Damage Model Bug Stomping - Part 2

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Originally Posted by gaunt1

Thanks for your efforts!
It is possible to upload the file in different format? its a bit hard (tiring) to read it in .txt

I'm limited in the formats that I can use to upload files to the forum and the amount of data I can upload. Zipped text files is the only way to do it. Not my preferred choice!

To get the files into something you can read, cut and paste the file into MS Word, then use the "convert text to table" function. Alternately, you can just cut and paste the text file into MS Excel.

Things ought to work similarly for other word processors or spreadsheets.

Originally, the table was created in MS Excel 2013.

Originally Posted by gaunt1

VK-107 was extremely sensitive and fragile engine in RL, its weak points were exactly the oil and coolant. Is it by accident that exactly these are not modeled? I doubt.

I've seen no evidence of pro-Soviet bias in damage modeling. What I have seen is good evidence that the earliest planes in the game are some of the most sloppily modeled, regardless of nationality.

The Yak series of fighters is incredibly fragile. While the engines arguably are tougher than they "should" be, it hardly matters since their wings fall off so easily. If you're fighting a Yak, aim for the wing - at least if you've got .50 caliber or better guns.

The Yak-1, Yak-7 and Yak-3 series are quite fragile across the board - easy to flame engines, or to break control surfaces or wings. the only place that it's "overmodeled" is the fuselage - and that's probably correct. The Yak-9 series is much tougher - arguably exactly where it should be for all systems other than the engine - except for those incredibly fragile wings.

The only reason that the Yak series stands out as being "tough" is because some of the other important fighters in the game, like the Bf-109 series, are so fragile.