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10-15-2007, 02:29 PM
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The BR20 images are great. So much detail to take in. Can't wait to see it in 3D.
A few questions about the sim: Will the AI performance of planes v. ships be greatly improved in BoB compared with IL-2. The Battle of Britain really started over the beaches of Dunkirk. If the navy had not been successful in extracting most of the expeditionary force then there would have been little or nothing left to defend the coast of Britain and the government may well have started peace negotiations. The navy would not have been successful without the support of the RAF. So I hope that the campaign will start with the defence of the evacuation fleet over Dunkirk and actions between Stukas and destroyers, and plenty of the "Little Ships" This action really turns BoB on its head. Its the RAF that have the disadvantage of limited flying times over the beaches and the prospect of limping back over the channel in damaged planes. And you need to balance conservation of planes and pilots over the need to extract as much of the army as possible. After Dunkirk of course we move straight onto the convoy battles in the Dover Straits. More plane v ship action. Hopefully we will see realistic defensive manouvering by ships, and we wont see a column of ships all sinking because they all run into the ship which is sinking at the head of the line. Intelligent avoiding action is required. In the mission builder it will be good to be able to assemble fleets and then to plot their course as a single unit with the AI taking care of individual ship position keeping. I guess this is too much to ask for, but what about dynamic tides, with the sea level dropping to expose the vast areas of sand flats around the mouth of the Thames and the Goodwin Sands. If you can have dynamic weather why not dynamic tides? |
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10-15-2007, 02:40 PM
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The Screens of the BR.20M are looking very good. Nothing to say about model quality (that's a given, anyway
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#65
10-15-2007, 03:01 PM
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Oleg, could you please be more specific about..
"Please pay attention that all doors openable, rear low platform for the turret is openable (by AI or by the player)."" What does this actually mean for gameplay? I mean, the only reason I can see to make doors openable, is to make it possible for the players to actually move around???+ inside the plane? Please elaborate 
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#66
10-15-2007, 03:31 PM
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Hi Oleg, the Italian colours look good and correct, and I assume they're the RLMs that I suggested to Alex, after checking them with a group of "experten" friends. The camo shows the typical "three tones" of the early-war Italian aircrafts.The mottling is better than it was in the early screenshots that Alex sent me, but it's still a bit far from how it should be. The mottles should overlap here and there (green above dark brown, sand as background). They should also appear a bit more blurred and less regular in shape. If you want, I can still send you (or Alex) all the details, the original picts, and more observations. Cheers Abraxa |
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