Breaking news! Oleg M. Planning to release IL2 patch 4.03!

[STEED]

ROCK ON :sunny:

[Gizzmoe]

:()1:

[Sixpack]

Let me see, I have a dusty IL-2 original and FB. Can I use the new patch for it when I'd have some time to waste ?

[Gizzmoe]

No, 4.03 is for Pacific Fighters.

[SmokinTep]

I read they have problems with ATI cards with this patch.

[Gizzmoe]

What kind of problems?

[Bill Nichols]

It's out now!
Do-335 Here I Come :D :D :D

http://www.stormbirds.net/calendar/Do335_1024.jpg

[SmokinTep]

Downloading now.

[SmokinTep]

What kind of problems?

Oleg_Maddox

Posted Feb 9, 7:05 AM

Hi,

Yesterday the final testing has been finished.

We tried to polish everything.
Now we already doing new next add-ons...

I just would like to point out for ATI users.

We spend a lot of time to find where is happening sometime partial corruption of text and sky. However we were not able to put changes in this 4.03 add-on for ATI cards. This need way more work to understand is it our problem or ATI...

So we continue to work over such a problem and will release here in the room the test DLL a bit later, when ready.

We will be too busy with the next products (yes add-ons and BoB), so please do not be mad at me.

If you encounter a real problem - write only on pf@1c.ru address. We will read and if confirmed - will release some changes with the next add-ons.

[Crash Dive]

I'm all over this :up:

[STEED]

Hey post a link some one I want it :D

[SmokinTep]

http://patches.ubi.com/pacific_fighters/

[Gizzmoe]

Edit

[STEED]

Thanks SmokinTep :up:

[TankHunter]

Smokin, thanks much there. Didnt feel like waiting 30min to DL the thing. Again, thanks much! :up:

[porphy]

Great patch, Oleg and his party rocks :rock: Moore goodies is on it's way I hear. Map of Norway etc.

Cheers Porphy

[Marhkimov]

Finally got it.

I just flew the Mossie and it's very nice. So is the Do-335.

[Captain Strangelove]

If they put the Do 335 in then I have to reinstall IL2. Doesn't this plane just look too mean to be true?

[porphy]

It's certainly in there. And here is a upcoming skin that makes it even more mean, me thinks. Greg Boyington produces marvellous skins for some birds in IL2.

http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bbs/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=144;t=003237

Cheers Porphy

[XabbaRus]

So it won't work with just IL-2 FB I must have Pacific Fighters.

I think that sucks as I have no interest in Pacific Fighters or the money at the moment.

Grrrrr. I hate that.

[joea]

So it won't work with just IL-2 FB I must have Pacific Fighters.

I think that sucks as I have no interest in Pacific Fighters or the money at the moment.

Grrrrr. I hate that.

Well with the whole thing merged you get lots of good European content, now not just the Do-335 but the Italian Macchi 200 series...plus with the carriers (HMS Illustrious) you can do Med ops, plus with Murmansk and the upcoming Norway map Hit the Tirpitz and stuff. No need to touch Pacific stuf, when you get some cash I highly recommend getting it or the platinum release pack.

[XabbaRus]

But I already have Aces over Europe addon and another European theatre addon...

Kind of stinks that I need to get PF to get more european theatre fighters.

[porphy]

Xabba

On Amazon uk you can buy Pacific Fighters new for about 5 pounds.... I guess that price would be a very reasonable cost even if it only was for the content of this free patch, and as other said, you will get more things in the future. Perhaps a carrier landing could turn out to be interesting as well... ;)

Cheers Porphy

[CCIP]

So, what's the verdict folks? Is it worth for me to dig out PF again just for this patch? (I haven't played it for a while, sort of turned off by the stale campaign mode...)

[TteFAboB]

What he said.

I was afraid of ruining your party, but now that CCIP has done it (thank you! :up: ), I can join the fray.

I find the replayability of this sim to be pathetic, to be honest. Fire it up, play 10, 15, 30 sorties then get bored. Try all the planes for some time on the Quick Mission then get bored. Then you either go Multiplayer or you drop the game.

I find it fantastic to see yet another great patch for this great sim, I just wish I could play it for longer than I can play Pong or Pac-Man.

[CCIP]

Well, what saved Forgotten Battles (AEP) back in the day for me was a number of wonderful user-made scripted campaigns (and again, I recommend this as a great idea for anyone wishing for a decent and varied, if "canned", campaign experience). I've tried Lowengrin's DCG, but when I played it it had some bugs... how has that developed since? Is it a partial solution, at least?

[Egan]

I don't play the campaigns at all any more and haven't done for a long time. I usually just mess around with the FMB and cook things up for my own entertainment.

I quite like the new patch although I've done little more than fly the Temest around.

[CCIP]

I tried it with DCG, and even though I did fly through a nice round of missions on a Betty (it didn't catch fire, what's wrong!), I think the dynamic structure is still horrifically dull - not to discredit Lowengrin and the wonderful work he puts in to improve it, though!

I think I'll give it one last chance with some scripted campaigns, otherwise I'll permanently shelve it as single-mission/multiplayer-only :hmm:

[Egan]

Bah to IL2. I bought CFS-3 at the weekend after avoiding it for years due to the horror stories i'd heard. What did I get? a thouroughly enjoyable little sim with a whope map of Europe and weather effects that I really like. Plenty of cool mods available too. Off line I find it way more immersive than Oleg's game.

Aside from anything else, I bought it specifically to play this mod: Over Flander's Field. Best mod I've ever played. As good as RB already, it's going to be incredible once it's finished.

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5462/braggingrights5vv.jpg

(resized to 800 x 600)

[STEED]

CFS3 Great Game :up:

[Egan]

CFS3 Great Game :up:

It really is. I wish I'd got it ages ago. :up:

[Sailor Steve]

A question about Over Flanders' Fields: What periods of the war does it cover? I really like Eindekkers and Gunbuses. Do they include the early period, or are they planning to?

[Egan]

A question about Over Flanders' Fields: What periods of the war does it cover? I really like Eindekkers and Gunbuses. Do they include the early period, or are they planning to?

Covers 1917 - 18 Just now. from Bloody April onwards, I think. They are planning to extend the period in later releases. 1915-onwards. The plane set just now is pretty small: A fairly good selection of scouts from France, Germany and Britain. No playable two-seaters just now but they are being worked on. Zeppelins are there already - don't know if they ar playable yet, though. Had a great quick mission last night flying Home defence against a few Zeps over London. They really like to burn, thats for sure..

I haven't played that much of the campaign yet. It's dynamic, of course, and feels as much fun as RB. Plenty of real life aces out there too...

If you have CFS-3 and any interest at all in WW1 then down load it. The second two parts are going to be payware to cover the costs of a DVD and shipping but, well, mods of this quality don't come along very often and deserve every bit of help they can get.