Friday 2010-12-03 Dev. update and Discussion

Hey Oleg,

will you change the visuals of the GUI of the FMB so it better fits the modern look of the overall sim?

[JG52Krupi]

Dam it only just missed out the south west...

[whatnot]

Wow, a lot of options, I sure have work cut out for me!

Haven't been much of a mission / campaign builder myself but I plan on becoming one with BOB. What I really like in the campaigns I've played with IL-2 is historic accuracy and content that encompanies the story along so a few questions around that area:

1) Will you be able to add more 'story content' to the campaigns than just text in a narrow box. Stuff like pictures, sounds and videos would be fantastic immersion boost for me! Maybe an html format or whatever for the content could do the trick the easiest way, dunno.

2) The map look pretty big already (400+ KM diagonally I recon), but can you tell us what are the capabilities for the mapsize given the engine / HW limitations? So if there would be a crazy team of mappers who'd be ready to work 24x7 for a decade to build a map of entire europe for example?

3) I assume custom map building is possible?

4) Should there be benelux, norththern britain or whatever maps coming in the future releases, would it be possible to think that they'd be 'attached' to BOB map to create a bigger entity?

Thanks for the friday updates Oleg, it's a fantastic way to start a weekend!

[Avimimus]

# of passes!!!

(However, I saw no setting of random failures or a way to add extra weight from field repairs)

Still, I'm very pleased - there are so many details that I'd never have thought of!

[McHilt]

Originally Posted by Foo'bar

Finally we know the map's dimensions thank you! According to the scroll bar's size I guess the map will have the following size:

Oh, wow... well, that map makes me wonder what the coast of Normandy/Brittany would look like, lots of cliffs for the latter?

Love the number of options

Hey Oleg, thanks for the update, the editor looks great fun!
My question would have to be, what will the flight size be, in IL2 we were restricted to 4, will SoW have bigger flight sizes?
Thank you

[Flying Pencil]

WW2 Google Maps!!

I think I would have HOURS of fun just flying around!

Look at all those who spend hours solo in MFS or X-Plane??

Thanks Oleg (PS, been away on vacation and business, but always see what's up!)

[flyingblind]

Very frustrating - I just keep going to click on tabs and pull down menus to see what's there forgetting it's just a .jpg!

Thanks for update.

[Redwan]

I see that I have been waiting for 1 week just to see .... boring maps ...
After the last week's update session with BoB menus, I would have expected something more graphic/exiting.


I know, "I dont have the time, I'm tired", or what ever excuse we already heard here ... but is it so difficult to start the beta version and push on PRINT SCREEN on some ongoing air action ? I cant' believe that Oleg cannot delegate such an easy task to one of his guy's if he doesn't have the time himself.

[Dano]

Originally Posted by flyingblind

Very frustrating - I just keep going to click on tabs and pull down menus to see what's there forgetting it's just a .jpg!

Thanks for update.

Heheheh, not just me then

Very nice to see some free flight missions in there, as well as London Sightseeing.

Here's my questions and observations:

What are the Dimas and Slides folders?

Are the nice big doughnut shaped waypoints indicitive of not having to fly over an exact location for waypoints to update?

Map layers - intriguing, is this just a feature for ease of use?

Weather fronts, nice to see some confirmation these are still in effect

Aircraft serial #, does this mean that individual aircraft will be tracked and damage and over stressings can be carried over into further missions? I seem to recall some discussion on this point ages ago.

#Passes - awesome, I take it this means no more watching the AI endlessly attacking a target until one or the other is decimated?