Developer Diary 285 - Discussion

[jollyjack]

33 minutes ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

I hope the AQMB allows me create long range Bomber missions where active targets, AA and some fighters waiting me after 2 hours flying ?

 

That gives me time to walk the dog and watch a full UEFA match on autopilot ...

Edited July 2, 2021 by jollyjack

[Irishratticus72]

12 minutes ago, jollyjack said:

 

That gives me time to walk the dog and watch a full UEFA match on autopilot ...

Not missing much, it's a dog awful match tonight. Forza Italia! 

[Pict]

Good stuff...

 

I wonder if basic way-points can be created in the AMQB?...or will the targets be pre-programmed and therefore a little predictable?

Edited July 2, 2021 by Pict

[Alonzo]

I really like the enhancements to the quick mission builder, very cool.

[FlyingNutcase]

AQM coming soon! Noice.

 

An A-5 ground pounding campaign should be good, if somewhat dangerous, and an unexpected pull-back to the East. 

 

Great detail with the paras.

[PA_Keko_]

Really nice Update!!! 

[senseispcc]

Nice news in this terrible period of time for all. Thanks. 

[Daisy_Blossom]

Anton campaign? Am I dreaming?!

 

Thank you guys so much!

[NoelGallagher]

yeah most certainly 

AQM looks AMAZING!!!!!!

Edited July 2, 2021 by NoelGallagher

[Winkysmith]

Can’t wait ‘till I can have the honour of transporting those dashing British gents over the coast of Normandy!

[Boomerang]

Looking forward to the AQM when it's ready. The renders of the British troopers appear top notch. Campaigns are welcome as always.

Thank you. 

[BlackSix]

17 hours ago, Rjel said:

I wanted to add to my earlier comment, this picture is a dream come true to me. It appears that we might be able to have mixed A/C in a flight or possibly different model versions of say, the P-51, in the same formation. My hope is that we will soon have the ability to assign different skins in a formation and command aircraft outside of our immediate flight. Whether or not these wishes transpire, I'm impressed with the continued improvement of the Great Battles series.

 

To clarify the situation, this screen is not from the AQM, but from the campaign, and this was done manually. The Soviet 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps used mixed flights consisting of Yak-1b, Yak-7b and Yak-9. You'll meet them in the air.

 

15 hours ago, Sybreed said:

Excited about the campaign. Will it come with fixes to the AI so they don't drop their bombs on AA and then strafe the tanks with guns?

In the campaign, the attack zone is manually configured and therefore the planes will not use bombs to attack AA guns instead of tanks.

But, if your target is an artillery battery and there are AA guns they will be attacked first as presenting the greatest threat at the moment.

 

 

Guys, please take a poll about the next campaign:

 

[moustache]

Advanced Quick Mission...

 

only for aircraft or also for tank?

[[RBRI]Khaela]

@Jason_Williams
Look good! 
Question: is the AQM purely Singplayer or can it be used to generate coop missions as well?

[moustache]

indeed ... we feel a little neglected in a tank ...

[Missionbug]

The British Paratrooper looks excellent, I can see the C-47 and Paras used in many clandestine drops by the mission makers as well as the main events, hopefully the career mode will also finally make full use of this facility for both sides now we have the main components.

 

Thank you very much to all involved, really appreciated.

 

Take care and be safe.

 

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

 

 

[Burdokva]

8 hours ago, BlackSix said:

To clarify the situation, this screen is not from the AQM, but from the campaign, and this was done manually. The Soviet 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps used mixed flights consisting of Yak-1b, Yak-7b and Yak-9. You'll meet them in the air.

 

In the campaign, the attack zone is manually configured and therefore the planes will not use bombs to attack AA guns instead of tanks.

But, if your target is an artillery battery and there are AA guns they will be attacked first as presenting the greatest threat at the moment.

 

 

Guys, please take a poll about the next campaign:

 

 

Sad to hear that, mixed type flights would be awesome!

 

Not to derail the thread but shouldn't those Yaks, if they're from 3rd IAK under Gen. Savitskiy, all be wearing the winged dragon badge on their noses? Regiments from both divisions in the corps had it.

[Rjel]

8 hours ago, BlackSix said:

To clarify the situation, this screen is not from the AQM, but from the campaign, and this was done manually. The Soviet 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps used mixed flights consisting of Yak-1b, Yak-7b and Yak-9. You'll meet them in the air.

Thank you for the reply, a little disappointing but understood. Still, it would sure increase the realism of the missions if it were doable sometime in the future. For the record, I'm more than pleased with the direction the entire sim is headed. I've more than gotten my money's worth from it.

[DN308]

With all these paratroopers, I would be excited to see a Marketgarden campaign

[BlackSix]

16 hours ago, ACG_Burdokva said:

Not to derail the thread but shouldn't those Yaks, if they're from 3rd IAK under Gen. Savitskiy, all be wearing the winged dragon badge on their noses? Regiments from both divisions in the corps had it.

Savitskiy had the callsign "Dragon", but the emblems of the 3rd Air Corps aircraft were as follows:

 

[percydanvers]

I am really excited for the AQMB! I hope it will allow us some flexibility with regard to planes and mission types. I want to take my 109 on the jabo missions you normally only get to do with the 190. 

[Gambit21]

On 7/2/2021 at 10:04 AM, ShamrockOneFive said:

AQM looks great! A step forward from even what the old Campaign system was like.

 

Looks pretty good!

It's nice to see single player functionality taking a much needed step forward - great news.

 

Back in RoF I spent hours just setting up 16 v 16 furballs. Simple mission generation, especially enhanced like this

will be where many players spend almost all of their time I think.

[Sybreed]

On 7/3/2021 at 4:16 AM, BlackSix said:

To clarify the situation, this screen is not from the AQM, but from the campaign, and this was done manually. The Soviet 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps used mixed flights consisting of Yak-1b, Yak-7b and Yak-9. You'll meet them in the air.

 

In the campaign, the attack zone is manually configured and therefore the planes will not use bombs to attack AA guns instead of tanks.

But, if your target is an artillery battery and there are AA guns they will be attacked first as presenting the greatest threat at the moment.

 

 

Guys, please take a poll about the next campaign:

 

 

That's good to hear, but a shame you need to do that gymnastic to circumvent the illogical decisions from the AI (even if AA guns are higher threat, they should still use guns to take them out)

[rodgerdavies]

I bought into the game just after (and partially because) of the new career system when Kuban came out, so I'm not familiar with AQM - look forward to checking it out as I'm an 'offline only' player and always nice to have some options to change it up.