IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition - dominik
Hello pilots,
Land your machines for a moment and listen to what your control tower has to say! The new update 5.031 has just been released, bringing many bugfixes and adding a few features. Keep reading to know more!
==== CHANGE LOG ====
Bugfix: Pilots can now bailout from Tiger Moth when opening the side doors. [MicroWave]
Bugfixes Wellington: one CTD with unrealistic gunnery [MicroWave]
Added localizations for manuals and mission briefings. Please note that when Single Missions are updated by TFS it is not automatic that you will see the updated missions in your game immediately. This is because TFS will never delete any files that are in your "\Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover" folder! To get the updated Single Missions you must delete the existing missions in "\Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\missions\Single" while the game is not running. Next time you start the game the updated Single Missions will be copied from the game's installation folder (...\Steam\steamapps\...) into "\Documents\1CSoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\missions\Single" where you can play them.
Campaigns "Desert Hawks", "Eagles Over Tobruk", "On Ne Passe Pas!", "Rising >From the Ashes", "Their Finest Hour", "Their Greatest Challenge", and Single Missions "A Busy Morning", "Aerial Crusade", "Aftershocks", "As Above, So Below", "Attack of the Eagles", "Attack of the Kiwi", "August Attrition", "The Battle Goes On", "Battle on the Somme", "Christmas Convoy", "Corpo Aereo Italiano", "Corpo Aereo Italiano II", "Darkness Over Derna", "Dawn Over the Desert", "Defiant to the End", "Dusk Raid", "The Kanalkampf", "No Respite", "Royal Rodeo", "Solent Skirmishes", and "The Southampton Blitz": adjusted and added static objects for consistency, logic, and historical accuracy, revised and corrected weather settings and corresponding briefing text, corrected grammar errors in English briefings. [Cybermat47]
Campaigns "Desert Hawks", "Eagles Over Tobruk", and Single Missions "Aerial Crusade", "As Above, So Below", "Dawn Over the Desert", "Darkness Over Derna", and "The Old and the New": added three ships to berths at Tobruk harbour and added more static objects. [Cybermat47]
Campaigns "Rising From the Ashes", "Their Finest Hour", "Their Greatest Challenge", and Single Missions "A Busy Morning", "Aftershocks", "Attack of the Eagles", "Attack of the Kiwi", "August Attrition", "The Battle Goes On", "Christmas Convoy", "Corpo Aereo Italiano", "Corpo Aereo Italiano II", "Defiant to the End", "Dusk Raid", "The Kanalkampf", "No Respite", "Royal Rodeo", "Solent Skirmishes", and "The Southampton Blitz": adjusted front markers to be neater. [Cybermat47]
Campaign "Their Finest Hour" and Single Missions "A Busy Morning", "August Attrition", "Corpo Aereo Italiano", "Corpo Aereo Italiano II", and "The Kanalkampf": changed Hurricane (DH 5-20, 100 octane) flights to Hurricane (Rotol, 100 octane) flights to match photos of the actual individual aircraft depicted in the campaigns and single missions by serial numbers and/or skins, or photos of aircraft used by the depicted squadrons in reality. Updated slides, icons, and briefings to match. [Cybermat47]
Campaigns "On Ne Passe Pas!", "Their Finest Hour", "Their Greatest Challenge", and Single Missions "Attack of the Kiwi", and "The Kanalkampf": revised Stuka bases, waypoint speeds, and altitudes for consistency, historical accuracy, and to make it easier for player-controlled aircraft to maintain formation with the AI. [Cybermat47]
Campaign "Desert Hawks": Italian BR.20M flights replaced with German Ju 88 flights in missions 5 and 9 and updated static aircraft, slides, and briefings to match. Enemy aircraft in mission 5 reduced to lone aircraft at altitude of 4500m to reflect Sergeant R. K. Wilson's (No. 3 SQN RAAF) report of combat on 1/12/1941. Enemy bombers' target in mission 9 changed to newly added supply depot at Sidi Rezegh. Revised AI speeds in missions 8 and 9. [Cybermat47]
Campaign "Eagles Over Tobruk": grammar corrections to the English briefings of missions 2 and 3, revised AI, skins, tactical markings, and serial numbers for missions 1-5. Revised AI speed in mission 6. Revised starting time in mission 9 to 0701 hours and updated slide to match. [Cybermat47]
Campaign "Their Finest Hour": changed Stab III./JG 26's aircraft to Bf 109 E-3s in mission 05 to match photos of the the aircraft flown by German ace Adolf Galland when he led that unit. Gave the lead aircraft the skin "JG26_0III_Galland 13.8.1940.jpg". [Cybermat47]
Campaign "Rising From the Ashes": replaced 5./KG 30 with a generic unit meant to represent 1./KGr 106. II./KG 30 was in Scandinavia at the time of this mission, making 1./KGr 106 a more historically accurate choice for a France-based Ju 88 unit. [Cybermat47]
Single Missions "Attack of the Eagles" and "The Battle Goes On": lowered the AI skill level of one ace aircraft in each mission to veteran. [Cybermat47]
Single Missions "Corpo Aereo Italiano" and "Corpo Aereo Italiano II": all Hurricanes given new skin "Hurricane Europe Late 1940-Early 1941". No. 41 lead given new skin "TFS Spit IIa EBZ Observer Corps a02 (Black Left Wing).jpg". Remaining Spitfires given skin "Spitfire Europe Late 1940-Early 1941.jpg". Reworked No. 41 SQN waypoints to prevent aircraft flying to barrage balloon cables. [Cybermat47]
Single Missions "A Busy Morning", "Aftershocks", and "Dusk Raid": revised 4./ZG 76 and 6./ZG 76 slides. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "A Busy Morning": revised Stab II./JG 51 markings. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Attack of the Eagles": changed III./KG 51 to II./KG 76 so that Luftflotte 2 aircraft will not be escorting Luftflotte 3 aircraft. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "August Attrition": date changed to 23/8/1940, No.303 Hurricane flight replaced with No. 1 SQN Hurricane flight (303 is now flyable in the new mission "Battle for Biggin Hill"), flight leader of 7./JG 51 given the skin "JG51_7_Oesau 19.8.40.jpg" and appropriate markings. Briefings, slides, and callsigns updated to match all changes. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Battle for Biggin Hill": added new Hurricane and Spitfire VS He 111, Ju 88, Bf 110, and Bf 109 mission (90 aircraft in one dogfight/interception). [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Christmas Convoy": the AI speed on the last two waypoints for 804 NAS has been reduced to 296km/h (160 knots) to reflect the fact that the Martlet's airspeed indicator uses knots rather than km/h. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Martlets Over the Mediterranean": added new Martlet VS G.50 and Italian Ju 87 mission. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "The Old and the New": reduced number of No. 14 SQN Blenheims to three. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Raid on Tobruk": added new Ju 87, Bf 109, and G.50 VS Hurricane mission. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Solent Skirmishes": revised main slide and icon. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Unending Onslaught": added new Spitfire VS He 111 and Bf 109 mission. [Cybermat47]
Skins "Cannon Spitfire Europe Late 1940-Mid 1941.jpg" and "Spitfire Europe Late 1940-Mid 1941.jpg": updated to have sky-coloured pitot tubes. [major_setback and Cybermat47]
Skins "Martlet Royal Navy Generic (TFS).jpg" and "martlet Royal Navy -H 3676 (TFS).jpg": added to Martlet Mk III/trop. These skins represent Grumman F4F-3A Wildcats ordered by the Hellenic Air Force that did not arrive before the fall of Greece, and were taken by the Royal Navy as Martlet Mk IIIs. [LARRY69]
Skins "Setback's He111P Green prop Generic.jpg", "Setback's He111P white prop Generic", "Setback's He111P red prop Generic.jpg", and "Setbacks He111P yellow prop Generic.jpg": added to He 111 P-2. [major_setback]
Skin "1 Sqn JX-B P3395 Wittering October 1940.jpg": added to all non-tropical Hurricane Mk I Rotol and FB day variants. This was the aircraft of English ace Arthur Victor Clowes. [LARRY69]
Skin "1_Yellow_Spinner.jpg": added to all non-tropical Hurricane Mk I day variants. This skin represents an unidentified aircraft that can be seen parked next to P3395 in a photo. [major_setback and Cybermat47]
Skin "303 Sqn RF-F V6684 Northolt September 1940.jpg": modified for consistency with other skins. [LARRY69]
Skin "303 Sqn RF-F V6684 Northolt September 1940 (without Cartoon)": added to all non-tropical 100 octane and FB Hurricane Mk I variants. This aircraft famously carried a tally of all 126 victories scored by No. 303 SQN in the Battle of Britain, though this skin depicts it before the tally was applied. The skin "303 Sqn RF-F V6684 Northolt September 1940.jpg" has the tally present. [LARRY69]
Skin '73 Sqn U- W9293 Libya 1941 (TFS).jpg': updated with serial number for historical accuracy. [Cybermat47]
Skin "Desert Stuka 6.StG 2 T6-DP NHK (TFS).jpg": added to Ju 87 B-2/trop. This famous 'snake Stuka' of 6./StG 2 has commonly been depicted with the codes T6-CP or T6-DP. Both options are now represented in the game by skins. [LARRY69]
Skin "Hurricane Europe Late 1940-Early 1941": added to all non-tropical Hurricane Mk I day variants. This skin and its Spitfire counterpart depict the standard RAF day fighter scheme used from late 1940 to early 1941, with a sky-coloured fuselage band and spinner and black port wing underside. [major_setback]
Skin "JG3_0_von_Hahn 26.8.1940.jpg": added to Bf 109 E-4 and Bf 109 E-4 late. This is the aircraft of German ace Hans von Hahn. [LARRY69]
Skin "JG26_0III_Galland 13.8.1940.jpg": added to Bf 109 E-3. These are the colours of German ace Adolf Galland. [LARRY69 and Cybermat47]
Skin "Spitfire Europe Late 1940-Early 1941.jpg": added to all Spitfire Mk I variants and the Spitfire Mk IIa. [major_setback and Cybermat47]
Skin "TFS Spit Mk I, boomerang a1.jpg": added to all Spitfire Mk I variants. This skin carries the personal emblem of Australian ace Desmond Sheen. [major_setback]
Skin "TFS Spit Mk I, squirrel a2.jpg": added to all Spitfire Mk I variants. This skin depicts the aircraft of English ace Hilary Lionel Richard Hood. [major_setback]
Skin "TFS Spit IIa EBZ Observer Corps a02 (Black Left Wing).jpg": added to the Spitfire Mk IIa. This is a variant of the previously added "TFS Spit IIa EBZ Observer Corps a02.jpg" skin, but with a black port wing underside. Available photos of Spitfire P7666 do not show wether or not this aircraft had a black port wing underside, so both options have been provided. [major_setback and Cybermat47]
Skin "ZG76_II Alt 5 Victories.jpg": added to all non-tropical Bf 110 C-2, C-4, and C-7 variants. This skin is based on Bf 110 C-4 3602 flown by German ace Erich Groth and his subordinate Hermann Weber, but can also be used as a generic II./ZG 76 ace skin. [Cybermat47]
Skin "ZG76_II Alt.jpg": updated with smoother edges on the shark mouth art for all non-tropical Bf 110 C-2, C-4, and C-7 variants. [Cybermat47]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition - ATAG Pattle
IL-2 Cliffs of Dover Blitz - WIP 4K Terrain Early morning low vis flight - France
Join us as we take in early morning flight in a He-111 over France.
Weather was foggy with low visibility.
Weather like this will test navigation skills of even the veteran pilot, and once you fly into the soup, one better be familiar with instrument flying!
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition - dominik
Greetings pilots!
Today we implemented yet another patch for IL-2 Sturmovik: Desert Wings - Tobruk, which brings many bugfixes and several small, but noticeable improvements to the game!
As always, we'd like to thank all of our loyal fans who share their feedback in our Steam Forums or leave a review for the game. Thank you for your support!
Read the full change log below:
New snap/quick zoom options (Options, Controls, Quick Views), original zoom management has been reworked (Options, Controls, Camera/View) [OBT~Mikmak] ATTENTION: "Options" => "Controls", Keys: Major changes, check your settings! Consult "Manuals" => "Getting Started and Troubleshooting Guide.pdf", Section "View system" (approx. page 21ff)
Bugfix: Supercharger cycle command now works. [MicroWave]
Bugfix: Tomahawk pit - gunsight marks now show correct distance and target size. [MicroWave]
New Campaign "Their Greatest Challenge" A new 10-mission Bf-109 campaign, free for all owners of the base game. [Cybermat47]
Bugfixes: G.50 pit - swapped trigger and brakes, carburetor heater and altimeter pinion animated, fixed front pressure gauges. [MicroWave]
Biplane Flag [ATAG_Oskar] Flight Model now has a biplane flag, true for biplanes.
FMB Wind Speed and Direction [ATAG_Oskar] Wind speed is now in kph. Wind direction is from 0 to 360 degrees with the value representing where the wind is coming from.
Faster "Lean to gunsight" motion [OBT~Mikmak]
New: BaseMissionPath added to Mission object [Oskar] As a convenience for mission script writers. This value is calculated when the mission is started so if you have moved your mission from the directory it was developed in the value will still be correct.
Single Mission "A Busy Morning": revised Blenheim bomber and fighter flights speeds. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Aftershocks": changed No. 82 SQN's flight path and updated their briefings (all languages) with a more accurate speed. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Kanalkampf": moved II./JG 51 Bf-109s to their historical airbase of Marquise West, changed static Bf-109 E-4s to E-3s. [Cybermat47]
Campaign "Their Finest Hour" and single missions "A Busy Morning", "Attack of the Eagles", "Attack of the Kiwi", "August Attrition", "Corpo Aereo Italiano", "Corpo Aereo Italiano II", and "Kanalkampf": removed or moved objects that were clipping through airfield structures at Marquise West. [Cybermat47]
Campaign "Their Finest Hour": revised enemy bomber formations to have better spacing and composition in missions 5 and 6. [Cybermat47]
Campaign "Their Finest Hour": added a new and improved poster by Bazwelle, added moving vehicles to player airfield in missions 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10, and expanded briefings for missions 4, 6, 7, and 8. [Cybermat47]
Campaign "Rising from the Ashes": added front markers to the Coastal Command missions and removed a superfluous element from mission 7. [Cybermat47]
Campaigns "Desert Hawks" and "Eagles Over Tobruk": added more stationary objects and revised the waypoints of several AI flights. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Aerial Crusade": changed No. 3 SQN RAAF's default aircraft to the Tomahawk Mk IIB/trop late and changed slide to match. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "As Above, So Below and Dawn Over the Desert": added more static objects, flak guns, airfields, etc. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Darkness Over Derna": added new Ju 88C-4/trop late and Wellington Mk IC/trop late singleplayer mission. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Royal Rodeo": changed date to the 19th of August 1941, expanded battle area, fixed issue where opposing flights didn't get close enough to see each other, changed slides to match changes, and added more static objects, flak guns, airfields, etc. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Defiant to the End": added new single mission in which the player can attack British Boulton Paul Defiant turret-fighters. [Cybermat47]
Campaigns and Single Missions: Corrected spelling and grammar errors in multiple campaign and single mission briefings. [Cybermat47]
Campaigns and Single Missions: Fixed a glitch where random objects were positioned at coordinates 0.00 0.00 0.00 on multiple .mis. [Cybermat47]
Campaigns and Single Missions: Removed ace-level pilots from Eprobungsgruppe 210 formations to reflect that the unit specialised in ground attack. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Aerial Crusade": revised slide for 3./JG 27. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "August Attrition": removed historically accurate 7./JG 51 markings and skin. [Cybermat47]
Single Missions "Corpo Aereo Italiano" and "Corpo Aereo Italiano II": changed skins for RAF aircraft to be more historically accurate for December 1940. [Cybermat47]
Skin "Hurricane Europe Late 1940-Mid 1941": added to 100 octane and non-tropical FB Hurricane Mk Is. [major_setback]
Skin "TFS Spit IIa EBZ Observer Corps a02": added to Spitfire Mk IIa. [major_setback]
Skin "Spitfire Europe Late 1940-Mid 1941": added to Spitfire Mk IIa, Mk Va, and 100 octane Spitfire Mk Is. [major_setback]
Skin "Cannon Spitfire Europe Late 1940-Mid 1941": added to Spitfire Mk IIb. [major_setback]
Campaigns and Single Missions: expanded and improved static objects and front markers for multiple single and campaign missions. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "The Kanalkampf": fixed error in 5./JG 51 briefing. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Southampton Blitz": changed Bf 109 base to Le Havre Octeville and changed briefings to match, fixed error in 3./JG 2 briefing. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Old and the New": removed anachronistic inaccurate No. 274 SQN skin and updated slide to match. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Dawn Over the Desert": fixed No. 3 SQN RAAF's waypoints so that they takeoff from and land at the same airfield. Removed Kittyhawk Mk II serial numbers and replaced them with Kittyhawk Mk I serial numbers. [Cybermat47]
Single Mission "Southampton Blitz": Stab I./JG 2 and 3./JG 2 will now land at Le Havre Octeville. Briefing updated to match. [Cybermat47]
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition - ATAG Pattle
A few months ago, we released the Cliffs of Dover Blitz campaign Their Finest Hour. Today, we're proud to officially announce a 10-mission companion campaign: Their Greatest Challenge!
It is July, 1940. The Luftwaffe has emerged victorious over Poland, Scandinavia, the Low Countries, and France. Jagdgeschwader 2 Richthofen now eagerly awaits the chance to cross the English Channel and defeat the final obstacle in their path to victory.
But the RAF will soon prove to be a more fearsome, determined, and cunning opponent than expected, while the vastness of the English Channel swallows up any aircraft too damaged or starved of fuel to cross it.
This is the greatest challenge the Luftwaffe has faced yet - and its aura of invincibility is about to be broken forever.
All players will receive Their Greatest Challenge for free in the next update, as well as the new single mission Defiant to the End. Desert Wings - Tobruk owners will also receive the free single mission Darkness Over Derna at the same time.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition - ATAG Pattle
VR Users, the wait is nearly over!
Hello All,
We will be creating a private, passworded STEAM BETA for VR users to test our Beta VR Implementation in the next few weeks.
There will not be any restrictions on the number of users who may participate. However, there will be a cutoff date for applications... after the cutoff date, we will not take any more applicants.
This thread is an invitation to all those who qualify. Below are the requirements for community members to apply:
- Must own both BLITZ and TOBRUK (Beta will incorporate both games... anyone who doesn't have TOBRUK will not be able to use the Beta)
- Must own an up to date/fully supported VR headset
- A .jpg or other visual record of the player's VR headset, serial number, manufacturer and model will be required to be submitted with an application. We need this to determine if there are any issues with particular types of VR hardware.
- Application received by February 15th 2022 latest
There is no use in those who do not have VR testing this Beta... there will be an opportunity to test the full Visual Update in a public Beta later. In the meantime we ask those community members who do not have VR systems to have a bit more patience.
IMPORTANT:
Do not reply here on FB.
PM me at the il2sturmovik.com site, along with a link to your email.
If you are a member of a group, I would appreciate it if instead of replying individually, the group representative sends me a single message, along with the names and emails of all those from the group who wish to participate.
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We will be setting up a special private Beta Forum for participants to post their feedback and comments.
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition - 1C_MichalC
Greetings pilots!
Today we implemented yet another patch for IL-2 Sturmovik: Desert Wings - Tobruk, which brings many bugfixes and several small, but noticeable improvements to the game!
As always, we'd like to thank all of our loyal fans who share their feedback in our Steam Forums or leave a review for the game. Thank you for your support!
Read the full changelog below:
Bugfix: Spitfire cannon versions - wing cannons do not vanish any more when the wing is broken.
Bugfix: Tiger Moth elevator trim lever animated again.