Non Friday 2010-04-15 Development Update :)

[kendo65]

I think people should put the 'walking home' idea to bed now.

It's just not realistic to have a pilot walk back to his home base through miles of deserted countryside and it's not possible to program in the kind of real-life interactions that would make it seem real.

All the accounts I've read show that a parachuting pilot acts like a beacon for anyone in the vicinity - so you get civilians, the local constabulary and Home Guard making up a 'reception committee'.

For an RAF pilot road transport would then likely be arranged back to his base, or if injured a spell in the local hospital. For a Luftwaffe pilot almost 100% certainly it would be a POW camp.

In the absence of any means of simulating all this the best option is to end the sequence after the pilot has touched down just as is done in il2.

Thanks for the update Oleg.

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Edit: All comments above refer to England, Summer 1940

[janpitor]

I personally think that the best idea is to let the pilot smoke his cigarett just to have some ending of the parachute sequence.

[virre89]

Fantastic work as always Oleg, looking forward to the next update / video

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by JG27CaptStubing

Are you actually suggesting the guy pull on his risers to Slip is chute like in real life?

No, I did not suggest that. Just curious if there was a surprise to be told about control, certainly not needed

[kendo65]

I believe Oleg has stated that the British parachutes in-game had the possibility to be steerable (as in reality) while the German ones didn't.

Though I think he was unsure as to whether this feature would actually be in the release.

(Sorry, can't provide a link to the quote)

[rakinroll]

Oh man thank you. And again, that pilot looking better than you Oleg.

[_RAAF_Stupot]

I think that's the best 3-second YouTube video I've ever watched. Thanks!

[johnnypfft]

I made a 10sec version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWohMyI9Hbc

[Qpassa]

cool video

[choctaw111]

Thank you for the video and the photos.
These look really great!
Will there be a first person view while falling to earth in the parachute or just a 3rd person view like we have in Il2 right now?