Developer Diary 338 discussion, Wings over Caen

[Han]

338

Dear Friends,

 

Since the release of Battle of Kuban we are striving to release the free historical campaigns that augment the single missions and Career mode in our modules whenever time and resources allow.

Today we want to tell you about the campaign ‘Wings over Caen’ - it will be released in the near future and will be free for all Battle of Normandy owners. This historical campaign is dedicated to the operations of the No. 245 Squadron RAF which has been using Typhoon Mk.Ib fighter/bombers. 

 

 

 

Full news -here is a full text and visual materials

[Spidey002]

This will get me to finally try out the Typhoon! 

[LuftManu]

Nice! 

 

I had a blast flying the XIV over Bodenplatte, can't wait to do some ground pounding in Normandy! Great work!

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Flying Circus 3?

[S10JlAbraxis]

Great looks very interesting! 

[Enigma89]

You forgot to post the Great Battle of Korea screenshot Han!

[76SQN-Minimayhemtemp]

37 minutes ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

Flying Circus 3?

 

Forget that, FC2 isn't completed yet.

[Blitzen]

YAY! NEWS!!!

[JG4_Moltke1871]

27 minutes ago, 76SQN-Minimayhemtemp said:

Forget that, FC2 isn't completed yet.

Sure…. But a bit more transparency about the future of some projects slowly should come ?

[jeanba]

I badly read ther :

 

I read DO 338 anouncement, instead of DD 338 Anouncement

Edited February 2, 2023 by jeanba

[ACG_Saintt]

Looking forward to this.

[percydanvers]

[DN308]

Ok, Nice.

 

happy to fly over Caen and glad it is free. 
However, what about all the rest?

[354thFG_Panda_]

Nice, the Typhoon is one of the most fun aircraft in the sim so quite excited for this 

[[RBRI]Khaela]

As someone who hasn't really tested any of the campaigns, just careers and MP, is it possible to play these in Co-op?

[BlackSix]

7 minutes ago, [RBRI]Khaela said:

As someone who hasn't really tested any of the campaigns, just careers and MP, is it possible to play these in Co-op?

No, all events in the mission are strictly tied to one player's aircraft for optimization, for co-op everything needs to be done completely differently from the beginning.

[=GEMINI=Hawkmoon98]

hum, i honestly expected a beefier DD after as being the first of the year and the one after a month without, also counting that we still don't know about the next DLC

btw nice stuff

Edited February 2, 2023 by =GEMINI=Hawkmoon98

[[RBRI]Khaela]

6 minutes ago, BlackSix said:

No, all events in the mission are strictly tied to one player's aircraft for optimization, for co-op everything needs to be done completely differently from the beginning.

Thank you for the information  

[nachinus]

Yay! New Campaign! 

[I./JG52_Woutwocampe]

Nice. These scripted campaigns are always fun the first time

[Denum]

Well, good news for the single player folks. 

 

Was hoping for a bit more news.

 

[Luger1969]

Great news. Always so welcome.

[simfan2015]

This DD sure made my day.

Thanks Han and BlackSix !

I am mighty glad that we at least hear something, anything is always much better than nothing.

We can expect Normandy and FC2 to be completed.

Even if the rest is still up in the air (pun untended) we will get all that was promised and paid for !

 

 

[ScotsmanFlyingscotsman]

My Dad, 6 Cdo, Sword beach, told me about the 'cab rank' Typhoons, hitting the Nazi defences, and the losses they took, it was relentless, but also very effective as the army losses were much less than they might have been. He was amazed to see how organised it was, you could literally see a flight of aircraft come up, get set up and then start down, the firing at the army had been getting, died down, while everything was aimed at the incoming aircraft. Caen was a nightmare of snipers in the rubble for the army.

[sevenless]

Great! The Tiffy really is a fun plane to fly. Can´t wait.

 

Mossie next?

Edited February 2, 2023 by sevenless

[ilmavoimat]

Looking forward to it. Love the Tiffie!

[senseispcc]

Some musician s  did sign this and it is really what I think for the moment: "Waiting!" 

 

 

 

Pink Floyd "the Wall"

[GOA_Karaya_VR]

What about the next projects or anything new about the develop for the future of IL2? 

[Avimimus]

I'm really glad we got the Typhoon (and so many British/Commonwealth aircraft)! I also love the ground attack focus!

 

 

4 hours ago, GOA_Karaya_CRI*VR* said:

What about the next projects or anything new about the develop for the future of IL2? 

 

Well, things for them to update:

- SSW D.IV

- IAR 80/81

- More W.I.P. shots on the Bf-109G6/AS
- Second un-announced collector aircraft (if it isn't the Li-2)

- Lisunov Li-2 pre-order (if it hasn't been cancelled).

- Flying Circus Volume 2 campaign mode

- Flying Circus Volume 3 (if it hasn't been cancelled)

- Tank Crew 2 (if Ugra Media decides to pursue it).

- Additional 3rd party collaborations (if the 3rd parties are far enough along for them to be confident in their completion - so probably a few months out).

 

There will probably be all of those development diaries prior to them announcing the next WWII module/project. It also sounds like they aren't certain about how much backwards compatibility will exist and they're probably waiting until they have some ability to show off the new technologies prior to making an announcement...

 

So it could be several months before we find out if the next module will be compatible with the existing ones, or if the underlying engine components of existing modules will remain partly compatible (I'd love it if things like AI improvements could be back-ported to existing products etc.)

 

Edited February 3, 2023 by Avimimus

[Enceladus828]

13 minutes ago, Avimimus said:

Second un-announced collector aircraft (if it isn't the Li-2)

I hope it's the MC.200 or I-153

 

14 minutes ago, Avimimus said:

Tank Crew 2 (if Ugra Media decides to pursue it)

It's actually Digital Forms which will decide to pursue it. I hope they do -- Falaise Pocket would be nice and they don't really have to worry about making the map, or the Battle of the Bulge. Another option could be a Tank battle but there are 6 or 8 playable tanks in the installment in case TC1 was scarcely profitable which I hope wasn't. 

[simfan2015]

Avimimus, really nice list but I, personally, am not going to hold my breath !

If they would do all of that then who is ever going to produce the new engine and product(s) !?

 

[BMA_FlyingShark]

8 hours ago, Avimimus said:

More W.I.P. shots on the Bf-109G6/AS

And maybe they could get it up for pre-order.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[Niagara]

Thank You Han !!     Looking Forward ...  ‘Wings over Caen’   " I Like the Smell  of Ground Pounding in the Morning "

[Noisemaker]

My feelings of this news can be summed up in this short video:
 

 

[BladeMeister]

A good DD, love the history and I am always welcoming to a new campaign. Especially in the Typhoon ?. ?

 

S!Blade<><

[ACG_Bussard]

 

Hawker Typhoon Ground Attack (1944) at the beginning

Edited February 3, 2023 by 2./JG3_Bussard*

[Mysticpuma]

Any news on this? 

 

[Zephyrus52246]

Great!  More campaigns! Thanks for the update!

 

 

[Vishnu]

[HankCzinaski]

9 hours ago, Noisemaker said:

My feelings of this news can be summed up in this short video:
 

 

Caen-Caen Dance?