Game version 4.706 discussion: Ar 234 and B-26

[ShamrockOneFive]

16 hours ago, sevenless said:

 

Maybe a bug, or maybe a subtle hint that they plan to make both AI planes flyable? Which would be great. Who knows.

 

 

It's been like this forever with the B-25. I'm going with bug. The interface is really designed around everything being flyable and we now have two aircraft that are exceptions to this rule.

 

But I do want this to be true... I want to fly both

[Asgar]

41 minutes ago, ShamrockOneFive said:

But I do want this to be true... I want to fly both

and i really want to shoot you down in both of them  

[BlitzPig_EL]

For the Pacific, and the USN, there is a bomber that is now almost totally forgotten, that served all over that theater, did good work, and would be a nice thing to have.  The Lockheed Ventura.

[Bremspropeller]

8 minutes ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

The Lockheed Ventura

 

That would require two careers, so I can name one pilot Jesse and the other guy Ace.

[sevenless]

27 minutes ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

The Lockheed Ventura.

 

Makes sense for 1941-1943 time period in ETO and replaying Operation Oyster - The 1942 Eindhoven Raid. RAF faded them out by 1943 and replaced them with Mossies. Last one IIRC flew operational 09/1943. 

[jollyjack]

Looks a wee bit like a pregnant fish, egg depositing here:

 

[DFLion]

My father flew the Lockheed Ventura during WWII (a more powerful version of the Lockheed Hudson) Dad always said it was  a tricky aircraft to start, if you didn't follow the procedure correctly you would get an engine fire! Dad went onto say that it was a great aircraft to fly. He then went onto B24 Liberators and flew 39 missions in the Pacific, Dad peacefully died 2 years ago, aged 98 - he was a good man.

DFLion

[BMA_FlyingShark]

8 minutes ago, DFLion said:

My father flew the Lockheed Ventura during WWII (a more powerful version of the Lockheed Hudson) Dad always said it was  a tricky aircraft to start, if you didn't follow the procedure correctly you would get an engine fire! Dad went onto say that it was a great aircraft to fly. He then went onto B24 Liberators and flew 39 missions in the Pacific, Dad peacefully died 2 years ago, aged 98 - he was a good man.

DFLion

Salute.

Sorry for your loss.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[MajorMagee]

3 hours ago, jollyjack said:

Looks a wee bit like a pregnant fish, egg depositing here:

 

There is a C-60 version currently parked on the tarmac just outside my office building.

Edited June 29, 2022 by MajorMagee

[Jason_Williams]

Guys,

 

Please don't muddy up this thread with off-topic tangents.

 

Jason

[Sneaksie]

4.706b patch has been just published - it brings a number of improvements for the Arado jet bomber model and systems. Also, you can now select Arado in AQM mission mode.

 

The following should be fixed:

 

1. Arado: formation lights switch is inverted;
2. Arado: dials on the course indicator should be thinner, lighting of the indicator should be yellow instead of white;
3. Arado: in multiplayer boosters don’t disappear from other player's planes for a moment, when the plane is spawned in air;
4. Arado: no indication for the camera bay opening;
5. Arado: lifting brackets on the boosters should hide when the boosters are jettisoned;
6. Arado: wrong texture on the booster's LODs, which makes them appear darker and less shiny;
7. Arado: in the bombing sight when all three bombs are selected and dropped at once, one of them remains indicated as available, despite it being dropped along with the other two;
8. Arado: command «Fire weapon group 1» is to be used to fire 20-mm cannons instead of «Fire weapon group 2»;
9. Arado: undercarriage is seem to be too durable against gunfire;
10. Arado: no effects of fire and leaking for central fuel tank, when central tank is hit, rear fuel tank is shown as burning and damaged instead;
11. Arado: gauges in the cockpit cannot be damaged by gunfire;
12. Arado: too much wear on the plaque on the periscipic sight;
13. Arado: bolt heads on left rudder pedal are misplaced, on the left they're too deep in the pedal, on the right they're detatched from it with visible gap in between;
14. Arado: pilot's feet clipping through rudder pedals on the exterior view;
15. Arado: trigger buttons for bombs and guns should be bakelite black instead of grey;
16. Arado: when undercarriage covers are detached, rods, connecting them with the landing gear should also disappear.

[Bilbo_Baggins]

5 minutes ago, Sneaksie said:

4.706b patch has been just published - it brings a number of improvements for the Arado jet bomber model and systems. Also, you can now select Arado in AQM mission mode.

 

So looking forward to the Arado in AQM! Loading up now. Cheers

[MajorMagee]

On 6/29/2022 at 6:25 AM, MajorMagee said:

There is a C-60 version currently parked on the tarmac just outside my office building.

There are some interesting wings details you don't often get to see in vintage pictures.

[BlitzPig_EL]

It's outside, near the restoration hangar?   

 

Three of the BlitzPigs, including myself are going to be at the Museum, the 15th through the 17th. July.

 

Interesting in the first pic you can see the inclined runway where B29 STO experiments were done.

[GiftZahnsSteigern]

4.706b

 

  Notes

 

      1. AR 234 Cockpit Photo added...........for all those important numbers......yeah, that's the ticket.

      2. AR 234 rudder pedal animation is now c/w rudder deflection. No longer reversed.

Edited July 2, 2022 by GiftZahnsSteigern
addition of detail

[MisterSmith]

Per the rules and Jason's request, stay on topic please.

 

Smith

[Charlo-VRde]

10 hours ago, GiftZahnsSteigern said:

4.706b

 

  Notes

 

      1. AR 234 Cockpit Photo added...........for all those important numbers......yeah, that's the ticket.

Yay! How about the cockpit photo in the Me-262 - is it back again? Away from my gaming machine so can’t check yet

[Blitzen]

Back to the Arado...

I've really liked the bailout animation of the P-39 & DeHavilland Mosquito-doors and all and wondered about it with the Arado 234 so I tried it yesterday with semi pleasing results:

First the top hood released itself and was swallowed by the fuselage & somehow jettisoned  through the body of the aircraft. Next the pilot faced one hell of a headwind and in seconds donned his late war goggles. Next and this part I really like he took a risky dive over the port side slipping between the fuselage and the wing mounted jet engine. finally he opened his parachute at presumably a low enough speed and is last seen floating down to welcoming G.I.s he so recently bombed.

All this happened remarkably quickly & I have to admit fun to see esp. in slow motion!

[jollyjack]

2 hours ago, Blitzen said:

...... the pilot faced one hell of a headwind ......

 

Arado pilots had this included with their standard outfit:

 

 

[GiftZahnsSteigern]

4 hours ago, Charlo-VR said:

Yay! How about the cockpit photo in the Me-262 - is it back again? Away from my gaming machine so can’t check yet

Sadly, no. Least ways I couldn't find it........and that much smooth skin is just something I wouldn't ordinarily misplace.

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

Gun jams seem more frequent in FC since update.  Also landing gear seems to "repair" in tech chat even after soft landings.

[LukeFF]

8 minutes ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

Gun jams seem more frequent in FC since update.  Also landing gear seems to "repair" in tech chat even after soft landings.

 

The rate of misfires (there are no jams in FC) has not changed. It's a plane config file setting. 

[firdimigdi]

8 hours ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

Also landing gear seems to "repair" in tech chat even after soft landings.

 

That's to simulate ground crew kicking the tyres and giving a thumbs up.

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

9 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

The rate of misfires (there are no jams in FC) has not changed. It's a plane config file setting. 

Well...several others have also noticed the increased occurrence of gun jams since the update.

Maybe the ammo is defective?  Causing more " misfires".....

[LukeFF]

3 hours ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

Well...several others have also noticed the increased occurrence of gun jams since the update.

Maybe the ammo is defective?  Causing more " misfires".....

 

No, sorry, nothing of the sort was changed anywhere.

[Grey_Mouser]

Getting CTD with the patch so I tried to enter offline and could not do so as game says to install latest version.  Game is 4.706b.  I haven't read anything about others with this issue.  Any thoughts or if I wanted to reinstall patch, not sure how I'd do that as it auto installs when I boot game.

 

Ah nevermind...I get the dunce cap today.  Rebooted and all is fine.  I haven't had to do that with other updates.

 

[Dave]

Getting constant CTD since the last patch and SRS integration is also busted.

[Regingrave-]

03.07.2022 в 02:57, Grey_Mouser сказал:

Getting CTD with the patch so I tried to enter offline and could not do so as game says to install latest version.  Game is 4.706b.  I haven't read anything about others with this issue.  Any thoughts or if I wanted to reinstall patch, not sure how I'd do that as it auto installs when I boot game.

 

Ah nevermind...I get the dunce cap today.  Rebooted and all is fine.  I haven't had to do that with other updates.

22 часа назад, Dave сказал:

Getting constant CTD since the last patch and SRS integration is also busted.

How to reproduce the crash? Can you send me your crash dumps?

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

On 7/2/2022 at 12:57 PM, LukeFF said:

 

No, sorry, nothing of the sort was changed anywhere.

Heads up, more people in FC are thinking misfires, and resulting gun jams are occurring more frequently since this update...

[Regingrave-]

17 часов назад, RNAS10_Mitchell сказал:

Heads up, more people in FC are thinking misfires, and resulting gun jams are occurring more frequently since this update...

Thank you for your report! There is a problem with limitation of number of misfires per ammo loadout, we're working on it.

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

Thanks for the update!