Can I influence the war in anyway in WOFFBH2?

[ProblemChild]

I want to know wether for example if I destroy a factory in particular cities will that have any sort of influence on the course of the war? 

I've been playing it for some time and the experience is fantastic, I just would like to know if the war can be changed in any way to fit the narrative in my playthrough.

The game has some campaign settings that allow you to tweak historical accuracy or not, so I wanted to know wether I can have any real input in the way the war progresses.

[VFC_Baxter]

Interesting. I will watch this thread. 

[Rick Rawlings]

To the best of my knowledge, no. But then real WWI pilots really didn't have much impact on the overall war anywhere other than intelligence gathering and propaganda. So the Red Baron was of psychological significance to the high command but he didn't have much influence at the ground level. While I remember a few bombing raids that did some damage, I think in general the payloads of the planes and the accuracy of their drops were just too limited to account for much.

In game terms, the sim would have to pass damage values to the shell program at the end of the mission which would then have to add that into the next mission. Additionally, there would have to be some way to keep track of time individually for each damaged airfield or factory so that they could repair over time. I'm pretty sure none of this is being done now, but who knows with the new version? 

[ProblemChild]

5 hours ago, Rick Rawlings said:

To the best of my knowledge, no. But then real WWI pilots really didn't have much impact on the overall war anywhere other than intelligence gathering and propaganda. So the Red Baron was of psychological significance to the high command but he didn't have much influence at the ground level. While I remember a few bombing raids that did some damage, I think in general the payloads of the planes and the accuracy of their drops were just too limited to account for much.

In game terms, the sim would have to pass damage values to the shell program at the end of the mission which would then have to add that into the next mission. Additionally, there would have to be some way to keep track of time individually for each damaged airfield or factory so that they could repair over time. I'm pretty sure none of this is being done now, but who knows with the new version? 

Thanks a ton for your answer, love your videos too. You actually persuaded me to ge the game.

[Rick Rawlings]

8 hours ago, ProblemChild said:

Thanks a ton for your answer, love your videos too. You actually persuaded me to ge the game.

Glad you are having a good time! This is the one game (maybe ARMA too) that always seems to keep me coming back!

[Dutch_P47M]

13 hours ago, Rick Rawlings said:

Glad you are having a good time! This is the one game (maybe ARMA too) that always seems to keep me coming back!

Well said, same to me, although I must admit here, that simracing in the interbellum period or right now I’m driving the first official Grand prix  F1 championship (1950) is also very breathtaking in VR mode and my main game. No electronic correction aid while driving these beautiful cars on dangerous circuits. 

Here btw a nice video about Tim Birkin an  former WW1 pilot. Typical British attitude towards racing in the interbellum and a very good  acting by Rowan Atkinson. 

 

Edited March 10, 2024 by Dutch_P47M

[Rick Rawlings]

Heh, nice! I was totally expecting a Black Adder clip!

[+Polovski]

Glad you are enjoying WOFF ProblemChild. To answer your question, no you cannot affect the war.  As it's historical, main events will happen when they did.  Famous battles and so on, you cannot change those.  You are a tiny cog, and trying to survive in the churner - that's what we are aiming for. 

[ProblemChild]

On 15.03.2024 at 10:21 AM, Polovski said:

Glad you are enjoying WOFF ProblemChild. To answer your question, no you cannot affect the war.  As it's historical, main events will happen when they did.  Famous battles and so on, you cannot change those.  You are a tiny cog, and trying to survive in the churner - that's what we are aiming for. 

Thanks a lot for answering!