brrr, I shudder when I think about 1944 in that engine. Now I may be jumping the gun a bit but a thousand bomber raid with those contrails......brrrrr

Here is the answer to that...

http://www.chproducts.com/retail/mfp.html

Mine works great and the best part is... I can buy more buttons.

I use the 25 buttons it comes with for IL2, but I can add 25 more

http://www.chproducts.com/shop/parts.html

There are other programmable keyboards as well,i.e, X-Keys

http://www.piengineering.com/xkeys.php

I used a 20 key PS2 unit years ago, It was excellent unit.

There maybe better products I'm not aware.

defiant fin
 

Oh thank god the defiant is in there! I feared he wouldn't make it in the release! But obviously he is alive and kicking!

One question about that moveable part on his back. Isn't that meant to be totally retracted in order to turn the turret? That is how I remember it from the days I made a scale model of a defiant... From the pictures I've seen it was always retracted if the turret was moving.

Is there someone who could enlighten me with some info about the use of that fin? I don't know what the use of it was. I suppose it had something to do with aerodynamics or some extra space for the gunners legs during non combat flights.

But great update oleg&team!

Duh it should be still allowed to ask......really! :rolleyes:

Sure would be nice to be able to have the new sim automatically read my old config files from Il-2 and use those settings so I don't have to spend a whole day setting up my keys mappings and controls ;)

Thanks for the bumper update Mr Oleg, I really get the feel this is starting to move along faster now.
I saw the sensitivities bars on the joystick screen shot, I'm sure SOW will support full Force Feedback but, of course for all the current owners of MS FF2 - will Microsoft Force Feedback 2 be supported?

Thank you

Great update,thanks oleg:grin:

Page 7 and no-one has mentioned the smoking tracers?!?

Maybe too many other great things to comment on?

Excellent.

Thank you again!

Fantastic update again...so much info just in those first screens alone.

I can't say how pleased I am to see fuel selectors in there...and radio frequencies too. Hope there's a battery switch too so we can prepare for emergency landing.;) Any chance of fuel booster pumps being modelled in future?

I can't believe the spiral trails on those tracers haven't been mentioned yet! Also look at the way those contrails merge so naturally, great stuff. The distorted and lifting skin on that damaged defiant wing is very nice too.

Great work guys. This title will set so many new standards. It looks so amazing.:grin: