What Birds of Prey Should have been

[haitch40]

so the fatefull question which is better wop or 1946?

[PantherAttack2]

Originally Posted by haitch40

so the fatefull question which is better wop or 1946?

I don't own Wings of Prey, but my guess would be 1946 is better. It's lacking in graphics but beats WoP in terms of content and extra features like the mission builder (WoP doesn't have one, right?).

[Houndstone Hawk]

Originally Posted by haitch40

so the fatefull question which is better wop or 1946?

1946without a moments hesitation!!!

Yes Wings of Prey is very good & its clearly head & shoulders over Birds of Prey but 1946 has absolutely everything the pc WWII aviation enthusiast could ever dream of. It's had years of fine tuning & additions & Wings of Prey is a step in the right direction; a worthy 1st attempt indeed. Wings of Prey does NOT have a mission builder although I read somewhere that there are plans to include one in a future patch. There is still the track replay facility. WoP has a very crude replay in place but my video will show that there is no player drop cameras, known as static cameras in IL-2 Sturmovik, no simple flyby view (found in almost any flightsim, even Ace Combat) & certainly no multitude of views to be found, like in Sturmovik (external friendly padlock view, ground target view etc) & ofcourse Bomber aircraft are still highly, out of place, arcade beasts with no interior, no gun stations or bombadier stations; but it is pointed in the right direction. I've been very impressed with the P-51, P-47, 109, FW, 262, Komet, 110, M.C. 202, Yak-7, LaGG & Stuka Cockpits & it's highly playable. And now multiple perepherals & Track IR are recognised, I can instantly fly the P-51 once again, with no stall-outs every half second. I also don't need to mention the graphics as that was always BoP's strong point anyway.

Very pleased but, like many others here have found, it's taken about 3 or 4 purchases of this franchise to get here.

For those asking, I will post a LaGG-3 35 Cockpit video on this thread later tonight & will follow up with the Yak-7b.

[MACADEMIC]

Hi,

Thanks a lot for posting this - I'm particularly impressed with the Track IR - would free up the right stick on the pad and be so much more intuitive. I just wonder, isn't there a thing called Eye TV for PS that has that kind of functionality, couldn't that be adapted by the developers to sense head movement? I'd get one right away!

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if possible we should put this on our developers wish list asap.

MACADEMIC

[Houndstone Hawk]

....it includes a P-40E. Man this sim is something else. Haven't downloaded it yet. Something to very much look forward to tomorrow.


Re: MACADEMIC's post. Hey, like the way you're thinking. Great idea but I'm very sure it wouldn't work. TRACK IR is an extremely sophisticated little gizmo & uses infrared light to track your head movements in much the same way as ultra-expensive targeting systems. Track IR5 is weighing in at something like £130. On the other hand, the Playstation Eye is little more than a glorified webcam. It would've been great if it could be enhanced with games like BoP in providing motion data but I have doubts as to its limitations.

[xX-SiLeNcE-Xx]

Soviet, I just noticed that your avatar is the same emblem as the MW2 9th prestige (My favourite ). What is it awarded for?

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by xX-SiLeNcE-Xx

Soviet, I just noticed that your avatar is the same emblem as the MW2 9th prestige (My favourite ). What is it awarded for?

Well it's the Order of the Great Patriotic War medal. Awarded for... well the link says.

[xX-SiLeNcE-Xx]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Well it's the Order of the Great Patriotic War medal. Awarded for... well the link says.

cool, thanks

[AV 1611]

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