IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover

[Buzzard]

I Was Excited To See Another IL2 Game Coming Out A While Back Thought It Might Be Worth A Post =p

Here's The Announcement Trailer Pretty Old But Still

YouTube - IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover - Announcement Trailer

So Is Anyone Going to Get It When It Comes Out And Fly With Me ? huh huh =D

Here's The Site With A Few Key Features, I Was Thinking Only 15 Flyable Aircraft But Hopefully More Will Come If The games Any Good.
http://il2sturmovik.ubi.com /cliffs-of-dover/en-GB/game-info/key-features/

[Lt. Wispit]

Seen this on the Eb games website just last night, it says it has 3D scenery i think which would be a key part in me buying (then i can do some "runway/forest inspections...") Though when its only about 10 or so flyable planes and a couple (spit hurri, 109) are in every sorta WW2 game ill probably wait till an expansion comes with some mroe planes to fly lol.

Edit: I just seen that link the scenery looks amazing...ill get it when it comes down in price (had a slight spending spree the toher day and need to conserve my cash again).

[SamEEE]

Been waiting for this for the last 2 years. Has been plagued with delays/setbacks. Looks pretty sh!t-hot judging from the Russian version that was released last week. Has a few teething problems with FPS but they are ironing most of those out. A patch was released yesterday.

Here are some good references.

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=1 92 - use google translate
http://forum.1cpublishing.e u/forumdisplay.php?f=9 8
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/forums/91/1/IL_2_Sturmovik_Cliff s_Of_Dover.html

Lots of yanks having a QQ as it is not getting released in the states until the 20th of April to coincide with Ubisoft's on shelf release across the states.

[PistoffHamster]

Awsome been looking for a good combat flight sim with spitfire's, If i get it i'll be your wingman buzz, Stuff that you can be mine :P

[Python]

I've been lookin for a combat flight sim aswell, i did see this one when i was looking around the other day, might be worth it. I just need to get a decent joystick ( using a dse piece of rubbish that ive had to fix 10 times )

[mo0nbuggy1]

128 players online will be pretty intense. I might pick this one up next week, if the reviews impress me that is.

[Tommi]

looks sweet as bru!
no really, 128 omg me want!

[0.CHUGGA.CHUGGA.0]

I'm loving IL2 and Wings of Prey. WoP is damn pretty

[Daffan]

A lot of people are complaining about this games sound, from looking at 1C forum etc.

:'(

1 Question to you guys, is it pretty much the same game as Il-2 (minus all expansions, content and mod packs Ultra2.0 was awesome) ?

Just a graphics overhaul???

btw. this is the sound they are comparing to in the modded ones YouTube - update two

[SamEEE]

Completely brand-new engine. Physics, Damage and 3D upgrades.

[Buzzard]

Just Realized

http://store.steampowered.c om/app/63970/?snr=1_4_4__13

Only 49.99 Not Bad If ya Ask Me

[jacky7]

Wow Looks sweet

[SnR]

A review from one of the devoted Flight simmers i know
http://www.aef-hq.com.au/aef3/article/view.php?article_id= 572

[SamEEE]

http://i.imgur.com/iHua7.jpg
Ran out of rounds trying to finish off a HE111. Tried to shear off his tail with my wing. Apparently he won.


A review from one of the devoted Flight simmers i know
http://www.aef-hq.com.au/aef3/article/view.php?article_id= 572
It is true that the game is very rough at the moment. I have to run it on fairly low settings and dogfights above land are pretty much impossible.

That said, it is a gorgeous game and the damage modelling is the best i've ever experienced. Will try get some shots of my plane damaged soon!
http://i.imgur.com/oErYF.jpg

UPDATE:

Hurricanes out for an early morning patrol
http://i.imgur.com/AXrdO.jpg
The Hun spotted
http://i.imgur.com/SPgMd.jpg
Closer
http://i.imgur.com/IlZca.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NuY8s.jpg
Letting him have it.

Edit:
Ran out of MG again. Went in to clip off his tailplane with my wing. Success. Note he is flying backwards, tumbling and missing a pretty big chunk of tailplane.
http://i.imgur.com/fB6sn.jpg
Starting to get pretty good at parachuting.
http://i.imgur.com/tkLHT.jpg
Some assembly required?
http://i.imgur.com/ya2T9.jpg

[Whitty91]

Some assembly required?
http://i.imgur.com/ya2T9.jpg

LoL how can this happen??

I just got the game and I've been having some fun but i didn't think it would be this hard, every time i have complex engine management on the engine keeps dieing after 15 seconds of flight and the controls always seem to fighting me.

[McDethWivFries]

LoL how can this happen??

park brake being left on when opening the throttles wide? :plane:

[jamo128]

Top gun anyone?

;)

[Xavo]

Mixture Settings? Did props back then have feathering?

[McDethWivFries]

some of them did

[Razor]

you_wear_probably_ru nning_the_mixture_to _rich

spacebarisbroken

[Python]

im getting launcher has stopped working errors.... Just great.. a quick google says it could be steam not being run as admin on install or disabling uac or re installing steam into normal program files and not the (x86) ones..

[SamEEE]

LoL how can this happen??

I just got the game and I've been having some fun but i didn't think it would be this hard, every time i have complex engine management on the engine keeps dieing after 15 seconds of flight and the controls always seem to fighting me.

Was a bit heavy handed on the brakes!

Yeah I find myself baking the engine every time too. You've got to have the mixture just right for the revs & boost.
Prop pitch management can be a bit of a bastard too. I feel like it would be easier if you had axes for each control (pitch, mix and throttle).

So I just turned it off for now. Pretty hard to be worrying about all that crap in a dogfight!

http://i.imgur.com/wO9kf.jpg
Chasing a HE111

[Xavo]

Looks freaking awesome Sam, just a question. How long does it take to get into an actual engagement? Like from scrambling from your base, to just about to attack, how long does it take?

Also, can you do other missions like in Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3? Where you could fly a bomber over Germany or sink ships in the Channel?

[SamEEE]

Looks freaking awesome Sam, just a question. How long does it take to get into an actual engagement? Like from scrambling from your base, to just about to attack, how long does it take?

Also, can you do other missions like in Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 3? Where you could fly a bomber over Germany or sink ships in the Channel?

Its based on bomber and fighter intercepts but mainly these missions start in the air anyway. I've just been flying quick actions over the channel as the game chugs like a bitch over land.

Bomber intercepts and dogfights over water run pretty sweet. As it stands the game is pretty horribly optimised and the multiplayer server search doesn't work. But that said you can definitely see that this is a gem - even if a little rough.

[Xavo]

Thanks matey, sounds pretty good. Hopefully they release a patch soonish to fix the chugging.

[SlashAU]

Do you guys who like it play IL2: 1946?

Because honestly I think it's a disgrace that it's being released in such an unfinished state, and as a result of having to turn everything down, looks and plays like the old IL2s.

[VapoMan]

Do you guys who like it play IL2: 1946?

Because honestly I think it's a disgrace that it's being released in such an unfinished state, and as a result of having to turn everything down, looks and plays like the old IL2s.

Aparently the developers are short of money, by releasing it early they at least get enough money to finish it.

[SamEEE]

The old IL-2 was pretty crap in its released time. They've obviously got cashflow problems but they're a good developer. They're not just going to cut and run.

It'll be finished - just give it time.

[Poncho]

The old one went forever with plenty of work going into it.

I will get it, want to get a better flight setup first.

[Buzzard]

im getting launcher has stopped working errors.... Just great.. a quick google says it could be steam not being run as admin on install or disabling uac or re installing steam into normal program files and not the (x86) ones..

AVG Resident Shield Or Anti Virus Detects Launcher As A Virus, Allow it Through

Oh And UAC Who Has That On .... Turn It Off =p

[SamEEE]

Getting reamed by a Gladiator
http://i.imgur.com/RpOQRh.jpg

[Buzzard]

I Love Flying The Heartbreaker With The Women Inside With Her Arm Around Your Neck And The Canopy Open WHILE Fighting Against A BF-109 Trolol

http://img718.imageshack.us /f/launcher201104030459 502.jpg/
http://img684.imageshack.us /i/launcher201104030500 085.jpg/

[Python]

I fixed mine by simple verifying the game integrity in steam and it fixed it after a quick download to replace a file. Game seems interesting, cant seem to control the aircraft very well, strafing a bomber is very hit and miss, My joystick is more than likely the culprit for this though. Is it more or does it seem like some aircraft are there but unplayable? ( beaufighter, wellington etc) also appears some are unfinished? was flying around in the Spitfire IIa and it had no markings and untextured parts of the model.

[CHARGER_76]

Had to get it...even though i knew my POS PC was always going to struggle to play it. I chug along over water OK but FPS goes to poo when over towns.

Its very buggy. Very laggy. But so was Il2 in 2001. Maybe in a few years i will have a PC that can smash it.

Flight models seem good. Damage is great. Joystick seems sluggish - though i could probably fix that with some fine tuning.

This game will have a 10 year run. Lots of time for it to become a classic like the original.

They have a problem with distance modelling of planes. Its a hard thing. A speck is a speck -esp if you have tags turned off.

As of now i would give it a 3/10. But i know in the future that will become a 9 - i just have to spend the bucks to drag myself into this decade. I might wait till BF3 comes out though....

[Buzzard]

Well It Has Been Released Early Due To Rumored Money Issues. So They Getting The Money In To Finish It. So I'm Happy To Buy It Now And Give Them The Money To Finish The Awesome Project.

[SamEEE]

Had to get it...even though i knew my POS PC was always going to struggle to play it. I chug along over water OK but FPS goes to poo when over towns.

Its very buggy. Very laggy. But so was Il2 in 2001. Maybe in a few years i will have a PC that can smash it.

Flight models seem good. Damage is great. Joystick seems sluggish - though i could probably fix that with some fine tuning.

This game will have a 10 year run. Lots of time for it to become a classic like the original.

They have a problem with distance modelling of planes. Its a hard thing. A speck is a speck -esp if you have tags turned off.

As of now i would give it a 3/10. But i know in the future that will become a 9 - i just have to spend the bucks to drag myself into this decade. I might wait till BF3 comes out though....

Ilya Shevshenko has said that they will have a fix within the month for the performance issues.

[April 2 - Report on the work]

Removed from the main post of the old information about the daily progress. Work in progress, that's how things are.

1. Optimization of homes like the ready, it is necessary to test another day or two to make sure that does not add unexpected glitches. Houses have become so fast that the flight with full houses are now just a couple fpsov slower than the passage in general without homes.

2. Optimization of the forest is a little slower, but still looks optimistic. We'll add ustanovochku Variety of woods, which roughly speaking allows you to place various shrubs and trees from the landscape to plant some trees, what else would raise productivity. Otherwise, the LCS will be the order of magnitude faster due to some deterioration in the overall impression - long the trees will grow more slowly.

3. Optimization of the shadows - a separate problem from the houses (in test number 1 was measured without shadows). As it turned out, the problem is not in the code, as in the models, particularly in some cabins. Used to fine detail is very precise alpha, which hangs heavy on the brakes all the rest. Must provetsi inventory of all models, to identify all such places and to correct, and we have very strong growth FPSa everywhere, due to some loss in beautiful every fintiflyushek.

4. Support for SSI - do, as soon as the number 1 and number 3. As I have on my already written somewhere, it can be very rapid remonotom, and may require serious consultation with the manufacturers of the cards that will take much longer. I can not yet say for sure.

5. Mikrofriza over the landscape caused 99% of the trees. Work on number 3 of them will decide. Instant podzagruzki still remain in the game, as it is impossible to keep all the giant map in the memory of all time. It is necessary to dynamically load the required landscaping. This happens, in my opinion, once every 12 kilometers, and is smooth and size, so it will be very little noticeable.

6. Windows MP in the enclosure such as ready, even a protest for lice a day or two.

7. Cardinal Optimization graphics - rendering the selection of a single thread - a dramatic increase FPS roughly doubled. This work will take at least a month.

Thus, the plan is simple - to release next week is still small patches, which will include a number 1, 2, 6, and possibly number 3. Then, in the circumstances - is likely to support SLI will release along with the number 7 sometime before the end of April - early May.

And finally, I must apologize to you because I'm not very visible on the forums. This will continue until at least for the next mini-patch. Read I find the time and answer as it all comes out. Thank you for your support!

Source: http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=678 66

[Buzzard]

Pump Pump Pump .. Breath .. Pump Pump ! REVIVE !

Who Has This Game Installed Still ? After A Shocking Release, The Game Support Dropping Off And The Franchise Being Sold To 777 Studios A Mod Has Come Out making This Game Playable And Very Very Enjoyable.

The Mod Is:
Team Fusion v1 3.00 and 3.01 hot-fix !
http://theairtacticalassaul tgroup.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=1 00

Fixes Alot Of Issues In The Game That Really Really Ruined The Experience.

Also Check Out Their Forum For Other Cool Fixes n Tweaks To Make The Game Run Even Smoother.

One Thing I've Recently Done Is Downloaded Radeon Pro And Forced On Some Graphics Settings And Disabled In-Game AA To Gain Much Needed Frames.

Anyway

Would Be Very Very Keen To Get A Squadron Going On The ATAG International Server Sometime If Anyone Is Interested, Ping Is High But Its Populated And The Planes Still Go Down In A Ball Of Fire =D.