Daidalos Team's Room -QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS ONLY on IL2 Authorized Addons

[Sita]

Originally Posted by EJGr.Ost_Caspar

4.10 will have more complex engine reliability features, so you can break your engine more easily with bad behaviour.

Forgive me,
it is possible on more in detail about it?

[P-38L]

Hello to all

What about variable weather, in a random mode. And depending of the weather affect the engine and the fly.

Wind is another fact that is not present in a good weather, wind does not depend of the weather, we can fly in a beautiful day and have a windy day.

More realistic AI aircraft in takeoff and landing, the Tupolev TB-3 is the only airplane that in takeoff action the torque acts real, the other AI aircraft are perfectly trimmed.

Thank you.

[bf-110]

Originally Posted by P-38L

Hello to all

What about variable weather, in a random mode. And depending of the weather affect the engine and the fly.

What you mean?There is already different weather in IL2.

Originally Posted by P-38L

More realistic AI aircraft in takeoff and landing, the Tupolev TB-3 is the only airplane that in takeoff action the torque acts real, the other AI aircraft are perfectly trimmed.

Indeed.When AI aircraft is landing seems like a force field is dragging them to the runway.All landings looks exactly the same.

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

Originally Posted by Sita

Forgive me,
it is possible on more in detail about it?

I'm not directly allowed and further more, I'm not the optimal person to speak about it, as it wasn't made by me at all.

Just as much as... you will have to be carefull with WEP and even flying 100% all the time.

[constant]

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but when you go to land and you're not the squad leader with a wingman following you, he will follow you straight to the ground and for every other landing will probably end up in the dirt, sometimes even dead. All this with no option to tell him to break off or go around to land himself. I've lost quite a few AI pilots this way and it has been the second leading killer of friendly AI wingmen. You dont get the option to tell him to go land or do something else because you're not the flight lead.

It would be nice to send an order to your wingman wether or not your the squad leader, if someone flies on your wing you should be able to direct him if he isn't able to judge for himself that flying into to the ground to stay with a plane that is attempting to land is a bad idea.

I think the best bet would be to be able to tell your wingman "we're here, start your landing routine" or at least have the entire flight acknowledge its RTB time, not follow wingman to death.

[Burdokva]

Originally Posted by EJGr.Ost_Caspar

I'm not directly allowed and further more, I'm not the optimal person to speak about it, as it wasn't made by me at all.

Just as much as... you will have to be carefull with WEP and even flying 100% all the time.

Again, could you please limit the AI too? Not everyone is flying online, and the AI is difficult enough to combat (I dare say that Ace AI is better than the average human pilot online, from my short experience on the servers).

I'm all for more realism, in fact, I've made Il-2 as realistic as possible (turned off map, HUD messages etc.). But trying to catch an enemy who's pushing 110% is not fun, neither realistic.

[Ernst]

Originally Posted by Burdokva

Again, could you please limit the AI too? Not everyone is flying online, and the AI is difficult enough to combat (I dare say that Ace AI is better than the average human pilot online, from my short experience on the servers).

I'm all for more realism, in fact, I've made Il-2 as realistic as possible (turned off map, HUD messages etc.). But trying to catch an enemy who's pushing 110% is not fun, neither realistic.

I do not agree. May AI could manage his plane energy better, but never an average online player is more easy to combat than an AI. Human players are much better.

[Burdokva]

Originally Posted by Ernst

I do not agree. May AI could manage his plane energy better, but never an average online player is more easy to combat than an AI. Human players are much better.

You don't need to agree. I don't want this to be enforced upon players, but I do want it as an option. And yes, AI is harder. A human pilot may be better than me, but if he's worse, I will shoot him down - instead of chasing him for 40 minutes, engine flat out, until it dies.

The stupidity of the situation is that even in a historically faster aircraft I'm forced to fly slower than the AI in a slower plane, just to preserve my engine. This will become even worse in 4.10 if the AI is not limited too.

It's neither historical, nor fun.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Burdokva

The stupidity of the situation is that even in a historically faster aircraft I'm forced to fly slower than the AI in a slower plane, just to preserve my engine.

+1. AMEN! Ditto! Seconded! Priority One!

I'm a pure off-liner and nothing peeves me like unrealistic AI engine management (and unrealistic AI behavior in general). As Burdokva said, it's neither realistic nor fun, which means that it's indefensible no matter how you look at it.

For you purely on-line folks who don't think that AI behavior is an issue, imagine that there were server settings which allowed the host to turn off complex engine management, engine overheat, blackouts and redouts, pilot head shake, clouds and realistic gunnery for one team but not the others, and that you always had to fly for the disadvantaged team. Would you think that was fair? Would you fly on that server?

[nearmiss]

This is not new! Offline players have known for years the AI stinks.

If you want the best offline AI performance there is one air combat sim that will do the job. The BOB II WOV with latest updates. You will experience the most comprehensive AI package you've ever encountered OFFLINE.

Gripes about IL2 Offline AI performance are very old news.

Offline players have expectations of a much improved AI for the BOB SOW.