Lads you know how we're all standardised on 4.08 now...

Just when you thought you are patched up, you have JGSME, separate installs for offline, ITA-SEOW and Ultrapack and you don’t have to muck around inside your folders for a while now…

…Oleg drops this bombshell - 4.09 official - with new planes! Fantastic news but…??? does that now mean ANOTHER install/JGSME version???

http://www.simhq.com/_air13/air_420a.html

Maps (final versions):

Slovakia Summer
Slovakia Winter
Bessarabia
MTO

Planes:

Avia B-534-IV (flyable)
CW-21 (AI only) -> cockpit implementation currently ongoing for future add-on
Fokker D.XXI - 5 versions (Only SARJA 3 Early and Late flyable)
Fiat G.55 Series I (early and late - AI only) -> cockpit already in works for future add-on
I-15bis (AI only) -> cockpit already in works for future add-on
I-16 Type 5 + Ski version (flyable)
I-16 Type 6 + Ski version (flyable)
Letov S-328 (AI only) -> cockpit under consideration for future add-on
Re.2000 (AI only) -> cockpit already in works for future add-on
SM.79 (flyable)

Everyone back to the begining!

"There are several things we have been considering for v4.09 on top of the content that is listed previously. We have evaluated the impact that some new planned features could have on the game and we decided to play the “safe card” with v4.09 and take more time refining/testing these new features before they are released to public.

To be more specific, as you can see in the videos, we have been able to develop a working airborne radar, improved joystick control interface + dual throttle control, and automatic triggers effecting all AI units in the sim."

Looks like some really good features included and some more as yet un-mentioned updates - 6DOF perhaps??

WB.

Some great looking stuff in there - I hope the mod packs can be made to work with the official 4.09 easily :slight_smile:

Wow.

I find the AI triggers interesting. A group of enemy fighters scrambling to intercept us. And I think it is worth now to be a recon plane pilot. Directing artillery on ground targets.

I want to thank the people who built the new planes up to spec. I tested the Ultrapack yesterday and saw the awfull I-15 Franken-biplane. That one is not coming in any of my missions.

Still going strong, one hell of a sim

Ming

Just read this, looking promising;)

Hopefully since 4.09 is no longer going to be beta, EAF can make 4.09 the official version for squadron flying.

I expect we will all still have Mods for our various online war commitments.

Hopefully Lowengrin will move his DCG over to 4.09 as well, soon.

guod: One last question which you can probably guess what it is… when can we download the final v4.09 update?

Oleg: As soon as we are able.

…I bet guod wasn’t expected that answer, be sure :eek:

Flyable SM.79!!! :eek: (going to read bomber’s manual again)

Yes, 4.09 (officially released) will be the standard unless we get a lot of people who want to stay with 4.08. :stuck_out_tongue:

Oh, officially released 4.09… :w00t: