Developer Diary #334 Discussion

[Han]

Just now, Han said:

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Dear Friends,

Today we'll tell you about one of the Collector Planes in development - IAR-80/81.

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[BMA_FlyingShark]

Stunning.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[smink1701]

Yes. 

That’s the one I have been waiting for.  
Not!

[Tendo]

nicenicenicenice

[Eisenfaustus]

That looks very cool!

[Enigma89]

This pleases me!

[BlitzPig_EL]

I always enjoyed flying it in the original IL2, and look forward to it  coming to Great Battles.

 

Very nice looking model.

[[CPT]Crunch]

Fantastic looking model, the pilots we have now look so good they really give a great clue as to the scaling of the aircraft.  It's so much smaller than one thinks looking at still photo's.  The gun sight shader will be flipped into position on mine every sortie since it blocks the view anyway.

[Ghostrider147]

That's looking amazing!!!! 

[kendo]

Looking really good!

[jg123410]

Awesome stuff!! - Thanks for all the different variants/options on this plane. Thank you!!!

[Pikestance]

This is the only disappointment

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they'll finish their part of the work in the coming months and we'll be able to start the work on its FM and systems.

 

 

[Voyager]

So, why did they make it longer in the later version? 

 

Does explain why it always looked a bit stretched to me, though. 

[ChicagoChad_VR]

"We hope they'll finish their part of the work in the coming months"

?

[tattywelshie]

Looks fab, can’t wait for this! 

[percydanvers]

Looks extremely cool!

[MAJ_stug41]

Very cool. A bit surprised we still have many months to wait.

[tattywelshie]

1 minute ago, stug41 said:

Very cool. A bit surprised we still have many months to wait.

Yeah I must admit I thought it would be released in a few weeks time 

[Blitzen]

Months?

[ww2fighter20]

Are the Short and Long versions going to be seperate aircraft like the Yak9 and Yak9T and if so will you get both versions with the current pre-order on the store?

[jeanba]

Nice screensots, but apparently, it will take a long time before we have it

[Mtnbiker1998]

Will there be a Romanian career with comms and everything? Really looking forward to some axis fighters that aren't 109s or 190s, but they need proper pilots to go with them! The mc202 is rather disappointing in that regard

[Lord_Strange]

Interesting to see a mixture of German- and Romanian-language instruments in the cockpit, was this due to limited production capability similar to the need to buy guns from other countries?

[[CPT]Pike*HarryM]

Nice looking machine! 3d model, pit and textures look great!

[migmadmarine]

3 minutes ago, Mtnbiker1998 said:

Will there be a Romanian career with comms and everything? Really looking forward to some axis fighters that aren't 109s or 190s, but they need proper pilots to go with them! The mc202 is rather disappointing in that regard

Jason said ages ago that the plan was to get voice acting done for them, hopefully this is still the plan

[BOO]

Whilst the “months” comment makes me go a little “wut?” I remember that this is a project borne out of a passion and currently the work of I think just two talented chaps so I’m happy to wait. I just hope the devs have the same passion about its FM as the model creators have to its art. 

[LukeFF]

9 minutes ago, Mtnbiker1998 said:

Will there be a Romanian career with comms and everything?

 

Can't speak to voice comms, but the unit histories for 4 units (2 for Stalingrad and 2 for Kuban) have been researched and written.

9 minutes ago, Lord_Strange said:

Interesting to see a mixture of German- and Romanian-language instruments in the cockpit, was this due to limited production capability similar to the need to buy guns from other countries?

 

Pretty much so. It's the same sort of reason you occasionally see German instruments in Italian aircraft - including the MC202.

[Obelix]

Finally, this 2008 book will be useful?

 

[DD_Arthur]

Looking very good indeed ?

[R3animate]

"I don't need any more planes" -- dev log comes out... "Okay just one more plane"

[Avimimus]

So do we get to buy this thing multiple times? Or will it be one variant?

 

...because I kind-of want to pay twice for it.  

[coreyhkh]

I was not too interested in this but now seeing the model I think I will pick it up once it come out!

[Gambit21]

Looking very nice.

[Missionbug]

Excellent work, the guys have done a great job there capturing it's looks.

 

As has already been mentioned it will be nice to finally have other air forces represented in the eastern careers it is long overdue.

 

Will there also be other Romanian units in career flying 109, Ju-87 and Hs-129 as well?

 

Thank you nvery much for the DD, really appreciated.

 

Take care and be safe.

 

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[DBS]

IAR is looking gorgeous!

[Zanzibar]

The IAR is looking absolutely gorgeous! Fantastic work by Ivan and ICDP.

[Avimimus]

This aircraft makes a nicely balanced opponent for the I-16... and it also acts as a nimble strike aircraft. It also should have surprisingly good visibility given its 1930s racer looks... definitely a lot of fun.

 

Also, it was used in both Stalingrad and Kuban maps... so there are two historical locations - and they fought against P-38 fighter too (although that was over Rumania).

[migmadmarine]

45 minutes ago, Missionbug said:

Will there also be other Romanian units in career flying 109, Ju-87 and Hs-129 as well?

Apparently the Romanian squadrons operating Hs-129 were not in the areas covered by our maps, but some of the 109, stuka were and I think a heavy bomber unit might have been too, so fingers crossed. 

[Enceladus828]

The IAR 80 looks nice and I will buy it no doubt!

 

Just one question, will a Romanian pilot model and voices be added upon release or shortly after?

[Jaws2002]

Thank you very much. Beautiful model and a bunch of cool weapons mods. ?

I thought it's closer to release, but it's done when it's done. 

Can't wait.