IL2 BoS seems to be moving along nicely.

This is a link to the Developers Diary.


http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/168-developer-diary/

If this allows us to work as a team, as a bomber crew in a single bomber, for instance, and we have enough people who buy this I would be willing to jump in. When is the release date and will it be available through Steam?

As far as I know McGuirk, the release date is 'Spring 2014'. So not far off.

From what I've heard bombers can be fully crewed by online players.Imagine playing bombadier and guiding the aircraft towards the target,(and the rest of the crew screaming to drop them and get out of there) awesome! I have been waiting years for this in multiplayer combat flight sims.
Still, I will believe it when I see it!

I'm not sure about the Steam situation. I hope there is an option to play it on Steam.

This is what I have been hoping for!

Multi crews on Dev blog 60

http://il2sturmovik.com/news/

Thanks for keeping an eye on this for us.
It continues to look better.

Dam it,I weakened and bought into the early access.
I tried to hold out, but after reading on the forum the game will cost the same as early access I went for it.
Be aware this is a complicated sim, not like War Thunder which is more accessible.
You can simplify things by selecting auto mixture, prop pitch, radiator and cowls. But if you are willing to commit to this, it is best to learn all engine management

So far there are free flight, simple missions, missions and multiplayer options.
The multiplayer ATM is six test servers, but they are working fine. Three EU, and three US.
I noticed you can join a server as a crew member only, which is great.
At the moment there are just gunner positions, but they will be soon joined by navigators and bombardiers.

The aircraft look and sound wonderful. The landscape looks good but is a plain wintery setting. There is talk of new theaters being introduced in the future, so I'm not too worried about that.

Most importantly, it all runs very smoothly. The choice of settings are low, medium, high and ultra. Mine defaulted at medium, but after hiking it up to ultra I find it runs well (30 to 40 fps)

This early access was very expensive ($90) . I would advise holding out until the complete game is released if you are interested. The crucial content is the multiplayer, and at the moment I don't know how that will develop.
Hopefully with the community helping it will be good. Multi crews is a good start.

I will keep you updated on the developments

I've taken a few in game screenies to give you an idea.
The first few are of the Russian PE-2 with the different gun positions, and also some of the German Stuka.

Following on from the discussion the other night McGuirk, here is a bit more info.
The completed game is due for a late September release. At the moment multiplayer is basic and there are not many single player missions (only mission creator)
It is looking and running lovely, but I would advise waiting for the full release. If you are still keen, check out some You Tube videos before deciding

Main Web page
http://il2sturmovik.com/

Cockpit At-A-Glance Reference Cards
http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/6 ... t-glance-reference-cards/

Aircraft Familiarization
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list= ... HeNquPvKFr3mazkk_VK0JpxUw