Developer Diary #313 - Discussion

[Jason_Williams]

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Dear Friends,

 

Today’s DD features two great, new additions that we think you will be excited about!

 

First, we have in-game pics of the awesome and often overlooked workhorse of the USAAF – the B-26! The B-26 was considered a fast medium bomber and it saw action on all fronts in WWII for the USAAF. It was somewhat tricky to fly and had a not so good reputation in the eyes of early aircrews. Accidents were known to happen quite often. But once in theater the B-26 rose to the occasion and usually bombed tactical targets from lower altitudes than the heavy bombers like the B-17 and B-24. Targets like bridges, airfields, command posts, beaches and railyards are all prime targets for the B-26. The B-26 in Great Battles is the Block 55 model which were numerous in the European theater during the Normandy timeframe and this model also came in both olive drab and natural metal finishes which will add variety to our skins. Our B-26 is an AI controlled plane, like our B-25. However, with the inclusion of the B-26 we can have much more interesting missions and gameplay with some proper Allied level-bombers playing their role. Plus, it is just a beautifully streamlined aircraft that really makes for some great photos! Also, we cannot wait to see what skin artists will do with her.

 

 

Full Text and Visuals HERE.

 

Jason

[ROCKET_KNUT]

Oh look, B-26. Fantastic! 

[BlitzPig_EL]

Outstanding news on both the B-26 and the new key assignment protocol.

[BMA_FlyingShark]

Great things to come.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[SCG_Tzigy]

awesome, B-26 looks great!!!

[Jade_Monkey]

This team keeps delivering more and more unannounced features!!

 

Great job!

[Koziolek]

New key assignment? This is great news. Cannot wait ? If it's true of course ?

Edited April 1, 2022 by Koziolek

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

Individual curve response for FC planes!

 

Awesome news!

[Asgar]

That’s no joke! ?

[BMA_FlyingShark]

3 minutes ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

Individual curve response for FC planes!

 

Awesome news!

Yes and if you look at the screenshots, you'll see that all planes will get it.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[352ndOscar]

Stick Profiles!  Yea!

[[CPT]Crunch]

One thing that'll need correction is the wings on the B-26, they're quite prone with that span to a strong flex between being on the ground and having that droop look and in the air when they're flexed up.  Looks odd and really noticeable in the air with the wings still drooping down.  Check out a few airborne shots and you'll see it.

[ColoniaLibre]

Adding the ability to adjust pitch in the setup screen is really cool idea. A real fun booster for Flying Circus! ?

I really like it! Thanks a lot!

[PainGod85]

Looking at the current date, I have a really hard time believing anything written or published today. I will always automatically assume it's an April Fools joke.

[G_Schwarz]

hope for more explanation or guides for the new keys and joystick system in the future

[Rjel]

The B-26 looks great. A very sleek looking airplane. It’ll make for some excellent escort missions.

[KpaxBos]

Eagerly waited multi-profiles ? great news

Have fun

[40plus]

B-26 looks magnificent. Can't say I care at all about the control profiles thing but I know many have pleaded for that so I'm happy for them. ?

[Imre-FW-190A]

A big thank you to Jason, and the whole team! ? The B-26 will be a fantastic thing in fhe sim. But... two questions: 1. The "Block 55" model means that, this is a B-26B-55 version? 2. Are there any plans, to make the B-26 player flyable in the future? (We knew that some day the B-25 will be also player flyable.) ?

[=FB=VikS]

On 4/1/2022 at 7:59 PM, [CPT]Crunch said:

One thing that'll need correction is the wings on the B-26, they're quite prone with that span to a strong flex between being on the ground and having that droop look and in the air when they're flexed up.  Looks odd and really noticeable in the air with the wings still drooping down.  Check out a few airborne shots and you'll see it.

 

Its an optical effect due to specifics of B-26, it had thick wing root with noticible positive wing incidence at root and high wings sweepback, and when lookinng at different angles - it just looks different - expecially when on ground/or 1/5 top/bottom from nose, also and when views contrary to stabilizer positive V angle  

 

PS: heres a good example when photo view is directly onto left wing leading edge (stight line), and as well as optical illusion - when you see to the right wing - and it looks like it had an positive V - caused by wing sweptback when its visible.

 

 

[Feldgrun]

 

 

Torpedoes?

[LF_Mark_Krieger]

Key assignment for each plane? If it isn't April fool's you have made my day. Please, don't hurt my feelings! XD

[Voyager]

I am quite looking forward to the custom key assignments. One of the challenges I've run into is handling turbos and twin engines on the same rig. For the P-47, the throttle and turbo live best on the twin throttle, but with a twin engine plane, that just doesn't work out. 

[BiggusDickus]

Sooooooooo, the big question is when can we expect to shoot at ah, see the B-26 in the sim?  I remember reading previously that it had been targeted for Q1 2022 release.  But since we now just started Q2, it's a bit behind schedule - but hopefully coming sometime (early) this quarter (Q2)?

[pasao]

Good afternoon all

wow!!!!, the separated input profiles are the key to planes like the fokker Dr1 (near -45% pitch down to fly level)
Long waited addition but welcome

Getting better and better

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

1 hour ago, FlyingShark said:

Yes and if you look at the screenshots, you'll see that all planes will get it.

 

Have a nice day.

 

There are other planes?   ?

[ZachariasX]

The B-26 is looking beautiful. And thanks for the controller menus!

[MrNoice]

Dear Devs,

 

will it be possible to increase the allowed buttons per device from 32 to more like sims like DCS?

that would be really cool ;D

 

thank you 

[Pikestance]

 

Edited April 1, 2022 by ACG_Pike

[[CPT]Pike*HarryM]

S**t hot update!

[MarcoPegase44]

 

UTAH beach-muséum - France

Edited April 1, 2022 by MarcoPegase44

[S10JlAbraxis]

Thanks for the individual curve response!  I used this extensively in ROF and now I can really look forward to FC 2!  I have a Virpil stick and even at the lowest tension setting flying some of the FC planes is a pain (in the arm) after a while.  B26 looks great as well.

[Ribbon]

1 hour ago, Feldgrun said:

 

 

Torpedoes?

We need it flyable for that to matter!

Flyable B25 or B26 with torpedo loadout modification ?

[[DBS]TH0R]

I might just want a flyable B-26 more than I do B-25... ?

 

Here is hoping that we will also get a historical AI formations with B-26.

Edited April 7, 2022 by [DBS]TH0R

[Avimimus]

Interesting! This will definitely make the Dr.I more flyable.

 

Note: One major improvement would be to have pre-sets for gun convergence which are customisable for each aircraft. This is a significant missing feature I think.

 

 

  

2 hours ago, Imre-FW-190A said:

Are there any plans, to make the B-26 player flyable in the future? (We knew that some day the B-25 will be also player flyable.) ?

 

Well, we don't know that. We know that there is some interest in making an American medium flyable, but that there are research obstacles. We know that Jason likes the B-26 but that Jason did some research on the B-25J... but a lot of things developers are interested in, or even do preparatory research on, never see completion. I've not seeing anything to confirm any of these aircraft.

[oc2209]

The positioning of the B-26's waist guns is interesting. I never paid attention to how low they're mounted. Does that mean the gunners had to lie prone to fire them, or was there some kind of periscope sight that allowed them to aim from a sitting position?

[MisterSmith]

Pedestal seat.

[AndyJWest]

 

This photo suggests that the waist gunner knelt down to fire. The photo doesn't look like it was taken in flight, but I can't see how else you could do it. 

 

 

More shots of the waist position here:

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196275/martin-b-26g-marauder/

[CountZero]

B-26 looks great, hope its next AI to full playable

[-332FG-Gordon200]

While changing the key mapping could you allow us to key bind Escape to a controller button?

Now I have to run joy2key for only one button in VR.