Friday 2011-02-04 Dev. update and Discussion

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Sauf

There will be no need to land your spitfire, 109s will do all the hard work for you, but please feel free to ask about bailing out procedures

ROFLMAO!

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

In fact I have found that sometimes you can see the dot but when you zoom in you lose it, I have also found that darker dots tend to be the enemy and lighter ones are usually friendly, as anyone else noticed this?

They do indeed get smaller as you zoom in(gunsight view), you'll get the best results on "wide view" and "normal view".
It could be AA related, don't know.
Don't really care either.

[Freycinet]

Only Tuesday and the dot discussion has resurfaced. I see this thread hitting 100 pages before Friday...

BTW, Luthier and Oleg, I think you should get off the forum and hand over the updating to Ian Boys. Ship him a copy of CoD and let him do some mission reports. It was wonderful in the months before Forgotten Battles came out!

BTW, ship me a copy aswell, I'll capture some high res vids with everything maxed out and AA and AF enabled.

[addman]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

Only Tuesday and the dot discussion has resurfaced. I see this thread hitting 100 pages before Friday...

BTW, Luthier and Oleg, I think you should get off the forum and hand over the updating to Ian Boys. Ship him a copy of CoD and let him do some mission reports. It was wonderful in the months before Forgotten Battles came out!

+1

I remember those Ian should do mission reports for every IL-2 sequel/add-on that is released.

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by swiss

ROFLMAO!





They do indeed get smaller as you zoom in(gunsight view), you'll get the best results on "wide view" and "normal view".
It could be AA related, don't know.
Don't really care either.

There will be no need to land your spitfire, 109s will do all the hard work for you

Aye, you keep telling yourself that Sunshine......*pats the squarehead on his square dome sympathetically*

[swiss]

Originally Posted by RCAF_FB_Orville

There will be no need to land your spitfire, 109s will do all the hard work for you

Aye, you keep telling yourself that Sunshine......*pats the squarehead on his square dome sympathetically*

quoting is not one of your strong skills, aye?

[Chivas]

OK just trying to get this aircraft dot idea straight in my head. At what distance is the one pixel dot enabled in COD, or is the dot always there, and only appears to the user depending on their eyesight, and display resolution? I heard that IL-2 was designed so that the dot appeared for the average pilot at a relatively proper distance when viewed at the 1024x786 resolution.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by klem

You don't get off that easily

How does the Spitfire landing compare with IL-2 please?

Real Spits do tend to bounce a bit unless greased in. I've managed to land without bouncing many times but you've got to make sure your speed is close to a stall at the end of the flare. Any excess speed will get you airborn again.

Personally I think IL2 provides a very realistic touch down experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_3YuwerLCQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TOTF9rdX2Y

[Wutz]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Real Spits do tend to bounce a bit unless greased in. I've managed to land without bouncing many times but you've got to make sure your speed is close to a stall at the end of the flare. Any excess speed will get you airborn again.

Personally I think IL2 provides a very realistic touch down experience.

Ah then you are familiar on a certain quote from that 1969 "Battle of Britain" movie, on a nice basket ball landing where the other pilots say to each other
"You can teach...*monkeys* to fly better than that! "

[Sturm_Williger]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Real Spits do tend to bounce a bit unless greased in. I've managed to land without bouncing many times but you've got to make sure your speed is close to a stall at the end of the flare. Any excess speed will get you airborn again.

Personally I think IL2 provides a very realistic touch down experience.

It's not the bounce on landing that is a real problem when you're landing on non-airfield, it's the way the tailwheel will bounce madly on touching the ground, practically guaranteeing to dig your nose in
Heavier aircraft don't seem to have such a "bouncy" tail - I can land a 110 for example fairly easily on rough terrain, but single engines, almost never.
The main gear seems fine, but the tailwheel seems to have a jack-in-the-box built in.