Developer blog #350: HD.1 and Nieuport 17 GBR updates, La-5F and career mode news

[LukeFF]

Dev blog #350 has been posted here: https://il2sturmovik.com/news/818/dev-blog-350/

 

[BMA_FlyingShark]

Ha, "two weeks, be sure", if anybody wants to know when the new planes are ready, it's in the DD.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[Yogiflight]

The new career missions sound promissing. I am looking very much forward to them. Might be interesting.

[Sandmarken]

Advancing troop support. Does this mean we wil get german and russian infantry models? ?

[76IAP-Black]

puuuh  ...

[MAJ_stug41]

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The beta-testing of the new aircraft and many Career mode changes is ongoing. New mission types 'Advancing troops support' and 'Defending troops support' are in development. All night missions in all theaters of war will receive updates with new features that were introduced in the previous update. These features include searchlight beacons, AAA friend or foe identification, and night fighters.

IFF, Searchlights, nightfighting...does this this mean at least a rudimentary radio, radar, and command and control system?

[LukeFF]

6 minutes ago, stug41 said:

IFF, Searchlights, nightfighting...does this this mean at least a rudimentary radio, radar, and command and control system?

 

I wouldn't go quite that far yet. ?

29 minutes ago, Sandmarken said:

Advancing troop support. Does this mean we wil get german and russian infantry models? ?

 

Negatory, sorry.

[MAJ_stug41]

6 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

I wouldn't go quite that far yet. ?

Ok. Hope we have such things eventually. Those and networking of systems are necessary for central gunnery directing,like on ships or proper aaa batteries. Would be a key feature of any further late war or after developments.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

The troop advance/defend support for Normandy/Rheinland only with US and Brit infantry or its vehicle based for all theatres? Anyway, the game cry‘s loud for German, USSR AND WW1 Central/Entente infantry!!!

Happy for the next FC planes especially the Hanriot. I really need patience because I can’t wait fly the FE2B in VR?.

[LukeFF]

4 minutes ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

The troop advance/defend support for Normandy/Rheinland only with US and Brit infantry or its vehicle based for all theatres? Anyway, the game cry‘s loud for German, USSR AND WW1 Central/Entente infantry!!!

Happy for the next FC planes especially the Hanriot. I really need patience because I can’t wait fly the FE2B in VR?.

 

I'll see if I can find out, but my guess is it's only going to be vehicles.

[LuftManu]

Thanks team!

Kind regards,

[Trooper117]

'Advancing troop support'... without troops! 

[MAJ_stug41]

I wonder if groups of say 10 infantry sprites all acting as a single vehicle would be viable. Could have a column type,  to represent those on roads, and combat type, spread out.

[ImaginativeTruth]

Would like to understand why so much attention is being given to WW1 in the sim.

Selfishly, it would be great to see development on night fighting or battle of berlin assets and campaigns.

[LukeFF]

9 minutes ago, ImaginativeTruth said:

Would like to understand why so much attention is being given to WW1 in the sim.

 

Because the plan for Flying Circus development was announced long ago and obviously you have to take time to develop said content. ?

 

Besides that, it is Yugra Media doing the bulk of the work to import the models into the IL2 GB engine, not the 1CGS team. 

[MAJ_stug41]

3 minutes ago, LukeFF said:

 

Because the plan for Flying Circus development was announced long ago and obviously you have to take time to develop said content. ?

 

Besides that, it is Yugra Media doing the bulk of the work to import the models into the IL2 GB engine, not the 1CGS team. 

They are importing the rof models? Is it intended that all the non-sea-planes be brought over?

[LukeFF]

3 minutes ago, stug41 said:

They are importing the rof models? Is it intended that all the non-sea-planes be brought over?

 

Yes, it's the RoF models being brought over and adapted for IL2 GB usage. No plans right now for seaplanes.

[BladeMeister]

Two weeks, be sure!

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[senseispcc]

Like always great news, in two weeks. Time is an abstraction, how longer we wait, how less there is time left. How less there is time left, how more we wait! Strange, is it not?

And our time is always too short ?!

[ST_Catchov]

Great to see the older buses coming on board but will the devs ever get rid of the metallic looking DM for doped fabric covered wings and such?

 

 

 

[RNAS10_Mitchell]

The new and improved DM looks familiar. ?

 

[Field-Ops]

10 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

Yes, it's the RoF models being brought over and adapted for IL2 GB usage. No plans right now for seaplanes.

i would love for seaplane tech to be imported and improved from rof

[R33GZ]

Updates for something i didn't buy, but am compelled to download. Gee... thanks... I will cherish it with the total relevance it deserves. ?

[Docholiday]

I am sad because the Hansa Brandenburg and The Felixtowe will not be implemented in the Flying Circus !?

 

Doc

[ST_Catchov]

2 hours ago, R33GZ said:

Updates for something i didn't buy, but am compelled to download. Gee... thanks... I will cherish it with the total relevance it deserves. ?

 

It works both ways. I'm not too keen on downloading unwanted content myself. If only FC had been standalone. It might have squashed a number of inherited bugs over the years.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

Nice to read about the Hanriot. Being a Dutchman, I've always felt connected with our southern neighbours (bloody rebels ), sharing a language and much of our history and culture.

 

 

@LukeFF just a tiny mistake, but in Dutch names, prepositional pronouns or articles such as "van" (from/of) or "de" (the) are only written with a small letter if preceded by another name part. E.g. the name "Piet van der Molen" (literally Pete from the Mill), has lowercase "van der" because they're preceded by Piet, but if you just use the last name as in "Mr. Van der Molen", "Van" is written with a capital letter. This is done to clarify that it's part of his name, rather than him actually being a miller. So in the part of the DD where you list some Belgian aces, you should write De Meulemeester with a capital "D" EDIT: apparently in Flanders, name parts are *always* written with a capital letter, see FlyingShark's post below.

 

A related bit of trivia is that in alphabetical lists, those words are always written *after* all the rest of the name, e.g. "Molen, Piet van der", categorised under the M of Molen rather than the V of Van. Otherwise all such lists in the Netherlands would have a very huge V section which doesn't really help if you're trying to find someone

Edited October 14, 2023 by AEthelraedUnraed

[BMA_FlyingShark]

13 minutes ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

 

@LukeFF just a tiny mistake, but in Dutch names, prepositional pronouns or articles such as "van" (from/of) or "de" (the) are only written with a small letter if preceded by another name part. E.g. the name "Piet van der Molen" (literally Pete from the Mill), has lowercase "van der" because they're preceded by Piet, but if you just use the last name as in "Mr. Van der Molen", "Van" is written with a capital letter. This is done to clarify that it's part of his name, rather than him actually being a miller. So in the part of the DD where you list some Belgian aces, you should write De Meulemeester with a capital "D"

Another side not from me, in Flanders, we always use capitals for the whole name, except when they're nobles.

Piet Van Der Molen is actually correct, only if he'd been a noble, then it'd be Piet van der Molen.

Maybe what you say it correct in Holland but not in Flanders.

 

Have a nice day.

 

Edited October 14, 2023 by FlyingShark

[AEthelraedUnraed]

2 minutes ago, FlyingShark said:

Another side not from me, in Flanders, we always use capitals for the whole name, except when they're nobles.

Piet Van Der Molen is actually correct, only if he'd been a noble, then it'd be Piet van der Molen.

Ah right, I did not know that. One of those strange cases where the Flemish and Dutch dialects of our language differ, apparently. At least we can agree that "de Meulemeester" with lowercase "d" is incorrect in any case

 

4 minutes ago, FlyingShark said:

Maybe what you say it correct in Holland but not in Flanders.

I'm not from Holland. I'm from Gelderland/Noord-Brabant and have only been in Holland perhaps 10 times in my life.

 

Another one of those slight differences between our dialects; I'm aware that you guys (like the rest of the world) tend to refer to The Netherlands as "Holland" but it's categorically incorrect and even mildly offensive to someone who isn't from Holland. No hard feelings though

[BMA_FlyingShark]

14 minutes ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

I'm not from Holland. I'm from Gelderland/Noord-Brabant and have only been in Holland perhaps 10 times in my life.

 

Another one of those slight differences between our dialects; I'm aware that you guys (like the rest of the world) tend to refer to The Netherlands as "Holland" but it's categorically incorrect and even mildly offensive to someone who isn't from Holland. No hard feelings though

Indeed, I meant The Netherlands and there was no offence intended.

I'm "heartsticky" Glad to read there's no hard feelings.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[Yogiflight]

20 minutes ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

I'm aware that you guys (like the rest of the world) tend to refer to The Netherlands as "Holland"

Nope, in Germany we just say 'Käseroller'

 

We love our neighbours (ok, maybe except when in summer holidays they block our motorways with their caravans), we just love to tease them a bit

[JG5_Schuck]

2 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

 

 I'm aware that you guys (like the rest of the world) tend to refer to The Netherlands as "Holland" but it's categorically incorrect and even mildly offensive to someone who isn't from Holland. 

 
Well thanks to Il2 i have made some great Dutch friends, we've been to Duxford a few times, and i went over to Militracks this year to see them, and i refer to them as
'Dutchies or Foreigners' which makes them laugh, i wont tell you how they refer to the English! But its all banter and in great fun.... 
And something i will always be grateful to IL2 for.....


 

[Blooddawn1942]

Am I blind? Can't find the preorder of the LA-5F in the store. 

[danielprates]

14 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

I'm from Gelderland/Noord-Brabant

 

Isnt that where Lohengrin met Elza?

[migmadmarine]

1 hour ago, Blooddawn1942 said:

Am I blind? Can't find the preorder of the LA-5F in the store. 

I think their general policy these days is to not do pre-orders, or at least not long term pre-orders any more.

[RedeyeStorm]

Hey @Yogiflight, if you guys stop digging foxholes on our beaches we will drive trough France! ?
 

Greetings from Noord-Brabant.

Edited October 15, 2023 by RedeyeStorm

[ilmavoimat]

On 10/14/2023 at 10:29 AM, AEthelraedUnraed said:

Ah right, I did not know that. One of those strange cases where the Flemish and Dutch dialects of our language differ, apparently. At least we can agree that "de Meulemeester" with lowercase "d" is incorrect in any case

 

I'm not from Holland. I'm from Gelderland/Noord-Brabant and have only been in Holland perhaps 10 times in my life.

 

Another one of those slight differences between our dialects; I'm aware that you guys (like the rest of the world) tend to refer to The Netherlands as "Holland" but it's categorically incorrect and even mildly offensive to someone who isn't from Holland. No hard feelings though

I've to both many times and I'm glad the Hoegaarden is spelt the same in België and Nederland.?

Edited October 15, 2023 by ilmavoimat

[AEthelraedUnraed]

2 hours ago, RedeyeStorm said:

Hey @Yogiflight, if you guys stop digging foxholes on our beaches we will drive trough France! ?
 

Greetings from Noord-Brabant.

That's Germans for you. World renowned for being all work, no play. Even when on holiday, they can't resist building fortifications on our beaches

[MAJ_stug41]

6 minutes ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

That's Germans for you. World renowned for being all work, no play. Even when on holiday, they can't resist building fortifications on our beaches

Why did dday have to start so early in the morning?

 

Any later and the germans would have claimed all the good spots on the beach.

[Blitzen]

Any chance of floats for the Hanriot ala Rise of Flight?

[Yogiflight]

New mission types 'Advancing troops support' and 'Defending troops support' are in development.

 

The mission types will fit to the ground war situation? Will say in the East Front scenarios you get mainly 'Advancing troops support' missions in the first phases, when flying for the German side, and 'Defending troops support, when flying for the Russian side, and after the Russian counter attacks started, the other way round. And the missions take place mainly where the main ground action was at that time.

Edited October 15, 2023 by Yogiflight