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Originally Posted by Avimimus
Hello once again,
Here are some questions. I have some very specific 3rd party projects in mind.
3d Modeling:
- Will it be possible to model African wildlife (eg. for a civilian 1930s addon)? What animation supports are there for elephants?
- Will there be support for wing warping (eg. in the Fokker Eindecker and other early aircraft)?
- Will it someday be possible to support distortions (bending) of damaged/destroyed aircraft like in Rise of Flight? Or will the game engine always be limited to the still wonderful approach to damage modelling seen in Il-2.
Artificial intelligence:
- Can the amount of variation between AI be set by the mission builder (ie. to simulate more highly drilled english pilots vs. the more unpredictable American pilots in 1943)?
- Is there support for higher level AI? More specifically is there support for formation level tactics (ie. Something in-between vectoring by ground control and a flights rotte/pairs)?
- Is there support for airplane specific AI (eg. Yak-7 and YAK-9 would have different AI modules)? Doing so would allow AI to change tactics depending on the airplane and mirror changes in tactics throughout the war (as later variants could use later tactics).
- How open will the AI be to tweaking and expansion by modders?
Scripting:
- What support is there for music tied to in-game triggers? What about audio files? Will it be possible to have pre-recorded conversations that play out during gameplay?
- Also, is it possible to have the player activate a trigger via the radio menus?
Weather model:
- Will the weather model be open to 3rd party modification? (not only changing the weather to reflect a historic date, but changing the model: wind patterns near cliffs, wind from bodies of water etc.)
- How does the flight model function at >1 atmospheres (ie. a plane flying in a valley below sea level)?
Minor questions:
- Will it be possible to make minor features of an aircraft (eg. presence or absence of an armoured headrest) selectable via a separate tab (independent of the weapons tab)? This would be good for aircraft that went through many minor upgrades.
- Will it be possible for the 3rd party to make drivable trains (or will be be limited to trucks)?
I know it is early to get answers for many of these questions, but any hints will help with planning.
As always, many thanks and best of luck,
S!
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Very nice questions!! Hope Oleg answer!