"Cosplay" mode

[upyr1]

As there are limits on the variants we will see. I was thinking it would be cool to have an option in the mission editor that would allow you configure an aircrafts weapon load out to match an older variant provided it would involve disabling payload options 

[Tank50us]

10 hours ago, upyr1 said:

As there are limits on the variants we will see. I was thinking it would be cool to have an option in the mission editor that would allow you configure an aircrafts weapon load out to match an older variant provided it would involve disabling payload options 

Honestly, some presets for that part of the ME would be nice.

For example, if we're playing a mission that's supposed to be set in the early days of the Hornets life. While obviously the Lot20 we have wouldn't work for an early 80s mission as the systems are way to advanced... So, when setting up the hornet in the ME, we should be able to go through the weapons page like normal and set up some presets for different eras like we can set up presets for weapon loads.

The one drawback to this however, is that certain aircraft, like the F-16, don't have all the weapons that they should have. In order to have this work for the Viper, we'd need those weapons.

[upyr1]

14 hours ago, Tank50us said:

Honestly, some presets for that part of the ME would be nice.

For example, if we're playing a mission that's supposed to be set in the early days of the Hornets life. While obviously the Lot20 we have wouldn't work for an early 80s mission as the systems are way to advanced... So, when setting up the hornet in the ME, we should be able to go through the weapons page like normal and set up some presets for different eras like we can set up presets for weapon loads.

The one drawback to this however, is that certain aircraft, like the F-16, don't have all the weapons that they should have. In order to have this work for the Viper, we'd need those weapons.

That is true, you can't get the full Storm viper experience because there are weapons such as the Shrike the current F-16 doesn't carry Shrikes for example. This is why I believe the only F-teen done correctly (so far) has been the F-14 (The D would be nice). I fiugre you need at least 3 variants to do them right. An early A model, a storm bird (at least something that could double as a storm bird), and a late model.