4.12.2 de-bugging

[Janosch]

Wait! Don't release the patch just yet! This just in:

The gunsights in Ki-43-II and Ki-43-II-Kai behave differently than other similiar gunsights. When you move/tilt pilot head up, the yellow reticle is drawn on the top edge of the gunsight. Probably left and right edges too. In planes like Ki-61, Zero, Ki-45 (well, the lower sights at least) and Ki-84, it isn't! Ki-84 has a peculiar area for the reticle to be visible, move head left and right and you'll see. Could there be an oversight in the Ki-43 sights?

[cacha]

It looks like the IL-10 AI can't use PTAB 2.5 bombs. They keep circling the target but never drop the bombs or try to use their guns. This happens on quick mission and on the Sturmoviks over Manchuria campaign.

[shelby]

missing markings


there are difference in the canopy of p40b p40c and tomahawks



missing navigation lights markings in lagg3 series skin


trees on the road in bougainville solomons 1943

[Pfeil]

Originally Posted by shelby

trees on the road in bougainville solomons 1943

Is this a bug? In the quick mission on the Solomons with the target set to armor(on Stirling island), most of the armor drives on a road entirely overgrown with trees. I just figured it was supposed to be a road through the forest/jungle.

[Vendigo]

There is no way to make bombers like A-20, B-25 (that have nose guns) perform level bombing, as they always begin to strafe ground targets.
Sample mission is in attachment.
Could you fix this, DT, thanks!

[ElAurens]

The A 20 and B 25 versions with guns in the nose are pure ground attack aircraft, they have no bombardier, hence they won't, and should not, level bomb.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

The A 20 and B 25 versions with guns in the nose are pure ground attack aircraft, they have no bombardier, hence they won't, and should not, level bomb.

I don't know... the A-20G even without a bombardier worked with glass nosed A-20Js in mixed formations for level bombing. The A-20C has nose guns but does have a bombing station as does the B-25J which could perform as either.

The suggestion I made years ago is to add an options dialogue/AI switch to the GATTACK waypoints where you can specify the type of attack you want. This could go into more detail like telling IL-2s to perform the "wheel of death" or tell Corsairs to make a "one and done" all out bombs and rocket attack or convince the Ju88s to use either a level bomb, straight down dive bomb, or angled (Stuvi-assisted) attack.

Probably easier to conceptualize than it is to build in the AI routines.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Pfeil

Is this a bug? In the quick mission on the Solomons with the target set to armor(on Stirling island), most of the armor drives on a road entirely overgrown with trees. I just figured it was supposed to be a road through the forest/jungle.

Don't think it's a bug... it looks intentional. There are also some marshy areas with water and jungle overlapped.

[Baddington_VA]

Trees have been across the roads even as far back as the Slovakia maps.
Unlike aircraft, vehicles have no trouble passing through the Oleg trees.

[Pursuivant]

Another small bug report - no markings visible on Wellington bombers - at least British markings in the QMB.