4.11 Development Update

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Fighterace

Does Team Daidalos have a website or something where you can find out where they came from, what restrictions they have to work with and what they are working on atm?

No, but they should. The DT discussions forum is as close they've gotten so far to having an official web presence.

For restrictions on aircraft polygons, naming conventions, etc. The IL2 Modeling Bible is a decent start:

http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=357.0

or

https://rs270tl2.rapidshare.com/#!do...498CC3CAE9|0|0

For restrictions on what can be modeled, close reading of past DT discussion forum threads will get you up to speed. Basically:

No Battle of Britain era equipment or maps (so, basically 1939-40 British and German planes are off-limits, with the exception of planes already in the game, or exported to other countries, like the Blenheim and the Hurricane Mk I. This means no realistic maps of Great Britain, and probably no Do-17, Bf-109E-1, Spitfire Mk I or Defiant).

No Mediterranean Theater planes or maps (so, no realistic maps of Italy, Greece, North Africa, Iraq or the Holy Land and no planes which just served in the MTO. The has been some slippage on this point, though, since so far Oleg hasn't objected to the inclusion of a number of Italian planes which mostly served in the MTO.)

No Korean War planes or maps (so, no realistic maps of the Korean peninsula. No MiG-15, F-86, F9F Panther, AD-1 Skyraider or P-82 Twin Mustang).

No equipment made by Northrop-Grumman or companies merged into NG (e.g., Ryan Aerospace, Newport News Shipbuilding). No improvements to NG equipment already in the game. This means there will never be an official flyable TBF/TBM Avenger, nor will planes like the P-61 Black Widow or the Ryan FR1 Fireball, or ships like the USS Arizona, ever get into the game.

No changes or updates to DGEN. This isn't a restriction, just a fact of life, since "Starshoy" the programmer who developed the DGEN code, has literally vanished and he's the only one who knows how to decompile it so it can be rewritten.

[Romanator21]

I wonder what happened to that Ar-196. As far as I recall, it was supposed to have a cockpit. Was the project dropped?

with the exception of planes already in the game, or exported to other countries, like the Blenheim and the Hurricane Mk I

Does that mean I can still hope for a Blenheim Mk.I pit?

[Alan Grey]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

No changes or updates to DGEN. This isn't a restriction, just a fact of life, since "Starshoy" the programmer who developed the DGEN code, has literally vanished and he's the only one who knows how to decompile it so it can be rewritten.

Good day
The DGen the works:
http://forum.aviaskins.com/showthread.php?t=2337

[Lagarto]

Originally Posted by Alan Grey

Good day
The DGen the works:
http://forum.aviaskins.com/showthread.php?t=2337

Now, that's BIG news! Thank you for letting us know. I keep my fingers crossed.

[Romanator21]

Wow! Great news!

[Fighterace]

For restrictions on what can be modeled, close reading of past DT discussionforum threads will get you up to speed. Basically:

No Battle of Britain era equipment or maps (so, basically 1939-40 British and German planes are off-limits, with the exception of planes already in the game, or exported to other countries, like the Blenheim and the Hurricane Mk I. This means no realistic maps of Great Britain, and probably no Do-17, Bf-109E-1, Spitfire Mk I or Defiant).

No Mediterranean Theater planes or maps (so, no realistic maps of Italy, Greece, North Africa, Iraq or the Holy Land and no planes which just served in the MTO. The has been some slippage on this point, though, since so far Oleg hasn't objected to the inclusion of a number of Italian planes which mostly served in the MTO.)

No Korean War planes or maps (so, no realistic maps of the Korean peninsula. No MiG-15, F-86, F9F Panther, AD-1 Skyraider or P-82 Twin Mustang).

No equipment made by Northrop-Grumman or companies merged into NG (e.g., Ryan Aerospace, Newport News Shipbuilding). No improvements to NG equipment already in the game. This means there will never be an official
flyable TBF/TBM Avenger, nor will planes like the P-61 Black Widow or the Ryan FR1 Fireball, or ships like the USS Arizona, ever get into the game.

No changes or updates to DGEN. This isn't a restriction, just a fact of life, since "Starshoy" the programmer who developed the DGEN code, has literally
vanished and he's the only one who knows how to decompile it so it can be rewritten.[/QUOTE]

If Ng has placed certain restrictions for certain planes ie TBF Avenger, P-61 and F7F Tigercat. Then why do they allow the F6F Hellcats and Wildcats? They are Grumman aircraft aren't they ????

[Juri_JS]

Originally Posted by Alan Grey

Good day
The DGen the works:
http://forum.aviaskins.com/showthread.php?t=2337

Thank you for the link Alan Grey, that's a very interesting information. Maybe you can convince Asura to present his project here at the forum, this would allow a discussion that's not limited to the Russian community.

[csThor]

Originally Posted by Fighterace

If Ng has placed certain restrictions for certain planes ie TBF Avenger, P-61 and F7F Tigercat. Then why do they allow the F6F Hellcats and Wildcats? They are Grumman aircraft aren't they ????

Because they were already paid for - any further changes, such as a new sub-version, making an existing plane flyable or adding ships built on yards now under the NG umbrella, would result in new payments by 1C and it should be obvious that 1C/MG doesn't want that.

[Fighterace]

Originally Posted by csThor

Because they were already paid for - any further changes, such as a new sub-version, making an existing plane flyable or adding ships built on yards now under the NG umbrella, would result in new payments by 1C and it should be obvious that 1C/MG doesn't want that.

Well that's certainly a kick in the guts...The Aviation industry sucks

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Fighterace

The Aviation industry sucks

NO, lawyers do.