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CoD (at the moment) : 1 ) Westfront 1940 IL-2 1946 (v4.09m with mods): 1 ) Westfront 1940 - 45 2 ) Eastfront 1941 - 45 3 ) NorthAfrican Front 1940 - 43 4 ) Italian Front 1940 - 45 5 ) SWPacific Front 1941 -45 6 ) China 1939 - 45 7 ) Spanish Civil War 1936 - 39 8 ) Korean War 1950 - 53 9 ) What if 1945 - 49 So IL-1946 will be without rival for the time being, and when the constant release delays (for the following add-ons of CoD) continue will be there for a long, long time! |
for a german bomberpilot there could be no better scenario than the the CoD release one......... no canons for the enemy fighters :D
anyway, i doubt , at least from official releases, there will be ever again such a huge scenariobase as with IL2 MODs. the fronts will be there, most propably, but only the planes for a short time scenario or even specific battle i expect to be released as further AdOns. the needed work to make planes and maps for the new standard is so huge......... time will tell :D |
Looks like a plan to me!
Now if it would just work out that way. Nope, can't do that... too easy. http://www.acriticaldecision.org/lin...aking-head.gif |
my "dream" plan would be:
after the CoD release a smaller pay-adon for the same map (to have this work already done ;) ), or with only small modifications with a Dieppe 1942 scenario. planes like Hurricane Mk.IIc Spitfire Mk.Vb Spitfire F.Mk.IXc Typhoon Mk.Ib Whirlwind Mk.I Mustang Mk.I Boston Mk.III B-17E Bf109G-1 Fw190A-3 Do217E would be possible :) than a huge one with a new map, a Cyreneika map, scenario Tobruk 42 (i would like 41, butthan there would be no Spit :D ). planes, Bf109F-4/Trop Bf109F-4/B/Trop Ju88A-4 Ju87D-1 Mc202_VII SM79 Hurricane Mk.IIc Vokes Hurricane Mk.IId Vokes Spitfire Mk.Vc Abukir Kittyhawk Mk.III P-40F Boston Mk.III Baltimore Mk.III as examples. even RN carrieroperations could be added here. i prefer a Cyreinka over a Malta scenario because Malto lacks the close support air-to-ground action.... than Easternfront, my personal favorite would be the Battle of Kursk 1943. almost all planes that make fun in air-to-air (109G,190A,Yak9,La5,P-39) and air-to-ground (bombers, IL2, Hs129, Bf110,Fw190F)could be moddeld :D This "possible" Battel of Moskau (operation Taifun) winter 41/42 would be just earlier planes, but also not few to choose from.............. ;) THAN in the far east, but what scenario.........not easy. perhaps a Solomons 42 map. shore based and carrier action........ (hence the Grumman "proplem" ?!) August 1942 and later A6M2-N A6M2 Model 21 A6M3 Model 32 Ki-43-Ic 18. December 42 Rabaul, 11th Sentai D3A1 B5N2 G4M1 F4F-4 P-400 (from 22. august,67th FS) SBD-3 TBF-1 P-40F 12.November 42, 68th FS/ 347th FG P-38F November 42, 339th FS B-17F Carriers: Shokaku light carrier Ryujo Saratoga Enterprise Carrier Battles: East Solomons 24. august 42 Santa Cruz 26.Oktober 42 all just personal 'dreams' .... and i am speaking of some years of developmtnet here :D |
I'll go with the BOB SOW / COD, because Il-2 only runs on my dual and single core XP 32 bit machines.
The single's motherboard is acting wonky, as the sound, video, and one PCI slot died in sequence. The battery for the timer clock is gone too. The PSU is showing its age. The 32 bit dual core machine is loaner and since my friend goes through PC like a fish in the water, I can't rely on using it for IL-2. I have tried to get it to run on Win 7 64 bit duals and quads at work (and my 64 quad at home), but no dice. With lots of time, I know I can probably jury rig something and get it working but I don't have that. sounds like a plane, er plan! Quote:
But with a few changes . . . after BOB/ COD release. Then have a late war campaign. Then a mid war for Pacific. Reasoning is on HL, there are more people liking late war stuff . . . most servers are late war. |
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If you went by that you could skip prop planes all together and then go for 1950´s Jets and play Korean war and say CoD is a waste of time.... I am hoping that the early war fans do not have just those choices and RoF. |
as mostly flying bombers on dogfightservers, i hate late war. Only über canon and speed fightermonsters. actually few chances for bombers to get through your target. Escort is seldom. Propably the most fighters "fear" the slow and long approach of the bomber and that they get no chance for 'their' kills........................
my favorite time the last years online were the early MTO campaigns in the VOW (COOP war). No canons (or very few), nice a long fighterduels and as a bomber you had a chance - in a SM79 actually a very good one :D because of that , as mentioned, my favorite MTO would have been Tobruk 41 (109E, Mc200,Hurricane,Tomahawk). With these fighters the bombers have a chance :) . But the most players 'want' THEIR Spitfire or 109F i guess :( because of that a 42 scenario would be the better choice for MAddox........ |
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As with the late war maps it is a waste of time taking a bomber....you might as well paint a target on your forehead. Planes I am hoping they might become flyable one day: http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...euge/G3M-3.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...Bomber_Nel.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...ier-DO24-c.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...rtin/he115.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...0467654675.jpg http://hugojunkers.pytalhost.com/_aircraft_/ju86_a3.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...zeuge/Gf1m.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...mber_N6101.jpg http://users.skynet.be/Emmanuel.Gust...amiot143-b.jpg http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/906/he111edi7.jpg http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/...-bomber-02.png http://www.warbirdphotographs.com/NavyJB&W3/H6K-23s.jpg Oh well guess hope dies last....... |
but this early MTO thing had the 'charme' that not much totaly new planes would have to be modelled. a lot of the "CoD" planes could be used with modifications :)
SoW:MTO for 1940/41 Libya/Cyreneika and Sicily/Malta maps Bf109E-7/Trop Bf110D Ju87B/R Ju88A-5 He111H with Torpedoarmament available G.50 Cr.42 MC.200 SM.79-II Br.20M Ba.65 <- doutbfull, any sources of cockpits ? Gladiator II Hurricane Ia Vokes Hurricane IIb Vokes Tomahawk IIb Blenheim IV Wellington Ic SeaGladiator Fulmar I SeaHurricane Ib Swordfish For FAA operations: Carriers HMS Illustrious HMS Eagle HMS Audacity :D Totaly new would be: MC.200 Tomahawk Fulmar Swordfish SM.79 Ba.65 The rest would be modifications from the SoW:BoB planes, if AI or flyable. Ju88A-5 would actually be very differ from Ju88A-1 , espacially in cockpit. it looks like im bored, but i did these researches a long time ago actually :D |
+1000000000000000000 for more early war content.
And more flying boats!!!!!!!!! :cool: |
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