Oleg Maddox's Room #2 QUESTIONS & REQUESTS TO OLEG ABOUT BOB SOW

[He111]

just went back to replaying IL2, it's still a classic!

A few bugs though that are annoying, hope they are are fixed in SOW.

(1) AI planes target a enemy plane far off in the distance and ignore enemy in their windscreen.
(2) AI gunners on some bombers fire at open space when enemy is near.
(3) AI planes when taking off ignore if the plane in front is on fire and try to takeoff, exploding when they hit it.

As to SOW, it would be great when a plane lands to re-arm / refuel if ground crew actually run out and a fuel truck moves out to your plane and you see them in action. Seeing resting pilots relaxing in chairs, laying on the ground while waiting to be scrambed would be totally sick also.

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[Zorin]

I'd like to see some shots of ordnance in the next picture update. RAF and Luftwaffe bombs.

[ALien_12]

Originally Posted by He111

just went back to replaying IL2, it's still a classic!

A few bugs though that are annoying, hope they are are fixed in SOW.

(1) AI planes target a enemy plane far off in the distance and ignore enemy in their windscreen.
(2) AI gunners on some bombers fire at open space when enemy is near.
(3) AI planes when taking off ignore if the plane in front is on fire and try to takeoff, exploding when they hit it.

As to SOW, it would be great when a plane lands to re-arm / refuel if ground crew actually run out and a fuel truck moves out to your plane and you see them in action. Seeing resting pilots relaxing in chairs, laying on the ground while waiting to be scrambed would be totally sick also.

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Yeah, and combat AI is unrealistic, if you fight with jet against biplane, ,,the biplane is better''

[zakkandrachoff]

wish storm of war will be like, or most better birds of prey

http://e3.gamespot.com/image_viewer/..._below;thumb;1

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by zakkandrachoff

wish storm of war will be like, or most better birds of prey

http://e3.gamespot.com/image_viewer/..._below;thumb;1

I'm very impressed with the terrain shots in IL-2 BOP. They are by far the best I've seen in any flight sim, but I believe SOW will be even better. I'm also interested in seeing how the BOP terrain looks at 100M.

The Bop terrain looks very very much like the SOW terrain that Oleg ditched and restarted in 2007. So it should be a whole lot better.

[Foo'bar]

Very impressing screenshots!

[proton45]

Originally Posted by Chivas

I'm very impressed with the terrain shots in IL-2 BOP. They are by far the best I've seen in any flight sim, but I believe SOW will be even better. I'm also interested in seeing how the BOP terrain looks at 100M.

I'm just stating opinion here...But I'll bet that when Oleg starts posting "in-game" screen shots we are all going to be quite pleased with what we see.

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

The Bop terrain looks very very much like the SOW terrain that Oleg ditched and restarted in 2007. So it should be a whole lot better.

I have thought that perhaps this was a reason why Oleg was keeping the "in-game" "up-dates" under wraps...it did seem that some of the game/map moders where "influenced" by the new "SoW BoB" look. Didn't someone use one of the map tiles that Oleg posted? Ball-zay...

Anyway... A QUESTION for Oleg...Hello!

I'm really curious about the distance at which detail will be visible? How will this be handled? How are you going to deal with the issue of buildings "popping into view"? How far are we going to be able to see details? This is a real immersion issue with me...Thanks!

[Bobb4]

Originally Posted by proton45

Anyway... A QUESTION for Oleg...Hello!

I'm really curious about the distance at which detail will be visible? How will this be handled? How are you going to deal with the issue of buildings "popping into view"? How far are we going to be able to see details? This is a real immersion issue with me...Thanks!

+1
Also clouds popping into view as well, another IL2 trait I hope SOW will end for good

[steppie]

Will the BOB have a more realistic engine modeling.

A present in 1946 i can run the engine Maximum power and RPM all day as long as i cool it when it over heats i will not have a problem. During the battle of britain both the spitfire and hurries only would last about 2 minutes and emergany war power and had wire across the throttle control that the pilot had to brake to engage EWP.In the years during ww2 the engine were very fragile and prone to braking down and had to be managed and it not a lot they have to do is but it would be good to know that if i don't lower the engine RPM and boost going to the battle and leaving the battle.

Will the early spitfires and hurries have the de havilland two speed prop pitch instead on the rotol constant speed propellers.

And will there be a engine run to were you have to test for propllers that run away and other test to make sure every is running ok and also the be about to switch the constant speed propeller off when they do loss control or get damaged.

With IL2 the time a engine can run when over heat has been modeled in as a preset time no mater how hard i run the engine or the height and weather condition. Will this be variable depending on the condition and make were if you don't check gauges you will damage the engines.