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#3494432 - 01/13/12 03:44 PM
4.11—Neat Things
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Registered: 02/06/00
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A few of my favorite things:
Pe-8
IL4
Planes can spawn from a parked plane (static). LOVE THIS FEATURE.
New AI maneuvers and dogfighting a little close to human vs. human (obviously will never be "perfect", but hey).
Even though I do NOT have a newer TrackIR, I do like their implementation of 6DOF. I've advocated for realistic/limited motion, and I am very satisfied with the way they did it. I activate mine with my middle-mouse button.
Mousewheel zoom in FMB and in-flight map. Kudos.
Bomb fuses and other new difficulty options. ESPECIALLY external view for taxiing, yet externals switched off the moment you're airborn. VERY nicely done. (yes, I know mods have done this, but it's nice to see in the "vanilla" version).
New icon options (rcu).
Player head movement (the avatar/pilot 3d model) head "moves" when you look around. This is recorded in NTRK and transferred across the network to your coop/enemy buddies. This is so cool. Also, elevator/aileron/flap information is more accurately transferred to all players. Also (heh), bomb/rocket hit/impact is more accurately transferred.
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#3496733 - 01/17/12 12:31 PM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Registered: 01/09/01
Posts: 399
Loc: Seguin, Texas
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A few of my favorite things:
Pe-8
IL4
Planes can spawn from a parked plane (static). LOVE THIS FEATURE.
New AI maneuvers and dogfighting a little close to human vs. human (obviously will never be "perfect", but hey).
Even though I do NOT have a newer TrackIR, I do like their implementation of 6DOF. I've advocated for realistic/limited motion, and I am very satisfied with the way they did it. I activate mine with my middle-mouse button.
Mousewheel zoom in FMB and in-flight map. Kudos.
Bomb fuses and other new difficulty options. ESPECIALLY external view for taxiing, yet externals switched off the moment you're airborn. VERY nicely done. (yes, I know mods have done this, but it's nice to see in the "vanilla" version).
New icon options (rcu).
Player head movement (the avatar/pilot 3d model) head "moves" when you look around. This is recorded in NTRK and transferred across the network to your coop/enemy buddies. This is so cool. Also, elevator/aileron/flap information is more accurately transferred to all players. Also (heh), bomb/rocket hit/impact is more accurately transferred. Can you tell one not near as smart as you guys what "New Icon options (rcu)" means? Thanks for any help.
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#3496753 - 01/17/12 12:50 PM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Registered: 02/06/00
Posts: 3725
Loc: WA, United States
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The rcu is an alias definitions file. It's a quick way to define aliases to perform commands. For example, mine contains:
@set fast off
@set echo on
@set alias on
@set history 20
@file dosturmolog
@file gc.cmd
@file iconset.txt
@alias a alias
@a h history
@a s show
@a md mp_dotrange
@a mdfr md FRIENDLY COLOR 5 DOT 15 RANGE 5 TYPE 5 ID 5 NAME 5
@a mdfo md FOE COLOR 0.1 DOT 15 RANGE 0.1 TYPE 0.1 ID 0.1 NAME 0.1
@a mdofr md FRIENDLY DEFAULT
@a mdofo md FOE DEFAULT
@a md92ndfr md FRIENDLY COLOR 1.65 DOT 25 RANGE 0.01 TYPE 1.65 ID 0.01 NAME 0.01
@a md92ndfo md FOE COLOR 1.65 DOT 25 RANGE 0.01 TYPE 1.65 ID 0.01 NAME 0.01
@a fon fps START SHOW
@a foff fps STOP
My @file iconset.txt command runs the contents of iconset.txt to the console so I don't have to. I can also issue "macros" (aliases) by typing, for example, mdofr, mdofo, md92ndfr, etc. My iconset.txt command has the following:
mp_dotrange FRIENDLY DOT 25.0 COLOR 1.65 RANGE 0.01 TYPE 1.65 ID 0.01 NAME 0.02 ALTICON 30.0 ALTSYMBOL · ALTCOLOR 0
mp_dotrange FOE DOT 25.0 COLOR 1.65 RANGE 0.01 TYPE 1.65 ID 0.01 NAME 0.02 ALTICON 30.0 ALTSYMBOL · ALTCOLOR 0
timeout 60000 file iconset.txt
This performs automatically my "typical" icon settings and "loops" them every 60000 milliseconds. The patch new feature, however, puts a new file called simply "Icons" in each pilot folder under the users folder. You can directly edit this file with notepad and set your own icons.
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#3496912 - 01/17/12 03:15 PM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Frugalite & P-38 fan
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Registered: 05/29/10
Posts: 2779
Loc: The Netherlands
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Did it get truncated? @a fon fps START SHOW
@a foff fps STOP fps STOP SHOW?
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#3496982 - 01/17/12 05:09 PM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Registered: 02/15/06
Posts: 2544
Loc: Kansas City, Missouri - USA
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odd, I have the 4.11 but so such file in the folder.
Edited by Uriah (01/17/12 05:09 PM)
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#3497341 - 01/18/12 08:36 AM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Registered: 01/09/01
Posts: 399
Loc: Seguin, Texas
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Tolwyn, thank you very much for the response. I have no earthly idea what you said in it, but that's not your fault. I am 69 yrs old, and not very computer smart, so the fault is all mine. I've enjoyed playing the game since its inception way back when, and I was just curious about the "rcu" thing. I read stuff in this forum and sometime I understand what you guys are talking about, often I don't so I ask. You were nice to take the time to answer me, as you folks have always been. Thanks.
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#3497476 - 01/18/12 11:16 AM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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#3497583 - 01/18/12 01:04 PM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Registered: 01/09/01
Posts: 399
Loc: Seguin, Texas
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OK, I'm gonna read it, still no guarantees far as comprehending. It's what I always tell my grandkids, not sure it works for their grandad though. Thanks.
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#3501425 - 01/22/12 09:11 PM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Registered: 05/10/05
Posts: 6
Loc: Indiana
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fps STOP HIDE
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#3501749 - 01/23/12 10:13 AM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Registered: 06/06/04
Posts: 781
Loc: Troy, OH
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I took off in a 109 yesterday and got landing gear damage i guess was going to fast before I raised them. Well when I came in for landing I tried to lower gear and only one wheel came down!  I wonder if the same type damage can occur from combat damage? If it does thats really cool because I have seen a lot of pictures where a plane would drop one undercarriage wheel from being damaged by gunfire.
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#3501772 - 01/23/12 10:40 AM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: commorange]
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#3501841 - 01/23/12 12:10 PM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Registered: 02/18/10
Posts: 5
Loc: Canada
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Checked for weather forecast, and nothing, commands are there, but no one responded.
Damaged gear, before 4.11, there were a few times I've had damaged gear when flying online, from combat, but very few, (though I guess all the planes the the other team would not let me land had damaged gear after I was blown to smithereens.)
4.11m is great so far.
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#3501914 - 01/23/12 01:25 PM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: SkyHigh]
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Frugalite & P-38 fan
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Registered: 05/29/10
Posts: 2779
Loc: The Netherlands
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Hmmm, would the 'Stang have a working "rock it to lock it"?
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#3502427 - 01/24/12 06:30 AM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Tolwyn]
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Hmmm, I've been getting damaged gear (without message) since IL-2: FB and manual gear commands came around.
I've rescued more than one plane by lowing gear manually when they wouldn't go down otherwise, at least in the Hurricane, IL-2, P-39, and P-47.
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#3502468 - 01/24/12 07:23 AM
Re: 4.11—Neat Things
[Re: Dart]
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Registered: 12/03/08
Posts: 17658
Loc: Corona, California
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Hmmm, I've been getting damaged gear (without message) since IL-2: FB and manual gear commands came around.
I've rescued more than one plane by lowing gear manually when they wouldn't go down otherwise, at least in the Hurricane, IL-2, P-39, and P-47. Yep, it was quite the revelation the first time I used the manual landing gear command and it worked even though the automatic landing gear command had failed. Wheels
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