IL2 Mod Makers and Daidalos should Unite

[Furio]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyWhiskey

"expanding the limited selection of aircraft and maps."

Saying it with a smile, this speaks a lot about our attitude.

Il2 has a huge number of planes, flyable and AI, with no peer in gaming industry, at least if any reasonable quality and historical accuracy is considered. And we have a huge selection of maps, ships, vehicles, buildings, etc. However, WW2 was fought on such a scale that it will never be possible to have all battlefields, all ground objects, all aircraft types. Never. Simply look at how much time it took to come where we are today, and make a simple projection in the future.

I would love to see more cooperation between all people still working on game expansion and refinements. But any coordinated effort requires someone able to make decisions, and I see no others than TD in the right position to do so, following 1C guidelines. Decisions always make someone happy and someone other unhappy. Simply like that. Modders took their way and I’m not overly optimistic about the possibility to have a serious integration in the TD development scheme. To say it with other words: I keep my fingers crossed, but not hold my breath.

[KG26_Alpha]

Furio
Do you now if anyone is working or able to work on the graphic dll's
to make use of the newer GPU's

Cheers

[Furio]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Furio
Do you now if anyone is working or able to work on the graphic dll's
to make use of the newer GPU's

Cheers

Sorry, KG, no.

[A.Fokker]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Furio
Do you now if anyone is working or able to work on the graphic dll's
to make use of the newer GPU's

Cheers

On the SAS site, there is somebody investigating the possibilities of upgrading the IL2 engine.

Look for this thread in the lounge "a new flight sim project". The guy looking into it (Stainless) is a professional game coder. He already did a program to check the functionality of IL-2 models outside of the game. Certainly worth checking out.

Most importantly, the speed with which he produces results is amazing. HE CAN DO. Hopefully he also has the stamina.

[KG26_Alpha]

Thanks for the heads up.

I'm sure he's "in tray" over there's full.

[WhiskeyWhiskey]

Originally Posted by Furio

Saying it with a smile, this speaks a lot about our attitude.

Il2 has a huge number of planes, flyable and AI, with no peer in gaming industry, at least if any reasonable quality and historical accuracy is considered. And we have a huge selection of maps, ships, vehicles, buildings, etc. However, WW2 was fought on such a scale that it will never be possible to have all battlefields, all ground objects, all aircraft types. Never. Simply look at how much time it took to come where we are today, and make a simple projection in the future.

Definitely, IL2 is still the best flight sim experience overall, just because of everything you can do, and everyone that can fly the game.

Just seems there are a lot of MAJOR aircraft not represented well, or even at all, such as the B-17 or B-24. Two aircraft that had such pivotal roles in the war.

But when I look at the list of aircraft to select I can get pretty much every model of the BF-109, FW-190, Spits, and the Zeros.

[TexasJG]

HSFX 7.2 adds the B-17, B-24's as well as many other aircraft and features.
Some of the HSFX aircraft are really excellent.
The B-17's are not, sall we say up to DT's standard, but good enough.
Hoping to start modeling new Cockpits for them someday..or year...
too many projects...too little time....

[WhiskeyWhiskey]

I'm not sure what limitations there are in terms of quality with the HSFX B-17s or the B-24, but I think people just want to fly a historical bomber, other than the JU-88, He-111, or Japanese ones.

Actually, I thought the new bomber mod (can't remember the actual name) for HSFX is pretty nice. I'm not a bomber guy, but it all worked fine for me when I flew bomber.

I know the developers are Russian, but no B-17, yet you have flyable even the most obscure Russian prototype aircraft that never even flew?

[Woke Up Dead]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyWhiskey

I know the developers are Russian, but no B-17, yet you have flyable even the most obscure Russian prototype aircraft that never even flew?

DT is very international apparently. It's not a Russian bias, it's what's easier to add to the game. The obscure Russian prototype has only one seat, a few gauges, and a couple of guns; the B-17 has what, seven or eight gunner positions that would have to be modeled? There's an important Russian bomber that's missing from the game too.

[majorfailure]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyWhiskey

I'm not sure what limitations there are in terms of quality with the HSFX B-17s or the B-24, but I think people just want to fly a historical bomber, other than the JU-88, He-111, or Japanese ones.

Actually, I thought the new bomber mod (can't remember the actual name) for HSFX is pretty nice. I'm not a bomber guy, but it all worked fine for me when I flew bomber.

I know the developers are Russian, but no B-17, yet you have flyable even the most obscure Russian prototype aircraft that never even flew?

Just a little more patience, we will get a B-24 with the next patch. And a few other nice things...