We're still grinding away on 1.07. The Il-2 is nearly complete. This version is armed with the 23mm cannons in addition to bombs and rockets. We do plan on adding a version with 37mm cannons as well but I don't know that that will happen for 1.07.
We have the two LVT's done. These vehicles will only be available from the fleet and their spawning mechanism is different than other vehicles. The LVT's only make about 7-8 mph in the water so they need to be dumped off fairly close to shore to have any use. So instead of having a spawn point a fixed distance from the fleet, they will use a dynamic one that automatically sets the launch point a fixed distance from the shore. The only requirement to have this work is that the fleet has to be within a certain range of the base. If the fleet is within that distance, launching an LVT will place you a fixed distance offshore between the base you're attacking and the fleet you launched from. The distance the carrier must be from the base and the distance the LVT is spawned from the shore are settings we're still experimenting with.
The LVT(A)2 is the troop carrier. The LVT(A)4 doesn't carry troops but has a short-barrel 75mm howitzer in an open-topped turret.
We're also making some changes to our airfield layout. The hangar layout is being broken up so they're not clustered for easy attack. We're also making some of the AA guns player controlled like the ones on the ships. Certain bases will also have fortified heavy artillery nearby for fleet defense.
Another thing we're planning to do with terrains in the main arena is to change the way we rotate them. Instead of rotating them through at the end of the tour, they'll be rotated when the war is won. This will allow us to have more terrains in the rotation and keep things changing often. It will also allow us to experiment with different terrains more easily. This probably won't be in place with the 1.07 release but should be enabled sometime during the period that 1.07 is the active version.
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Doug "Pyro" Balmos
HiTech Creations
