A new flight sim from Russia is otw: Sturmovik

[leonid]

HTC told me it was okay to post this here, since I'm really excited about this game...
 

Current Progress of IL-2 Development:

Russia's largest software house "1C Company" and Maddox Games created a joint venture known as 1C:Maddox Games with the objective to get IL-2 Sturmovik and other projects up to top optimization before publishing it. 1C Company owns 51% of this joint venture.

IL-2 Sturmovik (Beta 01) will be ready before E3 2000. There are many of the new features and changes.

Here's a final list of aircraft that we plan for the release of IL-2 Sturmovik:

FLYABLE Aircraft :

IL-2 Single seat. 1940 year production with 2x20mm machine cannons.
IL-2 Single seat. 1941 year production with 2x23mm machine cannons.
IL-2M Type-2. 1942 year production. Rear Gunner Included.
IL-2 Type 3. 1943 year production with new 15-degree swept-back wing portions and new 1720 hp AM-38F engine.
IL-2 Type 3M. 1943 year production with 2x37mm Anti-Tank Cannons.
IL-2T. Torpedo bomber. 1943 year production for Soviet Naval Aviation.
IL-2I. Armored Anti-Bomber Fighter. Based on the single seat variant.
LaGG-3. 1941 initial series production with M-105 engine.
LaGG-3. 1944. The last and best series with M-105PF2 engine.
MiG-3. 1940-41 year production. High altitude fighter.
MiG-3U. (1942-45 power buy new engine and new cannon)
P-39N (US lend-lease)
P-39Q (US lend-lease)
Bf-109E-4 (1941)
Bf-109G-2 (1942-45)
Bf-109G-6 (1943-45)

NON-Flyable Aircraft :


R-10, U-2(Po-2), Li-2, I-16, La-5FN, La-7, Yak-1, Yak -7, Yak –9, Yak –3, Bf-109E-7/B, Bf-109K-4, FW-190A-4, FW-190A-8, He-111H-6, Hs-129, Ju-87B-2, Ju-87D-3, Ju-87G-1, Ju-52, Ju-88, Fi-156 Storch.

In summary, 38 planes will be modeled with better quality polys than what you may already have seen in the old screen shots...

We are also preparing add-ons after the release of retail box product ; new flyable planes for multiplayer and solo play. The player will be able to use such add-ons with IL-2 Sturmovik at first for multiplayer mode but this would also mean that player will be able to use the Mission builder that to build new missions with the planes from the add-ons packs. Tentatively, the first add-ons will feature the FW-190 and IL-10. Depending on the response of simmers, we'll see how far that goes...

In additional to all Air-To-Ground (A2G) missions, there will be missions where player can try to intercept groups of IL-2 and escorting Russian fighters in Bf-109's. So, you will be able to play from the other side of the war as well. The player will be able to fly IL-2's, Russian fighters or select the other side - German fighters (look above the list of flyable planes).

Multiplayer Options : Co-Op with up to 16 players at once across the internet based on single / campaign missions designs. It's possible to create your own coop scenario missions in mission builder and play than across the internet with others. Dogfighting (or "All out War") allows at least 32 players in the air at once.

Also, we've featured a rear gunner position for your single or multiplayer experience (IL-2 only).

Customizable Skins available. Player's paint scheme, nation markings, numbers, squadron markings for each single and flyable plane in the multiplayer modes are exportable.

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leonid
129 IAP VVS RKKA

[Sundog]

And if You e-mail the developer your squad markings (64 pixel x 64 pixel) at

mado@1c.ru

they will include your squadron's markings on the actual game disk  . We finally get to fly a MiG-3....at least if HTC doesn't beat them to it.

[Chain]

Bf-109G-2 (1942-45)
Bf-109G-6 (1943-45)
!!!!    I hope we get G-2 and G-6 in Finnish colours  

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Chain
Aki Holopainen
aki.holopainen@quicknet.inet.fi
*Überfinns Perkeleet & The Flying Finns*

[Russian]

Hay, whats  that site url, I think i'll go visit them

[Ripsnort]

I've had some communication with Oleg from Maddox, they plan to take the STURM engine and do a WW2-Online type wargame later this fall...with the information he sent me, it sounds like a real winner, I'm sorry I can't give more information about it at this time, as I'm sure he doesn't want me posting that info here on this BBS.

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Brian "Ripsnort" Nelson
++JG2++ ~Richthofen~ XO
(Formerly VF-101 Grim Reapers~Rip1~Warbirds~)
JG2 "Richthofen"
 
"Opfer mussen gebracht werden"
— Otto Lilienthal

[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 02-23-2000).]