4.13 development update discussion and feedback

[71stMastiff]

Steam will not update to this version> anything above 4.12.2m why?

[Music]

My only gripes with A.I. is their tendency to all focus on my plane, seems every mission, first pass onto the furball, and half the A.I. have decided to target me, not my wing men, just me, shoulder shooting and even colliding when there are four (4) or five (5) 100m off my 6.
(I fly invincible, & unlimited ammo off line, so I just wait them out)

And their ability to see through the tail of their plane, even when they are chasing a target.

And I had a bunch of B-29 gunners targeting me through a cloud today, right through, neither of us was in the cloud, it was between us, and all these tracers flying out of it.

They tend to stay in burning planes too long, and they pull a lot of neg G's.

But some times, most of the time, they act like, or seem to act like real planes, and you forget it's a game.

.2 is Dl'ing now, thanks DT

[shelby]

WIP

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS4dpUza7-M

[majorfailure]

Originally Posted by Music

My only gripes with A.I. is their tendency to all focus on my plane, seems every mission, first pass onto the furball, and half the A.I. have decided to target me, not my wing men, just me, shoulder shooting and even colliding when there are four (4) or five (5) 100m off my 6.
(I fly invincible, & unlimited ammo off line, so I just wait them out)

Have you ever tried not entering the fight first? Should work, AI tend to focus on first plane in view. And even if they focus on you, it should not happen that you get them all on your six. Are you familiar with the concept of energy fighting? You may want to have a look at this:
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/.../inpursuit.pdf
Short summary is:
You enter a fight only if you have clear picture how to disengage if all goes south. That is easy if you are in a plane that has either a clear advantage in top speed or climb rate (You in a Bf109F(any)/g-2, enemy in a Yak-1/Hurricane/P-40/...). Then you can enter a fight even with a slight disadvantage in altitude. With other plane combinations you have to have an altitude advantage or numerical superiority to even stand a chance. And you try to use maneuvering that does not cost energy, when the enemy turns in a plane that turns better than yours you do not follow, you pull up, roll, pull down, level out and are behind and above the enemy again. You never give up position willingly, so if an enemy does a split-S or dives, you usually do not follow him, at least as long as there are other possible enemies around.

Originally Posted by Music

And their ability to see through the tail of their plane, even when they are chasing a target.

They cannot see through tails any more, but they still seem to have perfect and instant coverage of their field of view as soon as they are in combat.
While i flight their vision seems to be limited now, it is possible but rare to shoot them down unaware, dive below their six out of their field of view, and use your energy to catch them from the lower rear. Works best with planes that have a blocked rear view, e. g. Macchi 205.[/QUOTE]