EXCELLENT!!

I see a few things in there that I specifically asked for .. and I know that tey weren't added specifically for me but Thank YOU!

Lots of goodies in the latest update!

I'm particularly pleased about the new kill markings, but only because I asked for them and contributed some prototypical graphics to help make it happen.

From what I can tell we've got:

* Improved P-38L cockpit
* Changable UI background (any ability to have custom backgrounds?)
* Widescreen support
* More control settings, including full left and right rudder, and improve trim controls.
* Prop pitch on HOTAS
* Ability to make and save screenshots as tga or jpg.
* Ability to overlap FMB map view and cockpit view, with map partially transprarent.
* Morse chat messages on server
* More server options - Mission info HUD and Kill info HUD
* Pilot head movement sensitivity for Track IR
* Ability to set UI color, transparency and images.
* Loads of new FMB options - new units and default skin options among other things.
* New loadouts for A-20
* Night Vision views for map and map overlay.
* Ability to allow padlock for just ground or air targets (any possibility of being able to padlock ships?)
* Historically restricted shared kills.
* Historical kill markings.

These at least were available before. The last two are available by modifying the conf.ini.

Yes, it's mostly taking options from the config.ini that had to be manually set through lines hardly anyone ever bothered with and give it a decent interface. Another thing that should have been like this in version 1.0.

Widescreen!!! Oh Yes!

Yes, as it had been:
Custom background only for menu area (GUI background), changable manually via putting a picture in 'Missions' folder. Unfortunately not possible via integration in GUI setup.
Splash screen will stay fixed.

The rework of the backgrounds was needed due to the widescreen support.
New backgrounds will have a matching version for 4:3 too of course - so it stays unique.

Undoubtly the game gets a kind of new look by this. We know, we cannot please everyone with these new GUI features, but I think, most will welcome it in any way. As usual we are open for critics and suggestions after the release. ;)

The beauty of all this is if you use HSFX you can have some cake and eat some too..

http://file.walagata.com/w/bearcat/splash_gui.jpg
Custom Splash under HSFX 6.0.15
http://file.walagata.com/w/bearcat/splashmis.jpg
Custom Mission screen .. which was doable all along....

Great stuff guys.. It still floors me that this sim and this community has been a part of my life for a decade and shows no sings of abating. :D

.. and still without a decent competitor in WWII aviation!

(sorry CoD or what it's called now) I feel like a traitor, to a great developer, but I bought it on steam, as support, and my comp couldn't handle it that well, and uninstalled quite a while ago (while IL2 is glued to my drive.. and to be honest 300+? planes, well modeled, or <20 (maybe a lot better modeled, both on FM and visials!?)

I can't afford a new computer for just one sim! So I continue to embrace this one.. and salutes the continues effort!

Isn't there a couple of P-36 Hawks in the works?

Yep... the Hawk-75 with a Finnish cockpit. Pretty excited to see it!

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...33&postcount=2