Hello Everybody,
This week brought significant changes to the world, let's hope they are for the better and that these changes in will also be for good for our project. Our products are intended for full-hearted, patriotic people all around the world who love their own particular country’s history, but want to enjoy our hobby in peace and prosperity.
This week we started beta testing of version 2.005 that will bring Yak-1b Series 127 Collector Plane. The testing goes well and we hope that we we'll be able to release the new version (and the Collector Plane to those who pre-purchased it) next week. We'd like to remind you that Yak-1b Series 127 pre-order offer is still in effect, including 25% OFF discount and a unique skin that will be available only to customers who pre-purchased it. The Pre-order offer is valid until the release of this plane, so if you considered getting it please don't postpone your decision.
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Moreover, work on the first aircraft for Battle of Kuban, a new Messerschmidt modification the Bf 109 G-4, is progressing well. Today we are ready to show you the official skins of this plane, which, by the way, were painstakingly created by talented community member I./ZG1_Panzerbar. We valued his advice before and now we decided to try a new level of cooperation:
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It's also important to note that we finished DirectX 11 alpha testing and the main bulk of debugging work required for this transition and we plan to start implementing the already prepared and tested changes into the main game branch immediately after the version 2.005 release. Therefore, if all goes well, we hope to release version 2.006 in December with DirectX 11 support included. There is a chance that unforeseen issues could postpone DX11 launch, but so far, everything goes according to plan and we hope that nothing will interfere with it. At launch, there will be no real visible difference in the graphical appearance of the product. Any possible future improvements to scene rendering or special effects will have to come later after further research and experimentation. Our most important goal for DX11 was to improve performance of our current scene rendering and support for VR development.
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You can see full text and visual materials on our forum:
http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/168-developer-diary/?p=408276