Game version 2.010 discussion: IL-2-43, New graphics features

[HagarTheHorrible]

Problem with aircraft glazing on enemy aircraft when damaged (only tried He111 H6).  When the aircraft is damaged glazing textures becomes a transparency showing landscape or sky beyond. 

 

Still having issues with not seeing enemy ground targets or icons from cockpit and intermittently from external view when in quick mission.  Tracers come at me but no sign of vehicles.  Have updated Nvidia drivers 3 times with no change (GTX 970).

[Freycinet]

You're really spitting out those updates at an amazing pace, fantastic work.

[Beazil]

Well, another week, another patch and another reason to keep playing.

 

Unbelievable work.  Can't wait to test it out.  

[scrapmetal]

They are both collector planes.

Well, I'm off to buy these then. I hadn't bought the Yak-1b because it says it isn't released. I'll get them anyways. Thanks!

[RobCarter3]

Have gtx 780 with 368.81 drv. BSOD. after the patch, but not before, any newer driver that will Work?

 

I also experienced driver crashes with 780ti SLI and 368.81, BUT the current driver 382.05 seems to work fine!!! Not having to run outdated drivers to play Il-2 is the best update I could hope for!

 

Il-2 1943, PTABs, bullet impacts, mirrors, clouds all look fantastic. Shimmering is gone, and not a rotating tree in sight. Great job, devs!

Edited May 11, 2017 by RobCarter3

[No601_Swallow]

You're really spitting out those updates at an amazing pace, fantastic work.

 

Frey... Mate...For goodness' sake... don't de-incentivize the devs by praising them or  breeding complacency ... We need the geniuses at 777 to be straining every sinew to hasten the day that  I can have my 1) Spitfire 2) Mountains 3) Carrier Ops...

 

So...I think posts to the devs should be more All-Caps... Something  like...

 

DEVS! I THINK YOU'RE SLACKING!!!  NOT GOOD ENOUGH!! BE FASTER WITH THESE PATHETIC UPDATES!

Edited May 11, 2017 by No601_Swallow

[scrapmetal]

Unbelievable. You've put real mirrors in VR. That's amazing work. Still getting 90fps. It's so beautiful. I feel like a cocaine addict. I can't get enough of this game. And I just realised I'm a vampire.

[dburne]

Unbelievable. You've put real mirrors in VR. That's amazing work. Still getting 90fps. It's so beautiful. I feel like a cocaine addict. I can't get enough of this game. And I just realised I'm a vampire.

 

Tell me about it, I am amazed with this update - the mirrors, the clouds, the shadows, the no more terrain shimmering for the most part with the sharpen AF setting. . And my VR performance seems to have improved at that over what was already good in 2.009.

 

They are knocking it out of the park.

[Boaty-McBoatface]

The particles problem from last time is back on my Radeon Rx480.

 

Is there going to be a hotfix for this please?

[Beazil]

The particles problem from last time is back on my Radeon Rx480.

 

Is there going to be a hotfix for this please?

Update your drivers B0SS.  Others have posted similar comments but failed to update.  Hope it fixes your issue.

[CanadaOne]

Haven't loaded up yet to check out the update, but it sounds great. And with the new IL2 available, I'm going to have to get BOK soon.

 

Thanks for the great continuing work.

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

Sorry for my ignorance, but which aircraft have mirrors and how do you enable them? Ta!

some doesn't read the Dev updates lol

The P-40 is locked for me and the Yak-1 ser. 69 doesn't have mirrors? I assume I need to progress a little further in the campaign to unlock these?

Yak 1 B not the 69 series..

[Boaty-McBoatface]

Update your drivers B0SS. Others have posted similar comments but failed to update. Hope it fixes your issue.

Thank you very much my friend. Fixed it.

[Riderocket]

The P-40 is locked for me and the Yak-1 ser. 69 doesn't have mirrors? I assume I need to progress a little further in the campaign to unlock these?

You shouldn't have to unlock anything, all unlocks are now considered "Mods"

 

Did you buy your game in G2A?

[scrapmetal]

You shouldn't have to unlock anything, all unlocks are now considered "Mods"

 

Did you buy your game in G2A?

Steam. The P40 was locked. I just purchased the P40 from the IL2 store and now it's unlocked/available, with mirrors! I hope that's right.

 

some doesn't read the Dev updates lol

Yak 1 B not the 69 series..

So _that's_ where all the info's at. I'll do my best effort to read those.

[ShamrockOneFive]

Spent about an hour with the new IL-2 and its great! The model 1943 is definitely heavier but it has some great options and I blew a train straight to pieces with some armor piercing rockets for some added fun (not that you can't do that with the other IL-2s). It looks beautiful and this patch on the whole seems to have made the game even more stunning.

 

I do notice a little bit of flickering on some shadows/lighting that I haven't seen before. But its random and difficult to spot at the moment.

[TheSNAFU]

Very impressive work! The game looks great all around. The shimmering is virtually gone, the tree shadows make the forests look more 3D and the

clouds are much improved. Everything just looks better and it all looked very good already. A quick mission with 8 friendlies and 6 enemies over Stalingrad in the summer map looked just fabulous! More believable than ever. And the mission ran from the start to wheels down at a very fast and smooth 60 fps locked with vsync on and Ultra settings.

 

Thank you for all the hard work!

Edited May 12, 2017 by TheSNAFU

[Albino]

Wow, this update is far more significant than expected.

 

The landscape filtering and tree shadows improve the scenery immensely. I wasn't even aware of the hit puff issue, but now it is fixed air to air gunnery is so much more satisfying! Now that I can see exactly where my shots are landing, my accuracy has greatly improved. Since I don't have to close in so far on my target, I stay far safer  

 

Lastly, I was indifferent about the mirror feature, until I realised how satisfying it is to see the engine flaming on a JU52 after I make my pass. The additional situational awareness is very helpful.

 

Excited for the future

 

Albino

[3./JG15_Kampf]

One of the best updates for me. Gain fps, smooth textures and weapons look great now. Congratulations to all the devs team.

[sinned]

Yes my vr became very smooth. Thank you

[kitsunelegend]

Can't play steam version, keeps saying "new update available, please restart" or something in that regard. I have no choice but to close the game. Can't even get past the login screen.

 

Steam says its fully updated, and ran a game files integrity check and it came out fine. Not sure whats wrong, but this is kinda annoying, was really looking forward to trying out this new patch...

[Finkeren]

The P-40 is locked for me and the Yak-1 ser. 69 doesn't have mirrors? I assume I need to progress a little further in the campaign to unlock these?

Nope. The s. 69 doesn't have mirrors, only the s. 127 does.

[FlyingNutcase]

Another vote here for a TacView vid. I can't fly for a good while but would love to see what it looks like. Hopefully the lack of bombs and bullets can be sorted in the future.

 

A great looking update, structural and 20mm damage corrections - great attention to detail. Good work fellas - Kuban is gonna to blow. I can't wait to get flying again and to share some TacView vids with friends. :-)

[Missionbug]

Excellent update guys, thank you very much to all involved, really appreciated.

 

 

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Intrud3r]

The gunners positions in the JU-88 in VR seems broken since the update.

If i take the rear looking position , the view is stuttery and inverted by 180° (look forward) if I turn my head it snaps to normal backward view. Strange

[Trinkof]

Fantastic job ! Graphics are awesome.

 

Tips : for the guys using sparse grid supersamling via nvidia inspector, disable it ! It caused a lot of blur on my game since last update ... And is not useful anymore with the ansotropic terrain on sharp. And without the SS, I can run all ultra with distant grass and a steady 60 fps on my 970.

 

S !

[LLv24_Zami]

Fantastic job ! Graphics are awesome.

 

Tips : for the guys using sparse grid supersamling via nvidia inspector, disable

it ! It caused a lot of blur on my game since last update ... And is not useful anymore with the ansotropic terrain on sharp. And without the SS, I can run all

ultra with distant grass and a steady 60

fps on my 970.

 

S !

I used sparse grid ss before, it is great but I don't see need for it anymore. Ingame texture filtering does the job very well in 2.010.

 

Game looks fantastic and runs smoothly, I am very pleased.

[Guest deleted@50488]

Another Great Update - always giving me reasons to consider this is STILL the best flight simulator for prop aircraft I have ever used !

[Jarza]

With SLI, one card dosent do nothing. Is there something else i need to do to make it work?

Edited May 12, 2017 by Jarza

[Sketchy]

With SLI, one card dosent do nothing. Is there something else i need to do to make it work?

 

SLI doesn't seem to work for me with the new update either. The only thing being used on the 2nd card is memory. With GPU1 at 100% GPU2 is at 2-4%. Same as before the update.

 

I've tried a clean drivers install and all other options I can think of, but still no joy. Anyone getting SLI to work?

[kendo]

Fantastic job ! Graphics are awesome.

 

Tips : for the guys using sparse grid supersamling via nvidia inspector, disable it ! It caused a lot of blur on my game since last update ... And is not useful anymore with the ansotropic terrain on sharp. And without the SS, I can run all ultra with distant grass and a steady 60 fps on my 970.

 

S !

I used sparse grid ss before, it is great but I don't see need for it anymore. Ingame texture filtering does the job very well in 2.010.

 

Game looks fantastic and runs smoothly, I am very pleased.

I was also using sparse grid SS at x4 which very effectively eliminated any shimmering.

 

After experimenting yesterday with various settings and combinations I have turned it off completely. There really is no need any more. It's possible to detect VERY slight issue on trees in mid-distance compared to x4 SGSS, but it's so incredibly minor and usually not visible unless specifically looking that there is no justification any more.

 

Performance gain from switching off is very welcome. Steady and rock solid 60fps on 1060.

Edited May 12, 2017 by kendo

[Otto_bann]

SLI doesn't seem to work for me with the new update either. The only thing being used on the 2nd card is memory. With GPU1 at 100% GPU2 is at 2-4%. Same as before the update.

Idem

[Urra]

SLI doesn't seem to work for me with the new update either. The only thing being used on the 2nd card is memory. With GPU1 at 100% GPU2 is at 2-4%. Same as before the update.

 

I've tried a clean drivers install and all other options I can think of, but still no joy. Anyone getting SLI to work?

I had to set the dx11 line manually to 0x000005. We have to wait for next driver update to get the number that should be there by default.

[Jade_Monkey]

Another vote here for a TacView vid. I can't fly for a good while but would love to see what it looks like. Hopefully the lack of bombs and bullets can be sorted in the future.

 

Right now its pretty basic.

 

The map/terrain is not there, and the planes are shown as jets (looks like F16). With no bullets or bombs, the uses for tacview are a bit limited right now. Im sure they'll update it in the upcoming months.

[Finkeren]

Got to really try out the update today. Very positive experience.

 

With sharpness turned on the landscape is just perfect. The issue with planes going nearly invisible against the ground is much diminished.

 

The darker shadows from trees makes them stand out much better, looks great.

 

The mirrors are awesome, very well implemented and even on my ancient system they run great on highest setting.

 

The IL-2 mod. 1943 is amazing. Very different from its earlier incarnations. It flies like a bomber but is much more deadly. Those PTABs are a game changer. I got a tank kill on my very first try even without following the strict procedure. The fact that the cannisters can be released one at a time for a total of up to four separate attack runs increases the killing potential tremendously.

[Jade_Monkey]

After testing last night:

-No performance hit overall

-Love the new tree shadows, makes the landscape look much nicer

-The IL2 mod 1943 is fantastic, although i didnt do very well dropping the new bombs.

-The landscape looks better (smoother) in VR although its hard to compare without side-by-side tests.

-Mirrors are pretty cool although i have my doubts about how useful they were in real life. After all there a lot of angles the enemy could come from. Nice feature nonetheless.

 

Once again, great overall improvement and a big step forward.

[JG1_Pragr]

 

 

10. German 20 mm shell fragments have a higher initial speed because of their higher explosive mass to total mass ratio so they cause more damage;

 

There has to be something lost in translation or this is just a huge mistake.

First - what kind of shell are you talking about? There are basically two types of HE munition producing fragments used in German 20 mm cannons.

 

Second - The first point leads to this one directly. Either you mean  'common' 20x82 HE which used less amount of explosive to its total mass (a bit more than 3 per cent) than Russian 20x99R (about 6 per cent of explosive filler) hence producing heavier but slower fragments or you mean Minengeschoss which packed more than 20 percents of explosive. But the latter use the power of chemical explosion as its main destructive means not the fragments. The fragments of such projectile are maybe a bit faster but because they're way lighter than those of ordinary HE, they are weaker.

 

Anyway I hope there is an error in translation. Because if not then there's something horribly wrong in the game.

[Gunsmith86]

There has to be something lost in translation or this is just a huge mistake.

First - what kind of shell are you talking about? There are basically two types of HE munition producing fragments used in German 20 mm cannons.

 

Second - The first point leads to this one directly. Either you mean 'common' 20x82 HE which used less amount of explosive to its total mass (a bit more than 3 per cent) than Russian 20x99R (about 6 per cent of explosive filler) hence producing heavier but slower fragments or you mean Minengeschoss which packed more than 20 percents of explosive. But the latter use the power of chemical explosion as its main destructive means not the fragments. The fragments of such projectile are maybe a bit faster but because they're way lighter than those of ordinary HE, they are weaker.

 

Anyway I hope there is an error in translation. Because if not then there's something horribly wrong in the game.

There is nothing wrong with the translation. The Game does not know that damage can be done by blast so they use splinter to simulate the blast effects. Its a simple workaround to simulate the german Mine-shell in game. Since the player cant see the splinter thats no problem and a good way to implement the Mine-shell.

[senseispcc]

First: please do not begin the never ending battle/discussion about the ammunitions and their effects this is a game not reality!    

Second: Thanks for the new plane (il2 1943 model not a new aircraft but a great modification).    

Third: the graphics are greater and greater for a very little cost to performances, thank you. (-1fps on a 60 fps score I could not see a difference on the Stalingrad map)    

Fourth: The mirror some real pilot did fly with it other removed it, I think it shall be so in the game also it is a question of personal like or like not.    

Finally: Like always thanks for the development team great work, Thank You all.     

Edited May 12, 2017 by senseispcc

[Soilworker]

Thanks for the update, guys.

 

I just have a small suggestion, and sorry if this has come up already, I haven't read through all the posts.

 

If possible could we have the option to enable/disable VR in the launcher?

 

It's kinda annoying to have to go into the game to disable/enable it and then have to restart the game to apply it.

 

Cheers,

Tom