Three Suggestions - Trains, Ships, ID

[453=Yarra]

Having just started using the editor, I'm impressed with how easy it is to get a train running along a track. This led me to wonder, why couldn't trains be player controlled? There are many train simulators out there, so some people enjoy driving trains, but what about adding the option of being able to jump into the flak carriage and engage enemy aircraft? Maybe the player controlled train could "hide" by controlling how much smoke is visible (when stopped)?

 

Then, I wondered the same about the destroyers. Wouldn't it be great to have a player controlled destroyers zig zagging, and player controlled gunners shooting at aircraft (and enemy ships).

 

And finally, the good old chestnut of identification. It would be fantastic if friendly aircraft (and only friendly) had a blue tag. I stopped playing IL2 a number of times because I got frustrated with IDing, and found I could not fly in MP - which is where all the fun is. I'm pretty sure a lot of other prospective IL2 flyers have stopped for the same reason. Now I fly MP with a squadron, and let others with better eyesight tell me if it is friend or foe - but I still can't fly solo - because by the time I've identified the enemy, I've been shot down.

 

What are other's thoughts?

[Feathered_IV]

LukeFF is sleeping right now.  However once he gets up to go to the toilet, I have a feeling he is going to leave one of his handicapped faces down on the bottom right of your post. 

[Asgar]

2 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

LukeFF is sleeping right now.  However once he gets up to go to the toilet, I have a feeling he is going to leave one of his handicapped faces down on the bottom right of your post. 

Let me have the honour today

[Luftschiff]

Icons for identification exist, and there are MP servers that do fly with icons on!

[CountZero]

but no icon options he asks for, icons should be server optimesed so server can select to just display icons for frendly only or enemy only, or both like its only option now. Most popular icons servers in old 1946 didnt use this extreme and offputing icons system we have in game as only option if you wont to play something other then no icons.

[Enceladus828]

Made a similar suggestion back in the day

 

 

 

Playable Trains would be nice too ?

[Gambit21]

Maybe they should add playable cows while they’re at it. ?

 

At least it doesn’t involve a complex cabin full of pipes, valves, gauges and handles. Not to mention the development time in getting all that stuff to properly interact with the steam engine that they fully modeled.

 

That’s above and beyond an improved external train model that would be required.

 

There is unfortunately no “make cool content” button in any content-creation program that I’ve used, nor in Lua that I’m aware of.

[DBFlyguy]

8 hours ago, Enceladus said:

Made a similar suggestion back in the day

 

 

 

Playable Trains would be nice too ?

I just want trains to be able to blow up like this in my combat flight sims ?

 

truthfully though...my train attacks usually end up like Karels though ?

 

[[CPT]milopugdog]

I am definitely in support of an expansion titled IL-2 Train Crew: Battle of The Supply Chain.

 

IMAGINE