Friday 2010-06-25 Dev. update and Discussion Thread

[Il2Pongo]

Will the oil that drips look dirtier if it has been in the plane longer?
Will my crew chief have blond hair, will he be clean when I arrive back from a mission and dishevel when I take off for one?
Will my squadron commander smile at me if I get a kill? If I get 4 will be be jealous?
Will we see large Vs of Geese migrating, will they hurt my plane if I hit them?
Can I have a squadron mascot? Will it like me more if I feed it or get more kills?
If a Lanc lands at a fighter strip, will it put ruts across the grass?
Will German pilots get lost and land at my airfield, can I fly their 109 on the next mission?
If I bail out over england, will the peasants chase me with pitchforks.
If we wipe out the RAF, will the army try to cross on a clear day? Will the RN sorti to stop them?
If I bomb an intersection, will the buses be late?


Great pictures Oleg and team, looking forward to the FLIGHT SIM

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by Il2Pongo

Can I have a squadron mascot? Will it like me more if I feed it or get more kills?

+1 on the squadron mascot

Lots of squadrons had them and it would make a great minigame to have a pet dog or pig that you have to avoid running over and feed periodically.

On a more serious note having persistent weathering or damage on a plane would add quite a bit. I'd love to get machinegun impacts all over my plane and have the textures in subsequent missions show "patches" over the spots where the bullets had hit. However, this may not be worth the programming effort. It might be good for bomber campaigns though (where crews served on the same aircraft for most or all of a tour).