Game Update 3.007 released

Starfire_EAF331 · November 20, 2018, 3:02pm

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Main features:

P-47D-28 "Thunderbolt" available to all Bodenplatte owners;

Bf 109 K-4 "Kurfürst" available to all Bodenplatte owners;

Sopwith Camel available to all Flying Circus Vol. 1 owners;

Pfalz D.IIIa available to all Flying Circus Vol. 1 owners;

New mission type for Career mode: Cargo paradrop for Ju-52/3mg4e;

New mission type for Career mode: Special squad paradrop for Ju-52/3mg4e;

New mission type for Career mode: Free Hunt for fighter planes;

Major FM change: air compressibility at high speeds now modeled;

New late war Luftwaffe pilot models added to Bf 109 G-14 and Fw 190 A-8;

Multiplayer: a kill will be awarded immediately only if an enemy pilot was killed, bailed out or his aircraft crumbled;

Multiplayer: a kill won’t be awarded if a pilot manages to return and land at a friendly airfield (with the exception of point 12, see below);

In mission statistics, an aircraft will be scrapped only if its fuselage or a wing at its base has been ruptured;

New, more detailed damage modeling is used for simple (AI controlled) vehicles - it is now possible to damage their engines, wheels or tracks, crew and ammo rack;

Multiplayer changes:

Engine sounds of other players planes won’t randomly disappear;

Gunfire sounds of other players planes won’t randomly disappear;

Net traffic generated by multiplayer clients has been optimized, which should improve the performance of multiplayer servers;

Other players position prediction routine has been optimized, resulting in a smoother multiplayer experience;

The delay between a player pushing the fire button and other players actually seeing his aircraft fire has been minimized to the best possible extent;

Other players gun convergence displayed correctly;

APHE and HEAT rounds fired by other players won’t generate a double sound effect;

Server ping values appear correctly in the server list;

The coalition flag in the game world switches correctly;

Binary mission logs are now saved correctly (needed for mission stats debugging);

An exploit linked to navigation markers on the fullscreen map has been fixed;

Right Ju-52 engine animation fixed;

AA searchlights function correctly in multiplayer;

Visual changes:

FPS in forest areas with lots of trees visible has been improved a lot thanks to the tree rendering optimization;

Aerobatics smoke effect has been improved;

Wrong ‘black debris’ effect issue while hitting enemy planes has been addressed;

Distant forests won’t appear too white in morning or evening fog;

Water drops now appear on the pilot goggles in VR;

Water drops on windshield have been removed during winter (unrealistic);

Oil drops from the damaged engine will appear on the pilot goggles only if he peeks out around the windshield;

Engine start effect has been improved;

Flying Circus aircraft now has the new fire and leak effects like the rest;

Mission designers can place colored smoke signals in custom missions;

Too subtle sun glare effect has been improved on the Moscow winter map;

GUI changes:

Tank Crew commands now have their own input settings section;

Starting altitude shouldn’t reset in QMB;

Wrong aircraft type issue in QMB has been fixed;

Air turbulence and wind direction randomness work correctly in QMB;

Wind direction randomness near the ground works correctly in QMB;

Precipitations during bad weather work correctly in QMB once again;

Mission track records will be named correctly;

Mouse pointer won’t disappear after opening Settings menu while replaying a track record;

GUI shouldn’t flash after alt-tabbing anymore;

With Imperial units selected in settings, the atmospheric pressure is indicated in mm Hg in Career missions forecast;

Speed tooltip appears correctly while hovering the mouse cursor over a waypoint;

Career interface won’t glitch after exiting a Career briefing using the top navigation buttons;

Chat messages delay in singleplayer has been corrected;

A possible crash bug tied to changing settings during a mission has been fixed;

Technochat has been optimized, making the game smoother in many situations;

Technochat tips have been moved to the main chat area;

FM and instruments changes:

Engine oil in case of a leak or engine failure won’t be splattered on the windshield or pilot goggles for P-39;

Aircraft fuel tanks may detonate (the probability depends on the amount of fuel left);

Fuel tank explosion correctly nullifies the fuel reserve;

You need a greater sideslip motion to put off the fire on Flying Circus aircraft;

Collimator reticles look better;

Revi 16B sight reticle made more authentic (Bf 109 G-14 and Fw 190 A-8;

In addition to critical aircraft damage or loss of controls on one axis (lateral or longitudinal) the tip suggesting to bail out will appear in the following additional cases:

no fuel left,

engine damage makes a horizontal flight impossible,

fire on board;

Artificial engine assistant now uses different mixture control lever positions:

He-111 H6/H16: decreased from 10 to 5 positions,

Hs-129 B2: increased from 4 to 5 positions,

Spitfire Mk.VB: decreased from 3 to 2 positions,

Spitfire Mk.IXe: decreased from 4 to 2 positions;

Artificial engine assistant now uses less different cowl flaps positions on Fw-190 A5 and А8 (3 instead of 5, like on other aircraft);

Radio direction finders corrected for all aircraft (inverted);

An error in aerodynamic momentum calculations while pushing the Bf-109 G14 rudder to the left has been corrected;

Spitfire Mk.VB and Mk.IXe coolant boiling temperature increased from 115°С to 140°С (MSL) and for MiG-3 increased from 115°С to 120°С (MSL);

Different mixture error that appeared while controlling Bf-110 G2 left and right engine throttles separately and that caused the power difference between them has been fixed;

Bailing out tip added for Fokker Dr.1;

Indication errors corrected in Fokker Dr.I fuel and speed gauges;

Fokker Dr.I and SPAD 13.C1 descriptions corrected;

Bomb lever delay fixed on SPAD 13.C1;

The default amount of fuel in GUI corrected for different aircraft;

Fokker Dr.I ground collision made more detailed;

Fokker Dr.I and SPAD 13.C1 visual damage appearance corrected;

SPAD 13.C1: erroneous speed, water temperature and fuel tank pressure readings corrected;

SPAD 13.C1: upper wing fuel tank leak and fire effects added;

SPAD 13.C1: bombs can be dropped only one after another;

Oil leak effect added to all Flying Circus planes;

AI changes:

AI fighters, AA guns, etc. will continue to engage a target even if is criticaly damaged;

AI planes pursuing a target evade the ground better;

AI wingmen following the leader evade the ground better;

AI pilots check their speed and altitude before attempting Split-S and downward spiral maneuvers;

Для ИИ истребилелей исправлена проблема, когда в воздушном бою после "расхождения" с целью они начинали вести себя "вяло";

AI wingmen keep formation a bit better;

AI pilots take off correctly from Nizhny Balikley airfield in Stalingrad Career;

Turrets aiming at enemy planes corrected;

AIs controlling detailed (Tank Crew) tanks takes into account the different ballistics of various ammo types;

AIs aim the tank guns better;

Other changes:

Pilots bailing out from Flying Circus planes are animated better;

IL-2 mod. 1943 gunner bails out correctly;

Sound volume balance between engine and wind sound has been adjusted;

The issue when the first login attempt resulted in failure message has been addressed;

Burning fuel tanks sound added;

Mouse control pointer (in mouse control mode) won’t disappear if aircraft suffers heavy damage;

MG fire heard from inside of a tank has been made different and more realistic;

Blazing Steppe campaign: secondary task labels removed, scenarios #3, 7 and 12 containing Ju 87 groups have been corrected;

Steam locomotive explosion power has been reduced;

Destroyed Pz 38t and Marder III H burn correctly;

Iron sights textures won’t blink on IL-2 mod. 1943;

Water drops correctly appear on all He 111 H-6 windows;

Ju 52/3mg4e gauge dials made clearer;

Rogue (enemy) Pe-2 won’t appear while playing for USSR after January 16th in Stalingrad Career.

Triple1_EAF51 · November 20, 2018, 3:29pm

Good!!!