Adjusting Fuel Consumption to Reflect Map Scale?
Posted: Sun 16 Jun 2013 4:44 pm
Greetings,
As you all know , the range of a WW2 aircraft was key to the success or failure of certain types of aircraft in operations in certain theatres. Obviously most players of IL2 are not willing to sit for bumburner missions from East Anglia to Berlin and back , or from Iwo Jima to Tokyo etc. , and so Map Makers have made some very important maps for IL2 in scaled down form.
Consequently , the functionality of those aircraft which featured their range as a key operational feature is marginalized on scaled down maps.
Would it be possible to add a simple calculator within the SEOW engine that would adjust fuel consumption according to map scale?
This would bring those long-winded aircraft back to their places of importance , despite whatever flaws they might exhibit in other combat characteristics.
As a simple example , lets say that Canon's beta Channel map is at 2:3 scale. Any given aircraft would then get the benefit of the historical equivalent of an extra 33.3 % in its range. With a simple consumption multiplier of 1.5x , those Bf109s would be very cautious about extending a chase on a crippled Hurricane too far north!
Map Scale ConsumptionMultplier
1:2 2x
2:3 1.5x
3:4 1.25x
etc,etc
I don't know if this is possible within the SEOW engine, but if so it would make those Zeros supreme again in the early Pacific War.
Just a thought.
Kopfdorfer
As you all know , the range of a WW2 aircraft was key to the success or failure of certain types of aircraft in operations in certain theatres. Obviously most players of IL2 are not willing to sit for bumburner missions from East Anglia to Berlin and back , or from Iwo Jima to Tokyo etc. , and so Map Makers have made some very important maps for IL2 in scaled down form.
Consequently , the functionality of those aircraft which featured their range as a key operational feature is marginalized on scaled down maps.
Would it be possible to add a simple calculator within the SEOW engine that would adjust fuel consumption according to map scale?
This would bring those long-winded aircraft back to their places of importance , despite whatever flaws they might exhibit in other combat characteristics.
As a simple example , lets say that Canon's beta Channel map is at 2:3 scale. Any given aircraft would then get the benefit of the historical equivalent of an extra 33.3 % in its range. With a simple consumption multiplier of 1.5x , those Bf109s would be very cautious about extending a chase on a crippled Hurricane too far north!
Map Scale ConsumptionMultplier
1:2 2x
2:3 1.5x
3:4 1.25x
etc,etc
I don't know if this is possible within the SEOW engine, but if so it would make those Zeros supreme again in the early Pacific War.
Just a thought.
Kopfdorfer