Friday 2010-09-17 Dev. update and Discussions

Richie · #1 09-21-2010, 05:18 AM

If SOW progresses like IL-2 that 108 will come along eventually and when it does that will be something to see..

reflected · #2 09-21-2010, 07:09 AM

These shots are amazing as usual. I really can't wait for this game. Now that I've watched "First Light" I'm literrally sitting on needles!

BTW, the font used on RAF planes is not correct for the era. Why don't you use this one?

http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/foru...ww2_851ath-77/

( I know it's from 1941, but the font is the same)

Richie · #3 09-21-2010, 08:35 AM

Take a look at the damage on this Emil. I'm surprised he was able to ditch usually they don't do to well I've heard when damaged badly. That may be B.S. though

Xilon_x · #4 09-21-2010, 10:21 AM

yes i loock the dammage of bullet in the airplane structure.
compare the human dimension and the size of the plane.
compare the size of the human hand and the size of the bullet hole in the shell of the airplane.
verify SoW images of Oleg Maddox if the bullet holes were the right size and correct.
the bullet hole in the photo should be large half hand.BELLE PHOTOS.
GOOD PHOTO

Xilon_x · #5 09-21-2010, 10:37 AM

1-Bf-109E-III_JG2-((+~-Mix-France-June-1940-01.jpg

looock whit attenction.

Nasser · #6 09-21-2010, 10:42 AM

Wooah, no valuable criticism here. This looks awesome, liking the menu so far.

Richie · #7 09-21-2010, 10:53 AM

I see what you mean Xilon.

BG-09 · #8 09-21-2010, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Richie

Take a look at the damage on this Emil. I'm surprised he was able to ditch usually they don't do to well I've heard when damaged badly. That may be B.S. though

This is the aircraft of Erich Mix in France 1940.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...dYKlwS4ETzAWM=

Erich Mix (27 June 1898 in Labuhnken(Trzcińsk) in Starogard Gdański (West Prussia) – 9 April 1971 in Wiesbaden) was a German politician, member of the Nazi Party, later a member of the FDP and Flying ace during World War II.

Mix fought as an infantryman in the World War I before he trained as a fighter pilot and posted to the Saxon jasta 54, where, as an Unteroffizer from June 1918 until the end of the war, he scored 3 aerial victories (plus one unconfirmed balloon) of Jasta 54's total of 22 victories, for which he was awarded both Classes of the Iron Cross.[1]

After the war, he studied law at the University of Greifswald and made a career as a leading administrative official. In 1934, he became Mayor of Tilsit (1934 to 1937), later of Wiesbaden (1 April 1937 to 1945 and again from 25 February 1954 to 25 February 1960). In the following year, he started flying again, training as an observer and as a fighter pilot in 1937.

Serving as technical officer with I./JG 53 at the outbreak of WW2, Mix claimed 3 French Morane fighters over Saargemund on 21 September 1939, and four more on 22 November 1939 over Saarbrücken.

Now commanding III./JG 2, three more Moranes were claimed on 21 May 1940, although Mix was shot down and forced to land in a field near Roye on 21 May in Bf 109E-3 W.Nr.1526.

After being hospitalized, Mix returned to III./JG 2 on 19 June. He left France with his unit and relocated to Frankfurt/Rhein-Main on 1 July. On 27 July, the unit returned to Évreux-West until 4 August. Mix claimed a Hawker Hurricane on 4 September. Mix remained Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 2 until 24 September 1940, when he became one of the older commanders dismissed by a frustrated Goering in favour of the younger, up-and-coming aces of 1940; in Mix's case, Major Helmut Wick. Mix's final claim was a Bristol Blenheim over den Haag in July 1941, while commanding JG 1.

During World War II, he thus claimed 8 (potentially 13) aerial victories.

philip.ed · #9 09-21-2010, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reflected

These shots are amazing as usual. I really can't wait for this game. Now that I've watched "First Light" I'm literrally sitting on needles!

BTW, the font used on RAF planes is not correct for the era. Why don't you use this one?

http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/foru...ww2_851ath-77/

( I know it's from 1941, but the font is the same)

Nice to see you mate. If I were you, I'd read First Light (although I thought you had....) as it is a lot better than the programme IMHO. But I echo your enthusiasm. These recent shots are killers. The game is looking really nice.

reflected · #10 09-22-2010, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by philip.ed

Nice to see you mate. If I were you, I'd read First Light (although I thought you had....) as it is a lot better than the programme IMHO. But I echo your enthusiasm. These recent shots are killers. The game is looking really nice.

Oh I have! I have read it about 3 times so far!

What do you think about the fonts used on British a/c?

I'm not sure about the colors either. Weren't they a bit more greyish? It looks very bright white now...