dambou Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 (edited) Hello, I’m very interested by il 2 battle of bodenplatte and battle of Kuban (only to have A-20 bombers). But I have some questions before buying. Is it possible to have a20 escort mission with mustang. During the second world war, a lot of the mustang's missions were to escort the b17. There is no B-17 so I'll be happy with the A-20. IS it easy to create (or find) escort mission? With if it’s possible minimum 10 bombers (or more) and 4 fighters for escort (or more). Edited June 8, 2018 by dambou
TP_Silk Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 Mustang is still under development as part of the Battle of Bodenplatte expansion pack and is not yet in game. By the way, it's Kuban, not Cuban
Finkeren Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 10+ medium bombers is feasible in the game. In the career mode you routinely escort 9 bombers at a time, and on crowded missions there can be as many as 35-40 aircraft in the air at the same time (slows down framerate a bit on my age old system, but not unplayable - better systems will have no trouble)
dambou Posted June 8, 2018 Author Posted June 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Finkeren said: 10+ medium bombers is feasible in the game. In the career mode you routinely escort 9 bombers at a time, and on crowded missions there can be as many as 35-40 aircraft in the air at the same time (slows down framerate a bit on my age old system, but not unplayable - better systems will have no trouble) Thank You! So when the P51 is out, will it be easy to create a bomber escort mission? for example A-20 escorted by P51 and BF109 attacks? 51 minutes ago, 19//Rekt said: "Bay of Pigs" scripted campaign! Thanks! Where can i found this?
Finkeren Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 18 minutes ago, dambou said: Thank You! So when the P51 is out, will it be easy to create a bomber escort mission? for example A-20 escorted by P51 and BF109 attacks? Easy, in the sense that it is no harder than creating any other basic mission, yes. The ME of this sim is not the easiest tool to use, however.
RedKestrel Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Finkeren said: 10+ medium bombers is feasible in the game. In the career mode you routinely escort 9 bombers at a time, and on crowded missions there can be as many as 35-40 aircraft in the air at the same time (slows down framerate a bit on my age old system, but not unplayable - better systems will have no trouble) Yeah my system is relatively new (though decidedly mid-range) and on mid-range settings it doesnt struggle much with bombers. There are a few 'hiccups' sometimes in flight that occur I think when flights of bombers spawn. My FPS is maxed at 60 (I only have a 60hz monitor) so I wouldn't notice framerate drops that others might. I think there was talk of the devs maybe modifying the A-20 we have in BoK into the A-20G and putting it into BoBp as a collector craft? And I've heard of AI-only B-25 being a possibility as well. So there should be the opportunity for escort missions. High Altitude escort missions may not be possible due to limitations on the viewing bubble however...bombers might not have time to line up on their target by the time it 'pops' into view.
ShamrockOneFive Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 3 hours ago, dambou said: Hello, I’m very interested by il 2 battle of bodenplatte and battle of Kuban (only to have A-20 bombers). But I have some questions before buying. Is it possible to have a20 escort mission with mustang. During the second world war, a lot of the mustang's missions were to escort the b17. There is no B-17 so I'll be happy with the A-20. IS it easy to create (or find) escort mission? With if it’s possible minimum 10 bombers (or more) and 4 fighters for escort (or more). The B-25 Mitchel II (AI only for now) as operated by the RAF in the 1944-1945 time period is part of the development plan so you'll be able to escort those too.
dambou Posted June 8, 2018 Author Posted June 8, 2018 Escort the B-25 that would be great! But if I understood correctly it will not be for now, and not necessarily simple to have a realistic escort mission with the allies
J2_Jakob Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 48 minutes ago, dambou said: Thanks! Where can i found this? He's just teasing you... ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuban
dambou Posted June 8, 2018 Author Posted June 8, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, LsV_Jakob said: He's just teasing you... ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuban Hahaha ? The mission not the region :-p to be honest, I'm wondering because I'd like to do escort missions, and I hesitate between DCS (with P51, and B-17AI), where it's already possible but more expensive, or il2 BoB. What I like about IL2 is that it focuses only on the ww2 Edited June 8, 2018 by dambou
J2_Jakob Posted June 8, 2018 Posted June 8, 2018 Just now, dambou said: Hahaha ? The mission not the region ? Hahaha... The region confusion is exactly the reason for the teasing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs
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