The Hs-129 looks amazing. A most deserved update.

Could you outline what, if any, improvements to controls DT has planned? For example the ability to assign more controls to an axis (individual engines, mixture, supercharger, sight increase/decrease, sight azimuth left/right), or better support for the Logitech G940 system (http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=12407&page=4).

This is one of the best news in a long time, the Hs129 has been long awaited. I think since it's release as AI only. The revised 3D model is also looking great. Looking forward to fly it.
Thanks Daidalos!

Thanks DT, amazing work! Looking forward to the next development updates!

Great news! Thanks for keeping us up to date..

And just the first of 3 new patches going into next year. Great news for extending the life of IL2.

One question. Will this have to be installed straight over a clean 4.09 or can you have the other mod packs installed as well as 4.09?

Dear Daidalos Team,

Your work on patch 4.09 was truly excellent. The announcement of patches 4.10 through 4.13 is therefore great news! I will be looking forward to not only the new Henschel Hs 129 and the (AI) R-5, but also to the improvements of the FMB. It all looks very promising. Thank you very much.

Kind regards,
Ikarushin

Wow, wasn't expecting this...awesome news!!!!!!!!!

Excellent news.
Thanks for the update.


Wheels

It will need a clean 4.09m.

Ah ok thanks.

Dear Daidalos team,

Can you please help me with something. I know it is an emotive subject for some people but many of us are getting caught up in the 'mods' world whether we like it or not.

You have taken on the role of the 'semi-oficial' IL-2 developers and that is fine but can you tell me if you are working hand in hand with the 'mod' teams like Ultrapack and HSFX. You see, in many ways they are way ahead of you in some areas (new a/c, new FMs, 6DOF etc) and whether we like it or not they are driving the on-line game for many people.

Are you working with them or do you intend to develop your own versions of some of the mods that are already out there? For example, 6DOF has to be in high demand and some of the new a/c and maps could be leaving you behind.

Yours, confused, and already with two different installations,

klem

Dear Team Daidalos. First of all: good work and thank you for all the free stuff.....but PLEASE, update DGEN.exe or contact Starshoi (a DGEN.exe editor would be awesome to keep adding planes, maps, squadrons and nations). DGEN is an official part of the sim and needs an update. (and yes, I have DCG too...)

Not that I'll pretend to speak for them but the Daidalos folks have seemed to be open to suggestions but they did say their focus is specifically on high quality additions that will enhance the game.

There is a lot of great work being done... some of it is really well done and quality work but some of it is not ... or isn't yet (still being developed). It is ok for the MODs to slow things down quite a bit... Daidalos seems to be taking the opposite approach which is to keep the game running as per normal plus with some new quality content.

I do wish for instance that someone would finish up the Spitfire XIV models and submit them. As I understand it the cockpit does not yet fully represent a XIV yet.

+1

All those wonderful new planes and maps and we can't use them in Dgen. It's a great pity.

I may take some fire for this but - hey virtual fire hasn't ever killed anyone for real so who cares

Team Daidalos is doing a great thing by updating IL-2 for us, but in light of the fact that Mods are here and are here to stay, let’s not put undue burden on the community with little patches that have little or no impact on game play.

Releasing a patch is great for the community. However, what we don't need are patches released every 3 months with nothing more than a new aircraft and a minor tweaks. New patches every 6 months with major improvements would be a better suggestion so that mod developers don't feel pressured and find themselves in constant catch-up mode constantly updating their work to keep everyone's install compatible. For them it is a labor of love - and once things start to seem like a job, they will quit what they do for us.

Klem made a great point to open dialog between your role as official patch developer and the folks at AAA, UP and HSFX to find common ground. The modders have taken this game to heights no one ever expected (...just look at all the new maps, aircraft, functionality and eye candy available now). Those of you that don't use mods for whatever reason, have no idea what you are missing.

I know this is starting to sound like an "I have a dream speech" and it is ironic tomorrow is a holiday in the USA set aside to commemorate Dr Martin Luther King and his epic struggle for equality.

This is a great moment to put our heads together and dream of what things would be like if there was one united team made up of (Team Daidalos, AAA, HSFX and UP) - that would be truly great for the community.

Doesn't work, X_MAN, since Daidalos leaves the last word to Oleg and he doesn't want a number of things in Il-2 that various modding sites already have made (i.e. Channel map, realistic MTO maps, objects touched by the "Grumman issue"). Secondly there seems to be a rather huge amount of enmity between some of the more vocal proponents of different modding communities. If they can't get the division sorted themselves why should Daidalos even bother?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rga_-_cIXU

I think 4.10/4.11 etc may have more in them than "minor tweaks"

I think 4.10/4.11 etc may have more in them than "minor tweaks"

If you remember the pre-release video for 4.09 on youtube, you'll see amongst other things the Me 110 nightfighter with radar and also other stuff that the video states is for coming patches after 4.09..