I have read most, if not all, of Carl/Stormins posts on boards since release and if i read him correctly he wasn't all that happy with the decision to go gold so soon. But he is a loyal guy and would probably never say so publicly even if i am right. Since he probably has more say over when to release the patch, i am certain he will try to make sure that it fixes more than it breaks before releasing it.
second one first: Go to options>audio and make sure yuo unclick "native betty". That should make the betty speak english all the time (unless you have a german version of the game)
About the tower: I don't think you are doing anything wrong. The tower is just not all that bright. It will allways give an altitude of 8000 ft, a heading and a distace. When you reach it it will give you a new one. But if you choose to land it will allways clear you.
There is not many things that i'm dissapointed with in Lomac but com's are one of them. The tower is particulaly hairbrained. I even tried comming in for a landing with a plane on fire and all hydraulics gone and all the red lights in the cockpit lit up. Tower cleared me for landing when i was within the usual couple of miles from the runways but when i came within the last couple of hundred feet it told me to orbit for traffic because a chopper was landing nearby :s... i have paid little attention to tower since then
I have been a frequent visitor to the official boards but its getting hard to like Lomac and visit the boards at the same time. I can understand the frustration of those with a lot bugs but its becomming more and more hostile by the day.
I have been a visitor here for some time but haven't contributed since i have had enough to do on the boards that i allready follow. Now i think i'll move most of my "buisness" over here. I will rather listen to somebody went their frustration here than on the Ubi boards where it allmost allways turns into a "them vs. us".
cheers,
GhostDog