Friday Update, March 30, 2012

[BlackSix]

Good day everyone!

We still don’t have the beta of the patch ready for the public, nor do we have a definite release date. The particle system remains a final bastion of the micro-freeze. We almost succumbed to public pressure and released a version of the patch with micro-freezes every time there are particle effects on screen, but finally decided that would be anticlimactic at best. Drops in FPS every time you fire your guns would only add oil to the fire, in our opinion. Better to face your ire a little longer for not releasing the patch than to face the outrage when the long-awaited beta is imperfect.

Still, while our graphic programmers are struggling with that, other team members are progressing along other fronts.

We are showing you some screenshots of the most iconic aircraft from the upcoming sequel. We are currently fine-tuning the flight model, and new ground-attack AI routines. We just cannot hold back the screenshots of how cool it looks. We’re all stoked here.

We know that none of you can really share our joy yet, and Cliffs of Dover is all you have at the moment. We have discussed at length whether we should even be talking about the future while our present is in the state it’s in. Dissension notwithstanding, we did decide that some extra glimmer of hope is better than complete silence. The last thing we want is for an extra segment of the community to start complaining that we’ve stopped showing our Eastern Front content as well.

So that’s the update then!

Have a great weekend!

[BlackSix]

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[Raggz]

Damn, those look sweet. Can't wait to get some winter action on the eastern front
Thanks for the update!

[danjama]

Appreciate your honest approach b6. Excellent screenshots! Thanks

[pupaxx]

Hi BSIX,
thanks for update, I'm grateful the things keep going on, some of your picts still show anti aliasing problems, are u close to resolve this issue?
Thanks again

[GraveyardJimmy]

Two different maps? Or one with different weather?

Thanks for the update BlackSix and thanks for the reasoning behind holding off the beta patch.

[d.burnette]

Yes indeed, those shots look very nice!
Thanks for the update, I am just getting into this sim so the timing is good for me, looking forward to this beta update when it is ready.

[Ailantd]

This is going to be in my hard drive from the first day I think. Good job and thanks for continue with the updates and good look with particle optimizations. I think your decision here is the right one. Bring us that think only when it works perfect.

On the other side, I know is WIP, but I would like to see a bit more resolution in the cockpit interior details and texture. It looks a bit more blurred than 109, spits and hurrys, but I may be wrong. You get us used to quality that is hard to achieve... and you know, here are the consecuences. Very nice work, I wish you could show us more cockpit shots next week.

And please, white roofs in very snowy landscapes.

[addman]

Thanks for the update B6! Interesting screens there, to be honest I thought at first it was IL-1946 winter landscape but I know it's WIP so I don't mean anything bad. IL-2 looks nice, more cockpit shots next time please.

[garengarch]

excellent work - keep the faith. thank you.