5.201b Patch Changelist

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is the continuation of the legendary IL-2 Sturmovik series that has set the standard for PC combat flight games for more than ten years. This new entry into the series will offer virtual pilots an even more accurate simulation of the most famous air battles.

[olist] [*] Fixed a significant slowdown in multiplayer on the Western Front map; [*] Fixed a CTD caused by Halberstadt D.II being destroyed in mid-air and its parts falling from a high altitude; [*] Rheinland Career: fixed a bug in the mission of towing gliders to Bastogne (some gliders appeared well above the towing C-47s and weren't connected to them); [*] All Flying Circus Vol.III aircraft have their own historical scenarios added; [*] Reduced the cautiousness of AI WWI fighter pilots a bit (they will now be able to pull higher AoA closer to the stall limit); [*] Pilot's Career: added new mission types "Ground Forces Request" and "Forward Control Post"; [*] German fighters and attack aircraft armament in Normandy and Rheinland Career mode made more historically accurate: underwing guns removed from the Bf 109 (their use was largely abandoned beginning in 1944), and the Fw 190 A-6 and A-8 carry a single 250kg bomb (the most common bomb load for this timeframe); [*] Normandy Career: fixed a bug with V-1 missile strikes aimed at German held cities; [*] I.A.R.80: inner and external texturing improved; [*] I.A.R.80: fixed a bug with techno-chat message about landing light activation; [*] I.A.R.80: increased the detail level of the canopy frame behind the pilot's seat; [*] I.A.R.80 added to AQM mode on Stalingrad and Kuban maps; [*] DFW C.V: fixed inability to start the engine in winter temperatures; [*] R.E.8: corrected the bomb sight; [*] R.E.8, F.E.2b, Halberstadt D.II: updated AI settings; [*] R.E.8, F.E.2b: added missing illustrations to the seat selection dialog in the multicrew menu in multiplayer; [*] Fixed the multicrew stations screen in multiplayer. Important: selecting a country in the multicrew station selection menu now also determines the player's coalition, which can lead to a penalty assigned on the server depending on its settings; [*] Fixed the saving of customizable tactical codes in multiplayer; [*] Career: Added "Select All/Deselect All" button to the regiment filter by aircraft; [*] AI glider pilots maintain horizontal flight better; [*] AI glider pilots utilize spoilers when landing; [*] AI glider pilots won't follow orders from the forward observers on the ground; [*] AI pilots of the towing aircraft will release the glider before landing; [*] I.A.R.80: an external head armor part is affected by modifications correctly; [*] To prevent problems with the glider attachment to the towing aircraft, the towing cable attaches at at least 92 meters distance; [*] Fixed texture issues on the faces of British WWI pilots; [*] Resaving the missions using the Resaver.exe utility won't cause the localization data to be lost. [/olist]