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

[Fafnir_6]

Hello all,

I would like to add a few requests for some of the later patches, if I may...

1) In the difficulty settings, would it be possible to add a Partially Unlimited Ammo" selection to the Limited/Unlimited ammo setting, where gun/cannon ammo is unlimited but disposable stores (bombs, etc) are not? We currently play with a lot of first-timers or inexperienced pilots on our server(getting them hooked on IL-2), who are often discouraged by playing with limited ammo because of their n00b gunnery skills. Having unlimited ammo on helps this but presents a problem when bombs and such are required since those are unlimited as well and are always present, seriously degrading performance (this will likely be a bigger issue once 4.10 is out).

2) CG upgrades for existing aircraft including (I'm not sure if you have these planned or not): He111 (the wheels are too small a diameter, please enlarge them to historical proportions at the very least), Ju87B-2 LOD0 rear gunner station is not accurate when viewed from the outside, IAR80 series needs new wheels and a high-resolution default skin (I believe the unlicensed modding community has already done this, maybe they could contribute?), the Fi156 & R-10 could both use an exterior LOD0 CG update like you guys have done with the Hs129 and Ju88. There are likely many more planes from the original IL-2 that need an update as well(MiG-3, Ju52, DC-3 variants, etc).

3) Flyable Hs123 and AI Hs126. I have detailed resources from the original maintenance manuals, flight manuals, and handbooks (including information needed for building the damage model) for both of these types. I will be happy to make them available should you decide to pursue these.

Cheers,

Fafnir_6

[Furio]

Originally Posted by Fafnir_6

Hello all,
1) In the difficulty settings, would it be possible to add a Partially Unlimited Ammo" selection to the Limited/Unlimited ammo setting, where gun/cannon ammo is unlimited but disposable stores (bombs, etc) are not? We currently play with a lot of first-timers or inexperienced pilots on our server(getting them hooked on IL-2), who are often discouraged by playing with limited ammo because of their n00b gunnery skills. Having unlimited ammo on helps this but presents a problem when bombs and such are required since those are unlimited as well and are always present, seriously degrading performance (this will likely be a bigger issue once 4.10 is out).

Fafnir_6

+1.
I would like another intermediate step: limited, but higher ammunition setting. Twice the real load, for example. Generally speaking, I would like all possible intermediate options, to make the learning curve less steep by offering more incremental steps. This should be beneficial to bring in new players.
Thank you, TD.

[Furio]

A thing that I always found difficult to master in Il2 is the trim.

In real world airplanes, you set the speed with the stick or yoke, and then you use the trim to reduce stick force. When the stick force is zero, the plane is trimmed for that speed.

As most joysticks don’t have stick force, this method cannot be implemented, but there are surely other systems. The simplest that comes to my mind is to set the speed with joystick, and then have a button or key that adopt this as the trim speed.

[janpitor]

In black shark you set speed with joystick, then press a button and immediately return the joy to the neutral

Originally Posted by Furio

A thing that I always found difficult to master in Il2 is the trim.

In real world airplanes, you fix the speed with the stick or yoke, and then you use the trim to reduce stick force. When the stick force is zero, the plane is trimmed for that speed.

As most joysticks don’t have stick force, this method cannot be implemented, but there are surely other systems. The simplest that comes to my mind is to fix the speed with joystick, and then have a button or key that adopt this as the trim speed.

[76.IAP-Blackbird]

Am I the only one who has no requests?! The stuff I have seen from DT is great and they have a lot of ideas and a bunch of good people onboard to realise even more than we can imagine! So guys stay tuned and enjoy the show!

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Fafnir_6

1) In the difficulty settings, would it be possible to add a Partially Unlimited Ammo" selection to the Limited/Unlimited ammo setting, where gun/cannon ammo is unlimited but disposable stores (bombs, etc) are not?

I'd love to see this.

Originally Posted by Fafnir_6

There are likely many more planes from the original IL-2 that need an update as well(MiG-3, Ju52, DC-3 variants, etc).

There are unofficial modders working on appearance and loadout mods for the JU-52. They've already reworked the engines and loadouts for the C-47.

Speaking of which, how about having cargo load for cargo aircraft? No 3D work is needed, just loadouts which add "virtual mass" to the plane, which can't be dropped.