SOW AI Crew members?

TBear · #1 04-24-2010, 02:15 PM

Been browsing around some forums, but couldnt find any information about this.

Flying bombers in IL2 kinda feels lonesome. There are spots for AI crew members (co pilot-Bombardier etc) but all there is are empty seats.

Will SOW have 3d crewmembers in all positions? So you dont feel alone..

I love both Steel fury and SH5 for this, brings loads of emersion to a game for me when i dont feel alone......This is actualy where B-17 mighty 8 shines....

Sitting in your HE-111 having a headon with a hurrycane and all you se after the initial chaos are wounded / dead crewmembers....

Well....just asking if this will be in SOW ??

have a great weekend all

TBear

robtek · #2 04-24-2010, 02:42 PM

OM said that there wouldn't be crew-members as there a too many variations of animations are to be made, also they would block some views which are needed.
So, no bodys in first person view afaik.
I shurely hope that this can be changed by a third party or even from OM at a later time.

Feathered_IV · #3 04-25-2010, 06:01 AM

Hope he reconsiders too. The notion that a crewman would block the view is without logic. They would block the view no more or no less than in real life.
I would really like to see interaction with crew also. They should report on ships aircraft and ground objects for a start. The Navigator should navigate. The bomb aimer should aim the bloody bombs.

philip.ed · #4 04-25-2010, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Hope he reconsiders too. The notion that a crewman would block the view is without logic. They would block the view no more or no less than in real life.
I would really like to see interaction with crew also. They should report on ships aircraft and ground objects for a start. The Navigator should navigate. The bomb aimer should aim the bloody bombs.

I think it's only the pilots 1st person that would block instruments. you don't have peripheral vision in the sim (naturally) as you have in real life

Novotny · #5 04-25-2010, 11:54 AM

Ctrl&Alt&K: move pilot's left knee to the left. Ctrl&Alt&double-tap K: move pilot's left knee to the right.

Ctrl&Alt&Shift&K: move co-pilot's left knee to the left. Ctrl&Alt&Shift double-tap K: move co-pilots left knee to the right.

Ctrl&Alt&L: move pilot's right knee to the left. Ctrl&Alt&double-tap L: move pilot's right knee to the right.

Ctrl&Alt&Shift&K: move co-pilot's right knee to the left. Ctrl&Alt&Shift double-tap K: move co-pilots right knee to the right.

Although with clickable cockpits, you could maybe select the pilot, or navigator, or bomb-aimer etc and then a menu could come up, and you could select/deselect limbs and then where you wish to move them to.

I think this is clearly quite feasible.

robtek · #6 04-25-2010, 01:06 PM

It would be even easier if the limbs became semi-transparent as long as the mouse-pointer is over them.

johnnypfft · #7 04-25-2010, 07:07 PM

Maybe maybe not

Novotny · #8 04-25-2010, 09:57 PM

That's actually a great idea, robtek.

TBear · #9 04-26-2010, 06:16 AM

Pilot seat i dont care about, thats me, no need to se my leggs or arms...i just hope that Co pilot, gunners bombardiers would be there so when you look around you se them......my seat is my seat, i can live with no pilot there other than me in the virtual world....lol....

That stuka piggy...is that for SOW??....realy realy realy hope that it will bein there, even in a more static way or something...just dont want to be alone....

TBear

johnnypfft · #10 04-26-2010, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by TBear

That stuka piggy...is that for SOW??....realy realy realy hope that it will bein there, even in a more static way or something...just dont want to be alone....

That screen is the stuka gunner and its a work in progress SOW screenshot

im pretty sure (99,9%) you will have a 3D crew (as an option maybe?) in the bombers/planes when you turn your head, pretty sure the co-pilot will be there too ...correct me if im wrong