Friday October 12 - Release Candidate 2

[Fenrir]

Originally Posted by vranac

I saw hit flashes in RC1 but they are toned down a lot. I saw them when I was close to the e/a.

I agree that devs have to bring them back in full,that was amazing effect.

Depends on whether you fly for RAF or Luftwaffe; if RAF then you shouldn't see hit flashes. The .303 was renowned for showing little or nothing in the way of impact strikes. Best sign was when your victim started spewing coolant/fuel/smoke.

As regards the Luftwaffe ammo, sure a 20mm shell should make a nice flash, but whether the MGs should, I cannot tell you.

[Anders_And]

Originally Posted by FS~Lewis

"- Greatly increased the effects of punctured radiators on engine temperature to make the effect more noticeable;"

Hopefully now when we vent a 109 it can only run for a short time before it starts to experience engine failure....and won't be able to fight as if nothing had happened like it used to...Tired of venting 109s and them outrunning my untouched Spit...then out climbing me and fighting as if they were never hit in the first place...fighting even a moderate pilot in a 109 when he can out run you ,out gun you and out climb you....sometimes you only get one chance at getting a bead on them...so you need every break you can get in an allied aircraft!

I also fly 109s and there is no fear when engaging or even being outnumbered by spits and hurris....If they hit me/ vent me I can usually make it back home with no worries or outrun them, turn and catch them as they head for home.....

Hopefully the fear factor is back with the axis....

I flew last night on ATAG and got my "water reservoir" punctured and 20-30 secs later the engine started shaking and I gradually lost power! Its great effect but isnt it too overdone now?? Shouldnt I be able to fly for say 5 minutes for the engine quits?

Anyway, the patch is a great step forwards!!!

[vranac]

Originally Posted by Fenrir

Depends on whether you fly for RAF or Luftwaffe; if RAF then you shouldn't see hit flashes. The .303 was renowned for showing little or nothing in the way of impact strikes. Best sign was when your victim started spewing coolant/fuel/smoke.

As regards the Luftwaffe ammo, sure a 20mm shell should make a nice flash, but whether the MGs should, I cannot tell you.

I don't know is it historical but DeWilde could have flash on impact.

[JG52Krupi]

Are oil leaks back? I.e. the black spray

[rslot]

Many thanks Luthier and team.
RC2 patch 1.10.20332 is a real step forward from my perspective.
Tested for a couple of hours last night.
Hurricane can now be started from cold and FM performance for both it and the Spitfire now feel at the right level.
The mixture control lever now is the proper way round (back for rich) and i can move it with the mouse click which had disappeared in the last version.
Took a Spit 1a up to 26.5k feet using just trim and radiator set at 50% which is reasonable. Couldn't quite coax the Hurricane to the same altitude but not far off. The engine temperature probelms seem to be fixed.
Some of the recent graphic quirks such as the terrible exhaust glow in the footwells has been sorted. I have even now seen 'contrails' from my own aircraft at high altitude which is a first as it thought my engine was fried until I realised!
I run mostly on high/medium settings and going from 1.05 to 1.10 the inbuilt landscape track went from Max/Min 79/14 to 79/38 so something has obviously been tweaked in the graphics but my eyesite can't spot it.
Black death is Max/Min 80/15 and unfortunately i didn't run it before i updated.

Some obvious bugs still exist such as the completely non functional AI Commands menu but i see from the Q&A that unfortunately this is not going to be fixed. Shame.
Some SP missions now have engines on at mission start which I don't like as I prefer to use full CEM and 'sandbox' approach to sims rather than arcade.
I have yet to experience F14 style AI evasion aerobatics but will continue to test. Much kudos and due credit to the brilliant Heinkill and Destastersoft for providing proper missions and campaigns which are what i fly rather than stock. it does show what potential there could be under the hood.
I don't fly online (yet!) and i don't have SLI so can't comment on any issues that may still be outstanding.
All in all, if this is where CoD ends then at least it playable for me now and I dare to say at least I am enjoying it which is all i can ask from my £9.99.
My thanks.

[Steuben]

Originally Posted by Anders_And

I flew last night on ATAG and got my "water reservoir" punctured and 20-30 secs later the engine started shaking and I gradually lost power! Its great effect but isnt it too overdone now?? Shouldnt I be able to fly for say 5 minutes for the engine quits?

Anyway, the patch is a great step forwards!!!

No depends on the damage that was inflicted but i think 2-3 Minutes and then it should be over but i could be wrong

[Storm of When]

I punctured the rads by basically overheating the motor over the English coast in the E4, I headed for France opened, opened the rads fully and was within approx 500m of the French coast before the engine cooked itself. I overheated at 5000m btw, so it`s situation x damage not just a simple Xsecs equation.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Gents re new patch,if I'm using official Steam update 1.05.15950 can I just use Fridays latest patch to bring me up to date or do I require to patch one before as well?,thanks.

[tf_neuro]

Here's a mirror for you
http://thefoxbats.ch/grab/IL2COD_20332.rar

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Appreciate that Neuro but the link is not working for me,and besides I have the patch,just want to know if I can update with this latest patch or if I require the previous one too.............I thank you for your help mate.