Originally posted by CAF001
w/ the black widow we would have on board radar now wouldn't we?
On-board radar is not found in the game. HTC would have to create the code for it, then to actually make effective use of it, you need to bring night time back, which --- if not easily countered by gamma adjustment on monitors --- effectively grounds most of the other 74 planes so a few night fighter pilots can fly 1 plane.
P-61 also, IIRC, had an early night vision scope (similar to the A-26
A prototype's, which competed for night fighter contract) ---- which would also have to be modeled for use in game.
That's an awful lot of code for inclusion of one plane type in the game that effectively forces other pilots, that don't like night fighting, to sit around waiting for dawn, or jump arenas. Even a lot more work to do all that just for use in SEA events or arenas.
Night fighters rate up there with Glider Planes, Unarmed Recon Planes, Seaplanes, and 2-1/2 ton trucks as almost completely useless niche additions to the game. To get anything out of the addition, you need to add a lot of game content that does not even exist now.