Forum 1C interview: if you could ask 3 questions

[DH1979]

Originally Posted by Anton Yudintsev

Of course, there will be Trophies.
I've just started answer questions, and now we are deciding with publisher how to release them (I guess, it will be community updates on a web-site, but of course, I'll cross-post answers here).

Thanks for your questions.

Your a good man anton thanks for the reply, but where or when can see the site for answers? This game looks badass by the way, hats off.

[Abbevilleboy]

Can we please have the correctly configured 8 gun Browning .303 armed MkIa or MkIIa Spits for the Battle of Britain campaign?

Cannon armed Spits only made a very small and brief appearance with 19 Sqn during the BoB period, and then again briefly with 92 Sqn after the Battle in November.

The Spitfire featured in the XBOX Live demo and on the website is a MkVb - these did not become operational until Spring '41.

[David603]

3 questions about much the same thing.
1) How many friendly and enemy planes can be selected to be in the air at the same time in training mode?
2)Can aircraft respawn in training mode or do you have to go back to the menu every time you die?
3)Can you select the option to start on the ground in training mode?

[Got the blighter]

1.Where's the ps3 demo?
2.When's the demo on psn ?
3.Is this game actually going to be released on the ps3 ?
....Cheeky I know,but that's what I'd ask.
(Being an unfortunate ps3 owner craving some time with the demo)

[Nike-it]

Originally Posted by Got the blighter

1.Where's the ps3 demo?
2.When's the demo on psn ?
3.Is this game actually going to be released on the ps3 ?
....Cheeky I know,but that's what I'd ask.
(Being an unfortunate ps3 owner craving some time with the demo)

1) Demo is coming very soon
2) same thing
3) BoP will definitely be released for PS3

[elneilios]

Just for interests sake...

1) How did you go about researching for flight model accuracy? Did developers have to actually go fly some planes?
2) Some planes in BoP are either very rare or are not flyable, how did you know how to model the flight dynamics of these?
3) How many people worked on creating the game? In other words, how big is the BoP development team?

[butterfield]

Originally Posted by elneilios

Just for interests sake...

1) How did you go about researching for flight model accuracy? Did developers have to actually go fly some planes?
2) Some planes in BoP are either very rare or are not flyable, how did you know how to model the flight dynamics of these?
3) How many people worked on creating the game? In other words, how big is the BoP development team?

I can answer your first 2 questions. The game engine used in BOP is a port of the 2001 PC sim IL2 developed by Oleg Maddox and the 1C team. Of course it was upgraded over the years with physics tweaks, more planes, scenarios, etc. You'd probably need to find an old interview with Oleg which details how he knows so much about WW2 planes.

Birds of Prey development adds in an updated graphics engine and of course their own campaign/missions/etc.

[Flyboy69]

1. Will there be biplanes
2. Will bombers have cockpits
3. What jets are flyable

[haitch40]

Originally Posted by Flyboy69

1. Will there be biplanes
2. Will bombers have cockpits
3. What jets are flyable

there was only 2 biplanes involved in front line ww2 combat so chances r slim

[reverend66]

One word...."unicorns"

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