Friday Update, April 13, 2012

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

Not a great prospect if you fly a virtual squadron that flew Hurricanes until the Spit V came along.

Hurricanes were never competitive against 109s - they were largely responsible for hunting down bombers and great at it.

[SG1_Lud]

@Luthier, I can see you feel pretty confident and optimistic! That's the best news, seem you have achieved a big step forward. Wish you all the luck and thanks!

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by recoilfx

Hurricanes were never competitive against 109s - they were largely responsible for hunting down bombers and great at it.

Yes, that's great if the new patch allows big bomber formations. I'd be happy to go up against a 30+ group with my squadron. That's fun.

Being target practice isn't.

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

Yes, that's great if the new patch allows big bomber formations. I'd be happy to go up against a 30+ group with my squadron. That's fun.

Being target practice isn't.

Oh I know the ATAG blue bombers would love to join in on the formations!

They can't currently because of launcher crashes when flying close. Also, there is a new rotating mission on ATAG with armada of AI bombers, and shooting them down actually contributes to team score!

[Viking]

Thank you!
And have a good weekend.

Viking

[III/JG53_Don]

Very nice update gents! Thank you for that!

One question though: Will the new beta contain an updated version of the sound engine? Like in one of your ground vehicle videos, where you can clearly hear better sounds for the Ju-87 e.g.

Would be really nice to have that included as well. I just love the new sounds since the last patch! I would really like to hear loud formations of bombers... ( He-111, Blenheim etc are pretty quiet at the moment)

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by recoilfx

Oh I know the ATAG blue bombers would love to join in on the formations!

They can't currently because of launcher crashes when flying close. Also, there is a new rotating mission on ATAG with armada of AI bombers, and shooting them down actually contributes to team score!

Yep, it's a great addition to the mission roster! Still too much emphasis in that one on RED making ground attacks in France, though, and on fighter/fighter points.

Like I said. Hopefully the patch will resolve some of the issues we have in putting up historical missions. I'm all for making a simulator simulate reality because that's fun to recreate stuff. But if you're not recreating history, you're just sending people up to shoot at each other in the air and any game like that is no fun for one side if it's not balanced. If you create realistic flight models, we need realistic situations to employ them.

[David198502]

Luthier, you said there are some minor changes to the 109FM...could you tell us what exactly they are?

[garengarch]

thanks blacksix and team

[JG5_emil]

A quality update