Recon for WW2 planes?

[Nickkyboy99]

I saw the Dev Diary about recon coming to WW1 which I'm really excited about. But will there also be a recon option for WW2 planes as well? Like for the P-38 or even the Ar234 where you have missions you gotta do recon missions and take pictures

[Avimimus]

I agree. I think it could possibly be a paid addon though "alone, unarmed, and unafraid' with additional photo-recon variants of existing aircraft (even maybe a Pe-3). One can dream right?

 

Of course, to get sales it'd help if the pitch really emphasized the bravery and daring of the lone recon aircraft penetrating deep behind enemy lines, and if there was some kind of scoring system for the quality of the photos taken.

[=IRFC=kotori87]

On the Flugpark, the recon missions aren't worth any points in-game, since they currently use triggers to work. They do unlock the bomber targets needed to win the map though, and are worth a fat stack of points on the server parser. In the old ROF recon missions, there were a number of different particular photo objectives, like trench mapping or point-of-interest photography. Some required a certain number of photos within a designated area, while others measured the percent of the mission area you've photographed. The higher you are, the more percent you can cover per photo. I remember once taking photos from 20,000 feet and it completed the objective in a single photograph.

 

I would imagine most WWII-era photo recons would be more POI types rather than trench mapping and the like. 

[JG4_Moltke1871]

10 hours ago, kotori87 said:

On the Flugpark, the recon missions aren't worth any points in-game, since they currently use triggers to work. They do unlock the bomber targets needed to win the map though, and are worth a fat stack of points on the server parser. In the old ROF recon missions, there were a number of different particular photo objectives, like trench mapping or point-of-interest photography. Some required a certain number of photos within a designated area, while others measured the percent of the mission area you've photographed. The higher you are, the more percent you can cover per photo. I remember once taking photos from 20,000 feet and it completed the objective in a single photograph.

 

I would imagine most WWII-era photo recons would be more POI types rather than trench mapping and the like. 

I never played ROF so it sounds very interesting. In one of the last DD‘s there was two pictures about upcoming new recon technics for FC. 
I am very curious about these mechanics, maybe they will be similar to the ROF mechanics?

[Feathered_IV]

3 hours ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

I never played ROF so it sounds very interesting. In one of the last DD‘s there was two pictures about upcoming new recon technics for FC. 
I am very curious about these mechanics, maybe they will be similar to the ROF mechanics?

They looked to be identical to RoF.  In one you fill out a sort of multiple choice questionnaire on what object you see in the target area.  I think there was only one correct answer, so it paid to come down low and make sure.  The second one involved flying over an area several times and pressing a button that appeared on your hud when prompted to do so by some on-screen text. Neither the pilot or observer operated a camera however, and there was no need to look down during the run.  Neither of these methods gave the player any score credit in game.  Success or failure went unrecorded.  Just the flight time was logged.  Much the same as the transport missions in BoX. 

[JG4_Moltke1871]

31 minutes ago, Feathered_IV said:

They looked to be identical to RoF.  In one you fill out a sort of multiple choice questionnaire on what object you see in the target area.  I think there was only one correct answer, so it paid to come down low and make sure.  The second one involved flying over an area several times and pressing a button that appeared on your hud when prompted to do so by some on-screen text. Neither the pilot or observer operated a camera however, and there was no need to look down during the run.  Neither of these methods gave the player any score credit in game.  Success or failure went unrecorded.  Just the flight time was logged.  Much the same as the transport missions in BoX. 

Hmmm, from this angle of view sounds a bit boring…

On the Flugpark Server I can enjoy the recon missions… Get message if fly the correctly course. It’s a bit strange to get the reward with shooting the search lamp but it’s ok and have a reason for sure why it works like that. Make the picture by yourself would be a nice feature… but let’s see how it works finally in FC ?

[US103_Baer]

Assuming they work in MP in the first place. 

I'm think they're now being developed  for career mode.

From memory in RoF, the SP style mechanics and GUIs for Arty Spot and POI Recon weren't avaliable in MP.

[J2_Trupobaw]

16 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

The second one involved flying over an area several times and pressing a button that appeared on your hud when prompted to do so by some on-screen text. Neither the pilot or observer operated a camera however, and there was no need to look down during the run.

Not true. When RoF recon was set to rely on area coverage you could influence coverage of each photo by looking down the bombsight and making sure you don't photograph the same area twice. Adjusting speed (to make sure in the time next plate is loaded you don't leave behind you unphotographed ground) was also a factor. These things meant life and death if you managed to photograph your target in just one pass and GTFO , or allowed some pilots to get all three Wargrounds objectives in one sortie. Or just meant death if sadistic map maker gave you to much area for your plates (in some FIF sessions I had to land and replace plates to get whole trench). 

RoF photo recons were much more involving than what we have now, but I think I like Flugpark version more. Let the observer make himself useful and worry about plates and timings. 

Edited February 8, 2022 by J2_Trupobaw