Some ideas: Pilot reactions

[squidgyb]

That's what I thought of when I read the title too - but all the ideas have merit

I'd like there to be some pilot animation from outside - gunners following the sights of their weapons, pilots frantically scanning the skies when they lose sight of the enemies, "punching the air" occasionally when they get a kill, that kind of thing.

Definitely not something to be at the top of the list, but it'd be nice for the film makers, and for that little bit more immersion.

Don't forget that this game is released for 12 year old. I wouldn't like my son (or daughter) to have such obvious and graphic visualization and audio of how it is when one dies.

You will object that this effects may be made optional but then I'd reply how can you ensure that this lock is made safe enough so that a smart 12 yr old cannot find out circumventing ...

[squidgyb]

I'd reckon that a setting in the conf.ini would be enough, or a passworded "gore" option if it came to that.

I doubt we'd ever get anything that visually traumatic, to be honest - Oleg has always had a very conservative view on gore in IL-2.

That said, this is a wargame. To abstract the fact that we're dropping bombs and shooting down flimsy metal/wood frames filled with people from hundreds of feet up in the sky seems very odd to me.

If someone is so worried about their children's views, thoughts and emotions while playing games, should they be playing such games in the first place?

There are plenty of ways to stop content being viewed if the mechanisms are in place to begin with, and if the child is intelligent enough at 12 to be able to figure out a conf.ini file or crack a password system specifically to get at the gore, then I daresay that kid is intelligent enough to handle a little blood on the screen.

[recoilfx]

The current gore in il-2 is turned on by conf.ini

Either way, I don't know if the developers are aiming for an all age rating - ESRB rating is pending and the BBFC is for 15 and older.

I think 15 is enough to handle some blood texture.

Well, here it is sold at 12. They would have to rerate it with the heavy gore stuff I guess. I don't mind it to be sold at higher age rates but that was not my decision.

[GOZR]

No..
Pilot sounds are one of the most annoying thing you can ever find in a sim.. it's enough already with the pumping adrenaline Online pilot himself..

[sfmadmax]

Doesn't rise of flight have hand signals from the pilots?

That is pretty cool!