Friday 2010-07-16 Dev. update and Discussions about the update ONLY!

[luthier]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

It seems easier to twise Ilya's arm than oleg's. Is this a long vacation? .....

All things must come to an end. It's the end of the day Friday, and I'm off to enjoy my weekend. And then I'm usually too busy to post on here a lot.

Although if we have time I might post something entirely unexpected here mid-week.

[Dano]

Originally Posted by luthier

Although if we have time I might post something entirely unexpected here mid-week.

LOL, you just know that's going to get taken as a promise

Great update though, cannot wait to fly this

[Flanker35M]

S!

Yep, nice set of pics there Have a good one!

[zapatista]

Luthier,

with a multi crew aicraft like that on fire (or under attack, damaged), will some of the endangered crew (by nearby fire or damage) jump from the aircraft on their own initiative, or will it always only happen when (we) as the pilot order it ? (ie, one "bailout" command for all crew at once, and crew wont jump on their own when fire comes near or starts near them).

and similar with AI crews, will some AI crew from an aircraft jump on their own, and will the AI pilot continue to try and get his aircraft home even with severe damage and a partial crew ?

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by zapatista

Luthier,

with a multi crew aicraft like that on fire (or under attack, damaged), will some of the endangered crew (by nearby fire or damage) jump from the aircraft on their own initiative, or will it always only happen when (we) as the pilot order it ? (ie, one "bailout" command for all crew at once, and crew wont jump on their own when fire comes near or starts near them).

and similar with AI crews, will some AI crew from an aircraft jump on their own, and will the AI pilot continue to try and get his aircraft home even with severe damage and a partial crew ?

A very good question. There are a number of cases of aircrew members bailing out without permission (and at least one or two where the gunner made his way to the cockpit to release the plane had been flying itself).

One thing I've often want in Il-2 is the ability to order the rest of the crew to bailout. There are some situations where I'd be willing to try and land a damaged plane, but where I wouldn't want to risk the lives of my gunners/navigators.

Besides, the add weight

[Insuber]

Yeaaaah! Up with Luthier!!!! By the way, may I ask you the date of release of SoW ?

Originally Posted by luthier

Although if we have time I might post something entirely unexpected here mid-week.

[mungee]

"Although if we have time I might post something entirely unexpected here mid-week" - Luthier (last week).

I've got my fingers crossed!!

[ZaltysZ]

Birds are not eye candy, they are danger. Look here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSqT-w-Zecc

. Would be good to have something like this in SoW (no one is saying, that you need that blood on windshield).

[imaca]

Birds would add overhead for little additional realism, in all my time flying I have never seen a bird from an aircraft (except on the ground) They are so small and generally stay very close to the ground.
In real life its hard enough to see another aircraft let alone birds. It makes sense to have only seagulls because of their size.