Patch 4.10 - Development Updates by Daidalos Team

[Hawker17]

Well, about progression... Newer (SOW) isn't always better. Graphically SOW looks nice, for sure, just like my IL2 1946 install does. Although my specs are high enough for SOW, i will surely stick to IL2 1946, if playability isn't improved in SOW. By the way, as soon as SOW is released, we have so much more modded aircraft in IL2, we don't play SOW anyway!

Team Daidalos, thanks for making this sim even better after all those years!

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Hawker17

Well, about progression... Newer (SOW) isn't always better. Graphically SOW looks nice, for sure, just like my IL2 1946 install does. Although my specs are high enough for SOW, i will surely stick to IL2 1946, if playability isn't improved in SOW. By the way, as soon as SOW is released, we have so much more modded aircraft in IL2, we don't play SOW anyway!

Team Daidalos, thanks for making this sim even better after all those years!

With regards to your last point I highly disagree. For one, the only decent BoB sim out at the moment is Wings of Vistory (Il-2 just can't capture the same feelings of battle as WoV does) and that is itself dated. SoW should be the numero-uno of flight sims, and if it does the BoB the justice it deserves, then it will be the best flight-sim for BoB fans like me.
However, modded Il-2 is timeless, and I think I will always be playing it until SoW has all the planes that Il-2 has

[robtek]

i really hope that the change from il2 to SoW is the change from a simulation game to a simulation!

[T}{OR]

Originally Posted by Hawker17

Well, about progression... Newer (SOW) isn't always better. Graphically SOW looks nice, for sure, just like my IL2 1946 install does. Although my specs are high enough for SOW, i will surely stick to IL2 1946, if playability isn't improved in SOW. By the way, as soon as SOW is released, we have so much more modded aircraft in IL2, we don't play SOW anyway!

Team Daidalos, thanks for making this sim even better after all those years!

I for one can not wait till SOW comes out, because mods have killed the online community. Maybe 'killed' isn't the right word, but changed it dramatically from what it once was. With SOW we will once again have a single game version for all to fly on.

Originally Posted by robtek

i really hope that the change from il2 to SoW is the change from a simulation game to a simulation!

That is an excellent statement!



Overall, hats off to TD for bringing us the long overdue fixes. Now if only the AI team killing gunners fix gets included in the 4.10...

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by T.}{.O.R.

I for one can not wait till SOW comes out, because mods have killed the online community. Maybe 'killed' isn't the right word, but changed it dramatically from what it once was. With SOW we will once again have a single game version for all to fly on.

This, many times over.

And I really believe that once we see SoW, that IL2/46 will look and feel like the old, outdated, game it really is now.

[Flanker35M]

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Caspar, I understand the spirit of consistency in the cockpits. But even in the stock game there is so much difference between them. Take Tempest which is a true work of art and then for example Bf109 or Mig-3 or IL-2. They are old and it shows, in fact they have not changed since beginning. So a souping up would do fine don't you think..and of course done within the IL-2 parameters.

As of games being sloppily programmed and using more resources and all that is a trend. Why bother optimizing when people can buy relatively cheap new hardware? And it is not very cost effective for a company to invest too much time in this kind of stuff. Oleg might be one of the few doing so, but he is in the toughest of all genres IMO: flight sims.

Realistically thinking you can not cater for everyone. An average computer today is above the minimum specs of IL-2. The very small minority might be in the low end just at the edge of running it. Again the superduper computers some enthusiasts have do not make IL-2 any better than it is..so seeing your point in this

Thanks for the replies TD, very much appreciated

[Hawker17]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

With regards to your last point I highly disagree. For one, the only decent BoB sim out at the moment is Wings of Vistory (Il-2 just can't capture the same feelings of battle as WoV does) and that is itself dated. SoW should be the numero-uno of flight sims, and if it does the BoB the justice it deserves, then it will be the best flight-sim for BoB fans like me.
However, modded Il-2 is timeless, and I think I will always be playing it until SoW has all the planes that Il-2 has

Sure, i see your point Philip. You are more focussed on the BOB era. I like the different aircraft and the many maps better. I hope for BOB fans, that SOW will be a great release. Time will tell, about playability.

What i didn't liked about BoB II - Wov, were the crash landings and the spinning screen. I liked the atmophere in Jane's WWII fighters very much, maybe you know that (early) game?

[philip.ed]

I haven't played Jane's game, but I am aware of the features that BoB2 lacks. Il-2 damage model is beautiful and if paired with BoB2 could make one great sim. I am looking at SoW as being the start of something great

[Zorin]

I have to thank TD for taking on the issue of the Ju88. It was in dire need and you guys delivered. Hats up to you.

[Fafnir_6]

Originally Posted by Zorin

I have to thank TD for taking on the issue of the Ju88. It was in dire need and you guys delivered. Hats up to you.

Seconded. Great work, TD.