Friday 2010-11-19 Dev. update and Discussion

[12Strings]

looks way cool.
even my kids are excited
thanks oleg.

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by JAMF

Riiiight. +1 for a US spelling version for the US people.

I'll go with that as long as when they do Pearl Harbour and the Pacific it's all in Queens English

[Blakduk]

After looking at the shots of the menus i am very impressed with the depth of this game.
One criticism i have heard made about IL2 (from people i have introduced it to) is that the level of complexity can be overwhelming at first. It can be difficult to get people to persevere to appreciate what it can offer.
I worry that the same problem will be apparent in SOW- even more so.
I trust that Oleg's crew have figured out how to cater for noobs and get them hooked, so they can then push their limits and increase their knowledge incrementally.

[Richie]

I like the looks of those Do-17s. I hope they become flyable.

[Fafnir_6]

Originally Posted by Richie

I like the looks of those Do-17s. I hope they become flyable.

+1 I definitely agree.

Fafnir_6

[major_setback]

Originally Posted by Blakduk

After looking at the shots of the menus i am very impressed with the depth of this game.
One criticism i have heard made about IL2 (from people i have introduced it to) is that the level of complexity can be overwhelming at first. It can be difficult to get people to persevere to appreciate what it can offer.
I worry that the same problem will be apparent in SOW- even more so.
I trust that Oleg's crew have figured out how to cater for noobs and get them hooked, so they can then push their limits and increase their knowledge incrementally.

There was a very well respected TV show in Denmark (Trollspegeln) that did a review of a good flight sim a few years ago; I'm pretty sure it was the Original Il2. They are usually very good with their reviews, but of this flight sim they said it was terrible...because the planes kept crashing all the time, or fell out of the sky!

You need to cradle the noobs.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by Rodolphe

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G1+FR is the same He 111 as shown on the first picture present by Sutts
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=211




This aircraft was shot down on the August 16th raid to Feltham.
Flight Lieutenant Boyd of No. 602 Squadron put between 300 and 400 bullets holes in the bomber before it crashed at High Salvington, Sussex.





An innocent victim of the war !
The Corporal (right) and Private (left) are carrying ammunition drums "Doppeltrommel" for the MG15.




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Thanks again for the shots Rodolphe, you're a mine of information.
From the story in the pictures, shooting down a bomber with .303s called for real accuracy (or very good luck). No great chunks flying off or huge holes appearing. Absolutely essential to get those rounds into some essential pipeline, cable or component.

This is where SoW is going to shine. With all those essential components modelled with their accurate hit boxes, this is going to test the accuracy of the best of us.

Brilliant stuff.

[Sutts]

Looking back through some old SoW shots, I found this one which matches pretty accurately the kind of .303 damage we're seeing in the period photos.

I hope the big hole was caused by flak or perhaps an exploding oxygen cylinder.

Maybe in a future patch we could see the elongated holes too where the round strikes at an angle. All in good time. LOL

[major_setback]

Badly beaten:

[Richie]

Tough old bird