4-12 wish list (Merged)

[JtD]

What do you mean by losing fov? You see more than nothing, still, don't you? You mean it gets cut off on top and bottom? Or you can't change zoom?

Sorry for the dumb questions, but the only time I've seen Il-2 on a widescreen the wide screen was vertical and it seemed to work great. I didn't pay much attention, though.

[Whacker]

It depends on the widescreen display method used. You'll hear terms like Hor+ and Vert-. Hor+ means that the view aspect remains the same, it just "adds" additional viewable space on either side, hence "horizontal plus". Vert- sucks, and that's the one that chops off the top and bottom of the viewable area to fit. Needless to say Hor+ is the preferred method.

119. Regarding "smoke". Please make ships a bit smokier during normal operation. Also, please make them smoke big time after suffering battle damage.

[stovak]

Standard resolutions -
On a widescreen monitor, this gives you the full FOV but leaves black bars at the sides.
https://i.imgur.com/Bz8wqWK.jpg

If you use a widescreen resolution, you get this FOV, it fills the screen, but the top and bottom are cropped -
https://i.imgur.com/sQuChkh.jpg

The blue box shows the cropped zone-
https://i.imgur.com/EPl5bO7.jpg

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by JtD

What do you mean by losing fov? You see more than nothing, still, don't you? You mean it gets cut off on top and bottom? Or you can't change zoom?

Sorry for the dumb questions, but the only time I've seen Il-2 on a widescreen the wide screen was vertical and it seemed to work great. I didn't pay much attention, though.

See stovak's pics, show it perfectly.

basically you still have the same horizontal view range, but this means you loose vertical, at the top and at the bottom of the screen.

You have to use either Sans fov changer a third party app, which is not perfect, or theres a few little mods around that do it better.

[Ace1staller]

121. we need super tanks in the game like the P 1000 and P 1500
122. a map of Greece ?
123. Italian carriers, we lack those too.

[Bearcat]

How about a change in the QMB so you can assign yourself to any position in the flight 1-4. I believe Mission Mate does this.

[JtD]

@stovak, fruitbat - thanks for the explanations.

Guess the cropping was the reason the guy flew with vertical monitor, gave him Vert+. Made the instruments very easy to read, and rear view mirrors also were in the standard field of vision. In fact, if I ever go wide screen, I'll probably flip it 90°, too.

[Pershing]

Bf-110C,D,E or F...
Bf-110G-2 - too powerful for missions 1940-1942
There were many of them, for example, in North Africa in 1941. Also widely used in Norway (1940) during Weserubung Operation....

[Asheshouse]

Originally Posted by Ace1staller

121. we need super tanks in the game like the P 1000 and P 1500
122. a map of Greece ?
123. Italian carriers, we lack those too.

121. no operational tanks produced.
122. Agree
123. The Regia Marina also lacked these (outside of the shipyards). Some Regia Marina escort vessels would be more useful for setting up missions.

[[URU]BlackFox]

It would be a great addition for mission building to have the chance to set "global objectives", like "Destroy Ground Type" (the mission is won when you destroy a certain number or % of a determined ground object type), or "Destroy Air Type" (say, for example, 6 B-17s are shot down).

Right now when you are intercepting bombers, for example, setting the mission objectives implies to ask for each individual group to be attacked.

There are always workarounds and ways to make objectives achievable, but it seems more natural to just ask for the destruction of 50% of the trucks, or 6 Ju-88s to be shot down as a condition to win.

As always, this is not a demand, and I really appreciate everything TD has done so far. Just trying to contribute with fresh ideas.