Yes, it is so. Insuber is right.

Yeah, both Insuber, Drafting and Jumo (HolyGrail) have raised excellent points; points that I said earlier but in a much less eloquent way :-P

As i remember the damage model includes all the fluid filled pipes, glykol/water, fuel, hydraulic fluid, etc...
So lets assume that OM sticks to details and tries to reach perfection, the we can also assume that we will have different smoke/fluid trails from wounded planes.
A cooler leak will doubtless leave a white trail, burning oil a light grey and burning rubber and fuel/oil mix a black trail, each varying according to the amount of damage and or burning material.

Well..things seem to be coming together, any idea on a release date yet? I'm almost afraid to ask given the fact you guys have been giving release dates now for 4 or 5 years. Also, any hints on sound? I'm hoping the reason the 2 preview videos have no sound is because you guys are working on a new sound engine, to improve on what was IL's weak area, very lame sounds. Even using ALL-ARCADE's IL2mods pack would be a big improvement. Thanks though for years of a great sim, I've been with you since the beginning and have all versions, so obviously I'll be adding this one (if I don't drop dead first..lol)

Hi,

For your info, whenever teased on this subject, Oleg pointed out that IL2 sounds are optimized for high-end sound cards. He recently said that the sound mods are indeed worse than his original sound engine ... when you have the opportunity to listen the latter on a decent sound card.

Try and search for Oleg's posts on this subject, the question was asked already.

Cheers,
Insuber

As you maybe know, opinions are not counted, they are weighted ... :D

Just to play Devils advocate, I've played IL2 on several high end soundcards and found the sound lacking. I think this may be the point where the master fails (and they all do). I do however hold out more hope for SOW.

IMO, either you have the sounds to start or it won't make that much difference.

I've had the so-called high end sound cards... nope.

I might agree, if you were buying some kind of professional music or sound production type card.

I want the Storm of War placemat.

I would like a BOB-era aeronautical navigation chart of SE England. PDF format would be nice so we can print out the relevant area and have something we can scribble on during our Pre-Mission Briefing!

Cheers!