Pacific WW2 sim - COMBAT PILOT

[sevenless]

There you have it:

 

COMBAT PILOT: A new Pacific WWII sim coming from Jason Williams and Barbedwire Studios! – Stormbirds

[anwrd39]

https://stormbirds.blog/2023/05/18/combat-pilot-a-new-pacific-wwii-sim-coming-from-jason-williams-and-barbedwire-studios/

Jason teaming up with a game studio of which i dump too many hours into anyways

Edited May 18, 2023 by anwrd39

[Rodwonder]

" Fill the sky with NPC aircraft where needed..." That's a key phrase right there!

[dburne]

Wow!!

Now we're talking!!

Edited May 18, 2023 by dburne

[Dauntless]

Thanks for passing this on!! 

[DBFlyguy]

WOW. Talk about much needed breath of fresh air in the genre.  I'm hoping him and his team can bring it all together.  As the last few months have shown, it's definitely need more than ever.

[Justicier]

Awesome to see this announced! I know it'll be a while in development, but I suspect we may see Combat Pilot before we see a WW2 pacific campaign of any kind for DCS or whatever the new project from the IL-2 team is (Still hoping for Korea).

[GOA_Karaya_VR]

Wow, thats a very good new!

 

Cheers 

[Trooper117]

OMG... this is tremendous news!

[Bars-]

Сongrats!? Just let the physics be at least as good as Il2 Great Battles and we all yours!

[MiGCap]

??????

 

Can‘t wait!

[Mtnbiker1998]

VR guys, make sure you fill out the survey and let em know you're there! 

[Trooper117]

That interview ticked all the boxes for me... I'm in!

[Gambit21]

Yep - this it.

 

 

[[CPT]Crunch]

Could not possibly have a better man at the helm, you go Big J, you know we'll be there.

[danielprates]

This will be this entire forum's hottest thread.

[AndyJWest]

Ambitious, but if anyone can pull it off, Jason can. ?

[DD_Arthur]

Fantastic!  Good luck Jason.

[Cynic_Al]

It all hinges upon the quality of the planned multiplayer element.  This is a not-to-be-lost opportunity to produce some real netcode.

[Vamandrac]

1 minute ago, Cynic_Al said:

It all hinges upon the quality of the planned multiplayer element.  This is a not-to-be-lost opportunity to produce some real netcode.

 

I do not think it all hinges on the multiplayer element at all because there are many out there looking for a robust single-player experience as well.

[Jocko]

Can't. Freaking. Wait!

[Cynic_Al]

9 minutes ago, Vamandrac said:

 

I do not think it all hinges on the multiplayer element at all because there are many out there looking for a robust single-player experience as well.

 

Yes I've heard tell about those people and have singularly failed to understand them, but I'll leave that debate for another time.

Edited May 18, 2023 by Cynic_Al

[Gambit21]

3 minutes ago, Cynic_Al said:

 

... but I'll leave that debate for another time.

 

Sure, you do that.

Alternatively tell us what's on your mind and let's see how you hold up.

 

 

[Blooddawn1942]

I go completely nuts! Best news since... Dunno... 

And if Jason is at the helm I have zero concerns! This is going to be absolutely epic! Finally!!!

[Ribbon]

This would be dream come true.....PTO VR included

[=SqSq=SignorMagnifico]

The king returns and gives us the long-awaited Pacific Theater.

[Lusekofte]

11 minutes ago, =SqSq=SignorMagnifico said:

The king returns and gives us the long-awaited Pacific Theater.

This IS gonna be a long wait

[354thFG_Leifr]

3 hours ago, Lusekofte said:

This IS gonna be a long wait

 

So is waiting for the next BoX module news... ?

[354thFG_Drewm3i-VR]

9 hours ago, danielprates said:

This will be this entire forum's hottest thread.

I was going to say the same thing...best news I've read on here in almost a year.

[ROCKET_KNUT]

A Cat! ?

Edited May 30, 2023 by ROCKET_KNUT
"for various reasons"

[Eeafanas]

But earlier Jason has announced that he is in Microprose. He left from there so fast?

[DD_Arthur]

9 hours ago, Cynic_Al said:

It all hinges upon the quality of the planned multiplayer element.  This is a not-to-be-lost opportunity to produce some real netcode.

It’s a not-to-be-lost opportunity to start from scratch without inheriting all the baked in shortcomings of the GBS series that Jason is surely familiar with;

 

Netcode, A.I. and a useable mission builder.

[Art-J]

I remain cautiously optimistic. It's not the first Jason's attempt at creating PTO product and there are more challenges ahead compared to previous, failed one. Building a complex sim platform from scratch, and using much more expensive qualified workforce at that. If they don't come up with strong financing within a year or two, this one's going to flop as well.

 

Still, I admire his dedication and if anyone's going to pull it off, it's him, being the only dev in the industry since 2000 (CFS2) who aims at making PTO a primary product and not just a DLC for someting else.

 

Being primarily a PTO fan myself, I really hope we'll get there in the end. Fingers crossed!

[tattywelshie]

Amazing news! Guessing this means that BoX isnt headed to the Pacific then, maybe this party explains Jason's departure from here. Very exciting though, hoping the single player experience is Microprose level! 

[Han]

34 minutes ago, tattywelshie said:

Amazing news! Guessing this means that BoX isnt headed to the Pacific then, maybe this party explains Jason's departure from here. Very exciting though, hoping the single player experience is Microprose level! 

 

BoX wasn't headed on Pacific because previous producer used FM engeneering resources for attempt of making complex fuel systems instead of attempt of developing carrier deck operations physics. Team wanted for Pacific science 2018 - team wanted to start it right after Battle of Kuban release.

 

Previous producer have publically described his ideas about what he wanted to do after Normandy in Great Battles - there are only DLCs about European Air War and polishing something - no any attitude for new horizonts.

 

Spoiler

Can you tell us what module would you have made next for Great Battles if you were still Executive Producer?

https://stormbirds.blog/2022/12/22/community-qa-catching-up-with-jason-williams/

 

Guys, feel free to discuss here this Pacific startup, but please stay away from speculations of IL-2 project. 

I don't want to disclose too much about our past relationship - it's against the business ethic.

So if speculations with false suggestions about our past and future (which we unable to explain because we won't hurt guys who left the team) will appear - our only way will be closing other discussions at all. Please understand that.

 

About what IL-2 is headed on in present - you got to wait for news a bit more. Only what I can disclose at the moment - development is full ahead and development team is enforced to level which was never in our hands scince 2010.

[Ribbon]

Well, nobody's stopping u now to go PTO!

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

Excited about Combat Pilot.  

[Mysticpuma]

As long as it can have large formations of Ai (including a B-24 and (or at least) a B-25)) then happy days

Edited May 19, 2023 by Mysticpuma

[DragonDaddy]

Han

I mean no disrespect when I say this. I have no grudge against you or the developers. But it’s kind of sad that when you finally break your silence about IL2 you do it to defend yourself against comments made by Jason. 
 

You are obviously aware of this community’s insane thirst for news about what’s next for IL2. Now would be a very good time to show us a little of what you have been developing. Actions still speak louder than words. 
 

DragonDaddy

[dburne]

5 minutes ago, DragonDaddy said:

Han

I mean no disrespect when I say this. I have no grudge against you or the developers. But it’s kind of sad that when you finally break your silence about IL2 you do it to defend yourself against comments made by Jason. 
 

You are obviously aware of this community’s insane thirst for news about what’s next for IL2. Now would be a very good time to show us a little of what you have been developing. Actions still speak louder than words. 
 

DragonDaddy

 

Pretty sure Han addressed that in the last sentence of his post above:

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About what IL-2 is headed on in present - you got to wait for news a bit more. Only what I can disclose at the moment - development is full ahead and development team is enforced to level which was never in our hands scince 2010.

 

So while it currently has an overall image of not much going on for going forward apparently there is and for whatever reason they will not make it public yet.

Maybe this announcement by Jason will help push that forward some.