Normandy Map Discussion

on release, this is when DCS really starts for me

please some one make the ww2 airship carrier HMS intifaticable

on release, this is when DCS really starts for me

 

please some one make the ww2 airship carrier HMS intifaticable

HMS Intifada? :megalol:

on release, this is when DCS really starts for me

 

please some one make the ww2 airship carrier HMS intifaticable

I think that's Indefatigable?

http://fleetairarmarchive.net/Ships/INDEFATIGABLE.html

and apparently would require a few new aircraft types:

FAA squadrons embarked Dates Aircraft type

894 May 1944-March 1946 Seafire II-III

1770 May 1944-June 1945 Firefly I

820 June-Sept 1944 Barracuda II

826 June-Sept 1944 Barracuda II

842 July 1944 Swordfish II

887 July 1944-march 1946 Seafire F.III/L.III

1840 Aug 1944 Hellcat I

820 Oct 1944-March 1946 Avenger I

888 Dec 1944-Jan 1945 Hellcat II

1772 July 1945-Dec 1946 Firefly I

Thanks Wags.

Even just the very southern tip of England would make a huge difference. Flying from Tangmere and Ford, crossing the Channel at wavetop height and and doing Noball strikes, escorting B-17's, and doing fighter sweeps in DCS will be the ultimate WW2 experience for me. Looking forward to all either way:)

And makes getting home again all the more interesting too... :P

 

 

Yes, that is all part of it. Perhaps a low level sea crossing and looking for the home coast, wishing it into view and hoping that your navigation gets you over the home coast at the right place. Perhaps coaxing a damaged crate home and or fuel management issues to take care of.

Flying with or leading human squad mates and trying to get everyone to target and back home; perhaps arranging for fighter escort RV at the French coast to make a fighting return across the Channel home with bandits in chase maybe. So many MP opportunities as well as off-line. Great stuff! This map has the chance to really get WWII MP servers cooking.

A sea crossing enables a definitive dividing line of almost no-mans land with more uncertainty; you might ditch OK, but will your pilot drown or be rescued (by sea launch or a seaplane)? Another dimension of possibility for DCS to consider in contributing to the DCS World dynamic.

Go DCS World!

 

Happy landings,

 

Talisman

Perhaps coaxing a damaged crate home and or fuel management issues to take care of.

 

... you might ditch OK, but will your pilot drown or be rescued (by sea launch or a seaplane)?

We seem to be thinking alike on this one.:)

Someone with 3d skills could easily knock up some of those German rescue buoys for a spot of local colour too...

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133683

We seem to be thinking alike on this one.:)

 

Someone with 3d skills could easily knock up some of those German rescue buoys for a spot of local colour too...

 

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=133683

Nice one! All adds to the spice :pilotfly:

Happy landings,

Talisman

P.S. One day it would be nice to fly some missions from Scotland to Norway and back.

Spoiler of upcoming news (but not this Friday).

As example of new units quality.

 

Racoon any news about "upcoming news" about AI units? (Not sure, but I see some suspicious WW2 vehicles on Bf-109K-4 glowing amrram out the beta video (trucks on 0:38).

Can we expect hedges in the Normandy map, they were used when fleeing so are a must in my opinion?

I would love to see ground units, especially tanks, oh, and also AI planes..

will this map include new WWII ground units?

will this map include new WWII ground units?

SA-6 yes

I think that's Indefatigable?

http://fleetairarmarchive.net/Ships/INDEFATIGABLE.html

 

and apparently would require a few new aircraft types:

FAA squadrons embarked Dates Aircraft type

894 May 1944-March 1946 Seafire II-III

1770 May 1944-June 1945 Firefly I

820 June-Sept 1944 Barracuda II

826 June-Sept 1944 Barracuda II

842 July 1944 Swordfish II

887 July 1944-march 1946 Seafire F.III/L.III

1840 Aug 1944 Hellcat I

820 Oct 1944-March 1946 Avenger I

888 Dec 1944-Jan 1945 Hellcat II

1772 July 1945-Dec 1946 Firefly I

good link, thanks

my dad was on this ship during the WW2, he told me some incredible stories :

-it being attacked by the japanese kamikaze (he could not believe how fast the ship could move and he'd been on it for 2 years)

-planes crashing on deck as pilots trying to land damaged planes (from combat)

-the whole crew almost starving due to supplies running out a few times

-a nice stay in sydney prior to going into the pacific -to attack japan

-seeing the mushroom of the atomic bomb from 35 miles away

would be great for this to show up in dcs

good link, thanks

 

my dad was on this ship during the WW2, he told me some incredible stories :

 

-it being attacked by the japanese kamikaze (he could not believe how fast the ship could move and he'd been on it for 2 years)

-planes crashing on deck as pilots trying to land damaged planes (from combat)

-the whole crew almost starving due to supplies running out a few times

-a nice stay in sydney prior to going into the pacific -to attack japan

-seeing the mushroom of the atomic bomb from 35 miles away

 

would be great for this to show up in dcs

You must be very proud. I volunteer at a museum where this kind of story would be welcomed as 'Oral History'. Sadly there are few left to tell the tales.

yes very few crews left (my dad checked out about 5yrs ago )

these stories I grew up with and it really was a different world back then hey,

to my amazement i found footage of the kamikaze attack my dad witnessed on youtube

I first checked about 5 years ago & thought maybe none existed, until it was posted !

sent chills down my spine, my dad said as attacks started he jumped down some stairs off the deck to get to radar but had to hold onto the stairs as the ship was moving and turning so quickly & he could not believe how powerful it was ( captain must have totally pushed it flat out ),

a plane hit the sea, one skidded off the side of the ship and one hit the deck

I remember him sitting on the sofa describing those guns, we are very lucky not to have to be in these sort of situations

I am not a historian of the ETO by any means as my interest has always been with the PTO, but I don't seem to recall all that much happening over the Normandy region following the invasion, other than some rather intense air to ground work being done by Jugs, Typhoons, B-26's and P-38's without very much, if any, Luftwaffe opposition. What was the thinking behind the choice for the Normandy map, if not for cross channel operations???

IIRC, only "Pips" Priller and his wingman, in FW-190's were over the beaches during the invasion. And just for a few minutes.

My hope is that the Normandy map will include cross channel missions, plus later missions during the breakout from the beaches. That could also morf into using airstrips on the continent, as the war progresses. Anybody care to make a Bodenplatte mission?

I can also dream about AI B-25's and B-26's bombing, Tempest ground attacks, etc, etc.

I definitely hope to see a more appropriate plane set in the future. I def would like to have the 109G and 190A in game at some point, along with some variation in the allied set as well like maybe a razorback or something along with others.

I also want of see alot of variation when it comes to ground targets like trains, buildings, factories, trucks, horse drawn carriages etc etc, that way I can always have something to shoot at in my Jug.

I'd like to see the same thing for the German side as well, I'd like to actually have an intercept mission against bombers etc etc.

Also, I agree with VinnieJones. I'd like to see some cross channel missions and a good bit of the French and British mainland that way we could do missions for multiple operations like the Battle of Britain (if they add the proper plane-set), Normandy, Post Normandy etc etc.

If you can find anyone from RRG, specifically Ilya, I would love to know as well ;)

We all would like to tell him a couple things…

S!

 

I also want of see alot of variation when it comes to ground targets like trains, buildings, factories, trucks, horse drawn carriages etc etc, that way I can always have something to shoot at in my Jug.

 

Please don´t shoot the horses. :cry:

Is there any info about WW2 Radar/Funkmess stations?

Is there any info about WW2 Radar/Funkmess stations?

Well, the boffins tell me it looks like a hut with a dirty great aerial next door... Can't miss it. :thumbup: