Oleg Maddox's Room #1

[Bearcat]

Either tha6t or send them here: Flightsim Machinima. I sold more copies of FBGOLD when I worked at best by by looping tracks and running films I uploaded to store PCs than any amount of talk...

[BadAim]

Big Jack does have a point though, it would be nice to have a view mode of some sort so that you don't have to spawn into the game to view it. I quite often show up when my squad is in the middle of co-ops, and it would be nice to pop in and watch the festivities while I wait for the mext mission. I can think of several other uses as well, such as movie making.

[Big Jack]

Are you kidding? I sent half of Hollywood to that site last year!

[denbf109]

i agree with everyone else. il2 is a fabulous sim, but to me it seems that all the flyable a/c and AI a/c are in some kind of hyper mode.

[Avimimus]

Oleg I thought I would pass on this idea,

Dynamic weathering (already used on aircraft) + complex weather = dynamic snowfall?

It would be neat to have ground textures, as well as weather conditions, varying on a daily basis. It could be done in the rendering instead of using separate texture files...

I'm not asking for it as it may not be feasible, but I thought it was a 'cool' idea that you might find amusing...

[VF19_NAPALM]

~S~ All Ty Oleg for an awesome game . Theres a list of flyable aircraft in Il-2 thats longer than my arm . My question is this ..Why are these planes left off the " list " F4U-4 Corsair , F8F Bearcat , and F7F Tigercat . These aircraft flew and were in combat squadrons . The -4 Corsairs were an improved version and did see considerable service . F7F`s also were deployed as nightfighters off Okinawa . As far as the F8F , they were aboard USS LANGLEY as the atomic bombs were delivered . Is there a reason these fine birds are not available in the game ? Thanks for your time . Keep up the GREAT work ~S~ VF19 NAPALM (VF19 Commanding Officer )

[Rama]

Originally Posted by VF19_NAPALM

Is there a reason these fine birds are not available in the game ?

Yes

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by Rama

Yes

Yes, my understanding is that there are two factors:
1. You can't model everything (not only does it take time and money, it also requires references)
2. United States courts have ruled so that modeling of most American aircraft requires permission of the company that "merged with"/"holds the trademarks of" for the relevant historic firm. It appears that Oleg was actually sued at one point and had to remove several aircraft from the game and pay to model others.

If you don't like this contact your Veteran's associations...

[MiniMe]

Hello Mr. Maddox,

I have two ideas that make the live of the pilots a bit easier.

first, when a pilot spot ground targets he is able to mark them on a map (maybe with a special icon) so that other pilots of his nation can easily find them.

secondly, the maps of BoB will be very huge, so it wont be possible for everyone (who wants to fly full real) to print them out. Therefore, it would be great to have map tools to compute the flight route (distances and angles).

thanks MiniMe and best regards to you and your team!

[Avimimus]

It would be nice to have this feature for fighter pilots as well - but only when they are on the ground. IRL pilots could use pencils didn't they?