Is the Zeppelin Shed New, Or Have I Just Missed It?

[HurridaleHurridale]

Quite the surprise on a FC IV QM tonight.  Could a Zep be far behind?  Just a static one would be fine, as long as it REALLY burns.

It´s fun to fly thru.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

What the veterans say? Where they also on the ROF map?

 

 

[Trooper117]

16 hours ago, HurridaleHurridale said:

Could a Zep be far behind? 

 

I'd say not a chance in hell I'm afraid...

[LukeFF]

Yes, it's a new map object. They are marked on the map.

[PatrickAWlson]

As I was going through the map I noticed that the last 5 new airfields were Zeppelin sheds ...

 

OK, they're probably just HP 400 targets, but anyway, let the wild, rampant speculation begin  

 

 

[Trooper117]

Pat, lol!... you know it's not going to happen 🤣

[ST_Catchov]

Wrong!

 

Those 1C guys are very crafty Russians. Blind Freddy could see that those sheds mean that Zeps and the Channel Map are coming! 

[AndyJWest]

Which airfields?

[PatrickAWlson]

14 hours ago, AndyJWest said:

Which airfields?

 

If you add the groups to the map you will see a group called "new airfields", which it mostly is - new airfields added to the map for FC4.  At the bottom of that list are four or five "airfields" that have the name "zeppelin shed".  They are what they say they are: zeppelin sheds.  

 

Nice Handley Page target if nothing else.

[I/JG53_Kurtz]

I saw that airfields too, they are in north-east part of the map, named "Zeppelin shed" and populated with arrays of fighters, at least in quick mission section. A nice addition.

[Dr1falcon500]

Devs in ignorance thought Zeppelins were some sort of green house.

[Zooropa_Fly]

I bet we'll get static Zeps at some point..

[Trooper117]

4 hours ago, Zooropa_Fly said:

I bet we'll get static Zeps at some point..

 

Who will make them?.. it seems that it would have to be a 3rd party, plus, they would need to be destructible, otherwise it's pointless having them.

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

42 minutes ago, Trooper117 said:

 

Who will make them?.. it seems that it would have to be a 3rd party, plus, they would need to be destructible, otherwise it's pointless having them.

Well...it would make it easier to spot the sheds from the air..🙂

[Trooper117]

True, but still, if they are just for 'scenery' but have no ability to be destroyed I can't see the use of them... on another similar note, does anyone know if the sheds themselves can be bombed and destroyed?

[AndyJWest]

The sheds (or at least, the ones at Cognelée) aren't destructible in Quick Missions.

[Zooropa_Fly]

Can't be that much work to model a muckle balloon.

Jack'll be on the phone to Urga smoothing the deal out by now.

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

11 hours ago, AndyJWest said:

The sheds (or at least, the ones at Cognelée) aren't destructible in Quick Missions.

Navigational aid?

[AndyJWest]

13 minutes ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

Navigational aid?

 

Considering the location and the lack of any other plausible targets nearby, all they tell you is that however you got there, if it wasn't intentional then you're very lost...

 

Nothing to stop mission builders adding some parked vehicles or similar as destructible targets for long-range bombing missions I suppose.

[Trooper117]

1 hour ago, AndyJWest said:

adding some parked vehicles or similar as destructible targets for long-range bombing missions I suppose.

 

That's a good idea... hopefully they could be put inside the sheds so that there may be some smoke and fire visible.

[AndyJWest]

1 hour ago, Trooper117 said:

 

That's a good idea... hopefully they could be put inside the sheds so that there may be some smoke and fire visible.

 

You do get some smoke and fire if you hit the airship sheds, but no lasting damage.

 

The buildings next to the Cognelée airship sheds are destructible too. A well-placed 1650-lb bomb from an O-400 will wipe out a whole heap of them, which almost makes the effort of hauling it that far satisfactory.