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

[ACG_Macro]

its like you have lifted the veil off my game.

[ITAF_Rani]

Finally we see cons ?

 

Edited September 17, 2020 by ITAF_Rani

[BP_Lizard]

Awesome update. Thank you very much.

So I tried directly assigning the gun control on the joystick's X and Y axes and it didn't move (hit T to unlock but still no difference). Any other button to hit to make it work? Thanks.

[RedKestrel]

20 minutes ago, AnPetrovich said:

Nothing is changed in the G-model of the pilot, though... ))
But...coming soon...

The mighty Placebo Effect strikes again!

[CountZero]

21 minutes ago, AnPetrovich said:

Nothing is changed in the G-model of the pilot, though... ))
But...coming soon...

Benefits of being able to see bounced contact whole bounce process is what changed, so no more need to fatigue your pilot franticly serching for guy you saw just before bounce, now its posible to prepare and make clean dives when you can accualy see enemy your diving on

[LukeFF]

4 minutes ago, BP_Lizard said:

Awesome update. Thank you very much.

So I tried directly assigning the gun control on the joystick's X and Y axes and it didn't move (hit T to unlock but still no difference). Any other button to hit to make it work? Thanks.

 

[Gangloff]

nice update. it rly works fine. thx ?

[sevenless]

1 hour ago, Slegawsky_VR said:

Did anyone notice G6 with Hartman and Barkhorn skins censored?

 

WTH do you mean with censored?

[BP_Lizard]

Thanks, @LukeFF. I missed that one.

[J2_Bidu]

Just had a blast on J5's Flugpark Server (Flying Circus) with the new spotting model.

 

Thank you, team!

[dburne]

Wow sounds like an awesome update, thanks so much!!

[[DBS]Browning]

I've just had the most fun in multiplayer I've ever experienced. BRAVO!

[JG7_X-Man]

Question - Is this " LOD fix" for just 1080x1920 users only? I am not sure I see a difference in my 5120x1440 resolution, or maybe it's more subtle at higher resolutions?

I have to say wow!

On WoL when I made this initial observation - I was deck hugging as usual because it's easier to spot from below and that's were dogfights usually are initiated. So there was some noticeable change.

However, On BoX, I took it up to mid altitude 3K and loitered over a BLUE strong hold looking for for bombers in a Fw 190-9 and to my surprise, I spotted a Spit IX below me! After he was dispatched, I climbed back up and did some route camping and spotted a Tempest on the deck from 3K!

 

Very good improvement! Way to go dev team! we can now bounce people, with the element of surprise. In my late war Luftwaffe aircraft, I don't have to met on equal terms anymore at high altitude where my less maneuverable aircraft is at a disadvantage. 

 

It's not 100% as on a recent commercial flight I passed over an municipal airport with several parked Pipers and Cessnas and I could make out the aircrafts colors and shape very well. I pulled up Flightware as soon as I landed and the flight track had our altitude over the airport at 16,000 ft (4.9 Km)!

 

Nice job! 

Edited September 17, 2020 by JG7_X-Man

[Zeev]

Thanks for the update! Cannot wait to play the new campaign 

Big thanks for the campaign creator and the team for delivering it for free!

[shirazjohn]

Fantastic update guys, a great improvement. Looking forward to the Rhineland career mode improvements, any clues?.

[[120DIS]KathoriasTV]

4 hours ago, Pollux said:

 

Do you plan to introduce DLSS Nvidia technology to the IL-2 engine in the future?  

 

Certainly hope not, Nvidia's proprietary garbage that's all marketing and no substance can die in a hole.

 

Jason and team, once again, thank you! Over-delivering as usual.

[WillyWally]

5 minutes ago, [120DIS]KathoriasTV said:

 

Certainly hope not, Nvidia's proprietary garbage that's all marketing and no substance can die in a hole.

 

Jason and team, once again, thank you! Over-delivering as usual.

I would recommend looking up what DLSS is before calling it garbage.

[DD_Arthur]

57 minutes ago, ITAF_Rani said:

Finally we see cons ?

 

Wow Rani! Robert Redford is looking really old?

[SJ_Butcher]

Guys, if you had problems with steam, validate your files, my installation had 71 files corrupted, I think it was some kind of steam bug on their servers

[PatrickAWlson]

Noticed that the AI will do better evading the ground.  This is good.  In the history of aircraft vs. ground, the ground remains undefeated.

[Yogiflight]

Steam updated without any issues (Germany), so I didn't even notice it. I was flying a mission, then went to the forum and saw the update announcement. So I started the game to update it, just to see it already was updated.

 I should take a better look in my next mission, to, hopefully, notice the difference.

[[DBS]TH0R]

Flew few sorties on Finnish Virtual Pilots server, and even though it is still difficult to spot targets depending on the angle and background - I can now actually reliably see a buddy flying on my six who is approaching me, and require targets after looking away to say, check my six OC. Well done, and thank you very much for this update!

 

I presume some fine tuning is still to be expected, but for me this is by far the most favorite patch thus far. No eye strain any more! ?

 

Even though the nav lights have been softened, I find them still way too bright during daylight. Same goes for tracer rounds. They are still a beacon to guide in other pilots when you don't have a clear sight of the enemy.

 

Two issues that I have noticed (and so have the guys I've flown with):

• P-51 whistle sounds are gone (could not induce whining over the gun ports, no matter the speed and turn rate)
• A-20 LOD on wide view shows the white light when bomb bay doors are open positioned few meters behind it

Edited September 17, 2020 by [DBS]TH0R

[busdriver]

21 minutes ago, PatrickAWlson said:

Noticed that the AI will do better evading the ground.  This is good.  In the history of aircraft vs. ground, the ground remains undefeated.

 

Note to self: Don't GLOC the Tempest below 10,000' chasing a bandit with your nose buried below the horizon.

One potato, two potato...[keep counting]...thirteen potato, fourteen potato...KABOOM! 

[Guest deleted@134347]

10 minutes ago, [DBS]TH0R said:

A-20 LOD on wide view shows the white light when bomb bay doors are open positioned few meters behind it

 

that's been around for as long as I remember.. since a20 was introduced I think..

[[DBS]TH0R]

12 minutes ago, Didney_World said:

 

that's been around for as long as I remember.. since a20 was introduced I think..

 

I think you are right, just not seen this bug for a while. Been testing different zoom levels hence the re-appearance.

 

What a joy it is to finally be able to use slightly zoomed out view to increase peripheral vision during dogfights.

Edited September 17, 2020 by [DBS]TH0R

[J2_Bidu]

About 8x anti-aliasing... I saw no performance hit. True that I had an Nvidia driver update (456.38) at the exact same time (even downloading at the same time!). But I was running it on FlugPark at around 120 FPS (I'm running a GEFORCE RTX 2070 SUPER).

 

[FTC_Knipser]

" ... this update will make the online multiplayer experience totally different from how it was before."

When i read this line in the patch notes, did not really believe it at first. Spent the whole evening flying online, and i gotta admit, you guys totally nailed it!

It's absolutly true, this game is on another level now. Think i only said this once before after a patch, this is a game changer! Thanks for making that happen!!

Edited September 17, 2020 by JG77_Knipser

[FTC_Zero]

2 hours ago, AnPetrovich said:

Nothing is changed in the G-model of the pilot, though... ))
But...coming soon...

Placebo is strong here.

[pilotpierre]

???

[busdriver]

40 minutes ago, Didney_World said:

 

that's been around for as long as I remember.. since a20 was introduced I think..

 

I've spent a lot of time testing an A-20 project (wrapping up soon) and had not seen that.

[[DBS]TH0R]

Almost forgot - the server difficulty setting by hovering a mouse over it is a very useful add-on. ??

Edited September 17, 2020 by [DBS]TH0R

[KoN_]

8 hours 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? 

Ask for escort ..lol 

Looking forward to getting back to il-2 . Weekend is here . 

Edited September 17, 2020 by KoN_

[Boomerang]

Another milestone

Thank you to all.

[Tigre91]

Evening's Steam Record is mine haha. Finally it was solved.

 

 

Great update, guys

[DD_Arthur]

Had a very enjoyable flight on Combat Box tonight. New spotting system works very well. Most striking improvement for me was the ability to reaquire the target after checking six, manoeuvring, etc.  Good job Team!?

[Ribbon]

Sweet spot on visibility! ?

[LukeFF]

Those that are sharp-eyed will notice that the Tempest and the Spitfire Mk IX now sport their proper post D-Day skins in the Rhineland phase of career mode and transition to their late-war scheme in early January 1945.  

[Gambit21]

Very nice!

[jollyjack]

3 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

Hi, just delete the files with the msnbin extension and reopen the mission file and resave.

 

Hi Rapidus, thanks.

 

PS, can't you guys make a simple scripting tool for the conversion job?

Not all users are daring enough to work with the ME, let alone set the startup.cfg: mission_text_log = 1.

 

I had several times that the ME crashed doing the job let loose on a folder ...

[Jaegermeister]

5 hours ago, busdriver said:

 

Note to self: Don't GLOC the Tempest below 10,000' chasing a bandit with your nose buried below the horizon.

 

Yes, GLoc is your greatest enemy in the new Tempest Wind of Fury Campaign.