#4123659 - 05/23/15 03:03 AM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
[Re: Robert_Wiggins]
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I would second the idea of shaking airframe. That's one of the last holdouts that RoF has a clear advantage in. I could live without animated engine or gun cycling effects if we could just get a shuddering airframe.
Second thing would be a random tracking pattern for observers/gunners if they are not tracking a specific target. This would make them seem a little more, well, alive...
The older I get, the more I realize I don't need to be Han, Luke or Leia. I'm just happy to be rebel scum...
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#4124373 - 05/24/15 10:25 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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I would second the idea of shaking airframe. That's one of the last holdouts that RoF has a clear advantage in. I could live without animated engine or gun cycling effects if we could just get a shuddering airframe.
Its not a shuddering airframe, but Hellshade's Turbulent Skies mod does add more to the feeling of flight with increased wind turbulence that bounces your plane around a bit more and makes it harder to keep a steady aim on your opponents. Try it with a test pilot and see what you think. https://www.dropbox.com/s/em9umjx6tie5pp4/WOFF%20Hellshades%20Turbulant%20Skies.zip?dl=0
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#4124548 - 05/25/15 11:17 AM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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Why not include the possibility,at higher Ace status as it was at least for German pilots,to be able to choose our own personal plane? If i remember it was like that back in Red Baron...there are evidences and well documented,of German aces having their own choice mounts,independently from the Jasta pool,Paul Baumer for example,when DRs1 were dismissed for Fokker D VIIs,started using a Pfalz DVII because he preferred the rotative engine.
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#4127051 - 05/31/15 02:07 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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...and btw, great Idea, Cavaliere :-) Having the Opportunity to choose between 2 or 3 Planes as a Reward for becoming Ace would be really cool.
Next Idea: How would you like to occasionally see a captured Enemy Plane flying? I remember the Photo, where "Nicht schiessen! Gute Leute!" (Don't shoot! Good Guys!) was painted all over a (british?) Plane in big Letters.
The Advantage: No new Model has to be created, only one or two Skins. Implementing the Planes into the Game should'nt be too much writing. Historical Research could be somewhat challenging, though.
I think this could be Fun, for it makes the Friend or Foe Identification a lot more difficult... Yep Nietzsche,and both these ideas were historically correct,since there are a lot of records about them,both choosing the plane to fly (at least in German side at a certain status) and using captured planes for war flights,often with own side parts to replace damaged ones, wich sometimes did not fit very well and made happen hilarious incidents! I remember that Germans fitted an Albatros wheel on a captured Camel (while retaining the original one on the other side,very clever indeed!),and since it was larger in width,on taking off the plane veered to one side and crashed in a nearby pit,pilot was unscathed,but the plane was written off.
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#4130287 - 06/06/15 08:03 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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Remember in Red Baron you were invited to join an elite squadron once you reached a certain level? Wish we could get invitations like that in WOFF campaign. Perhaps even forced transfers to other units to reinforce them. Would make the role-playing a little more alive IMO.
"Take the cylinder out of my kidneys, The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain, From out of my arse take the camshaft, And assemble the engine again."
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#4130381 - 06/07/15 01:28 AM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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Thanks Duke. I was half expecting someone tell me this feature is already in the game, I just didn't dig deep enough. +1 to the flight integrity. Self-preservation is not an excuse when flying by a furball and doing nothing. Don't they know there is already a firing squad waiting for them back at the base to execute them for acts of cowardice?
"Take the cylinder out of my kidneys, The connecting rod out of my brain, my brain, From out of my arse take the camshaft, And assemble the engine again."
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#4130462 - 06/07/15 09:41 AM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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I second that! Once you move up the ladder invitations would be nice as the ability to choose what plane to fly as "personal mount" at a certain rank/Ace status/medals gained point!
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#4130583 - 06/07/15 07:44 PM
Re: Wish List for WOFF
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-Forcing AI bombers to not be sitting ducks by always holding formation and escape only when they are badly shot up.
Trying to explain the AI's lack of defensive maneuvers due to imaginary situations like-- Well... the AI pilots were nervous rookie pilots, or wounded, or not checking their six, or are in a state of shock, etc.. is not fun.
Someone smarter than me can confirm or deny if what I am about to say is historically true or not, but it's my understanding that the bombers were under orders to hold formation, no matter what, by the high command. They felt, evidently, that safety in numbers was the best bet for the flight and that's why the AI is coded that way. Again, if I'm wrong on this, someone please correct me.
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