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I was helping a m8 of mine in creating a mission in 1946 and located Pont-du Hoc on the Normandy map. But we didn't find any cliffs to speak of. I don't know if Oleg claimed any accurate maps in the game. We were trying to simulate the assault by the US on that part of the map and add decoy artillery guns as historically as possible but to no avail. I even tried placing that cliff in the objects listing but it was way too large I think. Any ideas?

Searching my poor memory, I think it's simply because there are no terrain features available in the initial release of IL-2 to simulate cliffs or mountains bordering the sea.

Even if you look at the new Norse map you will find that the mountains are sloped moderately and an area of flat land touches the water.

Since all rivers have only a few elevation options (one?) you will notice that the Owen Stanleys in New Guinea are only half as high as they should be.

Lots of stuff like that around.


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Thanks Falky. It seems Oleg didn't bother with accuracy when it came to mapping elevations. I guess being a flight sim no great effort was put into it. The only high mountains and valleys is seen in one of the generic online maps. In fact this map is great for sessions. I had played one some time ago and had real thrills zooming in and out of valleys.

The square island with the lake in the middle?

Yeah, that's my favorite too. It's a great map for racing. The uber-wide airfields on the corners and the long narrow valleys are good for that.


Falcon

I think its still pretty amazing considering how old the il-2 engine is... its like 27 years old now isn't it?

Time for BoB... time for BoB like NOW Oleg... NOW NOW NOW Gimme!

Oleg doesn't read our forums does he? oh well

Yeah, it's about time Oleg put down that vodka bottle and ship it out.