4.11 Development Update

[Mysticpuma]

Hmmm, but currently we get a video which is nice, but it would really be great to see a visible text list on the First page saying what is expected for 4.11, I'm not being confrontational here, I'm just making a request for a text list of what is expected in the next release, there isn't any reason to be so agitated?

MP

[Bat*21]

Originally Posted by Mysticpuma

Hmmm, but currently we get a video which is nice, but it would really be great to see a visible text list on the First page saying what is expected for 4.11, I'm not being confrontational here, I'm just making a request for a text list of what is expected in the next release, there isn't any reason to be so agitated?

MP

My apologies if I'm coming across as agitated/confrontational, I just don't see how a text list would be any different to what is already on page one.

From what I've gathered so far, we'll have:

New AI planes:
Henschel Hs 123
Rogožarski IK-3
Douglas TBD Devastator

New flyable planes:
Pe-8
IL-4

Other features:
Bomb fuzes
Ability to use stationary planes as spawning points.
Changes to the Difficulty menu.
"Smart Axis" feature for using dual+ throttled flight sticks with multi-engined planes
Control Surfaces/Pilot's Head position visible over network (online play)
Mouse-wheel zooming in FMB
Country and Date specific default skins for aircraft.

[Vierzinger]

Feature Request
(I don't know where else to post)

Level stabalizer for SBD-3 and SBD-5 Dauntless.

My realworld manual states that it had an autopilot

Source: Pilot's Handbook Model SBD-3 1942

PM me and I will mail it to you.

[bf-110]

All quiet on all the fronts...Long time I don't come here,but still,no updates since then?

[Bat*21]

Originally Posted by bf-110

All quiet on all the fronts...Long time I don't come here,but still,no updates since then?

They're building suspense

[Eggtooth]

Is it possible to make Me-323, He-111H Zwilling flyable aircrafts?

I am really waiting for this aircrafts to come as official ones. I like them so much.

Please if you can- do them playable

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Eggtooth

Is it possible to make Me-323, He-111H Zwilling flyable aircrafts?

I am really waiting for this aircrafts to come as official ones. I like them so much.

Please if you can- do them playable

I guess the question would be... what would you do with them?

The Me-323 is a transport aircraft. The Zwilling He-111 was designed to tow the Me-321. I'm a huge fan of all aviation but realistically if time and resources are limited (and they are) then efforts to recreate something useful in a combat simulator, at least in my mind, should take priority.

Not just specific to your request either. Lots of people seem to want the C-47 to fly for example.

It's why I argue for types that play a bigger role. The Me410 for example would be fantastic to add. It was a bomber, bomber destroyer, night fighter, fighter-bomber... and with minimal modifications between versions it means that limited resources go a long way to plugging a gap in the plane set.

Less versatile but no less important would be types like the Ki-44 fighter interceptor, Ki-45 heavy fighter and fighter-bomber, Typhoon Mark IB used extensively during the Normandy campaign, Beaufighter Mark X or other models, etc. Lots of bang for the buck so to speak. Not that we can't have more rare stuff... but I question how interesting and worthwhile it would be to fly a transport. It has that wow cool moment... and then what? Flying cargo missions sounds interesting for only a very short period of time and only for a minority of people.

I'm making any sense?

[Ace1staller]

Originally Posted by Bat*21

My apologies if I'm coming across as agitated/confrontational, I just don't see how a text list would be any different to what is already on page one.

From what I've gathered so far, we'll have:

New AI planes:
Henschel Hs 123
Rogožarski IK-3
Douglas TBD Devastator

New flyable planes:
Pe-8
IL-4

Other features:
Bomb fuzes
Ability to use stationary planes as spawning points.
Changes to the Difficulty menu.
"Smart Axis" feature for using dual+ throttled flight sticks with multi-engined planes
Control Surfaces/Pilot's Head position visible over network (online play)
Mouse-wheel zooming in FMB
Country and Date specific default skins for aircraft.

Also the Hawk 75 is a new flyable because TD has made a cockpit of the Hawk 75 already so that is also what you missed