Great Battles Pacific

[GAE_Charrua]

Hello.

I looked for it but I am not very good with English.

My big question, does the company plan to release something related to the battles of the Pacific?

I would like an official response not from users, because it would be speculation, and it is not what I am looking for.

A user who has almost the entire saga has been grateful for his response.

Sorry for my English.

 

 

Hola.

Lo busque pero no soy muy bueno con el ingles.

Mi gran pregunta , ¿la compañía tiene pensado sacar algo referido a las batallas del pacifico?

Me gustaría una respuesta oficial no de usuarios,  porque serian especulaciones, y no es lo que busco.

Agradecido con su respuesta un usuario que tiene casi toda la saga.  

Perdón por mi ingles.

 

[Eisenfaustus]

While I‘m a mere user, let me quote Jason:

 

“

Pacific Comments

 

When I took over development of Sturmovik I was convinced we could make a Pacific themed product without too much difficulty and shared that confidence with you. After getting neck deep in our development cycle for Kuban I realized the data and references I had where inadequate and my earlier confidence was a mistake. However, no matter how resourceful I am or how much I believe in the power of a strong will, I have yet to find a viable path to make this product to the standards you expect and within a time frame that pleases my business partners. This is why I have delayed any attempt to make a Pacific themed product to this point. 

 

Since I last spoke about this issue, I have had three different Japanese speaking people do research for me in Japan to help me find needed and known references that will help the team build some Japanese planes to our usual standards and no one came back with anything super useful. I have personally spent quite a bit of my own money and amassed quite a large library of books on Japanese planes and they come close to what we need, but not quite enough. We also face the challenge of building the carriers and support ships of the USN and IJN. Not so easy and an expensive part of the development. Plus, some serious and costly translations are needed to learn about every system and procedure of these planes like we do with our current aircraft. 

 

Building a A6M “Zeke” is not really the issue, there are enough references to build one for Sturmovik, but some of the other main-line but less-famous Japanese planes are more difficult. Committing my team to a product that only has a flyable Zero and a host of flyable American planes is not really a marketable option for our business model. We prefer to continue to build a full plane-set for each of our products. That’s what sells best for us.

 

I will continue to search any resource I find including government sources for actionable and useful info on Japanese aircraft, especially their cockpits in my spare time. And thanks to those who have sent me info through our forum or email over the past two years. I appreciate it greatly. I still hold out hope that we can sail the Pacific at some point in the future. 

 

Jason“

[GAE_Charrua]

I find it hard to believe that we don't have the bibliography to make WW2 Japanese aircraft in the 21st century.

When did he give you that answer?

[=621=Samikatz]

11 minutes ago, GAE_Charrua said:

I find it hard to believe that we don't have the bibliography to make WW2 Japanese aircraft in the 21st century.

When did he give you that answer?

 

 

 

Stuff like guns carried or top speed of most planes is trivial to find, sure, but things like how bombs are operated, what the operational limits of the engines are, etc, can be harder to find. Hell, some IJ aircraft don't have complete cockpit references left, iirc Pacific Fighters had some aircraft with missing dials because the only museum pieces left were incomplete and just had holes in the dashboard

[[DBS]Browning]

We really don't. Japanese records did not survive like western records. Few models of Japanese planes survived into the 21st century and hobby photography was not so common in Japan in the 40s. 

[GAE_Charrua]

I think that if Jason made an official request to get a bilograph to be able to carry out a theater of operations in the Pacific, his life would not be enough to read everything he would receive.

 

We would be very naive if we thought that the airplanes we currently fly are 100% original.

[Jade_Monkey]

And to think that this guy had the answer all along... where have you been all this time?

[GAE_Charrua]

Jade , Something really useful to contribute?

[GOA_Karaya_VR]

A pacific theatre operations is one of the dreams for any BOX enthusiast/virtual pilot, but if we put ourselves in the side of the developers, should be a hard work for the lack of information an material available. They can make the Zero-sen , but Val's, Bettys, Kates.. etc is hard cause real examples not exists more..

 

[Jade_Monkey]

3 minutes ago, GAE_Charrua said:

Jade , Something really useful to contribute?

No, do you?

[Jason_Williams]

42 minutes ago, GAE_Charrua said:

I find it hard to believe that we don't have the bibliography to make WW2 Japanese aircraft in the 21st century.

When did he give you that answer?

 

We can make any airplane and put one in the air. It's the detail the market (you the simmer) requires that is why this is so hard to do. There are always cheats and shortcuts, but none I'm willing to make at this point. My comments that have been quoted above still hold true.

 

Jason