Support for He-177 for IL2

[Sita]

definitely not dead .... i mean ... He177 will be in Game asap ...

don't have funds to pay all sum for that stuff which already done ...

collect more funds for all other pit for that big plane looks impossible ..

[Sita]

for what is done at present moment we are still due some about 70$ ...


for the rest of the Pits company to raise funds even began, due to the fact that it is very few people interested

[Spudkopf]

Make that US$43 now, sadly due to the shit AU$ exchange rate at the moment, my what could have been a semi-impressive donation of AU$41 only amounts to €25 (US$27), but I hope still it helps.

It is a tad sad that community has not rallied behind the project considering how much free content has been made available over the years. I guess it just comes down to people having other aircraft as their priority, and for a lot them a German bomber that has not the best perceived reputation was not one of them.

For me along with the Do-217 the He-177 rounds out the late operational Luftwaffe bomber force quite nicely, except for maybe the lack of a Ju-188, and notwithstanding of course more variants of the the existing Luftwaffe bombers (Ju-88, He-111, Ar-234).

It would be interesting to see how the response may have been if the project had been for a B-17, B-29, Lancaster, Sterling, or Halifax?

[Sita]

Originally Posted by Spudkopf

but I hope still it helps.

i hope too ...

Originally Posted by Spudkopf

It would be interesting to see how the response may have been if the project had been for a B-17

few years ago i almost start company to for collect funds for B17 pits ... i have good 3D modeller who could do it for funds ... and few month i asking in our Ru part of community .. how do you feel about this idea and will you to support ? and i even was ready put in that company alot of my own funds .... but already in 2013 that idea generated little enthusiasm ....

most of players now looking in Warthunder or BzS ...

[Spudkopf]

Yes the beauty of COD, BOS and BOM (and the arcadeness of Warthunder) are steadily thinning the ranks here, but as had been said in the past none of the current WWII Sims is able to match the sheer breadth of content that is Il2 1946, and the high end requirements of the serious titles is still a limiting factor for many.

I remember when Janes WWII fighters was at it zenith with so much fantastic mod work being done, then this plucky little russian sim came along with by comparison low resolution skins, but having much larger aircraft list to choose from and more realistic flight models, along with a continual expansion support from the developer something not seen to that extent by any previous sim, meant that with within one or two years almost all the community had moved over to Il2 Sturmovik.

I dare say that if any of the current WWII titles had anything approaching the breadth of content that even the original IL2 Sturmovik had back then, then I'm sure this place would be a complete ghost town, but that there's still life in the old girl has been proven both by TD and the external modding community time and time again.

My wish (nee desire) going forward is that one day all the flyables in this sim will have cockpits to at least the minimum Fw-190, Tempest, Do-335, J8A (just to name a few), etc as the rule and not as the exceptions, and then who knows with that maybe we can get another 15 years out of her.

[igorlikesP-38]

Any news on He 177?

[Sita]

Originally Posted by igorlikesP-38

Any news on He 177?

just saw that message...

import is in progress ... in fact "simple" part of import made or almost made .... now need make it alive ... need programming all moving parts etc.

[igorlikesP-38]

Thank you for the news Sita, it would really be nice for me to have a plane in my favorite flight sim, that I know will have a tiny piece of my small donation in it somewhere (although I clicked a rear guner position when donating). Will do more, I promise.