My problem is with AI not FM. Hurricane being slower after the patch is the reason why i though that flying G50 against them would be fun and i could test the effectiveness of its 0,50 cal MGs but i could not enough to hit them. They were outdiving me with me with extended flaps!!!

Simple.. based on IL-2 experience, the AI always knows the optimal settings for the best performance.. Which is why most real sim pilots have trouble obtaining the values displayed by IL2Comp, i.e.

http://www.flightsimtesting.com/

But it is too soon to tell if that is what is going on here in CoD or if it is a bug.. In that this is an 'alpha' patch, so there is the chance that what you are experiencing is a bug. But statisticly speaking, it is typically something the user is doing wrong and not a bug in the FM

@palker4 - Did you report it in the bug tracker because it won't get fix by just talking about it here?

Luthier did says that the AI uses a simplified model of engine management.

This was in reference to a wish for AI to have to warm up engines on the bug tracker.

Which explains why the AI would be able to obtain the peek performace with ease, where as a real user would have to 'do more' to obtain the same performance..

Put another way, just because it is simplitied does not mean the AI should be able to obtain 'more' performance than a real user can, only that the real user would have to do more (settings wise) to obtain the same level of performance.

AI was cheating from long time since Il2 was introduced.

But here there is also problem with accurate FM and performacne of some planes.

Hurricane was cuted in maximum speed in beta patch:


Hurricane MK 1 Rotol

238 mph /383 kph at the deck at +6 1/2 boost ------ should be 262-265 mph /420-426 kph !!!!

So it is 24-27mph/ 38-43 kph too slow at + 6 1/2 boost power !!!!

There is no WEP - so no 100 octan fuel performacne - which should give ab. 25 mph/ 40 kph extra speed at low alts


Truly speaking now it is slowier then G50 when it suppose to be faster plane. Now Hurricane sea level speed is even below 400 km/h - 383 km/h where G50 reach ab. 410 km/h as some raported.

^What Ace said.

The AI can change settings as fast as, and as well as a computer. It's what they are after all... :grin:

In essence the AIs are flying with a modern engine management system, ala any modern automobile. Light years ahead of WW2 technology.

Are you using manual prop pitch and going course prop pitch to keep revs down and increase speed in level flight? You need to use it to get the most out of any plane with complex engine management enabled?!?!?

AoA, the problem is not that AI always flies their planes flawless, the problem is not that they get the best out of their engines, the problem is, that due to a simplified fm/dm, they can achieve and hold their best settings indefinetely without ever(!) overheating or damaging their engine. Just fire up a quick mission in a spit or hurri, engage autopilot and watch the boost/rpm gauges closely and watch your temps never exceeding 80° Oil/105° Water at revs around 2800 to 3000 with rads fully closed!!!

I have found that adjusting the AI with a little file called AITweak by a clever programmer (found it on here I believe) has helped me alot with this. I don't know about top-speeds but it does reduce the barrel-rolling behavior and makes off-line flying much more fun for me.

Septic.