4.12 & 4.12.1 Appreciation Thread
 

THANK YOU TD for this great patch

A lot of things have been fixed/added and I'm LOVING IT

First off, the .50cal bullet/vapor trail is EXCELLENT. I can feel the .50 cals now and can actually hit targets more like I would with 20mm armament


The smoke and engine fire effects are really realistic. . Almost looks like something from a ww2 guncam lol. Well done!



MACH RELATED DRAG is SUPERB!!!!. FINALLY planes like the P-47 have their dive advantages. I completely dusted a spitfire in a dogfight today which is how it should be when diving with a P-47.

Loving the new GUI interface also. Looks way prettier


Also REALLY looking forward to a custom sound-pack once someone makes one.

Again 4.12 is excellent. Thank you for a job well done



Team TD you really should have your own website with a donation button, I'm pretty sure the entire Il2 community would contribute

Haven't explored much yet, but the engine startup smoke is fantastic!

TD can't take any money, but if TD guys, individually or collectively, have a favorite charity, let us know. I'd be happy to contribute. You guys ought to get something more for your work other than our whines, complaints, and occasional praise. ;-)

Cloyd

PS You guys can PM me if you prefer.

EDIT: As an example, there was a great program at Mission4Today to contribute to "Make A Wish, International" when Joppe, a respected member of our community lost his battle to cancer at the too young age of 19. "Make A Wish" got him a flight in a P51 shortly before his passing.

Seriously, I don't think enough praise can be heaped on these guys. They certainly deserve more than our gratitude, that's for sure.

Why can't they accept donations with something like a paypal donation button..that's something completely separate from the game, 1c, maddo games, and Oleg

I agree.. I tested this out in the P-47 and I was amazed.. No more having Zeroes catching me in a dive in my Corsair.. The P-47 seems to handle better IMO.. I need to make some more stick adjustments for the Corsairs and the Mustang though.. Do the hit effects on the wings seem to be a bit too strong to you? I took a hit on myh wing in a Mustang from a 109 and I was sent into a roll along my roll axis of almost 180 degrees.. at various times it has been a little less but in 4.11.1 this was not the case... The plane would dip from the impact .. but not like it does now.. Has anyone else noticed this..

Artillery spotter??? Artillery skills levels? ah? easter egg DT!?
I love that!!!!
Great adition!!!!!!

Wait, wait...wut?

You serious?

Legal contract is why.

Check it!!!

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7237/w5pf.jpg


Artillery is linked to spotter plane somehow. I can t made it work.

A HUGE thank you to all involved with Daidalos Team for all their effort and hard work that has gone into this superb update.

Thanks Daedalus Team! Just had a dogfight in a P47-D vs BF109Ks. I was able to out dive the 109s on a number of occasions but ended up getting hit in the right wing and started losing fuel. I got off a shot at a 109 head on while damaged and got a kill. Realising I was losing fuel fast I headed for the nearest airfield. On approach my port gear failed to deploy. I tried to lower it manually but there was nothing doing. I made the landing on the remaining wheel. Just after touchdown the remaining gear gave way. As I rolled along the concrete runway the sparks ignited the leaking fuel. I was able to bail out of my poor P47.
Quite simply the best experience I have ever had in IL2 and just what I have been looking for!
Keep up the amazing work!

Huge thanks to TD, the squad is having a blast with it and everyone's especially loving the new effects + native widescreen support (no more me walking through how to edit the conf.ini with everyone!). FMB additions are a huge step forward too.

Can't say it better. Thank you!

Thank you TD for all your effort in making this great patch! You guys ROCK!

Thank You DT
 

Thank you Daidalos Team for the many hours, frustration and commitment you have put into this patch.
Your work has kept iL2 FB as still my favorite software, period!!. Wish I had the skills or something to contribute to 4.13.
Again, thank you very much.
God Bless you all!!

Artillery spotting is enabled for AI only. Check the attached mission.

Yeah I think the 4.12 P-47 is the closest to reality that the plans has ever been.

Thanks FC!!!
I knew it I knew it!!!
This is a test for more triggers in a near future isn´t it?
Thanks DT!!!

Is it me or did you guys do something with the renderings.. It is easier to track moving AC from above now.. it looks more natural.. Before it was kind of hard to track objects down low... it is by no means easy peasy now.. but it just seems to me like my eyes catch the motion better under 4.12 than previous versions.. I still loose them if I look away for too long.. but the lateral motion is easier to spot.

Hey FC, works great.
I guess that Arty spotter is part of a bigger feature thath couldn´t make in 4.12
Is this true? Can we wait human controlled artillery spotter in a near future???

We can accept donations, it's common misconception that DT can't take money but that is not the truth. We CAN'T SELL PATCHES, patches have to be free.

Despite that it is not our practice to accept donations, you can always give that money you wanted to donate to charity of your choice.

But if you have burning desire to spend money on Il2 you can always pay for features and 3d models you want to be added to the game. Couple of planes have been added to the game that way. Of course, this is not limited to TD members only, you can hire programmers and 3d modelers of your choice and if their work is done by required standards we will gladly accept it and include to the game.

I didn't have time to enable spotting for humans in 4.12, there were too many other things that had to be done before. (More commands in comms menu,reworked artillery accuracy)

Thanks for your answer FC.
This is THE feature in 4.12 patch. A mission builder knows it is a revolution, and maybe more is almost there. Heyyyyy we got something like triggers after 12 years an DT did it!!!

About givin´money...well...just ask...give us a way to send it. There are comunity projects on the way that would need it. DT would surprise about how many il.2 fans around the world are willing to support with money the sim patching.

So beautiful!
 

Well i had the occasion to go deeper in the exploration of this patch, and i have to say that the game was never as powerful as it is now.

The effects and AI are phenomenal! This no longer is an old sim.

I fell in love with this sim again, poor me i'm an IL2 junkie again :) ...

TD YOU ROCK!!!!!!THANK YOU!!!!!

Excellent job done on this update, love the AI, UI and new effects, thanks also for the formation options.

It's great to see the burning embers and smoke in crashed aircraft from so high up.

Atlast you feel like you've destroyed a MT when ground pounding.

Just built several missions on different maps with a variety of A/C, the AI behaves much more human-like, whoever is programming the AI deserves his own car park space at TD.inc. ;)

Great effects on the bullet hits too and just try torpedoeing a liquid cargo ship, compared to the dry cargo ships.(sounds kinky)


All round thumbs up from me, i know there's one or two bugs need ironing out but what a great update.

I can't say it any better than the Spanish...nachos grassyarse!

Bet ya didn't know i was multi-lingwill ;)

Thanks
 

Thanks for 4.12 DT! Good work! I appreciate you guys!

The fire effects are absolutely great!

Thank you
 

Once again you rock!

What a great flight simulator. I love it.

Thanks again TD!

This small update/bugfix mechanics may work great to keep the sim alive, don't you think?

Wow TD, your patch is so great.

I do not know, it changes the simulator in a way it feels so much better than before!

You guys are doing a really good job. Thanks to you, this game will never die and will become even more awesome.

1000 thanks to you and all contributors!
Keep the good work!

To even show you my appreciation, I will tell you a little true story;

I played a lot with Il2 yersterday and today with my little nephew.
He is 7 . I am teaching him to play IL2 since 2 years. He loves this simulator, I made him try other simulators like MSsim, MSflight and Vehicle Simulator but he wants to fly only with this sim.

We flew with the Ki45 , PE8, and B5N mostly free flight, we had so much great time. Maybe he will become a pilot and be skilled thanks to piloting warbirds in this sim!

See? even a 7 year old boy loves your work!

7 year old is exactly our target age group.
:)

Great patch and many thanks for it. Takes the game to a whole new level. Thanks again.

You got it!
In fact , he was impressed by the marks on the ground which occurs when we land without landing gear,

I told him:
"see what happens if you forget your landing gear?"
:):)

Thanks Again TD
 

Having fun exploring the magical new toys and effects!! I am just thrilled.

Props for the P-38 pit repaint, looks great. I love that bird, now just an excuse to make more missions.

4.12.1 rules! With splendid flight models, new effects, addition of customisable sounds and new plane types, mods are now 120% redundant and obsolete. I have to admit though... I was kind of hoping for a flyable M.S. 406, but oh well.
:cool:

Great job on the TTTO, having a blast with this.

It's a bit late, but thanks to TD for the historical kill flags and shared kills.

And, thanks for giving me credit even though you guys did most of the work.

Fantastic as always
 

Hey TD, you rule:

This sim is so much better since the last patches you made, its like you made it a new one :)

THANK YOU so much!

Agree - it's friggin awesome that we still get updates for the most epic flight sim of all times.

At times I forget to play IL2 and spend time in forums for upcoming flight sims "waiting for the grail". Then I realize we already have it :)

Great smoke FX. Fires a little bleached out though... and the terrible clippings broke the fire FX more than once for me.