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| PDC Skin Pack Update
III -
The next two out of the gate, again come
from Raptor and Kossu. Nice matchups for the skies over Europe. |
| Tonight we bring you a Bf 109 G6/R6 from Kossu
that just looks evil, but I mean that in a good way. :-) We also have Raptor's
"Sleepy Time Gal" a B-17 to drool over. Almost beats your pappa's
Playboy. The ZIP files are up on the PDC download page here. |
| PDC Skin Pack Update
II -
The PDC promised only two a day, but is
reeleasing a special 3 plane set today for the Battle of Britain S3 Scenario. |
| With the upcoming Battle of Britain S3 series
the Warbirds Player Development Corps thought it fitting to get some new
Emils out there. Kossu's work is, as usual, excellent and brings the very
old model a new life. More PDC skins will be released tomorow from the late
war skin pack. The ZIP files are up on the PDC download page here. |
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Quick Pics - Three
new images of the soon to be released Ki-61 including the cockpit artwork
of new iEN artist John Dupree. I left the last one, his cockpit, at full
size so ya'll could take a real good look. |
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Quick Pics - Three
more night and "dusk" shots. Note the coloring of the cockpit
interior in the middle Ki-43 shot. |
| PDC Skin Pack Update - The PDC will be releasing two new skins every day,
for about a week. Starting right here and now. |
| The PDC has been on a LONG hiatus trying to find
a new and better way of providing skins to you the player. We're right back
at square one with our quest for a faster loading customized skin. But while
the search was on, the artists were all still very busy. The next week will
bring to you the Late War Skin Pack, seperated into two planes a day. This
will give you time to truly savor the incredible artwork that went into
each model (it will also save iEN a good chunk of change on bandwidth, but
that's secondary, right? :-) ). The ZIP files are up on the PDC download
page here. |
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Quick Pics - Two
screenshots from recent Night Ops development for Warbirds III. The first
one is a full 800X600 image suitable as a Windows Wallpaper. |
| Open Beta Update - iEN has released it's latest Warbirds III build for
August 28th, 2002 |
| This update brings the shadows up to an optimized,
hopefully playable level as well as introducing the work of FIEND-, iEN's
newest artist, to the player base. His work on the cockpit of the new P-39
is outstanding. Other "fixes" include road patches that fix display
problems as well as a physics "tweek". The main goal of this update
is to bring players "in-line" with what will be available on the
CD release expected to hit store shelves in the coming weeks. Both PC and
Mac updates are available here. |
| Forced Warbirds
III Update -
iEN has released it's latest Warbirds
III build for August 7th, 2002 |
| This update includes too many things to list
here. Some of the highlights are; Spitfire IVX, Mosquito IV and VI, Roads
in the Europe (terr001) terrain, ACMCAM (which allows players to record
and share combat experiences and play them back in offline mode), a new
spawn point selection UI in the "Fields" tab, a mission editor
that allows players to create their own offline games, and online drone
wingmen for bombers. Both PC and Mac updates are available here. |
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Quick Pic - Three
in one screenshot. Coming to Warbirds III: roads, shadows, new effects. |
| New DoA terrain - VGO has released a new beta terrain for Dawn of Aces
2.X |
| While work continues on Dawn of Aces III, VGO
www.vgogamer.com continues to advance
the online world of DoA 2.X with terrain work and events. The latest version
is still in need of beta testing, so take her for a spin and report any
problem to the Beta
Terrain Forum. You can download the full ZIP here.
However Mac users will only need the ".trn" file in their DoA
directory. |
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Quick Pics - Three
screen shot of the first aircraft for Dawn of Aces III, the F2b British
Fighter/Bomber. |
| Optional Open Beta - iEN has released it's new open beta for 07-02-02 |
| The latest update fixes a big ugly bug in the
first open beta. We didn't mention the first release here because of that
bug. What was the bug? Invisable enemies... ick, ya... bad. But, that's
fixed now, and to make amends iEN has released it's first rough version
of what it's calling guncam. More than a guncam, it's a playable record
of your online fights in a form that can hold up to 15 minutes of 32 plane
action in a 200KB file. Both PC and Mac updates are available here. |
| Mission Planner Update - Paul ' =rix== ' Rix has released a new verion of his
Warbirds Mission Planner. |
New features include IAS/TAS conversion, clearer
waypoint numbering in output images, and a more user friendly interface.
Paul has also been so gracious as to allow Furball to mirror the file in
its interity.
Download
and read about Rix's project here. |
| Effects Teaser - iEN will release a small movie showing some of the
effects the team is working on Monday, until then, a little peak. |
| The Warbirds team is hard at work on new content
for the expected Fall release of the boxed version of Warbirds III entitled,
Warbirds III: Fighter Pilot Academy. With a new graphics programmer who
replaces long since gone VOR, and a new graphic artist brought on just to
handle effects work, the visual appeal of the game stands to get quite a
boost. HOTSEAT, lead designer, has promised a movie of some of the effects
in development sometime next week, probably Monday. Until then, for those
that just can't wait, here's
a look at the new flame effect as a work in progress. |
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| Forced Update - iEN has released it's new forced update for 6-13-02 |
| The new Macchi 205, a slew of cockpit updates
and an exposed and updated effects system are the hallmarks of the latest
build of Warbirds. This update will bring you up to speed from either 3/20/02
version or any of the OPEN beta versions between now and then. Highlights:
Tank fire, bomb shockwave effect, and cartidge discharge. Both PC and Mac
updates are available here. |
| Open Beta Part Dieux - iEN has released an update to Warbirds III - 06-05-02 |
| The new Macchi 205 (Editor's Note: Whoops, 205 will be next weeks forced
update, not this weeks, my bad.) and a
destroyer (with wakes built right in) highlight the latest update to Warbirds.
Not a forced download (expected next week) this update installs ONLY over
a clean 3/20/02 + 05/08update build. This does NOT update straight from
the latest full forced download. Both PC and Mac updates are available here. |
| Mission
Planner Released - Paul ' =rix== ' Rix has
released a new verion of his Warbirds Mission Planner. |
New features include new maps by Oscoog, the
ability to export the map and route as a JPG file, reformatted output text
file, numbered waypoints on the route plot and new symbols for IP and target
waypoints. A number of bugs have been identified and fixed.
Flight plan data against the waypoint numbers
shows data to get TO that waypoint rather than FROM the waypoint as it was
in the previous versions. This is to mirror how RL planning software presents
it's information.
Download
and read about Rix's project here. |
| Open Beta Rele...
er... Escapes - iEN has released an update
to Warbirds III - 05-08-02 |
| New "stuff" includes, X2 terrains,
tonnage on target and a complete UI overhaul. Available for download via
Furball's handy dandy little drop down menu in the downloads page. Both
PC and Mac updates are available here. |
| Sneak Peek - Follow the yellow brick road. |
| From deep within the bowels of iEN headquarters...
EWWWW!!!... comes a nifty little screenshot of an honest to goodness road.
Not expected in the upcoming release (rumored to be out this week sometime)
but coming soon to a Warbirds arena near you eventually. It's just the picture,
no story. Sucks, I can't interview myself for this thing. :-) |
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| PDC Tunisia Skin Pack - Ten new skins in both high and low resolution. |
| The PDC has released Tunisia: the Skin Pack.
Ten a/c done in high res 1024x1024 and low res 512x512 representing a myriad
of historical players in the most decisive battles to occur in Afrika during
WW2. Visit the Furball PDC downloads
page for this latest downloads. |
| DoA Beta Terrain
Update -
Another update to the Beta terrain. |
| VGO has produced
another version of the beta Dawn of Aces terrain. Long dorment, this terrain
is undergoing it's second test in as many weeks. Perhaps DoA is not dead?
Time will tell, but the boys at VGO certainly seem determined. Visit the
Furball mirror and scroll to the bottom
of the page for this latest terrain update. |
| PDC Malta Skin Pack - Ten new skins in one fat download. Malta Event Skins
all 'round. |
| The PDC has been burning the midnight oil to
give you Malta: the Skin Pack. Ten a/c done in high res 1024x1024 representing
the best collaberative work effort yet from the players and enthusiasts
who make up the Player Development Corps. Visit the Furball
PDC downloads page for this latest offering.. |
| DoA Terrain Update - VGO comes though with terrain update. |
| After a long hiatus, development has begun on
Dawn of Aces. VGO headed up by Dave =mjrp=
Gruger has begun work on both DoA2.75 as well as DoAIII in conjunction with
iEN and the newly emerging DoA PDC. Available for download now is the latest
iteration of a terrain begun over a year ago. Visit the Furball
mirror and scroll to the bottom of the page for this latest terrain
update. |
| 352nd FG Pony Online
Skin -
Custom online skin release from the PDC. |
| Target has gotten good at driving artists batty.
But after twisting BB Gun's arm enough and throwing him and Dadman in a
room together for a week, the beautiful Miss Helen emeged. A sweet skin
and a nice ride to boot. This marks the third piece done as a collaborative
effort by folks both within and without the PDC. Just goes to show you,
you don't have to be a "full time" skinner to help the cause.
Miss Helen is available here. |
| Forced Update - iEN has released the first complete update since 12/12/01.
This download is a "forced version". |
| New items are many but the highlights for those
not partaking in all of the beta updates along the way are, the Macchi 202,
the SBD, the Kaga Carrier, Seafire, 109K, and the editors own personal favorite,
the Ki-43. For a complete list of changes, view the new Readme
file. Both PC and Mac updates are available here. |
| Dadman's Allied Warbirds - Custom online skin release from the PDC. |
| After driving Dadman crazy with all my nitpicking,
I have finally decided to give the poor man a break and release his first
two skins for the PDC online skin project. The P51D "Flying Dutchman"
is as good a skin as you will probably ever see on a Pony, and the B17G
"Good Deal" really brings home the amazing amount of detail work
that Dadman is capable of. Both skins are available here. |
| Ballistic 1:1 Open Beta Mass Test - New Open Beta Download |
| In and attempt to assess the possibilities of
full 1 to 1 ballistics modeling iEN has released an Open Beta download of
Warbirds III that can be played only in the Ballistics Testing arena. "We have created an accurate
and correct version, but want to test it under load to check out how it
affects the server and everyone's connections before rolling it into the
next WarBirds III build. The Open Beta Mass Test will take place on Monday
February 18th. HotSeat has set up an arena, which is PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK
and the message of the day will state what needs testing." . Download the beta straight from the front page.
wbw1to1021502.exe
2.5MB for PC or wbm1to1upd021502.sit
1.3MB for Mac |
| New Spitfire! - Custom online skins, first release. |
| From the little elves of the PDC comes the first
of many customized online skins for Warbirds III. The first skin is for
the Spit Mark I by -baal- and is based on a Spit from the No.19 Sqn Spitfire
during the Battle of Britain. It served with the squadron from 11 August
1940 to 10 September 1940 when it was transferred to No.609 Sqn. Download
the new Spitfire here. |
| New Spitfire Cockpit - First release from the PDC |
| The first installment of what will "hopefully"
be a TON of new art from the PDC (Player Development Corps) has been released
and is available via furball. Baal's Spitfire, Mark I Cockpit is highly
detailed and seems a lot less "cluttered" than the original art.
Get the details. |
|
Quick Pic - Single
screen shot of the view from a CV gunner's position in development for Warbirds
III. "Online in CV
gunner position, in 25 foot waves (hence the angle of the water line)" Thanks to Dan "HOTSEAT" Neault for the
preview. Click thumbnail for full size view. |
| SPITBAAL's - A completely new section of Warbirds offline player
skins. BY A SINGLE PLAYER! |
| After receiving more than 25 planes from Baal,
Furball decided to make up a new category just for his Spitfire beauties.
Twenty-three of those skins make up a collection of Spit I, V, and IX's
that would make the most jaded historical snoopster gasp with joy. Come
on Spitdweebs, you have hit the mother-load! |
| Rumor proves true - A long standing rumor that Warbirds III would be ported
to XBOX revealed to be fact. |
| After a mention of XBox support from CEO Wild
Bill Stealey in a recent MacWorld
story, HOTSEAT confirmed the report and added these comments in an AGW thread..
"We designed WBIII
graphics for X Box, VOR was very right in supporting it. The X-Box version
of WBIII would not be like anything you know now. X-Box requires a different
kind of game than current WB. I doubt you guys would be sharing any real
{arena settings} with an X-Box version. I think the X-Box version would
be alot of fun, and it would be nice to not be worried about the "sim"
aspect of the game all the time. I'm more interested in what other titles
we could bring to X-Box, not so much WB."
Note: VOR is the creator of the Winter
Wolf Graphics Engine that runs Warbirds III. |
| Real
Effects Ver 1.0 - Artist, Justin Kellis
takes effects to the next level with a package of custom effects textures. |
| The creator of a popular set of historically
based Warbirds III gun sites has created a set of customized effects textures
for Warbirds III. The effects defaults were made available for alteration
in the last release of Warbirds. For those who are still waiting for a tutorial
on this stuff, it's coming, but in the meantime you can download Justin's
KickButt textures from his site, and if your into anime' check out popgirl
under archives at popgirl.net. |
| Warbirds in a Box - iEN
to put series of sims back onto retail shelves. |
| In an announcement released today, iEN proclaimed
plans to distribute Warbirds III in boxed form to retail outlets world wide.
The release also went on to say that there would be a series of sims based
on the Warbirds III game engine. Later, game producer Jay "DIVINE"
Littman called for player input into the names of four types of sims. These
included a World War II air war sim, a World War I air war sim, a Korean
air war sim, a World War II ground war sim, and a combined air, land and
sea World War II sim. Read Yahoo-Finance
for the initial release, and then AGW's
post regarding the names of the sim series. |
| Player Development
Corps -
Call for Applicants. |
| After a year and a half of wait since it was
first mentioned, the Player Development Corps now exists and will be accepting
applications from players. The goal of the group is to enhance production
of art and design for the Warbirds III game engine while keeping a sharp
eye on detail and historical accuracy. Get the details. |
| Money for Movies - New CEO offers up cash for good promo video |
| Kick the wife out, lock the kids in the closet
and go into a dark room with a video camera! Because, folks, this time,
it's for MONEY! New CEO Wild Bill Stealey is loosening up the purse strings
for the best Warbirds III movie he can get his mits on. Get the details. |
| KAGA - Kaga!
Kaga! Kaga! KAGA! KAGA! KAGA! KAGA! UPDATE * |
| This just in from Jay "DIVINE" Littman,
the next iteration of Warbirds III is coming soon and it will contain, TADA,
carriers! Click for screenshots *UPDATE:
I've set up a zip file of all 18 of the original screenshots iEN sent. They
are different from the originals only in that they are JPEG instead of TGA
for better compression. Download Zip here. |
| Warbirds III Map
Update -
Bader sent us an updated Warbirds III
map along with good tidings for the New Year. |
| "A slight error was noted by one of you
eagle-eyed pilots, thanks for that, it's good to know the maps are being
used. For those I've yet to meet in the virtual skies, Happy New Year, I
hope it will not be as troubled as last. If you have further comments, please
contact me. One other reason to
send this amendment is because Glars has asked all reference to him be removed
which apart from an acknowledgement at the beginning, has been done. Since
he has obviously made his mind up about this, I would ask all people to
respect his wishes and not contact him (about this map)." Right click
on this link and hit "Save
target as..." to download the new map to your hard drive. EWB3.1.3.pdf (228 KB) |
| Paint it! - Furball's Custom Skin section is back, and perhaps
a bit better organized. |
| It's been a major reshuffle of information, and
files, but it's finally back up. For instructions on how to setup your skins
for viewing in Warbirds III, click here. To
learn how to create your own skins, click here.
For a list of downloads that can make creating a skin less difficult, click
here. For Player Contributed WBIII Aircraft
Art click here. |
| Best
Online Simulation: WarBirds III - WBIII
gets kudos from Simulation News |
| "WarBirds III in this stage is surprisingly
bug-free. In my testing, I encountered a few minor problems, mainly with
graphics, but those are easily fixed. Compared to large sims like Jane's
F-15 or Falcon 4, this game comes to the party largely correct and stable.
One reason for this is that developers listen to the criticism and discussion
on their web page...Warbirds III, as it stands right now, is a worthy competitor
to any of the boxed sims (Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 1 and 2, etc.)."
-Bob Nielsen, Contributing Editor. From Warbirds III Review. Read more. |
| Gun Camera for Warbirds
III *-
Update - 12-31-01
A look at the new addon and the player
behind it. |
| "Now with the advent of Warbirds III a new
program that worked with the constraints of the "next generation"
game was needed. Enter Troy "phenix" Errthum and his Java Guncam
for WarbirdsIII. Player development of tools outside of the operating environment
of the game itself is nothing new. But the quality of the images available
to a history buff trying to recapture a moment through virtual means, is.
*Update: "Added keyboard control, added brighten image option,
redid GUI appearance, created jar file to make setup and running easier."
Read more. See phenix's
site for the Mac beta
released. |
| Custom
Texture -
Furball's first little effect. |
| With the release of the 12-12 version of Warbirds
III comes the ability to alter textures. I said I'd do it, and I done it.
The first effect from my list to go public. The hit sprite. To use it, right
click over the link and hit "Save target as". Then put the file
in your Warbirds III Textures folder. Remember, if you want to keep the
old one around you'll need to copy it separately first! Anyway, here's the
new effect for download.
A texture tutorial will follow (As soon as I have it straight in my own
head.) |
| Malta Beta Terrain
released -
iEN releases first event terrain for Warbirds
III |
Friday (12-14-01) iEN has issued a beta terrain
of Malta for Warbirds III. This from todays Sitrep, "Deployed into
paid production and OPEN BETA the NEW Malta Terrain. Please note: In order
to load the OPEN BETA Malta Terrain you MUST do the following.
1. Download and run the installer for the Malta terrain.
2. When the player loads WarBirds III offline, type in the radio buffer
the following
.terrain malta
3. Correct terrain will automatically be loaded for on line use."
Download the new terrain here. |
| Two Week FREE Trial - iEN opens the doors to Warbirds for another FREE go
'round. |
| "Due to the response from our last FREE
trial offer we’ve decided to do it again. We’d like to give you
an opportunity to try WarBirds for a two-week FREE trial membership at no
cost to you. From 08Dec01 until 23Dec01 we’re going to open up our
arenas for a FREE trial. This is a risk free chance for all AirWarrior veteran
pilots to try the game and a new online community." Read more. |
| Malta Preview - Hotseat sent along a birds eye view of the first new
terrain for Warbirds III. |
| Furball is proud to give the WB3 player a glimpse
at the first new terrain for the sim. Malta will be used for an historical
scenario when Lapwin (the CM Chair) is happy with the available planeset
(Can you say Macchi? I knew you could.) This from Hotseat, "As you can see, Malta is not
so small, when 1 to 1 scale is used. Landmass is HIGHLY detailed, and elevation
should be correct to 10m" See the
screen shots. |
| Warbirds III Map
Update -
Philip 'bader' Bell sent in an update. |
| Furball is hosting a new PDF map for Warbirds
III including some terrain feature updates as well as the new field layout.
"With Glars' permission,
blessing, help and advice, we have updated his excellent maps to reflect
the new camps amongst other things."
Visit Glarsmaps
and then check out the new map. [EWB3.1.1.pdf
- 77.4KB] |
| New A/C! Fixes! - iEN's latest release includes eight new aircraft. |
| Wednesday (11-14-01) iEN has issued a new version
of Warbirds III which includes the Bf109G-6, Bf109G-6/R6, Hurricane IIc,
FM-2, P40-B, A36, B25-H and the much awaited "Jug" P47-D. Also
included are a laundry list of bug fixes. For full details on what the update
includes and instructions for download and installation go here.
To head straight to Furball's mirror, click here. |
| German Iron - Screen shots of three new tanks under development. |
| With the next version we may see a big increase
in the variety of ground vehicle choices. Jay "DIVINE" Littman
has sent over three sets of screen shots of tanks currently in development
for the Axis by Dan "HOTSEAT" Neault and Mike "HAVOC"
Tyson. See the screen shots. |
| Warbirds III Update - For PC and MAC. |
| Wednesday (8-15-01) iEN has issued a new release
for both PC and MAC users for Warbirds III. This update fixes bugs like
the following. Otto will now not move the main gun barrel when guns are
on safe. WarBirds III now has mouse control like in WarBirds 2.xx (NOTE:
You will need to go into the input mapper and map this to a key if you are
installing the UPGRADE patch. The key will be automatically mapped to Alt-M
if you are installing the full version to a clean directory.) Get the download. |
| Update!
Dawn of Aces (Beta) Terrain Update - The Promised Land. (Latest build 8-09-01) |
| Kent ICEMAN East has released the second iteration
of a new terrain developed with the help of members of the community. (Specifically
=mjrp= and vlas++.) This version has the folowing changes; 1) Some fields
moved around to present a better "over all coverage" of the terrain.
2) Elevation issues fixed at 2 fields 3) All fields now have a loon 4) Arty
moved to center of map (starting work on trench line) 5) Zep hangar fixed.
I think it should now blow up. 6) Overall elevation smoothed out some (to
get rid of most of the shark tooth appearance) 7) 8 fields now have a secondary
loon or observation post away from the fields (this is where the issues
lie). Download the terrain at Furball's
mirror. |
| Flak-Pack! - Roboto sounds has released new sounds for Warbirds
III. |
| Roboto Sound Works has a new set of sounds designed
for the ground war ongoing in Warbirds III. "NEW SOUNDS: 1. Engines for all vehicles. 2.
Hydralics 3. 75mm cannons and machineguns fitted to the tanks etc 4. Special
groundrollsound for the 2 tanks. 5. 3 Separate Hit-sounds for vehicles 6.
3 new exlposions in to fit the spacious groundbattles (will only sound when
you have chosen a vehicle) 7. New amazing pack of Flaksounds have been added
to the defaults." Visit
Roboto Sounds and download the pack. |
| Warbirds
III Map Available - Glarsmaps comes through
with a European map for WB3. |
| Just in, Glars of Glarsmaps has announced the
availablity of a new pdf format map of the current Warbirds III terrain.
"I've been sitting
on WB3 maps for a while now, figuring there might be some tweaking before
the free month and yup there was. I think I've found the differences but
please let me know if there's any mistakes - I won't be able to do an update
in time for the Sunday SL but I should have them fixed for the Tuesday one." Visit
Glarsmaps and download the map. |
| Warbirds III for Free! - An entire month of free play and events in the newest
version of Warbirds. |
| Jay "DIVINE" Littman has released a
new version of Warbirds and iEN is now offering you the chance to play it
for free during the month of August. Read the full press
release. |
| Tuning your stick
for WarBirds 2 and 3 - How to get
the most out of your equipment. |
"For most sim pilots, the world of controllers hasn't
changed much since the days of Chuck Yeager's Air Combat and Falcon 3.0
... or even earlier. Sure, we have more buttons and hats, but the important
stuff is the same. Almost every controller relies on linear potentiometers
to read your stick input. That's not bad; a good potentiometer offers very
high precision. But several things get in the way." Read more. |
| PANZER! - New German Armor |
Thanks to Dan "HOTSEAT"
Neault for sending along a few preview pics of the next tank in Warbirds
III, put together by Mike Tyson. See the screen shots. |
| DoA Free Arena -
becomes a regular event! |
Fly the WWIA for nothing! This
from Kent ICEMAN East, iEN Community Events Manager - "Every Saturday morning at 9:00 am ET I will
set the World War I arena so that FREE accounts can log into it. When it
allows FREE accounts in the title will read "FREE-World War I".
It will be very similar to the Warbirds ACA in that only 2 planes will be
available to each side. No field capture is enabled, no "arty"
and no bombers. Just pure dogfighting fun. It will stay open for 24 hours,
and be closed to the free accounts at 9:00 am ET Sunday morning. This rotation
will continue for as long as the arena remains popular." |
| Down and Dirty Sherman Tank Gallery - Three
new pics, beware, directly linked to FULL size originals. |
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| Dawn
of Aces III -
Vote for your pick to be the first plane
in the new generation of DoA. |
Work is just begining on the plane
set for DoA III. Get involved and help decide what gets done first.
"Two questions, answers short and sweet.
A) What a/c would you most like to see as the first Dawn of Aces III model?
(From current plane list please, lets not get off into varients et al until
we've got at least what we already have in 2.XX finished.)
B) Do you have
3-View drawings and/or plan designs for this a/c?"
Answer these querries here. |
| Dirty Harry's Wet Dream - Latest addition to the ground war packs some serious
heat. |
Thanks to Jay "DIVINE"
Littman for sending us a sneak preview of the next BIG thing in Warbirds
III. Dan "HOTSEAT" Neault has put together a rolling gun platform
that puts Clint Eastwood to shame. Furball's only question is, "How am I going to get this thing through
the Drive-Thru?" See the screen shots. |
| New North America Terrain
- A new map for the upcoming free weekend. |
Kent ICEMAN East has been hard
at work on a new terrain for the Open House over Independence Day weekend
from 9am July 6th to 9am July 9th (eastern time). A time during which anybody
will be able to play Warbirds 2.77, Warbirds III, and Dawn of Aces for nothing,
zip, nada. Download the terrain,
and learn more about the free
weekend.
UPDATE: Glarsmaps
has released a map
and some keyhelps
for the terrain. |
| Shermans Roll Into Warbirds III - A sneak preview of the next piece of heavy armor in
WBIII Beta |
Thanks to Dan "HOTSEAT"
Neault of iEN's Warbirds Development Team for the latest peak into the future
of Warbirds III. Tank warfare takes on an ever more prominent roll in the
gameplay of the forthcoming simm. View
the screenshots. |
| Warbirds 2.77r3
Mandatory Update - The next version of WB2.XX
is now |
"WarBirds
version 2.77r3 for Windows and the Macintosh is now deployed into paid production.
This version *IS* a mandatory update. We have 3 possible ways for you to
update, the Full Install, Minimum Install or Update. The Update is all that
is required to get you into the arenas. All other versions will not allow
you to see the arena listing. All Arenas should be converted by 5:30-6:00
ET." Get the download. |
| Big Gun & Hitler's Home - Again,
not news, just a couple of screen shots. |
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Another in a series of cryptic messages
from behind the walls of iEN HQ.
"That's a big gun, wonder what he is going to do with it?" I don't know, but the action on the ground in Warbirds
III is looking better all the time. -
Target
Click on the thumbnails to view the screenshots. |
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| New Vehicle in Warbirds III - No
news, just a sneak peak at the next field piece. |
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Why is that German truck
backing up to the warehouse? Perhaps it's picking up supplies that are needed
by a factory that produces the new uber 190, without which nobody in the
Northern half of the map will be able to fly the new plane. Maybe, maybe
not, but Hotseat admits that I'm close. -
Target
View the screenshot. |
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Warbirds III: Q
& A -
Hotseat lets it all hang out. Dan "HOTSEAT" Neault answered a laundry
list of questions regarding Warbirds III including new information about
ground vehicles, the state of the beta and clouds.... "He he he, the clouds are scary good, and we
are only given the beta 2 layers. Wait till you see a 16 layer cloud set
up." See more. |
Warbirds
III Screen Shots - Splash screen and User
Interface (UI) Jay Littman, Warbirds
producer sent a big batch of screen shots to Furball and Dogfighter today.
Included are the Splash screen and selection screens for stick settings,
field selection, Joystick mapper and more. The shots here are the same as
what is available at Dogfighter except that Furball has posted the full
1024X768 originals. See more. |
Voxx
Sounds Update - New Allied Fighter Noise
Rejoice ye Pony and Spit dweebs, for
Voxx has brungeth unto you, an update. Included: New Merlin & gear for
the Spit IX/P51b/P51d, New flaps for the Stangs, New 50 cals for the Stangs,
New 20mm for the Spit IX. Furball recommends Voxx sounds if for no other
reason than the startup sound. Get
Em. |
ICEMAN Interview - A discussion of Warbirds 2.77, 3.0
and MCNC Dogfighter.com has published an interview
with Kent "ICEMAN" East by our editor, Target. "We felt that the number of things had just gotten
too big to ignore, and some of the more important fixes we put into WBIII
ended up coming out as 2.77 We also needed to put out 2.77 as a way to test
the new connection system (no more iLZ) before the WBIII Open Beta. Once
we are sure the new connection system works with the billing and user administration
system we can feel better about starting the Beta." Read
more. |
Warbirds 2.77
Final Release - Furball/Dogfighter mirror
is active. Today (Feb. 14, 2001) marks
the end of the ILZ for Warbirds players. The final paid production release
of Warbirds 2.77 is available for download.
The biggest changes: NO ILZ!, 109F ammo fix, Head 2 Head fix, bomb release
bug fix, private arenas. |
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