Daidalos Team's Room -QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS ONLY - For 4.11

[Lagarto]

OK, let me chip in. After years of enjoying this sim, I wish the following issues were addressed (in no particular order):

Widescreen support
New 109 cockpits (esp. F-4 and G-2, please)
Grass fields in Russia. I’d love to see fighters take off en masse side by side, as they used to
Some new engine and gunfire sounds would be nice
Retextured maps (at present the all look very dull and much the same)
Flyable Hawk 75
Disable the lettering ‘mission complete’ flashing across the screen when the ‘instant success’ (in the difficulty settings) is on
Prevent AI from flying at 110% boost without their engines ever overheating (I can’t keep up with my own squad)
Stop pilotless/crewless ‘ghost’ planes flying around – as it is now, planes (often with their control surfaces heavily damaged or even on fire) hang on in the air long after their pilot/crew bailed out, which is totally unrealistic
AI pilots/crews bailing out often fall through the plane (they should at least bounce off it if they can’t bail out properly). Perhaps the AI fighter pilots should roll over their planes before bailing out?
A command that would let my AI mates know that I found some juicy target and want to share it with them. At present, I can only call for help, and they call me back: ‘You’re fine!’ which is quite irritating.
Bombers far too often collide with one another, esp. at the very beginning of a mission.


Anyway, thanks for your work, I much appreciate it

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by PatrickRus

Well, about wingmen's AI, it would be nice, if they wouldn't crash on a perfectly flat ground, if you are flying low.

It would be nice if you could tell them to land... Like say if you give them the RTB command within a predetermined distance of a friendly base (Most likely the one you are about to land at..) they will just go into a pattern and land.

[PatrickRus]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

It would be nice if you could tell them to land... Like say if you give them the RTB command within a predetermined distance of a friendly base (Most likely the one you are about to land at..) they will just go into a pattern and land.

You can command them "Navigation > Return to base" (I may be wrong, I've got russian version) if you are a flight leader. They'll go to base and land.

[Billfish]

*shrugs*

[Hawker17]

My requests:

- Please revise Spifire FM
- Triggers
- Bomb loadouts Spitfire Mk V

[salmo]

Can we please get more Japanese planes (especially bombers) for the Pacific Theatre. Blue are hopelessly outgunned by red in this department . A propper New Guinea map (correct terrain heights) would be nice too.

[Gloomy_Aristocrat]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

It would be nice if you could tell them to land... Like say if you give them the RTB command within a predetermined distance of a friendly base (Most likely the one you are about to land at..) they will just go into a pattern and land.

I was highly frustrated by unrealistic situations with orders to AI. Not being leader of the group, one can't give them all orders, that's OK; but if the leader was KIA and the player had to change him, now being a "temporary" leader, AI controlled planes continue follow his one in stupid way, but all what can be ordered even in this situation is a help request. Even landing now is a trouble, cause AI's without proper order to land most possible would crash into ground, or, what's worse, right into leader's tail.

[iMattheush]

Please add one of the most famous Polish planes - PZL.37 "Łoś-B" It was the best Polish plane in 1939. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL.37_%C5%81o%C5%9B)
Polish Air Force was very anachronic, but they fights bravely

[Xilon_x]

Dear Daidalos Team what is your intention? for the future?
you continue whit another patch? 4.12 -- 4.13 -- 4.14.................or
you project the LAST and ULTIMATE PATCH FOR IL-2 4.12 and stop for ever?

IL-2sturmovik 1946 actualy have a good airplane list and missing also another plane



IL-2sturmovik CoD actualy not have good airplane list and is new product.

[Wiskey-Charlie]

I just upgraded my MB, CPU and Graphics card with intentions of playing COD. But something happened that I did not expect. IL2 is running and looking so fantastic now that IL2 feels like a totally new simulation to me. Am thinking I will definitely be leaving IL2-1946 on my PC for a long time to come. Which means that the Diadalos team is my new friend

Before I get to my request, let me also say that I am an IL2 home cockpit builder. I do not like the feeling of flying from a desk and keyboard. I prefer flying with physical toggle switches, gauges etc. Therefore I do not use the in-cockpit view, It does not look good to see two cockpits a virtual cockpit and a physical one as well.

Which leads me to my question/request.............

Is it possible to add the prop turning to the no-cockpit view? Would need to see the visible prop turning just above its center or to say it another way the center of the prop would have to be un-seen just out of the picture of the monitor with no down view if that makes since.

When you can see the prop turning, it gives a better since of the feeling of motion.

I know what I am asking is a long shot at best, but this would be huge for pit builders. There are more of us out here than you might think.

PS. Thanks Diadalos Team for keeping IL2 alive and well!