I tried out the new Sopwith Camel campaign. Amazing. I highly recommend it. Open canopy, no radio traffic, hearing the sound of artillery rounds impacting seconds after you see the flash… flak exploding randomly really made me appreciate my seat shaker. It was awesome.
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I flew the first hop in that. Flew out with the bombers. Across the lines, a furball developed. We whirled, we swirled. The guns went rat-at-at and I saw one jerries’ wings fold. I took shots at many more until pressing the firing button was met with a resounding and dreadful click. I never had time to follow anyone down, as I was always twisting and turning from Albatrosses and Dreideckers.
I bobbed, weaved, tucked tail and ran. Saw two triplanes collide, one folded and went straight in, the other seemed ok but ended up in a woodlet. I made it across the line and ended up at the right airfield. In the debrief I got credited with not one, but 5 kills! whoa! Ace in a day! 
Flying circus is truly one of the very best VR experiences out there. Madly immersive.
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You got that right!!! VR rocks. Great effort @schurem. Ace in a day deserves a Bigger Medal!!! Thanks for sharing
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Try unlimited ammo 
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That’s just cheating Hahahaha
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Hello friends,
As you know, the recently released update 4.006 brought many important and interesting changes. Our work continues and soon we will start to prepare the new update 4.008 that is planned to include P-47D-22 “Razorback” fighter for Battle of Normandy and tank destroyer Sd.Kfz.184 “Ferdinand” for Tank Crew. You may have noticed and wondered why the mission number isn’t 4.007? The answer is that we plan to release an intermediate update before that, it will add some important functionality and new features. They will be based on your feedback mostly and will bring some features long-awaited by the community. The update 4.007 is already in beta testing and we hope it will be ready in the coming week. Among other changes it will include 4К quality external texturing by Martin =ICDP= Catney for the legendary Ju-87D-3 from Battle of Stalingrad, here are some screenshots of it:
Speaking on the update 4.008, which is planned for late June - early July, we have also something to show you already. Another legendary plane, P-47D-22 “Razorback”, will begin the Early Access for Battle of Normandy:
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Update 4.007
Dear friends,
We’ve decided to release the new update 4.007 relatively soon after the previous one, because the fixes and improvements it brings, while not being major, are nevertheless important for the project as a whole. We have heard your feedback on the view system improvements, added new options to the multiplayer functionality, which govern the usage of graphical mods, in addition, we did additional research on the workarounds for the Direct 3D functionality not supported by one of the graphics cards vendors. Damage modeling has been improved to take into account the control systems damage (rods, wires, etc.). We have also added a new German pilot model in the early summer uniform. The full list of changes follows:
- Ju 87 D-3 dive bomber has been upgraded to 4K external texturing thanks to Martin =ICDP= Catney, including two additional official skins;
- Aircraft control systems DM has been upgraded. The probability of losing control in a certain control axis depends on the control wires or rods configuration of a particular aircraft and existence of a reserve control channel (or its lack thereof);
- Workarounds for the remaining graphical artifacts on AMD cards (like black contour around the aircraft when viewed from its cockpit) have been implemented;
- New multiplayer server option “Restrict Injectors” allows the server hosters to restrict access for users with graphics injectors like Reshade or 3dmigoto;
- Five new mappable (RCtrl+NumPad_Del,1,2,3,0 by default) zoom commands have been added that allow quick zooming to various degrees (minimal, maximal and 3 intermediate levels). Zoom value set by a mouse or joystick axis or keyboard keys is not affected by the new quick zoom and after releasing a quick zoom button the FOV will return to the one set by an axis. These new commands work in either 2D or VR mode. The old ‘VR zoom’ command has been deprecated (its equivalent is the new maximum quick zoom, RCtl+NumPad_0);
- There is a new setting in the Camera options that governs the speed of the new zoom commands;
- Tank commander binoculars give three times more powerful zoom than before (they give a minimal FOV that is technically possible in the game);
- The current FOV (Field Of View) value is shown next to the in-game FPS counter (that is activated by Backspace key by default);
- Gunsight FOVs have been corrected for all tanks;
- German fighter pilots of the Battle of Moscow, Battle of Stalingrad and Battle of Kuban have a new visual model and a sidearm during Summer (new Winter model, also with a sidearm, will be added later when it is ready). Because of this, the default camera position and user-customizable snapviews (.svc files) were changed on Bf 109-G14, Bf 109-K4, Me 262-A, Fw 190-A3, Fw 190-53, Fw 190-A8 and Fw 190-D9. The updater should overwrite the old files for these planes with the new updated ones for you, but in case this action was blocked by antivirus software on your PC and you see a wrong view in the cockpit of these aircraft in the game, please copy the new default .svc files for these aircraft from \data\LuaScripts\snapviews\defaults to \data\LuaScripts\snapviews manually. If you haven’t customized the view positions on other aircraft, you can just copy all the files from snapviews\defaults to snapviews folder;
- Bomb holders on both Bristol Fighters appear correctly depending on the ammo loadout;
- Pedals on both Bristol Fighters appear correctly in a neutral position;
- The issue that made the detached parts of Flying Circus aircraft invisible in the multiplayer has been found and fixed;
- Fw 190 D-9 canopy glass appear correctly at medium distances;
- Fw 190 D-9 oil on windshield visual effect has been restored;
- Destroyed static KV-1 model won’t have white tracks when viewed from a distance;
- Tank turret turn indicator won’t visually ‘jump’ when passing the back position;
- APHE rounds stopped by the armor won’t damage outside objects;
- Train wagons won’t appear detached from the locomotive in some missions;
- Guest crew members in multiplayer will correctly hear the sound of the tank turret turning;
- Guest crew members in multiplayer will correctly hear the sounds of the hatches closing or opening;
- Certain HE rounds explosions can be heard from an aircraft cockpit;
- The arm model has a correct sidearm in it in VR mode;
- The arm model won’t drop a shadow when there is no body rendered;
- The arm model has the correct size in VR mode;
- Missing road segments that sunk inside the terrain have been corrected on Kuban map;
- Random CTD in multiplayer fixed in case when other player tank have been spawned.
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Hello Everyone!
Summer has finally come to us, but this is not a reason to relax and slow down - the work continues. Work is going on in many directions at once, especially now, when in the next big update, we will see two major events. First, the readiness and release of the American P-47D-22 “Razorback” fighter, which will mean the beginning of the Early Access stage of Battle of Normandy. Second, this is the completion and release of the German tank destroyer Sd.Kfz.184 “Ferdinand”, which will mark the completion of all the planned tanks in Tank Crew. Although, this does not mean we will stop working on it, more improvements will be made in the coming months, several are being designed and prepared now.
Several aircraft, six in total, both for BON and a Collector’s aircraft, are currently under development. The P-51B, P-47D-22, C-47, Spitfire Mk.XIV, Typhoon Mk.Ib and Hurricane Mk.II are all on the production line at once, many of them are in a fairly high degree of readiness. For those who keep asking about the status of the Hurricane, today we will show you a couple of Work in Progress screenshots of the cockpit:
Creating new aircraft is not the only thing our team is busy with right now. Having finished work on the airframe damage model airframe and control linkages, we smoothly proceed to the development of a more detailed model of fuel systems and their damage. After completing the next iteration of improving lower level logic for air combat AI fighter aircraft - maneuvering and aiming, we have moved on to improvements in matters of the upper level - the choice of targets and operational solutions. Work on the creation of the “Battle for Normandy” map has been launched on all fronts, its borders have been defined, a prioritized list of cities and airfields has been compiled, work has begun on the creation of ground equipment, and a list of development sites is under final approval before production begins. All these works are proceeding in accordance with the approved development plan and, at the moment, we have no serious deviations - we hope that this will continue in the future.
In parallel with this, work continues on updating the flight crews for all previous projects, and a German pilot in early winter uniforms will be ready soon. And at the same time, owners of the U-2VS airplane, we have some good news: a special and famous pilot model is ready for this aircraft in three uniforms (summer pre-1943 and 1943+ and winter). However, such news, of course, is better to see than to read:
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Beautiful! She looks nothing like the manga waif that developers like to use for female characters. She looks like what she was, a very young woman thrust into the fight for her nation. Respect!
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Gloves are on…can’t tell if she’s single…what?
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Okay guys, stay focused! There is a war on 
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You have no idea how hard it is to not potentially post something contrary in regards to this.
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I know you’re trying to get me banned.
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Shes great, but can she pilot the Yak-1???
Great job. Is this a first for women?
Sadly, no, she’s tied to the U-2S. For now.
I don’t think the night witches were the first time women took part in aerial combat, but I may be wrong.
I did read somewhere that women can potentially make better fighter pilots, as they, on average, can take a little more G than men. On the other hand, have you seen my wife park the car?
I Wonder if Jester would mind if he’s Replaced???..Hmmmmm??? 