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Wings Over The Reich - Battle of France Dev News, Dec 2022
By Polovski,
6 Dec 2022
Hi All,
We have posted a Developer News update for the forthcoming "Battle of France" Expansion on the WOTR website
Please check it out in the News section.
Please check it out in the News section.
Il2 DD Update Dev Blog 334 "IAR-80/81"
By 76.IAP-Blackbird,
Dear Friends,
Today we'll tell you about one of the Collector Planes in development - IAR-80/81. Both kinds of this Romanian aircraft will be available in our sim: the 'short' model with short fuselage and wings and the 'long' one (that's right - with long fuselage and wings). At the moment, the work on the first model has progressed well and the second one will be developed relatively fast after finishing the first. This fighter/bomber was designed under the lead of Ion Grosu and took off for the first time in 1939. In 1940 the aircraft went into mass production and later was updated many times, resulting in many modifications. Most of them will be available in Great Battles:
"Short version"
I.A.R.80-A serie 106-150 : fighter armed with six 7.92mm FN Browning MGs firing German rounds (base model).
I.A.R.80-B series 181-200 : fighter armed with four 7.92mm and two 13.2mm FN Browning MGs firing 13.2mm Hotchkiss rounds.
I.A.R.80-M : fighter armed with two 7.92mm FN Browning MGs and two 20mm MG-151/20 German guns.
I.A.R.81 series 151-175 : fighter/bomber armed with six 7.92mm FN Browning MGs and capable to deliver up to three bombs with up to 400 kg total weight. The underbelly bomb mount had a special parallelogram mechanism for dive bombing that prevented a released bomb from hitting the propeller. In addition, the flaps on this dive bomber modification had larger angle range, serving as ad-hoc air brakes.
"Long version"
I.A.R.80-B series 212-230 : fighter armed with four 7.92mm and two 13.2mm FN Browning MGs firing 13.2mm Hotchkiss rounds (base model).
I.A.R.80-C series 251-290 : fighter armed with four 7.92mm FN Browning MGs and two 20mm MG-FF Ikaria guns.
I.A.R.81-C series 301-450 : fighter/bomber armed two 7.92mm FN Browning MGs and two 20mm MG-151/20 German guns and capable to deliver up to three bombs.
All the IAR-80 modifications that will be modeled in our sim were powered by twin-row radial 14-cylinder air cooled engine I.A.R.-14K, which was the licensed version of the French Gnome-Rhone 14K. In takeoff mode it could reach 1000 HP. The similar, albeit less uprated engines were installed on the German ground attack aircraft Hs-129B-2 most Great Battles players are familar with already.
This first Romanian mass-produced fighter was all metal except the stabilizer and flaps skin. The flaps and landing gear had hydraulic actuators. All in all, it possessed flight characteristics similar to Soviet Yak-1, but late IAR modifications had much more powerful weapons and bombs.
The visual 3D model of IAR-80/81 is being developed by two famous enthusiasts - Ivan Shirshov (3D model) and Martin =ICDP= Catney (exterior textures). We hope they'll finish their part of the work in the coming months and we'll be able to start the work on its FM and systems. We'd like to repeat once again - if you're interested in creating new content for our series, we're always open for collaboration. Just contact us.
Today we'll tell you about one of the Collector Planes in development - IAR-80/81. Both kinds of this Romanian aircraft will be available in our sim: the 'short' model with short fuselage and wings and the 'long' one (that's right - with long fuselage and wings). At the moment, the work on the first model has progressed well and the second one will be developed relatively fast after finishing the first. This fighter/bomber was designed under the lead of Ion Grosu and took off for the first time in 1939. In 1940 the aircraft went into mass production and later was updated many times, resulting in many modifications. Most of them will be available in Great Battles:
"Short version"
I.A.R.80-A serie 106-150 : fighter armed with six 7.92mm FN Browning MGs firing German rounds (base model).
I.A.R.80-B series 181-200 : fighter armed with four 7.92mm and two 13.2mm FN Browning MGs firing 13.2mm Hotchkiss rounds.
I.A.R.80-M : fighter armed with two 7.92mm FN Browning MGs and two 20mm MG-151/20 German guns.
I.A.R.81 series 151-175 : fighter/bomber armed with six 7.92mm FN Browning MGs and capable to deliver up to three bombs with up to 400 kg total weight. The underbelly bomb mount had a special parallelogram mechanism for dive bombing that prevented a released bomb from hitting the propeller. In addition, the flaps on this dive bomber modification had larger angle range, serving as ad-hoc air brakes.
"Long version"
I.A.R.80-B series 212-230 : fighter armed with four 7.92mm and two 13.2mm FN Browning MGs firing 13.2mm Hotchkiss rounds (base model).
I.A.R.80-C series 251-290 : fighter armed with four 7.92mm FN Browning MGs and two 20mm MG-FF Ikaria guns.
I.A.R.81-C series 301-450 : fighter/bomber armed two 7.92mm FN Browning MGs and two 20mm MG-151/20 German guns and capable to deliver up to three bombs.
All the IAR-80 modifications that will be modeled in our sim were powered by twin-row radial 14-cylinder air cooled engine I.A.R.-14K, which was the licensed version of the French Gnome-Rhone 14K. In takeoff mode it could reach 1000 HP. The similar, albeit less uprated engines were installed on the German ground attack aircraft Hs-129B-2 most Great Battles players are familar with already.
This first Romanian mass-produced fighter was all metal except the stabilizer and flaps skin. The flaps and landing gear had hydraulic actuators. All in all, it possessed flight characteristics similar to Soviet Yak-1, but late IAR modifications had much more powerful weapons and bombs.
The visual 3D model of IAR-80/81 is being developed by two famous enthusiasts - Ivan Shirshov (3D model) and Martin =ICDP= Catney (exterior textures). We hope they'll finish their part of the work in the coming months and we'll be able to start the work on its FM and systems. We'd like to repeat once again - if you're interested in creating new content for our series, we're always open for collaboration. Just contact us.
WINGS OVER THE REICH UPDATE V1.25 - 5 Dec 2022
By Polovski,
We are pleased to announce a new update is available for WOTR bringing it to V1.25
Contents and Improvements WOTR V1.25
1) Addressed an issue that affected Screen Res Modes on Nvidia 4090 GPUs
2) Addressed an issue that affected users with the latest VKBsim Gladiator EVO and NXT Joysticks (WOTRKeys now V2.2)
We also hope to publish more development news of the forthcoming Battle of France Expansion soon!
Please see the WOTR Website to download.
Contents and Improvements WOTR V1.25
1) Addressed an issue that affected Screen Res Modes on Nvidia 4090 GPUs
2) Addressed an issue that affected users with the latest VKBsim Gladiator EVO and NXT Joysticks (WOTRKeys now V2.2)
We also hope to publish more development news of the forthcoming Battle of France Expansion soon!
Please see the WOTR Website to download.
WOFF BH&H II V1.35 UPDATE now available!
By Polovski,
V1.35 includes fixes and new features.
WOFF BH&H II CHANGE LOG:
Changes;
Version 1.35 5 December 2022 1) Addressed an issue that affected Screen Res Modes on Nvidia 4090 GPUs.
2) Clouds Draw Range implemented - increases cloud render range as well as adding in ability for player to adjust the draw distance in workshops.
3) Addressed an issue that affected users with the latest VKBsim Gladiator EVO and NXT Joysticks (WOFFKeys now V2.2).
4) Model fix to Halberstadt D.III - added missing extra cockpit padding to external view.
Of course, this also includes all previous updates such as the "RECON WARS" FREE expansion - an incredible feature-rich FREE update to V1.21 for WOFF BH&H II users!
And V1.33 which introduced new 2-seater behaviours.
Please see the WOFF BH&H II download page on our website for more information, or to download.
(The download is large so please be patient with downloads!).
If you still see an older download there, refresh the page using Ctrl F5 keys on your keyboard together.
You can also download the complete Recon Wars Notes and how to play here : Recon Wars Notes here
WOFF BH&H II CHANGE LOG:
Changes;
Version 1.35 5 December 2022 1) Addressed an issue that affected Screen Res Modes on Nvidia 4090 GPUs.
2) Clouds Draw Range implemented - increases cloud render range as well as adding in ability for player to adjust the draw distance in workshops.
3) Addressed an issue that affected users with the latest VKBsim Gladiator EVO and NXT Joysticks (WOFFKeys now V2.2).
4) Model fix to Halberstadt D.III - added missing extra cockpit padding to external view.
Of course, this also includes all previous updates such as the "RECON WARS" FREE expansion - an incredible feature-rich FREE update to V1.21 for WOFF BH&H II users!
And V1.33 which introduced new 2-seater behaviours.
Please see the WOFF BH&H II download page on our website for more information, or to download.
(The download is large so please be patient with downloads!).
If you still see an older download there, refresh the page using Ctrl F5 keys on your keyboard together.
You can also download the complete Recon Wars Notes and how to play here : Recon Wars Notes here
Il2 1CGS pics "Fw-190D Cockpit"
By 76.IAP-Blackbird,
Some additional Hi-Res shots of existing planes.
Unless otherwise specified, these are HI-RES images of aircraft and vehicles in the SIM and are NOT an in-game engine render.
This is just showing off the artwork and detail.
Unless otherwise specified, these are HI-RES images of aircraft and vehicles in the SIM and are NOT an in-game engine render.
This is just showing off the artwork and detail.
OpenFA alpha 0.1 Release
By Menrva,
I forgot I was a follower of Terrence Cole's YouTube channel containing just a single video about this OpenFA project of his. Well, just one hour ago, he posted a video about the release of an alpha version of his work.
More links in the video's description. Apparently it's an open source recreation of Jane's Fighters Anthology engine. It does look good!
Strike Fighters 2 WinX Edition is not going to happen, TK has been off the radar for so long. So I'm very curious about OpenFA. For the release to work, it seems it is required to at least install Jane's FA or one of its previous expansions/releases.
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