Insuber, have you tested the 109 for hearing the Merlin engine at all? I am curious as to if this also occurs. btw, I am not defending this bug, I am defending the implication that RAF pilots are cheating because they open the canopy to hear, not see. To suggest that 'the only explanation' for avoiding you is hearing the 109 is poor form. Most of my late breaks come from a squadron buddy telling me to break, canopy open or not, or are you also saying that the guy you are trying to shoot is definitely flying alone too?

I suggest to all 109 pilots who are complaining about this that they should fly higher and faster, approach from the sun blah blah you're making mistakes, blah blah, improve your shooting, blah, it's the pilot not the plane........:rolleyes:

Oh, about De Wilde. Command had terrible trouble convincing pilots that DeWilde was not more effective than other incendiaries. They proove this at the firing ranges but pilots were insistent and command caved in to demand to raise the supply. It was a placebo.

S!

You do not hear the Merlins in a Bf109 unless they pass you really close. Really have to spot them so keep head on a swivel. Add to that planes are disappearing at certain ranges and fighting is more of a chore than an exciting challenge.

What is your graphic settings? I notice this bug with medium object detail settings only. If you have same LOD bug, you have two opportunity:
- edit the conf.ini, the meshshowlod=1 solve the bug, but you will drop lot of pfs
- set the object detail back to high, meshshowlod=0

(I tried both, the LOD bug disappear, but i get lot more fps with the high detail and meshshowlod=0 settings)

Osprey - I don't imply for sure that blue pilots are morally superior to red ones, or viceversa. I"m sure that you personally are a fair player, like the vast majority of Il2 players. I have no hidden agenda, I just find this bug very very annoying and so serious to change the game rules. As far as flying higher blah blah etc I see the sarcasm, but it won't help solving this bug.

As far as the 109, I can't hear a damned Merlin at 50 m with closed canopy ... luckily!

Cheers!

this is a bug that needs to be fixed

the LoD problem should not be present on medium settings

(the meshshowlod is a nasty work around mention months ago, but creates significant other problems, its a hack not a fix )

This is the best Apha test patch so far :grin:
Congrats to everyone working on the project! And thanks to ATAG for a good server. Tierd of flying over the channel so i got the Dunkirk mission as a favorite atm :)

Here is a short film of my getting revenge over a BF strafing the airfield ;)

NB! best to watch in full screen HD :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECD-b...ature=youtu.be

Your movie confirms how clearly you can hear the 109 engines with open canopy, and even the impacts of your rounds on the enemy a/c ...

What kind of "significant other problems"?

Buy this game yet
 

So I've been waiting and waiting to buy this game....for it to be a playable, enjoyable game. Are we there yet? From posts it looks like FPS issue is fixed, most graphics glitches are fixed, most serious FM issues fixed, and (I think except for medium settings) LOD bugs fixed. What does the community think?

-Bornflying