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- Patch Title: Patch 5.203b
- Patch Release Date:
The developer of IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad has released a new update for the game on . Here are the new things that you should expect to see or change on this new update. This information was curated directly from the official announcement on Steam.
- Fixed missing roads on the Stalingrad map;
- Pilot Career mode: fixed bug in transport escort missions on the Moscow map;
- Pilot Career Mode: reduced the time required to cover transport planes during their landing at a forward airfield;
- Pilot Career mode: ground attack duration for AI pilots increased from 2-4 to 4-6 minutes (10-12 minutes on IL-2s due to their large payloads);
- Pilot Career mode: I-16 fighters will not be assigned to intercept missions and bomber escort missions because of their low maximum speed;
- Pilot Career Mode: Bofors anti-aircraft guns can no longer appear on German side in bomber escort missions;
- To reduce the time spent over the target, Il-2 AI pilots now fire all 82 mm rockets and up to four 132 mm rockets in one salvo, and use up to four FAB-50s and two FAB-100s in one bombing run;
- WWI AQM mode: enemy column attack scenario fixed;
- One of the Ar 234 bombs won’t be dropped together with the launch boosters;
- Corrected IAR-80A propeller rotation direction;
- Corrected flap release angle in the basic IAR 80-B;
- FOCOASE lamp on IAR-80A and B won’t light up when power is off;
- IAR 80-M and IAR 80/81-C canopy can be opened at up to 650 km/h speeds (it was pneumatically operated);
- Corrected the IAR engine modes naming in its description (combat corrected to nominal);
- Typhoon Mk.Ib is correctly counted in the statistics;
- Made minor improvements to the ground forces AQM mode;
- Corrected the place of spent casings ejection of Li-2 front ShKAS MG.
To learn more about this new update, check the official source mentioned above.