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#3553158 - 04/09/12 08:19 AM Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12
guod Offline
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Guest Writer Fred "HeinKill" Williams reports on the latest version which has entered Beta.

http://SimHQ.com/_air14/air_505a.html
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#3553225 - 04/09/12 11:45 AM Re: Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12 [Re: guod]
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Nice writeup, HeinKill! As if I don't already have too many flight sims, you have to wave this beaut in front of me! sheesh wink
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#3553247 - 04/09/12 12:25 PM Re: Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12 [Re: guod]
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a nice article.

i admire the dedication of the BOB Developers Group to improving this great sim!

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#3553355 - 04/09/12 03:05 PM Re: Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12 [Re: kramer]
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Perhaps the last BOB2 patch?

Looking rather special.

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#3553403 - 04/09/12 04:34 PM Re: Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12 [Re: guod]
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Going to have to break out the CDs again and reinstall. Great looking stuff.
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#3553413 - 04/09/12 04:50 PM Re: Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12 [Re: Vitesse]
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Originally Posted By: Vitesse
Perhaps the last BOB2 patch?

Looking rather special.


Oh, I don't think so. There's life in the old girl yet...

The following pipe dreams have been bandied about by the BDG and you never know:

- Malta (A2A and BDG stalwart Osram built the foundations of a Malta map a while back.)
- New kites (there was a flying - pink - Gloucestor Meteor being toyed with once)
- Other projects using the BOBII ('Merlin' codebase) engine: Flying Tigers was a concept in development, shelved by A2A 'for now'

Privately, the BDG did discuss whether Cliffs of Dover might mean the end of interest in BOBII, but that hasn't been the case because while it does many things well, CoD does not deliver on life-like AI, or a dynamic campaign engine. So if you want a BoB based sim that actually allows you to simulate the Battle of Britain (!) BOBII remains your best choice.

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#3553425 - 04/09/12 05:02 PM Re: Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12 [Re: guod]
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Nice writeup, thanks. I just wish they could implement some higher poly cockpits with self-shading (same as was done to Falcon BMS). The landscape and sky are fine, but the pits show a bit of age. I'd pay for that.

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#3553541 - 04/09/12 08:57 PM Re: Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12 [Re: guod]
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Excellent write up HeinKill and truly demostrates (for myself) why BoB II WoV has never been off my HD since I purchased it. It never ceases to amaze me what the BDG group will improve upon next to add to an already top notch, comprehensive BoB simulator. BoB II WoV isn't as loaded with eye candy like Il-2 CLoD but she sure has much more substance at this time.
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#3553544 - 04/09/12 09:00 PM Re: Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12 [Re: guod]
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Very nice Heinkill, and a congrats to that team - reinstalling! smile

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#3553612 - 04/10/12 12:11 AM Re: Preview: Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory - Update 2.12 [Re: guod]
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Nice writeup, you cannot but admire the dedication of the BDG.
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