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IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Latest instalment in the acclaimed IL-2 Sturmovik series from award-winning developer Maddox Games.

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Old 02-12-2012, 01:20 AM
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Type of improvement:
Include a Observation post object

Explanation of proposals:
Create a Observation post object that can be placed by the mission designer. When enemy aircraft come within a set distance to OP it will trigger a message stating an approximate Number, speed, heading, type and altitude of the enemy flight similar to current radar messages, though in a much more limited area and incorporate a realistic ammount of error and delay into these observations

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Added realism. One of the reasons an Outnumbered RAF was so effective in the Battle of Britain was that they had better situational awareness of their airspace.






Nice suggestion skoshi. That would help overcome the ridiculous situation where we don't get informed of airfields under attack.

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Old 02-23-2012, 11:29 AM
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Type of improvement: Colour blind facility.
Explanation of proposal: Facilitate in "set-up" a "tick box" for users with colour blind problems, especially in the red green spectrum.
Benefits: Colour blind users would be more able to identify "friend or foe" when flying for the Axis forces. IE: Not trying to sight red icons against a green back drop. Also make AC colour icons more visually apparent at a distance.
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According to wikipedia, approximately 7-10% of the male population suffer from this in various degrees.
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Old 03-01-2012, 06:14 PM
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'Toggle selected engine(s)' in the Aircraft keys menu.
What key do you assign to start the engine? After assigning a key, the engine started when you pushed that key?

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Old 03-01-2012, 08:16 PM
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What key do you assign to start the engine? After assigning a key, the engine started when you pushed that key?

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'I' and also a mapped button on my controller box. Of course it works - this is how everyone starts up on any full real server. Make sure you open the fuel cock first or the engine will just turn over once. Also turn the throttle down to about 10% and make sure the prop pitch is fine.
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Old 03-04-2012, 08:23 PM
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I know tht some here hve said the same thing but rad flaps do affect speed (at least on Hurries, Emils, 110s and G50s). You might hve to fine tune your flight parameters (side slip (yaw), prop rpm, pitch trim...) to clearly see it.

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Old 03-10-2012, 08:08 AM
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I know tht some here hve said the same thing but rad flaps do affect speed (at least on Hurries, Emils, 110s and G50s). You might hve to fine tune your flight parameters (side slip (yaw), prop rpm, pitch trim...) to clearly see it.
well i have to disagree on that one.at least on 109s it has no effect at all whether the rads are fully open or almost closed=>same speed in level flight
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Well even the old IL-2 has paremteres in place for drag with the radiator open. I would think that CoD does too...
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Old 03-15-2012, 08:10 AM
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Type of improvement:
A conf.ini or any setting that enables you to turn of exhhaust flames even for your own plane. This would realy help to people with slower GPU´s like mine cause right now i can play the game with decent settings and good framerate with few drops here and there. What is literaly killing the performance is the exhaust flame effect. For example if i fly 110 i have about 40 fps looking forward but if i look at the engine fps go to 20 sometimes even lower (I guess that it deppends on how the engine is running at the moment) also switching to external view cause the same drop and if i switch to another aircraft my fps will double or triple with only difference being the missing exhaust flame.

And no running the game on effects low is not an option since it removes all effects (bullet trails, hit effects, fire, smoke etc...)

Benefit: more enjoyable gameplay for people with slower graphics cards

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Old 03-04-2012, 10:50 PM
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Some good points.

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Type of improvement:
More realistic/dynamic engine temperature model

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For full realism I'd also like to see the following factors affect engine operating temperature please:

altitude (colder air at altitude = cooler)
Also higher altitude means less dense air that is less efficient in removing the heat.


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The coolant temperature is controlled by a thermostatic control (automatic) and a radiator flap which regulates the flow of air through the radiator.....
Thank you devs
Are you talking about automatic radiator flaps or the thermostat? Did the Spitfire MK1 have Automatic radiator flaps?

The thermostat determines the minimum running temperature. below a certain value it remains closed until the operatinging temperature is reached then it opens up to allow water to flow to the radiator. This should effect the time taken to 'warm the plane up' but is not adjustable by the pilot. The Thermostat will try to maintain the temperature by controlling the flow of coolant to the radiator.

I guess that there are a lot of variable in simulating 'realistic' temperature control! The Dev's have got their work cut out for them!

cheers!

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Old 03-05-2012, 09:56 AM
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Some good points.

Also higher altitude means less dense air that is less efficient in removing the heat.




Are you talking about automatic radiator flaps or the thermostat? Did the Spitfire MK1 have Automatic radiator flaps?

The thermostat determines the minimum running temperature. below a certain value it remains closed until the operatinging temperature is reached then it opens up to allow water to flow to the radiator. This should effect the time taken to 'warm the plane up' but is not adjustable by the pilot. The Thermostat will try to maintain the temperature by controlling the flow of coolant to the radiator.

I guess that there are a lot of variable in simulating 'realistic' temperature control! The Dev's have got their work cut out for them!

cheers!

Good point about the less dense air at altitude - I admit it's a complicated forumula.

The theromostat quote you refer to comes from a MKII manual which allows for automatic and manual control of the rad. flap. I assume it's referring to the thermostat that controls the flap on auto setting.

The main reason I quoted the manual was for the items in bold - the fact that the flap can't be completely closed and that the closed setting can be used for cruise and climb out under normal power settings - something we can't do yet in CloD.

Cheers

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