V.14762 BETA Errors

[csThor]

Not exactly an issue with the Beta but one that had been there since release.

If I try to place an object within the STATIC -> ENVIRONMENT section in the FMB the GUI menus disappear. They reappear if I remove said object. Please check the attached file - it contains the logfile content after one of such occurences. For the record I selected the static camouflage net for AT-guns this time but I have had this with ammunition boxes, sandbag walls and other objects from said category.

[anavas44]

On every single mission, when starting I got no flight Force Feedback effects (weapon effects and near stall effects are there) with my MSFFB2 joystick. I have to make some fast movements in order to have flight Force Feedback effects again. During the mission, when firing weapons sometimes (maybe 1 of 10 times) this makes flight Force Feedback effects disappear having to do the same to have them again.

[Tiger27]

When in game I hit escape to go to the options menu, I accidently hit esc again and when i re-entered the game my graphics were set in a very low res and my plane was invisible, checked video options and my graphics showed the correct res but to fix I had to reset it again and restart the game. Tested this and it was intermittent but was able to repeat the problem two out of three times.

Prop pitch seems to be about the right speed which is great thanks, but you still have the cockpit graphic of ythe lever reversed, so the users controller works opposite to what it does in other planes and the info page tells you the lever is up when it is down, we are back to pre hotfix, which is much better but still not right.

[skouras]

the explosions of the aircraft when hitting the ground is gone
only fire and smoke

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by skouras

the explosions of the aircraft when hitting the ground is gone
only fire and smoke

I noticed this in the Black Death track too. Got Visual Effects set to HIGH.

Btw in the Black Death track some things have changed.
- Trucks are gone
- Plane skins are more weathered
- The scene with the AA is zoomed in so one only see the ground
- AND dustclouds when the bombs hit the soil (before exploding)

[Siegfried]

Propeller's grafics hide behind near clouds...

[Zorin]

FMB - SHIPS

1. Only AA armament actually does fire
2. AA armament fires at enemy ships, which is a fault that already exists in IL-2 and I had hoped would not repeat itself
3. You can not set targets in the ship's waypoint menu
4. All heavy guns track the enemy but do not open fire
5. The new "Minensuchboot 1935" should be listed as such and not just Minensuchboote, which is even grammatically wrong
6. The new Minensuchboot 1935 is apparently made out of paper as it will sink after two hits from a 3inch AA cannon that strike its super structure
7. Selecting a skin for the tanker does cripple my GUI and I have to RTD and restart the entire game

A sidenote that is entirely irrelevant to 95% of all players, but the Minensuchboot 1935 depicted is either M1 or M2 as all others had conventional propshaft propulsion and no longer the Voight Schneider setup seen on the ships ingame.

[Troll2k]

It is probably me and not a bug since it has been with me since I got the game(and no one else has mentioned it.W7 x64).On certain multiplayer,choose army,select plane, and weapons load out screens the mouse and keyboard are very erratic.The mouse freezes and then jumps about.It is hard(but not impossible) to select items.

I think this is a bug.
I made a test map in FMB with version 14588.When I select it under the multiplayer server the birthplace shows up and I can select from the plane set.(after selecting army).Now with beta 14762 there is no "choose army" and no birthplace to choose from the flyable plane set.

I get no error messages.

[RE77ACTION]

Thanks for the beta. Keep up the good work! After one and a half hour flying I found the following negative points:

- The new leather border around the map is to thick (personal opinion).
- Nice that the location of the map is remembered. It would be nice if also the size would be remembered (personal opinion).
- Pitch change in 109 is faster but still the wrong way around. In other words, my slider on the joystick goes down while the lever in the cockpit goes up. I can reverse that in the key settings, but then I have the same problem with for example the Hurricane.
- Blue lines at the horizon are still there with my ATI 6970 card. This is probably driver related but I had to mention it. Maybe the devs could give ATI a little pressure.
- Planes often still keep continuously moving after landing after complete shutdown of the engine.
- Did I miss the new plane or will we see it in the official release?
- The command structure has changed but... In the German campaign I can't give commands to other aircraft when flying the Ju87 part of the campaign (at least certain missions, didn't try all). This has the effect that wingman still follows me when landing (and often crashes) before it's officially my turn.

Of course there are also a lot of good things about the sim and my comments should only be interpreted as constructive. I really like this sim and all the work you put in it. Thanks again!

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by Zorin

FMB - SHIPS
2. AA armament fires at enemy ships, which is a fault that already exists in IL-2 and I had hoped would not repeat itself

Why is this an error? Historically German ship use AA weapons against surface targets. For example in the sinking of the HMAS Sydney by the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran in 1941. German eye witnesses tell of how they used their AA guns extensively once they were within range.