StaB/Tomio_VR*** Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Hi Jason. Happy birthday ! Can you communicate on number of sells since the game was released ? Budget it request to develop one add-on like Normandy or previous one ? Most of us have no idea including me and i think it can be interesting Thanks
E69_Vonted Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 34 minutes ago, E69_Vonted said: Happy birthday, Jason! He had never spoken on this forum, but I follow him daily. I think the answer to: -"What do I consider my first PC combat flight-sim and what kind of computer did I play it on?" is: PC: 386 and F-117 Stealth Fighter is the game. It was a Christmas present. I don't usually miss STORMBIRDS news. *Yes, this is correct. F-117 was my first sim that I owned and played it on a 386 PC shortly after high school. Regards! Oh! If I can choose any key I choose Battle of Normandy. Thank you so much, have a great birthday day!
Jason_Williams Posted April 6, 2021 Author Posted April 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, Asgar said: First of all, happy birthday Jason! I was wondering if the team has already decided which version of the 410 will be added with BoN since it wasn't mentioned in the DD with all the beautiful pictures A-1 Jason 2 minutes ago, StaB/Tomio_VR*** said: Hi Jason. Happy birthday ! Can you communicate on number of sells since the game was released ? Budget it request to develop one add-on like Normandy or previous one ? Most of us have no idea including me and i think it can be interesting Thanks No comment other than to say hundreds of thousands. All titles require a couple million minimum. Jason 7 1
Heliopause Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy Birthday Jason! I'm adding a screenshot of my latest purchase as a little gift ? 1
Jason_Williams Posted April 6, 2021 Author Posted April 6, 2021 2 hours ago, CountZero said: Will we see new maps for game, not part of main DLC packs ? maybe map+sp campaing for it with existing airplanes - What was my favorite air combat game on the original Nintendo system? Top Gun No. Single maps are very unlikely. Just making the Luki summer was a stretch and a passion project of one team member. Yes, that is correct. Top Gun for Nintendo. Played the hell out of it. Jason 1 2
MeoW.Scharfi Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 14 hours ago, Jason_Williams said: Dear Pilots and Tankers! Today is my birthday and to me it’s just a regular birthday as most usually are. Happy Birthday! ? 1
Jason_Williams Posted April 6, 2021 Author Posted April 6, 2021 11 minutes ago, dogefighter said: Happy birthday! Jason, I don't want to discuss the "engine timers" (the fact that engines get damage after exceeding emergency mode for example) other than to ask Could it be a separate difficulty option? At the moment you can only disable it via the "unbreakable" difficulty option, and that means you can crash into the ground without damage. I would just like to be able to turn only the engine timers off, if you see what I mean? I want to make an engine durability setting to allow uses and servers to set it to whatever they think is right. But we have to build it and don’t know when I can make this a priority, other things need to come first. Jason 3 2 1 9
LuftManu Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Jason, I know I already made a question, but this one is also interesting: Is more content on night combat contemplated for career or base game? With the Po-2 we have night career missions (really enjoyable) and knowing we are getting the Me 410 for night missions, do you guys have plans in these kind of scenearios? (Also in BOBP with 190) Best wishes and I hope you get a big birthday cake! Edited April 6, 2021 by LF_Gallahad 1
LLv34_Wmaker Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Jason_Williams said: - What do I consider my first PC combat flight-sim and what kind of computer did I play it on? Happy Birthday! EDIT/Sorry, didn't spot that the question was already answered./EDIT Edited April 6, 2021 by LLv34_Wmaker
Elem Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON. Q: Are you likely to cross the pond again to research any UK museum pieces, like you did the Tempest? Would be great to meet you again to chat over a few beers! 1
JG1_Vonrd Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy Birthday Sir! Please forgive me if this is a sore subject but many of us in the WWI community feel that there are serious issues with the DM in FC. Will they be addressed before the release of FC2? 2
LLv34_Temuri Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy birthday Jason! Any plans to make early war tanks or tank destroyers like Hetzer, StuG, Su-85 etc.? 1
Q_Walker Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Happy Birthday Jason! May there be many more! Regarding the tactical codes/markings, will these be applied automatically (without having to be the Commander and assign them) to AI aircraft in your squad in Career Mode? Edited April 6, 2021 by =AW=Q_Walker
ITAF_Rani Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Jason_Williams said: Yes, but the map is tough to make work and Italian birds are harder to research, but it's possible. I love the Med and North Africa theaters. Big reason why I supported Team Fusion's work. Will we ever go there? Unclear. There is a fun Mod for Kuban that sort of brings NA to life in our sim. Jason Second half of this month. Closing stages. Jason Hi Jason, Happy birthday ?!! Related to the complexity in developing italian planes, in our community we have many historians who could help and provide infomations. And close to Rome we have an huge museum ( Vigna di Valle, Museo Aeronuatica Militare) where are stored a lot of original planes. Have a nice day. 2
6FG_Big_Al Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Regarding your questions Jason. Quote - What do I consider my first PC combat flight-sim and what kind of computer did I play it on? I think it was on the on the 386 PC and F-117 Stealth Fighter game
6./ZG26_Custard Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 A very happy birthday to you Jason and many happy returns. Q: Do you think we will ever see development of the Siege of Malta campaign for the series? 1
Dano Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy Birthday Jason, picked myself up a little early Birthday present in the form of BoBP deluxe thank you very much
J37_Spyboy Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy Birthday Jason. Thanks for producing these amazing sims!
=gRiJ=Roman- Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Happy Birthday Jason!!! Questions: 1. Are we going to have torpedoes in the sim soon? 2. Are we going to have a Karelian/Leningrad map? if so, with additional aircraft? 3. Is there any feasible way of increasing the number of maps at a much faster rate? Maybe a 3rd party or new tool? Thanks Speaking of Las Vegas, I am one of the few who left the place with profits I went to a slot machine, I inserted a quarter and won a dollar. Then, I said, that's it! I am happy with my gains Edited April 6, 2021 by =gRiJ=Roman-
616Sqn_Johnny-Red Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy Birthday Jason Congratulations to you and the whole dev team for all the outstanding work produced to date. You guys have established a great record for delivering a world class combat flight sim While we have you captive and answering questions, I would like to ask: Is there any chance that map making tools and expertise will ever be opened to the community? Either on the basis of controlled or open access?
FTC_Kongoo Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy Birthday Jason! Any news on the front regarding the Air Marshall? Is the air mashall going to save us in the war?? Thank you for your hard work and dedication!!!
Jason_Williams Posted April 6, 2021 Author Posted April 6, 2021 29 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Custard said: A very happy birthday to you Jason and many happy returns. Q: Do you think we will ever see development of the Siege of Malta campaign for the series? Unlikely with this generation of IL-2. Jason 6 minutes ago, ACG_Vietkong said: Happy Birthday Jason! Any news on the front regarding the Air Marshall? Is the air mashall going to save us in the war?? Thank you for your hard work and dedication!!! Already answered above. Jason 25 minutes ago, 616Sqn_Johnny-Red said: Happy Birthday Jason Congratulations to you and the whole dev team for all the outstanding work produced to date. You guys have established a great record for delivering a world class combat flight sim While we have you captive and answering questions, I would like to ask: Is there any chance that map making tools and expertise will ever be opened to the community? Either on the basis of controlled or open access? Unlikely. Our map tools are very hard to understand and we have no time to train anyone and it will just cause chaos and bombard us with questions. Plus we want to keep control over the quality of any maps. Bad maps are bad for business. Our map tech is difficult to work with. Jason 30 minutes ago, =gRiJ=Roman- said: Happy Birthday Jason!!! Questions: 1. Are we going to have torpedoes in the sim soon? 2. Are we going to have a Karelian/Leningrad map? if so, with additional aircraft? 3. Is there any feasible way of increasing the number of maps at a much faster rate? Maybe a 3rd party or new tool? Thanks Speaking of Las Vegas, I am one of the few who left the place with profits I went to a slot machine, I inserted a quarter and won a dollar. Then, I said, that's it! I am happy with my gains You get one question. ? I hope to have torpedoes eventually, but for what aircraft? There is a mod for them out there. Jason. 48 minutes ago, =AW=Q_Walker said: Happy Birthday Jason! May there be many more! Regarding the tactical codes/markings, will these be applied automatically (without having to be the Commander and assign them) to AI aircraft in your squad in Career Mode? Not sure yet as we are still building support for them on all the aircraft. Probably some kind of system will be made for the AI planes automatically. Will definitely be able to assign in mission making parameters. Still early days on these. Jason 1 hour ago, LF_Gallahad said: Jason, I know I already made a question, but this one is also interesting: Is more content on night combat contemplated for career or base game? With the Po-2 we have night career missions (really enjoyable) and knowing we are getting the Me 410 for night missions, do you guys have plans in these kind of scenearios? (Also in BOBP with 190) Best wishes and I hope you get a big birthday cake! This is Vik's department, but yes, we'll have more night missions. However, an air radar would really be needed to bring the whole scenario together and I have no way of doing that right now. Jason 1 hour ago, JG1_Vonrd said: Happy Birthday Sir! Please forgive me if this is a sore subject but many of us in the WWI community feel that there are serious issues with the DM in FC. Will they be addressed before the release of FC2? These complaints are not easily solved. I have some ideas on what we might be able to do, but we will have to work them out internally first before I say anything publicly. I don't want to set false expectations. Jason 1 7
Habu Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy birthday Jason. May you add craters which can be enable or disable ? At that time, we can't displayed any craters after a bombardment. The craters we have can only be placed by mission builder, but we can display them after an action. The goal is to take off from an airfield and can't land on that airfield after our mission, because bombers drop their bombs on the airfield.
357th_KW Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Happy Birthday! Are alternate ammunition belts (no tracers for example) or convergence options (historical USAAF “pattern” convergences) a possibility down the road? Is there any possibility of adding recon or artillery spotting mechanics? Edited April 6, 2021 by VBF-12_KW 1
Jason_Williams Posted April 6, 2021 Author Posted April 6, 2021 3 hours ago, kestrel79 said: - What was my favorite air combat arcade game in an actual coin-op arcade? Name the title. Afterburner? You can't answer a question with an answer. Please give final answer. Jason
[DBS]TH0R Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Happy Birthday Jason. My question: are there any bomber specific improvements in the pipeline? Such as: notification when someone joins your plane online (gunner station) gunners "seeing" friendly bombers flying in the vicinity and avoiding friendly fire AI gunners giving info / calling out bandits when they spot them and not just when they start firing more complex AI bomber formations etc... Thanks! Edited April 6, 2021 by [DBS]TH0R
Ala13_UnopaUno_VR Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) - How old am I today? I gave a hint in a recent DD. I love these games ^^ JASON HAPPY BIRTHDAY 04/06/1973 48 I know I'm late but I was excited to decipher it Edited April 6, 2021 by Ala13_UnopaUno_VR 1 1 2
NightFighter Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Happy Birthday Jason, thanks for your wonderful work on this sim. Thought I'd shoot my shot with this: Any thoughts on Airborne Radar or a Night Fighter DLC? Edited April 6, 2021 by NightFighter
Jason_Williams Posted April 6, 2021 Author Posted April 6, 2021 24 minutes ago, VBF-12_KW said: Happy Birthday! Are alternate ammunition belts (no tracers for example) or convergence options (historical USAAF “pattern” convergences) a possibility down the road? Customizable ammo belts is unlikely to happen. And such a feature should be designed in the beginning not retrofitted. Hard to do otherwise. We already give options for different load outs for planes that we were aware of. Not sure how common no tracers actually were. I've only seen anectodical information. We have the most common convergence used by the USAAF. Please show me what other convergences were adopted officially by the USAAF. Our info only shows basically two types. Jason 10 minutes ago, NightFighter said: Happy Birthday Jason, thanks for your wonderful work on this sim. Thought I'd shoot my shot with this: Any thoughts on Airborne Radar or a Night Fighter DLC? Would love to have someday in some product, but no one to build it. Jason 14 minutes ago, [DBS]TH0R said: Happy Birthday Jason. My question: are there any bomber specific improvements in the pipeline? Such as: notification when someone joins your plane online (gunner station) gunners "seeing" friendly bombers flying in the vicinity and avoiding friendly fire AI gunners giving info / calling out bandits when they spot them and not just when they start firing more complex AI bomber formations etc... Thanks! You get one question Thor. Jason Everyone, Thank you for your birthday wishes I really appreciate them. I have to go work on some other projects the rest of the day and then go piss away my tax refund at the tables. LOL There are still a couple trivia questions left to answer to win some free stuff. See original post. Enjoy the rest of the sale! I'll do a podcast soon with Shamrock and follow up on some of these topics in more detail. Jason 2 9
Denum Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Cass has done a bit of tinkering and testing I haven't had an opportunity to try it myself but it seemed to have a very positive effect on the .50s with minimal changes. Thanks for taking the time to answer stuff. It's appreciated. Edited April 6, 2021 by Denum
6FG_Big_Al Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, 6FG_Big_Al said: Quote - What do I consider my first PC combat flight-sim and what kind of computer did I play it on? Regarding your questions Jason. I think it was on the on the 386 PC and F-117 Stealth Fighter game Thank you really much for your spontaneous Q&A And I'm really looking forward to that podcast! 10 minutes ago, Jason_Williams said: Everyone, Thank you for your birthday wishes I really appreciate them. I have to go work on some other projects the rest of the day and then go piss away my tax refund at the tables. LOL There are still a couple trivia questions left to answer to win some free stuff. See original post. Enjoy the rest of the sale! I'll do a podcast soon with Shamrock and follow up on some of these topics in more detail. Jason
Missionbug Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy birthday Jason, have a good one, don't lose too much at the casino though. Take care and be safe. Wishing you all the very best, Pete.
Zanzibar Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy Birthday! I hope the rest of the day (and the casino ?) treats you well. - What was my very first taste of virtual air combat in a video game? Name the title and system. Top Gun for the NES
354thFG_Panda_ Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) For question 2: F117 Stealth Fighter 386 PC Edited April 6, 2021 by theRedPanda
Preedee Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Happy birthday Jason. Only joined the IL-2 community at the start of this year and love the work you and the team have been doing. What was my favorite air combat arcade game in an actual coin-op arcade? Name the title If kestrel79 never ends up confirming, my answer was also After Burner Edited April 6, 2021 by Preedee
dino_soars Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 Happy Birthday! I'll try to answer "What was my very first taste of virtual air combat in a video game? Name the title and system." I'm going to say Tiger Heli on the NES. Thanks to you and the team for making such a fun game. I've enjoyed hundreds of hours playing with friends (new and old). I love spending time in the mission editor making missions for my buddies. I'd love to see a Battle of Italy or Battle of Sicily (or both) in 1943 with some more naval elements added.
CountZero Posted April 6, 2021 Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Quote Would love to have someday in some product, but no one to build it. Jason You get one question Thor. Jason Everyone, Thank you for your birthday wishes I really appreciate them. I have to go work on some other projects the rest of the day and then go piss away my tax refund at the tables. LOL There are still a couple trivia questions left to answer to win some free stuff. See original post. Enjoy the rest of the sale! I'll do a podcast soon with Shamrock and follow up on some of these topics in more detail. Jason I see i guess corectly nintendo question Yak-9 series 1 as reward if posible, enjoy your 48th birthday Edited April 6, 2021 by CountZero
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