4.12 development update discussion and feedback

[Asheshouse]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Sadly, the P-61 Black Widow, the one night fighter that every U.S. player wants will never be in the game. Damn you Northrop Grumman!

Well, not in the stock game at least. P61A and P61B are in HSFX6.

[ECV56_Guevara]

well, if we have hte mossie he will have multiple preys. He111 Ju 88 and surely He177. Instead of it, a Luftwaffe NF will have only Wellington and enemy NF. There is a British four engined bomber planned for 4.13 /4.14??

[gaunt1]

Originally Posted by ECV56_Guevara

well, if we have hte mossie he will have multiple preys. He111 Ju 88 and surely He177. Instead of it, a Luftwaffe NF will have only Wellington and enemy NF. There is a British four engined bomber planned for 4.13 /4.14??

Do-217 is far more important in that role than He-111 and Ju-88.

And if there will be night fighters in the game, Ju-88 is a must have. Primarily a C6, and maybe a G variant. In fact, the C6 alone is more important than the Me-110G4, more than 2500 built.

[ECV56_Guevara]

Originally Posted by gaunt1

Do-217 is far more important in that role than He-111 and Ju-88.

And if there will be night fighters in the game, Ju-88 is a must have. Primarily a C6, and maybe a G variant. In fact, the C6 alone is more important than the Me-110G4, more than 2500 built.

Agree, even Do 17/217 NF versions would be great. But my point is that those birds will need enemy bombers to kill. At early war, there are Blems and the wimpy coming in 4.12. For medium late / war scenery we need 4 engined bombers. Still we have Mosquito, a great pathfinder.

[IceFire]

A Lancaster or a Halifax are more than possible... just a matter of modelling

[_1SMV_Gitano]

Originally Posted by ECV56_Guevara

well, if we have hte mossie he will have multiple preys. He111 Ju 88 and surely He177. Instead of it, a Luftwaffe NF will have only Wellington and enemy NF. There is a British four engined bomber planned for 4.13 /4.14??

What about RAF Liberators from 205 Group? There were plenty of them in the skies of central/eastern/southern Europe towards the end of the war (September 1944 to May1945)...

EDIT: I was referring to the Mk. VI and later versions. Earlier variants were available in the MTO as early as 1942.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by _1SMV_Gitano

What about RAF Liberators from 205 Group? There were plenty of them in the skies of central/eastern/southern Europe towards the end of the war (September 1944 to May1945)...

Speaking of which, once we finally get the B-24D, it would be amazingly cool to have "Carpetbagger" (night spy and clandestine air cargo drop) and Coastal Command ASW variants.

[bf-110]

This is taking longer than the patch of a game I play...

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by ECV56_Guevara

There is a British four engined bomber planned for 4.13 /4.14??

Oceanic Wing Mod Team did at least one model for the Lancaster, along with a lot of other goodies for IL2 (Commonwealth Boomerang, Westland Whirlwind) which looked to be well along.

Unfortunately, some or all of their work was destroyed or derailed by the 2010 New Zealand earthquakes. I'm not sure that we'll ever see the fruits of their labor.

View the Probably-Vaporware here:

http://www.oceanicwing.com/il2_projects.html

[magot]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Oceanic Wing Mod Team did at least one model for the Lancaster, along with a lot of other goodies for IL2 (Commonwealth Boomerang, Westland Whirlwind) which looked to be well along.

Unfortunately, some or all of their work was destroyed or derailed by the 2010 New Zealand earthquakes. I'm not sure that we'll ever see the fruits of their labor.

View the Probably-Vaporware here:

http://www.oceanicwing.com/il2_projects.html

OW never contacted DT. Boomerang is in DT archive too (original model in early stage at lod0). Whirlwind can be interesting ...
and Lancaster by OW was higher poly what I remember, reworked from other game. Not direct IL2 quality there.