Combat Pilot - Pre-Alpha Footage of F4F-4 Wildcat in the Morning

[@laneslash6639]

This scratches the pacific theater itch my brain has had for years

[@troycrum9294]

There is nothing better for these flight sims than competition! I think it’s wonderful to see another option poking around the edges of this genre, and I’m looking forward to watching its development. Thank you.

[@catsooey]

DCS pilot here - this looks great, I’m really looking forward to this! To the people saying that “we already have DCS, MSFS, etc, remember that competition is a good thing. Right now DCS has a pretty strong hold on the market. I love DCS but there’s a lot of things missing that I’d really like to see. In particular I’d like to see a dynamic campaign. Eagle Dynamics has talked about this in the past but now maybe there’s a chance it might happen. I’d also like to see aircraft like the Me 262 in DCS. It’s going to be great to have a chance to fly some of the planes which aren’t available elsewhere. Each sim offers something a little different so I’m interested in checking out Combat Pilot to see what they focus on. If they hit it out of the park we’ll end up with a great new sim that could also inspire innovation throughout the whole flight sim community. O7

[@ianpopp87]

all I can say is Hell Yeah.

[@robertormes2178]

Hell yeah!

[@bigrivercod]

Super impressive, even at this early stage of development

[@Mikelaw709]

OMG PACIFIC!!!!! LETS GO!!!!!!

[@math4U1234]

OMG! The engine sound!

[@theangrygamer6404]

IKR👍

[@Ambaryerno]

This will be my ride. At least until the Corsair gets introduced. It's interesting hearing the difference between the Wright and Sakae engines. The Sakae sounds like an old lawn mower in comparison. Are you going to model the hand crank for the F4Fs landing gear? The Wildcat didn't have powered landing gear, but a hand crank, which also caused the aircraft to tend to wobble during takeoffs because the movement of the pilot working the crank was transmitted into the stick. I would have thought the default skin would be for Fighting Squadron Six, since you're starting with Enterprise.

[@combatpilotsim]

Its not the default skin. We don't really have one yet and yes we will model the hand crank in some way. We are aware it was not automatic.

[@wahtx7717]

Do not heed the negative comments and comparisons, this has alot of potential even at an early stage of development. I believe this is in unreal engine?

[@combatpilotsim]

Yes it's using Unreal.

[@Rift_131]

It’s a long ways away but I’m really excited for this project!

[@combatpilotsim]

We can always use more support! Join us!

[@darthvegan]

Wow, I can't wait to get in that cockpit!

[@BumpyDCS]

WW2 pacific! i love this theatre and i am so glad you guys are working on it. can't wait to see more :)

[@PaddyPatrone]

Looks promising!

[@PeypaMikko-1842]

Damn good job ! Looks promising as it is still pre-alpha footage. Way to go, guys !

[@CheckSix]

Loving it, cannot wait for this

[@ripmax333]

I don't know why, but it brings back nice memories of IL2 Sturmovik Pacific Fighters. It looks very promising.

[@juuuxie2631]

company lead for combat pilot is an ex IL-2 BoX dev that left , I think, around the Kuban DLC release

[@xXE4GLEyEXx]

Gimmmme! I am awaiting this game ever since IL2 Pacific was teased and then sadly dropped ^^ This is a dream project :3

[@AnthonyMcEwan24]

looks very promising, ill be keeping an eye on this

[@martinalvarez827]

Looks fantastic ❤❤❤ great work!!!

[@legionactual9281]

excited would be a understatement.

[@waltergreif4836]

fantastic go Jason!!

[@gwalker3092]

Have been flying the F4F and it feels really great to fly incredibly relaxing but also scary at the same time as need to be careful of so many things. Exciting times ahead trying land on carrier is a job not for the faint hearted. I have average to good PC and runs incredibly smooth like no fsim I seen

[@derneuemensch]

Love the sounds of the misfires

[@fightertales]

I've got to get my hands on this.

[@combatpilotsim]

Do it!

[@fightertales]

@combatpilotsim Real talk, I'd love to use this game for visuals for my video content. I'd love to plug it for you guys if you'd be interested in reaching out to my email (listed in my channel's about section)

[@witnessnz]

coming along nicely- It will be good to have another sim in the market place good on ya Jason!

[@MarceloGoo]

Beautiful physics implemented

[@svgproductions72]

Love this! I’ve always wanted to get more into combat sims and I think this will be the one I go for. Reminds me of Pacific Fighters from years ago (IL-2 series)

[@theangrygamer6404]

Very Awesome. Anxiously waiting.

[@combatpilotsim]

We are working hard on it!

[@jltb5283]

Looking good! I hope the sun shafts blocking instrument visibility are toned down a bit.

[@combatpilotsim]

It’s a work in progress!

[@NyteStalker89]

The descriptors of PRE - ALPHA tend to indicate that nothing is finished yet.

[@jltb5283]

@@combatpilotsim I am confident it will look great on release! I like the concept.

[@Captain_Simp_00]

I dont know much about this game but I hope to God its a simulator and not another WarThunder knockoff. This has piqued my interest

[@curdykelp]

It's marketed as a flight sim I think

[@combatpilotsim]

It's a hardcore CFS.

[@doopy7227]

Looks amazing.

[@dingusbingus7463]

Looking good

[@yoosta22]

Hoping for pilot careers and dynamic campaigns

[@NoXiDLP]

Nice!!! Nice!!! Nice!!!

[@BlueMax109]

Ocean looks good

[@currololo]

The pattern of waves sometimes is too evident, in my opinion.

[@BlueMax109]

@currololo yeah depending on the viewing angle

[@jimfandango2821]

Looking good. I can't wait to suck at carrier landings😁

[@LuisFelipy]

Can't wait to play like the old times on Zeke vs Wildcats legendary server! Thanks for this❤

[@TyroneSayWTF]

*VERY* nice graphical and visual rendering (particularly lighting effects). Audio details seem quite good too (even at 'pre-Alpha' stage). I noticed no pilot avatar was present in the cockpit. I haven't decided yet if this is a good or bad thing (as I'm used to Il-2 - where the pilot is rendered in the cockpit).

[@combatpilotsim]

We will eventually have pilot models.

[@hotcakesism]

We've come a long way since Aces of the Pacific, looks promising and I'm looking forward to this one!

[@Potatotron10000]

Here are the three things I want from any sim. Deliver on these three things, and you'll probably sell me: 1. VR support. 2. Good performance. 3. Stuff to do beyond basic missions (i.e. a dynamic campaign, or some format of mission with a high replay value) #4 doesn't really need to be said, but given where DCS and plenty of other sims are today maybe it does - if you have AI, it would be great if they weren't complete morons.

[@Moostafa_]

I would like to see online servers with more than a 100-player limit.

[@fladventuresjcs900]

Does this support VR this early and is it open for testing?

[@paulvalente5132]

Looks nice

[@biggieb8900]

this pleases the biggie

[@xx_dk_xx7]

Man, the sound, and the wind sfx, really adds to the sense of flight, it's awesome. I hope for the potential of this game possibly coming to consoles, though I know it is unlikely.😮‍💨 The flight sim catalog is very much non-existent over here, or at least on the Playstation side.

[@MrGunnar177]

Get a pc.

[@xx_dk_xx7]

@@MrGunnar177 I hate it when this is everyone's response whenever something console related gets mentioned, like dang, not everyone wants a pc man.

[@dev1360]

​@@xx_dk_xx7You literally complained you want PC games, but don't want a PC? K

[@user-qz3pr911]

Nice!

[@combatpilotsim]

Thanks!

[@guy-be-man6908]

Ambatukam reit naow. But seriously, this is some impressive stuff, if you add the Burma air battles, then I would be ecstatic!

[@rossmarbow-combatflightsim5922]

smooth

[@PepegaSquadFlying]

So many obvious malitious comments that have the same theme . We have DCS,we have War Thunder . It's almost as if they were directed by someone .

[@combatpilotsim]

We hope not. That wouldn't be cool.

[@RobinTakolander]

Kickass 😀

[@MrGunnar177]

Damn half these comments I swear give me cancer. Looks great! Can’t afford the ace tier but I’ll be preordering day one

[@combatpilotsim]

We don't want you to get cancer. But if you win the lottery you know where to put your money!

[@urufushinjiro]

Oh I'm SO hard right now...!

[@combatpilotsim]

If you have an erection for more than 4 hours call a doctor.

[@davidbradley3227]

Haha. This is great! The devs have a sense of humour. Can’t wait!

[@cochrane4599]

Hope the bad fly-by sounds improve.

[@vpmedia9135]

no, pre-alpha means its final

[@NyteStalker89]

Using a game engine not designed for something of this scale is a brave choice. Especially when that engine is notorious for poor performance

[@combatpilotsim]

There is no other choice. Otherwise see you in 10+ years. It's better than you may think, but there are always challenges with any engine. All the other sims have engines that are 10+ years in development to get to the current iteration.

[@Joedaniels007]

Add pilot body

[@MrGunnar177]

No shit. It’s pre alpha.

[@mavikedi1814]

Cant wait to buy and fly with my partner in this game. its really annoying to have visual issues in these sims but I think you guys can overcome it. Just a note:(dont trust ue5 that much, grapichs are cool bu they are same in every ue game its somewhat uncanny now. Try to create your own grapichs apart from what ue gives u they seem good but look cheap)

[@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374]

looks nice

[@Ruweisat]

Looks great in many ways, however 3:10 Lines in the ocean reminds me of IL2 1946

[@combatpilotsim]

Remember Pre-Alpha status.

[@bigl161985]

too high too high wave off!!!

[@paulvalente5132]

Hope they got mustangs 🤞

[@myZisfantastic]

Pacific war so no Mustang but I Hope one day Hellcat!

[@hotcakesism]

Pacific theater did have mustangs but think of all the other planes that don't get nearly as much love! SBD Dauntless, F4F wildcat, F4U Corsair, P-38, P-40... All the Japanese planes like the Ki-84, A6M, D3A, B5N1 and so on.

[@Tech-Kaplan-Kali]

There were mustangs deployed in the pacific thatre, but I wouldn't hold out my breath for them. The team is bound to be concentrating on navy aircraft. And if they implement any army air force planes on release, they will prioritise those that has more impact and/or more media represantation in that theatre, such as p-40 and p-38.

[@nickhill934]

USAAF definitely operated Mustangs in the PTO, but we have Mustangs in literally every WW2 flight sim in the history of ever. Give me Wildcats, SBDs, Hellcats, Avengers, etc.

[@wahtx7717]

​@@hotcakesismmy beloved p40...

[@ValeryK]

Looks good, but sounds terrible...

[@marklittrell3202]

looks like its based on the ubisoft IL2 engine?

[@PaddyPatrone]

Highly doubt it. I think its unreal engine

[@combatpilotsim]

Ya no. This is powered by Unreal 5+.

[@marklittrell3202]

@combatpilotsim Interesting. Some elements scream IL2, others differ.

[@wheelwrightpl9429]

@@combatpilotsim Smart choice to use Unreal 5+, because: 1) it will leave IL2 engine in the dust in terms of features and graphics fidelity and 2) it allows the team to focus on sim development, not engine development which is best left to external teams due to mind-boggling complexity

[@gnomisa]

Nice but when you look at the sky (oversaturated etc.) and landscape and unfinished cockpit, you wish they waited untill everything is done.

[@felixbeutin8105]

it's called pre alpha in the title

[@gnomisa]

@felixbeutin8105 yes I know thats what Im saying..ppl will still complain 😃

[@stratcat3216]

I dont' get it... we have DCS

[@MrGunnar177]

Then don’t bother. You obviously don’t get it.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

DCS doesn’t have any Pacific Theater content

[@TomWilson-sy4jo]

Do we though? Currently we have no dynamic campaign, no Japanese WW2 aircraft on the horizon, one WW2 map, one Pacific fighter on the way. DCS is certainly an ideal WW2 flight sim, I would argue the best WW2 flight sim is IL-2 GB or even Il-2 1946 over DCS.

[@Doughillman]

🤡 Digital Cockpit Simulator. :rolleyes:

[@wahtx7717]

​IL2 Clod blitz is underrated imo​@@TomWilson-sy4jo

[@cptairwolf]

What's the point of this game honestly? I mean we've got DCS, War Thunder and even MSFS2024 which all look and feel better than what I'm seeing here.

[@c0lonelmustard14]

DCS is a bit of an oxymoron, war thunder is an arcade, and MSFS2024 doesnt have combat

[@DinoPimp]

The last sim to do the pacific theater was the classic il2 series.

[@dubsy1026]

Complete rot. WT doesn't do half the things a proper sim does and DCS doesn't do any of the planes/theatres that this will actually cover. The inclusion of MSFS makes this a joke.

[@JadedJet]

Derp

[@rutrose2000]

Its in the Pacific theatre.

[@jmax8692]

IL2 and DCS exist, looks like dogshit probably should put a few more hundreds of hours of work before posting.

[@mezlay2]

You should be happy people are investing time into starting new projects in this niche

[@Avio033]

Get lost.

[@RogueBeatsARG]

bro wtf

[@floobieway]

Then go fly the F4F on IL2 GB or DCS.....wait....

[@RogueBeatsARG]

the more sims there are the better