Other idea: what about adding those planes with fuel in in to refuel in air? You can make a mission out of it or put it in every game, what do you think?

got 1 more idea
add helicopters from ww2: Flettner 282, Focke-Angelis Fa-223, Sikorsky R-4

Hi Zup, here's a new "mission" I've been thinking would be cool to add for some time. That is, no mission at all.

A Free Flight server.
a place to just fly around goofing off with friends, kind of a social hub like World chat but more interactive. A non-competitive environment. It could be used for practicing long range shooting, high altitude bombing, formation flying, teaching newer players various techniques, downhill tank races, UFO hunting etc. Anything you could think of. There's much to do with a bit of imagination.

You could even program a randomizer, so occasionally bombers, or zeppelin have a chance to spawn in.

The Free Flight mode has no mission end, just ends when the timer reaches zero.

Would like to hear your thoughts Zup if this is something you think is worth considering.
 

Cricket, while that sounds fun, it's basically writing a whole new game inside the game. That would require months of development.

Ah okay. I thought it might have been an easy addition using the same codes as the Dogfight mission, slightly altered. Maybe something to consider later down the line then. Thanks Zup

Cricket wrote:

Hi Zup, here's a new "mission" I've been thinking would be cool to add for some time. That is, no mission at all.

A Free Flight server.
a place to just fly around goofing off with friends, kind of a social hub like World chat but more interactive. A non-competitive environment. It could be used for practicing long range shooting, high altitude bombing, formation flying, teaching newer players various techniques, downhill tank races, UFO hunting etc. Anything you could think of. There's much to do with a bit of imagination.

You could even program a randomizer, so occasionally bombers, or zeppelin have a chance to spawn in.

The Free Flight mode has no mission end, just ends when the timer reaches zero.

Would like to hear your thoughts Zup if this is something you think is worth considering.



Not that bad at all ...adding more stuff  to do

Dirtbike riding, uphills racing at Duck mountain
or a  track  in forrest.  Horse field races.
tank wrestling...



Grettings from a friend
 

Doggy Dix wrote:

Cricket wrote:

Hi Zup, here's a new "mission" I've been thinking would be cool to add for some time. That is, no mission at all.

A Free Flight server.
a place to just fly around goofing off with friends, kind of a social hub like World chat but more interactive. A non-competitive environment. It could be used for practicing long range shooting, high altitude bombing, formation flying, teaching newer players various techniques, downhill tank races, UFO hunting etc. Anything you could think of. There's much to do with a bit of imagination.

You could even program a randomizer, so occasionally bombers, or zeppelin have a chance to spawn in.

The Free Flight mode has no mission end, just ends when the timer reaches zero.

Would like to hear your thoughts Zup if this is something you think is worth considering.



Not that bad at all ...adding more stuff  to do

Dirtbike riding, uphills racing at Duck mountain
or a  track  in forrest.  Horse field races.
tank wrestling...
Races with planes  with those rings you have in practice mission...on time


Grettings from a friend

Trying to post...
sorry best Zup... Didnt see you answered already on crickets proposal...

Best wiches. from a friend

Why not some kind of contest... Like a  world championship of dogfight. Like a Cup... Match all rank players on one mission just  3 chanses then striked out  and you cant participate in that contest mission anymore. the last 8 final players combat in a final of dogfight mission game and win for example some merchandise connected to dogfight elit... Like a nice cap with loggo in gold  and # 1 dogfighter of the year... 2022
that would be awesome ..


Greetings from a friend !

Cricket, I like the ideas and some may actually be a future mission. But yeah, having the content such as airplanes and zep and stuff, just helps a little. The hard stuff is programming it. Creating a "fun room" is pretty hard. You need to add that to the servers, it's a special room. Program it as such. Then all the content that is not really part of the mission has to be rewritten so that it doesn't work as a mission, and so on. Lots of work to do for something that wouldn't be part of the missions really.

But I do like some of those ideas and I'll see if I can make them into some mission.

Destroy the Submarine. 
Create various ww1 submarines, similar concept as carrier mission but have the subs rise and submerge in various locations. 
location should be variable as to make it challenging. Different locations every game. 

Planes will need to loiter and dogfight when subs are submerged. Plane can bomb or fire on the subs when surfaced.
Pace a functioning  gun on the sub that pilots can swim to and use to defend the sub.

subs can be from countries that had the capability for the period 1914-1918, British, German, Russian,Etc

An other idea  thought why not epic battles like Potemkin. Or a battle in same lake  called  battle Monitor agains Merrimac... dashing around brave and firing shells on each other's ... meanwhile theres a air fight battle  over  for example Somme is ongoing on the fields?


ThanksFrom a friend 

Bingo, that sounds like a great idea. Maybe a small periscope can clue in on where the submarine will rise next. Zup could also arm us with torpedoes for long distance bombing, to help balance the challenging mechanics of the rising and submerging submarine.

Cricket wrote:

Bingo, that sounds like a great idea. Maybe a small periscope can clue in on where the submarine will rise next. Zup could also arm us with torpedoes for long distance bombing, to help balance the challenging mechanics of the rising and submerging submarine.

Even with ballistic rockets you can fire and reach the enemy base ?


Greetings from a friendly, friend 
 

I'm guessing nobody can really swim to it and use their machine gun since it would be up and down often. Hey, not even the carrier guns are used that much, so I don't imagine they would be used on the submarine.

My main question is how would they move? Just a standard path like the automatic bombers?

Also, what would be their mission? One side is clear, they have to destroy the submarines. What about the other side? What's their mission considering they can't control the submarines?
 

zuperman wrote:

I'm guessing nobody can really swim to it and use their machine gun since it would be up and down often. Hey, not even the carrier guns are used that much, so I don't imagine they would be used on the submarine.

My main question is how would they move? Just a standard path like the automatic bombers?


No just like the carriers... The movement is connected to the torpedoes ( like the guns on deck) and the ballistic shells   (like to the tanks )

Any difference is you have to move the zub up and down. With a middle level for periscope depths


Take care ,greeting from a friend






 

Make The gun move like the Zep gun with a left and right arc.
Soldier stays with the sub when it submerges. Can use the gun when surfaces

Cricket idea of a torpedo might be better than a bomb

Each side has a sub to defend or destroy

On the submarine movement, 

you could assign 5-10 spots in each lake, where it is possible for the submarine to rise from. It can stay above water for a few minutes at a time. When it submerges, the submarine teleports randomly to one of the designated spots and remains underwater for a few minutes before rising again. 

I like the sub idea!

Why not add a big hairy ape behind the northern base holding a female pilot on the duck mountain with planes circle around to get to kill him and rescue the female pilot... A combination of flag game and  protect the zeppelin .... Wouldn't that be awesome ?


Tnx and greetings

That is what I was thinking. It wouldn’t make sense to have it come up in the same place. The farm boyz would have it too easy.

Otra 2 ideas que creo podrían ser muy interesantes 
la 1-que porten bombas torpedo los aviones,como por ejemplo las que portaban los zero y supermarime 
2-visor y mira para bombardear a grandes alturas,potenciemos el juego,saldrían cazas a interceptar a los bombarderos y se ampliaría las posibilidade del juego,no sólo se iría por el centro,se saldría a interceptar a los bombarderos,habría mucha más batalla en las alturas aprovechando el espacio aéreo de otra manera y usando muchos más tácticas de combate.

A fox hunt, obviously.

How about instead of just one zeppelin or bomber to kill or protect have a whole formation of bombers that are easier to kill but so many that its a challenge to both kill them all before they bomb the base or defend them all so they can get through to their target? 

You can do the same thing with a convoy of ships. 

En todas las guerras han existido comboys,que cruzaban zonas de la contienda o cercanas a las mismas para abastecimiento de todo tipo,una misión donde participen todos podrían ser proteger el comboy,consistiría en que un equipo lo intentara destruir y otro lo proteja,similar al del tren pero alejado del centro y que vaya por gran parte del mapa 
situar misiones fuera del centro típico entre bases le daría un plus al juego,aprovechar el espacio aéreo,del lago y por tierra,haría un juego mucho más versátil y atractivo creo que para todos,y también quitar cargas individuales para algunas misiones lo harían más bonito de jugar y sobre todo habría más cooperación de equipos por igual rojos o azules,ya que no se sumarían puntos individuales en la misión solo por el logro final,que iría a parar al equipo ganador se lucharía más en equipo,se iría consiguiendo un juego mucho mas entrete nido y variado.

maybe an easy way to have a global contest is to make a public record of who can make it thru the first practice mission the fastest...

variations could be;
1. everyone gets the same plane
2. choice of plane
3. solo contest for time
4. a duel against a red for the first thru the course
5. one contestant from each team is the only one to 'do the course' while teammates defend or attack the opposite teams point pilot

The reward is your name in the top 25 at the start of the match

 

Rescue the lady, that is tied to railroad tracks 

 

What about adding some AA guns around the bases in certain games?? Maybe in the btb and ctf games. 

I have one for you.
I'm surprised it wasn't brought up or mentioned yet. Maybe it has and I over looked it.

'Team Death match' first team to 50 kills win.

I also feel that a new map would be a great addition to the game aswell. Maybe an island surrounded by water. And maybe that can help open the door for new missions or a better version of 'sink the carrier'

With a bigger map the teams can be bigger and the game will be all out hell lol