thx b6 and team for the update its nice to hear that we are finally going to get the patch. and it does sound very good.

Luthier, thanks for info. Can you confirm that boost cut out now actually works correctly in RAF aircraft or not? It was mentioned some time ago by Blacksix that you and team were persusing info for 100 octane fuel performance in RAF aircraft too (which was in widespread, heavily documented use in the battle of britain), can you confirm that this has been added as an option, or that it will be in future?

Has the infuriating 'barrel rolls' of bombers and F16 109 rolls etc been addressed at all? They can currently be mitigated somewhat by changing values in FMB, but it is still really annoying.

Also, have the bugged bombsight systems and implementation in many aircraft received any attention yet?

This is good news overall though, look forward to testing it hopefully next week. :)

Cheers.

BlackSix and Luthier

thank you for the detailed information on bug fixes added to the gfx engine rework patch

but ........

can you please include the "FoV preferences/setup fix" in this release ? it should be a simple quick edit of your files, and not something lengthy and complex (so not time consuming or a cause for delay)

right now we have the problem that "normal" view is locked for all players to 70 FoV, and this 70 degree field of view is only normal for somebody sitting approx at arms length from a 30' monitor. however if you have a 24' monitor "normal" FoV should be about 45 FoV, and for a 27' monitor it would be about 55 FoV etc...

please understand the importance of this ! eg, when those 20', 22', or 24' or 27' monitor users have the 70 FoV setting set as normal, ALL INGAME OBJECTS SHRINK IN SIZE AND EITHER LOOK MUCH SMALLER OR LOOK MUCH FURTHER AWAY FROM THE USER, this distorts our sense of speed and distance to objects when we fly in the il2 virtual world BY AS MUCH AS 30 - 50% !

we need to be able to assign a FoV value in the preferences/options setup are (as we were able to do in the later versions of the il2 sim in previous years), so the "normal, "wide' and "zoomed" views can be specifically chosen by the user (with valus from 35 to 90 FoV) to suit their display hardware and personal FoV choice

a number of previous threads in this forum have raised this issue, and it has been reported in the "bug fix request" thread

Luthier, if I may ask, are you currently saying that the sequel to Cliffs of Dover will not be backwards-compatible with cliffs of dover?

I personally think one of the great contributors to IL-2 1946's success was the expansion pack system. You could use the original planes with the newest releases, creating a huge library of combat vehicles and aircraft from many theatres.

How do you currently plan to do it? And if you cannot make it backwards compatible, will there be made work to upgrade the cliffs of dover content, and add it to the sequel in the future?

I am terrible sorry to say this, but may I recommend you to rather learn to fly (l2f) instead

:grin::grin::grin::grin::grin::grin:

SORRY, but I just can't keep it to myself now :grin::grin::grin::grin:

Gonna need some good pint of ale today!

Cheers :DDD

I guess I can't blame you for not being overly optimistic.

We can run our own server though, and we do fly online :confused:

Hurricanes were never competitive against 109s - they were largely responsible for hunting down bombers and great at it.

@Luthier, I can see you feel pretty confident and optimistic! That's the best news, seem you have achieved a big step forward. Wish you all the luck and thanks!

Yes, that's great if the new patch allows big bomber formations. I'd be happy to go up against a 30+ group with my squadron. That's fun.

Being target practice isn't.

Very promising,thanks B6