are very short on bombers of any kind. Making the H8K a flyable would be a good thing for the sim, as it was uesd in every operational area of the Pacifc war, and would help "flesh out" a rather week Imperial Japanese plane set.

The Slot map is a work of art, those of you that have yet to see it will be gob struck.

[Billfish]

Well, for as long as I can remember I've been stating how heavy bombers have little place in the sim. IL2, ground attack.....Yet more so in that quite frankly most don't want to fly them as a heavy in that they get flown as strafers or stuka's, and for every 1 person who likes to take the time to get to altitude, fly to the target and saturation bomb, 10 people will take that same aircraft and try to fly it like an IL2.

There comes a point where though every aircraft would be welcome, you need to say "what do we have time for, what fits, and what will mess up the works"......Though heavies would be great, fact of the matter is most simply will not fly them as intended. So it becomes a wasted effort, in fact even harmful to grant the very few what they would make "good" use of.

K2

p.s.....No more fighters.....ground attack is what is needed so the sim can get back to its intentions.

[nearmiss]

The slot will be a welcome addition to IL2. The way the maps are broken down by time periods during the war is a very excellent idea.

The Navy Seabees were building airbases at a very fast pace. The bases weren't there one day and 40 days later there were huge airbases in place.

I always felt it was so unrealistic flying over airbases that you knew historically did not exist during the time period of your missions.

It's going to be a fun couple months flying the slot and using the nav tools in 4.10.

[Faust]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

The slot will be a welcome addition to IL2. The way the maps are broken down by time periods during the war is a very excellent idea.

Dear Team Daidalos,
Will the Slot map included in 4.10 be a series of maps or a single representative map? The first post in this thread has an image showing what I believe to be the Jan '44 version. In my opinion that is the most logical and most versatile of the set if one is to be chosen. I had assumed there would be one Slot map but Nearmiss got me wondering if there is one Slot map or a set broken down by time period?

[Zorin]

Originally Posted by Faust

Dear Team Daidalos,
Will the Slot map included in 4.10 be a series of maps or a single representative map? The first post in this thread has an image showing what I believe to be the Jan '44 version. In my opinion that is the most logical and most versatile of the set if one is to be chosen. I had assumed there would be one Slot map but Nearmiss got me wondering if there is one Slot map or a set broken down by time period?

All maps versions will be included.

[MicroWave]

Originally Posted by Faust

Dear Team Daidalos,
Will the Slot map included in 4.10 be a series of maps or a single representative map? The first post in this thread has an image showing what I believe to be the Jan '44 version. In my opinion that is the most logical and most versatile of the set if one is to be chosen. I had assumed there would be one Slot map but Nearmiss got me wondering if there is one Slot map or a set broken down by time period?

Most likely there will be six different versions from Aug '42 to Jan '44.

[Faust]

That was a fast reply. Thank you.