Give me some "holy sh... did that just happen" ideas

[Lucas_From_Hell]

This will be good to practice gunnery: seagull shooting! Once you manage to kill them all without running out of ammo, you can even kill a mosquito !

Reminded of those old mini-games from old games... "Shoot 50 seagulls in 60 secons to unlock incendiary ammunition!"

[Insuber]

LOL we're in the animal mood, why don't we ask for the Squadron basset hound ... Eduard modeled it already with their BF110 1:48, so why don't we ? Imagine the animal going crazy when the squadron lands, or visiting your grave owling in despair ... I'm kidding of course ... but Ilya threw the stone and then left us going astray ... come and give us a sign before we go nuts !

Ins

[II./JG1_Klaiber]

I came across this while reading Wikipedia:

VVS pilots usually flew the P-40 at War Emergency Power settings while in combat, this would bring the acceleration and speed performance closer to that of their German rivals, but could burn out engines in a matter of weeks. They also had difficulty with the more demanding requirements for fuel quality and oil purity of the Allison engines. A fair number of burnt out P-40s were re-engined with Soviet Klimov engines but these performed relatively poorly and were relegated to rear area use

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-40

This made me think about realistic wear and tear on your aircraft over a series of missions.

Even with the best mechanics and the best parts, real aircraft in war time conditions eventually are negatively impacted by what's happening to them.

You don't have to get shot at to have the performance of an aircraft drop, though MG or cannon rounds into your engine certainly don't help. Chronic problems could arise in specific aircraft within your squadron. And this could add a new level of realism and squadron maintenance. Plus, a few "holy sh.." moments while flying as well.

[Meusli]

How about if you do well in your career you get to meet the queen/furher who place a medal on you. Could be a cool cut scene, but don't know if modeling Hitler would be suitable, maybe someone else.

[Wutz]

Originally Posted by Meusli

How about if you do well in your career you get to meet the queen/furher who place a medal on you. Could be a cool cut scene, but don't know if modeling Hitler would be suitable, maybe someone else.

You do know that with an animation like that, it might bann the game from the German market? Those responsible for approving software to the market to not take well to stuff like swastikas or Adolf Hitler animations, that might be seen as a kind of glorifying of that nut.

[Lucas_From_Hell]

Originally Posted by Wutz

You do know that with an animation like that, it might bann the game from the German market? Those responsible for approving software to the market to not take well to stuff like swastikas or Adolf Hitler animations, that might be seen as a kind of glorifying of that nut.

That's right. Never got these stupid laws - after all, it's history, it happened, and just pretending it didn't happened won't change it.

About the holy shit ideas, maybe modelling something like pilots freezing their butts at high altitudes (maybe by doing some annoying light shaking on the camera), and hearing the pilot breathing inside the cockpit (and breathing heavier when pulling Gs and etc.) Would add a lot to immersion .