4.13 release
 

Dear IL-2 fans,

sorry for long waiting, but better now than never :)

http://s12.postimg.org/4wlr77f25/413.jpg

download:
INT: International version
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B94...ew?usp=sharing
RU: Russian version
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B94...ew?usp=sharing
DS: Dogfight Server
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B94...ew?usp=sharing

change log:
(Please ignore index RC4 in name of files, its full version)

Also note after installation the splash screen shows v4.13 RC04 This is normal till hotfix is released.






.

Thank you! :D

Greaatttttttttt!!! thank you all involded!!!

COOOOOOOOL!!!:o

Thank you very much guys for your hard work!

Cheers,
Ray

My Congratulation to Buster Dee and Monguse!!! Their Mighty Bird is on sky now!

Thank you very much gentlemen.

Thank you very much DT :grin:

Thank you very much Daidalos Team!:-D

Thanks to all at DT for your hard work.

Downloading now, but not getting any info on the size of the download. For those of us with poor broadband speeds it would be helpful to know the size and therefore an idea of the time it will take.

Also, is there an updated readme for the release ?

Thanks again.

Edit; size of file is 484MB

Thank you, guys!
And never mind about waiting. We should be able to understand the reasons, shouldn't we?

some about 483 mb

Fantastic. Well done DT and congratulations!!!

Wooooot!! Coolness!

Brilliant... this is why this game is still on my HD :)

Thank you DT:):)

Awesome! Thanks guys!

Awesome
 

Thank u so much TD, u guys keep this old gal at the very top position in ww2 simulation!

Any way we can get a link for that 4.13 readme file u guys had here before?

Lookin good... too bad the missing fuel gauges didn't make it. Then again, 2 weeks was and is a short time.

I had a birthday yesterday. One day delay doesn't matter. Thanks TD!!! ;) :-P

Happy birthday Mate)

I love you Daidalos Team, and I want to have your babies. :grin:

Thank you thank you very much ~S~

Yeah DT.

Tiss a good day for the Il-2 community.:-P

~S~

Thank you dt thank you very much :d

Any news about v4.14?
Sorry, my bad...
Yes, Thank You very much.
You are my heroes!!!
:grin::grin:

Tankyou Daidalos Team!!!
Your hard work will be very appreciated!
Great Day!

there are 4 New Guinea maps , not 2

Damn im at work, is there a 4.13 pdf somewhere to see whats in?

btw ... can someone madea mirror for that?

Btw thank you guys for your time and effort you put into this project. ;)

So many features, so much goodness. I personally want to thank you for the differential brakes most of all!

Daidalos Team,

Thank you for the hard work! S!

Gawd I missed this... love your work. downloading.

Thank you
 

Thank you very much guys. You are the best for the best flight simulator.

Thanks for the long awaited update, DT!

I think I've read before that 4.13 was going to include possibility to make search-lights point to specific direction, to home the night flights in.
It's not mentioned in the readme so it's not there, right?

Is there instillation instructions or a "read-me"?

Thanks guys worth the wait.

Thank you Team

You continue to breathe new life to an already amazing game

Great work

Does this work with C.U.P. over at SAS? Just curious...

Thank you DT. Your work is appreciated by many.

Thank you very much Team Daidalos and Ic :grin:

Cheers
MAX

Release day is like nerd Christmas - Thanks!

Looks great DT
 

Really like the B24D, drop tanks and bombs for the FW190D and the New Britain, New Guinea map. Working through all the other new bits and pieces.
Thanks,
DFLion

Big Thanx
 

A Big Thank you to all involved and thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work, it's much appreciated.

Sees "4.13 release" in the forum.

Head explodes.

Thank you TD

These are not lolly scramble toys as some may have pronounced them during the wait,
they are new colours with which to create missions in the FMB.



Can't wait to open it :-P :-P :-P:-P:-P

Thanks TD! :grin:

THANK YOU TD!
It has been along wait, but in the end worth it.
Keep up the good work!

WOW, new russian bombs are the shiznitte, no more mr nice guy hitting an airfield etc. gonna take a while to come up with a workable key settings for all the new bombsight stuff, i usuakky diont have anything set to shift letter etc.
wonderfull stuff TD, thank you!!

unable to download, I get none founded. all 3 site unable to down load states there is nothing there.

Definitely some nice AI improvements that aren't advertised in the patch.

* AI fighters vs. bombers now doesn't suck, and AI fighters actually make some intelligent attacks.

* As far as I can tell, bombers hold formation until the formation gets badly shot up.

* Ace AI gunners are now formidable, but not unbeatable. They're not too dangerous until you get close, but they will rip you to shreds at close ranges especially if you don't keep your speed up, and if you don't maneuver to make yourself a tough target.

* AI gunners don't fire during high-G maneuvers anymore.


I set up a QMB mission with 4 Ace P-40E vs. 16 Ace Wellington III and set my plane to autopilot. Arcade mode on.

On the first pass, the entire flight maneuvered to take the Wellington III flight at the right end of the usual "line abreast" formation, and my AI pilot made a lovely head-on pass from 12 o'clock high shot at the trailing bomber in the flight. Right out of the textbook!

The P-40 flight then maneuvered for shots from the flank against the same section of Wellingtons, jinking and weaving as they flew in to avoid fire and then making shallow "pursuit curve" attacks from 5 o'clock or 7 o'clock level.

The historically laser-like Wellington tail gunners started opening up at 700 meters (a bit long), but their fire was mostly inaccurate until about 100 meters out, and they had trouble keeping their sights on the quickly rolling P-40s. So, that's a sign that AI gunnery has been toned down.

Most of the flight made it, but my plane got bracketed by two of the Wellingtons at 100 meters or less. With dozens of bullets in the engine, it developed a huge coolant leak and the engine instantly died. But . . . NO FIRE or giant clouds of smoke. So, definitely a DM upgrade for the P-40!

The rest of the flight disenaged smartly and continued to attack, making high and level rear quarter attacks against the remaining Wellies in the flight until they were all shot down. They then turned their attention to the second flight and began to massacre them using very aggressive and fairly intelligent attacks.

Lots of good maneuvering using the P-40's superior roll, and lots of diving attacks from "high rear" just high enough to stay out of the cone of the Wellington tail gunner's guns.

I watched one P-40 follow an isolated Wellington into a half loop (!), following it at 6 o'clock high/level, and noticed that there was no defensive fire. Presumably the gunners were stuck to the bomber's roof by g-forces. If that's so, then another nice improvement.

Net result was 3 P-40's steaming from coolant leaks, 2 badly shot up enough that they had to crash land, with one returning to base, and one lucky survivor. 8 Wellingtons shot down out of a squadron of 16. Not bad for an ace vs. ace AI QMB mission.

The P-40 series is now officially the rugged warbird that it was always meant to be. Now let's see if they've fixed the DM for the P-39 series!

Thank you!
What a wonderful surprise on a saturday morning!

try this ...



DS
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/5WFA/4renxn8DA

INT
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/6f19/icAM4EYDm

RU
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/qNMw/GyEbjTHVA

I haven't been to the banana forum for a year, but I had to log in to say thanks to TD! You guys are amazing!

Outstanding! Phenomenal! Glorious!

Thank you All in Team Daidalos for your hard work in the past years for refining and adding free content of quality to the grand old Il-2!

Bravo!

FMB scrolling between cheifs?
 

hi, how do you scroll between cheifs in the fmb, i see the arrows but cant go from above or below item picked except as of usua method of the vertical scroll, also, fmb camoflage to world, tired a opel blitz truck on a desert map and its still in panzer grey etc, any tutorials/ideas??

It doesnt work either for me...:|

http://imageshack.com/a/img908/474/AnI1Rl.jpg

You knew this would be the first bird I tried...

:cool:

Love the new P 40s. Love the look, love the corrected roll rates, love it all.

Thanks Macwan for the great new model, Team Pacific for the wonderful NGNB map, Monguse and Buster for the beautiful B 24 and DT for keeping the best WW2 combat flight sim alive for us.

Next stop... B 24.

INT
https://yadi.sk/d/v9RIJX-4h7aDc

DS
https://yadi.sk/d/CW8Pk-7xh7aDi


How about this?

Thanks Sita !
Same result...
I think only a chinese host is suitable for China.
Anyway...

No Split-Ss please. Could damage the paint.

Horaaah! :grin:

Thank you! Amazing this game has come so far.

Do you have a QQ account? I can send it to you.

Thanks for the update. It is why I keep flying this sim.

I just finished downloading the file and haven't installed it yet. Have the fuel gages in the P-40E & M ever been fixed so that they work? They had a gauge on the left side of the control panel for the fuselage tank, and two on the floor (similar to the P-51) for the two wing fuel tanks.

Thank you so much for keeping this alive!

Alas, no, it seems. Same for early Yaks, G.50, Hellcats and probably others. This one isn't keen on flying over enemy territory with these planes...

I think in the case of the early Yaks IRL the fuel gauges were on the upper surfaces of the wings, on top of the fuel tanks themselves, and were viewed from the cockpit. That's why there's no gauge in the cockpit.

Can't speak for the others, though. Carry a stopwatch, lol.

Thanks much TD!

..Always look forward to enhancing older missions with new features and creating new ones on the spectacular new maps!

Thanks TD. I know that I am going to have a lot of fun exploring all the new features!

how do these work?
 

FMB showing proper skin of ground objects depending on the World.camouflage
teried desert map, got panzer grey trucks etc?

Added FMB scrolling between different units in object windows for chiefs
i can see the arrows but nothing happens when i click them etc?

thank you very much for all your work for IL2...
Buzz

Thank you Team Daidalos! The long wait was worth it :grin:

if some one need, here manual for 4.13 in Ru
https://yadi.sk/i/aC7g_09Ih84e7

I'd like to add another note of thanks to Team Daidalos. Once again, as they always have in the past, the processes of downloading and installation went very smoothly. Once again, the new features were instantly ready for action. Indeed, I've already added the flyable IK-3 to a set of single missions produced specifically with 4.13 in mind. The updated mission pack, based on the bombardment of Belgrade of 6 April 1941, is available at a sister forum:

http://www.mission4today.com/index.p...etails&id=5025

All I can say, is WOW! Cheers guys, wonderful work!

Thanks: Rob

Many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this release.

looking forward to trying 4.13 patch.


I have the Steam version of 1946 - will it automatically update via Steam as at present it hasn't?

OPB sight questions
 

1. i have set keys to increase and decrease fov but at top and bottom of screen the sight has its numbers cut off across the top, i have tried toggle fov as well, i can get it big or slightly smaller but not to fit completely to screen.
also is there any way to use it at night, toggle reticle has no effect and reticle is always black lines, never illuminated?

My eternal thanks to Team Daidalos for this wonderful, superb effort! It WAS worth waiting for.

Bravo! Thanks for the continued efforts :-)

Downloading into Steam version
 

You have to put the download into Steam yourself. Download the patch, open up the download application and very carefully select the correct path into Steam (its under Steam Apps, then common).

All working ok for me and showing the correct version on the opening screen.

DFLion

Thank You!


http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/k...pswqhcfbqp.gif

New torpedoes for the Russians,dual torps for a20 series, flares too. Tab gives drop info. Lots of goodies here, but no ordnance for field mod hurricane and no rockets or para grenades for pe2/3 series? Oh well, time to tinker and begin updating old missions to 413!!!! Any possibility for TAS Gage/changeable input for hud?

Thank you TD! B24 is great! I like your work since the beginning.

One question: since when there are so many Ju88 versions?
Ju 88 P-1 , A-1, A-5, C-2 (AI)?? I'm totally confused about the Ju-88s. :o

These new versions were added in 4.13.

A-1 - Early bomber version (shorter wings, less defensive ability)
A-5 - Stop gap bomber version brought about because the A-4 was not ready (has many features of the A-4).
C-2 - A gunship version with an array of cannons and machine guns up front.
P-1 - A prototype that saw some active use armed with a BK 75mm anti-tank cannon.

Have just d/loaded it. I'm going to do nothing this weekend but explore it and fly all the new aircraft. Or organise missions where I fly with (or against) the new AI aircraft!

Fun times ahead.


It's been said before, but I'll say it again. TD you guys are just LEGENDS!

Just adding my thanks for the hard work as well.

Daidalos Team's score=+1.
Beta testers score=-10...

Here is your Achilles' heel.

Sorry

Lol

:rolleyes:

The nicest thing about patch releases, is that the almost dead forum comes alive again!

And better so if there are bugs present! :P

You should really do smaller patches, with a lower testing time.
When you do things so big, problems also grow on an exponential way.

BTW, great Job!

Specially on the P40, always loved that bird, and now it seems that justice have been made! It's gorgeous to see it fly now.

Thank you for this detailed answer! Great! It would be really nice, to get a Ju-88 C as flyable (C-5, C-6, or the G-1)

But why they are not listed in the patch notes? (New AI-Planes)?

I know the Ju-88 P-1 is meant to be a tank buster but I couldn't help taking a crack at the new B-24D in one.....awesome!!! Single shot kills each time, even had one just explode in my face. I think some armor was added for it's intended tank busting mission as I took several hits from the gunners .50 cals and the damage wasn't as bad as I expected.

Looking at the Ju-88A-6, I thought that it was a mine clearing variant. Well, it apparently isn't! I won't spoil it, if you don't know it. What next? Jousting lances or dangling hooks? :)

I like the cockpit, head positions/views, instrumentation etc in the N1K1.

p.s. at least the P-40s a have fuel warning light, and with low rpm cruise, it's usually possible to fly home. An in-game stop watch with realistic sound effects would be a nice addition, though ;)

Even without Italy country, incredible!
We M.C.200 and M.C.202, maps of Donbass, Stalingrad and now Tobruk. I wonder what it takes to build a IT folder with a dynamic campaign or at least of single mission.
With all due respect for other countries, but it built the IK-3, aircraft built in 12 models but we have not even the cockpit of the Fiat G.55 and Cant.Z 506 and Cant.Z 1007.

Sorry for my english.

and we really missing any French plane .... (

I can only say a big thank you!!!.:grin:

ton.

Tony, cool down, although there's no officially released Italy folder, we can have one since 2004, and several Italian squads are supported ingame, and there's an Italian language pack, and Italy is quite well represented planewise. Frankly, much better than its traditional opponent Britain. I know because the Med is my favourite theater. :)

TD isn't a paid group. It's volunteer based. The reason the IK-3 is in the game is because a small group decided they wanted to build an aircraft that was meaningful to them. So they did it.

Most of the major Italian fighter types are represented as is at least one bomber. That's not bad. I'd love more too... but someone has to make them. If you're so inclined then please do. I'd love to see a G.55 cockpit :)

then please do?! I bought this game and see airplanes that have been built in 700 units without cockpit, but see a plane built in 12 units functioning, i do not think a better decision.
Never mind the planes, Italy does not even have a dynamic campaign and singles missions in this game.

What you (and I) bought is Il-2 1946. The rest is gift. I too would like to have more Italian planes and maps, but having some British and French planes to shoot at is more urgent. ;) And you'd better to ask for the Forgotten Countries mod, so that you could fly a G.55 against Messerschmitts if someone makes a cockpit. :-P