Pat A. Wilson

[DD_Arthur]

Posted yesterday by Pat on the Sim HQ forums;

 

Hi all,

I wanted to take a moment to talk about PWCG for BoS. I have been working on this for a couple of months now. It is finally in a state where I am debugging mission generation, ths the recent questions. It will take a bit longer to get done. Expect something around November.

RoF PWCG users will be right at home. There is a great deal of similarity in mission profile between WWI and WWII on the eastern front, which was almost purely a tactical air war. This allowed me to reuse most of RoF PWCG mission generation code. 

PWCG for BoS will, by necessity, be a bit different. The biggest, obvious difference is that BoS is a series of battles and not a continuous war. PWCG will initially support only the Battle of Stalingrad from August 1942 to February 1943. Initially, it will always be winter. Hooks are in place to add more battles and maps as they become available. If/when summer and fall come to Stalingrad that too will be supported. 

In the future, when there is more than one battle available, pilots will start a career at a point of their choosing within the scope of available battles. When a battle ends the pilot will move to the next battle. Using the current plans as an example, a pilot will be able to start in Moscow, fight that battle, and then move to Stalingrad. He will not be able to start in Stalingrad and then go back in time to Moscow. If it ever comes to pass that two battles overlap PWCG will allow transfers between them.

Missions will include fighter, dive bomber, attack plane, and level bomber. Fighters will fly intercept, patrol, scramble, escort and possibly attack missions. Dive bombers and attack aircraft will be limited to that role. Level bombers will get primarily bombing missions but may also get recon. 

Some items - WWIisms - have been removed. No artillery spot or balloon missions. Recon takes a back seat to bombing. Night missions will not be supported in the initial release. The ability to play as an observer has been removed, so you will always be the pilot. Depending on demand some of these features may be added back in, but for the initial release they have to be left on the cutting room floor. 

Historical aces are not there yet. All of the code to support them is there but I just don't have the time to do the data entry. If somebody out there is willing to do it I will add it.

Read more: PWCG Update

Edited September 17, 2015 by Bearcat
Edited to link to start of thread.

[Bando]

Great news!!!!!

[SCG_Space_Ghost]

Yesssss.

[LLv24_Zami]

Already thread about this in mission making section but I think this is front page news!

 

Just awesome!

[Finkeren]

Gonna be great!!!

[Feathered_IV]

I really appreciate this.  Thank you.

[Brano]

Looking forward for this.Great job Pat.We all owe you 

[Dutchvdm]

This is terrific news, and if necessary i would certainly assist in doing research.

 

Grt  M

[J2_Trupobaw]

Groundbreaking.

[Voidhunger]

Thanks Pat !

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

Score one for the SP'ers. Just the shot in the arm this game needs.Nice job Pat!

[SharpeXB]

That's awesome news. Pat's Campaign will make a perfect add to BoS for those that want a more immersive SP experience.

[6./ZG26_McKvack]

Freaking awesome!

[Jason_Williams]

There is still a long way to go with it, but he is making progress. Pat was nice enough to take up the work at my request even though WWII is not his passion like WWI. Pat's a great guy.

 

Jason

[beepee]

^Indeed, He must be.

 

Even though I am primarily a MP guy, this is very much appreciated.

 

Thanks Pat!

[radio]

Thank you for the great news, Pat.

I think we all can waint until yu are ready.

Martin

[keeno]

Great work Pat and thanks for taking up the challenge of continuing your excellent work with BoS. I use your PWCG with RoF and it is superb.

 

Cheers.

[I./JG1_Baron]

Pat you are doing an excellent work for us. Thank you very much. Salut!

Edited September 16, 2015 by II./JG1_Baron

[Veteran66]

       

[Brano]

There is still a long way to go with it, but he is making progress. Pat was nice enough to take up the work at my request even though WWII is not his passion like WWI. Pat's a great guy.

 

Jason

Is there a possibility to donate some money to Patric,via Paypal maybe?

[LLv24_Zami]

Brano, it is possible to donate. Link is in PWCG website.

 

Least I can do is to donate again.

[Finkeren]

Yeah Jason. Let us know, if there are any other ways, we can support Pat in his work. I'll slip him a few bucks through his site.

[Brano]

Brano, it is possible to donate. Link is in PWCG website.

 

Least I can do is to donate again.

Perfect,I will check it when home.Thanks for info

[CIA_Yankee_]

This is awesome new, and thank you for the update!

[216th_Peterla]

Nice gesture from him...and my 20 bucks because is a really nice guy.

If someone want to support him here is the website:

 

http://www.pwcampaignmanager.com/pwcg/web/PWCG.html

[1PL-Banzai-1Esk]

Nice gesture from him...and my 20 bucks because is a really nice guy.

If someone want to support him here is the website:

 

http://www.pwcampaignmanager.com/pwcg/web/PWCG.html

Thanks for the link. I donated $20 to show support. I am mainly MP guy but PWCG sounds interesting.

 

Thanks to all involved.

[Jason_Williams]

If you are so inclined you can donate to Pat on his website at the link already posted above. He will certainly appreciate it although he does not campaign for it.

 

Jason

[SC_Manu653]

Great news ! I'm so happy now ! Thx Pat .

[SYN_Vorlander]

I have donated a few $ to PAT for his work. I only play BOS and ROF in MP but anything to make this game even better needs some support.

[3instein]

Yep, great news indeed. Looking forward to to the part of actually being able to create a pilot and feel like I am progressing through a battle.

 

Obviously it won't be a final version that gets released, and will get regular updates each adding more and more good stuff.

 

Judging by his work for ROF I know that this will be a blast to play, and along with the summer/autumn maps BOS will definitely get me playing it a lot more.

 

Cheers Pat, your commitment is greatly appreciated.

 

Mick.  

[71st_AH_Hooves]

Donated

[Y-29.Silky]

This sounds amazing! Now I just need to complete half of a SP mission without CTD.

[FuriousMeow]

Couldn't possibly care less about single player, but Paypal to Pat.

[PatrickAWlson]

Couldn't possibly care less about single player, but Paypal to Pat.

You can use it to generate coop missions too (as long as the mechanism is the same as RoF - haven't test that yet).

[pilotpierre]

Greaaaaat news indeed. Have donated previously for RoF and will definately do so again. This man is brilliant.

[6./ZG26_Emil]

Thanks for the link. I donated $20 to show support. I am mainly MP guy but PWCG sounds interesting.

 

Thanks to all involved.

 

Same here 

[HippyDruid]

[Dennis_Nedry]

Awesome! Donated!

[ST_ami7b5]

Pat rules!

[Blooddawn1942]

Groundshaking news! I'm so glad that he ports his fantastic tool to Bos even though WWII is not his main interest!

This could be the one step to silence most of the complaints out there across the forums.

And with the new maps, BoS is heading into a fantastic direction.

Not much left to complain. As a matter of fact, I never did. I ever enjoyed BoS for what it was and it is a joy to witness, how good this great sim progresses more and more.