Developer Diary, Part 83

[Trooper117]

Good news for anyone interested in their shiny medals and skins I guess.

[Zak]

Not ever?  Phew!  I just got the Zub skin for the Il-2 last night.  Glad not to loose it. 

Yeah, major Zub had a great personal camo on his sturmovik.

[Trooper117]

Read a few stories about that guy whilst reading ''Red Star against the Swastika' by Vasily B. Emelianenko.

[SR-F_Winger]

Awesome. I can then finally start unlocking stuff.

[FlatSpinMan]

I wish to be the first to complain that the wipe you PROMISED us has been cancelled! It just came out of the blue. First we hear one thing, then Bam! No wipe for our campaign progress! 

[Trooper117]

lol!!!

[oneeyeddog]

This means that the wipe that we kinda planned has been cancelled. And we don't plan to do it.

I think this is great News for the folks that were putting off the SP Campaign until after the 'wipe' that was to coincide with the release of BoS. Thanks!

[Trooper117]

You mean I get to keep all this rubbish?

 

[FG28Kodiak]

Since last small Server wipe, my Global stats like Aerial Victories, Ground Vehicles, Sorties ... are not longer updated, so i wait for the next server wipe, but now how can i get this repaired?

Xp and Unlocks works like intended.

Edited October 20, 2014 by FG28Kodiak

[Feathered_IV]

I wish to be the first to complain that the wipe you PROMISED us has been cancelled! It just came out of the blue. First we hear one thing, then Bam! No wipe for our campaign progress!

Yes! I too am filled with mock outrage by this non issue!!!

[Jaws2002]

This means that the wipe that we kinda planned has been cancelled. And we don't plan to do it.

Please clarify this. did you cancel the wipe you planed for tomorow, or you canceled the wipe you said will come before the official release?

I see people getting excited and just want to make sure this is clear.

[Brano]

You mean I get to keep all this rubbish?

 

rubbish!.jpg

How did you manage to collect that much rubbish? I have completed Chapter 1 and have nada=nothing

[FG28Kodiak]

Hm you should get the blue one (2nd line right) for completing the tutorial. So you should have min one.

Edited October 20, 2014 by FG28Kodiak

[kissklas]

Can't remember if I collected much during chapter 1, but in chapter 2/3/4 I have collected a lot. But I have gone out of my way and attacked a bit of targets off mission as well if the ammo/fuel would let me. Maybe these things give awards? I don't know.

 

Anyway, A.I. Göring seems to be pleased with my flying:p

[kestrel79]

So will their be any more wipes? I've been waiting to make sure I don't want to have to reunlock anything...

[SYN_Bandy]

So will their be any more wipes? I've been waiting to make sure I don't want to have to reunlock anything...

 

Read the last two pages of the thread (Zak's posts) and form your own opinion.  It seems no wipe at all, or it's been lost in translation.

[Magnum11]

Yes : with 3 wigmen in 190 I often take off alone ... The AI being crashed at take off .

I am not having any trouble taking off.....It's the wingman spinning around all over the runway,  then staying there on runway  and you can't get clearance to land  after returning from mission.. when they do Take off  most of the time there just along for the ride.. The won't engage.  190 only  AI  Have Had Problems With... 

[Brano]

Oh,now I figured out that there is new item in menu = profile.Never bothered with that There are some boy scout badges inside but nothing impressive.Until game crashes in campaign are sorted out.Hopefully with Wednesday update.Meanwhile back to

 

 

Edited October 20, 2014 by Brano

[Zak]

Read the last two pages of the thread (Zak's posts) and form your own opinion.  It seems no wipe at all, or it's been lost in translation.

What translation?

No means no, it's not very hard to translate for me. But I might use a dictionary to check myself next time.

[senseispcc]

Could there be some explanation in writing next to the munitions pictures, please!  

[DD_Arthur]

Excellent news! 

[senseispcc]

Two of the many planes that are missing from the game in the actual state (1942 going fast to 1943) are the preys Ju.52 and Fw-189. But I am a Russian La-5 fighter so this is a normal wish.   

 

[ducs]

What translation?

No means no, it's not very hard to translate for me. But I might use a dictionary to check myself next time.

 

Great news!

[ducs]

Could there be some explanation in writing next to the munitions pictures, please!  

blue = AP

orange = HE

 

Whats hard about that?

[Lensman]

One of the great benefits of using IL2-BOS over the last few months has been the rock solid stability. In the last 2 weeks that has gone and again tonight I got a CTD when clicking on (in this case) 'Cancel Mission' after a bail out.

It's usually Finish or Cancel mission in Campaign that does it and it's happening a lot now.

[Matt]

I only had one CTD recently and that was when flying the He 111. Flew maybe two dozen missions in the past weeks and can't remember any other CTD. Maybe it's connected to certain plane and/or mission types?

[SCG_Space_Ghost]

Very true. Only CTDs I've ever had were back when Pe-2's crashed the game (June/August?) when they were smoked by 20mm's.

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

Flew several He-111 flights.  Two had CTDs at completion, but received the unlock anyway.  Had two or three other missions where I did not hit the target, but when I went through the exit waypoint there was no prompt to end the mission and even after landing at the designated airfield  there was only an option to Abort Mission.

 

Finally got the 1000kg bomb I was after.  Ain't no one taking this away from me.       Just for the record, yes, this was as much of a pain in the butt as I thought it would be.

[Zak]

An update will be deployed within ah hour. The change log for it is as follows:

 

1. Fires in villages improved in Campaign;
2. Smoke domes above cities and villages follow the wind now in Campaign;
3. Temperature and atmosphere pressure now vary depending on the date in Campaign;
4. New info in Campaign briefings: target altitude, altitude in the target zone for bombers, airfield altitude, temperature, atmosphere pressure;
5. Campaign mission "Escort attack planes" a player now has to convoy them to the very exit point;
6. Main game screen interface finalized;
7. Distance of reaction increased for AI cover planes;
8. AI won't turn on the lights on landing in day-time;
9. AI will use nav light in night missions;
10. Fixed a random issue that caused AI planes using nav light in day-time;
11. FW 190 A-3 climb rate fix that wasn't deployed with the previous update should be working now;
12. Temporary engine modes got more tuning;
13. Special engine modes are now shown in technochat;
14. Technochat now shows messages about the state of temporary engine modes;
15. The issue with severe performance drop in multiplayer (including slowing time, etc.) was fixed;
16. Performance improved for dserver;
17. Static planes destroyed with machine guns should now be correctly added to score;
18. Random crashes and freezes in campaign missions fixed.

[AndyJWest]

Excellent news, Zak. The team seem to be working harder than ever. Do they ever sleep?

[Trooper117]

Many thanks

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

Looking forward to the update.

 

Just a few observations about the high level bombing missions.  Some had heavy overcast and the target was totally obscured.  Would missions have actually been sent under these conditions?  I also could not see artillery from 5000 meters, so I had dropped to the deck on those.

[-=PHX=-Satch]

Incredible work! another big update.

Thank you very much devs!

[LLv24_Zami]

Great, thank you!

[carts]

Thanks for the info re the update.

[Trooper117]

Looking forward to the update.

 

Just a few observations about the high level bombing missions.  Some had heavy overcast and the target was totally obscured.  Would missions have actually been sent under these conditions?  I also could not see artillery from 5000 meters, so I had dropped to the deck on those.

Tricky stuff the weather...

[von_Greiff]

An update will be deployed within ah hour. The change log for it is as follows:

 

1. Fires in villages improved in Campaign;

2. Smoke domes above cities and villages follow the wind now in Campaign;

3. Temperature and atmosphere pressure now vary depending on the date in Campaign;

4. New info in Campaign briefings: target altitude, altitude in the target zone for bombers, airfield altitude, temperature, atmosphere pressure;

5. Campaign mission "Escort attack planes" a player now has to convoy them to the very exit point;

6. Main game screen interface finalized;

7. Distance of reaction increased for AI cover planes;

8. AI won't turn on the lights on landing in day-time;

9. AI will use nav light in night missions;

10. Fixed a random issue that caused AI planes using nav light in day-time;

11. FW 190 A-3 climb rate fix that wasn't deployed with the previous update should be working now;

12. Temporary engine modes got more tuning;

13. Special engine modes are now shown in technochat;

14. Technochat now shows messages about the state of temporary engine modes;

15. The issue with severe performance drop in multiplayer (including slowing time, etc.) was fixed;

16. Performance improved for dserver;

17. Static planes destroyed with machine guns should now be correctly added to score;

18. Random crashes and freezes in campaign missions fixed.

 

...and the name-change, Zak??

[Sokol1]

Special engine modes ...temporary engine modes

 

What is this modes?  Is Boost, WEP?

[Zak]

...and the name-change, Zak??

As I said somewhere before, it may become available after the release. Don't worry, I'll let you know when we can help you.

[Mags]

Thank you, devs, for your hard work.