4.13 development update discussion and feedback

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Treetop64

Yep. Got sick of that "slapped on" painted look years ago. Been using Mat Manager for the better part of seven years now, and it goes a long way in improving most numbers and decals in the game, but it doesn't convert numbers on aircraft introduced after Aces released their final version of Mat Manager.

Mat Manager is/was wonderful, but like you said, it's getting old.

I haven't yet implemented them in my installation of the game, but I came up with much more "Cyrillic" looking numbers based on the stencils applied to some Yak aircraft. I've only got them as .tif or .jpg formats rather than as an actual font, though. See the attachment below.

TD is welcome to them. PM if you want them.

Alternately, it would be fairly simple to rip off some off some of the more interesting Cyrillic serif fonts; since there was a subtle but distinct "Soviet" style of typography. This site has lots of interesting possibilities.

http://smashinghub.com/30-free-russian-fonts.htm

Kremlin Imperial and Kremlin Advisor have numbers that are fairly close to stencils in pictures I've seen.

[Joao611]

I just had a 96MB update to IL2 1946 on Steam, game's version is still 4.12.2M...
wut

[Oh Chute!]

I'd like to suggests a small synopsis by team D that outlines where the development for 4.13 sits as we enter 2015. I have been away for a bit and removed from actively participating in the forum. Between discovering that we have been targeted by the spammers and attempting to stumble through the 108 odd pages of this section, it ain't exactly enlightening as much as it has been blurry and confusing.

If anyone wants to do me the kindness of catching me up with all this I would be appreciative. I feel like my house was broken into while I was out.

Cheers
Oh Chute!

[sniperton]

After 3 alpha and 2 beta versions they are testing a Release Candidate. This was reported nearly two weeks ago:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthr...t=40957&page=2

So I think it will be out in another two weeks. Really

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by Oh Chute!

I'd like to suggests a small synopsis by team D that outlines where the development for 4.13 sits as we enter 2015. I have been away for a bit and removed from actively participating in the forum. Between discovering that we have been targeted by the spammers and attempting to stumble through the 108 odd pages of this section, it ain't exactly enlightening as much as it has been blurry and confusing.

If anyone wants to do me the kindness of catching me up with all this I would be appreciative. I feel like my house was broken into while I was out.

Cheers
Oh Chute!

Catch up by reading the read me files for the latest releases.