Amiral_Crapaud Posted November 13, 2019 Posted November 13, 2019 22 minutes ago, SYN_Vander said: Will there be a Mk13 reliability slider in Settings? Well probably not an actual slider - it's no DCS ^^ - but I expect us to have a flawless friendly torpedo (or ammunition) on/off switch. Should activate/de-activate risk for friendly duds over the board (including, if not mostly Mk13s & Mk14s, but also naval shells). In this regard, no need to improve on what Silent Service 2 was proposing already 30 years ago
LLv34_Flanker Posted November 13, 2019 Posted November 13, 2019 (edited) S! Reminds me of the old MicroProse game 1942 Pacific Air War. Still have the original box and all. This one seems to be a day one buy as well. Impressive work! Edited November 14, 2019 by LLv34_Flanker Typo 1 1
Amiral_Crapaud Posted November 21, 2019 Posted November 21, 2019 Thank you Flanker! I don't know if the current LLv34 has any history or link with the former EAW LLv34 (in the days of LLv34_Doc, Nattulv, Blaukreuz & all), but reading this tag again makes me remember about these days where they were the Experten kids on the block - obviously the tradition of this squadron and your reference to PAW also means that you're probably no puppy yourself, so it's always pleasant to be praised by a fine connaisseur ? Regarding the game proper, well... Here's some more eye candy - if you can call eye-candy the unbearable suffering of a TBD trying to painfully climb above some mountain lugging a 1-ton torpedo under its belly. Poor thing! (and yes, there should be only 2 guys in a torpedo TBD vs a bombing mission, this will be corrected in time - until then, enjoy the scenery ^^) Of course, the ground is also heavily work in progress. Looks better from a higher altitude, but we'll get there, eventually. S! everybody 4 2
LLv34_Flanker Posted November 21, 2019 Posted November 21, 2019 S! @Amiral_Crapaud The same LLv34 from EAW it is ? Later also Aces High, and original IL-2. Lately migrated to BoX, but in a lesser extent. I started my gaming in 1984 on a C64, so not really a youngling anymore ? EAW, PAW + extensions still on shelf. That is why your title is of interest, reminds PAW so much! 2
Gambit21 Posted November 21, 2019 Posted November 21, 2019 As a PTO guy myself...this looks very good. I can see the potential for a lot of entertaining “what-if” scenarios here. Solomons please. 1
Amiral_Crapaud Posted November 27, 2019 Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) Ahoy everyone! No screens today - here's a little video update, for a change. A fresh compilation of the few reels we have been showing over the course of the last 15 days. We'll prepare a dev update and make a longer video ASAP, but life IRL as usual has the doubtful talent of putting itself in the way, with the unpleasant idea that there might be, from time to time, more important things in life than developing & showing the game. Nonsense! But we have to abide for the sake of it, sometimes ? ? Anyway, I know these are rough times for some of you who expected PTO to feature in the new Il-2 issue. But I'll tell you, since Ive been involved in the production of my own game, I have seen how much one has to take into account external constraints when designing such a product. In that regard, the difficulties and pressure we encounter here at DDG are nowhere close to the sort of challenge Jason and his team have been describing, and have to face every single day of their production and development cycle. We are not designing a flight simulator (for those who aren't aware of that yet), this is simply a WW2 PTO real-time wargame, so it is not going to cast any sort of shadow on Il-2 nor replace it in our hearts - but please take it as a token of sympathy, some sort of sweet placebo you might enjoy while waiting for our favorite simulation to tackle the era and the theater once for all. In the meantime, please be nice to Jason & the boys and show some understanding for their ordeal, and we'll make sure to provide you with your humble PTO fix until the Real Thing ? S! everybody & enjoy Edited November 27, 2019 by Amiral_Crapaud grammmmmmar 10 1
Tyberan Posted November 29, 2019 Posted November 29, 2019 Wow this is looking great. It's nice to see the little details such as the dive flaps and the bomb swing arm to throw it over the prop. The explosion effects look great; if this is early stages your doing really good. 1
Amiral_Crapaud Posted December 5, 2019 Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) Still trying to be a bit artsy, this time in the fading light of a December sunset. Wonder where these guys are heading to, seems fishy to me... Edited December 5, 2019 by Amiral_Crapaud 2 3
PatCartier Posted December 6, 2019 Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) Love it ! Congrats !! Edited December 6, 2019 by PatCartier
Amiral_Crapaud Posted December 7, 2019 Posted December 7, 2019 Thank you Pat, thank you Flanker At any rate, everybody please have a fine, peaceful and spiritual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ? 3 1 2
LLv34_Flanker Posted December 18, 2019 Posted December 18, 2019 S! Happy holidays to Amiral Crapaud and the rest of the team :) Have a good one! 1
Amiral_Crapaud Posted December 19, 2019 Posted December 19, 2019 Thank you Flanker! Well, as you can see below we're getting ready too ^^ I will send some more content over the next few days. It's not that news have been slow, but I am to blame - my day job only leaves me with so little time to actually make good use of the nice stuff the rest of the team produces nearly on a daily basis. In the meantime, everybody take good care 3 2 1
Trooper117 Posted December 19, 2019 Posted December 19, 2019 ''I don't care if it's Christmas, TURN THOSE BLOODY LIGHTS OFF!... 1
Amiral_Crapaud Posted December 28, 2019 Posted December 28, 2019 What better way to end the year than spending it watching a sunset hand in hand with a nice girl? Now with sound and light reflections! 2 4
Amiral_Crapaud Posted December 31, 2019 Posted December 31, 2019 **HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!** See you in 2020 for the Beta 4
Amiral_Crapaud Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Hello there Gents, We posted a New Year update on the website with a few shots of the action in the air. Those who have been following closely might not come across any surprise, but it's always better than nothing I guess! https://drydockdreams.games/2020/01/01/new-years-resolutions/ Cheers! Edited January 2, 2020 by Amiral_Crapaud 1 3
Trooper117 Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 I agree with the Feathered one... Well done team! 1
Lusekofte Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 I not seen this. Is it a first person combat flight sim or strategy game. Looks awesome
LLv34_Flanker Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 S! Better keep a lookout for this one guys 1 1
Hoots Posted January 2, 2020 Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, No.322_LuseKofte said: I not seen this. Is it a first person combat flight sim or strategy game. Looks awesome Luse, strategy.
Amiral_Crapaud Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Thank you for your kindness people! Keep 'em coming nice things, they're our fuel, literally Some new stuff for those of you living far away from them evil social networks. Here is a very early, first look at what the air ops planner might look like (the panel and the AI managing the flight deck after your directives, launching & recovering). So far so good, the computer is very proficient at keeping the flight deck open for business, even when the human player is being, well, human (and as such not very stable in his/her choices ^^) A few ships came along too, with USS Northampton, HMNZS Leander & Japanese auxiliaries joining the roster And, last but not least, some fine astronomical experiments. We needed to make sure that the Sun & the Moon both were always where they're supposed to be at anytime, any day. * Tweaking the celestial sphere in-engine ☑️ * Loc & time: Kuala Lumpur 26.12.2019 around 7:10 AM UTC ☑️ * Eclipse looks more or less like the real thing, Sun & Moon OK ☑️ * Not awaking Cthulhu on the astral plane just yet with our dark shenanigans ☑️ Of course, it might not be as spectacular as a bunch of SBDs warming up on a flight deck, but when time comes your pixel pilots will be happy to have reliable astronomical objects to rely on! Next stage: we still have to lit up the night sky with the proper stars, and we will be all set...? (simulations courtesy of NASA & www.timeanddate.com) That is all for this small update, Ladies & Gents. Thanks for your time and have a great weekend Edited January 10, 2020 by Amiral_Crapaud Twitter pics unavailable to non-twitter users 5 4
LLv34_Flanker Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 S! Very nice update indeed! Attention to detail is great. Best of luck reaching the next milestones towards the release. 1
Amiral_Crapaud Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) Thanks! But you were among the lucky ones it seems Flanker Apparently there was trouble with the pics for anybody who doesn't use Twitter - it's fixed now, hopefully? ? Edited January 10, 2020 by Amiral_Crapaud
Trooper117 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 No problem with the pics at my end mate! 1
LLv34_Flanker Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 S! I do not use Twitter or Facebook or similar and had no trouble viewing the pictures. 1
Amiral_Crapaud Posted January 28, 2020 Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Hello there, ladies & gents! We made a small dev update just now. https://drydockdreams.games/2020/01/28/wallabies-in-the-year-of-the-rat/ Naturally, nothing very new for anyone who's been following the project so far, but there's some more context for those who might be interested in knowing more. In the meantime, enjoy the show Cheers Edited January 28, 2020 by Amiral_Crapaud 3 1
Amiral_Crapaud Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) Anybody still interested? Yes? Good! Here are a few screenshots ? First of all, our new weather model, which allows for localized rain squalls, the likes of which saved Zuikaku from a pounding at Coral Sea, or Enterprise from extermination at Santa Cruz. You will be allowed to use them too, but it works both ways... Here, you can see them in action on the larger map. Blue areas are the ones where a set of conditions make rain happen - of course it changes dynamically, and the weather can be radically different 100 miles away. It's your job to make sure that the weather Gods will favor you more than they harm you... And here's a view of how it looks like from under it: Cloud cover will have an actual role in gameplay - as you can see here, it can very efficiently hide ships away from the sky. Your planes might very well miss the enemy - but in absence of a working radar, if communications are down or not an option, and if the Z/B system is non-operational for a reason or another, then your planes could very well miss you too...! They might have to pray for a little opening at the right spot in the cloud cover, just like here: Of course, the same rules apply whenever you'll be trying to get something done at night. Night ops are not impossible, nor forbidden, but try your luck at your own risk. Taking off in the darkness is already a difficult, yet necessary exercise when a dawn strike requires it - but bombing by moonlight in on a whole different level! Yet, it did happen... Arguably, nothing out of the ordinary or super impressive for flight-simmers, but I can tell you - the Wargamer crowd will appreciate! Finally, a sneak peek at something that comes a bit closer to gameplay, for a change. This one prototype shows how the game dimensions interact with each other. It is our early experiment at an interactive Command Post/Map/3D world integration. It is certainly no Radio Commander just yet of course, but it is a first step! Very work in progress, as it is. At any rate, as you can see, the transition is smooth. Switching from a mode to another one doesn't seem to impact performance in any way. As these instances already exist in-game permanently, they don't need to be generated along the way, making the whole process feel rather natural and self-explanatory (well, that's the feeling I have of course, but I am a bit biased - don't hesitate to tell me if I am wrong!). Of course, static 2D & full 3D visualization modes will be available too - you will just have to click the relevant button on the toolbar to activate them (more on that later...). There, there... Hopefully this will quench your thirst for PTO somewhat - you don't get to fly the planes, but at least you'll get to see the clouds ^^ As always, thanks for reading these updates - and thanks to the Il-2 management for allowing me to post them at all ❤️ See you around for the next update - and in the meantime, take good care Edited February 7, 2020 by Amiral_Crapaud 8 2 3
Diggun Posted February 7, 2020 Posted February 7, 2020 This is looking super impressive I have to say! 1
Semor76 Posted February 8, 2020 Posted February 8, 2020 18 hours ago, Amiral_Crapaud said: -Snip- Stunning! Impressive shots. You guys rock it! Really looking forward to the release. But I hope you can do something against the sky banding at night. It´looks horrible and doesen´t fit to the rest of quality. Greets
LLv34_Flanker Posted February 8, 2020 Posted February 8, 2020 S! Really impressive! Dynamic weather really adds a lot. Keep the updates coming
PatCartier Posted February 8, 2020 Posted February 8, 2020 Just superb ! Je n'imaginais pas au départ que vous tendiez vers un rendu aussi chiadé, super aguichant ! Bravo les gars !!
Amiral_Crapaud Posted February 9, 2020 Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) Thank you/Merci everybody for the nice comments There you go, with a few shots of our new Zero model to end this weekend in beauty! Naturally it is still a far cry away from the level of detail you find in BoX, but for a wargame these will do. No need to cry about the grey tones we chose for the Zeke, the lighting in the render program doesn't give it justice - and these have just been normal mapped, we still need to give them actual historical skins. The "amber grey" stuff will come in due time, fear not. The Rufe is getting along pretty well too. Quote But I hope you can do something against the sky banding at night. It´looks horrible and doesen´t fit to the rest of quality. Oh well, these are 150k JPG pictures, you can expect some compression loss along the way of course ^^ I assure you, this doesn't appear so obviously while in-game. Cheers Edited February 9, 2020 by Amiral_Crapaud 4 1 1
LLv34_Flanker Posted February 9, 2020 Posted February 9, 2020 S! Very nice Zeke sure is a sleek plane.
Amiral_Crapaud Posted February 14, 2020 Posted February 14, 2020 Thank you guys ^^ Tim Stone was enough of a gentleman to lend us his column this week. If you wanna learn more about the game mechanics we envision for the game & all, it's a good start I'd say: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/02/14/the-flare-path-talks-task-force-admiral/ Cheers! 1
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