The status of the yet-to-be-announced title

[BladeMeister]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

 

Hey! Yes, good points. ? It's just my assumption that is what it will be called, but we'll see. I don't know at this point if the Channel map is going to be brought over.

No Great War Channel map? What? Come on Luke, we are only talking 30 years earlier than the Normandy Channel map, so just de-weather the Cliffs of Dover a bit, take some buildings off the map, add a few more trees, make grass Aerodromes and we are good to go. You could probably whip the Great War Channel map up in your spare time Luke in plenty of time for FC IV. Could you jump right on that please?

 

S!Blade<><

 

Edited October 31, 2023 by BladeMeister

[spreckair]

3 hours ago, SARFlytitus said:

this morning after drinking my first espresso I looked at the bottom of the cup and saw a map in the shape of a boot, above it there were things fluttering that had a very strong resemblance to Fiat G55s, Messerschmitt 109 G10 Erlas, Spitfire Mk VIIIs and some A-36 Apache, therefore, DEFINATELY not Korea, be sure ! 

Well, Korea is also boot shaped, in an after-the-dog-got-ahold-of-it fashion.

 

[LukeFF]

2 hours ago, Calos_01 said:

Are there any details known? What modifications? What Merlins? Cameras etc.? Thank you.

 

Okay, I got an answer: it's basically the same mods as the IXe, plus the option to replace the .303s with .50 cals. 

 

Not sure on the Merlin type that will be fitted as default; still trying to find that out. 

[blockheadgreen_]

12 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

Okay, I got an answer: it's basically the same mods as the IXe, plus the option to replace the .303s with .50 cals. 

 

Not sure on the Merlin type that will be fitted as default; still trying to find that out. 

Will it go as early as the Merlin 61? The opportunity is there to simulate the Mk IX from 1942 to 45 if all the engine (61, 63, 66, 70) and armament mods are included.

 

Another mod that I think would be cool is the option to remove one or both pairs of .303s, as was done in Polish squadrons. #

Edited October 31, 2023 by Lythronax

[Calos_01]

30 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

Okay, I got an answer: it's basically the same mods as the IXe, plus the option to replace the .303s with .50 cals. 

 

Not sure on the Merlin type that will be fitted as default; still trying to find that out. 

Thank you very much!

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, Lythronax said:

Will it go as early as the Merlin 61? The opportunity is there to simulate the Mk IX from 1942 to 45 if all the engine (61, 63, 66, 70) and armament mods are included.

 

Another mod that I think would be cool is the option to remove one or both pairs of .303s, as was done in Polish squadrons. #

 

I'll try to find out and see if that's in the plans. 

[MAJ_stug41]

7 hours ago, Lythronax said:

Will it go as early as the Merlin 61? The opportunity is there to simulate the Mk IX from 1942 to 45 if all the engine (61, 63, 66, 70) and armament mods are included.

 

Another mod that I think would be cool is the option to remove one or both pairs of .303s, as was done in Polish squadrons. #

All of these would be excellent options and a great way to flesh out a wide range of scenarios!

[LukeFF]

Alright, so more news about the Spitfire IXc: it is going to have the same engine(s) as the IXe, as this is a late-production variant. Attempting to model the earlier Merlin 61/63 versions would require numerous changes to the 3D model, and there just isn't time for that. @HBPencil made a good post about all the changes here: 

 

[Enceladus828]

22 hours ago, BladeMeister said:

No Great War Channel map? What? Come on Luke, we are only talking 30 years earlier than the Normandy Channel map, so just de-weather the Cliffs of Dover a bit, take some buildings off the map, add a few more trees, make grass Aerodromes and we are good to go. You could probably whip the Great War Channel map up in your spare time Luke in plenty of time for FC IV. Could you jump right on that please?

 

S!Blade<><

 

Agree. I loved flying the Felixstowe in Rise of Flight and though I’ve said in the past that I’ll only get a FC product if it has a plane that wasn’t in RoF, the Felixstowe is the exception and will buy the installment with it regardless.

I feel that the devs will have to spend a considerable amount of their time making the FC Channel Map as no disrespect to Ugra Media, if making a 100kmx100km map takes them over year then them making the entire Channel Map from RoF in one go will likely take longer.

However, as soon as the installment with the Felixstowe and Channel Map is up for Pre-Order I’m buying it ?

[ITAF_Rani]

Hey Luke are palnned more WW2 collector planes for 2024?

Edited November 1, 2023 by ITAF_Rani

[Calos_01]

4 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Alright, so more news about the Spitfire IXc: it is going to have the same engine(s) as the IXe, as this is a late-production variant. Attempting to model the earlier Merlin 61/63 versions would require numerous changes to the 3D model, and there just isn't time for that. @HBPencil made a good post about all the changes here: 

 

Thank you again. I hope to see Spit IX early one day, I will happily pay for it after I paid for all those versions of bf 109 airframe (sense of balance or what :-))

Edited November 1, 2023 by Calos_01

[LukeFF]

34 minutes ago, ITAF_Rani said:

Hey Luke are palnned more WW2 collector planes for 2024?

 

Just the three right now that have already been announced.

[ACG_Bussard]

On 10/31/2023 at 9:19 AM, sevenless said:

Tomorrow is about reading entrails...

 

I am curious. What did the soothsayer say now?

 

[76IAP-Black]

4 hours ago, ITAF_Rani said:

Hey Luke are palnned more WW2 collector planes for 2024?

They plan an announcment of the announcment in 2024, I thought it is clear after 27 pages of announcing the announcment

[Gambit21]

8 hours ago, Enceladus828 said:

Agree. I loved flying the Felixstowe in Rise of Flight and though I’ve said in the past that I’ll only get a FC product if it has a plane that wasn’t in RoF, the Felixstowe is the exception and will buy the installment with it regardless.

I feel that the devs will have to spend a considerable amount of their time making the FC Channel Map as no disrespect to Ugra Media, if making a 100kmx100km map takes them over year then them making the entire Channel Map from RoF in one go will likely take longer.

However, as soon as the installment with the Felixstowe and Channel Map is up for Pre-Order I’m buying it ?

Channel map plus floatplane pack. @Han 

WWI

[Lusekofte]

45 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

Channel map plus floatplane pack. @Han 

WWI

Kind of funny They gave us all these transports and WaC☺️ is comming . But no plane with floats. They did prove that possible in ROF. Is it not the same gameengine ?

[Gambit21]

That floatplanes have been ignored for this long is a bit astonishing frankly.

 

 

[cardboard_killer]

I want blimps.

[Juri_JS]

19 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Alright, so more news about the Spitfire IXc: it is going to have the same engine(s) as the IXe, as this is a late-production variant. 

Do you know in which time frame the Spitfire IXc we are getting was used?

 

My hope was that we would get a IXc that can also be used in 1943 missions, but I guess that's not the case when it has the same engines as the IXe - am I right?

 

[Sandmarken]

2 minutes ago, Juri_JS said:

Do you know in which time frame the Spitfire IXc we are getting was used?

 

My hope was that we would get a IXc that can also be used in 1943 missions, but I guess that's not the case when it has the same engines as the IXe - am I right?

 

Then the only real difference with the one we have wil be the 303 guns instead of 50cals? 

[Barnacles]

24 minutes ago, Juri_JS said:

Do you know in which time frame the Spitfire IXc we are getting was used?

 

My hope was that we would get a IXc that can also be used in 1943 missions, but I guess that's not the case when it has the same engines as the IXe - am I right?

 

I don't think it necessarily used the same merlin 66 as the BoBp ix. Iirc earlier IXs could have merlin 61 or 63s, with the merlin 66 being introduced some point in 1943.

[the_emperor]

2 hours ago, Juri_JS said:

Do you know in which time frame the Spitfire IXc we are getting was used?

The MkIX appeared in ˋ42 with the Merlin 61 engine (15lbs of boost)

 

 

With very good high altitude performance but lacking in lower altitudes it was superseded by the Mk Ix with the Merlin 66 (18lbs) geared for lower ~mid 1943

[OldAeroBat]

7 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

That floatplanes have been ignored for this long is a bit astonishing frankly.

 

 

HI! Would you like IL-2  and/or  Polikarpov U-2 with skis also?  I would.

[LukeFF]

5 hours ago, Juri_JS said:

Do you know in which time frame the Spitfire IXc we are getting was used?

 

My hope was that we would get a IXc that can also be used in 1943 missions, but I guess that's not the case when it has the same engines as the IXe - am I right?

 

From what it sounds like, the Merlin 66 began being fitted to production Spitfire IXs in the second half of 1943. It's then just a matter of determining when they were first issued to frontline squadrons.

 

5 hours ago, Barnacles said:

I don't think it necessarily used the same merlin 66 as the BoBp ix. Iirc earlier IXs could have merlin 61 or 63s, with the merlin 66 being introduced some point in 1943.

 

See above. ? The IXc being built is a late-production model with a Merlin 66 with an option for the Merlin 70.

 

5 hours ago, Sandmarken said:

Then the only real difference with the one we have wil be the 303 guns instead of 50cals? 

 

That and the tail section will be different. Cockpit will probably be much the same, I imagine.

 

All that said, it will be a useful plane all the way into 1945. The Polish Spitfire wing used them all the way to the end of January 1945 and in fact, shot down a few German fighters on the day of Bodenplatte with them. The Czechs may have been using them as well into late 1944, but I'm not sure on that.

[Dubsy]

It's very disappointing that there's no intention to include the Merlin 61/63. It would have made this a significantly more versatile aircraft in terms of historical scenarios (pretty much an extra year's worth).

The high-back Spit XIV includes the different armaments as a mod. The same change plus a small cosmetic difference to the tail is now being spun off as a full price collector for the IX, without including the obvious early IX  distinctions which could give this module value by actually changing performance significantly. 

This isn't as bad as the low back XIV in terms of uselessness for historical scenarios (it legitimately represents the average Spitfire IX for a good period), but makes up for it with how small the changes will be. Much as I love the mid IX, this is definitely getting knocked off my buy list for how little value it brings.

 

It seems like the standard for collector aircraft established by aircraft like the Hurricane has slipped drastically.

[357th_KW]

We're going to end up with 5 Spitfires, and two of them will basically be superfluous.  If the collectors had been a Merlin 61/63 Mk IX and a Mk I/II you'd have reasonably covered everything from Dunkirk to V-E Day.  The appeal of this game vs it's competitors is having a nice balance between highly detailed aircraft, while still having a large breadth of models that allow you to simulate a variety of scenarios throughout the war.  What a disappointment.

[ITAF_Artiglio]

Yes but, I say... do we want to put a spitfire in this blessed sim?.... ??

Edited November 2, 2023 by ITAF_Artiglio

[ITAF_Rani]

Hey Luke,in order to reduce our waiting pain ?, could you tell us if the next DLC will have time frame before or after 1944?

Edited November 2, 2023 by ITAF_Rani

[CountZero]

4 hours ago, ACG_Dubsy said:

It's very disappointing that there's no intention to include the Merlin 61/63. It would have made this a significantly more versatile aircraft in terms of historical scenarios (pretty much an extra year's worth).

The high-back Spit XIV includes the different armaments as a mod. The same change plus a small cosmetic difference to the tail is now being spun off as a full price collector for the IX, without including the obvious early IX  distinctions which could give this module value by actually changing performance significantly. 

This isn't as bad as the low back XIV in terms of uselessness for historical scenarios (it legitimately represents the average Spitfire IX for a good period), but makes up for it with how small the changes will be. Much as I love the mid IX, this is definitely getting knocked off my buy list for how little value it brings.

 

It seems like the standard for collector aircraft established by aircraft like the Hurricane has slipped drastically.

La-5F ?

 

but it seams ppl are rewarding this type of selection of collector airplanes in past so no wonder we get what we get...

atleast they have easy projects to train new guys on

[Gambit21]

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

[sevenless]

1 hour ago, CountZero said:

La-5F ?

 

but it seams ppl are rewarding this type of selection of collector airplanes in past so no wonder we get what we get...

atleast they have easy projects to train new guys on

 

Well I guess thats what collector planes are for. You don't need them for the game, but they fill in gaps. Whether a given plane has value for the customer or not is up for him to decide.

[Gambit21]

2 hours ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

 

 

It's not that I don't WANT this, I really, really do. 

Hopefully at some point. I'm with you in the want department...after PTO anyway.

Also I don't want another damn aircraft with a damn engine timer...so that needs to be worked out.

Until then I don't want to see another Allison.

 

...and I want the one already in the sim fixed. It's embarrasing.

[LukeFF]

4 hours ago, ITAF_Rani said:

Hey Luke,in order to reduce our waiting pain ?, could you tell us if the next DLC will have time frame before or after 1944?

 

Nice try. ?

[354thFG_Drewm3i-VR]

On 10/30/2023 at 8:48 PM, LukeFF said:

 

As I am aware right now, in no particular order:
 

• I-153
• Spitfire IXc
• Ta 152
• Flying Circus Volume IV
   

Of those, the Spitfire IXc is likely the first one coming, but that can of course change. 

Wish we could get a Spitfire VIII, supposedly the best of the Merlin Spits.

[ITAF_Rani]

2 hours ago, drewm3i-VR said:

Wish we could get a Spitfire VIII, supposedly the best of the Merlin Spits

So they should have to do Med...

[Trooper117]

Can't see me buying anything that is to do with The Eastern Front again... I've kind of lost the mojo for that.

However there is only one Russian aircraft and map I would buy when pushed... anyone guess?

[Lusekofte]

Winterwar Finland or north front. 
I buy it whatever it’s gonna be. Just to see if it gets me going. 
They probably put in the features I miss the most. And hopefully have gotten rid of the engine timers when at it. 
They have an enthusiast way of approaching their product. For this I will give them a chance

[BlitzPig_EL]

The engine timers have to go. Period.

[BMA_FlyingShark]

3 hours ago, Trooper117 said:

However there is only one Russian aircraft and map I would buy when pushed... anyone guess?

Yak 3?

I don't know where they were active but I think they flew over Kursk.

 

Have a nice day.