1.33

Aspius · Aug 2, 2013

These are just preliminary patch-notes for Update 1.33 which recently reached the public dev server

Some changes worthy to be mentioned rest is under spoiler.

USSR
• LaGG-3 8

• LaGG-3 11

• La-5 37

• La-5F

• Yak-9К

• Yak-17

Britain
• De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5.

USA
• Grumman F9F-5 Panther

• Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer

• Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star

•Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat

•Grumman F8F-1b Bearcat

•Republic P-47D-28 Thunderbolt
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• Completely new tab for modifications

• Crew that took part in the battle are now blocked in the game for five minutes after quitting the battle. (or until the battle ends if it ends earlier). That will prevent players from leaving the battle.

• Aircraft Purchase Price lowered by 30%

• Repair Cost of Aircraft tier 11 to 18, have been lowered even further

• Damage of Mg’s and cannon shells increased, damage caused by the real kinetic energy of a shell is more accurate.

• For the planes that have 1st and 2nd pilot DM is changed, so both pilots should be knocked out in order to lose the plane.

• Flame protection modelling/simulation is added. After a fire outbreak in the engine area, the pilot is not injured while the fire seal is whole (20 seconds).

• You can select the shell racks for all planes that have defensive/turret armament

• For all gun and rocket pods armament (rockets, bombs torpedoes and cannon pods) - their aerodynamic resistance affects performance of the aircraft.
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New aircraft

USSR
• LaGG-3 8

• LaGG-3 11

• La-5 37

• La-5F

• Yak-9К

• Yak-17

Britain
• De Havilland DH.100 Vampire FB.Mk.5.

USA
• Grumman F9F-5 Panther

• Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer

• Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star

•Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat

•Grumman F8F-1b Bearcat

•Republic P-47D-28 Thunderbolt

(Notice: All new planes except Yak-9К and F9F-5 Panther are in progress of tuning their FM. By the release of 1.33 all FMs will be working. Same applies to USA planes that are already in the game – we hope most of their FM issues will be fixed by the release of 1.33)

Interface

• Completely new tab for modifications

• Clear display of influence of modifications on aircraft performance

• Added selection of colour for the crosshair and several interchangeable crosshairs (colour selection and crosshair selection wil be updated)

• with approaching of flutter speed instrumental speed will appear

• during display of Speed and altitude, units of measurement have been added

• added display of negative influence of externally carried armament

Graphics

• New metal shading.

• “Cloud quality” option will affect the quality of their reflections in the water as well

• Cloud rendering in 3d mode is fixed

• Propeller Disappearance has been fixed

• The whole rendering system has been optimized,the whole rendering process has been made faster as well as rendering for grass.

Gameplay

• Lots of new modifications for different planes. Almost all the modifications are upgrades for the planes, replacing old, worn parts with new ones ….. Some modifications are different, but they are the minority of what is planned (eg lendlease fuel, rear armor plate replacement).

• New modifications added that will allow installation of gun and rocket pods

• New approach to modifications' and armamament's research

• Crew that took part in the battle are now blocked in the game for five minutes after quitting the battle. (or until the battle ends if it ends earlier). That will prevent players from leaving the battle.

• Players can now buy camo and decals with Golden Eagles (without achieving the needed requirements for unlock)

• Shell racks are now consumables and should be replenished.

• Ammo, rockets, torpedoes and bombs are spent after they are used in battle, not after the battle is over.

• Weapons won't reload if there are no more purchased shell racks left. (except for “default” shell racks – they are free and unlimited but not that efficient)

• When hitting with no damage – player won't receive rewards, but will get the message that no damage was done.

• If your premium is over, after the battle is over in a debriefing window you will have an opportunity to buy premium for a week and thus get all the rewards you should receive if you were playing with premium.

• You have an opportunity to buy modifications with golden eagles.

• Healing speed Skill is replaced with weapon maintenance skill

• Rockets for German and American planes added.

• No air kills will be awarded with air collisions.

Economy

• Aircraft Purchase Price lowered by 30%

• modification purchase price lowered

• Cost of the repair now depends on the installed modifications (Cost of repair of un-modified planes will be even lower, by 10-20%)

• Reduction of repair cost of un-modified planes by about 10%

• Experience requirements for unlocking new modules have been lowered

• Repair Cost of Aircraft tier 11 to 18, have been lowered even further

FM changes:

• MiG-15 bis WEP is fixed

• La-5FN and LA7 performance at critical angles is fixed

• Plane performance will be negatively affected by cannon pods

• All externally carried armament (rockets, bombs, torpedoes and cannon pods) has been adjusted so that they affect aircraft performance more historically correct.

DM changes:

• Damage of Mg’s and cannon shells increased, damage caused by the real kinetic energy of a shell is more accurate.

• For the planes that have 1st and 2nd pilot DM is changed, so both pilots should be knocked out in order to lose the plane. That applies to:

• B-17E

• B-17E late

• B-17G

• B-24D

• B-25

• YeR-2 ACh30B

• G4M1

• G5N1

• G8N1

• PBY-5

• PBY-5a

• SM-79

• А-26С

• Flame protection modelling/simulation is added. After a fire outbreak in the engine area, the pilot is not injured while the fire seal is whole (20 seconds).

Armament

•New bomb load options for Ju-87B2, Ju-87R2 , Ju-87D3, Ju-87D5.
•New bomb load options for Ju-88A4.
•New bomb load options for IL-4 including external load. Overall bomb load can reach up to 2 tons.
•Load-out of the “default” shell racks for ShVAK and B-20 cannons is changed to HI-T/AP-I (in 1 to 1 proportion)

USA Browning 12.7 mm Mgs have new shell types, the old ones got their own names:

•M1 – incendiary bullet
•M23 - incendiary bullet (appeared in 1945, has starting speed of 1000 m/s, incendiary material's weight is 5 g)
•M2 – armor piercing bullet
•M20 – armor piercing incendiary tracer bullet
•M8 – armor piercing incendiary bullet
•M1 – tracer bullet

M23 and M20 bullets are available for the aircraft that served during the end of WWII and after.

BR-21 rocket added for German planes

Additional weapons added:
• Ruestzustand 1 ( R 1) for Bf .109 F -4 (2 x 20 mm MG .151/20 gun with ammo load of 125 rounds per each gun)

• Ruestzustand 6 ( R 6)) for Bf .109 G -2, G -6, G -10 (2 x 20 mm MG .151/20 gun with ammo load of 125 rounds per each gun)

• MG.151/20 with 125 rounds ammo load for Fw-190A-5

• Rüstsatz 3 (R3) for Fw-190F-8 ( 2 x 30-mm MK -103 gun with ammo load of 35 rounds per each gun)

• BR20 Rockets for Bf .109 G -6 / W - 2 rails under the wing panels

• Ruestzustand 6 (R6) rockets for Fw-190A-5 - 2 rails under the wing panels.

Bug fixes
• Penetration issue for 20mm AP-I shells for ShVAK fixed. For 50 m distance it is increased from 20m to 30 mm.

• guidance angle for IL-4 turrets fixed

• default bomb load for IL-4 is changed from 2x250 kg bombs to 10x100 kg or 10x50

• Damage model of TBF-1C fixed. (ailerons durability is increased )

New features
• You can select the shell racks for all planes that have defensive/turret armament

• For all gun and rocket pods armament (rockets, bombs torpedoes and cannon pods) - their aerodynamic resistance affects performance of the aircraft.

• New pilot models are added for the following aircraft:

a-20g
a-26c
b-17e
b-17e_late
b-17g
b_24d
b_25
beaufighter mk21
beaufort mkviii
boomerang mki
boomerang mkii
wirraway
f-86a-5
f9f-5

Maps and missions.

•[Domination]

Stalingrad winter: 3rd airfield is added, amount of tickets for both teams is increased.

Zhengzhou. 3rd airfield is added, amount of tickets for both teams is increased.

Peleliu. Ticket loss speed is reduced if both teams have captured airfields.

Mozdok. Ticket loss speed is reduced if both teams have captured airfields.

Krymsk. Time to capture airfield on this map is the same as for other maps

•[Ground strike]

Cliffed coast - spawning points for the teams is changed to improve balance.

Stalingrad - spawning points for the teams is changed to improve balance.

•Ground units are now divided into 2 groups – attacking and supporting, The victory comes after destroying the attacking group, support units are not required to be destroyed (but it still brings income). That means that “gremlins” will hardly affect the battle – ground units kill each other only on the line of contact.
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There are more changes to bombers aswell but no patch-notes so far.

Taken from a thread but this is what they have found so far

So what is changed:

- Spread

- AI gunners behavior

- Ammo belts

- Overheat

The AI gunners are NOT more accurate, but the guns are. They are still really bad at leading target, but they don't fire shotguns anymore. They start shooting at 600m and stop at 800m.

In a formation flight, gunners are gonna be really dangerous, and fighters will have to create attack formations to counter bombers formations.

If manually aimed and if the player knows what he's doing, you can kill an enemy below 600m in 3 seconds. BUT, guns overheat and jam extremely fast, so you HAVE to be accurate, you can't just spray and pray.

Conclusion : formations will be, as deserved, more deadly. And flying a bomber will require either a lot of investment in your gunners and modifications, or good skill with your gunners.
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Aspius · Aug 2, 2013

The patch looks good so far and i like most of it.

What im most worried about is the new way they are doing modifications. Reminds me of WoT.

The Yak-9K is armed with a 45mm cannon.

Other notes on aircrafts are that the brittish heavy fighters and bombers become seperate lines now with Vampire coming after the Mosquito.

The BTD-1 Destroyer is premium.

My favorite part tough is probably about the 1st and 2nd pilots both need to be knocked out to lose the plane

Lardaltef · Aug 2, 2013

they are adding the b25 that has a 75mm cannon. so meh for 45. a german plane (not in yet) will also have a 75 mm

Aspius · Aug 2, 2013

Havent found anything about the B25 and the bearcats have just appeared so im adding them to the list.

EDIT: The japanese will alos get one with a 75mm in the future but i dont know when

Lardaltef · Aug 7, 2013

Seems 1.33 is live.

Tuonela · Aug 7, 2013

Well, they claimed they were giving us silver eagles to pay for the ugprades and that they should be cheaper than before. I ran out of money upgrading 6 of my planes.

Also, if you're playing and have a second monitor, put your browser here: http://127.0.0.1:8111/

It shows the live map of the match you're in

Lardaltef · Aug 8, 2013

and it seems corsairs can turn again.

Lardaltef · Aug 8, 2013

"Tiny Tim" anti-ship rocket added for US planes
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wait how did I miss this?

from wikipedia

The Tiny Tim was an American air to ground rocket used near the end of the Second World War. One source states it was built in response to a United States Navy requirement for an anti-shipping rocket capable of hitting ships outside of their anti-aircraft range, with a payload capable of sinking heavy shipping.[1] However, according to the China Lake Weapons Digest,[2] the Tiny Tim was

... designed by the Caltech-China Lake team as a bunker-buster, Tim was the first large aircraft rocket, and, although it saw only limited service in WWII, it helped form the foundations of many postwar developments in rocketry.

For a warhead, Tiny Tim utilized a 500 lb semi-armor-piercing high explosive bomb. It had a maximum range of 1,500 meters (1,640 yards).

They were used by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps near the end of the war during the battle of Okinawa, and during the Korean War. A problem with the sheer power of the rocket motor causing damage to the firing aircraft was resolved by having the Tiny Tim drop like a bomb, and a lanyard attached to the rocket would snap, causing the rocket to ignite.[3] Common targets included coastal defense guns, bridges, pill boxes, tanks, and shipping.[4] An ambitious operation to use the Tiny Tim against German V-1 sites as part of Operation Crossbow, code-named Project Danny, was planned but cancelled before the squadrons assigned could be deployed to Europe.

Common Tiny Tim delivery aircraft during World War II included the PBJ-1 Mitchell,[5] F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, TBM Avenger, and the SB2C Helldiver.[1]
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haven't noticed any aircraft that carry them yet but I haven't looked through everything yet either.

Tuonela · Aug 8, 2013

Fetladral said: ↑

wait how did I miss this?

from wikipedia
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Ha, totally putting that on my corsair

Lardaltef · Aug 8, 2013

yep they fixed the climb and turn rates of the corsair.

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