Update 7.001: Odessa and Leningrad

[Qwert953]

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Дворцовая площадь с самолёта. 

Edited February 20 by Qwert953

[Bert_Foster]

 🙂

2 hours ago, MDzmitry said:

Not mentioned even as a possible equipment in 1945 (unlike RPK), let alone 1944. 

Ok then Off with the suction venturi and give me back 1 Kmh IAS  🙂

Edited February 20 by Bert_Foster

[MDzmitry]

12 минут назад, Bert_Foster сказал:

 🙂

Ok then Off with the suction venturi and give me back 1 Kmh IAS  🙂

You know the Venturi tube is also used for bank indicator, right?

A quote from La-7's technical manual:

Указатель поворота

Прибор служит для определения вращения самолета вокруг вертикальной оси. Прибор устроен на принципе гироскопа. Отклонение стрелки вправо указывает на правый разворот, влево — на левый. Для создания необходимого вакуума для нормальной работы прибора на самолете установлена малая трубка Вентури. Под действием вакуума засасываемая струя воздуха вращает ротор гироскопа прибора со скоростью 6000-8000 об/мин.

Для регулирования вакуума в приборе на расстоянии 200-250 мм за ним за ним установлен редукционный клапан, поддерживающий вакуум, равный 50 мм рт. ст. Трубка Вентури установлена под капотом мотора самолета на профиле крепления щитков шасси.

Проводка от трубки Вентури до прибора осуществлена при помощи алюминиевой трубки сечением 6Х8мм с переходниками из дюрритового шланга в местах разъема.

Проводка должна быть герметична.

Edited February 20 by MDzmitry

[Bert_Foster]

No I didnt know that thanks for the info.
 

Out for interests sake how is the turn needle on the LA5 series powered ?  No venturis on the 3D model or on any period photos I have looked at.

Edited February 20 by Bert_Foster

[CatteMoto]

Is anyone else having the issue of getting a "firing on friendly" penalty when attacking ground forces e.g. cannons, AA emplacements, airfield fuel tanks etc? I have three times received this notice on the Leningrad (Defense) map in career mode. Despite this the after-action report map shows the 'friendly' I fired on was enemy leFH 18 artillery. 

 

Otherwise I am thoroughly enjoying the new map

[MDzmitry]

9 часов назад, Bert_Foster сказал:

Out for interests sake how is the turn needle on the LA5 series powered ?  No venturis on the 3D model or on any period photos I have looked at.

The Venturi tube in La-5 is placed to the left of the propeller, right in the nose.

You can see it in Il-2 using a free camera and coming really close to the nose, it's properly modelled.

[kraut1]

@LLv44_Kanttori and @zeus--: Thank you very much for the great map!

This week SYN_Vander has published the first implementation of the Karelia map in his great EMG v94:
https://sites.google.com/view/il2-great-battles-emg/home

And additionally for EMG v94 I have released the settings (draft, but already working) for a full semi historic 1943 static front from Vyborg to Leningrad for quick and simple semi historic mission generation:
https://forum.il2-series.com/topic/2255-draft-for-new-karelia-map-leningrad-1943-static-front-for-easy-mission-generator-v94-v0/

In EMG the 1943 front:

In IL-2 Great Battles:

Edited February 21 by kraut1

[BlitzPig_EL]

Would it be possible for the developers to add some "generic" Finnish skins for the Bf 109s that saw service?  Currently there are three named Finnish skins, one each for the G2, G6 and G6 Late, and one Luftwaffe skin for a G2 that served in Finland.  Something along the lines of the generic Finnish skins we currently have for the Hurricane and I-153, would be great.  It is kind of silly to have an entire flight of G2s all piloted by Riihallio.

[kraut1]

@LLv44_Kanttori
I have found a very old mod with some finnish messages in the german audio folder.
Just in case that it is interesting for you:

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/35103-mod-ctbb´s-radio-mod-new-us-bomber-crew-usa-uk-finnish/

[Arrow_1974]

@LukeFF Quick question: Is there a reason why the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (and its higher grades) has been excluded from being awarded for those 3 new theaters of action?

[Award=201005]
	name="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross"
	RequiredAward="201004"
	AwardInProc="(Country=201)&(CDate>=19390901)&(AirObj>=50)|(ComplSorties>=400))"
	AwardByDef="(RND<0)"    // Not awarded by default
[end]

[Award=201006]
	name="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves"
	RequiredAward="201005"
	AwardInProc="(Country=201)&(CDate>=19400603)&(AirObj>=100)|(ComplSorties>=800))"
	AwardByDef="(RND<0)"    // Not awarded by default
	AwardRemove="(ExAw=201005)"
[end]

[Award=201007]
	name="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords"
	RequiredAward="201006"
	AwardInProc="(Country=201)&(CDate>=19410621)&(AirObj>=200)|(ComplSorties>=1600))"
	AwardByDef="(RND<0)"    // Not awarded by default
	AwardRemove="(ExAw=201005)|(ExAw=201006)"
[end]

[Award=201008]
	name="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds"
	RequiredAward="201007"
	AwardInProc="(Country=201)&(CDate>=19410715)&(AirObj>=250)|(ComplSorties>=2000))"
	AwardByDef="(RND<0)"    // Not awarded by default
	AwardRemove="(ExAw=201005)|(ExAw=201006)|(ExAw=201007)"
[end]

 

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, Arrow_1974 said:

Quick question: Is there a reason why the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (and its higher grades) has been excluded from being awarded for those 3 new theaters of action?

That should be fixed in the next update.

[Arrow_1974]

@LukeFF 

Hi Luke,

I noticed a small issue while playing through a career.

I completed the entire Leningrad 1941 career campaign and then continued the same pilot career into Battle of Moscow. The promotion dates now overlap between the two campaigns.

For example:

• Promotion to Rank 3 – 10 Nov 1941 (Battle of Leningrad 1941)

• Promotion to Rank 4 – 5 Nov 1941 (Battle of Moscow)

This results in the later promotion occurring six days earlier than the previous one.

Would it be possible to address this in a future update so that events remain chronologically consistent when a career continues across multiple campaigns? One possible approach could be to ensure that the next theatre of operations only begins after the final date of the previous campaign, preventing any missions or events in the new campaign from occurring earlier than the last recorded date of the preceding one.

Thanks,

Alex

[LukeFF]

Anything with career stuff for Leningrad and Odessa is still deeply a work in progress, so the team will look into this in the future. 

[kraut1]

By using the Odessa map expansion mod an "improvised airfield" could be designed in the marked area and used for air support for Odessa until ca. 30st August 41.
This improvised airfield would be not historical but the area was at least not occupied by the Germans until 1st September as far as I know...

Front 31.08.1941

next day:

[Arrow_1974]

@LukeFF 

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Anything with career stuff for Leningrad and Odessa is still deeply a work in progress, so the team will look into this in the future. 

Hi Luke,

If the team is planning to look into career-related topics, there is an additional issue worth addressing. It is not specific to Leningrad or Odessa, but affects all career theatres.

IL-2 GB often updates the detailed kill sub-counters in the cp.db (e.g., killLightFighter, killMediumBomber) without consistently updating the corresponding parent rollup fields (killLightPlane, killMediumPlane, killHeavyPlane).

As a result, the aggregated totals in the squadron statistics table become inconsistent. This can also lead to AI pilots not receiving awards they would otherwise qualify for, since the award logic appears to rely on the rollup values.

It would be great if this synchronization between detailed and aggregated counters could be ensured.