Damn! Why didn't you say so, sooner, Uriah.
Where can I sign up for that part of the bail-out program?

Hi John

Which of the things I mentioned are you referring to?

Could you perhaps post a link to that topic at The Gen, please?

Cheers

Okay.....since you asked

Escort Missions are not realistic enough.

1st. Random intercepts by the Luftwaffe of the Allied Bomber Groups as it both intrude into German airspace and also on their return to the coast....

2nd. German IA's do not make head-on attacks on advancing the Allied Bomber Groups....

3rd. As the war progresses the numbers of Allied Bomber Groups and Bomber Squadrons should increase and attack the same target....

4th. As the war progresses there should be an increase in the number of escorting
Allied Fighter Squardons protecting the Bomber Groups....

5th. As the war progresses the number of Luftwaffe aircraft attacking the Bomber Group
should be deduced in number....

6th. As the war progresses the number of experienced German AI Pilots should be deduced
and dumbed down....

Interdiction Missions

1st. It would be nice if you could actually "catch Jerry on the ground" as they were taking off from thier home bases....

2nd. More moving targets on the roads as the Fighter Group egresses from the various target areas....

3rd. Barge traffic on the rivers of Europe and more railroad rolling stock that would be
targets of opportunity....

Generally

EAW needs '3D clouds' with variable cloud patterns and groupings....
Some areas have rendum Light, Heavy cloud and clear sky patterns
as the mission progresses into and out of the target areas....
and clouds which provide more effective cover/concealment while escaping an aggressive opponent....

Still would like to see AI pilots bailout of their damaged aircraft a lot sooner
then they do now....particularly bailout from their aircraft as they glide away after
their engine stopped....

Would like to have a better chance of surviving a bailout at higher speeds....

Would like to have a better chance of escaping capture after bailouts over enemy territory....
an underground that really works and allows pilots to return to their squadrons....with more frenquency

That's it for now....
Thanks for asking
Cheers

what does EAW need?
well,since I am just drunk enough to be truthfull
lets see......
a return to the original "groove" that this communtiy had
none of this coders-rest of the EAWers split community that we have now
I am led to believe that Col Landers...the dude whom got us the code agreement in THE FIRST PLACE,got banned after that locked post....what kind of BS is that?
dude...that totally killed it for me
I have nothing but praise for the individuals in EAW
but in this present "configuration"
...I find it much like Vista
pretentious
fastidious
and less than acceptable.
I have considered you friends
I wonder now,what has become of our community.....?
I will help those that I can,and finish the few promised projects
but I think that what EAW needs,is ultimately,the old guard to move on...and the new guard to take up post
I dont know what else to say

Nope not banned....but couldn't get in on 3 temp passwords for a while!

Appreciate the comments Shreckie, old buddy....but they fall on deaf ears.

Having little personal stake in things (have not coded, modded) I don't have as much to be slighted on. I have been a serious Christian (deeply and daily tried to behave and see the world as Jesus). Therefor I have some experience in this kind of community trouble. In my life I have been is about five church splits. It kind of gives me insight into the trouble here and has given me a new perspective on those church splits. In each case most everyone is acting out of what they feel is good for the cause. Are not acting out of malice. That does not keep people from getting 'upset' about things and believing others are acting out of malice.

My advice (worth 2 cents) is that if you want to keep with the community and keep it going is to be blind to the faults of others and believe yourself unable to see clearly. Believe the best about others.

EAW is just like church, lol.

Hi Uriah.

Your post seems to cover things as I see it. I wish everyone would let bygones be bygones.

Maybe a good New Years Resolution?

The Skylark ideas are great, really like the barges on the rivers and jerries taking off. Will be possible someday?

Some barges in the NG update. Along with a few wooden bridges and a POW camp here and there.

If you shoot out the gate on the POW camp a bunch of little guys start running around like you freed them.

With the forthcoming 1.28a the use of external convoy files should make it possible to construct a convoy of barges and map its waypoints up a reasonably wide river. There are only two waypoints (start and finish) and the convoy moves in a straight line between the two, so that's why the river needs to be wide.

Jel

We have nice barges for EAW or still the very old ones?

The only barge I could find was a modified flatbed railcar. I added a pilot house and a front ramp as well as a damage model.

You'll find them in the harbors tied up to freighters and wharfs and along shorelines in small convoys led by patrol boats. Be careful, some are armed.

Whooo--eee!

Old man river...

January 13th 2017:

The previous post was in December 2008
It is amazing what has been achieved since then. Barges which do not move in a single straight line but follow the course of the river, random encounters, lots of TMods, proper aircraft carriers, and torpedo missions to list just a handful

Did anyone mention a real TrackIR support here? It would be a really nice thing to have. Even Red Baron 3D has one through Reload 1.66 utility;)

Hi Dornil,

years ago I contacted TrackIR on that one and was told that for trackIR3 as long as the game supported mouse emulation ( which it does) it will support the basic trackIR , though not the 6 degree of freedom version...


cheers,


Pobs

Yes, I certainly do use TIR in mouse emulation mod now. But mouse emulation is very much inferior to real TIR support - it is very imprecise and has to be recenteres very requently. It also works more or less properly only with linear curves. Better than nothing though.