Daidalos Team's Room -QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS ONLY - For 4.11

[robday]

Originally Posted by Ace1staller

Anybody got any disadvantages for the Ju 290 and Ju 390 bombers for 4.11/4.12 ?

Disadvantages no, objections yes! These aircraft totaled perhaps 70/72 examples, (including prototypes, pre-production aircraft and the various types that were built). Why waste time on such a minor player? What I'd rather have is a He 177.

[IceFire]

Indeed... there are still some major types that are totally unrepresented at this point. In the European conflict the Me410 and Hawker Typhoon Mark IB stand out as types that served in the hundreds and thousands from the midpoint of the war until the end.

[ElAurens]

We still don't have the P40 N, the most numerous sub type, and the fastest P40.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

We still don't have the P40 N, the most numerous sub type, and the fastest P40.

This also exists as a Mod. Given that it's externally just about identical to the other later P-40s, no 3d modeling is needed. All that's necessary is a new skin and new FM/DM.

[ElAurens]

Only if you are modeling the very earliest production block. All subsequent blocks (the vast majority of Ns produced) had a very different canopy and cut away in the area behind the pilot to increase rear visibility.

Simply taking our horrid, and very incorrect P 40 M, and calling it an N is not acceptable. The Ns had bomb racks on the wings, and could and did carry rockets too...

[P-38L]

Hello and thank you for all the dedication on the best flight simulator of all times.

I have a few ideas, they are not requests, perhaps one or more could ring any bell.

1. It is possible to add the Rearm, Refuel, Repair or even re-heal option, ?

2. Variable weather in the middle of a mission. e.g. If you start your mission in a sunny day, perhaps half hour later starts to rain.

3. To add randomly wind gusts. In some cases when you are on final, wind appears and hit the airplane.

4. All the AI Aircraft take off and land the same "perfect" way. The only airplane that has the torque effect in take off is the TB-3 (the one with four engines) all the rest are -in a bad way- perfectly trimmed.

5. When F2 (outside view) is used, the camera is stuck to the airplane. What about to add a camera that follows the airplane, like the same effect when you are viewing an airborne airplane from another airplane; you can see how the airplane "floats". This will give more realism when the player are creating movies. A key combination could be Alt+F2 or any other available.

6. Independent brake pedals.

7. Real airplanes as stationary airplanes. Why?
a. You can use any livery (skin) you want.
b. When the enemy attacks, the airplane will be destroyed more realistic.
c. In dogfight you can depend of all the remain "new stationary" airplanes are in the airport.
d. If you crash your airplane, you can choose of any of remain airplanes. If you design your mission with 4 stationary airplanes, means that you can crash only 4 airplanes, after that you wont be able to fly again.
e. If the enemy destroy one or more of the "new stationary" airplanes you lose the option to use "that" especific airplane.
f. If an AI aircraft can land and park. They can taxi and take off, that means that you can request for help and one of that stationary airplanes will be an AI aircraft.

Большое спасибо.

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

I agree, the P-40N is one of the most important versions and dare I to say... also the ugliest one!

Yes, the canopy is much different than all other versions. Thanks for jumping in, ElAurens!

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Only if you are modeling the very earliest production block. All subsequent blocks (the vast majority of Ns produced) had a very different canopy and cut away in the area behind the pilot to increase rear visibility.

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize that later block P-40Ns had a different canopy.

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Simply taking our horrid, and very incorrect P 40 M, and calling it an N is not acceptable. The Ns had bomb racks on the wings, and could and did carry rockets too...

Agreed. I think that there's evidence of earlier P-40s carrying rockets, too. In any case, I think it's a common and simple enough field mod to give P-40E and F series planes Soviet, British and/or American bombs and rockets.

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Pursuivant

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize that later block P-40Ns had a different canopy.



Agreed. I think that there's evidence of earlier P-40s carrying rockets, too. In any case, I think it's a common and simple enough field mod to give P-40E and F series planes Soviet, British and/or American bombs and rockets.

US P40s operating in China used the "bazooka" type rocket launcher tubes. This was well after the AVG was merged into the regular Air Corps of course.

Also, the Hawk 75s as used by the Dutch in the Netherlands East Indies should be able to carry a bomb under each wing. KNIL Hawk 75s in the ground attack role successfully bombed a bridge to slow, at least for a short while, the advance of the Japanese in Java.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by IceFire

Indeed... there are still some major types that are totally unrepresented at this point. In the European conflict the Me410 and Hawker Typhoon Mark IB stand out as types that served in the hundreds and thousands from the midpoint of the war until the end.

Both of these exist as mods. The Me410 is nicely done and is based on the Me210. The Tiffie is only a frankenplane, though.