IL-2 STURMOVIK™: Cliffs of Dover due out in March!!

**Led Zeppelin** · March 5th, 2011, 10:12

Originally Posted by KellyB

Much like all the television we see here in the US with popups in the middle of a program taking up to 1/3 of the screen to tell me what I'm watching (I already know) and what is coming up next (at the moment, I don't care). Then after a commercial, we have to review the last minutes BEFORE the commercial, because apparently people have no short term memory which will last through the commercial.

Finally, French TV is not so bad...

**alain95** · March 6th, 2011, 11:47

Originally Posted by Led Zeppelin

Finally, French TV is not so bad...

LedZ why do you think that now every french TVset must be digitally equipped ?
"tous au numérique" they say !

***Pat Pattle*** · March 22nd, 2011, 11:50

Another official trailer has been released. I must admit even with my reservations about the historical realism they've achieved it does look bloomin good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcm_5...eature=related

What's all this 'steam' stuff about btw??

**Bravo/4** · March 22nd, 2011, 12:24

Does look very nice model, and texture wise!

**OldCrow** · March 22nd, 2011, 13:26

Looks like a "must upgrade my pc" game. I'm all in!

**Bravo/4** · March 22nd, 2011, 14:20

What's all this 'steam' stuff about btw??[/QUOTE]

Probably anti piracy software Clive.

**dancat** · March 22nd, 2011, 18:17

I download all my pc games from steam now.
I don't believe in piracy and yes steam helps that.

**seacondor** · March 23rd, 2011, 18:59

Well I've preordered a copy. This looks like great eye candy to me. The only down side I see so far is no people on the ground. I would have liked to have seen some people in the railway station and the AA gun. Even if they were only fixed simple ones.
I hope we will see an upgrade one day that will allow us to fly the Wellington, Condor and Do17z. However it is great to see they have the right Condor in the sim. I'm very pleased to see the Blenhiem mk4. It will be good to do a little hitting back from time to time. The Tigermoth is great to see as well. I just wish they hadn't wasted their time on the modern aircraft. Have you seen those odd ones they did in CFS3 much. They would have been better using that time on the Do17z cockpit.
Has anyone read about a mission builder? I haven't seen a word on it.
Anyway all in all I'm very pleased with what we are getting from a visual point of view. I won't comment of the flight issues. That's for others.

***NachtPiloten*** · March 24th, 2011, 03:31

Visually, looks great. Hope they fly as nicely as they look.

**SixGhost** · March 24th, 2011, 04:41

Greg, there will be a mission builder from day 1 and it was said it will be moddable. Unfortunately, there have been no other info about those features in the last few months. I'm holding out on the purchase for now.

***Pat Pattle*** · March 25th, 2011, 07:30

Some enterprising soul has put the UK manual up:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JG4G3K6K

The complex engine management looks very interesting, as do the working bombsights.
It also mentions various crew positions having some functionality.

It also mentions 'later modules' planned for features such as adding rank insignia on uniforms, so it looks to be ongoing which bodes well for the future of it.

This could turn out to be a very good combat flight simulator after all!

**flyer01** · March 26th, 2011, 11:33

I'm not going to get this sim for some time. I have all the flight sims I need for a long time.

flyer01

***Pat Pattle*** · March 26th, 2011, 22:17

There's a few vids on Youtube from the Russian release. This one shows the scenery pretty well.
Not sure of the colours used, it doesn't look much like the UK. The grass and flowers look good though. I'm itching to see decent pics of the airfields!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7DBhT2iLM0