303 Squadron: Battle of Britain News

As we've been promising for some time now, we have something big for you in this week's update! You can now set up and play entirely custom missions in addition to the main campaign of 303 Squadron: Battle of Britain.

We also worked hard to bring you the much-requested solution to the issues with manually binding your controller. The game now detects many of the most popular devices and auto-binds the keys! That's not all folks - check out the changelog of patch 1.4 below and don't hesitate to share some more precious feedback with us, that'll allow us to further develop this game the way you want it!

• Slightly improved Spitfire flight control
  
• Performance optimization work
  
• Added VO to Zumbach airfield interactions
  
• Added fuel tank to Bf109 as killcam object
  
• Slightly improved killcam VFX's
  
• Minor lighting tweaks on missions
  
• Pilots got new outfits
  

• Achievement fix "God Save the King", "Remember Your Roots" and "Jolly ol' Tinkerer"
  
• Small AI behaviour fixes during missions
  
• Weird lightshafts fixed
  

• Custom Missions
  
• Better controller support + default bindings
  
• More optimization work
  

Cheers,
Atomic Jelly

Hello Aviators!

Today we're bringing you an update 1.3.0.4 for 303 Squadron: Battle of Britain. It fixes a few collision detection issues and solves a couple of other problems you've been reporting to us. You can find a full changelog below.

We want to thank you for all your feedback delivered to us through Steam forums, reviews, direct messages, and other channels. We'll continue working on the game and polishing it, as well as adding new, exciting features that you'll soon hear more about. Keep an eye out for more updates from us!

• Slightly improved AI collision detection
  
• Performance optimization work
  

• Mission "The Channel Sickness" now ends properly
  
• Game counts Spitfire reloads properly
  
• Minor collision tweaks
  

Cheers,
Atomic Jelly Team

Thank you very much for reporting all bugs, throughout the weekend we worked very hard on the update 1.3.0.3. New patch brings some needed fixes. We have started working on the optimization, the game should work better for some configurations. We have a potential fix on the “black sky” bug, those who did not have it will not get interested in it anyway, and those who have themselves please report if it helped. We encourage you to share your insights about the game, on Steam Discussions. We look forward to discuss any subject that bothers you. Don't hesitate to write to us, we will certainly replay.

• Improved training balloon "green" targeting prediction distance
  
• Performance optimization work
  
• Improved radio SFX's
  

• Possible fix for 'black sky' bug
  
• Fixed a single spelling error in the whole game (PL)
  

This is a memorable day for us, as developers and great fans of the history, our game, our tribute to the heroes of the WWII has been finally released. 303 Squadron: Battle of Britain leaves Early Access, from now on you will be able to play a complete game stuffed with some new features. We hope that you will enjoy our game, and that it will be a surprising and pleasant experience for you. 1.3 is a big one so read the patch notes carefully - a lot has changed.

• Added Spitfire mechanic
  
• Added Spitfire
  
• Added Morale Bonus tasks system to improve allies performance during mission
  
• Added additional languages to the game
  
• New animations: sweep, looking through binoculars, gesture animations for sitting NPC's
  
• Steam Trading Cards, badges, Emoticons, Profile Backgrounds have been added
  
• Your saves will be uploaded to Steam Cloud
  

• Improved airfield storyline with new VO's and overall composition
  
• Northot base has been revamped
  
• Added new London map
  
• Added some new activities in Northold base
  

• Fixed memory leaks caused by killcam
  
• Fixed enemy aircraft gunners not firing
  
• Fixed some minor bugs and glitches

Once again, we would like to thank you for your feedback and support.

Patch 1.2.8 is LIVE. Today's 303 Squadron: Battle of Britain update has added a lot of new changes. We have unlocked the whole airport, enabled Steam overlay in game, added gore option to gameplay settings and fixed some bugs with the keybindings. Killcam has been improved so you will have better experience with the game. Last but not least we have added some achievements for you to unlock.

• Enabled Steam overlay in game
  
• We have unlocked the airport
  
• Steam Achievements
  

• Added gore option to gameplay settings
  
• Improved killcam
  

• Fixed some input multiplier not working for some keybindings
  
• Fixed significantly different scale of input values of some keybindings
  
  
  

Once again, we would like to thank you for your continued feedback and support.

PS. PLS RESET YOUR KEYBINDINGS in the option menu!