Friday 2010-12-03 Dev. update and Discussion

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I refuse to take that bait, Redwan. Anyway...

OLEG,

I can't see much to constructively criticize as it seems to be a "newer, bigger and better" IL-2 FMB. I think the mission builders won't have any difficulty adapting which is great.

The term "in-betweening" is a little vague but my guess is that this refers to a modifier applied to the parameters (flight speed/altitude) BETWEEN way-points, but it might also refer to interpolating flight speeds and altitudes as between flights of different aircraft (bombers and their escorts). I'm sure the meaning will be clear once we get a chance to use it.

I like the fact that there seem to be more options for spawn states (scramble, idle etc...).
It also looks as though we'll be able to edit roads and road embankments... very nice.
I also like the fact that specific call signs ("pinetree") can be assigned- this will make comms more realistic (and can be used to recreate missions from books more realistic where the call sign is indicated).
The sliding scale of weathering is another nice feature, can it be applied to different aircraft within the same flight?
Finally, the Weather map doesn't seem to be indicating that any weather was selected... maybe I am missing something, but I was expecting some meteorological symbols indicating zones of high and low pressure, precipitation- that sort of thing.

All very minor points.
It's going to be a lot of fun playing with all the new parameters!
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