4.13 development update discussion and feedback

[TinyTim]

Originally Posted by IceFire

Probably a lot of time spent on the bombing features that were heavily requested. Not as many people think about the gunnery.

There's still the issue of a half dozen weapons not actually having been modeled. The Japanese aircraft are the worst in this respect... the two very different Type 99 cannons (99-1 and 99-2) are both represented by the MG-FF/M in code. The Type 89 machine guns are either a Vickers K or a MG17 depending on the aircraft. It's not even consistent... for the longest time the Ki-43-II had Browning .50cals with yellow tracers instead of the very same Ho-103 machine gun that the earlier Ki-43 and other Japanese Army aircraft had.

That all blows my mind They really coded Pacific Fighters in a hurry with little research. Some Russian types were badly setup too... those have been fixed thankfully.

It's been and still is a mess, I concur. To mention one more glaring inaccuracy - Ki-45 historically carried a Ho-3 20mm cannon, but in the sim Ho-5 is modelled in its place. The difference between the two is something like the difference between Mk108 and 103: 20 x 94 (84.5 g) vs 20 x 125 (164 g).

Luckily a fix for this is mentioned in 4.13.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by TinyTim

It's been and still is a mess, I concur. To mention one more glaring inaccuracy - Ki-45 historically carried a Ho-3 20mm cannon, but in the sim Ho-5 is modelled in its place. The difference between the two is something like the difference between Mk108 and 103: 20 x 94 (84.5 g) vs 20 x 125 (164 g).

Luckily a fix for this is mentioned in 4.13.

Good catch. I didn't know about that one but I'm sure the guy who put together the Ki-45 clearly did but it took some extra time to get the gun sources into place I imagine.

I've been hunting for reliable information on the Type 99-1 and 99-2 but no luck.

[TinyTim]

Originally Posted by IceFire

Good catch. I didn't know about that one but I'm sure the guy who put together the Ki-45 clearly did but it took some extra time to get the gun sources into place I imagine.

Yeah, the two weapons really are like a day and night; Ho-3, shooting with lower ROF but much harder hitting being a lot better suited for ground busting or anti-bomber missions compared to Ho-5.

Originally Posted by IceFire

I've been hunting for reliable information on the Type 99-1 and 99-2 but no luck.

Generally I find airwar.ru an excellent treasure of knowledge. They have extensive article on Type-99 as well, unfortunately only in russian:

http://www.airwar.ru/weapon/guns/type99.html

Lots of numbers, lots of pics too.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by TinyTim

Yeah, the two weapons really are like a day and night; Ho-3, shooting with lower ROF but much harder hitting being a lot better suited for ground busting or anti-bomber missions compared to Ho-5.



Generally I find airwar.ru an excellent treasure of knowledge. They have extensive article on Type-99 as well, unfortunately only in russian:

http://www.airwar.ru/weapon/guns/type99.html

Lots of numbers, lots of pics too.

That is the best information I've seen anywhere in a long time. Thanks!

[Kaio-Rocha]

Hello, I wonder if it's possible to add in the command console in a system dedicated to kick players who do not respect the rules of a server servers because there is no nescessidade to put a password on the server.

Anyone have also some information about 4:13 when going out?

Thank you

[Kaio-Rocha]

Hello, I wonder if it's possible to add in the command console in a system dedicated to kick players who do not respect the rules of a server servers because there is no nescessidade to put a password on the server.

Anyone have also some information about 4:13 when going out?

Thank you

[Deagle_Bubi]

when 4.13?!

[Notorious M.i.G.]

When it's Done™, Soon™, or two weeks™. Pick your favourite

[TexasJG]

Personal thinking 4.13 won't be released until a little after IL-2 BOS 1.0 is released for the public, which is not too much of a bad thing, more time for bug squashing and polishing....