IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey Patch for PlayStation 3
 

Following considerable player demand, 1C Company and 505 Games announce an upcoming patch for the PS3 version of WW2 flight shooter IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey that will issue a number of fixes to problems reported Sony console owners. The patch is currently in QA and will be released as soon as possible. Watch out for confirmation of its release date.

The most notable fixes will relate to:
- Multiplayer disconnections and performance drops fixed
- Voice chat issues relating to more than 12 players with headsets at any one time
- Keyboard support and full mapping for all buttons
- Performance boosts for the Berlin missions
- Fixed occasional freezes in single player campaign
- Improved handling for the Mustang P-51
- Improved enemy AI
- Extended support for PC flight sticks
- New separate controls for guns and machine guns

Awesome! Looking forward to trying out the keyboard mapping, and the improved MP. And the independant cannon/MG control will be very handy :grin: Thanks very much Anton and co!

Just one question: you say "the most notable fixes".... does that mean there are more? Any chance you could fill us in?

Full list of updates will appear closer to the release of the patch.

Thats fair enough..... but, just to pre-empt everyone elses question when they see the thread, I noticed that the fixes for MP scoring isn't listed.... I'm guessing its just an error, but could we just confirm that MP scoring will be fixed, before the trolls turn up and turn this thread into a giant whinge-fest.

MP scoring is fixed.;)

Cool!

Looking forward to see the rest of the list.

Great... now I'm assuming this same thing is coming to 360 at around the same time right? (obviously with exception of things that only the ps3 supports)

Nope, the 360 patch will be after the PS3 one as far as we have been told.

pardon me for asking , but what is the point of adding keyboard controls for a game that is mapped just fine to a controller?

why didnt they just give us a hotfix for the crash bug RIGHT AWAY when the game was still being played online instead of willy nilly with this playstation shit that wont improve the experiance?

The game IS still being played online. There's a massive tournament going on with the PS3 community at the moment. Can't speak for the Xbox, but there are plenty of people playing on the PS3.
As for the keyboard options... why not? Some of us will find it quite useful, especially the guys with flight sticks, as it will make it a lot more like a PC flight sim.