4.09 interviews

[Viking]

As usual! Just when I thought it was "dead"... WHAM!

[Friendly_flyer]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

This is the time to dust off that old champagne bottle!

[flyingbullseye]

Not sure if I'm reading it correct maybe someone can clearify but did Martin say that the patch and the mods released won't be compatible?

Flyingbulleye

[DKoor]

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by flyingbullseye

Not sure if I'm reading it correct maybe someone can clearify but did Martin say that the patch and the mods released won't be compatible?

Flyingbulleye

With new SFS files I would imagine there will need to be a new UI version.

[96th_Nightshifter]

Awesome, getting that pre-patch excitement again like the good old days

[dflion]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

Is anybody else excited at the combination of hard-coded radar support and mod compatibility? Because the way i see it, if those work in progress add ons after 4.09 get released, we could have a whole new way of flying and fighting to explore and i think it's never been done before in a WWII simulator.

One of the youtube videos says that ground clutter is determind realistically according to what kind of terrain you are flying over...if terrain data is parsed into the radar code, then we might as well see bombing radars like H2S in addition to the interception radars.

I think the whole prospect is brilliant, let Oleg's team work on SoW:BoB, get another team to keep improving IL2 until SoW expands into the other theaters and you also get a very well trained team to work on SoW add ons down the line. Heck, if they pull off radar and we start seeing servers with bomber command raids and night fighter ops, i would be so interested that i'd easily keep flying this for an extra couple of years

Triggers would be awesome if they work not only on single player and coops, but dogfight servers too. There's a whole lot of new tactical possibilities to explore, i mostly fly blue but i always wanted to fly an unarmed Spitfire on a recce run. Well, even if we don't see all of these new features, i'm still surprised at the flexibility and expansion of this almost 10 year old game engine. I can barely imagine what the possibilities will be in SoW. Good times ahead

I am certainly very excited about these Daidalos developments. It was also good to see Oleg puting his stamp of approval on everything they have done. The H2S radar will open up a whole new campaign development, though it would be good to see some AI Wellingtons, Halifaxes and Lancasters.
The triggers are also a great development for the game which again will open up many more realistic scenarios. I particularly liked the the 'take-off' and 'landing' modes - AI taking off in-line and landing together - much more realistic.
Also looking forward to the map updates, though would like an official map of England the Channel and France, Belgium and Germany - for me that would be the ultimate.
Somebody mentioned the lack of RAF aircraft - perhaps we could officially get the following aircraft eventually. Flyable Typhoon, Spitfire XIV, AI RAF Bombers (see above), AI Sunderland flying boat. Modify the Fw190D-9 to carry a drop tank or bomb. And flyable or AI Lockheed Hudson and Japanese Kawasaki Ki-48 medium two engined bombers.
I think I will send an email to Daidalos with the above list.
DFLion

[Baron]

Originally Posted by Viking

As usual! Just when I thought it was "dead"... WHAM!

+1


Am i one of the few who think this is HUGE news? I mean, 4.09 is NOT the final uppdate for IL2, omg!




P.S. I atleast think that Oleg dude is one sneeky sob. And a big thx to Team Daidalos off course.

[KG26_Alpha]

Well its not being sneaky but could be a way of beta testing some SoW features released into the v409 also.

[nearmiss]

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