Developer Diary 301 - Discussion

[Jason_Williams]

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Hello Friends!

 

Happy Monday to everyone! We have a short DD for you today that features the DFW C.V for Flying Circus Vol. II and new 4K skins for our old friend the Yak-1b which were crafted once again by our partner Martin “ICDP” Catney. The Yak-1b completes our initial goal of bringing all aircraft and tank skins along with their templates up to the 4K standard. It took several years, but what an accomplishment!! Thanks again to Martin, Francisco (BlackHellhound1) and Marcus (Raptorattacker) for helping make all this possible!

 

Full text and visuals HERE.

 

Jason

[Noisemaker]

No Mossie...

Thanks anyways for the great work!

 

[jeanba]

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Which we pray to all mighty Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Yahweh, Zeus, Lucifer, Cthulhu, Thanos, General Zod or whatever powerful deity controls its fate, please give us the strength to finish the P-51B so we can include it in update 4.701! 

Jason forgot to pray Shai Hulud :

Does this mean that there will be no addon on Desert War ?

No Ornis collector plane ?

 

 

 

[Avimimus]

Amusing and surprising. The one thing I wonder about - now that the 4k skins are finished (which is very cool) - is there any timeline for updating existing aircraft to have DVD? Is that still planned? (please take this as an expression of curiosity - not pressure - the sim is wonderful regardless).

 

P.S. Is it me, or are the Flying Circus aircraft getting nicer and nicer looking?

Edited November 29, 2021 by Avimimus

[Diggun]

That Yak-1b is looking super cool, thanks for all the hard work.

 

Can't believe we're getting clouds before Christmas ?

[ShamrockOneFive]

"Which we pray to all mighty Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Yahweh, Zeus, Lucifer, Cthulhu, Thanos, General Zod or whatever powerful deity controls its fate, please give us the strength to finish the P-51B so we can include it in update 4.701!"

 

I think we should consider invoke the power of the flying spaghetti monster at this point!

 

Good luck folks! Nice to have the 4K Yak-1B skins... still my favourite Yak!

[Avimimus]

10 minutes ago, jeanba said:

Jason forgot to pray Shai Hulud :

Does this mean that there will be no addon on Desert War ?

No Ornis collector plane ?

 

"Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people."

 

(In this case the Maker being Team Fusion and their efforts to extend Desert Wings?)

 

3 minutes ago, Diggun said:

That Yak-1b is looking super cool, thanks for all the hard work.

 

Can't believe we're getting clouds before Christmas ?

 

Well... they could still be delayed I'm sure  Looking gorgeous aren't they though?

[Diggun]

Just now, Avimimus said:

His water.

ew...

[Alexander9822]

this is not a tank

[Voyager]

Guessing the new fuel management system is being extra "fun" to get all the kinks worked out of? 

 

 

[JLean]

Hmm mixed feelings.....P-51B so close but still all help is asked from "upstairs and downstairs"   

No word about Ju 88C?

 

New clouds before Xmas sounds great news!!!

 

 JLean

[JG27_Steini]

Hi Jason,

 

we had several anouncements about upcoming TC vehicles. You said you would anounce them last friday. Any news?

 

Thank you very much.

[6./ZG26_Custard]

Zod approves! 

[Jason_Williams]

17 minutes ago, JG27_Steini said:

Hi Jason,

 

we had several anouncements about upcoming TC vehicles. You said you would anounce them last friday. Any news?

 

Thank you very much.

I said last week that I would announce them this week. It’s only Monday.

 

Jason

[A-E-Hartmann]

Thank you very much 

[Blitzen]

Any chance we'll soon get a career option or the new QMB in FC1 or FC2 soon??

[Avimimus]

4 minutes ago, Blitzen said:

Any chance we'll soon get a career option or the new QMB in FC1 or FC2 soon??

 

It is supposed to roll out after the new map is released (so maybe sometime in the spring or summer). They need the map before they can produce a campaign after all.

[kendo]

Those Yak skins are awesome. Well done ICDP.

 

I suspect my next question is wishful thinking, but when you say "the upcoming 4.701 update later in December" do you mean later this week in December (ie Wednesday ?) or..... some as yet unspecified date later in December?

 

?  

 

 

Edited November 29, 2021 by kendo

[SYN_Vander]

The 4K upgrades -both skins and cockpits- are really fantastic! It's so good to see a consistent quality for all the aircraft, well done!

[Jason_Williams]

26 minutes ago, kendo said:

Those Yak skins are awesome. Well done ICDP.

 

I suspect my next question is wishful thinking, but when you say "the upcoming 4.701 update later in December" do you mean later this week in December (ie Wednesday ?) or..... some as yet unspecified date later in December?

 

?  

 

 

 

I hope by the middle of the month. 

 

Jason

33 minutes ago, Avimimus said:

 

It is supposed to roll out after the new map is released (so maybe sometime in the spring or summer). They need the map before they can produce a campaign after all.

 

Yes can't complete this feature until we have the full map ready, but we start on it with a rough internal map.

 

Jason

[THERION]

@Jason_Williams Thank you for this DD and the next update. Just found a small error on this picture:

 

The silver turn wheel is orthographically not correct - it should read "nicht berühren", instead it's written "nicht barühren"

 

Cheers

Edited November 29, 2021 by THERION

[Noisemaker]

37 minutes ago, THERION said:

@Jason_Williams Thank you for this DD and the next update. Just found a small error on this picture:

 

 

The silver turn wheel is orthographically not correct - it should read "nicht berühren", instead it's written "nicht barühren"

 

Cheers

e ä, what's the difference? 

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

I am very excited about the new clouds and the next two tanks!!!!  

a question ... the new recon planes mean that we will be able to use reconnaissance in mission by taking pictures of objectives in servers like TAW for instance? Send coordinates to artillery?

Could you elaborate a bit on the future plans for recon planes and missions in the sim?

Thanks in advance  

Edited November 29, 2021 by =gRiJ=Roman-

[PatrickAWlson]

Looking forward to the DFW in VR.  Curious as to whether we will be able to see around that big, honking radiator a bit better.

[ZachariasX]

Looking great! Can‘t wait for the new clouds and fingers crossed for the P-51B!

[[CPT]Crunch]

And every Christmas day from hence forth the P-51C appeared in the hanger wrapped in a 9 yard ribbon of APIT ammunition to commemorate that sacred day.

[LuftManu]

Great news about the clouds!

Also, a P-51 B/C before Xmas would be the ideal gift! 

[Luftschiff]

The DFW looks so pretty, can't wait to bomb some dodongos with that beauty!

[Trooper117]

Great pics of the DFW...

[Sobilak]

4 hours ago, Jason_Williams said:

Which we pray to all mighty Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Yahweh, Zeus, Lucifer, Cthulhu, Thanos, General Zod or whatever powerful deity controls its fate, please give us the strength to finish the P-51B so we can include it in update 4.701! 

 

 

Jason

AMEN!!!

 

[THERION]

1 hour ago, Carl_infar said:

Achtung achtung grammar nazi around

 

Well then.... you prefer some hotfixes instead of avoid them? Take a beer and chill a bit... and btw. it's all about spelling
and not grammar.

[Rjel]

P-51B/C = Before/Christmas. Seems appropriate. Can't wait.

[Avimimus]

2 hours ago, =gRiJ=Roman- said:

a question ... the new recon planes mean that we will be able to use reconnaissance in mission by taking pictures of objectives in servers like TAW for instance? Send coordinates to artillery?

Could you elaborate a bit on the future plans for recon planes and missions in the sim?

Thanks in advance  

 

Honestly, I'd be happy for such features to be delayed until FCIII or FCIV if it meant there'd be time to develop them in depth. I'd love to see a mini-module with the Stinson L-5, Fi-156, U-2VS (already released), and maybe a FW-189 which allowed really realistic and detailed artillery spotting in WWII as well as WWI.

 

The same goes for photo-recon - it'd be cool to have a package of a few recon variants (Mustang I?) and some kind-of calculation about blurring or light levels to determine the 'quality' of the photograph taken - I honestly think trying to get a good photo could be as engaging as trying to get a bomb on target.

 

...things to dream about anyway

[Lusekofte]

Thanks fir the update.

I like to give you a proper big thank you for the advanced qmb.

It really made me fly more.

What an excellent feature.

Now I can take my slow big favorite plane for a spin. Without spending time I do not have. And still feel I achieved something

[kissTheSky]

Thanks for the update and thanks to all worked to make it happen. 

[Avimimus]

51 minutes ago, LuseKofte said:

Thanks fir the update.

I like to give you a proper big thank you for the advanced qmb.

It really made me fly more.

What an excellent feature.

Now I can take my slow big favorite plane for a spin. Without spending time I do not have. And still feel I achieved something

 

Yeah... it really is excellent... it raised my contentment from 110% to 130%! I feel utterly satisfied. I don't know what I'd do if they kept improving it further with more templates or something... I have no reference to imagine - what is beyond perfection?

[AKA_Hollywood]

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The DFW C.V, Yak-1b 4K skins and our initial release of our new clouds will be in the upcoming 4.701 update later in December. Which we pray to all mighty Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Yahweh, Zeus, Lucifer, Cthulhu, Thanos, General Zod or whatever powerful deity controls its fate, please give us the strength to finish the P-51B so we can include it in update 4.701! 

 

Skins look great. Thank you Jason et al.  

 

New cloud by XMas!!!

 

Why not release the P-51 birdcage with the patch and Malcolm Hood to follow…?

[BladeMeister]

7 hours ago, Jason_Williams said:

I said last week that I would announce them this week. It’s only Monday.

 

Jason

That is no excuse. It is next week and this week Jason? So???

 

S!Blade<><

[Diggun]

 

ZOMG CHECK OUT THE FEET ON THAT!

[AEthelraedUnraed]

So, is it official then? Did DD-Day move from Friday to Monday? But, what happens to our beloved DD-Friday then?

 

How about two DDs a week to satisfy us all?