Game version 4.702 discussion: P-51B, Two new Flying Circus Campaigns, improvements

[simfan2015]

Thank you all for yet another great update! 

Have a perfect holiday. 

 

[Blitzen]

Quick question : does the new Pony show up in AQMB?

[KG100_Brannon]

Merry Christmas and thank you for this latest release.  Very impressed.  Good work to everyone involved.  

[Avimimus]

1 hour ago, oc2209 said:

You mean the flying torch effect is a little much?

 

I'm not sure why it flamed so much in my clip. The fire wasn't that large after the explosion in the screenshot.

 

I think I liked the relative transparency of the flame-head... the sense of high speed air mixing... the relative transparency of the flame also made the 'heat shimmer' effect more apparent and easier to see.

 

It seems like fire effects are more variable though now? Maybe influenced by things like the amount of fuel in the tank?

[354thFG_Drewm3i-VR]

Can anyone confirm if the new update breaks old tracks from the last update? I want to update, but would like to know if I should record them before doing so.

[oc2209]

46 minutes ago, DBFlyguy said:

The B has finally arrived ? thanks to the dev team!

 

Was not expecting Lee Archer's P-51 to be included in the default paints, THANK YOU for doing that! I got to meet him before he passed away and he even signed my copy of Osprey's "Mustang Aces of the Ninth & Fifteenth Air Forces & the RAF" book.  He was an awesome and inspirational man.

 

 

 

 

 

It also happens to be a great paintjob:

 

[Jaegermeister]

8 minutes ago, -332FG-drewm3i-VR said:

Can anyone confirm if the new update breaks old tracks from the last update? I want to update, but would like to know if I should record them before doing so.

You have to resave them like missions

[oc2209]

4 minutes ago, Avimimus said:

 

I think I liked the relative transparency of the flame-head... the sense of high speed air mixing... the relative transparency of the flame also made the 'heat shimmer' effect more apparent and easier to see.

 

It seems like fire effects are more variable though now? Maybe influenced by things like the amount of fuel in the tank?

 

Engine fires look okay to me:

 

 

So it might well be a fuel-specific issue.

 

Also, and much more importantly, Patsy still looks pretty Passionate:

 

 

I was afraid the new P-47 retouches might ruin her, but nah.

[Tonester]

Great timing…I just finished putting my simpit xmas present together last night and this morning i see this!…thanks guys, love your work

[357th_Esco]

3 hours ago, oc2209 said:

 

Yeah, I don't really care if it works well in multiplayer, because I don't fly multiplayer.

 

The point is that bullets hit stuff and the stuff dies.

You should try it. Completely different game online. Let me know if you ever want to try. Unfortunately I’m on the worst time zone for this game.  Very few on when I play.

2 hours ago, Jaws2002 said:

Great update! thank you very much. Now I may have to make myself a skin for the new pony.

 

Hello "Sleepy Ann" 

 

I would love to see some official Checkertail skins.

Edited December 28, 2021 by VBF-12_Esco

[Rjel]

1 hour ago, scotsmanFlyingscotsman said:

Delighted to see this aircraft, I've mapped throttle mixture and separate Prop axis, but not getting much past 245mph, so time to RTFM. Christmas has come again yay!

Can anyone advise how to do you pronounce Gentile, is it Gen Tile...or Gen TILLY? Thanks in advance

 

1 hour ago, 357th_Dog said:

Gen-teel

 

Because of his Italian heritage, I always imagined it to be Gen-tilly. But apparently Gentile's nickname was Gentle (which would seem to confirm it was pronounced Gen-Tile). I don't have the book in front me which I believe was 1000 Destroyed, but I once read an account where the head of Eighth Fighter Command, Maj. Gen. William Kepner was flying a fighter somewhere high over the English channel so he could follow the radio transmissions from his fighters over Germany. On this mission was Don Gentile with the Fourth.  At some point in the mission, someone came over the R/T hollering to Gentile "Break Gentle. Break Gentle you damn fool!"

 

Kepner hearing this message high over the channel, garbled by distance and static, heard this as "Break General. Break General you damned fool!"

Wondering who was nearby with high enough rank to call him a damn fool, dutifully did as he was told anyway and racked his fighter into a tight turn to clear his tail.

[oc2209]

22 minutes ago, VBF-12_Esco said:

You should try it. Completely different game online. Let me know if you ever want to try. Unfortunately I’m on the worst time one for this game. Very few on when I play.

 

I have tried it.

 

As you say, it would require that I learn a different kind of game; and that I buy peripherals I don't currently need, in order to be competitive with people who use all the bells and whistles; and I'd be dependent on other people being online in order to do much of anything.

 

I've experienced all of those elements before in other games. Which is how I've come to understand what I want, and what I don't need.

 

Thank you for the offer, regardless.

[Thad]

49 minutes ago, Tonester said:

Great timing…I just finished putting my simpit xmas present together last night and this morning i see this!…thanks guys, love your work

 

Envy..... envy....envy.... sigh. ?

[Jade_Monkey]

I'm on the struggle bus with the VR render line item in the startup.cfg

• Should it be added to the [Key = grpahics] section?
• Does it need the entire bit with the brackets too?
  • I tried with and without the brackets part and it didnt work for me when setting it to =1.

[BlitzPig_EL]

I'm surprised there is no G-suit available on the B, even after the date when they became available.  B/C models were still flying with the Ds after that date.  Is this correct? 

[R33GZ]

Can anyone tell me the approx size of this update please? 

[ilmavoimat]

Super job on the P-51B! A couple of minor niggles, the RAF squadron codes should be sky not white and the head movement to the right is restricted with the Malcolm hood open (same limits as greenhouse canopy).

[Jade_Monkey]

2 minutes ago, R33GZ said:

Can anyone tell me the approx size of this update please? 

 

Steam was 1.9 GB for me.

[R33GZ]

Thanks man. At least it's not too big this time round... Only just did the previous update lol

1 minute ago, Jade_Monkey said:

 

Steam was 1.9 GB for me.

 

[-DED-Rapidus]

4 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

Here you go;

 

how do you do it?

[Avimimus]

6 minutes ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

I'm surprised there is no G-suit available on the B, even after the date when they became available.  B/C models were still flying with the Ds after that date.  Is this correct? 

 

Apparently, into 1945. But I assume they weren't retrofitted?

 

P.S. All of this makes me kind-of want a Mustang Mk.I (added 4x0.303s to the 0.50s or upgrade to 20mm cannons - and Allison engined).

[Yardstick]

Great update - thanks for all the hard work.

 

Can confirm the missing upper canopy frame on the birdcage version when 150 grade fuel is selected.

150 octane:

 

100 octane:

[DD_Arthur]

5 minutes ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

 

how do you do it?

 

By running the game in VR?

Edit- I see Yardstick has figured it out.

S!?

 

 

Edited December 29, 2021 by DD_Arthur

[=NTAC=Professor_Fate]

Merry Christmas! And it even comes with the Old Crow skin! Great job as always!

[-332FG-Gordon200]

3 hours ago, Jade_Monkey said:

I'm on the struggle bus with the VR render line item in the startup.cfg

It works on my set up. Simply changed the default 0 to 1 in startup config and I now only have right eye display on the monitor while in VR.

 

or_render_eye = 1

 

 

[Jade_Monkey]

2 minutes ago, QB.Gordon200 said:

It works on my set up. Simply changed the default 0 to 1 in startup config and I now only have right eye display on the monitor while in VR.

 

or_render_eye = 1

 

 

Thanks! the notes don't have the "or_" part, which is probably what I'm missing.

[RISE]

What's the purpose of rendering only one eye for VR display?

[AndyJWest]

The P-51B is magnificent. ?

 

Is this intentional? I selected 'mirror' and got two. 

 

Insert 'rude word in Polish' speech bubble.  ?

 

 

[CSW_Hot_Dog]

P-51B Bug report:

1) Malcolm hood - open canopy, you are able to lean over left side but not right side?

2) Standart canopy, upper part is somehow weird, like no glass (No shadows, no canopy reflections)?

3) Gyro gunsight sun filter without any darkening?

4) The gap between the instruments and the dashboard, highly visible especially on the artificial horizon and compass?

[LukeFF]

17 minutes ago, AndyJWest said:

Is this intentional? I selected 'mirror' and got two.

 

Yes, the internal mirror is always fitted.

[Rjel]

1 hour ago, ilmavoimat said:

Super job on the P-51B! A couple of minor niggles, the RAF squadron codes should be sky not white and the head movement to the right is restricted with the Malcolm hood open (same limits as greenhouse canopy).

Just to add to that another minor point. I don't believe the no walk markings were painted on the right wing root. Also, the shape is incorrect. Not a big deal but it does mar otherwise very well done skins.

[Vishnu]

Thank you so much Devs.    The extra free Christmas treats for those of us that have FC1 is really unexpected.   Thanks again.  Cheers from the top of the mountain! (Took a picture of my student today at Cypress Mtn in Vancouver)

Edited December 29, 2021 by Vishnu

[Strewth]

So how long have the bombs been stacked at the airfields?
I have only just noticed them after taxying to the dispersal area.
They are even on sleighs in the Stalingrad map.

[Ribbon]

Bug;

P51 grounded/stationary/not moving, engine off, while pressing brakes and doing LH/RH rudder input plane moves left and right on longitudinal axis.

[percydanvers]

Holy smokes this plane is amazing.

It's like an allied 109

[--[---MAILMAN----]

There were 800 P-51B-5-NA built.

There were 350 P-51C-1-NT built.

 

The first 300 P-51B-5 did not have the 85  gallon fuselage tank installed.  One was taken and an experimental 85 gallon fuselage tank was added behind the pilot.

I don't have a figure for how many P-51C-1-NT were built without the 85 gallon fuselage tank.

 

The last 550 P-51B-5-NAs were fitted with the 85 gallon fuselage tank and the designation changed to P-51B-7-NAs, and into P-51C-1-NTs and designated as P-51C-3-NTs.

I don't have a figure on how many P-51C-NTs were fitted with the 85 gallon fuselage tank and had the designation changed to P-51C-3-NT.

 

Some earlier P-51Bs & Cs were modified in the field to accommodate this tank.  Maybe the 85 gallon fuselage tank can be added/removed as a modification like engines and gun sights or simply re-designate the in game version P-51B-7-NA?

Edited December 29, 2021 by --[---MAILMAN----

[NumeroX]

The P-51B has arrived... I am not kidding guys... I am crying tears of joy right now! That aircraft was the only reason I kept IL2 1946 installed on my SSD. I am speechless... I hope this gravy train keeps going until we reach the Vietnam theater and beyond. I officially graduated to "IL2 Fanboy".

[Strewth]

3 hours ago, RISE said:

What's the purpose of rendering only one eye for VR display?

Up until now, when playing with VR headset, your monitor always showed the left and right eye view, giving you two images at slightly different angles.
This made it difficult for someone else to watch your screen, whether it be locally or live feed.

Now you can select just the one eye (usually your aiming eye) and it displays better on your monitor as a single normal image (just like you were playing without VR)

This has no effect whatsoever in your actual VR headset.

 

Edited December 29, 2021 by Strewth

[Angels-6Runwayrht]

 I don't post often but read and follow topics on thIs forum continually and also the developers topics BUT! this beautiful aircraft is so worthy of posting thank you so very very much ladies and gentleman for this excellent work of art and firepower.

 

 "If it was easy everyone would do it"

 

   Thank you for the hard work that went into this fighting machine..

 

[jollyjack]

5 hours ago, --[---MAILMAN---- said:

There were 800 P-51B-5-NA built.

There were 350 P-51C-1-NT built.

 

The first 300 P-51B-5 did not have the 85  gallon fuselage tank installed.  One was taken and an experimental 85 gallon fuselage tank was added behind the pilot.

I don't have a figure for how many P-51C-1-NT were built without the 85 gallon fuselage tank.

 

The last 550 P-51B-5-NAs were fitted with the 85 gallon fuselage tank and the designation changed to P-51B-7-NAs, and into P-51C-1-NTs and designated as P-51C-3-NTs.

I don't have a figure on how many P-51C-NTs were fitted with the 85 gallon fuselage tank and had the designation changed to P-51C-3-NT.

 

Some earlier P-51Bs & Cs were modified in the field to accommodate this tank.  Maybe the 85 gallon fuselage tank can be added/removed as a modification like engines and gun sights or simply re-designate the in game version P-51B-7-NA?

 

In the AQMB generator you can select Ground attack option, rocket launcher pictured, but do not apear on the generated P51B5 plane.  An error or a bug?

 

ADDED: they load OK when you address them at game start's plane set up ..

Edited December 29, 2021 by jollyjack