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0.9.7.0 “COCKPIT/CAMPAIGN" UPDATE — VIEW THE NARRATED YOUTUBE VIDEO FOR DETAILS!

It’s been quite some time since you’ve heard from us gamedev-mechanics here at Ace Maddox, so hopefully today’s additions will make you all pleased. Have a look at the spoken/narrated YouTube video below for the details.

YouTube Video URL: https://youtu.be/Zy4WPjSZ3Tc
Update History/Changelog:

  • Four new cockpits and "wide" interior camera added. Hop inside the P-40E, Buffalo Mk. I, Lysander Mk. II or the Japanese Ki-43 fighter! If you're playing on keyboard and/or mouse, just press the V key to check out the newly added cockpit "wide" camera. And, there's also a refurbished bomb-targeting system for when you're seated in cockpit mode.

  • Voice actors exhausted as Campaign nears competion. Development of FTSOC's historical single player campaign is almost complete. We've updated some of the older voices, while a multitude of actors have been working around the clock to record the remainder of the Campaign mission's screenplay in proper. We suggest you give the Campaign a full playthrough, so you can hear for yourselves.

  • Controller vibration. For those of you who prefer to play/fly with a gamepad, there's now controller rumble for stronger "immersion".

  • Improved rendering. Shadows and reflections look sharper and are more stable now, this specially noticeable when you're seated inside.

  • Toggle HUD elements on the fly. Press the H key while flying to control displaymode of the various HUD elements (handy feature when recording video or FRAPSing stills).

  • Ship models. We've updated most of the game's warship models, plus added a typical Southeast Asian wooden cargo ship, namely the Malayan Bedar (which, incidentally, does not look entirely unrelated to the Chinese junk).

  • More Challenges. We've added two new mini-missions in the form of challenges, so go ahead and take that dusty old Vildebeest for a bit of tinfish-safari off the Akyab coast in the new TORPEDOGS challenge, or try out the bombs and machine guns of the Allied P-43A fighter in GROUND ATTACK.

  • Added captured Japanese fighter. We've implemented a captured P-40E fighter, bombs included, to spice up multiplayer cockpit-dogfighting a little.

    Enjoy the spectacle,

    Ace Maddox