Jean Lannes

Sorry but I would rather have my P-38 Lightning, it turns better than anyone else.

+1 here! And with realistic mode please! Not like current CA.

Yes, the older ones aren't close to WT imo, waiting for edge to be implemented to take further action. What I don't like is that FC3 is supposed to be better that FC2, LOMAC and then they omit such a simple little thing as the cobra maneuver. While I can look at the big picture, it's the little things that count to me. Me

Je vous salue mon ami! Ah, Cossacks, yes!!! I still play CII BFE. Truly love the game. And yes, good to know I am not alone here as the only Napoleonic bum lol. I actually go by several different names but this is my name here thus it should suffice. No, I don't play mini figs, I play the Napoleonica mod for the American Conquest series, I'm sure you are familiar with it as CDV was involved with the AC games as well as Cossacks. I am actually getting ready to mod the AC series games along with a friend and am learning programming so I'll be working with it along with Cossacks. Hey, I have what I know would be a not so good idea and would actually be quickly shot down, but why not take these very accurate maps and create a DCS Napoleonic Era module? Just change modern cavalry (tanks and armored vehicles) and turn them into mounted units and rearm the infantry with muzzle loaders. Put in some arty and change the AI along with some dynamics. We have Combined Arms already, so all we need to do is change units. And with the fact that ED makes such accurate maps, they might actually have and "edge" here! It is possible but, I doubt more than a few would even consider it. Anyways, let me not wander off so far lol. I'll be content with my modding the War of Austrian Succession. Me Marshal of France, Marshal of the Empire! Vive l'Empereur!!!

Well I'm glad to hear EDGE will have an edge over the current system. My name lol, yeah that actually has nothing to do with this site but with an other site and because of my love for Napoleonic warfare history, the tactics, strategy and wot not. My apologies for acting so immature and sentimental, I write as I think and I don't think my best so early. SHHH, don't say anything but I am an afternoon person, a late afternoon person. Me

I just didn't feel like stating the others like KA-50 and P-51. I am not a good writer so I tend not to write everything. All I was saying is that if these simulators use even more CPU with this new EDGE graphics then how is a computer to handle it? If more GPU then that's great as there are more strides in GPU power than CPU for now until Steamroller and Intel's next gen CPUs. And then they will be pricy. All I wanted were some answers to questions that were on my mind, if my questions seem to idiotic then kick me out of this place eh! nickname? Jean Lannes? Me? LOL! Which? I read all that everyone wrote and I understand for the most part what all of you were trying to say. :book: Maybe however I'll just keep things to myself and find out for myself. Me

I didn't really know where to place this thread so I figure an admin will place it in its place if needed. Ok, here I go. I want to know, how simulated are these WWII planes going to be? I mean, there isn't any classified data concerning the Focke Wolf and P-51, at least not that I know of. Classified data is something that mostly affects modern aircraft, particularly stealth planes like the F-35 and 22. But what I am saying is this, In FC3 I have read that the SU-27 cannot perform the cobra maneuver while in real life that is something the SU-27 was the first aircraft to perform. That worries me because if FC3 is called a "simulator" and ED or whoever makes these "simulators" knowingly keeps out something that is not classified like certain RADAR functions or data link systems that are kept secret, then that to me is not a simulation and if they can get away with something like that then what else are they not simulating that we don't know about or no one has cared to mention? :joystick: I like a true honest simulation and having heard about this cobra maneuver being omitted, it sort of took away my desire to obtain FC3. I totally understand that they have to do without certain systems that are classified, but the cobra maneuver is no secret in the aviation world. I know the cobra maneuver is a minor thing, but I still don't feel comfortable knowing that there might be little things kept out. Concerning these WWII planes I know there is very little classified information about them. So again, are these planes going to be made as close as possible, as available data allows them to be made to the real thing? Or are they going to make an other FC3 "simulation"? Now, concerning how this new EDGE graphics program works, is this an other CPU burdening program or does it rely more on GPU than say A-10c does? If this is CPU based then please be sure to state that no matter how much GPU power one might have, they are going to mainly rely on CPU to get the max out of this game. And last but not least, does this EDGE graphics program also affect the aircraft, not just the scenery? Not that the aircraft graphics are bad, but they don't look anything like say in WarThunder. Hoping that these graphics are better enhanced concerning the aircraft made available soon! I am looking forward to these simulations as long as they are fully simulated more like A-10c is. :pilotfly: Me

How about the B-26 Marauder? "B-Dash-Crash" or "Martin Murderer" "Widowmaker" Sounds like my sort of bomber! But I would rather still have the P-38 if I had the choice between a fighter or bomber.

OHHHH, no no no! P-38 first, then the others!:D

What's there not to love about these two legends? Both would complete things here. One, the P-38 along with the B-17 and B-24 would do the allies some awesome battle roles in multiplayer. Of course we'll need the BF 109 and ME 410 along with the hideous Stuka(i.e. Junkers 87). And for the good old F-4 Phantom, oh so sweet, it would complete the Vietnam era with the Huey if you ask me and with the MIG-21 and Mi-8 we should be sitting pretty! All I know is if they made the Phantom and an operational carrier, I'll be landing in the bottom of the hull every time lol!

After the B-17, the good old P-38 Lightning!!!

Hot dang! Hope your Huey was heavily armed. Wasn't the Huey underpowered back in the Cold War? I know these days they have much stronger engines and have gained size and weight, but I had heard that they, in their original early configuration, were underpowered. My cousin who was a marine in Iraq told me plenty of stories of how there were given Vietnam era Hueys which were so underpowered that when they took off from the side of an aircraft carrier they almost dropped off the side into the sea under heavy load. Don't know what model they were but it sounds like they had to be the earliest versions. Me

As I ponder more and more on the reasoning behind Belsimtek's making the Mi-8, I realized that making the Mi-8 (The Soviet Huey), they can then make the Hind and Cobra. That would make things complete, the Huey and Huey Cobra for the Nato forces, and the Mi-8 along with the complementary Mi-24 Hind. Hmm, sounds like a deal, when I take more time to think upon these things. Oh well, I really look forward to these modules as the quality is what makes it for me! Belsimtek has shown they have the ability to make quality simulations.

Still the Cobra and Mi-28 are more agile.

I know I'm new to this site but I thought I'd say a little something. The Mi-8 is like having me fly an AC-130 gunship. It's not agile, yea it's fast for a straight wing prop driven aircraft, but I would rather fly a fighter of course. In this case I hope it turns out to be a bit more than that, though I'm sure the developers are going to make a great work of art out of it as with the grand old Huey! A wish that would come true for me would be the AH-1F, or the Super Cobra! Ah, yes, the Cobra would run along side the Huey perfectly as the Cobra was based on the Huey, the reason why it was initially dubbed Huey Cobra. Will that be next in line after the Mi-8? Me