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Developer blog #347: Albatros D.II, Nieuport 17, and Li-2 updates, summertime news

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BMA_FlyingShark

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Wonderful.

 

Have a nice day.

 

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LuftManu

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Great to see that Wardog is doing good!

Really interesting news. The team grows and thats always a good signal! Can't wait for what is announced and yet to be announced ?

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CAG_Muse

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Barely anything new, same as the last dev blog. :scratch_one-s_head:

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ROCKET_KNUT

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On 8/18/2023 at 9:26 AM, I./JG3_Muse said:

Barely anything new, same as the last dev blog. :scratch_one-s_head:

Don´t you loose the faith, will you! :lol:

Blooddawn1942

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Looking forward to the Albatros. :)

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ScotsmanFlyingscotsman

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Understood, things going on under the surface, best wishes to all, and you should (IMHO) still pay them for being nice people!

Blitzen

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Thank you! I can stop checking every 20 minutes!?

( Wish our Vickers on the Sopwith Camel were as detailed...sigh...)

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Noisemaker

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18 minutes ago, ScotsmanFlyingscotsman said:

Understood, things going on under the surface, best wishes to all, and you should (IMHO) still pay them for being nice people!

Is the next sim a sub sim?

No cities:  Check
Prop focused:  Check

Not Italy:  Kinda Check

Swimming pilots:  Sure, I guess.

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PatrickAWlson

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Any chance of getting two seaters prioritized?  Re8 would allow campaigns to come back to Jan 1917.

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senseispcc

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Like always, only positive news, thanks! :salute:

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Trooper117

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D.II, very nice, a D.I would be nice as well...

76IAP-Black

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The most interesting news was the hiring of 17 new IT guys.
My question behind it is, for what???

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Dukethejuke

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#1) Still waiting on IAR bought and paid for on day one. #2) This game really needs an engine upgrade if you want more players to buy this game which means $$$$$. people are going to DCS. The Technology is far surpassing. this game. #3) Get rid of the 262.

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LukeFF

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44 minutes ago, PatrickAWlson said:

Any chance of getting two seaters prioritized?  Re8 would allow campaigns to come back to Jan 1917.

 

It is still on schedule for the fall, so not too much longer. ?

 

9 minutes ago, Dukethejuke said:

#1) Still waiting on IAR bought and paid for on day one.

 

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9 minutes ago, 76IAP-Black said:

The most interesting news was the hiring of 17 new IT guys.
My question behind it is, for what???

 

The New Project™ ?

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76IAP-Black

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4 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

The New Project™ ?

Will the new project be a part of il2 or other way round? Parts of il2 will be integrated into the new project?

Or is it developed completly on its own

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FuriousMeow

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I'm sure that this time asking those questions will get the answers, yep have a good feeling about asking the same questions this time. 

JG4_Moltke1871

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This.....

Is.......

A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN A BECKER GUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You give me a fighter WITH A BECKER GUN!!!!!!!!

The Kaisers Duck..????

Thanks, I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

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LukeFF

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19 minutes ago, 76IAP-Black said:

Will the new project be a part of il2 or other way round? Parts of il2 will be integrated into the new project?

Or is it developed completly on its own

 

Those answers will come in due time. ?

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JG4_Moltke1871

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❤️❤️❤️

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simfan2015

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Thank you, very informative DD !

Nice to learn so many new people have joined the team !

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LukeFF

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@JG4_Moltke1871, yep, it disassembles enemy planes very quickly. ? 

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JG4_Moltke1871

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5 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

@JG4_Moltke1871, yep, it disassembles enemy planes very quickly. ? 

And tanks and everything... I hope....?

Trooper117

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I assume that the D.II will have the Windhoff and the Teves radiators... as per RoF?

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Very nice combo of kites! Thank you!

Noop 17 and Albatros, any Albatros, are for WW1 what Spitfire and 109 are for WW2.

 

 

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SCG_Faerber

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Good news, I've been away from the game for a few months and seems to me there'll be a lot of new content for my return! However I would like to ask if there are any plans for the addition of new engines for a few of the current Flying Circus crates? the Mercedes au Engine for the Albatross D.Va for example.

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LukeFF

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36 minutes ago, SCG_Faerber said:

Good news, I've been away from the game for a few months and seems to me there'll be a lot of new content for my return! However I would like to ask if there are any plans for the addition of new engines for a few of the current Flying Circus crates? the Mercedes au Engine for the Albatross D.Va for example.

 

No new engine variations are planned right now, sorry.

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Avimimus

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7 hours ago, Trooper117 said:

D.II, very nice, a D.I would be nice as well...

 

I'll support that if it comes with an Albatros W.4 (i.e. a D.I with slightly enlarged flying surfaces, floats). It'd be a good counterpart to the Hanriot HD.2 and the Sopwith Baby!

 

  

6 hours ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

And tanks and everything... I hope....?

 

Alas, only if you can fly it upside down successfully (it is an oblique upwards firing gun)! I also kind-of want the Becker on the Albatros C.V (similar era, similar angle, but pointed downwards)!

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Interesting high-performance plane too (almost uninterceptable when introduced, field-modded to carry an extra fixed forward firing machine gun etc.) However, it is hard to justify, as it is a bit too high performance to represent that early 1916 types (e.g. Albatros C.I, LVG C.II) and a bit too rare to be a good representative of late 1916 (compared to Rumpler C.I, Albatros C.III). Still, a cool plane - and as Albatroses with Beckers had already come up - I thought I'd share this bit of trivia. :)

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migmadmarine

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6 hours ago, Trooper117 said:

I assume that the D.II will have the Windhoff and the Teves radiators... as per RoF?

I figure it will, same as we got both Spad VII and Bristol etc, but like them don't be surprised if they don't get released in the same patch. 

Avimimus

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Btw. I'm going to be very curious as to whether the N.17 will have a worse roll rate than the N.11,

 

 

 

BMA_FlyingShark

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4 hours ago, Avimimus said:

Btw. I'm going to be very curious as to whether the N.17 will have a worse roll rate than the N.11,

 

 

 

I hope it won't have the roll rate that it originally had in RoF was before it got updated back in the day if you remember.

 

Have a nice day.

 

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RedeyeStorm

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I am looking forward to yhe additional career missions and other changes.

Trooper117

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9 hours ago, migmadmarine said:

same as we got both Spad VII and Bristol etc,

 

FC I and FC II, we got 10 'legendary' aircraft in each one, plus the extra version of the Spad and the Biff, so in effect we had 11 in each instalment.

Fast forward to FC III, we get 8 of those 'legendary' aircraft, (what happened there?) but we get a French and British version of the N17, same aeroplane, same engine, same HP, but with a Lewis gun instead of a Vickers, plus UK instruments instead of French... and that makes up one of the reduced '8' aeroplanes in the package?

I've bought the thing, but feel just a little short changed...

JG4_Moltke1871

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Please excuse my enthusiasm for the BECKER GUN ? on the Albatross, I never played ROF so I am not familiar with the payloads I can expect for FC planes ?

JG4_Moltke1871

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16 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

No new engine variations are planned right now, sorry.

Especially for planes like for the Airco DH4 more engine variants would make sense, it would allow the server hosts create a better balance and as a 1917 plane it’s nearly impossible to intercept it with Albatross D5 or Pfalz d3. 
But also I have to confess I don’t know wich engine was equipped in wich version in wich timeline ??‍♂️

 

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The colors on that Albotross are lovely. Great stuff.

 

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Avimimus

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5 minutes ago, Motherbrain said:

The colors on that Albotross are lovely. Great stuff.

 

Yeah, things look really good in the updated engine and the artists are also clearly going all-out to produce some stunning work. The only improvement I could wish for is translucency... that'd be a pretty cool upgrade for WWI (many aircraft had translucent wing cellules)!

 

9 hours ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

Please excuse my enthusiasm for the BECKER GUN ? on the Albatross, I never played ROF so I am not familiar with the payloads I can expect for FC planes ?

 

How could I possibly ever judge someone else's enthusiasm - given how prone I am to enthusiastic babbling!

 

If I recall from Rise of Flight - it was pretty similar to using the Becker cannon from the gunner turrets - small clip sizes, prone to jamming etc. It is pretty powerful though.

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IckyATLAS

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Good news. Thanks for this new dev blog giving us some insights about the team.

Will the Li-2  make it for the next release 5.106?

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BMA_FlyingShark

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27 minutes ago, IckyATLAS said:

Will the Li-2  make it for the next release 5.106?

That's what they said at the end of the notes of the last update:

"The work on the next update has already started - according to the plan, it will bring the Li-2 and possibly other new previously announced aircraft."

 

Have a nice day.

 

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Mysticpuma

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On 8/18/2023 at 11:49 PM, LukeFF said:

 

No new engine variations are planned right now, sorry.

Even Game engines? ?

I mean, wouldn't it be a waste of talent if all those new programmers weren't coding a new game engine (that could handle large formations ?). 

 

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