Game version 5.001 discussion: Battle of Normandy - RELEASED!

[Ala13_UnopaUno_VR]

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I hope one day some review of the vegetation in general, because if not... the day we have Pacific islands... or deserts...
what do we put Pine trees and fir trees?

For the rest, I have no problem, it is a map that we have all been waiting for a long time, we have a DM that now feels more immersive, a varied planet set, incredible clouds, a great job in general, I just like to think that every day will be better.
Time to time, and for the moment to enjoy the air and aerial combat

[Luger1969]

To the developers. Thanks keep on, keeping on.

[LuftManu]

I am really happy and in awe with the map and the career. So many squadrons and era to play with!

There is always room for improvement, but that comes to everything. Having so much passion for it also denotes that we want to exeprience at most the theater and we know 1C can deliver it! 

 

[[DBS]Browning]

1 hour ago, CountZero said:

oh great like the game didnt already have to many pk kills...

 

26. Aircraft DM: the several years old ‘crew health cheat’ (they required four point-blank 7.62 bullets in the torso or two in the head to be killed) has been removed. Now their ability to sustain damage is much more close to reality.

 

 

I suspect it's more that players just don't like pks, rather than their being too many.

Of course pilots die all the time if you shoot at aircraft.

[BOO]

Just now, GSHWK_Houndstone_Hawk said:

We will agree to differ here big time if you think map development has come forward with this. And no I couldn't because it's not my job I build military helicopters not make flightsim terrain. But I do have eyes that can read. I read of an impending map providing unrivalled detail of Normandy & Southern England.

Enjoy your map.

I do think that that is a very fair point. Expecations were raised in the hype period and I think a lot of players familiar with the area would have righly considered such comments to indicate a relaistic (within the bounds of the game) landscape that included the things that dominate the country lanes and countryside and as such couple of new tree/shrub types to boot. In the grand scheme of thing how much it matters is a personal thing but the fact remains, thought generally well done it doesnt fully meet the expectations of a good few of us given the terms used.   

[BlitzPig_EL]

It seems that tactical markings are not working currently.  I tried on the Mustang and Mosquito last night and was not able to add my own tactical numbers.

 

Other than that, great job team.  

[F19_Haddock]

1 hour ago, senseispcc said:

Outside the map logical like some should say! a great map. Remember the Typhoon has a very short range!

It's inside the map. They actually took the time to model the airbase at Pontorson, right next to it. The island of Mont Saint Michel is actually in the game, you can fly over it, they just didn't model the buildings or the main rock formation.
 
I understand we can't make every single town and church in Normandy, but this is one of the most important monuments in the whole of France. It's like doing Paris without the Eiffel Tower ?

[MisterSmith]

The vegetation and micro specific landmarks discrepancy has been noted. Please take it to it's own thread, as is appropriate. Further discussion on the matter here will be hidden/deleted.

 

Smith

[Trooper117]

Normandy done, fantastic stuff, well done team, super duper... right that's enough blarney.  

With all the fixes and improvements, has anyone noticed  if our WWI aircraft still shed their wings if the pilot breaks wind a little too hard?

[tattywelshie]

Had a rather sticky landing as well in the Typhoon and didn't die, so that fix is very welcome as well

[creamersdream]

Its good to finally see the release of BON. I only played so far a quick mission. Talking about accuracy I wish the devs would consider doing the correct paint schemes for the time period for the germans vehicles and things like that for Normandy and Rhineland maps. Just looks awful seeing the grey equipment around the airfields and such. I dont know is there any mods that change things like that? 

[Juri_JS]

Dear devs, is some BoN content still missing?

 

I can't find the fighter direction tender shown in an earlier dev diary.

 

 

And the Universal Carrier seems to be missing too.

 

[6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann]

Flying down the Coast on the D-Day Map I found this Village not populated at all with 3D Houses, while all other Towns are modelled. This is Berck I believe. 

 

[Irishratticus72]

26 minutes ago, F19_Haddock said:

It's inside the map. They actually took the time to model the airbase at Pontorson, right next to it. The island of Mont Saint Michel is actually in the game, you can fly over it, they just didn't model the buildings or the main rock formation.
 
I understand we can't make every single town and church in Normandy, but this is one of the most important monuments in the whole of France. It's like doing Paris without the Eiffel Tower ?

Paris, Hilton?

[LuftManu]

9 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said:

Flying down the Coast on the D-Day Map I found this Village not populated at all with 3D Houses, while all other Towns are modelled. This is Berck I believe. 

 

On QMB the distance the map is populated depends on settings and if it's too far away its disabled.

 

[Sneaksie]

7 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said:

Flying down the Coast on the D-Day Map I found this Village not populated at all with 3D Houses, while all other Towns are modelled. This is Berck I believe. 

By default, only the objects near to the mission area are loaded. If you want to roam the whole map in one go, you can set 'Map scenery distance' option in the game settings to 'Unlimited' (this will increase mission loading time).

[Regingrave-]

17 минут назад, Juri_JS сказал:

Dear devs, is some BoN content still missing?

All announced, but not released assets are still in work, they will be coming soon.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

I had my first view on the map last night after my late shift work. One fly around, and two sorties in career mode and: ooooops, it’s four in the morning ?

I really enjoyed a Me410 night sortie with take off in the dawn and arrive the enemy airfield in the dark.

 It’s the first time I crossed the channel in Il2 (never played CloD), what a fantastic experience!!!

Also a Ar234 sortie was nice with cruising over the beaches on the way to the target.

Thanks to the whole Il2 Sturmovik team for this nice peace of flight sim !!! ??
 

Now it’s time for waiting the Flying Circus 2 Map ?

Edited September 8, 2022 by JG4_Moltke1871

[Juri_JS]

18 minutes ago, tbauchot said:

But my very first impression, from my first flight over "Cap Gris-Nez", an emblematic place on the French coast, left me very disappointed !
Where are the white chalky cliffs that this site is famous for ?

Check your "Map scenary distance" setting.  Probably you were outside the area where ground objects were generated in the mission. Cliffs are objects and not part of the map terrain, so I guess they are treated like buildings by the "Map scenary distance" setting.

Edited September 8, 2022 by Juri_JS

[R3animate]

Best the sim has looked/played. Congrats to the dev team on release, looking forward to upcoming patches and improvements as usual. Thanks for all the hard work guys. 

[Avimimus]

10 hours ago, 2nd_TAF/602Sqn_Puff said:

I’ve been a member of online 602 in one form or another since 1999…also was a committee member for 602 Squadron museum association…met 4 pilots of 602 that flew during the Battle of Britain…they are one of the top scoring fighter squadrons of WWII and I gave a copy of the ORB to the team back at the start of the project ( well a link to download it from my Dropbox) so just find it strange that they were not included as a fly able unit. Unfortunately I have zero interest in other squadrons in the sim and zero for flying as any other airtype outwith spitfires …due to building a spitfire cockpit with working switching etc, sad I know but that’s how I feel.
Hopefully they will include the Squadron at a future update.

Oh I live not far from Glasgow..near Prestwick home to 602 from Dec 40 till early 41 lol

 

Ah, interesting - thanks - I was curious.

 

  

11 hours ago, Lythronax said:

Glaswegian here, it was noticed ?

 

Are there any plans to give the Spitfire Vb an LF modification? I don't think any frontline Mk Vs were using the bog standard 45/46/50 engines by 44 and all were using the M variants.

 

The Spit Vb is an older collector plane - before they started including really extensive modifications. Even the Spit IX from BoBP is lacking armament options etc. Maybe someday with subsequent modules? If they do a 1942 Channel Map or some other mid-war orient module? Who knows?

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

6 hours ago, Bilbo_Baggins said:

 

Did you solve it? Getting the same thing. 

yes reinstall.

[dannytherat]

Amazing update!

 

Anyone else tried hunting V1s in QMB yet? They take a bit of catching as they're fast (I managed in an 81-inch boosted Mustang III, from a diving approach), and when you get them they go off with a frighteningly large bang right in front of your plane! ?

 

Great stuff! ?

[tattywelshie]

8 minutes ago, dannytherat said:

Amazing update!

 

Anyone else tried hunting V1s in QMB yet? They take a bit of catching as they're fast (I managed in an 81-inch boosted Mustang III, from a diving approach), and when you get them they go off with a frighteningly large bang right in front of your plane! ?

 

Great stuff! ?

That's cool...I wonder if its possible to do the wing flipping trick the Tempest boys used to do? 

[Irishratticus72]

7 minutes ago, tattywelshie said:

That's cool...I wonder if its possible to do the wing flipping trick the Tempest boys used to do? 

https://youtu.be/pIO51w1Yl9I Doesn't look like it.

Edited September 8, 2022 by Irishratticus72

[Jason_Williams]

5 minutes ago, Irishratticus72 said:

https://youtu.be/pIO51w1Yl9I Doesn't look like it.

 

As I explained in my post it will be added as special physics is needed.

 

Jason

[Dubsy]

Very happy to see the update, great work with the map!
One question, is there any chance of airfields like Redhill or Biggin Hill being added at some point? Both would be in the area of the map detailed (Redhill is actually only a couple of miles from Horne, which is in the game). Though not as important in 44, both would be very useful for earlier operations in 43 and 42 as two of 11 Group's most important fighter bases.

[simfan2015]

3 hours ago, Sneaksie said:

By default, only the objects near to the mission area are loaded. If you want to roam the whole map in one go, you can set 'Map scenery distance' option in the game settings to 'Unlimited' (this will increase mission loading time).

So that is why !

I never saw any problem, like the one mentioned, by Klaus_Mann.

With 32 GB of RAM ( high end system in general, but non-VR, 4K Ultra), everything maxed out, I had no idea why some people

 complain about in this case a.o. drawing distance settings.

IMHO Same for DCS World ... my guess is that most so called 'looking bad' feedback may be related to settings (too low and/or not maxed out).

 

As we know IL-2 is quite gentle on resources ... I have to limit the FPS (because of my LG OLED) refresh rate to 120.

It otherwise would render far above 120 FPS.

(FWIW : compared to a.o. DCS World, where I seldom get over 100 FPS ... in 4K at least).    

Edited September 8, 2022 by simfan2015

[Sky_Wolf]

Really interested to hear from the Devs why hedgerows were not included. 

[Firesilver]

Just now, Sky_Wolf said:

Really interested to hear from the Devs why hedgerows were not included. 

 

And why the C-47 wasn't too!

[DD_Friar]

Still no Great Britain flag!

 

Setting a vehicle to Great Britain STILL gives the Russian flag   on the capture flag object

 

 

 

[Riderocket]

Gonna start an RNZAF Spitfire Career

Edited September 8, 2022 by Riderocket

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

Great and finally , three years of development Battle of Normandy passed. Congratulations! Maybe now you guys will find the time to fix the FC weak wings issue. We are waiting patiently for so long.

[fergal69]

Not yet bent a propeller or 2 on the Normandy map, but did fly so close to the sea, that water was actually splashed up my windscreen. Amazing attention to details there.

[LukeFF]

6 hours ago, CrazyJow said:

Has ai been fixed yet? Will they engage ground targets and air targets properly now? Or do I need to still need to let ai run the sortie and me fly in the 2-4 position just so they actually drop their weapons or engage. Otherwise I could spam attack ground or air and nothing would happen. I've watched ai teammates just fly straight while doing nothing about an aircraft closing in and shooting at them. Same with ground attacking and ai never even dropping their load. Has loading times been addressed yet and slow UI? It's mind numbing the slowness of loading and UI clunkiness. I hope these have addressed. I did not see any mention the patch notes. 

 

Besides what @dburne wrote, most of those things were fixed ages ago.

[BlitzPig_EL]

53 minutes ago, Firesilver said:

 

And why the C-47 wasn't too!

 

Because the model isn't finished yet.  Would you rather the team had waited for the C47 to be done before releasing the bulk of the content?

[Superflyer]

Sicherlich gute Arbeit...... aber....... ich vermisse immer noch die schon seit langem angekündigten  Verbesserungen im Motor- bzw Kraftstoffmanagement. Sicherlich sind in den Tastaturbefehlen schon die entsprechenden Befehle belegt, aber leider funktioniert davon gar nichts. Auch die lange angekündigten Zusatztanks, nicht mal für die Me-109, sind leider verfügbar. Auch  vermise ich natürlich die Erweiterungen bei FC, sprich FC II. Ich bin davon ausgegangen, das die neue Karte veröffentlicht,, evtl zumindestens ein paar karrieren gestartet werden können. Zumindestens für die Früh- käufer. schade

 

Good job for sure...... but....... I still miss the long announced improvements in engine and fuel management. The corresponding commands are certainly already assigned in the keyboard shortcuts, but unfortunately none of them work at all. Unfortunately, the long-awaited additional tanks, not even for the Me-109, are also available. Of course, I also miss the expansions at FC, i.e. FC II. I assumed that the new map would be published, maybe at least a few careers could be started. At least for early buyers. a pity

[Mysticpuma]

7 hours ago, Rjel said:

I was finally able to get to the icons so I started over England after zooming in and out of the map several times. Didn’t there used to be a control key in the camera tab to “grab” the map and slide it around the screen? If there is still I can’t remember what it’s called. 

I could only find Normandy D-Day and Normandy Summer....where do you find the UK?

[SYN_Mike77]

1 minute ago, Mysticpuma said:

I could only find Normandy D-Day and Normandy Summer....where do you find the UK?

When you first load in the map, only the southern part is visible.  Simply grab the map with your mouse (can't remember if its a right or left click) and move the map up and you will see southern england.

[Mysticpuma]

Just now, SYN_Mike77 said:

When you first load in the map, only the southern part is visible.  Simply grab the map with your mouse (can't remember if its a right or left click) and move the map up and you will see southern england.

Ah....I went left ?