If you’re an Ace Level supporter for Combat Pilot, today is the first day that you can jump in and try the in-development combat sim. We’ve also got new videos available to everyone who wants to see what the pre-alpha is looking like. Let’s check it out!
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Combat Pilot, a still new combat flight sim focused on the Pacific Theatre during WWII, is moving along in its development plan and Executive Producer, Jason Williams, has followed through with his plan to make the community a part of the development process. Access is being offered up at an early stage for Patreon supporters at the Ace Level. This $25 a month support is steep and only intended for the most dedicated of supporters. Even if you’re not supporting it in this fashion, the latest videos give us a great updated look at how the sim is coming along and how much it’s evolved since I saw it back in June at FSExpo 2024 (read my report on that here).
Here’s a little of what they had to say:
Thanks to everyone who has subscribed to our Patreon thus far! Ace Tier members can now access our Pre-Alpha build and take to the skies in an early version of our A6M2 ‘Zero’ and F4F-4 Wildcat. You can also land and takeoff from our first aircraft carriers the Akagi and Enterprise. You can also takeoff and land on a very early iteration of Midway Atoll. We are the first truly new hardcore combat flight-sim franchise to be built from scratch in nearly 20 years.
Of course the sim still has quite a bit ahead of it and this early look is not a completed game ready for everyone to start flying complex missions over the Pacific. Still, we can see the progress with visual improvements aplenty, more details on the F4F and A6M2, an evolving UI, sounds, and more. You can even land on the carrier with your arrestor hook deployed.
Check out the first video featuring the F4F-4 Wildcat.
Then have a look at the second video with the A6M2 Zero.
Learn more about Combat Pilot here or visit their online store here.
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