Developer blog #350: HD.1 and Nieuport 17 GBR updates, La-5F and career mode news

[Flyhighzz]

22 hours ago, Blooddawn1942 said:

Am I blind? Can't find the preorder of the LA-5F in the store. 

Not up yet

[LukeFF]

34 minutes ago, Yogiflight said:

New mission types 'Advancing troops support' and 'Defending troops support' are in development.

 

The mission types will fit to the ground war situation? Will say in the East Front scenarios you get mainly 'Advancing troops support' missions in the first phases, when flying for the German side, and 'Defending troops support, when flying for the Russian side, and after the Russian counter attacks started, the other way round. And the missions take place mainly where the main ground action was at that time.

 

That's the plan. ?

[[CPT]milopugdog]

2 hours ago, LukeFF said:

That's the plan. ?

If we are going to be supporting advancing or defending troops, is there a possibility of getting actual troops to defend? Soviet and German infantry would work really good with TC too.

[LukeFF]

55 minutes ago, [CPT]milopugdog said:

If we are going to be supporting advancing or defending troops, is there a possibility of getting actual troops to defend? Soviet and German infantry would work really good with TC too.

 

It's certainly possible, but the idea with these missions right now is that you either support or defend against an armored attack, so the main line of defense is going to consist of tanks and anti-tank guns.

[Mtnbiker1998]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

It's certainly possible, but the idea with these missions right now is that you either support or defend against an armored attack, so the main line of defense is going to consist of tanks and anti-tank guns.

If not for this particular mission type, then at least for others! More Infantry for the different countries is sorely needed for missions!!! Hopefully the devs consider it

[=MERCS=JenkemJunkie]

Will that new troop support mission type add any new functionality to multiplayer, like having one team support the attacking troops and the other defending against them?

[AEthelraedUnraed]

20 hours ago, =MERCS=JenkemJunkie said:

Will that new troop support mission type add any new functionality to multiplayer, like having one team support the attacking troops and the other defending against them?

The missions are for the singleplayer career. Supporting ground troops in multiplayer has already been possible for years (forever?), as long as someone writes the mission and someone hosts it.

[=MERCS=JenkemJunkie]

AI battles as objectives eat up too much performance online. I was hoping maybe they had some new method that would be more viable to use online, but I knew it was a long shot when I asked.

[Bilbo_Baggins]

Could somebody please explain the difference between an La-5FN (which we already have) and the LA-5F?

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[Skycat1969]

10 minutes ago, Bilbo_Baggins said:

Could somebody please explain the difference between an La-5FN (which we already have) and the LA-5F?

The developer blog explains it well:

 

"In terms of tactical characteristics, the La-5F was an evolutionary improvement of the La-5 on the way to the La-5FN. There weren't enough FN engines to power all the fighters produced until 1944, so the mass production of the La-5F was inevitable through 1943 with continued improvements here and there."

 

"...To sum up, the La-5F in the sim (work on the FM is not finished at the time of this writing) should be a bit more agile than the older La-5, turn a bit better than even the FN, offer a better field of view, and be slower than the FN in level flight and climb because of the more powerful engine of the latter. With a cockpit designed for today's standards, it will be a nice addition for the second half of the 1943 timeframe."