Great Battles Future

[kraut1]

On 8/30/2024 at 10:20 AM, Jackfraser24 said:

IL-2 Courland Collector Map 10 Reasons Why

• The Courland Pocket or Courland Bridgehead was a significant military event on the Eastern Front and not well remembered in todays world. It was significant because first, it was a lengthy campaign that lasted from July 31st 1944 until May 8th 1945 and second it was among the last places where Axis forces in Europe surrendered.
• A Courland map has never been covered in combat flight simulator genre since IL-2 1946. And since IL-2 and Combat Pilot will be focusing on the Asia Pacific region for a while, I think it would be profitable for third party developers to do maps like this one while they are absent in the European Theatre of Operations. 
• Courland would offer a decent historically accurate pilot career mode. The Luftwaffe wings JG.51 and JG.54 were the only fighter force wing there, as well as close air support group SG.3, which would make it challenging to defend German troops in the Courland region against the VVS. 
•  

I like Courland Pocket!

 

[Jackfraser24]

On 9/2/2024 at 7:29 AM, kraut1 said:

I like Courland Pocket!

Hopefully one day soon there will be a Courland Pocket / East Prussia module.

 

German Planes

• Bf-109 G-10
• Bf-109 G-14AS
• Fw-190 A-9
• Fw-190 D-9 Late
• Ju-188 E-1

Soviet Planes

• A-20G
• B-25 J-1
• P-39 Q-5
• P-63 C-5
• Yak-9U

Edited September 2, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[FTC_ChilliBalls]

33 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

• Bf-109 G-10AS
• Fw-190 D-9 Late
  ....
• P-63 C-5

Uh, I hate to say it to you, but the G10 was the "AS" version, as it used the 605D variant.

As for a D9-Late, I would rather see the D11 or 12, as the D9 was kind of a stopgap if anything.

 

Concerning the P63, AFAIK there is no proof of it ever being flown against the Germans,

though this could of course just have to do with a deliberate Soviet concealment.    

 

I would rather see a Yak-3 or an La-7 instead if they were used there.

[Jackfraser24]

8 hours ago, FTC_ChilliBalls said:

Uh, I hate to say it to you, but the G10 was the "AS" version, as it used the 605D variant.

 

Interesting. Thanks for telling me. 

8 hours ago, FTC_ChilliBalls said:

As for a D9-Late, I would rather see the D11 or 12, as the D9 was kind of a stopgap if anything.  

Fair enough, but I've got to say very few Fw-190Ds that were not D-9s were made. But don't get me wrong, I'd love to see either of those and the D-13 in Great Battles. 

8 hours ago, FTC_ChilliBalls said:

Concerning the P63, AFAIK there is no proof of it ever being flown against the Germans,

though this could of course just have to do with a deliberate Soviet concealment.    

I've searched up your claim and you were right about the US prohibiting the use of P-63s against the Germans. However, the Soviet Union being the Soviet Union (especially under Stalin) would not have adhered to the rules of the lend lease agreement and used them against the European Axis forces anyway. 

[Jackfraser24]

9 hours ago, FTC_ChilliBalls said:

    I would rather see a Yak-3 or an La-7 instead if they were used there.

From what I have gathered the Great Battles team is probably going to make the Yak-3 and La-7 for the upcoming Odessa map, which is why I left them out. 

9 hours ago, FTC_ChilliBalls said:

Uh, I hate to say it to you

Don't be afraid to object or disagree with me. I like hearing other people's praise and criticisms of my ideas and suggestions. That's why I do it.

[Jackfraser24]

On 9/2/2024 at 7:29 AM, kraut1 said:

I like Courland Pocket!

 

I recon a Courland x East Prussia map will be next once Odessa is done. Hopefully it can be done by 2030. 

[Jackfraser24]

Here's what maps I think would be a good idea for Great Battles.

• Courland (1941, 1944 and 1945)
• Crimea (1941, 1942 and 1944)
• Kharkov (1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944)
• Kiev (1941 and 1943)
• Korsun (1941 and 1944
• Kursk (1943)
• Lvov (1941 and 1944)
• Minsk (1941 and 1944)
• Murmansk (1941 - 1944)
• Smolensk (1941 and 1943)
• Warsaw (1945)

Edited September 9, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[Jackfraser24]

Possible Karelia Plane List (1941-42)

 

Finnish

• Blenheim Mk.I
• B-239 
• D.XXI Sarja
• G.50
• P-36 A-4

Soviets

• DB-3
• IL-4 Model 1942
• P-40M
• Pe-3bis
• Tomahawk Mk.IIa/b

Edited September 21, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

10 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Karelia Plane List (1941-42)

 

Finnish

• Blenheim Mk.I
• B-239 
• D.XXI Sarja
• Hurricane Mk.I
• Morko Morane 

Soviets

• DB-3
• IL-4 Model 1942
• P-40M
• Pe-3bis
• Tomahawk Mk.IIa/b

You should probably label this Karelia Plane Wishlist to avoid any confusion with what is actually on tap, as announced so far.

[Jackfraser24]

41 minutes ago, II/JG17_HerrMurf said:

You should probably label this Karelia Plane Wishlist to avoid any confusion with what is actually on tap, as announced so far.

Good point. Or Hypothetical, maybe?

[Jackfraser24]

Possible Siege of Odessa (1941) Plane List

Axis

• Bf-109 E-4
• Bf-110 C-7
• Do-17 Z-2
• He-111 H-3
• Ju-87 B-2

Soviets

• I-16 Type 18
• LaGG-3 Series 1
• MiG-3 Series 15
• SB-2
• Yak-1 Series 1
   

[Jackfraser24]

Could Great Battles go and do a North African module now? Has their deal with Team Fusion expired yet? Or shouldn't it matter too much anyway because Team Fusion has gone down the road of clickable cockpits which sets them aside from Great Battles, which the latter has not? I mean enough people must prefer Cliffs of Dover Blitz with their clickable cockpits, right?

[LLv44_Kanttori]

11 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Possible Karelia Plane List (1941-42)

 

Finnish

• Blenheim Mk.I
• B-239 
• D.XXI Sarja
• Hurricane Mk.I
• Morko Morane 

Soviets

• DB-3
• IL-4 Model 1942
• P-40M
• Pe-3bis
• Tomahawk Mk.IIa/b

Hello Jackfrazer24!

A few friendly fixes to your early war FAF-plane list, please. The first three are also on KarttaKompania's list, but the last two are not, here are the reasons why not:

• Finland had only 12 Hurricane Mk. I fighters, which were not very important in our air defense. You can read the facts from the Finnish Air Force Museum sites. 
   
• Mörkö-Morane was a product of the end of the war and was put into squadron use only in July 1944. The Continuation war already calmed down in August 1944 and ended in September 1944. Here are the facts of Mörkö-Morane:

  In the ensuing war, Morane proved to be so inadequate in terms of performance and armament that its own losses in air battles began to increase. In September 1942, Colonel Richard Lorenz presented the alternative of shelving the plane or equipping it with either an M-105 or M-103 engine.

  The engine was a 1,100 horsepower (820 kW) Klimov M-105P and the main weapon was a 20 mm cannon, in addition to which two 7.5 mm machine guns were left in the wings. Changes also had to be made to the exhaust pipe system, supercharger, coolant tank and oil cooler. The modification work was done without drawings and the first modified machine (MS-631) was ready for test use already in January 1943 and the first flight took place in February 1943. However, cooling problems appeared in the machine. At test flights in the summer and fall of 1943, Mörkö-Morane proved to be clearly better than the original. The top speed was around 510 km/h and the climb speed was up to 25 m/s.

  In February 1944, 85 M-105 engines were purchased from Germany. In addition to them, their own spoils of war engines were used. Production of serial parts started in April 1944 and the first modified planes were handed over for squadron use in July 1944 and the last ones were completed in March 1945, when all 41 usable Morane fighters had been converted to Mörkö-Moranes.

  
  Here are still KarttaKomppania's aircraft wishes and it seems that some of them are already coming true, we will tell you about it later. As you may have noticed, we always only tell you the facts or we keep quiet and do map work in our chambers...  
  

[Jackfraser24]

4 minutes ago, LLv44_Kanttori said:

Hello Jackfrazer24!

A few friendly fixes to your early war plane list, please. The first three are also on KarttaKompania's list, but the last two are not, here are the reasons why not:

• Finland had only 12 Hurricane Mk. I fighters, which were not very important in our air defense. You can read the facts from the Finnish Air Force Museum sites. 
   
• Mörkö-Morane was a product of the end of the war and was put into squadron use only in July 1944. The continuation of the war already calmed down in August and ended in September 1944. Here are the facts:

  In the ensuing war, Morane proved to be so inadequate in terms of performance and armament that its own losses in air battles began to increase. In September 1942, Colonel Richard Lorenz presented the alternative of shelving the plane or equipping it with either an M-105 or M-103 engine.

  The engine was a 1,100 horsepower (820 kW) Klimov M-105P and the main weapon was a 20 mm cannon, in addition to which two 7.5 mm machine guns were left in the wings. Changes also had to be made to the exhaust pipe system, supercharger, coolant tank and oil cooler. The modification work was done without drawings and the first modified machine (MS-631) was ready for test use already in January 1943 and the first flight took place in February 1943. However, cooling problems appeared in the machine. At test flights in the summer and fall of 1943, Mörkö-Morane proved to be clearly better than the original. The top speed was around 510 km/h and the climb speed was up to 25 m/s.

  In February 1944, 85 M-105 engines were purchased from Germany. In addition to them, their own spoils of war engines were used. Production of serial parts started in April 1944 and the first modified planes were handed over for squadron use in July 1944 and the last ones were completed in March 1945, when all 41 usable Morane fighters had been converted to Mörkö-Moranes.

  
  Here are still KarttaKomppania's aircraft wishes and it seems that some of them are already coming true, we will tell you about it later. As you may have noticed, we always only tell you the facts or we keep quiet and do map work in our chambers...  
  

Thank you for correcting me. I appreciate that.

[Kapteeni]

15 minutes ago, LLv44_Kanttori said:

Hello Jackfrazer24!

A few friendly fixes to your early war FAF-plane list, please. The first three are also on KarttaKompania's list, but the last two are not, here are the reasons why not:

• Finland had only 12 Hurricane Mk. I fighters, which were not very important in our air defense. You can read the facts from the Finnish Air Force Museum sites. 
   
• Mörkö-Morane was a product of the end of the war and was put into squadron use only in July 1944. The Continuation war already calmed down in August 1944 and ended in September 1944. Here are the facts of Mörkö-Morane:

  In the ensuing war, Morane proved to be so inadequate in terms of performance and armament that its own losses in air battles began to increase. In September 1942, Colonel Richard Lorenz presented the alternative of shelving the plane or equipping it with either an M-105 or M-103 engine.

  The engine was a 1,100 horsepower (820 kW) Klimov M-105P and the main weapon was a 20 mm cannon, in addition to which two 7.5 mm machine guns were left in the wings. Changes also had to be made to the exhaust pipe system, supercharger, coolant tank and oil cooler. The modification work was done without drawings and the first modified machine (MS-631) was ready for test use already in January 1943 and the first flight took place in February 1943. However, cooling problems appeared in the machine. At test flights in the summer and fall of 1943, Mörkö-Morane proved to be clearly better than the original. The top speed was around 510 km/h and the climb speed was up to 25 m/s.

  In February 1944, 85 M-105 engines were purchased from Germany. In addition to them, their own spoils of war engines were used. Production of serial parts started in April 1944 and the first modified planes were handed over for squadron use in July 1944 and the last ones were completed in March 1945, when all 41 usable Morane fighters had been converted to Mörkö-Moranes.

  
  Here are still KarttaKomppania's aircraft wishes and it seems that some of them are already coming true, we will tell you about it later. As you may have noticed, we always only tell you the facts or we keep quiet and do map work in our chambers...  
  

That is a nice list. Fiat and Blenheim can be used also in early BOB and Channel scenarious  Brewster is essential  And maps look great!

[Enceladus828]

11 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Could Great Battles go and do a North African module now?

Any North African module would be done in the Korea sim unless some people get together, but even so it will take many years and committment.

[Jackfraser24]

Will we Courland Map be for Great Battles at this stage? Or will there be more of a chance of the dev team doing it in their new sim? I wonder because I have heard that the Courland map was well liked in IL-2 1946.

[Aapje]

Any new maps done by 1CGS will be for the new sim. If it is done by a volunteer team after the release of Korea, it can go either way.

[kraut1]

9 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Will we Courland Map be for Great Battles at this stage? Or will there be more of a chance of the dev team doing it in their new sim? I wonder because I have heard that the Courland map was well liked in IL-2 1946.

Courland could be a solution if the recources for map / planes production are low.

Only 1 bigger City (Riga), 2 medium sized Ports Liepaja, Ventspils and some smaller Cities.

The combat was despite of the numerical superiority of the Red Air Force still comparable balanced, 6 battles from October 44 to May 45.

And there are anti ship missions possible too

And most of the required plane types are already available or will be added with Odessa.

Added later: And military action until the end of war to end the soviet pilot careers!

Edited September 24, 2024 by kraut1

[Jackfraser24]

6 minutes ago, kraut1 said:

Courland could be a solution if the recources for map / planes production are low.

Only 1 bigger City (Riga), 2 medium sized Ports Liepaja, Ventspils and some smaller Cities.

The combat was despite of the numerical superiority of the Red Air Force still comparable balanced, 6 battles from October 44 to May 45.

And there are anti ship missions possible too

And most of the required plane types are already available or will be added with Odessa.

Would it be possible for the map to cover the entirety of the Baltic States plus East Prussia and Northern Poland? If that could be done not only would we be able to reenact the Courland Pocket but also some very important battles like the Battle of Narva, parts of Operation Bagration, the East Prussian Campaign and have a large area of sea for naval-air warfare. I understand that it would be a huge map and would take a lot of time, money and energy to complete but if the IL-2 development team or a third party could pull it off I believe it will be a very popular and well sold map. I just want to hear your thoughts on this idea of mine. 

[kraut1]

2 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Would it be possible for the map to cover the entirety of the Baltic States plus East Prussia and Northern Poland? If that could be done not only would we be able to reenact the Courland Pocket but also some very important battles like the Battle of Narva, parts of Operation Bagration, the East Prussian Campaign and have a large area of sea for naval-air warfare. I understand that it would be a huge map and would take a lot of time, money and energy to complete but if the IL-2 development team or a third party could pull it off I believe it will be a very popular and well sold map. I just want to hear your thoughts on this idea of mine. 

This is of course a good idea and I would like it very much!

But my intention was to show, that in case that there are not enough resources / manpower available, with the pure Courland area are 8 months of air combat until the end of the war are possible too.

But in general I like your idea of the big map.

[Jackfraser24]

18 minutes ago, kraut1 said:

This is of course a good idea and I would like it very much!

But my intention was to show, that in case that there are not enough resources / manpower available, with the pure Courland area are 8 months of air combat until the end of the war are possible too.

But in general I like your idea of the big map.

There would be a lot of cities in my vision of this Baltic map I propose. just to give you an idea of the parameters of the map I propose, cities would include Tallinn (Estonia) Kaunas and Vilnius (both Lithuania) Minsk (Belarus), Pskov (Western Russia), Danzig (Poland), Koenigsberg (East Prussia)  and Stockholm (on the Swedish coast). That might be a huge challenge to do though. And wouldn’t it a large map like that be hard for modern day computers to process? But on the bright side it would cover the entirety of the Baltic Sea and parts of the Gulf of Finland. Another positive is that planes like the Bf-109 G-6, Fw-190 A-6, La-5F and upcoming Yak-3 will have another map where they could be used. 
 

[Jackfraser24]

On 9/25/2024 at 8:08 AM, kraut1 said:

 

Question. Do you think that a Kharkov collector map for Great Battles would sell well considering that the city and the surrounding area were a hot spot for large scale and intense fighting during WWII? Or would it be too much of a sensitive area to do? Again, no disrespects meant.

Edited September 26, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[kraut1]

16 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Question. Do you think that a Kharkov collector map for Great Battles would sell well considering that the city and the surrounding area were a hot spot for large scale and intense fighting during WWII? Or would it be too much of a sensitive area to do? Again, no disrespects meant.

From my point of view the Tank Crew map (Belgorod) should be extended in direction of Kharkov.

Kharkov is an importent battle area.

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/87294-easy-mission-generator-by-vander-tc-map-belgorod-prokhorovka-map-41-43-mod-v02-update-for-emgv84/

 

[FTC_ChilliBalls]

On 9/2/2024 at 9:48 PM, Jackfraser24 said:

Interesting. Thanks for telling me. 

Late war DB605 variants are confusing. The original 605D had the layout of the A, and would have run at 1.5ata without MW50, but that one never went into production. The 605DB/DC just got the AS supercharger and the MW50 system slapped on, whereas most AS engines where retrofitted to the  ASB/ASC standard at some point, which was nigh identical to the DB/DC.

On 9/2/2024 at 9:48 PM, Jackfraser24 said:

Fair enough, but I've got to say very few Fw-190Ds that were not D-9s were made. But don't get me wrong, I'd love to see either of those and the D-13 in Great Battles. 

I just meant to say there were little changes applied to the D9 until the end of the war, so there wouldn‘t be much of a difference to the one we have in game. 

[Jackfraser24]

Would it be possible for the dev team to make a Burma module for the Great Battles series? If so, how would the best suited computers to play IL-2 Great Battles be able to take it? Would they struggle to process the mountainous and hilly rainforests of a Burma map?

 

I think that a Burma module would be good choice for IL-2 for several reasons, assuming that it could be done for Great Battles and assuming that our computers would be able to process the virtual terrain. 

• A Burma module would cover the Burma campaign, which was a very important military campaign in the Asia - Pacific region during WWII. The region served as an important supply link between British India and China. It was also where Imperial Japanese expansion in Southeast Asia was halted by Allied forces, so the fighting was intense on the ground and in the air.
• There were a lot of aerial operations in the Burma region. This would make for a great pilot career mode. Also, seeing Japanese planes and an expansion in the list of British and American planes in the Great Battles engine would satisfy a lot of people. 
• People would also be very excited to see a major change in scenery from seeing the steppes of the Eastern Front and the rolling rural countryside to hilly and remote dense jungles. Plus, no combat flight simulator has done a Burma campaign in a while. 
• IL-2 Great Battles should have some Japanese planes. One reason why I say this is because when you go to select planes in Quick Mission Builder or Advanced Quick Mission Builder when you click Axis, there are two flags, one of the German Reich and the other of Imperial Japan. Doesn’t anyone find this a little misleading and unnecessary especially at this stage when they are most likely not going to have make Japanese aircraft for Great Battles? If so, why don’t they replace it with an Italian or Romanian flag instead? Also, another reason why there should be Japanese aircraft in Great Battles is because it would add something new and intriguing to the series. 
• It would be a good reason to keep making Japanese, British and American collector planes that flew thousands of sorties in the Far East.

Possible Plane List

• A6M5
• Ki-43-II Kai
• Ki-44-II Otsu
• Ki-61-I Ko
• Ki-84-Ia 
• Beaufighter Mk.VI
• B-25C
• Hurricane Mk.IV
• P-40N
• Spitfire Mk.VIII

[LukeFF]

Jack, we are moving on from the GB series development. Any map like that would have to be made by a third party.

[Jackfraser24]

8 hours ago, LukeFF said:

Jack, we are moving on from the GB series development. Any map like that would have to be made by a third party.

Sorry about that.

[Jackfraser24]

On 9/28/2024 at 10:58 AM, LukeFF said:

Jack, we are moving on from the GB series development. Any map like that would have to be made by a third party.

I reckon that a Battle of Burma would sell quite well even if it was made by a third party dev team. 

[Jackfraser24]

On 9/25/2024 at 7:39 AM, kraut1 said:

Courland could be a solution if the recources for map / planes production are low.

Only 1 bigger City (Riga), 2 medium sized Ports Liepaja, Ventspils and some smaller Cities.

The combat was despite of the numerical superiority of the Red Air Force still comparable balanced, 6 battles from October 44 to May 45.

And there are anti ship missions possible too

And most of the required plane types are already available or will be added with Odessa.

Added later: And military action until the end of war to end the soviet pilot careers!

Another question. Would it be possible for a third party developer to do an Italian module concerning the Winter Line? Also, what kind of hurdles would they have to overcome in order to make a map of the Winter Line for Great Battles? Would the best computers made for combat flight simulation be able to process the terrain, forests and cities well? If so, I think that an Italian third party module covering the Winter Line would be a really good idea because there are players out there who have wanted an Italian map for a long time (including myself I must admit) and fly beautiful Italian planes like the Fiat G.55, Macchi Mc.202 Series XII, Mc.205, and Reggiane Re.2005.  

[kraut1]

9 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Another question. Would it be possible for a third party developer to do an Italian module concerning the Winter Line? Also, what kind of hurdles would they have to overcome in order to make a map of the Winter Line for Great Battles? Would the best computers made for combat flight simulation be able to process the terrain, forests and cities well? If so, I think that an Italian third party module covering the Winter Line would be a really good idea because there are players out there who have wanted an Italian map for a long time (including myself I must admit) and fly beautiful Italian planes like the Fiat G.55, Macchi Mc.202 Series XII, Mc.205, and Reggiane Re.2005.  

Excuse me, could you please explain to me where the "Winter Line" was in Italy.

[Ace_Pilto]

Presumably he means the "Gothic Line"

[Jackfraser24]

24 minutes ago, kraut1 said:

Excuse me, could you please explain to me where the "Winter Line" was in Italy.

Sorry. The Gustav Line. 

Edited October 5, 2024 by Jackfraser24

[kraut1]

33 minutes ago, Jackfraser24 said:

Sorry. The Gustav Line. 

In General the end43 to ca. July 44 battles are an importent ToW.

I am already flying in this area with an unlabeled Kuban MAp and EMG created missions.

It is interesting, at least for German, UK and US campaigns as a part of a pilot career..

 

But if you are interested to fly Italian Pilot Careers with Italian Planes:

You have to decide if you want to fly a career for Mussolini's Italy until the surrender in summer 1943?

Or if you want to create pilot careers for the pro allied forces under Badoglio (from mid October43) and the pro Mussolino / german italian forces.

You have to answer:

-Were there constantly italian air units, equipped with italian plane types in service?

-Was there a at least a bit balanced Air War? - required for intersting missions / careers. Or was the allied air superiority so overhelming that no interesting axis missions possible and the allied one boring because of the one-sided superiority.

-The map must cover the area,  where for these units the war ended.

(For me absolutely necessary: in a pilot career the pilot must have the the possibility to end the war. Because of that I created the Courland45/45 mod and I am flying there currently in January 45))

-A further problem could be the in Italy frequently mountain areas: from my experiences with mission creation in the Kuban high mountains the current IL-2 GB AI has some issues with steep mountains. So Mission design would be not so easy.

 

Edited October 5, 2024 by kraut1

[Ace_Pilto]

Quote

 from my experiences with mission creation in the Kuban high mountains the current IL-2 GB AI has some issues with steep mountains. So Mission design would be not so easy

Hahahahahaha, the AI has issues with every aspect of airmanship, it can barely do anything other than a tight rate circle. 

[kraut1]

6 hours ago, Ace_Pilto said:

Hahahahahaha, the AI has issues with every aspect of airmanship, it can barely do anything other than a tight rate circle. 

Yes very, many problems.

But from my experience not always and not everywhere.

In spring / summer I generated and flew 50 missions for a campaign with EMG in the mountain region of the Kuban Map (used as Papua New  Guinea).

P39 and P40 had big issues with the cover command and they crashed frequently into the mountains. In the same missions the "japanese" La5 worked much more better.

I have already generated last year with EMG many 1942-43 missions in the area of the dutch coast on the Rheinland Map, and there the AI seems to work really well from my point of view.

And now I am using the same area of this map as "Courland Pocket" modded  and again from my point of view AI is really acceptable.

AI Ground / Ship attacks are working, same with AI Interceptors and the AI Russian escort fighters are dangerous too, with novice / normal AI level.

Biggest current issue from my point of view the AI of the bomber gunners.

 

[Jackfraser24]

10 hours ago, kraut1 said:

In General the end43 to ca. July 44 battles are an importent ToW.

I am already flying in this area with an unlabeled Kuban MAp and EMG created missions.

It is interesting, at least for German, UK and US campaigns as a part of a pilot career..

 

But if you are interested to fly Italian Pilot Careers with Italian Planes:

You have to decide if you want to fly a career for Mussolini's Italy until the surrender in summer 1943?

Or if you want to create pilot careers for the pro allied forces under Badoglio (from mid October43) and the pro Mussolino / german italian forces.

You have to answer:

-Were there constantly italian air units, equipped with italian plane types in service?

-Was there a at least a bit balanced Air War? - required for intersting missions / careers. Or was the allied air superiority so overhelming that no interesting axis missions possible and the allied one boring because of the one-sided superiority.

-The map must cover the area,  where for these units the war ended.

(For me absolutely necessary: in a pilot career the pilot must have the the possibility to end the war. Because of that I created the Courland45/45 mod and I am flying there currently in January 45))

-A further problem could be the in Italy frequently mountain areas: from my experiences with mission creation in the Kuban high mountains the current IL-2 GB AI has some issues with steep mountains. So Mission design would be not so easy.

 

I appreciate you getting back to me, old sport. I am still betting on the Courland Map.

41 minutes ago, kraut1 said:

Yes very, many problems.

But from my experience not always and not everywhere.

In spring / summer I generated and flew 50 missions for a campaign with EMG in the mountain region of the Kuban Map (used as Papua New  Guinea).

P39 and P40 had big issues with the cover command and they crashed frequently into the mountains. In the same missions the "japanese" La5 worked much more better.

I have already generated last year with EMG many 1942-43 missions in the area of the dutch coast on the Rheinland Map, and there the AI seems to work really well from my point of view.

And now I am using the same area of this map as "Courland Pocket" modded  and again from my point of view AI is really acceptable.

AI Ground / Ship attacks are working, same with AI Interceptors and the AI Russian escort fighters are dangerous too, with novice / normal AI level.

Biggest current issue from my point of view the AI of the bomber gunners.

 

A lot of work for AI in Great Battles is needed. Could it be fixed? Will they bother fixing it or will they just move on to IL-2: Korea? 

[kraut1]

1 hour ago, Jackfraser24 said:

I appreciate you getting back to me, old sport. I am still betting on the Courland Map.

A lot of work for AI in Great Battles is needed. Could it be fixed? Will they bother fixing it or will they just move on to IL-2: Korea? 

Some AI issues will be fixed and many not.

But from my point of view it is possible with the current IL-2 GB to create and fly interesting SP missions.

Even the pilot career missions can be optimized a bit before they are flown.

I fly with C64, Amiga and PC flight sims since the late 80s and even the best WW2 flights sims had serious bugs, issues and shortcommings.

 

[Jackfraser24]

16 minutes ago, kraut1 said:

Some AI issues will be fixed and many not.

But from my point of view it is possible with the current IL-2 GB to create and fly interesting SP missions.

Even the pilot career missions can be optimized a bit before they are flown.

I fly with C64, Amiga and PC flight sims since the late 80s and even the best WW2 flights sims had serious bugs, issues and shortcommings.

 

I see. I also wish we could give more commands for our wingmen to do, like we could in IL-2 1946. I also really want to be able to contact ground control as well. What is stopping them from doing this?

[LukeFF]

5 hours ago, Jackfraser24 said:

I see. I also wish we could give more commands for our wingmen to do, like we could in IL-2 1946. I also really want to be able to contact ground control as well. What is stopping them from doing this?

 

The engine wasn't built with radio commands in mind, since of course the original title was set in World War I. 

 

The overhaul in radio commands is going to come in the new series starting with Korea.