Patch 4.10 - Development Updates by Daidalos Team

[WTE_Galway]

I don't know. In amongst all that weird and whacky "Secret Nazi Wunder Weapon" stuff and explosion clips Xilon is obsessed with he occasionally links some interesting and useful material.

[Tempest123]

I'll try and get this thread back on topic (Btw. Xilon Il2 was an Eastern Front sim merged with Pacific Fighters a Pacific War sim, soo.. we should be grateful for the Italian content that TD is giving us, or any content that is new because it's FREE). There are many other sim's out there that don't even have the content of one 4.10 patch, and they cost money, so reality check.
Anyhoo I was playing around with some of the new 4.09 planes (that I don't spend a lot of time in), and noticed some great details like blue exhaust tips on the new I-16's, new gunsight damage, and other cool stuff on the Fokkers and Avia. I learned that i can open the canopy on the new I-16 type and lean out the side for landing, this is so helpful and a neat detail, so if this is any indication of the upcoming quality of 4.10 I'm very excited, thanks TD.

[bf-110]

Two nations that are usually (if not always) omitted in WWII games are Italy and France.
IL2 now had a great progress with the Italian Air Force,still,I miss ground and sea units.
France still haves only two planes.Wish they could add more,since some of the former Armée de l´Air planes served with both french air forces,with Romania and Bulgaria (and some where captured by Germans,dunno if used at all).An example of this is the D.250.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by bf-110

Two nations that are usually (if not always) omitted in WWII games are Italy and France.
IL2 now had a great progress with the Italian Air Force,still,I miss ground and sea units.
France still haves only two planes.Wish they could add more,since some of the former Armée de l´Air planes served with both french air forces,with Romania and Bulgaria (and some where captured by Germans,dunno if used at all).An example of this is the D.250.

You mean D.520

You're absolutely right that France and Italy tend to be amongst the major nations omitted from flight sims of the past. Although strictly speaking it wasn't important to involve either in sims of the past since nearly all focused on either the Pacific or Western Europe in 1943 and later. Il-2 was the first Eastern Front sim and the first time that nations like Slovakia, Romania, Italy and Hungary showed up in a sim (nevermind the Russians) at all.

I suspect that all of this will be rectified in the nearish future. Storm of War Battle of Britain already has the full collection of Italian aircraft that participated in that battle (a nearly forgotten contribution). With North Africa being one of the next fronts that will likely be covered by the Storm of War series... both France (Vichy France) and Italy receive a complete treatment. That would include the D.520 as Vichy France operated these against the Torch landings initially.