Update 1.005

Hello, pilots!

Today, we’re bringing you update 1.005. In this version, we’ve improved AI behavior in air combat, introduced a wingman behavior setting, and added a MiG-15 training mission. We’ve also fixed issues affecting aircraft, missions, and multiplayer, improved cockpit lighting and visual effects, and updated the game’s protection system.

AI AND AUTOPILOT

• Added an AI wingmen behavior option to the Game section of Settings. By default, wingmen follow the mission scenario until they receive a command from the player. With the alternative setting selected, they remain in formation with the player until ordered otherwise.

• Improved target prioritization during air combat.

• Improved AI maneuver selection and aiming during head-on attacks.

• Improved selection of evasive maneuvers when under attack.

• Fixed control surface jitter on AI-controlled aircraft during air combat.

• Fixed several issues that could cause the autopilot to stop working after being switched on and off repeatedly.

• Fixed taxiing for piston-engine aircraft at K-19 Haeju airfield.

MISSIONS AND TRAINING

• Added a MiG-15 training mission: “Exercise 1 — Orbiting.”

• Fixed an issue in Strategic Object Cover missions where the mission could be marked as failed despite all objectives being completed.

AIRCRAFT AND GROUND VEHICLES

• Fixed jet engines sometimes shutting down after a time skip involving a significant change in altitude.

• IL-10: fixed an issue that prevented the engine from starting with the Fuel System Helper disabled and the fuel shutoff valve open.

• F-80C-10: fixed an issue that allowed the engine to start with the Fuel System Helper disabled and the fuel shutoff valve closed.

• Reduced the severity of collisions between aircraft wheels and airfield lights.

• Fixed the sinking physics of vehicles that entered the water upside down.

• Fixed collision physics for tracked vehicles, including the IS-2, ISU-122, M19, M46, and M6 Tractor.

• Added a new AI-controlled object: a pontoon boat.

• Il-10 — corrected the phosphorescent illumination of cockpit labels and instrument scales.

MULTIPLAYER

• Fixed an issue that could cause AI-controlled aircraft in large formations to stop responding to mission commands.

• Removed incorrect mud effects and wheel tracks when AI-controlled vehicles travel on concrete.

CONTROLS

• Changed the default key binding for toggling navigation lights from Win + L to LShift + L to avoid a conflict with a Windows system shortcut. This binding is applied automatically on a fresh installation. If you are updating an existing installation, you need to change the binding manually.

INTERFACE AND MUSEUM

• Fixed taxi waypoint indicators after a manual landing.

• Fixed destruction messages that omitted the object’s model name.

• Yak-9P: corrected the IKO-42 heading indicator description in Russian and English.

• Yak-9P: added the commands for adjusting gunsight brightness to the gunsight lamp rheostat description in the Museum.

GRAPHICS AND ENVIRONMENT

• Fixed cockpit floodlight brightness.

• Fixed nighttime lighting in the cockpits of all aircraft.

• Fixed bright outlines around submerged parts of objects.

• Reworked the ejection effect.

• Improved destruction effects for medium-sized and very large buildings.

• Fixed the train wheel sparks effect.

• Fixed arrow directions on “Left” and “Right” signs.

MISSION AND VIDEO CREATION TOOLS

• The PlayVoice trigger now supports localization.

• Telemetry output for video creation now includes data from AI-controlled aircraft.

OTHER CHANGES

• Restored support for special characters in login email addresses, including the “+” symbol.

• Updated the protection system used by the game and dedicated server.

Thank you for your feedback, suggestions, and observations! Your reports help us make the game better. Jump in, try out the update, and let us know what you think. See you in the skies over Korea!

Best regards, Korea. IL-2 Series Team