Greetings pilots!
A new update for IL-2 Sturmovik: Desert Wings - Tobruk has just landed! This time we bring in a lot of changes and updates to the in-game missions as well as a brand new one! We also bring in some smaller general changes and a couple of fixes.
As always, we'd like to thank all of our loyal fans who share their feedback in our Steam Forums. Thank you for your support!
You can read the full changelog down below:
Changelog:
General Changes / Updates
- Lorenz system enabled on Wellington
- Ambient Temperature gauge enabled on Wellington
- No initial background on info window
- Camera position below ground/sea after bailout touchdown
- Corrections in "Flashcards All Aircraft-de.pdf" and "Tobruk Map for flashcards.jpg"
Mission Changes / Updates
- New Tobruk single mission: The Old and the New, five playable flights
- Mission update: 8./KG 51 slide updated to show Ju-88 A-5 in No Respite single mission
- Mission update: AI Hurricane flight settings fixed for mission 3 of the Desert Hawks campaign
- Mission update: AI settings revised in the Kanalkampf mission
- Mission update: Added new Tomahawk Mk.II/trop skin '250_Caldwell 25.8.1941.jpg'
- Mission update: Aftershocks and August Attrition do not require DLC Tobruk anymore
- Mission update: Aftershocks: Blenheim mission expanded
- Mission update: Airfield scenery revised for the Attack of the Eagles and August Attrition single missions
- Mission update: All briefings of the Aftershocks and No Respite missions have been edited for historical accuracy and consistency
- Mission update: All missions of the Desert Hawks and Eagles over Tobruk campaigns reworked to have AI fighters properly escort bombers
- Mission update: All missions of the Desert Hawks and Eagles over Tobruk campaigns reworked to have more and better scenery (no more zwillingsockels hovering above the Italian trenches at Bir el Gubi)
- Mission update: All missions of the Desert Hawks and Eagles over Tobruk campaigns reworked to have opposing flights come into contact when intended
- Mission update: Attack of the Eagles and Kanalkampf Stuka flights revised. AI Stukas will now return to base at low level after diving, and briefings instruct players to use more reasonable speeds
- Mission update: Bf-110 behaviour in Dusk Raid fixed
- Mission update: Bomb craters added to Grandvilliers airfield in missions 9 and 10 of the On Ne Passe Pas! campaign
- Mission update: Briefing slides fixed for the Desert Hawks campaign
- Mission update: Briefings for single missions revised to make the direction of the wind easier to understand
- Mission update: British tractors at French airfields replaced with French tractors in On Ne Passe Pas! campaign
- Mission update: Desert Hawks, Eagles Over Tobruk, On Ne Passe Pas!, and Rising from the Ashes campaign briefings updated for consistency and clarity
- Mission update: Dusk Raid mission: Bf-110s will now attack Wellingtons as intended
- Mission update: Eagles over Tobruk 05.briefing given minor correction to improve clarity
- Mission update: Fuel loads revised for aircraft in the On Ne Passe Pas! campaign
- Mission update: Issue of Hurricanes carrying bombs when not intended to has been fixed in the Eagles over Tobruk campaign
- Mission update: Missions 01, 08, and 09 of the Desert Hawks campaign have had the C.202 series VII replaced with the C.202 series III. 08.jpg updated to match
- Mission update: Missions 4 and 6 of the Beaufighter campaign have had Beaufighter loadouts corrected
- Mission update: More scenery and populated airfields added to the Desert Hawks and Eagles over Tobruk campaigns
- Mission update: Populated Le Havre airfield added to Aftershocks and No Respite. [cybermat47]
- Mission update: Querquerville 2cm flak in mission Aftershocks moved to avoid clipping through part of the map
- Mission update: Querqueville airfield scenery modified in Aftershocks, Battle Goes On, and No Respite
- Mission update: Some flights in the Eagles over Tobruk campaign changed to be from different squadrons for variety and consistency
- Mission update: The Aftershocks mission has had the Blenheim flight's sortie altered and expanded. Now there are three Blenheims and two intercepting Bf-109s
- Mission update: The Aftershocks mission has had the Spitfire flight changed from No. 607 SQN (which was, in reality, flying Hurricanes at that time) to the more historically accurate No. 602 SQN. The slides have been changed to match this
- Mission update: The English briefings of the A Busy Morning, Attack of the Eagles, August Attrition, The Battle Goes On, Christmas Convoy, Corpo Aereo Italiano, Corpo Aereo Italiano II, The Kanalkampf, Royal Rodeo, and The Southampton Blitz single missions have been edited for historical accuracy and consistency
- Mission update: The No Respite mission's Ju-88 flight has been given a high speed before, during, and immediately after their attack on the convoy