15.01.2016
The holidays are over and the new year is upon us. This means that Battle of Moscow release comes closer with every passing day.
Six out of ten new planes are already available to players and three ones will be ready in a month or so. The tenth and final BoM aircraft is the most complex one: Ju 88 A-4 bomber. Its development process is the most intensive one at the moment, five specialists are working on it every day. In the same time, mission designers are making the campaign since Moscow area map layout is final.
In the same time, artists are busy making official skins for new aircraft. 50 new skins (half of the required amount) are already finished, 50 more left. We'd like to show you these skins today:
15.01.2016
IL-2 map department is proud to show you the first Moscow map screenshots. This is a kind of summing-up for us in this year.
Most part of the work is done at the moment. Forests, rivers, fields, roads, settlements and airfields are already on the map in almost final form. Of course there will be finishing touches, as always.
22.12.2015
Dear simmers!
We're glad to tell you that the work on new update 1.106 is finished and it is already available. This new version contains numerous additions and improvements, new plane, design changes and so on - you can read the full change log below.
The main addition is the Soviet fighter MiG-3 series 24, which is available to all players as AI controlled plane in QMB and early Stalingrad campaign (in the time frame when it was actually there) while customers who pre-purchased Battle of Moscow can fly it already.
22.12.2015
Today we'll tell you about another addition you'll see in the new update - redesigned airfields / tank spawns screen...
We'll make four more planes available during January and February to owners of Battle of Moscow, whish is planned to be released in March: Bf-109 F-2, IL-2 mod. 1941, Pe-2 ser.35 and Ju 88 A4. Some of them are almost (70%) ready.
Work on the Moscow map is proceeding as planned. As we said earlier, it won't be possible to fly over the city itself, but you'll be able to fly right next to it. In addition, some buildings at the western ountskirts, including unique ones, can be reached, so they have an increased detail level. For example, Moscow Northern River Station...
We'd like to finish the today diary by telling you one story - as example how we work on aircraft flight model and various dynamic effects analysis.
10.12.2015
This week the new plane, MiG-3, is being finalized and beta-tested. Today we'll tell you about this new addition to the sim in detail. In short, MiG-3 fleshes out to be an interesting, if stubborn, aircraft.