Friday 2010-11-12 Dev. update and Discussion

[fruitbat]

i'd much rather have DeWilde than tracer personally.

tracer makes little diff to me, i'd still hit without it (in il2) just because i've fired so much in il2 over the years, and its second nature where to aim. Seeing your rounds hit is much more useful imo, because then you know you've hit.

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

In (virtual) reality though, when blazing away at a Ju88 with two 109's on our tails, how are we going assess whether a certain ammo mix is more or less effective than another? Or even more true to life?

I know I've not even considered ammo in IL2, other than the obvious differences between MG's and Cannon and the different calibres.

Perhaps I'm not cool, calm and steely eyed enough to assess these complicated issues in the heat of combat?!

In Il-2, I fly the Hurri mark 1's a lot and those 8 .303's pump out a lot of tracer! So much so that it can impair my visibility of the target. If I could select to have tracer in just 2-guns, my shooting would be a lot better

Each to his own, though.

Nearmiss; I know what you mean, but I don't post to raise my post-count. I never look at it in any-case. It's only my interest in SoW which has raised it so high.
I do fly Il-2 a lot (or have done in any case). Recently, I've put work first as I prefer to fly longer sorties (based on BoB campaigns and day-to-day episodes) and I don't have enough time, really, to fully enjoy Il-2 as I'd like

Battle of Britain aviation history is my main interest (I collect BoB flight-gear) and a lot of my reading is both fictional and non-fictional books on this subject

Thankyou.

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

I'd be interested to know too. Based on what he's revealed about modelling different armament types, I'd imagine it would be included. It's quite an important part of the shooting experience IMO

You really ought to get very involved with the IL2. You are wasting alot of time asking questions that you can answer yourself, if you were virtual flying.

Take the IL2 with the TD latest release 4.09, try the full mission builder, and do some online flying. You will find chit chat talk really isn't where the action really is.

People that are flying and enjoying the IL2 are not dropping onto these boards very much.

One super way to enjoy the IL2 is build missions and follow behind the player aircraft in the missions. Then you can see what to tweak, where you need to implement more action elements, etc.

Also, get a good air war history book and try to replay those historical air combat missions. You will really be touching history and you will definitely begin to understand what those combat pilots were up against.

You have appx 1/3 more posting than I, and I "have to work these boards"... also I've been here a lot longer than yourself.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

You really ought to get very involved with the IL2. You are wasting alot of time asking questions that you can answer yourself, if you were virtual flying.

You have appx 1/3 more posting than I, and I "have to work these boards"... also I've been here a lot longer than yourself.

Funnily enough, I've been wondering myself when a lot of people on the forum find the time to actually fly a flight sim.

Maybe some people just prefer to use virtual words than virtual bullets, whether piercing, incendiary, or just plain 'ball-shot'.

[Richie]

Here's a picture of a Lancaster in Kelowna BC 1999. To change to a cool subject