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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; Detailed 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 (). Please discuss the update in this thread.