They are too lazy and cheap :(
I spoke to a developer about this years ago. The answer I got back then was that the game engine didn’t like maps much bigger than 128x128. I think it was that common issue with game engines where the further you get away from 0,0 be less precise some physics calculations become, and if you get too far away, the effects start to become noticeable.
IIRC he said the issue can be solved, but it is non-trivial and back then it was deemed not worth the effort as 128 x128 was plenty big enough for props and early jets.
That said, Norway is 128x164 or something odd like that, and the empty ocean map is 256x256. So I guess it might be possible.
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Yeah, and youd hope they’d work on improving the code to handle bigger maps eventually anyway.
Typhoon in 128km² maps is rather dull because you instantly get into combat with no real transit time or time to react. Even in the subsonic Shar I find the maps too small quite often.
Being a healthy amount of ocean should also help too.
The airfields could also remain 128km apart roughly fairly easily too
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Imagine wanting a map in planes that super cruise at mach jesus more then 50km wide…
Man 128 km maps sounds big until youre going mach 2.2 and covering 2000kmph…
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In the Typhoon
Take off
Defend against enemy SPAA on their AFs
Retract landing
:P
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Take off, fire amraams , land repeat
You have to have already launched your AMRAAMS before you even rertact your flaps or get the take-off RP if you’re going vertical
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right so launch amraams take off land repeat? = profit?
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Man used the best futurama meme, respect
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I know the memes but never watched the shows even though I want to
ooof u gotta watch at least hte first 5 seasons then the movies, thats before it changes to comedy central and went downhill man
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They are on Disney+ if you have it ;)
I’m addicted to Youtube and WT, I get too bored from my ADHD to watch movies lol
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me trying to explain how i can watch a 4 hour film in 30 minutes because i skip so much of it.
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Did the shar 2 get asraams?
It could carry 4
Exact same configuration as the Aim-9M
So
2 with BOL
or
4 without BOL
at least until Gaijin decides we can have TMC+BOL
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You mentioned some proof for the twin rail + BOL, do you have the documents for that? Or is it just a concept that could be implemented in war time?
You can read Flame’s breakdown/bug report here:
https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/zcBgtng9Pe5x
But in essence, there is no reason it couldn’t be done physically and the most likely answer was that BOL was added late into the FA2’s life and there was never a need for it to actually carry both/no documented proof that it did.
Gaijin’s official line for it iirc is: “If we deem it necessary then it can get the buff” or something to that affect
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Considering the av 8 can carry 240cm with 6 missiles but we only get 60 with 6 or 60 plus some glitter with 4 i dont see why not? That is untill they make the flares on bol better.