The Mighty Eighth Tv Series

[Juvencio Parise]

WhileI know that the team is under a lot of work load with massive planes over the next year. I do think there is a massive opportunity that needs to be considered and that is a True Multicrew experience with A have bomber mainly the B17 that will fit perfectly with the next scenarios of BOBp.

I am sure some know that Spielberg/Tom Hanks new HBO miniseries the Mighty eighth is now in production, for those who do not know this will follow the same production of Band of Brothers and the pacific, both considered to be some of the finest world war 2 series ever made. The new series will feature the daylight bomber raids by American forces over Germany with a budget of 500million USD.

This a huge opportunity in my opinion for the sim market, and as usual always cascades into the gaming market, the WW2 fps craze that was inspired by and Saving private ryan and Band of brothers created a massive market for world war 2 related games, and huge influx of people into this historical setting. same happened with the pacific. my expectation is that the same cycle will be repeated again. and capitalizing on a highly publicized massive project is simply too good of an opportunity to miss.

I have to confess, I am more of a fighter pilot, if you ask me about my wishlist it will max out at something like a B25/Me410, however I think this opportunity can bring an influx of players and financial benefits that will impact the community greater for a longer time. Will it propel IL2BOX into the COD/BF size market? probably not, but it will 100% create a huge impact IF and i sate if a B17 multicrew is done just right.

When i say just right i do mean that the work of a gunner crew, and how it works in the game will need to be upgraded, quite a bit, both in VR support, more detailed damage model to be witnessed by the crew, better effects both for flak and interior damage, and dare i say it, some "what we might consider arcade eliminates" that work as step lader into the full sim mode. other options like ability of the gunners to switch potions, better AI gunnery, Ability of multi crew to use bomb sights or even co-pilot.

I know this is a major task, and I know this will require a significant programming effort, heck i would say if a B17 or heavy bombers pack is done at that level it will justify is own full price and location of operation, all of which require time and effort. But once more I think the opportunity is simply too good not to at least be considered or discussed. And I think that IL2: Mighty Eighth VR experience concept can hit several markets at once.

BoX's Gunner positions are great, they just need some small changes and tweaking to make them viable for regular use in game IMHO (especially with VR). Ie the ability to swap positions for multiple users to name but one "issue".

Seriously that sort of mission is simply not suited to the IL-2 game engine. Think through the game play of a B-17! I don't think there are too many people with the time and patience to fly 10-12 hour missions like that. Even the gunner stations will be dull. Each individual station would see limited action in its firing arc, and is dependent on which aircraft in the formation (if any) get attacked. It is a long, boring flight. Especially with the simplified engine management we have here. I've yet to see a single high-alt (> 6500m) bombing run being done in this sim, let alone one in formation. (If you know of any, please point me to the video!)

The twin-engined B-25 *might* be produced as an AI unit. And, if so, then it *might* be made flyable one day. But the Devs have said this is a "big if" and that it would take a huge amount of time and resources.

HBO is good at keeping it hidden. However it looks like the writers and location scouts have visited the locations and its in pre-production. not much else about it sadly. This was the same case for the pacific as well it was pretty very little information till filming was done.

IF the mission is designed well "for example bombers had air start and allocations and time window" to reduce the "slow" part of the mission. and with join on bombers a shot down bomber crew can easily man the flying ones. a flight of 12-30 bombers was not unheard off with events and large squadrons, flew in some and attacked more. we had a few missions even taking off and flying to targets as well.

So this is not new, it has been done before and really that novel or that complicated. Now on the small team part sure i agree with you the team is small. and with the content expansions coming up will also be overworked. but a 3rd party dev team can get this to work with needed support and with the marketing window of the HBO show and relevance of VR. This has no relevance to BOBp, aside from the plane sets them selves. basing the entire future scenarios over an operation that lasted less than a day is not a good long term investment

Had 2 Star citizen fans in the back of Pe2 on our team accounts, they both had VR and sticks in anticipation of SC multi crew. Glad to say their mind was blown and they all bought their own copies now

But then... there are those of us who put the kettle on, start the engine sequence, get our thermos out and make some coffee/tea, line up with the squad, form up over base for 30 min, and then head to target.

"I am sure some know that Spielberg/Tom Hanks new HBO miniseries the Mighty eighth is now in production, for those who do not know this will follow the same production of Band of Brothers and the pacific, both considered to be some of the finest world war 2 series ever made. The new series will feature the daylight bomber raids by American forces over Germany with a budget of 500million USD."

The Mighty Eighth is not in production. It may be in development but I have not seen anything about it for some time. There was a lot of hype in 2013 and the last significant mention it got online was in 2015. There is also a student film trailer masqurading as The Mighty Eighth which makes the rounds here every few months but it is not a studio production. IMDB does not show anything in production in this regard for Spielberg, Hanks, The Mighty Eighth or even the original title consideration Masters of the Air. I do wish they would get on it. I think it would do well. Band of Brothers is among the very best mini-series of all time.

You should also consider the fact that Peter Jackson has been looking at re-making 'Dam Busters' for about 11 years. I remember when they first announced he was going to make 'The Hobbit' they interviewed him at his studio and there was a full scale Lancaster behind him. He actually has 10 full scale Lancasters and insisted recently he will be making it yet the film has not been started yet and he is now working on Tintin 2. Hollywood can drag these things out for decades.

3a8082e126