IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad News

Hello Everybody,

It finally snows in Moscow while we continue the work on the new aircraft. Including the new Collector Planes for both the Western and Eastern fronts of the war - Yak-9, Yak-9T and Hurricane. Today we're ready to show you the progress achieved at the moment for the British Hurricane, which will have 5 (!) different modifications in our sim:

1) Hurricane Mk.IIa: basic model armed with 8 х 7.69 mm Browning MGs;
2) Hurricane Mk.IIb: the number of MGs has been increased to 12;
3) Hurricane Mk.IIc: this model had 4 x 20 mm Hispano guns;
4) Hurricane Mk.IId: anti-tank model armed with 2 x 40 mm Vickers-S guns and 2 x 7.69 mm MGs;
5) Hurricane Mk.II with Soviet weaponry that was installed on the Lend-Lease aircraft: 2 х 12.7 mm UB MGs, 2 x 20 mm ShVAK guns and Soviet bomb and rocket holders.



We hope that this nice selection of the Hurricane models suitable both for the Western and Eastern front would be a great addition to IL-2 Sturmovik series.

The Sturmovik Team

Dear Pilots,

We have launched the Lunar New Year sale on Steam. Another great time to grab all the titles you want! We've even put Flying Circus on sale for you!

Jan. 23rd - Jan. 27th on Steam

Flying Circus = 25% OFF
BOS = 75% OFF
BOM = 75% OFF
BOK = 75% OFF
All Collector Planes – 75% OFF (Except P-38 and Fw-190 D-9)
Blazing Steppe = 75% OFF
Fortress on the Volga = 75% OFF
Ten Days of Autumn = 75% OFF

All Rise of Flight Content = 75% OFF

NOTE: having at least the base game (Stalingrad) on Steam means you can launch it from the Steam client without entering a login and password and you can access your IL-2 content purchased elsewhere if you link the accounts.

The Sturmovik Team

Update 4.004

Dear Friends,

We're glad to report that update 4.004 is released. The main additions of this one are a new tank for Tank Crew - Pz.Kpfw.V Ausf.D "Panther" - and improved look and additional airfields for Rheinland map (Battle of Bodenplatte). There are many other fixes and improvements as well:

Additions

1. Pz.Kpfw. V Ausf.D "Panther" for Tank Crew;
2. Better looking river and canal banks on Rheinland map;
3. 13 new airfields on Rheinland map:

Le Culot East (Y-10)
Kluis (B-91)
Mill (B-89)
Helmond (B-86)
Amsterdam-Schiphol (B-97)
Arnhem-Deelen
Soesterberg
Strassfeld
Strassfeld 2 - Odendorf
Hilversum
Diest (B-64)
Nivelles (B-75)
Bierset–Liege (A-93)
4. 4K quality exterior textures made by Martin =ICDP= Catney added for Yak-1 series 69;
5. The better-looking transition between the river and sea waters;
6. Improved Т-70 tank model and textures;
7. Updated texture cache system, it should reduce stutters in heavy load MP missions significantly;
8. Brightness and size of very distant aircraft LODs made more uniform (it differed too much on some aircraft);
9. Added initial support for SimShaker to be used in conjunction with JetSeats and other audio powered feedback devices.

AI Improvements

10. Ground attack aircraft won't hit the ground when engaging a target with rockets and guns in a tight formation;
11. AI-controlled B-25 starts the engines correctly;
12. AI fighters attempt Immelman maneuver only if they have enough speed;
13. AI fighters open fire more aggressively;
14. AI pilots keep formation on large maps much better;
15. AI vehicle column won't drive into a river if the last waypoint was on a destroyed bridge or immediately before it;
16. Assault guns (simple and detailed) correctly face a target when set to LOW command priority in the mission;

Aircraft Improvements

17. P-51, P-47 and P-39 have correct trimmer animations;
18. A-20 engines won't trigger wrong overheat messages;
19. Wrong engine overcooled messages on P-47D were corrected;
20. P-51 landing gear covers shouldn't open and close again and again anymore;
21. Cylinder heads overheat warning will be displayed correctly;
22. Flying Circus planes won't display a wrong message about engine failure when it is switched off;
23. The time it takes to switch to combat position and back has been corrected for all gunners;

Player Tanks Improvements

24. When the loader is killed, the time it takes to load the main gun or coaxial MG is increased significantly;
25. The visual effect of propellant gases is reduced when the exhaust fan is off or is not present;
26. The time it takes to vent the turret after the shot depends on the operational exhaust fan;
27. Detailed tanks won't visibly 'crouch' at a high speed;

Other Improvements

28. All night bombing Career missions with more than 6 planes in the flight won't start in a map corner anymore;
29. Wrong ground attack German planes in the late Stalingrad Career chapters were corrected;
30. Duplicate ID error message in the dedicated server has been removed (it blocked the server, now it is visible in the console);
31. Correct season in the pre-mission hangar (Winter/Summer);
32. In Mission Editor it's no longer possible to select a wrong part of a multi-part vehicle skin;
33. Daimler M1914 FlaK 77/L27 and Thornycroft J-type 13pdr AA shells appear in the correct place ().

Hope you enjoy!

The Sturmovik Team

Dear friends,

The year 2020 is here in full force. Let's hope that the new decade will bring good changes to our world. We in the IL-2 Sturmovik team are beginning the work on the new project, Battle of Normandy. For instance, the production of 3D models for several new planes has started already. We're researching the possibility of moving the rendering engine to Deferred Shading tech. The map team has begun the research of the new map. We're making design documents on new buildings, ground vehicles, ships and motorboats.

We're continuing our approach of improving our sim constantly - the incoming update 4.004 will bring many improvements for our already released projects. It will also add the new tank for Tank Crew - Pz.Kpfw.V Ausf.D "Panther" - and additional airfields and visually improved banks of the countless rivers and canals on the Rheinland map.




The Sturmovik Team

Dear Pilots,

Another Holiday Season is upon us and that means it’s time again for a huge sale and reflecting on the year that was. 2019 was a year like no other in our history as we released two new titles (Battle of Bodenplatte and Flying Circus) and neared completion on a third (Tank Crew). We also announced our next great battle (Normandy) and continued to improve our simulation engine even further with no fewer than ten major updates and several Hotfixes.

As always, we could not have done all this without your continued financial and encouraging support. The team continues to work to make the entire IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles series better and better all the time. We have just one simple message and that is we hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season and can spend some time with your favorite IL-2 title.

Next year, 2020, will see the completion of Tank Crew, release of more Collector Planes (Hurricane, Yak-9 and Yak-9T), continued improvements and the addition of new features for IL-2. It will also see the release of an interesting and fun add-on for a much improved Cliffs of Dover from our partners at Team Fusion. We hope you will stick by us again in the year to come!

Winter Sale Begins

The Winter Sale runs from Dec. 19th until Jan. 2nd on Steam and Dec. 19th through Jan. 2nd on the Official Website.

]Battle of Stalingrad – 75% OFF

Battle of Moscow – 75% OFF

Battle of Kuban – 75% OFF

All Collector Planes – 75% OFF (Except P-38 and Fw-190 D-9)

Blazing Steppe Scripted Campaign – 75% OFF

Fortress on the Volga Scripted Campaign – 75% OFF

All Rise of Flight Content – 75% OFF

We wish everyone in the IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles community a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a fantastic New Year’s! Please stay safe and we’ll see you again in 2020 which will usher in a new decade of IL-2 flight and armor simulation goodness!

The Sturmovik Team