HeadHunter52

The Tiger lives!! What got you out of your den? I just popped in here to see if there was any real point to even trying the 25 (weight...) but no. No point. As for Stangs in general, still no API, damage model upgrades, fuel or weight, G-suit..... It's pretty flipping obvious... the bias.

The Yak-52 was /is more important than the damage model?

It's been a long wait.

Originally Posted by Racoon Yes. We have a plan to make special version of the Mustang for Europe 44-45. It’s production will start after Spitfire will be complete. Thanks to remind me about new pilot's suit. New damage model is in production now. When the system itself will be ready we'll start to make new component models for every plane (WWII at least). Coming up on two years, now.....

Maybe the AI got a G-suit? LOL I know I'd like one in my Stang

The red flares.... 36FBS, my dad's outfit. The reflectiveness of the skin is dependent on dirt, smudge, buffing compound (if used), scoring and scratching from harsh polishing (dull shine), and even oxidation or combinations of the above. You'll get different degrees of glare, reflection, mirror, brightness depending on all those things. I think the OP's work is fantastic. Now, whatever condition of the skin it represents is debatable, because you'd have to show, by comparison, just what method of upkeep that particular bird fell under, and what changes it experienced from time to time. I like the work. Looks great to me. Set it and forget it. :thumbup: But a dull, less mirror-like representation would work, too. Maybe work something up for the nay-sayers. The appearance varied according to pop.

So want this bird.......

Oh, I dunno know about that. There are plenty of Jerry-bird pilots out there and we Stang drivers still buckle-up. I assume the Axis pilots would be happy to swap roles?

Nowadays, I load up 45% fuel, climb, and wait. Watching as best as my blind self can as I do so. And, yeah, my best engagements are B&Z. As he's going up, I'm head down fast and his distance perception gets blown to pieces. I'm beginning to think that a lot of the better Krauts are too used to maneuvering in close quarters... or starting from above. Perhaps the Mustang pilots oughta say, "to Hell with all a y'all... come up and play. If they were all above 25K, things would get more interesting. Might bag a few Jerrys on their way home because NO FUEL. Might bag a few coming up to meet ya because they're slow and you cna pick the angle. Might bag a few staying fast. Might get home alive because you have altitude to trade for speed and distance.... I dunno. Just say SCREW IT and stay high. Besides, when the Forts get to be more present in server missions, there will be a reason for the Stang to exists in the first place. Come and get 'em, Jerry. You don't, we bomb the hell out of your frau's garden. You do, and we chew on your tail.

I'm hoping my Dogs of War mates will be back when the unified game comes out. IF.... A couple have said the old missions we ran broke when the newer versions came out, and they won't rewrite them until there is something unified and stable. I expect high altitude bomber missions then. We had a few before, with modded bombers, and it made for interesting fights up high.

Any idea on when ED will make good on this promise?

I'm surprised that as much survived as it did. We went from WWII into a period of national hope that we could be free from that kind of fighting. Korea came about, we unpackaged all those pieces of WWII mothballed equipment and tried to fight. Learned fast that the machines in development and production were both needed (gotta have something), and yet already foreseen as obsolete in the view of the arms race. With our all out push for new jet engines and airframes, those poor old prop jobs just weren't seen as important. Even less so for companies that were absorbed or outright closed down. Poor jug. Never stood a chance. The field of machines being developed was just too wide to carry over many of the old birds. Their info wasn't needed....

I'm really curious as to how straight and true she will track in a dive. I understand that rudder correction was slight to nil. That'll be useful for HVAR delivery.

Gimme my correct Stang and my Jug, and y'all can do what you like...

Watching the take offs at the end, with the right side cross wind was pretty cool. I could see how they had to fight side to side. I don't feel so sloppy, now.

It would have K-4 on the side.......

Yup! Bring on the Jug. But I'm looking forward to a Stang with the MAP and fuel mods she deserves.

Agree. The foundation needs to be in stone, solid and not prone to fooking up previously working features when changes are made.

I don't think it's like comparing ED to Apple and liscencing it's OS and hardware. Seems more like comparing it to the APP developers.... afterall, modules are like aps on the Sim Engine. Apple's app process is controlled fairly well,and anyone wishing to write them has to get approval and go through the store - unlike Droid (cough, hack spit) stuff that you can get anywhere - just like STDs. No control. No safeties. ED could open it up further. Just that everything has to pass muster and perform as billed prior to the development. "Here's the list you handed us, that we approved for dev. But your module doesn't do as you said it would. Sorry, no go this time." They would be testers inthis regard, and would bring in trusted users for play testing as well.... on ED's server. I think it's doable. Some dev wants to make a few bucks, they have to produce. What ED has to do is commit to upgrades and patches that don't hose up previously proven features. That means better foundational coding practices. It's a beast of a product. I think it suffers from a lot of interworking patches with dependencies that are perhaps not quite well tracked. But them's just me guesses....

It appears something like that has been introduced, but ED says nothing about it, and this bird is DEFinitely behaving in a different fashion.

Figures..... at times I think they regret having built the thing....

Jumping on the band wagon a little higher..... I promise I won't beotch about anything shown, understanding the WIP thing yadda yadda yadda, just wanna see some love from the curvy gal.... :> Puhleeeeez?

I get the sense that it is easier to snaps a wing off in 2.0 than in 1.5.x. This is when pulling out of a high speed dive. I checked with a few guys, and they feel the same way. What has changed??

Hey Solty, what are your stick sat and curve config numbers???

Heck, from the sound of things, I was hoping for THIS year.