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SAS guys are doing amazing job, Dave63 can you confirm they are working on self-shadowing..?! I thought Daidalos Team could possibly try this as they have (?) access to the core

Yes, they're just meshes without any ini files (which I have in my Korea install too) yes most were meant to be replacements in KAW, but you surely can and are encouraged to rename, re-use, re-label and do all the creative work with them

OT: reminds me when in CFS 1 (before I got myself Voodoo 1 graphics accelerator, some here must remember those) I had to set starting position somewhere near north pole to have fluid dogfights using software rendering... these were the days SF2 with actual world modelled as geosphere? That would be... lots of places to tile and target

Kevin, you might have a look at the new objects I send to you for Korea terrain to...

LOL thanks Kevin!

daddyairplanes, this setting changes virtually nothing on the map, it's mesh or settings, it just globally tells the engine when to do "beware! here be dragons!" on all planes, be it player-controlled or AI, which results in famous out-of-cockpit experience

some of bigger hangars/storage facilities from my "generic hangars pack" serve well as evildamncommbuildings too (just for change of looks) edit: no they do not, I thought about warehouses, not commbuilding, sorry I never liked the introduction of road tiles to be honest, they're PIA to paint, 100x bigger to lay down, and serve minimal or no purpose in my opinion

slowly going back to game after few weeks of break first SF2 install on new system and HDD, War for Independence!

given it's using ye olde stock WOE/SF2E tiles layout my tods from for example HR Germany repaint would fit just fine most of the tiles, even better the old Forrests and Farms, IF you're willing to repaint cows into wargs... ...or preferably Green Hell3 TODs, as the layout is 99% the same for GermanyCE and VIetnamSEA (lazy you! Thirdwire guys! )

both Formosa tileset and "old" Cuba one (by Deuces Himself!) have their appropriate .TODs complete I was looking at aerial and satellite images today and indeed, indeed Formosa tileset could possibly be utilised with small "tweaks" (meaning whole lot of textures repaints and adjustments in my own internal language)

no issues here either

lovely and needed!

thanks, after searching the web I'll skip it back on topic: 4.101 + HSFX 5.0 = 64 planes in QMB with constant 60+ fps over beautiful custom Channel map, COD = 4 vs 4 planes over the water @20-30 stuttering... I'd gladly pay some cash for patch that adds self-shadowing to Il2 1946, the rest is fine there

on the small plane were 62 passengers and crew, I wouldn't call it small, but... if you taxi next to Super Star Destroyer... yeah, that was first picture in my mind watching the clip - "tiny" Star Destroyers next to Executor

OT: HOE? Heroes Over Europe? I've seen it at local store, how is it?

the first that returned... alive

geez, look at the size of that thing! Crazy!

Yes! Ain't that wunnerfool?

Happy Birthday guys! and many many thanks for your work we all enjoy!

from what I've read, campaign is quite f***ed up and non-historical melodrama, me I expected something at least on par with Forgotten Battles ones I think I'll stay over water for now doing some sqadron-sized dogfights (with not much replayability given there's no QMB as it was in Il2) before it get patches or I get bored with it.

true, I like it as someone called it over at 1C forum, pun to old title: SOW=Stay Over Water I haven't tried campaign yet, also purely offline player, but given still the performance over land it is indeed restricted to dogfights over Channel, some 12-15 planes max for me. What I hate about this title is it's addictive despite it's limitations and bugs

right, D.I I had in my mind, didn't know about Alba J.I, thanks

I still have to find free evening to learn bombing with DFV C.V... IIRC once I heard about the possibility of making WW2 title based on ROF engine (but I think that was before 777 got involved) so maaaaybe this is a testing platform for modelling reflective sights? Frankly, I'd love that 37mm Spad variant, or metal Junkers D.I (?) Gr.Viper mentioned ...or a full-metal attack plane with 37mm cannon and reflective sight... oh, wait, wrong war.

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