P-40 In Beta

[Jason_Williams]

Hey everyone,

 

The P-40 finally made it to beta. I'll post some pics soon. So far it's a fun ride. Looks good. I think you guys will like it.

 

Jason

[Bullets]

I hope its finished quickly. =D I wanna tear up some He111's with those guns! 

[SR-F_Winger]

Thanks for the headsup. Would be awesome to get some, evven if just subjective, impressions on how its performance compares to other planes.

 

Thanks!

[LLv24_Zami]

Great, thanks for news! Is the 1.103 patch coming with P-40?

[-TBC-AeroAce]

Sweet!!!!!!!!

[Guest deleted@50488]

Jason,

 

thx for the Great News!

 

Really looking fwd to test this one :-)

 

Keep the EXCELLENT work!

[Jizzo]

Thanks for the good news Jason.

[Bullets]

Will the skin file be released when the aircraft is released? I wan't to have a go at making an awesome shark mouth skin for this bird  .

[Trooper117]

I'm hoping there will be lots of additional skins for other countries that the talented skinners out there will be throwing in our direction

[Finkeren]

I'm hoping there will be lots of additional skins for other countries that the talented skinners out there will be throwing in our direction

I just hope there'll be lots of different Soviet skins (I know we're just gonna get one for early access)

 

Let the community handle all the skins that'd fit in other theaters.

[Boomerang]

Beta, You little beauty, getting close now!

Thanks Jason for the info, I know for sure I'll love the P-40!

[Luger1969]

Great news.

[Blitzen]

Any chance there will be anything new released tomorrow? 

[Voidhunger]

Thanks for the news and I dont need to press F5 like mad tomorrow at least

[Jason_Williams]

Here's a couple quick snaps. Looking good. We're back to testing on the usual winter map so it's not as picturesque as it could and will be. The cockpit looks just as good as all our others. Skins work. Remember all of it is still WIP and Beta team has already identified niggles. Final product will be a great addition to BOS/BOM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jason

[Bullets]

That white skin is gorgeous! 

 

P.s. The cockpit does look a lot better than previous posts! Well done team :D also just a quick question, I have seen photos of P40's with the "headrest"  section behind the pilots head removed to increase reward viability. Will we have this as a field mod? 

Edited September 24, 2015 by Bullets

[Voidhunger]

thanks, in the first picture the plane looks really good. How do the guns sound?

[Phantom-103]

Beautiful!! Thank You very much for updating us.

[I./JG1_Deschain]

Nice, thy for sharing

[TWC_Ace]

Nice pics. Even now, cockpit looks nice and detailed. Cant wait. Best regards to team.

Edited September 24, 2015 by blackram

[Finkeren]

Cockpit looks great. Dare I say it looks much better than the shots I've seen so far of the P-40F coming to DCS (granted, those are propably further from being finished)

 

The dimensions on the external model look damn near perfect. In some other shots I've seen it looked kinda 'off' (though nowhere near as bad as the old IL2FB model) but that might just have been warped perspective due to zoom.

 

Seems to be another great job.

[Reflected]

Looking really good, the cockpit too! I'm convinced.

 

Make sure you release the skin template on the same day, I'm not gonna take her up with red stars, only white 

[Jason_Williams]

I had HDR off in these pics so the cockpit looks a little darker than it can be and the winter sky with the low sun just doesn't light up the cockpit as much as it will in the summer time. You guys should always remember the team has about 6 weeks to build a plane and make it fly. Others have months and months.

 

I really haven't shot anything in it yet due to other work today, but rest assured I will.

 

Jason

[SharpeXB]

Nice!

[A-E-Hartmann]

Nice .  

[Finkeren]

I had HDR off in these pics so the cockpit looks a little darker than it can be and the winter sky with the low sun just doesn't light up the cockpit as much as it will in the summer time. You guys should always remember the team has about 6 weeks to build a plane and make it fly. Others have months and months.

 

Noneed to apologize for anything. It looks great!

 

   

[TWC_Ace]

 You guys should always remember the team has about 6 weeks to build a plane and make it fly. Others have months and months.

Jason

This is very true and thanks for reminding us. The team is doing amazing job there...However, you can always fine tune things in patches, I think. If not cockpits and exrternal visuals then other stuff related to flight model and plane features.. I know its a small niche and main player base is somehow demandig (doesnt surprise as most of them/us are history buffs)...But like I said, the job done is astonishing.

Edited September 24, 2015 by blackram

[LLv24_Zami]

That 6 weeks is really impressive development pace. Nice work devs!

[Finkeren]

Hmmmm... six weeks per plane, you say?

 

So 5 years from now, this sim should have, what, 41 flyable planes? (Including those 12 we already have and allowing 5 weeks of vacation each year)

 

Sounds about right. Now get to work! *cracks whip*

[216th_Lucas_From_Hell]

It is always amazing when you put it in perspective, six weeks per plane is a great pace. Well done, guys

[9./JG27golani79]

I really haven't shot anything in it yet due to other work today, but rest assured I will.

 

Jason

 

If you do, a short video would be nice

 

Looking good already the P-40!

[6./ZG26_McKvack]

Hmmmm... six weeks per plane, you say?

 

So 5 years from now, this sim should have, what, 41 flyable planes? (Including those 12 we already have and allowing 5 weeks of vacation each year)

 

Sounds about right. Now get to work! *cracks whip*

I really hope they will follow RoF by giving us a massive amount of planes. Of course other improvements is always welcome and a map sometime but mostly planes  

[Finkeren]

I really hope they will follow RoF by giving us a massive amount of planes. Of course other improvements is always welcome and a map sometime but mostly planes

An expended plane set is the lifeblood of a sim like this.

 

I know it's not gonna happen that way (and there are a lot of people who will disagree) but I'd really like for all those 40+ planes to be centered on the Eastern Front (including of course loads of lend-lease stuff and the air forces of the German allies)

 

That would give us exactly the kind of fleshed-out opposing forces necessary to build a proper representation of the GPW 1941-45, like IL2FB did so well for its time. 

 

This would be my dream planeset for a four-series IL2 eastern front coverage (42 flyable and 4 AI, I just couldn't get it down to 40 in good conscience). As can be seen, it's still nowhere near the variety IL2FB offered, but that's understandable given the complexity of this sim compared to the original IL2. Planes in bold are the ones included in BoS/BoM.

 

 

VVS:

I-16

MiG-3ud

LaGG-3 s.4

LaGG-3 s.29

La-5 s.8

La-5F

La-5FN

Yak-7B (early)

Yak-1 s.69

Yak-9 (T and D versions as field mods)

Yak-3

Hurricane Mk. II

P-40E

P-39N

Su-2

IL-2 (1941)

IL-2 (1942)

IL-2M (arrow wing as field mod)

Pe-2 s.35

Pe-2 s.87/110

Tu-2S

A-20

 

AI:

Li-2

Po-2

 

Axis:

Bf 109 E7

Bf 109 F2

Bf 109 F4

Bf 109 G2

Bf 109 G6

Bf 109 G14

Fw 190 A3

Fw 190 A5

Fw 190 A8

Fw 190 D9

Macchi C. 202

Fiat G. 50

Brewster B.239

IAR 81

Ju 87B

Ju 87D/G

Hs 129

Ju 88A4

He 111H6

Do 217

 

AI:

Ju 52

Fi 156

 

 

Edited September 24, 2015 by Finkeren

[6./ZG26_McKvack]

An expended plane set is the lifeblood of a sim like this.

 

I know it's not gonna happen that way (and there are a lot of people who will disagree) but I'd really like for all those 40+ planes to be centered on the Eastern Front (including of course loads of lend-lease stuff and the air forces of the German allies)

 

That would give us exactly the kind of fleshed-out opposing forces necessary to build a proper representation of the GPW 1941-45, like IL2FB did so well for its time. 

 

This would be my dream planeset for a four-series IL2 eastern front coverage (42 flyable and 4 AI, I just couldn't get it down to 40 in good conscience). As can be seen, it's still nowhere near the variety IL2FB offered, but that's understandable given the complexity of this sim compared to the original IL2. Planes in bold are the ones included in BoS/BoM.

 

 

VVS:

I-16

MiG-3ud

LaGG-3 s.4

LaGG-3 s.29

La-5 s.8

La-5F

La-5FN

Yak-7B (early)

Yak-1 s.69

Yak-9 (T and D versions as field mods)

Yak-3

Hurricane Mk. II

P-40E

P-39N

Su-2

IL-2 (1941)

IL-2 (1942)

IL-2M (arrow wing as field mod)

Pe-2 s.35

Pe-2 s.87/110

Tu-2S

A-20

 

AI:

Li-2

Po-2

 

Axis:

Bf 109 E7

Bf 109 F2

Bf 109 F4

Bf 109 G2

Bf 109 G6

Bf 109 G14

Fw 190 A3

Fw 190 A5

Fw 190 A8

Fw 190 D9

Macchi C. 202

Fiat G. 50

Brewster B.239

IAR 81

Ju 87B

Ju 87D/G

Hs 129

Ju 88A4

He 111H6

Do 217

 

AI:

Ju 52

Fi 156

 

 

I'll settle with any plane-set we get as long there is a flyable Ju-52 in there

[216th_Lucas_From_Hell]

I agree with Finkeren BUT don't you dare deprive me of a flyable U-2! Artillery spotting, recon, night bombing, ferrying important people... The Kukuruznik lives!

[VBF-12_Stele]

  patiently waiting to fly this one.

[SC_Manu653]

I just can't wait to fly it above Stalingrad.

[LukeFF]

 

 

The cockpit looks just as good as all our others.

 

+1

 

I'll just add to that by saying the guys have done an excellent job recreating both the look and the functionality of the cockpit. You all won't be disappointed. 

[SC_Manu653]

Actually It's the real cockpit who doesn't look attractive ! It is very well recreated by the team.

[=FI=Blue2]

Wow, just gorgeous.... I think I'm in love. 

Thanks for the pics, Jason!  Gonna to be a tough wait for this next week or two.

And six week from inception to THIS??  Beyond impressed.