A thought I have here is to create a new set of help pages for the new release of 1.68 geared for new users. It would basically have the current in-game help pages (F4 key) reduced to maybe one page by combining the data and shrinking the text/images into organized lines rather than the 7 pages of poorly organized and messy help pages. And if we can come up with some frequently asked questions to put in there too like, drop menu shading, hotkeys, macros, WBFH features, WBFH commands and what they do (.time, .ver, .ottos, .plane ##, .pos, .ros, .move commands, V2 missile commands, etc). If the F4 (in-game help pages) menu buttons on top could be changed/added, that would be awesome as well. Comments, devs?
actually, we use "first combat" when the country is fighting. for countries outside the war we use "first regiment declared combat ready". between "delivered" (where to, btw? at factory for adopting committee, qc? from industry to forces? from forces to end users in regiments? regiments transported to the theatre?) and "enters combat" sometimes up to 6 months happens. in overall, us has a strange history: authors write about revolutionary p-47d-25, but never mention entry date. authors state entry date of p-47d-1-re, but notice that p-47d-1-re is equal to p-47c-5-re. authors write that 1942-06 p-38f from alaska met midway disguise manoeuvre of japanese fleet. but in book running 100 pages completely about lightnings, 1082 p-38g always have 1, max 2 paragraphs. and usually about mixed g/h, just several words. wtf is p-47d-1-re that has nothing new upon p-47c-5-re? wtf is p-38j that is almost equal to p-38h. and why write about p-38l when it is equal to p-38j-25-lo? ehm... sorry. that was not needed. back on topic. i'd avoid using "delivered" date for p-38g.
Are you worried that august '42 is too early to introduce the P-38G? Only getting the P-38J in late '43 is pretty bad if you ask me. The F model has a very hard time competing against the fighter types available to gold by 1943, pretty much all of which out climb, out accelerate and out run the P-38F with ease. Well okay, there are some that don't, but the most prominent gold fighters do. Warren M. Bodie's "The Lockheed P-38 Lightning" cites the following delivery dates for these P-38G batches: Code: model contract # # delivered engine delivery dates P-38G-1-LO AC-21217 100 V1710F-10 Aug 42 - Oct 42 P-38G-3-LO AC-21217 80 V1710F-10 Sept 42 - Oct 42 P-38G-5-LO AC-21217 12 V1710F-10 Aug 42 - Oct 42 P-38G-10-LO AC-21217 548 V1710F-10 Oct 42 - May 43 P-38G-13-LO A-242/AC-31707 174 V1710F-10 Nov 42 - Jan 43 P-38G-15-LO A-242/AC-31707 200 V1710F-10 Jan 43 - Mar 43
I understand. IMHO, however, it is such a hit and miss, inaccurate method to use "combat reports" when the production line of P-38s already saw thousands produced, delivered, put into service, and months/years prior to the G variant. Many of these aircraft saw patrolling/surveillance/strafing/bombing/escort missions where there was no combat encountered, and I would imagine there are thousands of missions that were never documented into books or onto the internet, except for the colorful ones that are famous. Many of the F variants were updated with G improvements and continued to be used. My thought concerning application right now in WBFH would be the G model represents it's early delivery date available only at medium/large fields. Most people are interested in the specifications/production/performance. If this were a decision when to release the first P-38 variant that saw combat action, I would understand but, if it's about later production variants, I will still dispute it.