Umm... well.. it's one of the most historically significant areas in the central Pacific. Quite a bit of air combat (and otherwise) happened in this area. It'd be like the Eastern Front maps missing Kursk or Stalingrad.

The scenery in the Slot maps is fabulous and the multiple maps of the area are supplied in many date ranges. You do not fly over 1945 airbases unless you choose 1945 maps of the region. You don't have to overlook airbases that didn't exist at the time of your missions.

The aircraft in the Pacific were hot performers after 1943.

The carrier takeoffs and landings is also a big part of Pacific operations.

The Slot is also where the IJN's air service was defeated. It would never recover from Guadalcanal. Japan's fate was sealed in the waters of and skies over the "slot". The rest of the pacific war was a very bloody, very costly mopping up operation. So, yeah it's important.

It's pity that we won't have full range of pacific theatre A/C (ie Grumman) at our map/mission making disposal

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South West Pacific
 

Yep, the Solomons and New Guinea campaigns from mid 1942-early 1944 was where the IJN and IJA air arms were chewed up and destroyed in a battle of attrition. One of the best periods for IL2 campaigns, as the opposing forces are pretty evenly matched and you have to make the best use of the aircraft that you fly (although shame about the FMs and DMs currently in the game) to survive.
The Slot map together with Lowengrin's DCG are a great combination to recreate this struggle. The New Guinea map will be a fantastic addition to the game and open lots of new possibilities.
Almost obligatory reading for anyone interested in aerial warfare in the SW Pacific during this period, and anybody else who likes reading a well written history of aerial warfare in general, is "Fire In The Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific" by Eric M. Bergerud (2000). Its a fantastic read, and I highly recommend it. Great sections on the aircraft involved, tactics, and interesting pilot interviews. Actually I just noticed that you can read the entire book on line at http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=82355094!!

Hi Daidalos Team, my first post here, sorry if it have been asked before, i would know if in the next patch will be a better widescreen support. thanks ;)

Hmm,...I don't think it will be in 4.10 yet but maybe in one of the next updates, who knows.
For now what you can do (if you haven't already), is opening your confini file and copy the following:

width=1680
height=1050
ColourBits=32
DepthBits=24
StencilBits=8
ChangeScreenRes=1
FullScreen=1
DrawIfNotFocused=0
EnableResize=0
EnableClose=1
SaveAspect=0
Use3Renders=0

In the first lines set your desired screenresolution.

~S~

thanks FlyingShark, already done that, but i noticed is just a 4:3 cropped view.. i lose my artificial horizont and other instruments... hope TD will address this soon

regards

The LOD issue should as well be fixed along with the widescreen bug. I'm still using 800x600 resolution on my 19" 5:4 LCD online in order to see the dots.

Try this! IL2FOVCHANGER