It's official!

[SgtPepper]

The very long awaited Storm of War,( now called IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover,) is officially finished.

I've been following the development of this for quite some time now, and those out there that like combat simulation, this is going to be a must have.

The completely new game engine is offering huge advances in combat flight simulation.

Checkout the link.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/01/18...over-announced/

[ZK-DWF]

Gee ... how long have we been waiting for this?

I don't think WWII lasted that long :-)

[Grumble]

QUOTE (ZK-DWF @ Jan 18 2011, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Gee ... how long have we been waiting for this?

I don't think WWII lasted that long :-)

I'll be buying...

[ZK-MAT]

I'm not sure that COD is SOW - which we affectionately refer to as Sick Of Waiting!

More discussion on KiwiSim

[SgtPepper]

It definatly is the same game Matt, There was a name change somewhere along the line, I can't remember the ins and outs of exactly why, but apparently Oleg reluctantly agreed in the end.

Who cares it's finally out

[ZK-MAT]

I stand corrected Thanks

[connor]

That VC shot makes me jealous , worst of all I do have fsx

[Ian Warren]

Now this one really has my interest , The Battle of Britain ...ooh Boy , New Stick required

[Ian Warren]

OMG I'm so excited I think I just messed my shorts!!!

One thing from that press release tho:

QUOTE

Exciting Single-Player Campaign – The campaign thrusts the player into the middle of the battle. The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side.[/quote]

What the hell? Renegade pilots on his own side?

[SgtPepper]

Yeah does make you wonder, takes checking your six to another level.

[AndrewJamez]

i'm pretty sure that CoD is the lastest upgrade to IL-2 Sturmovik. Not Storm of war. I have been following the development of both and I am sure they are 2 seperate sims.

[Ian Warren]

I do wonder what that Tiger Moth was doing over the water in a combat zone

[Splitpin]

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 20 2011, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I do wonder what that Tiger Moth was doing over the water in a combat zone

Do you get a Herc with it?

[Ian Warren]

Jeepers Marty ,if the Jerry,s had Hercs as bombers in the BOB the pom,s would have lost the war .

[SgtPepper]

QUOTE (AndrewJamez @ Jan 20 2011, 11:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i'm pretty sure that CoD is the lastest upgrade to IL-2 Sturmovik. Not Storm of war. I have been following the development of both and I am sure they are 2 seperate sims.

No definatly not, it's not an add on, it is Storm of war they changed the name not long before the release.

The latest addon for IL-2 came out just recently, the 4.10 patch, this will be updated in a few week with some fixes and called 4.11 funnily enough.

Go back a few posts Mat has given a link to a kiwisim thread on it, these guys are real IL-2 buffs.

[ZK-MAT]

QUOTE (SgtPepper @ Jan 20 2011, 03:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Go back a few posts Mat has given a link to a kiwisim thread on it, these guys are real IL-2 buffs.

I would say more "nut cases" .....

[Splitpin]

Not my cuppa tea Im afraid....reflexes are too slow now for shooting things. I'll stick to the cresco and the herc for now....but....if anyone is interested i have a 2 cd (original) of pacific fighters by Oleg....not quite the same as the latest IL-2 but not to bad......40 flyable a/c and all the other bits and pieces.
If you want it (free) pm me your post details and I'll post it.

[ZK-MAT]

For anyone with IL2 1946 patched to the latest version 4.10, The Flying Kiwis is kicking off a RNZAF Pacific Series, a Solomon island campaign from the point of view of an RNZAF pilot and team. The new patch has brought with it radio position beacons requiring morse code decryption and navigational nouse to find your way from A to B. A bit over my head so I will just follow someone and hope he's not lost lol.


Link to information on KiwiSim

[Ian Warren]

Ive sworn to get into The Flying Kiwis is kicking off a RNZAF Pacific Series, a Solomon island campaign , I seriously need to get a good stick , not a cheapy dicky S model

[markll]

QUOTE (SgtPepper @ Jan 20 2011, 10:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yeah does make you wonder, takes checking your six to another level.

The other thing that occurred to me was that perhaps this *could* refer to some kind of "recognition" system for AI pilots - so that potentially you could be mistaken by some other pilot on your own side for one of the enemy, and attacked mistakenly as a result....

Just speculation tho...

QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Jan 20 2011, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I do wonder what that Tiger Moth was doing over the water in a combat zone

Hmmm...well, you've no doubt heard/read about the incident involving Al Deere, where 54 Sqns CO, S/Ldr "Prof" Leathart flew a Miles Magister (ok, so it's not a Tiger Moth but still...) across the channel to pick up the CO of 74 Squadron, who had force landed on a beach on the wrong side of the ditch. He had Al Deere and Johnny Allen flying escort tho, unlike the poor Tiger Moth in that video, who didn't seem to have any help at all!