4-12 wish list (Merged)

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by IceFire

Any requests?

If I were greedy, I'd say there there should be a least one mission for every player flyable plane in the game.

Realistically, maybe just a few missions for the new planes since 4.10 that many people aren't familiar with, with realistic formations, operating altitudes, objectives and opponents. My top picks would be the new He-111 variants and the CW-21.

He-111-6 and -12 Torpedo/Fritz X: Shipping Strike in the Gulf of Finland or off Norway.

CW-21: KNIL vs. too many Japanese (A6M2 and/or G4M) over Malaysia.

CW-21 or H75A: Hypothetical China, RAF or RIAF intercept against too many Ki-21/Ki-27 or A5M/G4M over Burma.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

If I were greedy, I'd say there there should be a least one mission for every player flyable plane in the game.

Realistically, maybe just a few missions for the new planes since 4.10 that many people aren't familiar with, with realistic formations, operating altitudes, objectives and opponents. My top picks would be the new He-111 variants and the CW-21.

He-111-6 and -12 Torpedo/Fritz X: Shipping Strike in the Gulf of Finland or off Norway.

CW-21: KNIL vs. too many Japanese (A6M2 and/or G4M) over Malaysia.

CW-21 or H75A: Hypothetical China, RAF or RIAF intercept against too many Ki-21/Ki-27 or A5M/G4M over Burma.

There might be enough material for a short CW-21 campaign...I'd have to look into that.

I do have to ask... you do know that we put together a half dozen to a dozen single missions featuring some of the new aircraft for the last couple of patches, right? The Hs-129 and IL-4 in particular get a bit of attention.

There isn't much in the way of historical scenarios that could be done with the CW-21. They had a short combat career and not exactly on any maps we have although the Singapore map could provide some limited possibility. It's mostly a hopeless fight where the players side looses all of their aircraft

[RegRag1977]

We definitely need new dgen campaigns. I wonder if there is a TD plan to improve DGEN and to create some new ones? That would be nice...

[Sillius_Sodus]

My apologies if this has already been requested but I feel it would be nice if we could specify the number of passes an ai aircraft would make over a ground attack target, i.e. an airfield.

This could also be useful for ai attacks on bombers, then you could program them to do 'hit and run' attacks.

Thanks again for all your good work TD!

[Ace1staller]

Originally Posted by Sillius_Sodus

My apologies if this has already been requested but I feel it would be nice if we could specify the number of passes an ai aircraft would make over a ground attack target, i.e. and airfield.

This could also be useful for ai attacks on bombers, then you could program them to do 'hit and run' attacks.

Thanks again for all your good work TD!

good one +1 (:

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Sillius_Sodus

My apologies if this has already been requested but I feel it would be nice if we could specify the number of passes an ai aircraft would make over a ground attack target, i.e. and airfield.

This could also be useful for ai attacks on bombers, then you could program them to do 'hit and run' attacks.

Thanks again for all your good work TD!

A great suggestion for the Custom Waypoint settings... we already have some specific settings for takeoff and attack profile would be very useful.

The number of passes but also the type of attack (i.e. dive bombing, level bombing, strafe/wheel of death, etc.).

[Sapper]

AB250 and SD250 loadouts for the me262A2. Their usual loadout against allied ground forces in the ETO.

[Woke Up Dead]

Have an option for a limited F6 (external lock) function, one that will lock on to enemies only in the front of the player's wing-line, or maybe only the front 270 degrees. This will allow bandits to sneak in on the player's six, while the player can still track the planes in front of him that he likely saw already.

[JimmyBlonde]

Originally Posted by RegRag1977

We definitely need new dgen campaigns. I wonder if there is a TD plan to improve DGEN and to create some new ones? That would be nice...

It's good to see people still calling for more Dgen campaigns. A general Dgen revamp would be priceless.

I've been playing with Asura's Dgen mod lately and it rocks, much better than stock. The beauty of it is that I can add mod planes to the campaigns I already have and Asura is busy adding more maps for the next version.

From experimenting myself I have learned that creating Dgen campaigns is a very time-consuming and tedious process. It's understandable that not many people are willing to put in the effort that it takes to complete them.

I would love to see full use made of the new aircraft (And the old ones that have never had been available in Dgen) and features (Beacons, new loadouts, etc) as a part of official updates. It always puzzled me why this never happened when 1C was releasing things like the Aces Expansion Pack, and the Pe-2 stuff. After Pacific Fighters they just dumped new planes in the game, maybe with a static campaign, and then left it up to the player to make stuff which is far beyond what most people are capable of or just not prepared to do.

Some kind of user configurable UI tool for Dgen like DCG with pre-made maps and all aircraft/features available would be an awesome addition because quick missions, single missions and linear campaigns just don't cut it for me. It would be a huge effort to get all of that completed but the demand is there for it and I think there are a fair few people who would put in their time to make it happen. (I know I would).

[csThor]

The reason why the old DGen is static and grossly outdated is that it was never a Maddox Games program but an external one. And said developer disappeared years ago, taking the source code with him. As such there is simply no way to work with the old DGen anymore, at least not without jumping through too many hoops to justify the effort. This is also why Asura is writing a new DGen, the old one didn't offer enough flexibility and possibilities, not to mention that adding planes and maps was a chore.

Expecting TD to do any DGen work is therefor simply unrealistic. Support for Asura, yes that's being done, but anything beyond is simply not possible.