Developer Diary, Part 130 - Discussion

[HippyDruid]

I would like to echo the call for naming of the cheaters.

 

I do think the community should know who they're being cheated by. 

I do not think it will be at all detrimental to the community to know this information either.

 

Other games provide access to a list of people banned, via Master Ban lists.

 

I believe I am a pretty fair and reasonable person, but I also believe - Once a cheat, always a cheat.

 

 

...Otherwise. great update, looking forward to see what you guys can come up with! 

[AndyJWest]

Very nice news!

Jason, any chance to see floatplanes of flying boats? 

Like MBR-2, which was actively used in Black Sea region? Maybe Blohm & Voss BV.138, or Arado 196?

 

 

 

+1 to this. At some point the Bo? series has got to have floatplanes and flying boats. We know they can do it - anyone who hasn't yet seen the magnificent Felixstowe flying boat in RoF should check it out. Flies like a dream (one which involves climbing very slowly, and not doing much else in a hurry  ) and has the ultimate in realistic nausea-inducing wallowing when on the water. 

[pilotpierre]

Great news about the unlocks Jason, when will the &$@)(?, Pilot Level be made selectable or done away with altogether?

[Boomerang]

I am trying to buy the premium addition on the steam site and it looks like it is not available, why not? Do I have to go to another web site to buy? Need help.

 

Thanks, Divebomb

Hey greasegunDivebomb,

How did you go?

I purchased mine here: http://il2sturmovik.com/

Hope this helps you out

Salute!

[Trident_109]

In light of the DD 130 and statements Jason has made at Sim HQ I purchased BoM premium. I truly think that a new course has been charted with BoM and if it's what I'm hoping for I feel it worthy to invest.

 

Now to try out that Macchi and Moscow map.

 

 

Cheers to a new course. May it lead us to where we will all find something to enjoy and thus maintain this great hobby of CFS.

[Rjel]

Another excellent update. A lot of positives lately. Kudos to the team and to Jason for several well thought out posts. Kudos also to the many here for seeing a bright future. I don't think we've seen this much positive attitude in a very long time.

[smink1701]

Apologies if you already know this, but Alt+F2 gives a gun-cam view.

 

I was surprised to find that the location was even accurate, at least for the P-40 where it is mounted on the landing gear fairing of the right wing. I can only guess that they put it in the right spot in other planes.

Tried Alt+F2 and remembered that I've used this before and it's OK but you can only really use during recorded track play and it's clunky.  You have part of your plane in the picture and it's not nearly as easy to use or fluid as being able to toggle cockpit view on / off like the original IL2.  Jason, just give it to us already.  Many want it, it was good enough for the original IL2, nuff said!

[Tomsk]

In light of the DD 130 and statements Jason has made at Sim HQ I purchased BoM premium. I truly think that a new course has been charted with BoM and if it's what I'm hoping for I feel it worthy to invest.

Oh interesting what did Jason say at SimHQ? I can't find it.

[Jason_Williams]

Oh interesting what did Jason say at SimHQ? I can't find it.

 

I was just giving some perspective on things over there. I haven't posted there in a long time because it became pretty hostile with BOS, but with the new developments I decided to stop in and I got hammered as expected. 

 

I haven't really mixed it up in the forums in quite a while. Sometimes I miss it. LOL

 

Jason

[gn728]

Not only hammering - seemed there was a fair amount of support as well...

Edited August 20, 2016 by gn728

[No601_Swallow]

I'm weird and like the unlocks. It gives me a since of progression. Will there be something to take its place? Will skins still be locked by progress?

 

For what it's worth, I'll give this a whisper of support. It would be nice if - in the bright new ever-so-sim-traditional world, the pilot "profile" page with its green "progress bars" could be kept! Or at least made optional. They make the campaign (and I still don't believe I'm saying this) fun!

 

Odessa looks lovely. I was trying to pin-point which town it is in the screenies, but gave up!

[sport02]

no problem to support the game ,

also I suppose that is difficult to resolve the ground texture flicker , but needs to be resolved .

also 3D vision nvidia require some important but " little adjustement " with smoke , cloud and cockpit light , which seems take few time to be resolved ?

Edited August 20, 2016 by sport02

[Jason_Williams]

Not only hammering - seemed there was a fair amount of support as well...

 

True. It's all good. Time to just get to work and less talking.

 

Jason

[Brano]

Odessa looks lovely. I was trying to pin-point which town it is in the screenies, but gave up!

Ovidiopol,SW of Odessa on shores of Dnester Liman (estuary)

[SYN_Speck]

Great update, thanks Jason. Glad to see you guys are keeping focused on stopping cheaters. Bring the hammer down on them harder, I say. It would be easy for you devs to sweep it under the carpet, so big props for admitting there's an issue and addressing it.

 

And, I'm stoked to learn of the new Odessa map - coastline will add a new dimension to the sim. I'd be even more stoked to see Sevastopol - Kerch - Novorossiysk area represented. Lots of interesting geography and history there, it was my favorite QMB zone in '46.

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

Just got done reading over there, Jason. They seemed quite a bit more open than a year or two ago. I think you may have made some inroads and that can only be a good thing.

 

There is a really good vibe with this sim right now. The slight change in trajectory has really stirred the interest on both boards. Lots of hope and expectations for the future with the impending announcement. I hope you can recapture the initial momentum from your opening announcement for the series. It seems like an opportune time. I wish you luck both personally and professionally.

[Brano]

On Russian forum Danil said that next map (not Odessa) will put the DN engine to its max. He called it it's quintessence....and after they will move to next gen. What's that stays a mystery for now

[PA-Sniv]

On Russian forum Danil said that next map (not Odessa) will put the DN engine to its max. He called it it's quintessence....and after they will move to next gen. What's that stays a mystery for now

 

Quintessence? Sea map with transparent water + montains?

Next gen? DX11 and/or new DN engine?

 

So much mysteries around...

[Brano]

Danil sometime sounds like Oracle of Delphi

We will decipher his prophecy soon

[Bando]

Thanks Brano for keeping an eye on the Russian side of the forum.

[Brano]

Albert/LOFT also wrote kind of "good bye" post on Russian forum. He's gonna work on some new project of 1C company not announced yet.

[150GCT_Veltro]

Seaplanes in RoF are stunning so....why not also in BoS.

[Feathered_IV]

Quintessence? Sea map with transparent water + mountains?

 

 

Maybe one full squadron of aircraft meeting another in combat?  That would tax things quite a bit.  Maybe its the activity rather than the landscape that will be the major factor.

 

Malta... 

[Sim]

On Russian forum Danil said that next map (not Odessa) will put the DN engine to its max. He called it it's quintessence....

 

Sounds like a very large map with both Crimea and Kuban combined!

[Brano]

There is lot of discussion going on on Russian forum. The main message is that now,with Jason in lead (and as Danil described him,the last romantic developer in CFS),they want to go back to ideas and standards of good old IL-2 1946. It seems to be a way to go for them. So we all should be happy
Btw,do you remember?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjURED5EzJU

Edited August 20, 2016 by Brano

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

Good old Zak  

[No601_Swallow]

Ovidiopol,SW of Odessa on shores of Dnester Liman (estuary)

 

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, is why forums like this are genius! 

[Tomsk]

There is lot of discussion going on on Russian forum. The main message is that now,with Jason in lead (and as Danil described him,the last romantic developer in CFS),they want to go back to ideas and standards of good old IL-2 1946. It seems to be a way to go for them. So we all should be happy

That gets a big thumbs up from me :-)

[PA-Sniv]

 

 

There is lot of discussion going on on Russian forum. The main message is that now,with Jason in lead (and as Danil described him,the last romantic developer in CFS),they want to go back to ideas and standards of good old IL-2 1946. It seems to be a way to go for them. So we all should be happy Btw,do you remember?

 

Man, what a plot!!! Looks like the summer blockbuster of CFS:

- a romantic guy;

- mysteries;

- ice buckett "violence";

- awaited news and announcement;

- ...

 

[mattebubben]

Great news about the unlocks.

 

And for me thats a great bonus.

 

I only really enjoy playing the MP so thats what i want to play.

 

But the unlock system more or less forced me to play SP if i wanted to unlock anything for the aircraft.

 

This caused me to play less and play fewer aircraft because i wanted some of the unlocks for MP but i did not want to have to farm for them in SP (since thats not what i enjoy doing).

 

So for me this is a great step forwards and thanks for the change =).

[Uufflakke]

On Russian forum Danil said that next map (not Odessa) will put the DN engine to its max. He called it it's quintessence....and after they will move to next gen. What's that stays a mystery for now

 

Han said (crappy translation by Google): 'It helps children from kommyuniti to finish. But he (= Zeus) will soon, together with the entire division of the landscape designers, switch on the main card of the next project. This map, by the way, is to unlock the full potential of our engine. I think it will be its quintessence. And then, most likely, will already closely engaged in the new generation.'

 

Source: https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=nl&rurl=translate.google.nl&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http://forum.il2sturmovik.ru/topic/4715-130-ya-chast-dnevnikov-razrabotchika/&usg=ALkJrhhrqafYkmqs9mhDRNroHs8YXB5AMQ&do=findComment&comment=439701

 

Since it is not possible to fly over Moscow due to engine limitations it would not surprise me that next theater of operations will be (the Siege of) Leningrad.

Less densily populated than Moscow so flying over this big city might be possible then. Hence the 'full potential of their engine with the new map'.

And in case it is we have Stalingrad, Moscow, Leningrad.

Makes sense.

 

 

 

P.S.

In case it ís Leningrad, please don't forget to model Belle the hippo. She survived the Siege of Leningrad.

 

Edited August 20, 2016 by Uufflakke

[Mastermariner]

Any Sovjet map, but Berlin, will be a ‘cul de sac’ whereas Berlin will open possibilities toward the west (with P51s etc.) and a future, and this while still building on existing material

 

Master

[Brano]

Since it is not possible to fly over Moscow due to engine limitations...

Thats not true. It is not the limit of the engine.It is just the sheer volume of work on such big city with textures and 3D models that it was decided by devs as not worth the manhours to do.

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

I like cities but great volumes of mp missions are without the Stalingrad city because of performance issues

[Tomsk]

Any Sovjet map, but Berlin, will be a ‘cul de sac’ whereas Berlin will open possibilities toward the west (with P51s etc.) and a future, and this while still building on existing material

Personally I would love to see a move to a rather different theatre. For example the western front, or the Mediterranean or the Pacific. But I guess we'll see what we get

[Buglord]

Great to hear about the anti-cheat decisions and about unlocks , ive been dying on a regular basis in the 110 in campaign mode     

[Cybermat47]

Had no idea that we were getting the Yak-1b or Odessa! That's what I get for being out of the loop

 

Danil sometime sounds like Oracle of Delphi

We will decipher his prophecy soon

I'm hoping he tells us that a wooden wall will save us, not that we either lose a king or our country*

 

 

 

 

 

*For those who have no idea what I'm rambling on about:

The Delphic Oracle about being saved by a wooden wall referred to the Persians being dfeated by the Athenian navy - made of wooden ships. The oracle about losing a king or a country referred to the death of King Leonidas of Sparta at the hands of the Persians (Sparta had two kings at a time).

 

[Danziger]

New project at 1C sounds very interesting...

[StaB/Tomio_VR***]

I'm afraid Ju-52 will represent 30% of the Yak-1b sales but let's hope it will be more for devs...

[mattebubben]

For me i would think the Med/North Africa would be a natural choice for the next theatre.

 

As many of the Aircraft needed are already available.

 

We more or less have all the German aircraft needed.

 

And we have the P-40 and Mc.202.

 

So with some basic Desert Air Force aircraft (B-25,Martin Baltimore,A-20,Beaufighter,Hurricane and Spitfire etc)

as well as maby  some more Italian aircraft (Mc.200,Cr.42,Sm-79 etc)

 

 

As well as the possibility of them adding Carrier functionality later on (RN carriers with F4f Martlets and Fulmars etc).

 

And its a Theater with great possibilities and also represent one of the easier non soviet theatres to implement when it comes to the aircraft that are already available while also adding many aircraft that could also be used in the current theaters.