Large Formations in SoW?

[PeterPanPan]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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Scouring through older Oleg's interviews reveals that big formations will be in SoW ...

Great news ! Thanks Flanker. Let's hope Oleg hasn't changed his mind.

PPanPan

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by PeterPanPan

Great news ! Thanks Flanker. Let's hope Oleg hasn't changed his mind.

PPanPan

The problem in Il2 was every single AI bomber had its own flight model and AI controller. This made for accurate dog fighting but large bomber streams eventually kill the FPS on even the fastest machines and creating large formation was a nightmare.

All indications are a compromise has been reached in SOW, lets hope so.

[Avimimus]

Oleg has also announced that formations will likely have a more flexible structure - it will be possible for aircraft to meet after takeoff and merge formation etc. Instead of having a flight with two sections as the only formation Oleg spoke about a hierarchy of sorts (flights, squadrons, wings etc.)

[IceFire]

My understanding is that Oleg would be using a level of detail system for AI interactions. So if there were several large formations on the go, only the ones closest to the player would be reacting with the highest level of detail. Sounds like a good way to do things... although complicated probably.