Combat Pilot - Early Preview of Akagi

Welcome to the first video about Combat Pilot! A new hardcore combat flight-simulator set in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Combat Pilot is being developed by international development studio Entropy.Aero. A subsidiary of Barbedwire Studios in partnership with Skystreak Productions LLC.
In this video we take an impromptu tour of our IJN Akagi aircraft carrier that is under development. It’s a large ship that went toe to toe with the American fleet at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. She was lost during the battle after being hit by American dive-bombers and set ablaze. She was eventually scuttled by other Japanese ships who torpedoed her on the order of Admiral Yamamoto.
IJN Akagi Specs:
Standard Displacement: 37,100 tons
Full Displacement: 42,000 tons
Length: 261m / 865ft.
Beam: 31.3m / 102.69ft.
Draught: 8.7m / 28.5ft.
Propulsion: 4x Kampon turbines, rated at 133,000hp
Maximum Speed: 31.25 knots
Range: 8,200 nm at 16 knots
Armament:
28x 25mm Type 96 AA Guns (Dual Mount)
12x 12cm Guns (Dual Mount)
6x 20cm Broadside Guns (Single Mount)
Carrier Air Group:
60 Aircraft
18 x A6M2 “Zeke” Fighters
18x D3A1 “Val” Dive-Bombers
18x B5N2 “Kate” Torpedo-Bombers
6x A6M2 “Zeke” Fighters (Additional planes intended for use on Midway Atoll after capture)
Armor:
152mm (main belt)
80mm (main deck)
Compliment: Approx. 1,700 Officers and Men
For more information about our project, please visit www.combatpilot.com or any of our social media properties.
#combatpilot #wwii #imperialjapan #usnavy #usmc #battleofmidway

[@combatpilotsim]

Thank you everyone for your well-wishes and enthusiasm for Combat Pilot! We think the Akagi looks great. Next up is the Enterprise. We hope this video is but one of many as we move forward. We shall endeavor to do our best for you! Stay tuned! - Jason

[@Vice1-4]

I see that you will branch out into other theaters after the end of development for Combat Pilot I, but exactly how far will you take the pacific? I would find it very interesting for you to take this game to 1945 and the Late war era. The use of aircraft like the P-51D, F4U-1D, Ki-84, and the B-29, which has never been represented in any proper flight sim, would be a untapped gold mine for military aviation simulation. Thanks!

[@Rich_828]

Dynamic Campaign 🙏🏽

[@coldclaws2479]

Pvp 🙏

[@RibshackTV]

​@@coldclaws2479 All of the above

[@thecircusfreak5364]

Dynamic PvP campaign

[@raaasssppp]

Extremely impressive, i cant wait!

[@keithbriscoe99]

So glad there are teams dedicated to bringing this type of sim/gaming/entertainment to us!

[@senfcommander1158]

Can't wait for huge multiplayer battles

[@theangrygamer6404]

I am so excited for this.

[@thomastarnowski5796]

Really beautiful work so far! Can't wait to see the fully textured and weathered version. And of course, can't wait for the mentioned first experimental prototype. Keep up the great work guys! With your attitude and approach, Combat Pilot can truly become a sim legend, lasting for decades!

[@Ambaryerno]

Other interesting facts about Akagi: 1. She was originally constructed with three flight decks arranged in tiers. As aircraft became heavier it was determined this arrangement was insufficient to support them, so she was refit with the upper flight deck extended to the full length of her hull, and the other two removed. 2. She is one of only two aircraft carriers that had her island superstructure on the PORT side, rather than starboard as is the case for almost all other carriers. The other was the carrier Hiryu. This is because the Japanese intended to allow carriers to operate abreast of one another in fleet formations, with starboard-island carriers operation on one side of the task group, and port-island carriers on the other, and without interfering with each others' flight operations. The concept was abandoned once it became clear it was impractical and would just complicate flight operations.

[@wheelsupcavu]

Looking forward to actually getting in the virtual air with this sim. 😎

[@Rodulv_Hix]

This tops my list of most anticipated future projects. It's awesome to see such incredible progress in such a short amount of time. This model looks incredible. I can't wait to see it up close ingame.

[@MercenaryZack]

With such highly detailed models, I hope we can walk around and explore a bit, even if its a flight sim, just to appropriate the details. I also have to say that Rise Of Flight is a game I really loved so I know this is already in good hands. I wish you guys the best with this project. I will be following it closely as I am very excited for a new Flight Sim with modern tech, and Japanese Aircraft.

[@J0hn-MiCHaeL]

Finally! I am super excited thank you!

[@cbz3237]

Amazing level of detail, as expected for a modern CFS. Very excited and looking forward to the experimental prototype

[@ACG_Jaydog]

Looking forward to this

[@Enigma89]

Really curious and excited to see how the damage model looks in the full game

[@TOMCATsimPilot]

Outstanding!!

[@flightdojo]

looking forward to this project!

[@lwallace79]

Wish you the best, Jason 🙂

[@RobinHartJones]

Is his level of detail just for the visuals or are the players actually going to be able to access the hangar and the guns? Maybe even watch the launches and landings from the island? That latter might sound gratuitous but in modern combat flight sims I really miss the ability to wait for your pals to return when your own mission has been cut short.

[@dukethejuke]

everyone i have talked to on il2 and dcs is super excited!

[@freighttrain7143]

Unreal Engine 5! Great choice and makes me much more hopeful for your success!

[@Stormbirds]

The Akagi is looking fantastic! Great work by the team.

[@derneuemensch]

So looking forward to this!

[@iFlyFlightSims]

Looks great! Loving the detail.

[@gungriffen]

The biggest hurdle with other flight sims is they are hanging on to 20+ year old engines that seem to be a nightmare to modernize.

[@russbarrington3790]

Great work can't wait for the release..

[@jakey-poo401]

I am greatly looking forward to this. Can’t wait to continue to see progress as you guys move forward!

[@F15IDriver]

Wonderful work!

[@1936Garand]

Great work, team! Can't wait to get my hands on this.

[@Coreyhkh2]

looks awesome, cant wait to play

[@NoXiDLP]

Cool stuff. I am very very excited

[@historischeluftfahrt4394]

fantastic work!

[@BlueMax109]

That looks absolutely incredible

[@bearmat6605]

We'll be watching your career with great interest.

[@ploofyphil5740]

an extraordinary project takes shape !🤩

[@chupica100]

These are exciting news! Can't believe we're finally getting a flight sim set in the Pacific during WW2! If this is the level of detail you're aiming for on the carriers, then I can't wait to see what's in store for the planes themselves. Keep up the good work!

[@g-locmedia]

Very much looking forward to this.

[@civitasmilitaris8460]

Good work on the Akagi, guys! Can't wait to take off from her deck.

[@marduk87]

Please focus on optimalization from start - multicore support, good memory management, netcode and other things like that. Its all cool and nice to have these high poly models but that doesnt matter when the game runs like shit.

[@hez0r]

This

[@Avio033]

This comment should be pinned to the top.

[@oczhaal]

and VR !

[@meuhey]

ue5 is a demanding game engine, don't expect your 5 year old hardware to run the game butter smooth

[@TheRaptorXX]

Lookin' GREAT!!!

[@009etna]

Very nice!

[@henfre6845]

Looking great.. Can't wait to see more videos.. Keep 'em coming :)

[@roombaclaymoregaming5514]

Looks amazing

[@lostferwords]

This really is a dream come true and I wish Jason and all of the team the very best for a successful project. I can't wait to be flying over the blue sea of the Pacific.

[@MrGreatGeorge]

Great job!

[@elijahvangilder7670]

I’m incredibly excited!!! My absolute favorite aircraft is the a6m zero, and getting to fly it in a sim would be a dream come true!

[@Gerardius]

Great work! Thank you for let us watch it!

[@doopy7227]

It looks amazing! But remember guys, looks aren't everything. The gameplay is important as is the historical accuracy of these legendary machines. Excited to see what you guys can do. Best of luck keeping history alive.

[@maxnao3756]

Beautiful

[@urgentsiesta7606]

FANTASTIC level of detail! Please make sure the game runs well ;) Very much looking forward to flying in your skies.

[@Docjonel]

Absolutely fantastic. That level of detail, when combined with realistic textures and lighting via UE5, along with UE5's ocean depiction, will look insanely good. In VR I might just spend as much time gawking as I will flying! Very excited by your progress so far.

[@igmu-dn6ri]

That looks so good that now I want the carriers to be playable!

[@dogsbd]

Magnificent! I wish you had released this a few days sooner, I just am finishing reading "Shattered Sword"

[@smink1701]

Awesome!

[@Hetstaine]

Gorgeous.

[@rjteeter]

That's a nice unit. The audio is good too.

[@fulminous123cherub]

Wow!

[@ReddTenn]

Fantastic! I was a huge fan of MS Combat Flight Simulator in the Pacific as well as Pacific Fighters! I look forward to some serious carrier on carrier MP events!! Good luck on development. May feature creep not creep on you.

[@acexprt]

love this

[@WarmasterHorus96]

I will be patient and wait for the time we can set sail on her!

[@The_Real_Indiana_Joe]

Ooooo.. Just found this channel. This will an Epic game!

[@Praxics0815]

Impressive 3D model. Rather interesting that the interior is modelled. I'm rather stoked that UE5 is being used. The NOR platform shows it can be used to power a simulation. UE5 is a very impressive engine.

[@GrundyMcWeasel]

Hell yeah brother

[@antonemelyancev1545]

Amazing model! I wish this project to succeed - that would be great for 'health' of avia simming.

[@mro9466]

James Cameron: Impressive, very nice !

[@ReflectedSimulations]

This looks very promising!

[@matydrum]

Look who's here! ;) I hope they will have clickable cockpits. I realise that since I got more intoo dcs (I'l say it again, due to your fantastic campaigns) I don't play il-2 that much, because I get put off by not having that cold start that puts you straight intoo the immersion, it becomes like a ritual!

[@ReflectedSimulations]

@@matydrum agreed, I hope so too

[@RadianMeasure]

Track While Scan, Day Before, etc. many Unreal asset flip projects. A priority of the project should be to reassure they are not one of these many scams. Will need to show more than just 3D models

[@JDAeroVR]

That is some damn fine work and detail! Rendering this using Unreal?

[@chocks9350]

See you in 2 or 3 years time. Looks good, but sure a long way to go still... Keep it up. I am deffently interested, when it will release....

[@wilbuzllf5057]

She looks amazing! I'm really looking forward to following your journey here and to flying the Sim in the future! A question, how well does Unreal Engine 5 adapt to realistic flight models?

[@MrNicklasson87]

If you build it they will come ❤

[@SimUKReviews]

Well, well, welll❤

[@Al-Azraq]

This is looking amazing, and UE5 should provide modern visual techniques and optimisation. I hope it can also be used for the complexity required in a simulator, but given that the professional sector is using it (such as NOR platform), I guess it will be fine.

[@Y0Y0]

More video pls :)

[@luizengrazia5169]

LONG LIVE THE EMPEROR!

[@matydrum]

I can not wait for your project! Will there be clickable Cockpit? at least enough to cold start? I realised I play less Il-2 since I got used to cold starting my war birds in dcs, which really puts me in the immersion from the start. It becomes like a ritual and really now when I go back to Il-2 I'm a bit disapointed by the automated starting and I feel like I miss something. I spent almost 800 hours in il-2 GB but since I started to get all the modules to play every Reflected simultaion's amazing campaign, I fly less, but it's all I do because it's so immersive. And when I once in a while try to go back to Il-2 I play 25 minutes and quits...

[@Tacticaviator7]

I'm pretty sure IL-2 lets you do manual starts aswell, problem is the lack of clickable cockpits requires the player to set key binds for everything which obviously sucks.

[@matydrum]

@@Tacticaviator7 no it doesn't except the me 262. Maybe the arado too.

[@haackhaack4217]

Unreal engine - interesting- does it support OpenXR ? Hope VR is a priority

[@oifusmcsapper8774]

😊

[@fauxbro1983]

Will this flight sim be optimized for VR?

[@WilhelmvonFahrvergnugen]

Just about ready for....ehm..Best Practices, so to speak.

[@tomcatvrkalisz820]

Nice, but having detailed models is not a big deal in modern times. Working systems implementation together with dynamic damage model (not just predefined animations) to all stuff like in real life would make a difference.

[@jimnycricket2322]

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY. Make this VR ready from the get go. I have been Flying in VR for 10 years now (IL2,DCS,MSFS, and of course war thunder) each game has different attributes that I like, and things I don’t like about them. In order for a game like this to succeed, you have to have a playstyle in tune with war thunder, with the beauty of DCS, the simplicity of IL2 and the ease of flight like MSFS. If you can get that equation correct. It will be a winner. The problem is that you need to find a happy medium between arcade style shooter, and full on realistic like DCS. You should also have VR only lobbies, or different levels of difficulty for online play. Sometimes I don’t want the complexity of a DCS flight. I just wanna jump in and fly like war thunder SIM mode. I do not like the grind aspect of war thunder at all. I also don’t like paying 90 dollars per aircraft on DCS just to spend a year learning how to fly the damn thing. But I like the ease of controls in WT. then IL2, it’s gorgeous. Runs smoothly, it’s just outdated in terms of design. I subbed. And will most likely pick this title up to add to my collection.

[@funkyschnitzel]

I personally disagree with "playstyle in tune with war thunder". War thunder and its battle royal / air quake style is not at all what I'm hoping for. I would far prefer a highly realistic sim that prioritises historical accuracy. Battles that play out over many hundreds of miles and several sorties like in the real world. I would also prefer a single player first mentality. An excellent dynamic campaign with optional multiplayer. I'm also one of those guys who wants to be able to flip every switch in the cockpit and follow real world procedures for engine start / weapon employment / emergency procedures /etc. I don't believe that every game has to be multiplayer focused or live service to succeed these days. That said, if they are able to accommodate a fully realistic sim experience in the same box as a more arcade style (with difficulty settings maybe) I don't see how that could be a bad thing.

[@jimnycricket2322]

I'm speaking about warthunder SIM. Not the other modes. It's completely different

[@funkyschnitzel]

@@jimnycricket2322 sim mode in warthunder is a better flight model than arcade or realistic, but it's still not great. It's also still a battle/air quake mode. The objectives make it a bit better than the other two modes, but it's still not great. If I had to play war thunder, sim mode is the mode I would play, but I'd rather play a real sim.

[@AcesandArmour]

@@funkyschnitzel The flight model used in War Thunder sim is identical to that used in Realistic Battles. It differs only in the controllability afforded to the player. War Thunder does not feature a Battle Royale mode. War Thunders flight model is fairly sophisticated, and generally considered good.

[@funkyschnitzel]

@@AcesandArmour I played a lot of war thunder over the years, and realistic vs sim mode couldn't be more different. When flying with the mouse in realistic battles, it's impossible to stall the plane or really to depart flight in any meaningful way. Sim does a much better job of it, but is nowhere near the level of sophistication of IL-2 or DCS.

[@danielle1894]

Please add an avatar so I can wave to the plane boys while they take off! And please let us add decals to our planes. Also I would love to touch every switch in the cockpit. Thank you. ✈️

[@matydrum]

Adding decals is not to the taste of everybody, it's not war thunder, I think it's a more historical oriented project. I think most people interested in thois project would prefer historical markings. It's my cas anyway. I'm more worried about if we'l be able to cold start the engine like in dcs, the flight models etc...

[@danielle1894]

@@matydrum okay grognard

[@matydrum]

@@danielle1894 I know sorry. Did you add the "I'd love to touch every switch in the cockpit" or do I didn't even read your comment in it's entirety? I'm sorry if so. I fell exactly the same, I don't know if you play DCS and Il-2 great battle but lately I've been doing all the amazing historical campaigns for dcs made by the incredible Reflected simulation, and being able to cold start the engine is so enjoyable, it becomes like a ritual, puts you in the immersion directly and you feel like you know the aircraft. That's why since then, when I go back to Il-2 where the cockpits are not clickable and the starting sequence is automated... It puts me off. Anyway sorry for being the grumpy douche. Decals would be fine for me if you can have an option for not seeing other player's decals if you don't want to. What I'm after is reliving history, but I can understand that other people can enjoy the topic and also want to express some personality into it. Forgive me, it didn't come out right.

[@Czaderblader]

Nice model, but what about flying?

[@matydrum]

Should be on part with Il-2 GB

[@tb100]

This looks way, way early. Probably 5 years away. But thanks for creating interest

[@jeremynuckoles2907]

EA please!

[@zasupainassnegom6596]

will the game be available in Russia?

[@supercheese7033]

Take my money please!

[@cowansimstudio]

a 3d model. wow