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.
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.
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.