Developer Diary 260 - Discussion

[Han]

2 minutes ago, Han said:

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Dear friends,

The Autumn is here and our project is very close to another milestone. The next version 4.501 that will be released in a few weeks will contain very important improvements.

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Good news for Bodenplatte owners: the long-awaited campaign for this module will be included in this update as well - its author Alexander =BlackSix= Timoshkov has much to tell you about it.

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We will continue our Dev Blog with another important change that affects the aircraft visibility - update 4.501 will include the atmospheric haze setting.

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We'll finish with a short report on the Normandy development. Here's our hero of the day - USAAF pilot in early war uniform and without the G-suit that was introduced in the theater later. 

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Full news - here is a full text and visual materials

[namhee2]

Thanks you

[IndianJones]

Great news, the Tempest campaign looks fantastic, just what Bodenplatte (and the Tempest!) needs! Also, that Hurricane ? I pre-ordered it a week ago, can't come soon enough.

Edited September 11, 2020 by IndianJones

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

Cool

[Chief_Mouser]

Excellent DD. Really looking forward to the Tempest campaign, the new haze effect looks cool and there's a Hurricane in the shot. Bring it on! ?

[FTC_Kongoo]

Air Marshall when?

[sevenless]

Looks fantastic! and good to hear about the fuel tanks. Can´t wait for that feature.

 

"that were not too long to require the external fuel tanks which are not yet available in our sim yet."

 

 

Edited September 11, 2020 by sevenless

[LuftManu]

It's always Xmas with you guys! Always overdelivering! These new things will be for sure a great pleasure for many players and with free content? hell yeah!

It's fall! Hurricane season!

[Sybreed]

Can we expect a campaign for the axis side in the future?

[simfan2015]

Yes, the Hurri is coming !

 

Great to also learn about TC improvements.

 

Great DD, as always, thx !!

 

 

[SJ_Butcher]

Any ETA of the incoming update? Next week maybe?

[Soto_Cinematics]

Such a good DD! Im excited for everything mentioned

[sevenless]

1 minute ago, SJ_Butcher said:

Any ETA of the incoming update? Next week maybe?

 

"The next version 4.501 that will be released in a few weeks "

 

Could come with the Hurricane included. End of September would be my bet.

[[DBS]Browning]

4 minutes ago, SJ_Butcher said:

Any ETA of the incoming update? Next week maybe?

 

Within the next few weeks is what we have been told. 

[BlackSix]

7 minutes ago, Sybreed said:

Can we expect a campaign for the axis side in the future?

I'm creating Fw 190 ground-attack campaign for the Battle of Kuban. It will be ready next year.

[Jason_Williams]

2 minutes ago, sevenless said:

 

"The next version 4.501 that will be released in a few weeks "

 

Could come with the Hurricane included. End of September would be my bet.

 

Hurri is in October.

 

Jason

[Guest deleted@188321]

any fix coming for broken ai in tank crew that got reported last update?

[Jason_Williams]

25 minutes ago, ACG_Vietkong said:

Air Marshall when?

 

When it works and ready.

 

Jason

[Hartigan]

8xMSAA ? do you cooperate with the Nvidia or something?! Nice to hear those improvements are coming soon

[Jason_Williams]

7 minutes ago, SJ_Butcher said:

Any ETA of the incoming update? Next week maybe?

 

Read and don't just look at the pretty pictures.

 

Jason

[RedKestrel]

Remember kids, reading is FUNdamental!

[4SCT_Vespa]

So the annoying low visibility enemy plane in dogfight will be fixed?

[Thad]

Let's wait and see what is presented to us.  

[RedKestrel]

8 minutes ago, 4SCT_Vespa said:

So the annoying low visibility enemy plane in dogfight will be fixed?

 

9 minutes ago, RedKestrel said:

Remember kids, reading is FUNdamental!

There was a huge thread on it already, with videos showing the tweaked visibility. Look for the later high-quality video to get a more accurate look at what's coming.

EDIT: LMAO at the preview image! A teaser, indeed. 

Edited September 11, 2020 by RedKestrel

[4SCT_Vespa]

Thanks a lot for heads up RedKestrel...I coimpletely missed that thread.

It has been a really annoying poor feature in IL2 so far....even compared to Desert Wings that use an old engine

[Enceladus828]

58 minutes ago, Han said:

The next version 4.501

Just out of curiosity, we are at version 4.009, so why is it 4.501 and not 4.010 or 4.101?

 

Other than that, great job guys. Can't wait to play the Wind of Fury campaign and move/fire the tank turret with the joystick.

 

Keep up the good work.

[RedKestrel]

Just now, Enceladus said:

Just out of curiosity, we are at version 4.009, so why is it 4.501 and not 4.010 or 4.101?

 

Other than that, great job guys. Can't wait to play the Wind of Fury campaign and move/fire the tank turret with the joystick.

 

Keep up the good work.

It's a fairly big update in terms of changes to the base game so maybe its considered better to skip to 4.5 to show a big step?

Maybe its because we, like Bon Jovi, are halfway there* (to 5.0 Normandy).
*whoah-oh, winging on a prayer

[Gustaf]

In relation to missions, I found the explanation of historical reality vs. game play illuminating.  It helps in empathizing with the developers and understanding their choices; makes me less BITCHY.

[ZachariasX]

Great news. Really looking forward for spottong and G effects enhancements. The Tempest campaign surely looks good. Great job guys!

[Pollux]

Good news !

 

[Furni]

Can't wait all looking good - what away to end the week!

 

I do like a Friday DD?

[Beazil]

Quite a lot of information there!  Thanks for the exciting update. 

 

 

[Avimimus]

Very interesting!

 

Has there been thoughts to including single-missions with the campaign which consist of an existing campaign mission but where the player is flying in one of the other aircraft (e.g. instead of escorting a Typhoon - they are flying the Typhoon)? It would be neat to try some of these missions from different points of view.

[J37_Spyboy]

 

 Thank you for the effort you make, much appreciated.

[TX-Zigrat]

Wow the changes described here sound really great, I am really encouraged by what what I perceive to be a recent "pivot" to better listening by the developers (on the G issue and on the spotting issue). 

 

The haze looks fantastic in my opinion, too.

 

Great job!!

[JG_deserteagle540]

Great news!!!

 

8XMSAA, the RTX 3080 might come handy.

[BlackSix]

14 minutes ago, Avimimus said:

Has there been thoughts to including single-missions with the campaign which consist of an existing campaign mission but where the player is flying in one of the other aircraft (e.g. instead of escorting a Typhoon - they are flying the Typhoon)? It would be neat to try some of these missions from different points of view.

I'll try to explain.

Most of the green lines in the picture lead to the player's plane, these are the connections on which all the work of the mission depends. Therefore, you simply cannot assign a player to another plane. You have to use the player's current plane together with his flight, make a new route for him, re-establish the first flight without the player, rebuild all the time counts and much more. Such work can take from 30 to 70% of the time required to create the initial mission.
Anything is possible, but it is not easy and not fast.

[Jason_Williams]

4 minutes ago, JG_deserteagle540 said:

Great news!!!

 

8XMSAA, the RTX 3080 might come handy.

That’s why I added it.

 

Jason

[Avimimus]

3 minutes ago, BlackSix said:

I'll try to explain.

Most of the green lines in the picture lead to the player's plane, these are the connections on which all the work of the mission depends. Therefore, you simply cannot assign a player to another plane. You have to use the player's current plane together with his flight, make a new route for him, re-establish the first flight without the player, rebuild all the time counts and much more. Such work can take from 30 to 70% of the time required to create the initial mission.
Anything is possible, but it is not easy and not fast.

 

Wow! So much more sophisticated missions! Not at all like taking a flight in the old Il-2's full mission builder and switching the 'player' flag from the escort fighter to the aircraft which is being escorted!

[Blitzen]

Really looking forward to everything, but esp the Hurricane & Typhoon! Can't come soon enough!