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

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by steppie

Will Rocket, Parachute Barrage Wire be available in the game.
These were air defense for protecting airfield and ships would make for some interesting results

I think this stuff was abandoned later in the war, because it largely speaking didn't work and/or wasn't cost effective.

[steppie]

Originally Posted by Igo kyu

I think this stuff was abandoned later in the war, because it largely speaking didn't work and/or wasn't cost effective.

maybe so they were used in the battle of Britain and they did take down bomber with it. It would be a handy weapon to set up at airfields.

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by steppie

maybe so they were used in the battle of Britain and they did take down bomber with it. It would be a handy weapon to set up at airfields.

I think I remember reading about them once.

I don't remember much, which I suspect means they were probably fired on hundreds of occasions, and scored once.

It's the sort of thing which, if implemented in a game without the imperfections of the real thing, might well imbalance the game. If, suddenly, low level attacks on allied (only) airfields become impossible, that's not good for the game or the players.

[KG26_Alpha]

Also.................

[hiro]

First off thanks for the Q/A. And props (proper recognition, not 4 bladed) to Oleg & his team for making a wonderful flight sim.


For SA, I'm going to assume the new graphics will help out. Say 200 m I can tell the destroyed planes in a row from the others (they all look black until I get closer)



Any information on the padlocking system and improvements over IL-2's current system?

Also will there be customizable padlocking? Like only targest in FOV or assigning priority (such as 1. target firing on you 2. target on your six (if you look and see on there) 3. threat to wingman etc)

Currently I use a mouse for SA purposes (waiting for Track IR)


Will BOB SOW have a config screen for devices like Track IR? (Like IL-2 does for HOTAS?)


Also will snap / pan views have more wider viewing area / panoramic? I remember in MiG Alley I had my views set I could scan in 5 places (L R Sides, Up, L R back).



And the last question is for the SOW series in general.

With the enhanced graphics, will there be some sort of pilot customization (like looks / outfit) ? I know this is probably a distant feature compared to other more important ones.

I want to go for cigar like Pappy B, or Saint Christopher's medal. When additional releases, people could go Tuskegee airmen. I remember reading about WASPS and lady squadrons in Soviet side. (Read in some article in a magazine about French and Japanese using lady pilots, but haven't found anything else on that).

[slm]

I hope the new engine will support multi core CPUs well.
Things like this are still pricey, but what about after 5 years?

up to 960 cores:
http://www.disclose.tv/viewvideo/126..._to_your_desk/

Does anyone know when Oleg is thinking of answering some questions, there is a big backlog at the moment, he hasn't posted in this new thread since it started. Would it not be better to lock it rather than Oleg having to go through a whole heap of questions?