Development question

[Shibbyland]

Hi All,

 

I've started this thread hoping developers might see it and answer my question but in any case it might be a nice topic for discussion.

 

I personally see the IL2 series as being the best on offer for World War 2 air combat and I'm really interested in the future of the series going into the Pacific.

 

I've played a lot of flying games/sims over the years starting with European Air War back in the day and it occurred to me recently that there are parts of the genre which have gone unrepresented for the last nearly 20 years.

 

My question for the devs is, would you ever consider developing a sim based primarily around bombers? A sim which takes a bit of a step back from being mainly flying and has a focus on the various crew positions and the running of the aircraft as a whole. Perhaps only having a very small number of aircraft, maybe only one bomber (a Lancaster or B17 for example) but which models each position in that bomber in great detail.

 

I know that historically, the arena of the IL2 series has been accurate flight modeling of fighter and strike aircraft. However the way the He111 works in the game at present makes me think this is something which could be expanded on. I see the IL2 series as catering for a relatively small number of dedicated players and as such the price structure and use of premium aircraft reflects this. There has always been a thirst for immersive games of a historical nature focusing on crewed machines, one of the best examples being some of the sub sims. I reckon there is a community out there who would like this. Would it be possible in future for the series to break away a bit from its roots and engage with an audience who like this type of sim?

 

Cheers

[Asgar]

if you have a Question for the devs the "Questions for Developers" thread is the right address, no reason to clutter the forum 

[OrLoK]

if you have a Question for the devs the "Questions for Developers" thread is the right address, no reason to clutter the forum 

 This and...

 

 

There was a market for it, prob still is

[THERION]

Hi,

 

it's an interesting question you have, but I think the resources are quite short and I don't think this will be done by the devs right now and in the form you might wish.

As far as I know developing a bomber with all crew position in detail as you'd like is very time consuming and needs a lot of resources - only to have one detailed

bomber with all its aspects and technical details, plus the operational altitude in the current environment engine is another step which needs some modification.

 

Microprose, one of the finest flightsim forgers, did a simulation of the mighty B17 with all crew positions and quite detailed for the time. But alas the title did not

sell very good at all. I think it was a too specified subject and too few people with this specific interest. Most people wan't some quick action or at least action

with sensible mission time - in real life some of these bombing missions took more than 8 hours!!!

 

But what we currently get offered is not bad at all - the heavies are not that heavy for your taste, but the bombers we already have are well detailed and give us

a lot of possibilities, as long as they are used in collaboration with fighters to escort. And this is another problem as people don't have time too coordinate such

a task force for a bomber raid in MP.

 

Just my thoughts.

 

Cheers