Update 5.105 has been published

[Sneaksie]

34 minutes ago, Vishnu said:

Can you check to see if the sale actually went through on your end?

Doesn't look like it, it shows the last purchase from your account in the beginning of July. You can check your profile - I guess there won't be FCIII visible either. Have you got the confirmation email? Maybe you have used a different account for the purchase if you have more than one? Please check - if the money were in fact deducted from your card, contact our tech support so we could get this sorted through the payment system asap.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Like always my blubber wakes me in the night…. While finish what necessary I see on my phone ??Il2 update???

Purchased FC3 before continue sleep ??

Thanks a lot guys, later I will fly this beautiful new birds?

[CUJO_1970]

Is the armor glass missing for the FW190A-8 Sturm? I get the side armor but no armored glass.

[Dusty926]

32 minutes ago, Bilbo_Baggins said:

 

where on earth was this mystery 'popular demand' coming from? The new ShVAK sound was night and day better than the old, and got me hopeful that they'd be working on similarly much needed sound reworkings.

I just wanna throw my voice into the pile and say that I too was extremely happy with the new ShVAK sound, and was really excited to hear more audio in the game be brought up to that quality.

[BlitzPig_EL]

When trying to purchase FC 3 Early Access, I add it to the cart in the store, then click to pay, and instead of Xsolla, I get redirected to babka pay.  I do not remember this happening with my other purchases from the store.

 

Is this legit?

[Vishnu]

42 minutes ago, Sneaksie said:

Doesn't look like it, it shows the last purchase from your account in the beginning of July. You can check your profile - I guess there won't be FCIII visible either. Have you got the confirmation email? Maybe you have used a different account for the purchase if you have more than one? Please check - if the money were in fact deducted from your card, contact our tech support so we could get this sorted through the payment system asap.

Ok. So I did check my card and there was a weird .18cent charge on it.   Don’t know what happened, but I repurchased it and did get a confirmation email.  I can’t go in game to check atm. May have to check tomorrow.   I’ll let you know if it works out.   Thanks for helping. 

[TG-55Panthercules]

2 hours ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

Surprise...    New design parachute for Halb D2....   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRAI_zxm68A

 

Why is this a surprise?  I would have thought it was too early in the war for there to be parachutes used with the Halb D2 (IIRC, the German pilots didn't start using 'chutes until 1918).

[Vishnu]

It works!!! Thank is for your help @Sneaksie!!!  

[LF_Mark_Krieger]

I can't understand the step back. The new sound of the ShVAK cannons was much better! Everyone I know thinks the same too. Didn't see any complaints about it either. Don't know if it was more realistic or not. Never shooted the real cannon, but I suposed the new sound was closer to the real  sound. Wasn't it? 

Edited July 31, 2023 by LF_Mark_Krieger

[No_85_Gramps]

2 hours ago, RNAS10_Mitchell said:

If I die in a combat zone..?

 

Box me up and ship me home...

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

1 hour ago, TG-55Panthercules said:

 

Why is this a surprise?  I would have thought it was too early in the war for there to be parachutes used with the Halb D2 (IIRC, the German pilots didn't start using 'chutes until 1918).

Surprised because I wasn't expecting it

..    

[Avimimus]

2 hours ago, Enceladus said:

Agree 100%. I like WW1 and would be willing to get a FC installment but unless there is a plane or map in the installment that wasn’t in RoF then I’m not interested. Thank goodness we have WoFF.

It’s a bummer that in FC3, $80 gets us 8 planes while for the $50 gets us 8 planes for all the other GBs installments. Don’t see why they didn’t lower the price a bit.

 

There may end up being a premium for WWI - and honestly, I don't mind paying a little bit more for WWI (especially if there is new content).

 

There are a lot of incremental improvements (which improve player satisfaction).

 

I can tell you that the Halberstadt D.II's flight model is improved (I'm not sure how much I like it - the stalls are a bit worse - but it is probably more accurate all the same)... and the Nieuport N.11 has always been a charmer - having it on new maps is nice. It'll be interesting to see if they revise the Neiuport N.17 flight model (it always felt worse than the N.11 in Rise of Flight - but that might be accurate?). The new skins are also nice. But it is a bit easier to get excited by new shiny things that are more obvious.  I did rather like that they added a Lewis to the 57mm Davis gun on the H.P. O/400... that was a nice touch.

 

Anyway, if we never get a Channel Map and we don't get one or two more Collector Planes or field mods to compensate - it will feel a bit like we're ending up with less content. Maybe another 3rd party can step in?

 

I find it hard to complain - the product, including the Rise of Flight content, is so well made, so beautiful... but I know I could be ecstatic with a couple of new aircraft (or even just getting the seaplanes back...)

 

P.S. That said, the SSW D.IV and the Snipe do provide a couple of new aircraft that weren't in Rise of Flight. If just wish there were two new aircraft per volume 

[69th_Mobile_BBQ]

Dropping a like on every "new ShVAK sound was better" post I see.  ?

[Voyager]

6 hours ago, negulescurobert said:

Hy everyone!

After this last update my Logitech X56 stoped responding making the game not playable anymore.Tryed it 4-5 times, restarting and so on.The same all the time.I am trying also to remap trough key bindings,it doesnt react to nothing, cannot map either axis movement nor buttons.

Did anyone with the same hardware faced the same?

Any solution it will be of great help.

 

Update:just tryed an old Mad C.A.T.Z. wich i used to fly for years, the same.When starting the game, I am getting a promt that a new controller device was found, gives me the option to move the settings to the new device or to map it manually and either option I am using is useless.While in flight the plane is not responding to none of hte commands from the joYstick.

 

Any way of rolling back to where I was yesterday,before the update?

 

A final word before giving it up....tryed again everything that came to my mind, no success. So, after the update joysticks NOT recognized anymore as an input device. I will look those next coming days here for any answer you will provide.

 

May be this problem: Throttle/Stick/Rudder Pedals etc. Not Responding - Fix Without Re-mapping or Re-installing - Hardware, Software and Controllers - IL-2 Sturmovik Forum

If that doesn't fix it, probably best to open a thread on the Hardware and Controllers forum. This thread is going to be pretty busy with the patch changes. 

 

 

[Bilbo_Baggins]

@LukeFF Luke, where was this 'popular demand' for reverting the 20mm sound coming from? 

 

RGDS

[Soto_Cinematics]

Currently experiencing crash on startup with new update

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Just had a first view into the new cockpits. Looks amazing in VR, great work like always dev’s!!! ????

So far I see the D.2‘s radiator works like that one of DFW C5? ( can’t operate it?)

I guess we have to wait a earlier timeframe in career mode before have some missions for Halberstadt D2 and Newport 11?

[Hanu]

10 hours ago, Hook_Echo said:

Thanks for making me feel stupid, but also for revealing the secrets of the universe.

Dunno where that sarcasm comes, but I got the impression that this work was normal tedious procedure for Mtnbiker. Did that couple of times myself, until I started using these as "mod-style".

[Sneaksie]

8 hours ago, Enceladus said:

It’s a bummer that in FC3, $80 gets us 8 planes

The current FC3 price is far from $80

[ITAF_Rani]

8 hours ago, Dusty926 said:

I just wanna throw my voice into the pile and say that I too was extremely happy with the new ShVAK sound, and was really excited to hear more audio in the game be brought up to that quality.

Nice job devs...hope we will get more updates about sounds...expecially engine and guns ..

Best

[Trooper117]

11 hours ago, Avimimus said:

There is a lot of 'low-hanging fruit' that could be added in terms of field mods or engine variants/Collector Planes) that would be relatively cheap to develop but would add something new (beyond Rise of Flight)

Before that, as many have asked for, if they are going to make something new, let's have early war two seaters, and definitely on the Hun side.

 

9 hours ago, Enceladus said:

It’s a bummer that in FC3, $80 gets us 8 planes while for the $50 gets us 8 planes for all the other GBs installments.

7 planes in reality, you will be getting two Nieuport 17's, one French, and one British version that has the same engine with the Lewis gun, with British instrumentation instead of French, but they are the same aeroplane.

[Regingrave-]

14 часов назад, negulescurobert сказал:

Hy everyone!

After this last update my Logitech X56 stoped responding making the game not playable anymore.Tryed it 4-5 times, restarting and so on.The same all the time.I am trying also to remap trough key bindings,it doesnt react to nothing, cannot map either axis movement nor buttons.

Did anyone with the same hardware faced the same?

Any solution it will be of great help.

 

Update:just tryed an old Mad C.A.T.Z. wich i used to fly for years, the same.When starting the game, I am getting a promt that a new controller device was found, gives me the option to move the settings to the new device or to map it manually and either option I am using is useless.While in flight the plane is not responding to none of hte commands from the joYstick.

 

Any way of rolling back to where I was yesterday,before the update?

 

A final word before giving it up....tryed again everything that came to my mind, no success. So, after the update joysticks NOT recognized anymore as an input device. I will look those next coming days here for any answer you will provide.

Hi there! Check up the devices.txt file from your /data/Input/ folder (off course make sure you've made a backup for it before you've changed anything), all your devices might be there but out of order.

 

For example:

configId,guid,model|
0,%22aa20af70-66a1-11ed-0000545345440180%22,VKBsim%20Tiny%20BOX|
2,%222114f0f0-36c1-11ea-0000545345440180%22,Throttle%20-%20HOTAS%20Warthog|
3,%222114f0f0-36c1-11ea-0000545345440280%22,Joystick%20-%20HOTAS%20Warthog

 

You may need to rearrange those device according to your current settings in the game, like, there is Joy_1_Axis_Y set for the command, but in the devices.txt Joy_1 is pedals, not a joystick, so it doesnt work. In that case you need to rearrange it like this, swapping the device IDs:

configId,guid,model|
0,%22aa20af70-66a1-11ed-0000545345440180%22,VKBsim%20Tiny%20BOX|
2,%222114f0f0-36c1-11ea-0000545345440180%22,Throttle%20-%20HOTAS%20Warthog|
3,%222114f0f0-36c1-11ea-0000545345440280%22,Joystick%20-%20HOTAS%20Warthog

 

[Regingrave-]

6 часов назад, JG4_Moltke1871 сказал:

I guess we have to wait a earlier timeframe in career mode before have some missions for Halberstadt D2 and Newport 11?

Yes, parts of the map where new planes were operating are still in development, but as soon as they are ready, we'll start adding career missions for Vol. III airplanes.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

13 hours ago, Avimimus said:

There is a lot of 'low-hanging fruit' that could be added in terms of field mods or engine variants/Collector Planes) that would be relatively cheap to develop but would add something new (beyond Rise of Flight), and could even turn a profit (e.g. selling a field-mod as a 'Collector Plane').

Maybe a early version of Airco DH.4 with weaker engine? In 1917 setting it feels like an Entente Arado Blitz can’t intercept with Albatross D5 or Pfalz D3 ?

[CB77Don246]

After update 5.105 error -

 

1 NO CONNECTION WITH AUTHORIZED SERVER

2 YOUR CONNECTION TO MASTER -SERVER WAS TEMORARILY LOST CHECK YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION.

 

This has happened to me on both days my internet is ok I would not list here if it was down.

[simfan2015]

FC III : 56 EURO is a great price for those 8 new planes knowing all of my collector planes were around 16 EURO in EA !

Looking forward to those ... other 6 (and the map improvements).

 

BTW the attention to detail of the Nieuport 11 and Halberstadt D.II is, IMHO, even better than that of earlier FCI and FCII planes (but it might be my early enthousiasm for ... all new content ?).

Edited July 27, 2023 by simfan2015

[plepew]

Thanks for the early b'day present!!! ?

[szelljr]

Any god ,  Nieuport 11 template  soon ??   ?.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

1 hour ago, simfan2015 said:

FC III : 56 EURO is a great price for those 8 new planes knowing all of my collector planes were around 16 EURO in EA !

Looking forward to those ... other 6 (and the map improvements).

 

BTW the attention to detail of the Nieuport 11 and Halberstadt D.II is, IMHO, even better than that of earlier FCI and FCII planes (but it might be my early enthousiasm for ... all new content ?).

Yes it’s a good price and don’t forget the Western Front map was announced in three parts, so we get with FC3 the Reims sector and the seasons ?

And I am also very happy with the 3D models, more different gauges ( more early? ) …. It’s a really nice feeling sitting in that planes !

52 minutes ago, szelljr said:

Any god ,  Nieuport 11 template  soon ??   ?.

Ähm…. don’t forget D2 ??

[simfan2015]

27 minutes ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

we get with FC3 the Reims sector and the seasons

Indeed, but AFAIK the customers that don't buy FCIII but own previous versions get the same maps too ?

Reading the new FCIII announcement, compared to that of FCII ... only difference I can see is that of those 8 new WWI planes !???

Anyway, even if so those 8 planes to complement my existing collection is a sure thing !

AQMB implementation for the new Western map (once finalized) would be icing on the cake.

People not flying in VR yet ... IMHO you miss out on an incredible experience knowing how detailed also these early birds look in VR.  

Edited July 27, 2023 by simfan2015

[JG4_Moltke1871]

13 minutes ago, simfan2015 said:

Indeed, but AFAIK the customers that don't buy FCIII but own previous versions get the same maps too ?

Reading the new FCIII announcement, compared to that of FCII ... only difference I can see is that of those 8 new WWI planes !???

Anyway, even if so those 8 planes to complement my existing collection is a sure thing !

Maybe it could be better explained by the management in the announcements… because the people forget quickly or just don’t know what was communicated. The Western Front map seems a big project and the promise was finish that map in FC3… and this is what we get! To get access to that map with any module is a good thing but some customer think they get ripped off because just get some planes without a map. But in fact it isn’t like that!! I think this is in the shop a bit unlucky described and in the offers. Not every customer know the full story, but here you can read:

 

This is one part of a new two-part plan to create not only FC2, but also FC3 with our partner Ugra Media. Completion of this new plan will make the first three volumes of Flying Circus an exhilarating combat flying experience that will usher in a new era of development for Great War titles and content. 

And from a post in Jason’s officer club:

The Map

 

Ugra Media built the Arras map for FC1 and they are tasked again with building the FC2/3 map which will expand beyond the Arras map boundaries and the goal is to make a large Western Front map like we had in ROF. However, this is a huge undertaking and the planes will be finished before the map, so the logical step if to make the map in phases. When all the phases are complete, the entire map will be part of FC 1-2-3. We’ll likely keep the Arras map as a small alternative map, much like the Lapino map is for WWII. 

[simfan2015]

Thank you for reminding us JG4_Moltke1871.

I personally don't feel ripped off at all, even when only getting new planes.

I personally regard FC as a part of GB, so every new asset and/or theathre/map brings even more to the table for my investment in this sim.

Any new map OR plane (even this WWI Western map and WWI planes) can be used by, in and with any other asset.

That is why I also buy the collector planes and vehicles ... it makes the whole experience more worth while (and not only because I love

 each and every new historical detail, which I also do).

I am glad the decision was made to regard GB as a whole (and not as 3 or more seperate sims).

Edited July 27, 2023 by simfan2015

[LukeFF]

Guys, regarding the ShVAK sounds: it is planned to re-implement a new sound once a new one can be created that fits well with the other weapon sounds. While the new one was definitely better than the old one, it didn't properly fit within the game's general soundscape.

[Blitzen]

13 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

When trying to purchase FC 3 Early Access, I add it to the cart in the store, then click to pay, and instead of Xsolla, I get redirected to babka pay.  I do not remember this happening with my other purchases from the store.

 

Is this legit?

I think the interface with Xsolla is clunky, but I used an older game install exe and after purchasing FC111 did a re-insatll and violla the new planes were there as was , of course FC111! Thank Goodness!!!!?

[CB77Don246]

still can not get into game I have reinstall the game I can not go off line or on.

[jollyjack]

19 hours ago, negulescurobert said:

Hy everyone!

After this last update my Logitech X56 stoped responding making the game not playable anymore.Tryed it 4-5 times, restarting and so on.The same all the time.I am trying also to remap trough key bindings,it doesnt react to nothing, cannot map either axis movement nor buttons.

Did anyone with the same hardware faced the same?

Any solution it will be of great help.

 

Copy the devices.txt from the input folder from your backup over the new one installed by the launcher.

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

14 hours ago, TG-55Panthercules said:

 

Why is this a surprise?  I would have thought it was too early in the war for there to be parachutes used with the Halb D2 (IIRC, the German pilots didn't start using 'chutes until 1918).

Also surprised that chute/no chute can be specified for each plane.  Was under the impression (falsely), that all central planes had parachutes.  Happy to see that is not the case.  And...I do agree with you, that they were not available in the early war period.

15 hours ago, Enceladus said:

Agree 100%. I like WW1 and would be willing to get a FC installment but unless there is a plane or map in the installment that wasn’t in RoF then I’m not interested. Thank goodness we have WoFF.

It’s a bummer that in FC3, $80 gets us 8 planes while for the $50 gets us 8 planes for all the other GBs installments. Don’t see why they didn’t lower the price a bit.

At 80 dollars (currently available on sale for even less), that's 10 bucks a plane.  IMO, that is quite reasonable.

[LukeFF]

37 minutes ago, CB77Don246 said:

still can not get into game I have reinstall the game I can not go off line or on.

 

At this point, please contact support and file a ticket with them.

[CB77Don246]

12 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

At this point, please contact support and file a ticket with them.

I have sorted it out it seems since the update my VPN blocked GB had to disable it and works ok.

[LukeFF]

1 minute ago, CB77Don246 said:

I have sorted it out it seems since the update my VPN blocked GB had to disable it and works ok.

 

Alright, good to hear. ??