24.03.2016
Today we'll tell you how the biggest landmark of the new map has been created - the city of Moscow itself.
When we started to plan the work on the map, the question 'what to do with the city?' immediately came to mind. Creation of a big metropolis with many unique objects, complex network of streets, huge factory buildings and world-known landmarks - this is a task we needed to finish in just a year and no one achieved it in a combat flight sim in such time with limited resources available before.
17.03.2016
Last week was very intensive for our team and important for the project - many important events happened and will happen. Let's go through them step by step.
First, our mapping department almost finished the both Moscow maps...
Second, Ju 88 A-4 bomber is ready for beta testing.
Third, QMB mode is already working on Moscow map and Battle of Moscow campaign is ready for beta test.
Fourth, thanks to the dump files you kindly sent to us, we were able to fix several bugs that could crash the game. All these fixes will be released in the next update.
Fifth, we made significant progress in moving to 64-bit executable.
11.03.2016
Today we'll show a bit of Ju 88 A-4. The plane is shaping up and it turns out to be an interesting one. First, it has a rich instruments array. Second, it can carry a huge bomb load, almost as heavy as He 111, but Ju 88 is actually a dive bomber, thus it can deliver its bombs with significantly better accuracy. Third, there are interesting engineering decisions that appear in our sim for a first time, for example, radial radiators positioning around engines or significant armor protecting the gunners. Fourth, this bomber can carry up to 44 50 kg bombs, no other plane in the sim can carry so many. Fifth, unlike He 111 H-6, its turrets are armed with MG-81 belt fed machine guns with high rate of fire that allow a thicker defensive fire curtain.
11.03.2016
Hello everybody!
Another week passed and the release of IL-2 Battle of Moscow is one week closer. We have work to do on the campaign (three more people are working on it at the moment), Moscow region map is almost final so we'll be able to show you the new screenshots of it next week. We also plan to start Ju 88 A-4 beta testing next week, it's a complex plane and we still have to finalize some minor things.
Moreover, official aircraft skins are ready. We presented you the skins for 5 planes in the developer's diary #119 and now we can show you the skins for remaining 5.
11.03.2016
Among other things for the next update 1.108 we're preparing aircraft information that will be accessible for each plane in player profile and in full screen map mode during a flight.