Friday 2010-12-03 Dev. update and Discussion

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by Oleg Maddox

I'm inviting in discussion all who knows Il-2 FMB. That to make comparison.

oleg,

will there be new forward airbases created on the maps as the front lines move ? (as was the case in real life). or will allied/enemy airbase locations on BoB/Sow stay fixed ?

this is less of an issue with BoB, since frontlines wont move, but is an issue for other large player maps that come with the BoB release. i hope some "spontaneous" new forward airbases get created by the dynamic campaign server if the frontline moves for more then 20 km for example

[Poltava]

Arriving a bit late to the party here's my two cents:

I think that the decision to keep much of the old FMB GUI and structure is GREAT!

Quoting TUSA: "One of the wisest descisions ever made in Flight Sim history was keeping the format of the Il2 mission builder. I'm so glad to finally see the SOW version, and even more happy to see the the many additions, improvments and integration with SOW capabilities. With the largest base of Combat Flight Sim mission builders in the world - it would have been a waste to change the basic struture of the FMB." Hear, hear!

I have been using the FMB for 5 years, building nearly 70 campaigns and some 650+ missions, and this is a list of things I would love to see:

1.) A "Load last mission"-option
2.) Copy Group of Objects / Save / Rotate /Place
3.) Filter objects / aircraft by different categories
4.) Ablility to add a jpeg to mission
5.) Select skin for entire group

Another thing that I REALLY would like to see is the capability of simple BRANCHING in campaigns, e.g. if you FAIL a in mission A you are directed to mission B, if you succeed you are directed to mission C. (And I hope that the current capacity to randomize mission picks in campaigns are kept.)

Also I second the suggestion to do a beta release of limited version of SOW to a few competent mission builder enthusiasts. I think this would give you very competent feed-back plus it will most certainly mean that SOW will have extra missions and campaigns in no-time!

Thanks for the peek, Oleg. It really looks like SOW will be worth the wait.