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#4618306 - 01/06/23 11:56 AM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: WangoTango]  
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Williams is now an executive producer for Microprose, working on an undisclosed project

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonvwil/


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#4618309 - 01/06/23 12:19 PM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: WangoTango]  
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Congrats for Jason!! I wish him the best of success. Thanks for sharing that info F4U.


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#4618330 - 01/06/23 05:07 PM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Originally Posted by F4UDash4
Williams is now an executive producer for Microprose, working on an undisclosed project

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonvwil/


Now that IS some big news as well!


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#4618447 - 01/08/23 06:09 PM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Originally Posted by F4UDash4
Williams is now an executive producer for Microprose, working on an undisclosed project

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonvwil/

Now that is something to get excited about ! Here's hoping we get a hint soon.

#4618528 - 01/10/23 06:13 PM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: WangoTango]  
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Oeps my crystal ball was right, see my message above.

#4618596 - 01/12/23 03:20 AM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: dutch]  
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Originally Posted by dutch
Mmmm, Strange, I would first find an alternative, before quitting a job. Keep in your mind the 777 was already sold a couple of years ago according Linkedin.
For IL2 I’m afraid they are now without any leadership that has an clear forecast for the game future. The problem with those Russian is that they are prone by focusing on minor aspects and not the major ones. So its burning limited budgets on implementing obscure planes like the IAR, while the big market is the US/UK/Can site of the war.

Edit: Who knows he is involved into that Microprose flysim. https://www.microprose.com/games/b-17-flying-fortress-the-mighty-8th-vr

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#4618694 - 01/13/23 07:01 PM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: WangoTango]  
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He is involved in a as yet unannounced project... as the B-17 series has been announced I doubt it will be that.

#4626909 - 05/19/23 04:57 AM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: Trooper117]  
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Originally Posted by Trooper117
He is involved in a as yet unannounced project... as the B-17 series has been announced I doubt it will be that.

And you would be correct.
https://combatpilot.com/

COMBAT PILOT: A new Pacific WWII sim coming from Jason Williams and Barbedwire Studios!


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#4626914 - 05/19/23 06:48 AM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: WangoTango]  
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100% procent sure at his Linkedin profile it was a project at Microprose. Any relation to Microprose with this new project of Jason?

But besides this confusion, its great news.

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#4627066 - 05/20/23 05:46 PM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: WangoTango]  
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Nothing on the Microsoft front... who knows, that could have been a smoke screen to disguise the real main effort.

#4640353 - 12/29/23 04:02 AM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: wheelsup_cavu]  
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Originally Posted by wheelsup_cavu
Originally Posted by Trooper117
He is involved in a as yet unannounced project... as the B-17 series has been announced I doubt it will be that.

And you would be correct.
https://combatpilot.com/

COMBAT PILOT: A new Pacific WWII sim coming from Jason Williams and Barbedwire Studios!


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Developer Diary 01 dropped on July 25th, Developer Diary dropped on August 28th, Developer Diary-03 dropped on November 02nd, Developer Diary-04 dropped on November 30th and Developer Diary-05 dropped on December 27rh, 2023.

Originally Posted by Jason Williams @ combatpilot.com"
DD 01:
(Posted July 25, 2023)

Dear Pilots,

Welcome to our very first Developer Diary for Combat Pilot! We hope this will be the first of many to come as we continue to build our initial prototype and get ready to take flight.

Today we want to share some images of our early work which includes the legendary Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 0 Model 21 flown by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Allies assigned it the code name Zeke, but most remember it as simply the Zero. To Japanese pilots it was known as the Rei-sen. The A6M was extremely successful in the early months of the Pacific War and was superior to its American and Allied opponents like the F4F Wildcat and F2A Buffalo. It was built in large numbers throughout the war and several different variants were produced. The A6M2 Model 21 saw action in all the important early Pacific battles such as Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea and Midway and the A6M in all it's various forms continued to see service throughout the war. The Zero has become possibly the most recognizable icon of the Pacific War.

We are building a flyable A6M2 to be featured in Combat Pilot and as you can see work is progressing and its beginning to take its very famous shape. It’s a long way from completion still, but you can be assured we will keep you informed of its progress. We also plan to have a Japanese aircraft carrier ready for her to operate from when our prototype is ready. ard tasks like building models requires research and finding the right artist to make what you need. And until you establish some standards it’s a little bit like stumbling around in the dark. When it comes to art and 3D assets we are starting to find our groove and you can see that in the pics I’ve chosen below. We hope you like them and it’s an example of where we are headed stylistically.

Read the rest of Developer Diary-01 at the Combat-Pilot forums.


Originally Posted by Jason Williams @ combatpilot.com"
DD 02:
(Posted August 28, 2023)

Dear Pilots,

Welcome to our second Developer Diary for Combat Pilot! Today we are showing off a very famous U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps fighter – the pugnacious F4F-4!

The Wildcat as it was called was the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ front-line fighter when war broke out. Like the Zero it fought in all the major early war battles and helped blunt the Japanese juggernaut during the first critical year of the war. The Wildcat was outclassed by the A6M in just about every way and losses were high. Several F4F pilots earned the Medal of Honor for their bravery while flying her and even though outperformed, many pilots became aces in the F4F series. American pilots had to invent new tactics to compete with the Zero including the famous “Thach Weave” that focused on teamwork to down A6Ms.

Read the rest of Developer Diary-02 at the Combat-Pilot forums.


Originally Posted by Jason Williams @ combatpilot.com"
DD 03:
(Posted November 02, 2023)

Dear Pilots,

Our work on Combat Pilot continues and we have completed our first official 6 months as a team and results are positive. The hardest part of creating something out of nothing is creating a strong foundation for where we want go. You have to walk before you can fly, but when tangible progress is made it's very satisfying to see. Right now, that work is focused on physics, flight-modeling, research (technical and historical), and 3D assets. But even somewhat straightforward tasks like building models requires research and finding the right artist to make what you need. And until you establish some standards it’s a little bit like stumbling around in the dark. When it comes to art and 3D assets we are starting to find our groove and you can see that in the pics I’ve chosen below. We hope you like them and it’s an example of where we are headed stylistically.

Read the rest of Developer Diary-03 at the Combat-Pilot forums.


Originally Posted by Jason Williams @ combatpilot.com"
DD 04:
(Posted November 30, 2023)

Dear Pilots,

The holiday season is now in full swing and we want to wish everyone in the Combat Pilot community a Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas! We hope that 2023 ends on a peaceful and prosperous note for everyone and 2024 brings great things to you and yours.

Progress on our initial prototype inches forward week by week and as usual we’d like to share some more images and news with you. Since our last DD we’ve seen progress on buildings for Midway, our aircraft carriers, and our airplanes. Let’s see what this week has in store.

Midway Atoll Infrastructure

Midway is often referred to as an island, but it’s really an atoll, consisting of two main islands (Sand and Eastern) and a coral reef system with a lagoon in the center. Several Pacific battles took place on atolls during the war which makes for some unique and exotic scenery, but a horrendous amount of blood was shed for their control. Battles on atolls such as Wake, Makin, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, and Tarawa come to mind. Midway was spared an amphibious assault due to the US naval victory out at sea, but it was attacked by air and took some serious damage.

One of our goals is to make a faithful recreation of the infrastructure and defenses found on Midway during the battle. In our opinion, other games and simulators haven’t portrayed Midway very accurately over the years so we hope to change that and set a new standard. Midway went through several stages of growth, abandonment, and decay before, during and after WWII, so depicting her as it looked in June 1942 is a challenge. Detailed maps and quality images are surprisingly rare. We’ve been able to dig up some good references though with help from the community. Which we greatly appreciate.

Midway was not only a naval base and military airfield, but it was also a civilian seaplane base for Pan-Am’s clipper service to the Far East. Additionally, Midway was an outpost servicing underwater telegraph cables. Therefore, not all infrastructure on Midway was military in nature. Here are a few images of buildings that Carl has created for Midway so far. They will be textured soon and really come to life.

Read the rest of Developer Diary-04 at the Combat-Pilot forums.


Originally Posted by Jason Williams @ combatpilot.com"
DD 05:
(Posted December 27, 2023)

Dear Pilots,

Welcome to the last Developer Diary of our inaugural year. What a first year it has been! We’ve managed to form a team, set initial goals, build assets, establish a community, setup lines of communication, get a plane flying in the engine and lay the technical ground work for our playable prototype. We have a long road ahead, but we’re on the road or perhaps I should say that we’re taxing towards takeoff? That’s probably a better analogy.

This developer diary highlights more progress with building important assets that we’ll need and it marks a turning point in our internal and external operations that we’ll speak more about after the turn of the new year. We’re planning some new initiatives that we think you’ll be interested in along with pursuing additional development partnerships that can aid us in our journey. So stay tuned.

Now on to the fun stuff!

Read the rest of Developer Diary-05 at the Combat-Pilot forums.


DD 05 will be the last one for this year.


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#4644425 - Yesterday at 08:49 PM Re: Jason's farewell message....end of an era. [Re: masterKamera]  
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Originally Posted by masterKamera
Wardog5711 the new community manager is actually the new user account for jason.


It was mentioned a few years ago that the contract jason had made his "figure head spot" unchangeable.


And notice the day jason account is stopped being used,, the Wardog5711 account comes up. Also the following to note

1. this wardog is the only one who has any knowledge of "jason" using his account to just do messages, etc.
2. is an account that was created right when jason "left"
3. There has been YEARS of hate and resentment on the il2 forums against jason for how things have been going with german planes and weapons.


Sorry for the necromancy but this is entirely incorrect and it's a really strange baseless allegation.

Wardog was hired because Han sucked at being a Community Manager.

Wardog and Jason have absolutely no relation at all.

Wardog was Community Manager well before Jason left and quit nearly a year before Jason left.

The resentment for generous modeling of Soviet aircraft (I'm assuming that's what you mean by "how things have been going with german planes and weapons") existed prior to the full release of Battle of Stalingrad, in which Jason wasn't the executive producer at the time; Loft was and it was Loft's vision of an unlocks based WT competitor that nearly tanked Great Battles in its infancy.

Anywho...

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