4.12 Patch - Comments

[A.Fokker]

Question:
Is there way to have your own background in the game?
It used to be the background.tga in the Missions folder. That doesn't work anymore.
Also some of my personalised background in the campaign and single missions country folder don't work anymore, others do. What is the reason for this? File specs?

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

Originally Posted by A.Fokker

Question:
Is there way to have your own background in the game?
It used to be the background.tga in the Missions folder. That doesn't work anymore.

Well, it seems as it doesn't work, although it was planed. I consider this as a bug.

Also some of my personalised background in the campaign and single missions country folder don't work anymore, others do. What is the reason for this? File specs?

Hm... just as an idea, if you use widescreen, then you have to replace the new placeholder files, named with 'wide_background.tga' in your country folders.

[Bearcat]

Good .. I like having custom backgrounds.. Even for the main splash screen..
Overall I like the patch.. I still get the AI gang bang thing.. One thing I can say the P-47 dives much better now.. About the DM.. is it me or does it seem like some planes like the Mustang get sent spinning too much when they get a hit in the wing.. I tested this in 4.11.1 and it is much more pronounced in 4.12. MUCH more.

[FrankB]

My expectation for the new widescreen view would be that the black borders on the sides would simply disappear.

Indeed they did, but it was done so not by expanding the picture to the sides, but by zooming in and cutting off the top and bottom part of the picture, so in fact you now see *less* than before.

E.g. In B-25 cockpit I had to zoom out 2 clicks to see the ball in 4.11 and you could go even a bit further. Now in 4.12 I need to zoom out 4 times to see the ball and no possibility to go further.

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

Originally Posted by FrankB

My expectation for the new widescreen view would be that the black borders on the sides would simply disappear.

Indeed they did, but it was done so not by expanding the picture to the sides, but by zooming in and cutting off the top and bottom part of the picture, so in fact you now see *less* than before.

E.g. In B-25 cockpit I had to zoom out 2 clicks to see the ball in 4.11 and you could go even a bit further. Now in 4.12 I need to zoom out 4 times to see the ball and no possibility to go further.

Check, if you have 'Widescreen FoV' enabled in your graphic settings! Its below the resolutions. That should give you the wanted view, otherwise you have widescreen, but in FoV for 4:3.

[NNFFL=YLB=]

I am very disappointed not to have the SB-2M100 with FAB-500 as the bomb bay of SB-2 was been specially designed to provide take this bomb!
the SB-2 layout was based on the idea that the overall dimensions should be the smallest to carry the FAB-500 and the whole bomb load was to be housed internally in the fuselage


and if you could also fix the carriage of SB-2M-103 which can be 1500kg in your next patch (2 fab-500 on Der-19 underwing pylons and 1 FAB-500 internal) it will be great

[Sita]

wihtout Der19 SB cannot carry 500fab ... Der19 was mounted only at m103 series ..

[FrankB]

Originally Posted by EJGr.Ost_Caspar

Check, if you have 'Widescreen FoV' enabled in your graphic settings! Its below the resolutions. That should give you the wanted view, otherwise you have widescreen, but in FoV for 4:3.

Thanks EJGr.Ost_Caspar, that did it!

I had this option checked, but it did not apply until I switched to another resolution and back to my 1680x1050.

Now just a small glitch: when the mission loads up, the Widescreen FoV zoom is not normal, but "normal - 1 step". No big deal, since pressing End to apply the normal view gets things back to normal.

[Jumoschwanz]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

is it me or does it seem like some planes like the Mustang get sent spinning too much when they get a hit in the wing..

You mean compared to all the times in real life that you fired on Mustangs and they did not spin as much? Just want to know what real information you are basing your complaint on.....

Like Caspar said, it does not have to be beautiful, it has to be realistic, which might run against what a lot of modders attempt with their hacks, trying to change the sim so it suits their Western Hollywood wet dreams of what WWII aviation was like.

Daidalos does it's research, makes the best decisions and puts in the effort to improving the sims enjoyment for adult simmers. Anyone that has any patience knows they are on the job and if they wait most issues will be sorted in the next patch.

For those who are lacking that adult quality, patience, then hack away....

As usual I will enjoy the latest official patch of the sim, adjust to it's changes and have fun.

Thanks Daidalos

[semor]

Originally Posted by Jumoschwanz

You mean compared to all the times in real life that you fired on Mustangs and they did not spin as much? Just want to know what real information you are basing your complaint on.....

Like Caspar said, it does not have to be beautiful, it has to be realistic, which might run against what a lot of modders attempt with their hacks, trying to change the sim so it suits their Western Hollywood wet dreams of what WWII aviation was like.

Daidalos does it's research, makes the best decisions and puts in the effort to improving the sims enjoyment for adult simmers. Anyone that has any patience knows they are on the job and if they wait most issues will be sorted in the next patch.

For those who are lacking that adult quality, patience, then hack away....

As usual I will enjoy the latest official patch of the sim, adjust to it's changes and have fun.

Thanks Daidalos

*Facepalm

Jumoschwanz..please do us all a favour...and stop with your hatefull anti-Modding Posts here.

I like the creative work that TD has made with the 4.12 Patch,and I also like the creative work from the Modders who will follow. I enjoy the IL-2 with the best of both worlds,the Official stuff from TD and the Modders artwork.