Patch 4.10 - Development Updates by Daidalos Team

[nearmiss]

The slot will be a welcome addition to IL2. The way the maps are broken down by time periods during the war is a very excellent idea.

The Navy Seabees were building airbases at a very fast pace. The bases weren't there one day and 40 days later there were huge airbases in place.

I always felt it was so unrealistic flying over airbases that you knew historically did not exist during the time period of your missions.

It's going to be a fun couple months flying the slot and using the nav tools in 4.10.

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by csThor

Disclaimer: Please ignore the Daidalos signature for this post for what I'm going to say is my very personal opinion.

Before anyone should waste a thought about a flyable B-17 or B-24 he should spend them either on a few other types which would be a lot more benfitial to gameplay as a whole (i.e. Blenheim Mk I and Mk IV, Ki-21 and/or Ki-48, B-25C, B-26 or Il-4) or on the right environmental factors that would make such strategic bomber types useful for any player and not just for the DF servers online (such as viewing distances, target categories the engine will understand, AI command and control and AI as a whole) for nothing of that is presently possible in the game. And if you look at what I posted you'll surely see that the latter option is a lot more work than the former, and that is without taking the workload for such a large plane as a B-17 or B-24 into the consideration.

Although I am a HC bomber pilot and having flyable B-17 in this game would be a blessing, there are several problems with IL2 engine as you say. Having those bombers you mentioned as flyable would be a smart idea to start from if one is to add new planes to the game.

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[robday]

Originally Posted by bf-110

At last Italy is standing a chance in a WWII game...
I hope they also add italian tanks,the Carros Armatos,some ships like Vittorio Veneto,Roma,Andrea Doria,,Aquila,the Maiales.

Yeah! With some Italian ships and a decent MTO map we could recreate the raid on Tarranto

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by robday

Yeah! With some Italian ships and a decent MTO map we could recreate the raid on Tarranto

Fortunately/Unfortunately releasing proper MTO maps is reserved for the first sequel to SoW:BoB.

[Faust]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

The slot will be a welcome addition to IL2. The way the maps are broken down by time periods during the war is a very excellent idea.

Dear Team Daidalos,
Will the Slot map included in 4.10 be a series of maps or a single representative map? The first post in this thread has an image showing what I believe to be the Jan '44 version. In my opinion that is the most logical and most versatile of the set if one is to be chosen. I had assumed there would be one Slot map but Nearmiss got me wondering if there is one Slot map or a set broken down by time period?

[Zorin]

Originally Posted by Faust

Dear Team Daidalos,
Will the Slot map included in 4.10 be a series of maps or a single representative map? The first post in this thread has an image showing what I believe to be the Jan '44 version. In my opinion that is the most logical and most versatile of the set if one is to be chosen. I had assumed there would be one Slot map but Nearmiss got me wondering if there is one Slot map or a set broken down by time period?

All maps versions will be included.

[MicroWave]

Originally Posted by Faust

Dear Team Daidalos,
Will the Slot map included in 4.10 be a series of maps or a single representative map? The first post in this thread has an image showing what I believe to be the Jan '44 version. In my opinion that is the most logical and most versatile of the set if one is to be chosen. I had assumed there would be one Slot map but Nearmiss got me wondering if there is one Slot map or a set broken down by time period?

Most likely there will be six different versions from Aug '42 to Jan '44.

[Faust]

That was a fast reply. Thank you.

[bf-110]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

Fortunately/Unfortunately releasing proper MTO maps is reserved for the first sequel to SoW:BoB.

But the game focus isn´t only on Battle of Britain?

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by bf-110

But the game focus isn´t only on Battle of Britain?

No and this has been known for at least a couple of years. After Storm of War (which is focused on the Battle of Britain) is finished they will be working on a content package for North Africa and presumably beyond that. It can't stay at the Battle of Britain for too long or people will probably start to get bored... introduce something that has never been properly done like North Africa into the mix and things get interesting.

I'm also looking forward to more high fidelity East and West fronts later on.