Game version 4.605 discussion: AQM, Breguet 14.B2 and various improvements

[US103_Baer]

49 minutes ago, Bullard said:

Just trying to do a freeflight familiarization, but I just tried several other WWI aircraft and they are all showing zero ammo on the heads-up display. Tried several WWII aircraft and they have ammo loads. Didn't have this issue until after the update ? ? ? Still assuming it's something I did wrong during the update.

 

Here is what I'm getting on the HUD display...

 

Mine is fine.
Possible you've selected 'empty' ammunition loadout?

Try changing that.
Of course why the S7 180 has only 350 rounds is a whole other question!


 

 

[Bullard]

33 minutes ago, US28_Baer said:

 

Mine is fine.
Possible you've selected 'empty' ammunition loadout?

Try changing that.
Of course why the S7 180 has only 350 rounds is a whole other question!


 

 

Thanks,

2 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

What are the conditions when choosing a mission? I can't reproduce the problem in QM.

Just trying to do a freeflight familiarization, but I just tried several other WWI aircraft and they are all showing zero ammo on the heads-up display. Tried several WWII aircraft and they have ammo loads. Didn't have this issue until after the update ? ? ? Still assuming it's something I did wrong during the update.

 

Here is what I'm getting on the HUD display...

 

Thanks, gents, but I checked and double checked the loadout too. BUT, I decided to disable MODS and tried it again, and I got AMMO AGAIN. Possibly something in the addon MODS I previously had. Everything is working fine, the FPS is averageing 60 FPS (high for my system). I'm pleased with this update. Will play detective in the next few days and see if I can track down anything wrong with the MODS I had setup. Thanks again. Now I'm gonna go shoot down some balloons. They don't move as fast as those Fokkers do ?

 

[YoYo]

12 hours ago, Jason_Williams said:

 

Because we're not wasting time on a map that won't be the final FC map.

 

The clouds are not ready yet.

 

Jason

Thank You Jason for reply,

however pls think about AQMB for Arras map and WW1 planes from FC1 and FC2 (till no the new map).
 

Perhaps the next full WW1 map will be in the next year, in 2 or 3th Q (I guess only) so still a lot of the time for us. I tested AQMB and works nice and yes, its a nice idea! Crg! For FC no any dynamic campaign so here it could be a kind of new missions for FC where we have a leak of air activity (compared to the rest of Part of BoX series). Pls think about it. Maybe its 1-2 day for coder only plus tests (if it exists for WW2 planes from now) but it gives a lot of new fun and content for FC1 and FC2.

 

I was a little surprised that there is no AQMB for FC right now, it would be a breeze for those who fly on biplanes offline.....

In fact, the first thing I checked if AQMB is on the Arras map and I looked for this option for a long time, then it turned out that it is not here.

 

Pretty please! ?

Edited October 28, 2021 by YoYo

[grahamhughes1]

Thanks for the update guys!

Is it just me though, but my when I try to move my head forward in vr when I'm in the cockpit, it seems like my viewpoint is stuck in the middle of the cockpit..

The cockpit moves proportionately further away as I move my head forward. It's the same with all of the planes I've tried. Also, I cant lean over to the right or left to look down the side of the aircraft to see an enemy aircraft below. The cockpit moves with my head movement. The head movements worked perfectly before the update.

[ITAF_Airone1989]

9 minutes ago, grahamhughes1 said:

Thanks for the update guys!

Is it just me though, but my when I try to move my head forward in vr when I'm in the cockpit, it seems like my viewpoint is stuck in the middle of the cockpit..

The cockpit moves proportionately further away as I move my head forward. It's the same with all of the planes I've tried. Also, I cant lean over to the right or left to look down the side of the aircraft to see an enemy aircraft below. The cockpit moves with my head movement. The head movements worked perfectly before the update.

Should be a VMR problem.

Try to reset the "space limit" (not sure it's called in this way in English) and it should work..

 

[weirdowkooiw00]

Great job. Nice new plane. AQMG works good.  AQMG added to the game is a nice think.

[Calos_01]

4 hours ago, Hopper64 said:

Noticed possible bug in QMB with a bomb added to a G6. Flying a P51, the G6 pilot doesn’t seem to release the bomb when engaged in air battle as quickly as before. Just noticed a bit of a delay here. Can anyone confirm?

I have noticed a similar issue in a  career  as well. Playing 109 E career in Moscow and flight of 109s haven´t dropped bombs after beeing attacked by MiGs. They even fought with MiGs with bombs still attached.

[Youtch]

LOVE this update! It will provide so much replayability for single player!

 

I also like that you provide full control to select all the weather parameters, even the type of clouds from now on. It would be good if you would consider adding in the future an option to randomize it all as well, as weather is not always something that was controllable for pilots.

[Hopper64]

3 minutes ago, Calos_01 said:

I have noticed a similar issue in a  career  as well. Playing 109 E career in Moscow and flight of 109s haven´t dropped bombs after beeing attacked by MiGs. They even fought with MiGs with bombs still attached.

Yes. That’s what I had noticed in the QMB as well.

4 hours ago, percydanvers said:

Maybe dumb question on my part but are you certain he spotted you? 

Yes. The G6s had even engaged the other P51s and had not released their bomb load.

[2/JG26_rudidlo]

11 hours ago, Jade_Monkey said:

People want more things, higher resolution objects and textures, but also faster. Can't have it all I guess.

 

Are you on SSD or HDD? SSDs make a huge difference in load times.

 

I'm using M2 SSD. I understand loading maps with all the objects can take some time, but i have been mentioning game startup loading times.

35 minutes ago, Calos_01 said:

I have noticed a similar issue in a  career  as well. Playing 109 E career in Moscow and flight of 109s haven´t dropped bombs after beeing attacked by MiGs. They even fought with MiGs with bombs still attached.

I'm playing career at Moscow with Bf 109 E7 and this didn't hapenned to me.
Can you upload mission file to this thread?

 

[WhereTheSkyRuns]

Hi guys.

 

The Yak 9T isn't available for any AQM missions - is this intentional?

 

Great update - thank you!

Edited October 28, 2021 by WhereTheSkyRuns

[jollyjack]

Yep, Yak 9T not there, but a very useful add-on ... compliments!

Edited October 28, 2021 by jollyjack

[co199]

The Yak-9T is available on the Kuban Summer map.

[FupDuck]

8 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

@sandmonkee, please check your graphics settings in the game, after the update, there may be changes in them.

Thanks for the reply. Is it possible to know which settings may have been changed by the update? I did look through the graphics settings earlier and didn't notice anything different. Thanks! 

[jollyjack]

as usual there are some things overwritten, i had to reinstall a SWF/IL2/Usersaves folder, and my skins from a backup.

[firdimigdi]

18 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

Yes

 

Not sure you can actually - unless I am missing something I can't seem to get jabo missions as an option for 109s in any map, for Soviet/Allies I can get ground attack/bombing missions for most fighters.

[Props]

Thank you for the unexpected update! AQMG is a great addition, the missions remind of the Career missions with the enemy often showing up from unexpected directions and I have to keep my head on a swivel -much more fun, though my AI wingman all still seem to focus their efforts on just one enemy plane and still interfere with my firing solutions - I am used to this now. And after trying several cloud presets I can definitely see an improvement especially no more aliasing effects on the bottom of distant clouds as well as almost no "fresnel lens" in the clouds themselves so I am digging that! Haven't even paid attention to the tracer change yet. Everything runs good and I have not experienced any weird issues, FPS still the same and missions run smooth. Great job.

[JSOflyer69]

U-2vs can we get any missions to fly for it in the new quick mission generator,not that important but I do like to fly this plane.

[Voidhunger]

is it possible to encounter on rheinland map B25? im attacking always A20 planes.

Also when you attacking bombers, after a few minutes they begin to land.

Please let them fly for a longer time and in higher altitude.

[SCG_motoadve]

4 hours ago, Youtch said:

LOVE this update! It will provide so much replayability for single player!

 

I also like that you provide full control to select all the weather parameters, even the type of clouds from now on. It would be good if you would consider adding in the future an option to randomize it all as well, as weather is not always something that was controllable for pilots.

Slider all the way to the left its random.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

1 hour ago, Props said:

And after trying several cloud presets I can definitely see an improvement especially no more aliasing effects on the bottom of distant clouds as well as almost no "fresnel lens" in the clouds themselves so I am digging that!

Strange, cause the Devs didn't change the clouds at all

[Imperator_TFD]

19 hours ago, VBF-12_Stele said:

 

I found a workaround, but it takes a little editing. The generated mission saves in the Mission folder which you can open in the mission editor. You'll need to edit the wingman as flyable and save it as a coop or deathmatch mission. If you're familiar with the mission editor basics it shouldn't take long. Again, takes a little bit of editing, but it can be done for now.

 

How does saving it as a Deathmatch mission work unless you place down some sort of player spawn airfield?

[Youtch]

52 minutes ago, SCG_motoadve said:

Slider all the way to the left its random.

Thank you very much, but i was referring to something that would randomize all weather parameters, not only cloud shape, as an idea for offering more diversity.

[I./JG52_Woutwocampe]

3 hours ago, Voidhunger said:

is it possible to encounter on rheinland map B25? im attacking always A20 planes.

Also when you attacking bombers, after a few minutes they begin to land.

Please let them fly for a longer time and in higher altitude.

 

I have seen Mitchell's escorted by Spitfires IX yesterday. 6 of them + 8 spits. They were en route for their bombing mission so certainely not close to landing.

 

 

Edited October 28, 2021 by I./JG52_Woutwocampe

[Zeev]

On 10/27/2021 at 5:16 PM, Redwo1f said:

22. Fixed an issue where AI fighters were endlessly chasing a fleeing target;

 

Oh sweet Jesus, thank you! 

 

And thanks so much for this patch/addition and continued support! Looks great guys! Thank you and have a great day. 

 

No way........

I remember many on these forums claiming its not a defect......

Thanks god its fixed. Thanks Devs and QA!!!

And thanks Redwo1f for pointing this out!

Edited October 28, 2021 by Zeev

[jollyjack]

2 hours ago, Voidhunger said:

is it possible to encounter on rheinland map B25? im attacking always A20 planes.

Also when you attacking bombers, after a few minutes they begin to land.

Please let them fly for a longer time and in higher altitude.

 

I guess as usual if you want such changes in details, you'll have to do it in the editor.

Don't forget to set the mission to single, or it won't be seen by the game.

[WhereTheSkyRuns]

4 hours ago, co199 said:

The Yak-9T is available on the Kuban Summer map.

Nice spot - thank you

 

Seems odd that it's only available for a single season on that map. Curious if that is intentional or a bug.

Edited October 28, 2021 by WhereTheSkyRuns

[I./JG52_Woutwocampe]

30 minutes ago, WhereTheSkyRuns said:

Nice spot - thank you

 

Seems odd that it's only available for a single season on that map. Curious if that is intentional or a bug.

 

Actually, the Yak 9T should not even be available in Kuban campaign. They made is available for a short amount of time to please the players, just like the 190A3 in Stalingrad.

 

The Yak 9 itself saw very little action in Kuban. Its not a bug, its historically accurate. 

 

The devs do a great job at making planes available according to history and legit reports, they will, however, make collectible planes available for the PLAYER in a non historic way to make it worth your money. Its up to you to use them or not.

[sevenless]

Just now, I./JG52_Woutwocampe said:

 

Actually, the Yak 9T should not even be available in Kuban campaign. They made is available for a short amount of time to please the players, just like the 190A3 in Stalingrad.

 

The Yak 9 itself saw very little action in Kuban. Its not a bug, its historically accurate. 

 

The devs do a great job at making planes available according to history and legit reports, they will, however, make collectible planes available for the PLAYER in a non historic way to make it worth your money. Its up to you to use them or not.

 

I also was a little confused. At present both the 9 and 9T are only present on the summer map. I guess they correct this with a patch and include the autumn map also.

[Hien-0_1*]

Hi development team!
Thank you for AQMG - a great idea ?- but it needs some adjustments.
What I miss are Jabo deployments for the Bf109E7 (their main task in the II(Schlacht)/LG 2 in the battle of Moscow and after the unit was renamed (from 13.01.1942: I/Schl.G 1) the deployment on the Stalingrad- Front until 02.43. In AQMG there is no Bf109E7 for the "BoS-Map winter42 / 43"?! That is imprecise!!!

[I./JG52_Woutwocampe]

2 minutes ago, sevenless said:

 

I also was a little confused. At present both the 9 and 9T are only present on the summer map. I guess they correct this with a patch and include the autumn map also.

 

Oh so they made the Yak 9 available for longer in Kuban lately? Is this what you're saying?

[sevenless]

1 minute ago, I./JG52_Woutwocampe said:

 

Oh so they made the Yak 9 available for longer in Kuban lately? Is this what you're saying?

 

Yep initially I wasn´t able to find them but they both are present if you chose the summer map. Which doesn´t make sense historically. But AQMB is no history simulation, that is what career is for. So I guess it is an oversight on their part.

[Yakdriver]

AQM
did an Airfield attack Mission in Typhoons
Was Greeted by G6´s
Furball at 500 feet
Many ground Targets
Murder Flak
?

"Was not dissappointed"
Hell Yea, more of that action please!

This has the good old 1946 Vibes!
 

Edited October 28, 2021 by Yakdriver

[BP_Lizard]

Awesome update!
I wish that the 'Q' in AQM would someday be a '6.'

[Blitzen]

I ,like I'm sure many others , are a bit disappointed that the new quick mission utility doesn't apply to FC .Might it be planned for some 9 near)future date on the Arras map??

[BMA_FlyingShark]

5 minutes ago, Blitzen said:

I ,like I'm sure many others , are a bit disappointed that the new quick mission utility doesn't apply to FC .Might it be planned for some 9 near)future date on the Arras map??

That is because the Arras map is not finished yet, it's to be created in 3 stages of which we only have 1 for now.

I'm sure it'll work when the next 2 stages of the Arras map are finished.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[jollyjack]

6 hours ago, co199 said:

The Yak-9T is available on the Kuban Summer map.

 

Yep, you're right ... my bad. So the AQMB is only creating historical missions, as possible plane selection is map related.

A lot of planes are missing on different maps

 

Kind of disappointing out of a 'gaming' point of view. Maybe a button in the AQMB where you can select historical or non-historical ? ??.

Edited October 28, 2021 by jollyjack

[Thad]

1 hour ago, I./JG52_Woutwocampe said:

 

Actually, the Yak 9T should not even be available in Kuban campaign. They made is available for a short amount of time to please the players, just like the 190A3 in Stalingrad.

 

The Yak 9 itself saw very little action in Kuban. Its not a bug, its historically accurate. 

 

The devs do a great job at making planes available according to history and legit reports, they will, however, make collectible planes available for the PLAYER in a non historic way to make it worth your money. Its up to you to use them or not.

 

Gotta love our developers. ?

[Mtnbiker1998]

9 hours ago, Hopper64 said:

Yes. That’s what I had noticed in the QMB as well.

Yes. The G6s had even engaged the other P51s and had not released their bomb load.

I also saw this in a quick mission 1v1 against FW-190A8s, they did not drop their bombs after engaging me

[Sneaksie]

Hotfix 4.605b

1.    Sopwith Camel, both SPAD VIIs, SPAD XIII and Nieuport 28 wrong reaction to rudder inputs was fixed;

2.    Bf 109 G6, Yak-9 and Yak-9T are available on Kuban map in AQMG mode;

3.    All fighters capable of carrying rockets and bombs can be selected for AQMG ground attack missions with these weapons fitted;

4.    Protect Shipping missions in AQMG on Moscow map were corrected. Friendly waypoints moved closer to the ships for better protection. Before they were too far to be effective.

5.    Ju 52 now has 4К quality external texturing and skins thanks to Martin =ICDP= Catney.

6.    Default QMB/AQMG settings set to 4 aircraft in the player flight, 3 PM time, average cloud cover at 2km and haze level 3.