22.04.2016
Hello everyone!
Battle of Moscow open beta is available for BoM owners for three weeks now. Of course, during this time we were busy improving the game.
31.03.2016
Today is a big day for IL-2 Sturmovik project - version 1.201 release. It brings several very important additions.
First, we launch the open beta of the Battle of Moscow campaign and Moscow maps. This is another step forward in mapping technologies - it contains several innovations and will bring you many interesting features not available before, for example: grass airfields without a dedicated landing strip, historically reconstructed city of Moscow, towns of the Moscow region that also have historically correct layouts and architecture, new 'late Autumn' season, water reservoirs, canals, canal locks, many new railway and road bridges, forestation different to Stalingrad region one and other things.
Second, players who pre-purchased Battle of Moscow will also get their hands on German twin engine dive bomber Ju 88 A-4 today. We must admit that it is the most complex aircraft in the entire project, but in the same time it is also a most interesting one in many ways. Rich instruments array, many system and flight model peculiarities, unusual gunner stations - it was an interesting experience to research and recreate and we think it will be interesting to fly it.
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.