BETA PATCH v.1.08.18956 - August 3, 2012

[Jaws2002]

First quick and dirty bomb drop with ju88 straight after airspawn, from 2000m, I got the salvo about ten meters from the aiming point.

Good times ahead.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

First quick and dirty bomb drop with ju88 straight after airspawn, from 2000m, I got the salvo about ten meters from the aiming point.

Good times ahead.

That's very encouraging, however to really test it you have to go a bit higher.

The main bug in the bombsight was that it didn't adjust for the trail effect in bombing: over time, bombs lose their forward speed due to air friction and increase their downward speed due to gravity.

This is almost unnoticeable at low altitudes (that's why many people could bomb even with the bugged bombsights from 1-2km), but gets more pronounced the higher you go (bombs end up going almost straight down, so they lag behind the target if dropped from high alt)

If you really want to be sure, spawn a loaded Ju88 in the France free flight mission, set it up on autopilot with a slight climb and engage some time acceleration until you get to 4-5km of altitude, level out, pick an arbitrary target point and see how it goes. I'll also be testing this way soon.

P.S. I'm not sure, but i think that in the real Lofte one needs to input IAS and altitude (the bombsight would use them to calculate TAS automatically). In any case, it pays to test both ways: one run with IAS and one with TAS inputs in the bombsight, just to be sure.

[ATAG_Keller]

Do we have any confirmation that adjustments have been made to the operation of the Lofte? I'd like to try a He-111 mission but don't know where to go with the settings; do it the old way or do it by the book?

[6BL Bird-Dog]

Thanks Black Six and dev team.

[1.JaVA_Sharp]

framerate wise a pretty good patch ( although I haven't yet flown over London) Fm wise I hope the pictures show that your comment about them needing work is spot on as I managed to bring that Hurricane back.

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by 1.JaVA_Sharp

framerate wise a pretty good patch ( although I haven't yet flown over London) Fm wise I hope the pictures show that your comment about them needing work is spot on as I managed to bring that Hurricane back.

Plenty of wing left on that aircraft to give it lift on the port side. I doubt it flew like a brand new aircraft. If you tried to fight in that condition you'd have spun out like a top, but you should be able to land that aircraft with difficulty.

Nice popped tyres by the way

[kestrel79]

Don't forget ATI guys to delete your UBI splash screen file after verifying the game on Steam. It will reload it in there.

And turn off that epilepsy filter!

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Half the wing is missing. No, you should not be able to fly that back.

I'm pretty sure I've seen photos of aircraft near that state that were landed under control (or at least crash landed under control).

But then again, I've never flown a badly damaged hurricane in real life, so maybe you're right.

Looking forward to the patch. Thanks B6.

Edit: Quick search brought up this one..

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

I'm pretty sure I've seen photos of aircraft near that state that were landed under control (or at least crash landed under control).

I'd be interested in seeing those.

[Helrza]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

I'd be interested in seeing those.

here's one for ya doggles




Thanks for the patch b6 and MG crew, look forwards to giving it a good thrashing once its installed