IL-2: Forgotten Battles v1.11 - 1.21 Patch

IL-2: Forgotten Battles v1.11 - 1.21 Patch

This will update your v1.11 Sturmovik title to the 1.21 patch status which includes a number of new changes and bug fixes.

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Version 1.21

Warning

The current version (1.21) is not compatible with the previous versions of the

game when playing via network. Both the server and client must have appropriate

versions of the game (1.21) in order to connect.

Notes on the Patch Installation

This patch (1.21) may be installed over the previous versions 1.0 or 1.11.

New Positions

New Aircraft

Flyable:

- P-51D-5

- Ki-84-1a

- A6M5a

AI:

- C-47

- B-17G

Notes:

- The first production series P-51D-5 were delivered without the dorsal fin

fillet. However, most aircraft had the fillet retro-fitted with a field

modification kit. We have modelled the aircraft with the fillet. This will

ensure skin compatibility with other D model variants. Also, in FB source code

current limitation prevents us from replicating the real world P-51 fuel

system.

- National markings on the fuselage of the Boeing B-17 needed to be moved

forward due to position of the gun windows and due to the present aircraft

coding system.

- A6M5 - the game models the version for the land-based runways.

New ground models

Willis MB Jeep - US

Willis MBt Jeep - US

Willis MBtc Jeep - US

M16 self-propelled AAA

Chevrolet truck

Chevrolet ambulance

Chevrolet radio truck

Diamond T 5-ton truck

Pup tent

Pyramidal tent

Command tent

Pole with wires

Pole no wires

Bunker - small caliber guns

Bunker -large caliber guns

Bunker Elevated -large caliber guns

Omaha Beach Bunker

Observation Bunker

Sandbags - Round

Sandbags - Wall

Caen Castle

Chateau - Small

New ships

Destroyer type 7/1944

M-Boat

Note:

These ships are made for the use on European maps for creation of new missions.

Ex.: Destroyer type 7/1944 is intended to be used for the allied forces and

M-Boat - for Germany.

New Maps:

Normandy1 - Large historical map based on the Normandy coast and Northern

France. Pre-Invasion state.

Normandy2 - Large map based on Normandy and Northern France, with a

non-historical Allied base off the French coast.

Normandy3 - Large historical map based on the Normandy coast and Northern

France. Post-Invasion state with 18 temporary Allied strips.

Ardennes Summer - Non-historical medium sized summer map for online and offline

play, loosely based on the Ardennes region.

Ardennes Winter - Non-historical medium sized winter map for online and offline

play, loosely based on the Ardennes region.

Online8Islands - non-historical map featuring a "Pacific Theater" locale for

online gameplay. Can also be used for user-made single missions and short

campaigns.

Modifications

Changes and fixes in graphics: Perfect mode

- More realistic render of the water.

- Tuned the shades of the sea water.

- Eliminated chroma error of the water on ATI video cards (with disabled

subtitles).

- Removed sun reflection artifacts on NVidia video cards with S3TC enabled.

- Improved visual appearance of the trees.

- Added an option to place better looking 3D trees in the towns and villages.

Notes:

For the new trees to render it is required that: you video card has no less

than 128 Mb of RAM, and BIOS AGP memory (Aperture Size) set to no less than 128

Mb. Recommeded video cards for the option are GeForce 4, GeForce 5600 and

newer, ATI Radeon 9700 and newer.

To see the new trees in towns:

Make sure you're running the game in 'Perfect' mode. In the 'conf.ini' file, in

the section '[Render_OpenGL]' change the following line:

Forest = 2

to

Forest = 3

To disable the trees and return back to normal appearance, change the parameter

back to 2.

NB:

The option is released in test mode. We're expecting video drivers update from

the video card vendors to obtain full functionality of the mode. If you have

less than 128 Mb of RAM on your video card, expect blinking triangle artifacts

to appear on NVidia cards; on ATI cards you may see trees rapidly change their

color shade and/or shape as you approach them.

Hints and Tips: How to Improve the Framerate

- Do not set the screen resolution to larger than 1024x768.

- Disable full-screen antialiasing.

- If you suspecting trees or forests to cause the framerate drop, try lowering

the Forest parameter in the 'conr.ini' to 1, or even to 0 (that would make

forest to appear in less detail, but faster render).

- Lower the objects visibility distance.

Il-2:FB list of recommended drivers

1C:Maddox Games recommends the following video card drivers to be used with

IL-2:Forgotten Battles with the best graphics options. The sim may not function

properly with other driver versions due to issues outside our control.

NVIDIA

Display Driver Version: 45.33

Release Date: October 9, 2003

WHQL Certified

http://www.nvidia.com/object/pc_winxp-2k_45.33.html

ATI

CATALYST 3.7

Driver Build 6.14.10.63787-93-030812a1-010735c

Tracks

- Corrected incorrect repeated playback error.

Sound

Corrected 3D sound engine by request of users, to prevent online sound

cheating.

Users with a Sound Blaster Extigy card may need to deactivate the [Enables

Extensions] from the Sound Setup of IL2:FB. When activated, some jerky sound

may be heard when firing and changing views.

Users with the motherboard Asus A7N8X using the onboard audio card NVIDIA MCP2

(Chipset nForce2 SPP) may also experience these kind of sound problems, in that

case turn OFF [Enables Extentions] in Sound Setup.

FM and other tunes of aircraft

Further tuning is performed on a line of aircraft:

- All Bf-109s.

- Me-262. Be aware that aircraft should accelerate slowly to maximal speed.

- La-5/7 series climb rate.

- Increased critical dive speeds for some aircraft.

- Increased roll rate of P-40 series.

- Corrected radiator-induced drag program module.

- Decreased damage durability of I-16, FW-190A-F series and some others.

- Modified the appearance of the metal-finished aircraft to appear more

shining.

- Increased torque effect on a number of aircraft. Still not enough, but

currently we have a limit for the greater and precise torque effect tunings.

- Fixed bug with automatic fuel mixture of P-47 series

AI

All types of aircraft keep better formation in wayponts with decreasing of

altitude.

Weapons

- Added underwing payload variants for the P-51.

- Added ability to set up fuse timer for the Wfr.Gr. 21. To make the rocket

operate as it was intended in real life, set the delay to 5.0 seconds.