Correct, and that's why we've removed it from the German upgrade option list.

Yes, and just to add to this a bit: work on the mod has slowed as of late, since I am now back in school. That's taking up the majority of my time right now. However, I do plan soon to send out a new beta test file for RFB 2.0, and hopefully if all goes well it will then soon be released to the community. No timetable for that, though.

Correction to the above: three of the Allied DDs have been re-zoned to the updated standards. As of now, these are the warships that will be re-zoned with the release RFB 2.0:

• Akizuki
• Asashio
• Fubuki
• Minekaze
• Mutusuki
• Shiratsuyu
• Clemson
• Somers
• Fletcher
• Subchaser

In general, DDs will go down with one hit, with some taking two. Sinking time is almost always less than 30 minutes (will need to re-run some tests to see, for sure). (Edit: confirmed average sinking time of 15-20 minutes, depending on hit location).

I'd love to move on to the larger warships, but there's just no time for that now.

I hope RFB 2.0 is release before the end of the year :rock:

It will be, for sure. Likely it will be out by the end of November.

Great news and a big thanks to the RFB team

Looking forward to RFB2, with all changes implemented that I'm now adding manually and much more :yeah:

LukeFF, I have somewhere lying around a project I started some time ago for a realistic binocular view (Rounded, like the TBT) that also has a reticle. I know the real Bausch&Lomb items issued to the Submarine force had that reticle for rangefinding (Mils reticle) but I haven't been able to find a sample of it to copy. I have instead a reticle from a B*Lomb issued to the Army, so I was planning to add that one instead, until something better comes up. I will try to send you the finished item before the RFB2 release, so you can include if you see it worth it.

Just out of curiosity, did RFB modify anything dealing with aircraft rendering?

I'm having an issue in stock and with TMO 1.7 where they aren't rendered until practically ontop of you (by that point, the aircraft spotted call had benn made awhile ago).

I do remember being able to see most planes at far longer ranges with RFB...

Uuuuuh, wth? :doh::doh::doh:

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/9...2730812.th.jpg

:rotfl2:

Yes, they did enjoy their ice cream.

Sweet!
Will 2.0 include the sub damage model for the U-boats as well?

Thx

Finally Updated to 1.5
 

Ok, after dragging my feet for a good while, I finally bought the Gold pack and updated to 1.5 (U-Boat Missions), but, have a couple of problems regarding RFB 1.52:

1st of all, I can't find a working link for the patch and hotfix mentioned in the top post....unless they're included in the RFB 1.52 at the given download link (?).

Secondly, I don't go anywhere without SD radar. Is there a file I can tweak to start off with enough renown so's I can get an SD radar at or near the start of the war ? I did some looking, but, nothing is obvious.

Thanks

I remember being confused about this.
Originally there was RFB 1.5, and a hotfix patch.
It has now been rolled up into RFB 1.52, that's all you need.

It's been a while since I played RFB.
But IIRC if you pick a start date of 1942 rather than 1941, it starts you around June of that year. Radar should be available.

Go for it. :) There's still time to add things to this beta before it goes public.

I think so, but I will have to check my notes.

Altogether, this is what is planned to be included in RFB 2.0 at this point:

I have the new binocular ready now :D

The viewhole has exactly the same size as the periscopes and the TBT, in order to keep the coherence and proportions for the user (And as in real life is when pressed against your eyes). The magnification is the same as the TBT, so you can solve both (If you include my TBT, as you said some time ago) equally with an aperture angle of 84, and a zoom of 7x.

I will send you both in any case, as I have done some minor retouches.

The new reticle is excellent for rangefinding before the radar, or on stuff that the radar would not pick (shore line, etc.). I have so far been able to determine with a high degree of efficiency distance to targets for surface gun action before radar :yeah:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3...screenshot.jpg

WOW. That looks very nice!
Any chance you might be releasing this as a standalone?

Sure, no problem, but I'd like the RFB guys to have it first ... some kind of a "premiere" :D

but I'll send you a link per PM anyway, so you can betatest it.

Thanks Hitman
See PM