Naval Warships
 

I notice it has been asked before but I cannot find an answer to this.

Where are they? One is somewhat concerned as I actually cannot recall seeing any images from Oleg on these at all...or maybe that's just me?

Anyone have an answer?

I vaguely remember reading a post from Oleg a few years ago where he said it took some silly amount of time to make a warship for COD, of the top of my head it was 6-12 months, so it was probarly put pretty low on the list.

They will be made by 3rd party navy fans as soon as SDK is available and they will be "drivable". Not sure about drivable submarines yet though.

This is a flight simulator after all.

I recall seeing pics of Royal Navy destroyer some time (year+) ago in one of the dev updates.

Don't know what happened to it.

Maybe another item not finished?

REALLY OFF TOPIC: I have the badge that you have as you pic at home....what is it? I think i read somewhere it was Lenin youth or something like that?

Unfortunately they programmed the Ai with such finese and ellegancethat as soon as you run the simulation Naval ships from both sides start sailing west to the Carribean, where the AI crews spend the rest of the war drinking rum in the languid tropical heat while simulated native girls fan them off.

This of course would be completely unacceptable in a BoB sim so the developers removed them from the sim until they could be made to follow orders.

You did ask for an answer unfortunately you did not specify your accuracy requirements! ;)

I guess shooting pom poms will have to wait :(

6-12 months to make an in game warship :rolleyes:

lot of ship in the editor are not finish. some of them are just a little ship without textures.

but we have to wait the flying part be finish and good before waiting for sea adds.

after all the game has been release unfinished.... wait to the dev to finish it ;) after all CLOD is here to be the new il2 in some years... ;)

I know, thats why I remember it :rolleyes:

Combat flight sim actually. Combat being the operative word here. We have ground targets and yet no ships. So you last point is moot.

As for SDK I don't believe that for a second. Please show me clearly where it states that ships are 3rd party only? You are guessing.

Post made by Oleg last year.
@esmiol: Your answer makes complete sense!

No ships means a big part of the Battle can not be simulated. None of the Luftwaffe convoy assaults and none of the Blenheim anti shipping strikes. Bad show.

don't you mean no warships? because there are definetly merchant ships visible ingame.

I too am concerned here.

I do most of the mission building for the Pigs and Pubbers, though I can see Hamish stepping in here as well for us.

How can you possibly make combat missions that involve an island nation that does not involve warships, on either side?

In 1940 the Royal Navy was still the biggest navy in the world! We do need naval ships adding in the future to make this sim complete. We also need the German Navy for missions like the channel dash ect.

It's one of my big disappointments with the sim. Now, I don't need the whole Royal Navy or the Kriegsmarine simulated in intricate detail, but at least a destroyer and a patrol boat for each side was too much?

But hey, we got Italian aircraft in the game, and everybody knows you can't have a proper BoB sim without the Italian airforce...

I can't help but wonder based on what exactly they do game design decisions at Maddox games.

Not even some E-boats and MTB/MGBs?

What will people moan about next. Seriously, it's one thing after another.

I'd like to complain about the serious lack of wildlife.

And the way those cows move around is just laughable.:rolleyes:

Don't post then. It's a perfectly valid moan.

Exactly my view, too.

How do you simulate this whole campaign without the convoys to GB ??

And as said, a single destroyer, a patrol boat, a tanker and a merchant ship for each side would do.

For a look check BoB:WoV from A2A. Not as technically detailed as CoD but an awesome campaign and lots of recently rebuilt frame rate friendly 3D ship models for the early phase ...