Patch 4.10 - Development Updates by Daidalos Team

[Viikate]

Originally Posted by Ian Boys

Have you heard of the "Schwan" floating radio beacon the Germans developed?

First time I'm hearing about this. Any info about this is greatly appreciated. I couldn't find anything with Google.

However we do have option to have submarine or destroyer working as a floating NDB. For example sub could be shadowing a convoy and guiding bombers to the convoy.

[Ernst]

Nice pictures and news. Thanks for the update.

[Viikate]

Originally Posted by stugumby

1. a parachute droppable torpedo, possibly circling/homing from a A-20G
2. underwing werfer rockets jettisonable for the bf-110 and bf-109 series
3. guided bombs dropped from b-29
4. cockpit of some type of la-7 / la-9 judging from the nose air scoop
5. very handy map with waypoints and distances in degrees and km
6. nite cockpit shot of some type of nav aid in use
7. some type of superimposed reticle on a i-153 telescope
8. damage model improvements for the wooden propellor and the under cabin escape hatch on a ju-88 torp plane

1. Yes it's Russian circling torp. Similar like the FFF/LT350 already shown in the video.
2. Correct. Mesh is new because the old one was way too small. Thanks to Zorin for pointing this out.
3. Yes. Razon.
4. Old La-5 pit but showing that RDF instruments (РПК-2 or РПК-10) are removed when the new navigation option is enabled. Most of the early Russian fighters didn't have needed equipment/antennas installed.
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4485/076rp.jpg
5. Yes and distances are available as nautical miles for players that have set imperial units in speedbar.
6. It's B-25 pit. Only flyable in game which as more advanced ILS instrument. It's showing the glide path. Pilot with good instrument flying skills can land it in total darkness without any runway lights.
7. Bad screenshot actually Just a small fix so that the reticle doesn't overlap the ironsight bead.
8. Nothing new about the prop damages. Two pics was just to show that crew ejects from bottom hatch when plane is in air, but for obvious reason they need to eject the top blister after belly landing.

So nobody can guess what the two Hs-129 shots mean?

[Zorin]

Hs-129 got a rear view mirror.

As for the Bf-110, will there be a GM-1 system option available?

[stugumby]

hmm, mirror but both shots show muzzle flashes, maybe no more blinding yellow light in the cabin while firing?? and the paint scheme looks different as well.

[Avimimus]

Yes, it looks like the muzzle flashes are suppressed enough that they aren't substantially larger at night.

The G.50 is a bit of a mystery for me. I'd always wanted one with bomb racks, but the change seems to be possibly some tweaks to the model and a mysterious modification of the gunsight...?

[Viikate]

The yellow light that muzzle flashes emit to model surfaces is now changing dynamically. More ambient light -> less visible yellow flash on model surfaces.

[bf-110]

Originally Posted by Viikate

Our "things not mentioned before" list is longer than "things mentioned" list Lots of small improvements and fixed like that strange He-111 ground handling for example.

Few pics... Lets call it dev update I'm not going to explain these. You need to figure it out yourself what's going on here.


Edit: changing pics to thumbnails

Ah,I knew it.Only good surprises!

[Ian Boys]

Originally Posted by Viikate

First time I'm hearing about this. Any info about this is greatly appreciated. I couldn't find anything with Google.

However we do have option to have submarine or destroyer working as a floating NDB. For example sub could be shadowing a convoy and guiding bombers to the convoy.

I'm off on holiday now but it's mentioned by Dr Alfred Price in "Last Year of the Luftwaffe" and by Capt Eric Brown DSO RN in "Wings of the Luftwaffe", where he shows the Schwan launching tube in the rear of the Kondor Fw-200. As he both flew the Kondor and shot two down he'll know his stuff

He also mentions the Kondor transmitting D/F signals itself that subs would home in on.

Can a DF beacon be placed on open water? So Mistels (for example) could track it like a Schwan on the way to Scotland.

[Fearless_1]

Originally Posted by Viikate

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Is it possible to include ALTITUDE as well as the waypoint distance and heading? That would be ultimately helpful....