Game version 4.501 discussion: New visibility, "Wind of Fury", 4K for P-39 and Bf-109-G6, Tanks final features

[Han]

6 minutes ago, Han said:

Update 4.501

Dear friends,

We just released the new update - 4.501. Its shifted version number means it is a kind of a milestone and it really is. First, the research we did on the community opinion on the aircraft spotting allowed us to make many improvements to this important part of the sim.

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In addition to these very important changes, today's update brings you the new campaign 'Wind of Fury' by Alexander =BlackSix= Timoshkov that is included in the Bodenplatte module.

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Also, P-39L-1 "Aircrobra" (Battle of Kuban) and Bf 109 G-6 now have 4k quality external texturing created by Martin =ICDP= Catney.

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Tank Crew gets the last planned features for its release in this update, making 4.501 a milestone for it as well. 

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News on 4.501 update, full text

You can ask new questions in this thread

[VonMarts]

first

 

[SJ_Butcher]

Finally playing again!!!

[FTC_Mephisto]

Yeah! Looking forward to new spotting. Great. 

[=EXPEND=Capt_Yorkshire]

Thanks dudes 

[FTC_Zero]

It really shows me how much you care about your community. Thumbs up:
 

[Oyster_KAI]

My Steam update stuck in 96%.....now only 1KB/sec.....
Is Steam got problem?

Edited September 17, 2020 by Oyster_KAI

[The_GhostRider]

I've been flying in expert mode in VR for a few weeks trying to get the hang of it and previously it was really tough to spot anything at distance and ground targets even more so. I just flew a mission in QMB and the changes in spotting are amazing! Both air and ground are much better. I find it a lot easier to keep sight of enemy A/C even when they are below.

Thanks for the update, I'm off to see if how long I can survive in the Career mode ? 

 

The_GhostRider

[Guest deleted@191198]

Great!

[Ala13_UnopaUno_VR]

someone invites me to your house?

 

[coolrastaman]

snif a bandwith scale in bytes/sec, I almost miss UdiWWW

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

So, this update was suppose to come later, I’m thoroughly disappointed......?

cant wait to try it out !!!!

 

[BlackHellHound1]

Steam appears borked at 2.1 GB

From discord chat, It appears most, if not all, steam users have this problem.


 

[PainGod85]

1 minute ago, BlackHellHound1 said:

Steam appears borked at 2.1 GB

From discord chat, It appears most, if not all, steam users have this problem.


 

 

Can confirm, this is what I'm looking at as well.

[[DBS]Browning]

This is utterly fantastic. Thankyou 

 

Edit: Two weeks IL2 time is much shorter than two weeks in another popular flight simulators time

Edited September 17, 2020 by [DBS]Browning

[Alonzo]

Looks like a great patch!

 

For server operators, be aware you need to open and re-save your missions. On Combat Box we do this with the "resaver" tool every time we deploy a map, so we just redeployed all our maps at once and it looks like it's working.

 

We'll be adding haze randomization to our weather randomization script in due course, once we've tested the haze settings. We don't want to accidentally add too much haze, like when we had the overcast weather and people really disliked it. I think there's less likelihood of this for haze but we will do a bit of testing before introducing the haze.

[BOOS30]

11 minutes ago, PainGod85 said:

 

Can confirm, this is what I'm looking at as well.

Same here Hanging on 208 GB download speed drops to 3.5 KB

[RNAS10_Oliver]

40 minutes ago, 616Sqn_SpocksOddSocks said:

Got the update, but now the mission editor will not open any of my .mission files. "error reading mission file"

 

Seeing the same.

[Elem]

You never fail to amaze! Many thanks team.

[G_Schwarz]

26 minutes ago, BlackHellHound1 said:

Steam appears borked at 2.1 GB

From discord chat, It appears most, if not all, steam users have this problem.


 

 

same issue here 

[=EXPEND=Capt_Yorkshire]

Me to i'm stuck downloading  

[6./ZG26_Loke]

Question. 

 

Does this new enhanced spotting mean, that the option as a bomber or ground attacker to sneak past enemy fighters, will be nearly impossible? 

[BOOS30]

mpossible to download keep hanging on 2.08 Gb download speed drops to 3,4KB on Steam

[216th_Jordan]

2 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Loke said:

Question. 

 

Does this new enhanced spotting mean, that the option as a bomber or ground attacker to sneak past enemy fighters, will be nearly impossible? 

 

Certainly a lot harder than default visibility - it is intended to make spotting easier.

[[DBS]Browning]

5 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Loke said:

Question. 

 

Does this new enhanced spotting mean, that the option as a bomber or ground attacker to sneak past enemy fighters, will be nearly impossible? 

 

That depends.

You will have a harder time sneaking right under the noses of fighters as was possible before.

You will still be able to avoid fighters, but now that might mean you must take a diversion instead of simply flying straight to the target at low altitude.

 

Enemy fighters are also more likely to be dealing with your friendly fighters now also. There will still be plenty of chances to get to the target.

Edited September 17, 2020 by [DBS]Browning

[Luger1969]

I knew Jason was kidding....2 weeks? Anyway great update, this is the most natural and easiest thing to do...Dear devs thank you.

[RedKestrel]

1 minute ago, [DBS]Browning said:

 

That depends.

You will have a harder time sneaking right under the noses of fighters as was possible before.

You will still be able to avoid fighters, but now that might mean you must take a diversion instead of simply flying straight to the target at low altitude.

And of course, you as a bomber will have an equally easier time spotting fighters in the middle distance and more time to adjust your flight path to avoid them, or put yourself in a position to escape. We must all get used to taking a more strategic approach to target areas.

There is going to be a big adjustment period for both fighters and ground attackers, and for a little while at least the online environment is going to be spectacularly deadly for ground pounders, especially since some people will likely just not bother if it gets harder. BUT in the long run I think it will make it much more interesting for the attack pilot. 

The Take Off-->Bomb Target-->Highlighted by Flak -->Shotdown by Target-Orbiting Experten pipeline will hopefully be disrupted and maybe we will see more aggressive air patrols, and more viable escorting because it will be easier to track the Big Friends and see incoming fighters, and you will be more likely to run into enemy fighters at different legs of the journey so it will be less boring for the escort.

Can't wait to try it out!

 

[RedKestrel]

Just now, Luger1969 said:

I knew Jason was kidding....2 weeks? Anyway great update, this is the most natural and easiest thing to do...Dear devs thank you.

While two weeks could mean any length of time at all, 10 days apparently means sooner than expected!

[Jason_Williams]

My Steam install updated just fine. We don't control how Steam does it, but it should work for you. My web version also updates properly.

 

Jason

[Rassmussen]

Hello,
the update doesn't work for me.

I get the following messages:

[Jason_Williams]

2 minutes ago, RedKestrel said:

While two weeks could mean any length of time at all, 10 days apparently means sooner than expected!

 

We held off on a couple other items what would take longer than planned.

 

Jason

[FTC_DerSheriff]

2 days were to the release date. Two weeks to the date where you actually have downloaded the patch.

[Tipsi]

Stuck on downloading. 

 

I bet it's because it's all those many many many "I'm not playing il2 anymore" people have awoken from their slumber and are stealing all our bandwidth! ?

 

 

Edited September 17, 2020 by Tipsi

[E69_Cananas]

2 minutes ago, DerSheriff said:

2 days were to the release date. Two weeks to the date where you actually have downloaded the patch.

 

2 minutes ago, Tipsi said:

Stuck on downloading. plz dont do this to me.

 

Updated the web version without any problem just a few minutes ago.

[smink1701]

Any improvements to ai are welcome. 

[Waldo_Pee]

Also stuck on 2.1GB/2.3GB

[Nadelbaum]

Steam stuck also here unfortunately. I understand that the dev team can't control this, but its like the gods of flight are against us at the moment...

[Beazil]

Welp, thanks for pulling yet another rabbit out of the hat Jason.  Your team never ceases to amaze, even when you tell us something is coming.  A round of hearty back pats to everyone involved.  Thank you.

[Tipsi]

If you already have the steam version installed, does that mean the windows installer will override this steam installation, or can it be used to update what is already installed?

[adler_1]

STEAM update stuck at 87 % all evening  !!!!