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The command system is fairly detailed, and has various types of attack and formation commands, and you can talk to bases for vectors and clearances. In campaigns, the types of commands you can give depend on your rank too. Don't get this. The Il-2 in that package is old and different from...

Definitely Il-2. CFS doesn't even compare. You will want to pick up the 1946 edition, which contains all of the games and expansions since Forgotten Battles. It's essentially the entire series in one box, and it's a steal for $30. Just to get a taste of what Il-2 is capable of, here's some...

I'm sure the Wildcat will be worth the wait. Those two are certainly looking excellent.

Looking good. Maybe the Wildcat perhaps? Haven't seen too much of those Landreich fighters lately.

Those new videos look great, and the radars certainly have a more unified feel to them. I know what most of those features are. Does this mean that Pioneer will support normal maps?

Woah, that's really dark. I can barely see anything without adjusting it in Photoshop.

There is a Falcon class light corvette mentioned in Fleet Action. This may be what you are thinking of. Keep up the good work on the comic.

Regarding ITTS: I agree that it doesn't really make sense to be using it in the Landreich area 10 years or more before seeing front line service by the Confederation, and then only by "advanced" fighters as the WC2 manual describes them. Perhaps some advanced scanning options could replace...

The noticability would depend on implementation, so it's really up to you/Joel/whoever. :) I wouldn't discount things like that. Differing sounds can add a lot of immersion. Just think about Sebulba's freight train engines vs. Anakin's whine in the Episode I pod racing sequence.

I can't think of any changes for the engines. The pipes are pretty much exactly what I had in mind.

Excellent update. The Hunchback was indeed looking a little shabby the last time I scanned through your site. For the last engine upgrade, maybe you could put some pipes for cooling or something in that mushroom sort of area where it thins out before the actual nozzle. The thing that...

Do you mean the Sorthaks? It's possible I missed them, but I don't see any Vaktoths in those shots. Those Kilrathi are looking great though.

If they don't have to be sci-fi, I strongly recommend Barrett Tillman's Dauntless and Hellcats. The overall feel of the books is quite similar to the WC novels. Basically, Forstchen is writing historical fiction set 600 years in the future by taking Wing Commander and using it to make WWII in...

This was really excellent. The minor differences between this and the original are totally trivial compared to the accomplishment of actually getting autopilot as far as I'm concerned. Keep up the good work.

I recently obtained a few DVDs with WW2 era navy aircraft training films and documentaries. I was watching one about offensive fighter tactics, and the following sequence jumped out at me. The first part looks like WC1 and the second part with the actual plane launch is just like WC2. Is it a...

The Soryu reminds me of some ships from Starlancer. The Wildcat doesn't seem up to your usual modelling standard though. The texturing is pretty good, but I would suggest making the shading differences between the panels more subtle. It would also help if your dirt was more "deliberate" at...

Punch the afterburner as soon as you drop out of autopilot, and head straight for the Gothris. Concentrate on them and don't let them line up torpedo shots.

I've gotten through it (and the whole prologue) as well. I think the discussion is about why it's bad, not that we can't get past it on the second try.

The fact that the player is a wingman, not a wingleader is good, but the problem with that instant fail formation break is that the objective itself is not known until it's too late. The player really has no idea he really has to act like a subordinate to that degree without a direct order...

Well, I've finally gotten home to my own computer and have played through a few campaign and simulator missions. My impressions so far are 99% positive. The game runs great at high resolution and settings, and the only time I noticed any slowdown was some very minor stuff in the bombing run...