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[Xilon_x]

Sorry Caspar but AndyWest want to ridicule my country my nation do not know the history and roots.

i learn at this man i little movie of story of italy.ant italy importance.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Xilon_x

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers

pleace ICEFIRE loock whit attenction the list
first Axis Nation partecipating at WW2 in order of important Nation:
GERMANY
ITALY
JAPAN
HUNGARY
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
the rest of axis nation have minor revelance is secondary nation.

Germany - Yep got them.
Italy - Yep, got them. On our way to having most of their major plane types fully modeled and a good number flyable.
Japan - Pacific Fighters
Hungary - In there since Forgotten Battles came out
Romania - Yep, got them. We now even have a detailed map.
Bulgaria - The only axis power from your list we don't have in game. They didn't participate in the invasion of the Soviet Union so their influence would be in two areas (Yugoslavia and Greece) that we don't have modeled at all. If we did and they were missing then it would be a bit of an area to clear up.

The other nations modeled were in some way part of the invasion of the Soviet Union (or a combatant that is relevant to the air war). It has nothing to do with importance.

[bf-110]

Originally Posted by Xilon_x

[IMG]
Dear Bf110
that is not atomic bomb but werfegranate 280mm to fw190f for destroy T34 sovietik Tank

I know,I was being ironic,and I was meaning that thing on the wing of the (FW190?)

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

Um, no.

GERMANY
JAPAN
ITALY (perhaps?)
...

Or if you were Chinese etc:

JAPAN
...

Andy is right.Italy (I believe) had less participation in the war than Japan.If had the same,they were shadowed by Germany.But not considering Italy is almost as not considering UK in the war.
And I have italian heritage and I annoy DT with italian stuff.

[Blackdog_kt]

I think those structures extending above and below the wing of the 190 in Xilon's pictures could be enlarged ammunition magazines for some kind of big cannon, but i'm not sure.

As for the eastern mediterranean, i'm from Greece so i would be definitely interested to see a Balkans map. From the early days of the axis invasion when RAF hurricanes and Greek PZL24s were trying to intercept the incoming bombers, to anti-shipping patrols through the rest of the war in the Aegean during the occupation of Greece (lot's of Beaufort/Beaufighter and Ju88 action if i'm not mistaken), as well as the bomber campaign against Ploesti (15th AF vs the axis nations of the Balkans), the theater is quite wealthy. There were quite a few important shipping/landing actions by British and Greek forces to retake occupied islands with associated counter-landings by axis forces, changes of allegiances (when Italy was about to exit the war, it was a matter of each unit's commander to decide if they would stay with Mussolini's side or switch over to the allies, sometimes German troops even attacked them pre-emptively to prevent that) and that's only in a small part of the theater, around the confined Aegean sea.

However, i have a feeling that maybe Oleg's team will do the med in an expansion for SoW and maybe that's why TD is not working on it. I don't know if it could be done in a single map, but we can hope for an eastern med SoW map that will include Malta and Sicily, the Balkans and part of N. Africa. It would see a lot of action for sure, since it would have a good mix of long and short sortie times (quite a treck for the attacker, eg RAF from N.Africa/Malta flying to the Aegean is a long time but axis forces flying CAP for their ships would be able to dash in and out fast, the roles would be reversed if the Axis wanted to attack) and would be relevant for scenarios from 1940 until 1943-1944. But just like i said before, i think this project is reserved for the SoW team.

[csThor]

Would you guys do me a favor and stop quoting Xilion? I have him on IGNORE and I really don't want to read his postings. Thx.

[csThor]

Originally Posted by Burdokva

If you don't mind, I would like to give an opinion on your comment. Just to note, I've shortened the quote just to be more precise and focus on the thing's I'll elaborate on. To be honest, it's entirely valid.

Of course I don't mind. Message Boards are there to have a conversation or discussion, after all.

Originally Posted by Burdokva

There has been no Balkans map and, as far as I know, there currently aren't plans for any. Which is a shame. It's a theater of war that's been heavily overlooked. While Bulgaria did not take part in the invasion of the USSR (pleasantly surprised you're aware of that fact, as most Westerns don't seem to be) the home defense campaign against the 15th USAAF was a large enough affair that involved thousands of planes over the course of an entire year. Plus, the VnVV (Bulgarian His Majesty's Air Forces) were involved in other operations too - anti-partisan, escorting Axis convoys and protecting the Bulgarian coast against Soviet submarines and surface ships and reccon flights over the White/Aegean Sea and Medditerrenean.

Lastly, while I don't know if it'll be a great incentive, but Il-2 does have a strong fanbase here (I'm a Bulgarian national) and many people are still hoping that there would be at least some sort of representation of the theater and our air force - I'm still keeping fingers crossed for a TD Balkans map....

If there were such a map in the making then it might make sense, but ATM we do have one aircraft type used by the Bulgarian Air Force (the Bf 109) for home defense plus the Ar-196 as AI. Not much WRT the aircraft pool, although it might be sufficient ... if there were a map.
I am a strict believer in historical accuracy and relevance ... and in a cohesive depiction of the operations. Which means to me there has to be a balance between the pure aircraft pool, the map, sea and ground objects and other "negligible details" such as the right units, awards and the right speech pack. Then, and only then, any kind of player can utilize the things available in every way he wishes - they can be connected in a historical campaign, in a single mission, in a simple DF map, in a Coop ... Simply adding individual and unconnected aspects simply pleases the loud minority of DF players, most of which prefer the "sportive" DF with little regard to historical accuracy, but do not provide a solid playground for historically-minded offline players (like myself).

Originally Posted by Burdokva

One that would also be very welcomed by Romanians, I'm sure - after all, the main target of the 15th AF in the Balkans wasn't Sofia, or even Bucharest, but the Ploesti oil refineries.

A sensible map for such ops would have to include a most of Romania, a good deal of Yugoslavia and parts of Greece, too. If we were to limit the potential to campaigns of the ARR, that is. If you want to include the USAAF then the map has to have bases available in North Africa and I am quite sure that such dimensions would overwhelm the Il-2 engine. Not to mention that there's a ban on any realistic maps of the MTO in place.

Originally Posted by Burdokva

The above is valid about Croatia; but not only there's enough historic potential for campaigns, but I believe there's a fantastic modded map at an advanced stage of completion.

A croatian campaign featuring 15.(kroat)/JG 52 would be a lot more sensible since they did take part in the ops in the Caucasus in 1942/43. Flying CAS for partizan hunters in Yugoslavia isn't exactly the most thrilling of mission concepts, not to mention that Il-2 doesn't really have the means to depict them (no infantry as targets, no ability to count buildings etc as targets ...).

[Burdokva]

Thanks for the answer, csThor!

By the way, I did foret to mention the whole "Patriotic War" against the Axis powers, after the Soviet invasion and coup in September 1944, so there's a pretty good "Il-2" plane set used by the VnVV - Ju-87B/D , FW-189, Letov S-328, Avia B.534, Avia B.71 (licensed built SB-4), Fi-156 Storch, Ju-52 ...

And that's only from the official "Il-2" planes, of course.

As Blackdog_kt said, there's a lot of historical content in the region...

OK, stopping bothering you now!

[Wolkenbeisser]

Hi TD

Something, that is worth to improve (now, that the hardware of the simmers is stronger than in 2001):

Targets should burn longer (maybe half an hour instead of only a minute?). It would be a huge step forward if target areas look bombed after an attack.

And maybe some additional smoke around the burning targets?

At the moment you have to look twice to find out if the chosen target ist still alive or not.

Please, Daidalos look at this point (also regarding immersion and for moviemakers it would be a great step forward).

Thanks for your effort. You're doing a grat job.

[bf-110]

As he mentioned about effects,I would like to ask if some effects can be improved,altought I dunno if TD can change them.
One thing are the ships.I saw a video of,you know,that thing,and on it,the ships when got bombed,burned and were releasing a black and thick smoke.
Another interesting thing was that the fire from the planes looked more realistic.

[Xilon_x]

Dear Team Daidalus i request a special army for pacific teatre.....

Who is this?


yes Japanese Sensuikan Toku, aircraft-carrier sub. whit catapult sistem.
loock this....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdytwjZXt_Q

real information.....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-400_class_submarine
tankyou Daidalus team.loock this japanese airplane whit actenction is Fac-Simile to REGGIANE 2005 yes remember ITALY and GERMAN project esport in Japan during ww2.