Il-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs Of Dover BETA Patch v 1.03.15527
 

It's here! Here's the readme:

BETA NOTE
* RUSSIAN README: Извините, не успеваем перевести!
* ENGLISH README: This readme is only partial;
* SOUND: Still working on the content for the new engine, but many of the features are already present in this build;
* MAPS: No new missions are provided for these in the beta version of the patch.

MAIN
* Drastically reworked graphic algorithms dealing with in-game color;
* Rewrote the sound engine from scratch;
* Added three new multiplayer maps: Steppe (medium), Fields (small), and Scimitar (small);
* Updated multiplayer GUI to allow users to easily select a position in an existing plane.
* Added two new aircraft - Bf. 109 E-4 and Bf. 109 E-4/B. These two are equipped with MG/FF-M cannons and so make use of the famous Minegeschoss.

AIRCRAFT - MAIN
* Reworked routines for gyro bombsights;
* Removed allusion to Engine 4 from He 111 model;
* Improved memory consumption for multi-crew aircraft;
* Airborne status is now checked correctly even if the aircraft in question departed prematurely;
* Landing status should be applied correctly when ditching in water;

VISUALS
* Reworked bombardier cockpits in aircraft so affected (He. 111 and Ju. 88) to accomodate new Lotfe gyro routines;
* Small caliber bullet hits on the ground now show difference in material being hit;
* Modifications in Blenheim's damage visuals;
* Added a range of visual SFX for higher-caliber guns;
* New bombsight visuals in Blenheim bombardier's cabin;
* Returned the famous Il-2 stall sound effect;
* Doubled the distance at which the tracers can be seen.

PHYSICS & A.I.
* Increased Lotfe bombsight gyro operational limit to 15 degrees of aircraft roll / pitch;
* Lotfe type bomb sight now stabilizes aiming platform to horizontal plane;
* Removed sudden jump in view angle when viewing through Lotfe ocular and moving bomb sight elevation for the first time in the flight;
* Increased side slip input limit to +/* 30 degrees for the Lotfe bomb sight;
* Made Kurssteuerung mode 2 for level bombers. This mode will also stabilize the aircraft in level flight;
* Reworked motor startup routines to accomodate new options available in the new sound engine;
* Adjusted ricochet angles on firm surfaces;
* Redesigned bomb sight in Blenheim and made it easier and more realistic to use;
* Blenheim bomb sight plane is now adjustable to reflect changes in plane AoA in level flight. Correction is applied automatically over a period of sustained flight and can compensate up to 3 degree changes in plane attitude;
* Fixed issue where overstress would inflict damage to airframe regardless of the Vulnerability difficulty setting.

NETWORK
* Changes to bombs' detonators setup will now be carried over once applied without the need to rejoin the server;
* Increased Lotfe bombsight gyro operational limit to 15 degrees of roll / pitch. This will give more tolerance to aircraft maneuvers as strict limits put too much obstacle to communication between bombardier and pilot while playing on-line;
* When flying as a bombardier, you should now use "Aircraft - Drop Ordnance (Bombs)" key (instead of "General - Fire Current Weapon" key) to drop bombs. This will remove confusion of on-line bombardier players who could not drop bombs using the key we're accustomed to.

AIRCRAFT - MISC.
* Decreased bombsight altitude indents by ten times. This will give you more control of the altitude input and make bomb sight aiming more precise;
* You can now switch off the boost cut-out control in Spitfires.



Download links - RUSSIAN
The file is 499 MB (524,281,733 bytes)
torrent: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=55442AUK
direct link (megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CCGAAQ9T


Download links - ENGLISH
The file is 499 MB (524,287,214 bytes)
torrent: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JLF4FU6J
direct link (megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MA26GNU1

Yay, Thanks Luthier.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

woohoo

Indeed, Yipee.

~S~

Unexpected :)

Arghh! What good is my 100Mbit fibre with only 3 people sharing the file ;)

extraordinaire !

Yay! <3

yesssssssssssssssss

Call me silly but will this work if im using steam? What do I do?

Let the freakout begin!

JD
AKA_MattE

Yee f##n Ha!

yeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

f****ng s**t it had to be now that i'm waiting for a 4h rendering to finish!!

thank you Luthier and team:mrgreen::cry:

Thank you Luthier

thank you:cool:

Excelent!

Any servers able to run the patch or is this a singleplayer only?

S!

Well, was worth use the time waiting working on my BMW M5 :) Now time to download and test before bedtime :) Thanks Luthier & Team!

Is the torrent working for anyone?

Awesome. Many thanks!

nice. Test it out boys.

I hope there's some performance increases as well?

let's see.. no word on the radio comm?!!

Thank you. I'm glad i have one extra day off.:grin:

I think we better wait for a direct link, 1 seeder and more than 80 leechers will take ages to download it :D

Guys plz seed when done....Plz

ja was sogiii

Thank you...

looks like good times for the bombers! :)

Yippee, thanks Luthier and team :grin:

PPP

Yea and the Germans:rolleyes:

Very welcome list of changes and fixes. I hope the gyrocompass in the 88 is also included, seeing how most of the bombers got some love. Also, the Blenheim will now be useful as a level bomber too.

I'm off to download and test it, thanks for the continued support and keep up the good work.

Also, thread is now sticky.




You manually download the file to your hard disk, then manually extract it (it's usually a compressed .rar file) to

(your steam parent folder)\steam\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover

It will ask you if you want to overwrite some existing files, click "yes".

If you want to roll back to the previous version, run a file integrity check through Steam and it will revert back to the latest non-beta version.

Thank You team so far !
Keep up the good progress :)
~S~

How long before its on steam?

Downloading at 0.6 KB/s lol:)

not for me

ok its flying now , eta 2 weeks 2 days haha . i know it will get faster , but 500meg is only a few mins download normally lol

Thanks.

300 KB/s :P

Sorry folks, nearly 700 leechers off of one poor me.

Direct download for English 60 seconds away!

We need Luthier to get his team to seed.

Wow!! Tnks

I see in the readme the E4 will have the Mineshells. How about the BF-110's? Did the BF-110 get minegeshos as well?

And here's the direct link for the INTERNATIONAL version

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MA26GNU1

Just going up now :) 150 KB/s and risen:)

downloading @300kbs :grin:

It wont be on steam mate...its a beta patch.

have a look at Blackdog's post above yours for instructions on how to install

:)

EDIT: What Cheesehawk said ;-)

He he, I was number 3 and now I have 1.2 Mbit/s after a slow start ;)

55% down...

Thx luthier and crew!

lmao watching the status on Deluge. Looks like Sweden will win this one ;)

How long left i have 9 mins :P

luthier any word on sli support ?

U lucky, guys, who are not from Russia))
It's because of 2 reasons.
1. Luthier came here first, then he went to russian forum)
2. Readme file is only english version:rolleyes:

Mazex - that you hitting 80% now?

grrrr... Wait for me guys!

1 min 05 now :) 86%

:mad: 4 mins

100% now! He he! Unpacking :)

Wow - the sounds are just as awsome as in Luthiers video (have tried the 109 first). The lighting is COMPLETELY different. France is bathing in sunlight and it looks warm!

Awsome patch so far!!!

Do us a favour guys, don't shut down your p2p as soon as it's finished......please

14mins to go, its flying :)

3.5 MB/sec im just about done :)

Thank you!

4min23sec

rgr bongo. Not to worry - will keep seeding. :)

Thank you.:grin:

Oh what to do HAHAHAHA no I will keep it up dont worry even though i have it via direct already :P

Thank you so much Luthier and team! We really appreciate it

You guys should be thanking me im uploading at ~170 kB/s :D

Thanks guys

Oh my God, you said the word that was not to be told... :D


Thank you Vit for the heads up! :)
Good to hear that sometimes[/b][/i] we have some priority in the eyes of Luthier





Many Thanks Luthier!



~S~

I'm sharing at 600 kb/s while I play :)

Im done :) now defraging
My up speed is 840 KB/s:)

Commentator on PA....

....mazex takes the win with a chap from Germany in second. Here comes the main pack pounding around the back stretch. Yes sir, hard to see with all the dust thrown up but you can hear the thunder as they race towards the gate...

Lol guys, sorry that my happy meter burst a valve but it's finally here.

Epic!

Cheers

Gromic

P.S. Happy testing everyone!

great news!

I love it - the Merlin is awesome too! And the gun sounds... Mmm...

Do not forget to defrag Steam\CloD directory after installation or performance can degrade. The patch is big and creates many fragmented files while installing that can result in stutters.

Thanks for the patch.
What about MP?
Will the server in MP have to have this also to be able to join there server?

What on earth is that for? To Luthier thanks for the update and thank you for giving it to us before your fellow country men, I appreciate it.

Keep the good work Luthier!!! thank you for keep it live...

I can´t install it now... someone can put any comment about? record of sound´s... anything??? UUFF I´m eating my finger´s... ;-)

Ooowwwhh! SHUT UP!

Better, follow your advice from post #73.

What?? At least they are still there, working an improving it... the past is the past... I look forward to future...;)

Yaaaay!!

So glad this sim is still alive and kicking.. :cool:

Thx Luthier

Mike

Done.:-P

Rapidshare link fpr the English Version
 

Rapidshare link for the English Version https://rapidshare.com/files/3765109...2COD_15527.rar

I am at work so can not get access at this moment so let us know how it is guys, please. PRETTY PLEASE WITH CHERRIES ON TOP!

:)

Awesome - thank you Luthier and team for your hard work, now off to do some flying :)

sweeeet

Excellant!

GREAT!! Thanks Luthier and all the team!

MUCHAS GRACIAS MUCHACHOS!!

Regards

Well done team

Ok first patch thoughts.

1) Terrain colour is a lot better.
2) Shore line looks much much better
3) Sounds are are massive improvement, though not tested everything yet.
4) FPS took at hit, pre patch on Blackdeath trk, with everything maxed out at 1920X1200 I would average 57FPS, now Im at 47FPS so quite a drop.
5) Tree shadows still flickering but dont seem as bad
6) Still no FSAA???

Tree,

How's the stuttering/graphics loading times? Any change from previous?

Cheers for the heads up tree, did you test SLI? I guess with no FSAA there is no fix for SLI/Crossfire.

Wait, wait!!!! what's with the Steam, when it will download from Steam?????? :confused:

It wont until the Beta patch is made official... Maybe monday?

You have to Download and install yourself.

This is a beta patch. The steam version will come out after this has been tested in the community and will automatically download and install.

If you want to try the patch out now, head to the sticky topic at the top of the forum and download it (500mb). Then you will need to extract it over your game files.

Im going to run some test now buddy, loading times seem a tad longer but stuttering seems better, but more tests required at the moment.

I thought it was stated somewhere that using old tracks after a patch didnt always translate well, how are FPS during actual play, the same drop?


At work so cant test myself :)

Bliss have you updated your server yet?

Please say yes, please say yes!!!

maybe people should not sync with the steam cloud while using this beta .. just a thought ..

Fuel load out in single player is still broken.
Flickering shadows is actually a little worse, when I flew an SP mission.

Stuttering is still there but only when flying low.
Channel colour is a lot better.

....and did I say that the sound is good.... its a lot better.:grin:

AI.... is still poor.

E4 turns like a spit!! But being a blue pilot im not complaing!! :grin:


oh Fraps works again!!

I won't be home for a couple hours :( Hopefully someone else can get to it b4 then.

many thanks for this desired patch. I hope to return to fly with this sim.