Friday 2010-12-03 Dev. update and Discussion

[Osprey]

LOL! I'm an eagle too I thought there was always the chance that you didn't like the game but at least you've been and you recognise your area Last time i saw Dillwall they were ripping the seats out of the Arthur Wait to throw at us. I haven't been for a while but I did have a season ticket for several years at one time.

It would have been nice to actually get some response to the many questions asked on this update but there's virtually nothing.

[klem]

Originally Posted by Osprey

LOL! I'm an eagle too I thought there was always the chance that you didn't like the game but at least you've been and you recognise your area Last time i saw Dillwall they were ripping the seats out of the Arthur Wait to throw at us. I haven't been for a while but I did have a season ticket for several years at one time.

It would have been nice to actually get some response to the many questions asked on this update but there's virtually nothing.

See, this is where I REALLY look ignorant. Do you know how many returns I get from google for "Football Eagles"? I don't remember a team being called the Eagles back then but it was a long long time ago. I was more into Air Cadets, shooting, flying, motorbikes, early marriage, not early enough divorce, golf, new marriage, kids, no golf, overdrafts, virtual online combat, a generous sprinkling of career along the way and a few pubs.

[Osprey]

Ahhh! You would only know Palace as The Glaziers then. the name changed in about 1972. Still, you have other interests, that's fair enough.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Osprey

Ahhh! You would only know Palace as The Glaziers then. the name changed in about 1972. Still, you have other interests, that's fair enough.

Osprey,

the offtopic useless banter in the last few pages of this thread is a perfect example for the need of heavier handed moderation (and possibly thread locking)

one moment you complain the moderation is to heavy, and the next your the worst offender

[klem]

Originally Posted by zapatista

Osprey,

the offtopic useless banter in the last few pages of this thread is a perfect example for the need of heavier handed moderation (and possibly thread locking)

one moment you complain the moderation is to heavy, and the next your the worst offender

zapatista, in our defence (I was OT too) I would just say this came more than a week after the topic started, the new Friday topic had begun and as far as I can tell no responses or interest was being shown by Oleg for many pages/days. It had also become clear that OT posts had almost become the norm late in the thread.

Frankly I don't think any posts made this late in this thread will even be looked at but it's hard to tell as we get no feedback on many questions asked, it's only as Oleg feels and the rest are left to hang in the air. I admire Oleg for what he is doing but many people posting questions or views have no idea if they have even been read by him.

Having said that I will be joining nearmisses's latest drive to get us to stay OT.

[Pursuivant]

Perhaps not for SoW, but there are six things I'd really love to see in a combat flight sim, if only to shut up the endless "chart wars" about aircraft performance:

1) Ability to "create your own ammo belts" using different types of ammo, e.g., just ball ammo (preferred by a few units) or different mixes of ball, tracer and armor-piercing, depending on mission and expected opposition, as well as personal preference.

2) Ability to downgrade aircraft performance to simulate damaged/worn out/badly maintained aircraft. Possibly the ability to slightly upgrade aircraft performance as well, to simulate "hot-rodded" aircraft.

3) Ability to choose different fuel types for certain aircraft based on historical availability.

4) Ability to introduce random mechanical failures. Certain aircraft were plagued by mechanical problems.

5) Degradation of airframe strength, engine performance, etc. over time. Possibly affected by environment, available maintenance facilities and available manpower.

6) The ability to start a mission with a damaged plane or one which has suffered a mechanical failure.

[alado]

guaaaaaaaaauuuuu nice map, biggest, London and Paris, thanks