Game version 4.706 discussion: Ar 234 and B-26

[jollyjack]

magic doors !!

[Asgar]

48 minutes ago, Blitzen said:

While downloading ,can anyone answer this question : will they show up in the “Quick Mission”, “Instant Missions “ on the Rhineland map ( I suspect…?) Ilook forward to trying to intercept the new Arado with the Tempest or even the Mosquito!

I think you mean intercepting Mosquitos with the new Arado ?

[CountZero]

1 hour ago, Avimimus said:

 

Well, arguably the Arado 234 restored a daylight reconnaissance capability that was otherwise being lost. So one can ask 'What is more important? The ability to know what the enemy is doing or one of several platforms for aerial bombardment?'.

 

A single recon aircraft can unmask the preparations of an entire army... it takes hundreds of bombers several days worth of bombardment to undermine the logistics of that army's preparations.

 

That said, I'm quite glad the Americans are getting their medium-altitude daylight bomber! I just don't think we should under-estimate the importance of reconnaissance (nor the daring often involved in pulling it off)!

 

just wait untll he realise how many ar-234 had 2x20mm gunpod in ww2 , even arcade WT didnt bather ading it

[Marcio]

Congratulations on the launch of the Ar 234 and the B 26! I'm still going to test the piloting of the Ar 234, but the 2 birds seem formidable!

 

The high degree of very specific characteristics for each aircraft piloted in this good simulator requires urgent customization of the keys and joystick mapping according to the aircraft and vehicle to be piloted, as promised in Dev Blog #313 of 04/01/2022!
The Ar 234, full of new and peculiar commands, is the latest proof of this.

When will key mapping and joystick customization for different aircraft be implemented? I hope as soon as possible, even before the conclusion of Battle of Normandy!!!

[Blitzen]

All is right in the world : the Arado 234 and the B-26 are up and operational! with VR The did a completely clean install, just to make sure.Now can someone tell me how the periscope works and can someone lend a hand adjusting  the new rearview mirrors?

Not ,however,a good day for the beautiful B-26's though...

( As mentioned somewhere ,it is a treat to watch the gunners in the Marauders do their stuff!)

Edited June 15, 2022 by Blitzen

[jollyjack]

1 hour ago, Avimimus said:

So the Arado can walk on water? Quickly - someone collect footage of this before the hotfix is released!

 

Is it a tester for the Catalina we've been waiting for?

[Regingrave-]

3 минуты назад, Blitzen сказал:

All is right in the world : the Arado 234 and the B-26 are up and operational! with VR The did a completely clean install, just to make sure.Now can someone tell me how the periscope works and can someone lend a hand adjusting  the new rearview mirrors?

Mirrors can be folded and unfolded by pressing LWin+C, dive bombing sight is enabled by LShift+V.

[[CPT]Crunch]

16 minutes ago, Marcio said:

Congratulations on the launch of the Ar 234 and the B 26! I'm still going to test the piloting of the Ar 234, but the 2 birds seem formidable!

 

The high degree of very specific characteristics for each aircraft piloted in this good simulator requires urgent customization of the keys and joystick mapping according to the aircraft and vehicle to be piloted, as promised in Dev Blog #313 of 04/01/2022!
The Ar 234, full of new and peculiar commands, is the latest proof of this.

When will key mapping and joystick customization for different aircraft be implemented? I hope as soon as possible, even before the conclusion of Battle of Normandy!!!

Relax, they already announced its in work, look in the past updates, just give it some time.

[jollyjack]

A much needed manual is slowly reaching the size of a medium phone book ..

 

Edited June 15, 2022 by jollyjack

[[CPT]Crunch]

Outstanding job on the AR, certainly has character and a distinct feel, fly's very different with different parameters.  The cockpit is mind bending in VR, going to have fun learning this one, lots of stuff to study in there.

[S10JlAbraxis]

Arado is really nicely done.  Only issue is that I can't seem to trigger the rocket pods or jettision them.  I am using R to light the rockets and L SHF D to jettison them but nothing happens.  Is this working for everyone else?  Have I missed somthing?

 

Never mind I figured it out - need to assign keys to jetpod and jettison jet pod.

 

Now that I have the rocket pods working I noticed the R key must be constantly held down or the pod turns off.  Is this correct?  I thought once these rockets were ignited there was no way to turn them off untill they burned out.

Edited June 15, 2022 by S10JlAbraxis

[firdimigdi]

Beautiful additions to the game.

 

However as we keep seeing more and more AI-controlled assets added which will inevitably make it to scripted campaigns and career mode, @Regingrave any chance of having this issue looked at? It's been with us for a while now (since January apparently) and it basically hampers the enjoyment of complex campaigns in VR and can't be alleviated by any practical workaround:

 

Edited June 15, 2022 by Firdimigdi

[beresford]

How do you start the Ar234 engines? I apply a bit of throttle, hit 'E' and the left engine (alone) starts. Then after a while it dies again. If I get the left going and then select #2 to try to start that, the left engine dies on me again.

[FTC_Tobi_der_Ossi]

Had a nice little Round in the Blitz. Took the Cameras. Was able to open the Camera Bay. Is there any Way of taking actually Pictures or is this opening the Cameradoors and clicking the Trigger a useless feature?

[Carl_infar]

10 minutes ago, beresford said:

How do you start the Ar234 engines? I apply a bit of throttle, hit 'E' and the left engine (alone) starts. Then after a while it dies again. If I get the left going and then select #2 to try to start that, the left engine dies on me again.

Same as me262 as it has same engines Look it up on You tube how to operate the ignition

[Blitzen]

40 minutes ago, Regingrave said:

Mirrors can be folded and unfolded by pressing LWin+C, dive bombing sight is enabled by LShift+V.

You saved me a lot of investigative work! Thanks!

[BlitzPig_EL]

1 minute ago, Blitzen said:

You saved me a lot of investigative work! Thanks!

 

You mean... Nancy?

 

[Regingrave-]

2 часа назад, DD_Friar сказал:

So, Landing Craft....

 

From what I can see I can not create a scene with the craft unloading their goods as none of the objects seem to have the doors down? or is there some other logic that gets used if I beach the craft?

You can try using this test mission as an example for your naval invasions. Basically there is new OnMoored event added to ship's Advanced Properties to trigger MCUs when the ship has made it ashore.

[test]LCA+OnMooredEvent.zip

 

29 минут назад, Firdimigdi сказал:

However as we keep seeing more and more AI-controlled assets added which will inevitably make it to scripted campaigns and career mode, @Regingrave any chance of having this issue looked at?

Sure, I'll check it up again tomorrow.

 

8 минут назад, Blitzen сказал:

You saved me a lot of investigative work! Thanks!

You're welcome. ?

[RyanR]

What is the warning buzzer in the Arado that comes on after a dive?

 

-Ryan

[firdimigdi]

5 minutes ago, RyanR said:

What is the warning buzzer in the Arado that comes on after a dive?

 

-Ryan

 

Contact altimeter perhaps like in the Ju88?

[Blitzen]

19 minutes ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

 

You mean... Nancy?

 

Yes I last saw her under the giant dwarf Maple.....

[LukeFF]

32 minutes ago, RyanR said:

What is the warning buzzer in the Arado that comes on after a dive?

 

26 minutes ago, Firdimigdi said:

Contact altimeter perhaps like in the Ju88?

 

Yes, it's the contact altimeter. The speaker is behind the pilot, to the left.

1 hour ago, beresford said:

How do you start the Ar234 engines? I apply a bit of throttle, hit 'E' and the left engine (alone) starts. Then after a while it dies again. If I get the left going and then select #2 to try to start that, the left engine dies on me again.

 

Have a look at @Requiem's tutorial on the Me 262. The same engines are fitted in both planes, so the startup procedure is identical:

 

 

1 hour ago, Blitzen said:

Now can someone tell me how the periscope works and can someone lend a hand adjusting  the new rearview mirrors?

 

In addition to what was written above, you can look rearwards with the periscope by using the Switch Gunsight Position command (and yes, the image is supposed to be inverted ?).

[BMA_FlyingShark]

12 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

you can look rearwards with the periscope by using the Switch Gunsight Position command (and yes, the image is supposed to be inverted ?).

Thanks for pointing this out.

I've been wondering for ages why on earth they put a periscope on a plane, now I know.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[jollyjack]

B26 skins, are they in some gtp file? not in the latest skins21.gtp, only the AR is ..

[Alfred_Tupper]

Tonight in this house....

 

My wife: "Do you want to go and see Top Gun 2 tonight love?"

Me: " I am featuring in the prequel, Topfahrer Blitz. Ich spüre das Bedürfnis, das Bedürfnis nach Geschwindigkeit! Now - go away."

[RyanR]

Thanks for the contact altimeter answer! I only just started to figure out it wasn't engines and seemed altitude related.

 

To silence it, is the solution to climb back to a certain alt?

 

Really a nice, thorough model of the 234. I've flown it in other sims over the last 20 years, and nothing is close to the effort put into it here.

 

-Ryan

[firdimigdi]

3 minutes ago, RyanR said:

Thanks for the contact altimeter answer! I only just started to figure out it wasn't engines and seemed altitude related.

 

To silence it, is the solution to climb back to a certain alt?

 

Check the key bindings, you can set the altitude threshold, etc

[Sneaksie]

4 hours ago, creamersdream said:

I'm not seeing the new AR-234 in my aircraft list to fly? I have the steam version but pre-ordered battle of Normandy?  I can fly the the new Mosquito so why not the Ar-234?

If you have Mosquito you should have Arado as well. Make sure you scrolled the Axis aircraft list to the bottom, bombers are listed after all the fighters.

[JG4_Widukind]

ok nice Plane but here is a Question:

Why can the AR 234 use 3xSC500Kg bombs and not 3xSC250kg? Doesn't this load even exist?

 

Edited June 15, 2022 by JG4_Widukind

[Hoss]

56 minutes ago, FlyingShark said:

Thanks for pointing this out.

I've been wondering for ages why on earth they put a periscope on a plane, now I know.

 

Have a nice day.

 

In the legacy IL2 the Ar-234 had a gun firing rearwards, you used he periscope for it.  This one is a gunsight and bombsight.

[WWCephas]

When trying to add the LST to my maps I get the following error when loading the mission in multiplayer dogfight mode and the game locks up.

 

Objects undefined

"LuaScripts\WorldObjects\Ships\lst.txt"

[Retrofly]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

 

In addition to what was written above, you can look rearwards with the periscope by using the Switch Gunsight Position command (and yes, the image is supposed to be inverted ?).

What is the default key bindng for Switch Gunsight Position?, I can't seem to find it.

[easterling77]

Hear my crazy laughter slamming the throttel to the wall....BAAAAAHNFREI?

 

[LukeFF]

8 minutes ago, Retrofly said:

What is the default key bindng for Switch Gunsight Position?, I can't seem to find it.

 

It's in the Weapons section (sorry, not at my PC right now). 

[Mtnbiker1998]

Has anyone found the cockpit photo for the Arado? Haven't gotten into VR yet but looking around with the mouse it seems quite elusive.

 

Hopefully not a similar issue to the missing photo in the 262.

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

5 hours ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

Cool stuff team.  Great job!

 

Can you share any details regarding these 2 items:

 

. Improved impact of small arms recoil on aircraft;
6. Improved physics of aircraft collision with static objects;

 

Thanks in advance.

While we await a formal response from the dev team,  has anyone noticed any difference?  Due to limited time, I've only flown one very quick mission, and crashed purposely into a tree.   Did not see anything different.  But admit, hardly a good test or example.  Very curious what others are observing.

5 hours ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

 

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Edited June 15, 2022 by RNAS10_Mitchell

[357th_KW]

My understanding is that the AR234 camera will become functional as the recon component is added into the game in FC2.  Is there any chance of getting a camera added to other aircraft we already have?  For example the P-51B and D, which were the F-6C and D respectively when equipped with cameras.

[creamersdream]

31 minutes ago, Sneaksie said:

If you have Mosquito you should have Arado as well. Make sure you scrolled the Axis aircraft list to the bottom, bombers are listed after all the fighters.

I'm not seeing it in the aircraft list in quick battles Rhineland map. This is really weird I have all the other current Normandy aircraft.

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

5 hours ago, CountZero said:

But how many books or YT videos were made about 234 compared to b26   

 

OK, I  give up, how many?   ?

[beresford]

2 hours ago, Carl_infar said:

Same as me262 as it has same engines Look it up on You tube how to operate the ignition

Thanks (and to the other guy who answered). I used the in-game stats page which didn't mention that the 262 procedure was needed.