Planes

I fly IL2fb, ace and if it is going to be anything like those flight models I think it would be very hard for most of us to be uber in those planes scout, flying boats, torpedo, divebombers, and larger bombers are going to have a hard time especially when the aagunners and players get better. It would be a enjoyable thing.

thanks

aklua

I'm with you on that Ulsterman. Scout planes will be one of the first flyable aircraft followed by the flying boats. There will be aircraft that can be flown off of the carriers as well, but there are restrictions as to make and model. Our hope is to have them nicely balanced - mostly through scarcity and a real-life flight model. If you are a real pilot you will be deadly to subs and some ships, if you are a BF1942 pilot, you will need rescuing guaranteed.

I bought this game to act as a sailor However I am very happy to hear that someone is willing to take on the challenge of creating a truely difficult air simulation. I do fly in real life, very often in fact, and I look forward to the odd times I feel like takeing a aircraft up for a flight and actually finding it to be close to reality. To this day I have only seen games come somewhat close to a true simulation in flight, but sometimes you can't make it a full simulation because it may be too difficult without the situational awareness that you have in real life.

LoL, now im rambling on with run on sentances, look at what ya made me do stop:

hehe, good luck though and if you do introduce the PBY im sure I will leave my Fletcher (or whatever destroyer/cruiser/sub/whatever) in port for a few flights when they are needed. buxton:

Booky

It think it's time to revive this thread, seeing the discussion on the carrier thread.

East, are planes still in the skunkworks for multiplayer?

They are

The only thing that interests me at the moment is whether the fighters will be able to attack enemy aircraft.

that's one of the first things we are fixing...that and not having the flying Boats work in packs. They usually worked alone.

I really hope that aircraft in E:RT will not be as lethal to ships and subs as they were in reality

In other games.. when I am operating a DD.. I make sure that one of my teammates is doing what he does best.. he prefers to fly so he provides aircap.. if a bomber tries to come at me from above.. our fighter pilot gets the kill.. if the bomber comes at my DD from a lower horizontal approach.. the fighter stays high because the bomber is an easy kill for my DD guns..

In a team game, why not use your team? The enemy uses their team coordination against you, so never, never, never, never, never, go solo in a team game. Use communication.

What kind of weapons can we expect on the planes? Set & independant guns (move with the plane or pivots independantly), torps, bombs, anything else?

3rd person piloting or first person?

Joysticks? :oD

Sry for the oober lotsa q's, but I don't have a pilot's liscense for whimpy aircraft :oP (jk... no offense).

And is landing & taking off gunna be manual or auto? I know its almost always autopiloted nowadays, but it's still fun to run it manual sometimes - sometimes. It's be nice to be able to switch back and fourth.

East

What kind of flying boats are you having I hope you are going include the Sunderlands

We already have Sunderlands, Catalinas and Dornier D024K