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

[Lucas_From_Hell]

"That's right, a cold start."

Not quite, considering that there will probably be a flight on Readiness, ready to take-off in short notice. Plus, there are many radar stations, and it would be quite hard to knock down them all and render all of them unuseable. No matter what's the situation, there is a flight on Readiness that can take-off as quick as possible, and, considering the situation during the Battle of Britain, even without radars, pilots and aircraft would be ready to take-off at any time, in case the Observer Corps manages to detect some incoming enemy formation.

So, I don't think cold engines would fit in any of this cases.

EDIT: Just adding, even if the engines weren't warm, the mechanics would probably get it ready BEFORE the pilot jumps in the cockpit, I guess.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Lucas_From_Hell

"That's right, a cold start."

Not quite, considering that there will probably be a flight on Readiness, ready to take-off in short notice. Plus, there are many radar stations, and it would be quite hard to knock down them all and render all of them unuseable. No matter what's the situation, there is a flight on Readiness that can take-off as quick as possible, and, considering the situation during the Battle of Britain, even without radars, pilots and aircraft would be ready to take-off at any time, in case the Observer Corps manages to detect some incoming enemy formation.

So, I don't think cold engines would fit in any of this cases.

EDIT: Just adding, even if the engines weren't warm, the mechanics would probably get it ready BEFORE the pilot jumps in the cockpit, I guess.

Exactly. During BoB, daily attacks weren't exactly a "surprise" , so obviously each airfield/sqn would have a few planes on readiness..

Obviously, during the Bomber offensive that started in late '43 (8th Air Force) i guess a cold start would be realistic, since the Luftwaffe weren't a threat over english skies anymore. But regarding the BoB scenario, i think a cold start feature is completely useless you find it entertaining warming your engine up for 7 minutes before actually getting airborne.

[RAF74_Winger]

Strangely enough, with the Spitfire, exactly the opposite is true.

With no airflow through the radiator from the prop, and the gear leg in the way of the radiator inlet, you had quite a rush to get airborne before the engine overheated.

They were also prone to overheating during the landing phase, when the flap impeded the exhaust airflow from the radiator.

W.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by RAF74_Winger

Strangely enough, with the Spitfire, exactly the opposite is true.

With no airflow through the radiator from the prop, and the gear leg in the way of the radiator inlet, you had quite a rush to get airborne before the engine overheated.

They were also prone to overheating during the landing phase, when the flap impeded the exhaust airflow from the radiator.

W.

My god, how could i forget that!
You are totally right.

Btw, i read in an article in Flight Journal magazine that the same thing applied to the Bf 109's (at least to the models with radiators mounted in the wings) as well. It was important to get it airborne "asap" to get proper airflow through the radiator.

[MB_Avro_UK]

Mr. Oleg Maddox,

Would it be possible to explain to both buyers and prospective buyers of SoW how very important the Battle of Britain was to world freedom? The RAF comprised pilots from all over the world. How this is done is a matter for you and your team.

A sense of world history should be a valid motivation for buying and playing SoW.

And the Battle of Britain was not the only air fight against the German Luftwaffe in 1940. Prior to the Battle of Britain, the German Luftwaffe had been earlier damaged by the Polish, French, Dutch and other Air Forces. This damage was significant.

Best Regards,
MB_Avro.

[WhiteSnake]

About the Sound Engine,

Will it use OpenGL based sound or DirectX based sound?

If it DirectX based Windows will completly proces it in it Kernel and we wont have SoundHardware Acceleration and Effects.


And will the game come with a 64 bit .exe so it can make better use of the Memory on 64 bit systems?

[ECV56_Guevara]

Oleg & team: can we see in the next new year update the diferents bombsigths? (and please please Oleg I need to see more targets!!!! )