Update 2.007
Dear pilots,
We reached another Battle of Kuban milestone and present you 2.007 update. The main addition is Bf 110 G-2 that can carry a variety of strike weaponry. The result of the long work of our engineer department is also in: AI aircraft physics optimizations that allow to create more intense missions containing more AI planes. In addition, this update includes Fw 190 A-3 flight model corrections that were announced earlier (the result of additional available data analysis and historical references comparison). The full list of changes follows:
- Twin engine strike aircraft Bf 110 G-2 is available to all Battle of Kuban owners;
- AI controlled planes physics calculations were optimized. There can be more than twice the number of AI planes in a mission with the same level of physics performance (compared to August 2016 when we started this optimization work);
- Fw 190 A-3 flight model was reworked according to additional reference data. Now its stall speed is closer to historical instructions;
- 4 variants of a simple tank mission were added to Missions menu, they are available to all owners of the sim;
- AI won’t sometimes wobble the plane along the yaw axis in a level flight;
- AI dogfight and ground attack maneuvers became much more fluid;
- The last remnant in unrealistic AI control behavior - cheating alignment to a target - has been changed to realistic control method from mouse controls;
- AI aircraft aim rockets at ground targets better;
- AI aircraft take off correctly in QMB missions;
- A rare issue when La-5 or Bf 110 E-2 failed to appear on mission start (this could also result in black screen) has been fixed;
- Aiming help while using joystick can be enabled again;
- Rockets aiming help accuracy has been increased;
- Greenish smoke effects caused by disabling HDR are fixed now;
- Grey artifacts on airfields that were visible from high above were fixed;
- Pz38t and MG34 AA are correctly counted in statistics;
- Fw 190 A-3 engine cowling armor restored;
- Ju 52 pilot can’t be damaged by fire in wing engines;
- Mission Editor won’t randomly crash while deleting a large number of objects at once;
- MiG-3 oil on canopy effect made less severe;
- Ju 52 middle engine nacelle corrected (shortened);
- P-40E-1 fuel gauges show the amount of fuel left in imperial gallons;
- All found places where wells, fences and other objects were blocking the roads were fixed;
- Mission Editor correctly applies a weather preset depending on a selected season;
- Ju 52 info panel now displays the number of paratroopers left on board;
- Yak-1 Series 69 engine RPM control wheel rotation direction corrected;
- Aircraft bump textures can be edited by users;
- Viewer tool now supports 4K aircraft skins.
