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Old 05-29-2011, 02:41 PM
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It does not need any data conversion to make a plane that goes 600 under standard conditions real life go 600 under Crimea conditions in game.
No that is not correct..

If you want to compare apples to apples you have to convert non std atm performance values to std atm performance values. With that said, the Crimea map is NOT std atm conditions, therefore you can NOT compare the performance values obtained on the Crimea map to real world data, in that real world data performance values are relative to std atm conditions, unless otherwise noted.

That is the reason why I re-tested all the planes in IL-2 on the 'Flight Test Map', because the 'Flight Test Map' is std atm conditions, which enables the user to make direct comparisons to real world data without having to convert it first.

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It's also not a matter of capability, just a matter of having been done that way and why not.
As noted above the 'why not' is because you can not make a direct comparisons between Crimea performance data and real world data, it is apples and oranges. You have to covert the Crimea performance data to std atm, or, covert the real world data from std atm to Crimea atm conditions to have an apples to apples comparison.

Maybe a graph will help you 'see' what I am saying?

Below is the summary graphs from IL-2 Compare, where I included a copy of the A20C performance data from the Crimea map and compared it to the A20C performance data from the 'Flight Test Map' which is std atm conditions. As you can see in each graph, there 'is' a difference, thus you should now 'see' that your initial statement above of 'It does not need any data conversion' is not correct. As you can see there is a noticeable (read to the naked eye) difference in each performance values listed



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Just pointing it out to you,
Trust me your not telling me anything that I didn't already know!

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because as you will acquire real life data, you'll find that many planes are slower than their real life counterparts if flown in standard conditions.
As I pointed out above, and can be seen in the TAS graph, when you 'convert' the TAS data from Crimea atm conditions to std atm conditions the TAS values are lower. On that note, that is exactly what they did in real life! In that they could not sit around and wait for a day that has std atm conditions, they had to test on the day of the test (within reason), but they took note of the atmospheric conditions so they could convert the data from the conditions on test day to std atm conditions.

But know this, most of the difference you will 'see' between in-game data, be it Crimea or not, has more to do with the fact that the in game planes are configured differently from the real life data. That is to say you will be hard pressed to find real world data that is of a plane exactly like the in-game plane. Even though they may both say P-38J, upon a closer inspection you will find there are 'differences' in the real and simulated plane configurations that is causing most, if not all of the differences in the performance data.

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As for the "myth", consider my statement proof.
Clearly you do not understand the meaning of proof!

For example, above I 'said' something.. that being your initial statement was not correct. But I did not stop there, I did the work to provide 'proof' of what I was saying where I provided graphs showing the difference in the A20C performance data on both maps

That is what I mean by providing 'proof' thus your statement will have to remain in the 'myth' column, sorry.

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