2.5.x openBeta Changelog

2.5.0.xxxx - 2018 January 31

• Adjusted external textures for deferred shading.
  
• Stabilized radar on horizon.
  
• Control panel for Nukes now shows.
  
• Nukes’ 3D model now shows on aircraft.
  
• SPS Box now shows.
  

2.5.1.16978 Update 1 - 2018 May 11

• Updated instrument needles to stop Z buffering.
  
• Fixed ADI tape’s animation and 3D mesh.
  
• Adjusted phosphor green glow to be brighter.
  
• Fixed cockpit lights.
  
• Chinese cockpit added by uboats.
  
• HUD glass changed for visual enjoyment.
  
• Canopy glass alpha channel adjusted.
  
• Fixed material attributes on RN-24/28 bombs and APU-13MT rail.
  
• Fixed 3D mesh vertical tail top section to be more curved.
  
• Added PLAAF white livery by uboats.
  
• Added Chinese localization for missions.
  

2.5.2.17559.377 - 2018 May 23

• Fixed see-through areas in cockpit.
  
• Fixed flap and ARK buttons' position animation.
  
• Created new indicator lights.
  
• Adjusted red flood-lights to be brighter.
  
• Adjusted pink color lights to red-ish
  
• Corrected SPO's center area not to rotate when switching between night/day modes.
  
• Fixed textures on English ASP switches and other objects.
  
• Fixed RSBN NPP Glideslope animations.
  
• Fixed RPM 2 needle not overtaking RPM 1 needle.
  
• Fixed landing gear strut lights from being on constantly.
   
  
• Fixed a bug that caused small errors in aerodynamic forces calculation for the landing gear.
  
• Slight improvements in "Game Flight Mode" and/or "Simplified Engine Management" is on.
  
• --- Engine won't shut down on high lateral or high negative longitudinal acceleration (such are in spins)
  
• --- Engine won't stop at low oil pressure time trigger.
  
• --- Engine won't shut down at low fuel pressure.
   
  
• Added Iran, Iraq and Syria liveries by Jack
   
  

2.5.2.xxxxx U1 - 2018 May 30

• MiG-21Bis now works in the Persian Gulf.
   
   
  
• Corrected Russian text on the T-10 indicators and radar lights.
  
• Corrected radio channel numbers and Russian text on list.
  
• Corrected material attribute on mirror.
  
• Added raindrop effect.
   
   
  
• Corrected materials on LOD4 causing objects to be invisible.
  
• Corrected UVs on tac-numbers.
  
• Added DPRK 2016 livery. (Based on #42)
  
• Added Slovakia livery by Jack.
  

2.5.2.18307.391 U3 - 2018 June 06

• Corrected glass material setup. - Reflected colors should not be so bright now.
  

2.5.2.18521.394 U4 - 2018 June 13

• Adjusted HUD and windscreen reflectiveness.
  
• Removed duplicate 3D mesh objects in cockpit.
  
• Adjusted landing and taxi lights as a temporary fix to prevent cockpit bleed-through.
  
• Added RSBN frequencies for Persian Gulf.
  
• Fixed missing kneeboard maps.
  
• Updated mission folder structure.
  

2.5.3.22176 - 2018 Sept 26

• Fixed PRMG localizer needles' animations.
  
• Corrected canopy glass normal map texture: - Huge sun glare removed.
  

2.5.3.22652 - 2018 Oct 10

• Fixed ASO device initialization.
  
• Fixed pneumatic pressure gauge from constantly reading zero.
  
• Fixed SARPP from not recording all flight information.
  
• Reversed DA-200 bank indicator animation
  
• Reversed NPP localizer bar animation
  
• Reversed UVW for air pressure gauge warning colors
  

2.5.3.23225 - 2018 October 24

• Reversed NPP localizer bar animation.
  
• Reversed Max G-load needle animation.
  
• Reimplemented vibration effects to Pitot while taxiing.
  
• Fixed hint typo on Mach test switch from 1.7 to 1.5.
  

2.5.3.23788 - 2018 November 07

• Fixed gauge lights.
  
• Fixed missing SPS/IAB panel texts.
  
• Adjusted suspension.
  
• Improved boundary layer blow system effects.
  
• Improved engine device code to reduce FPS stutters.
  
• Added navigation data for Persian Gulf.
  

2.5.3.23954 - 2018 November 09

• Fixed gauges from blacking out.
  
• Fixed smoothing groups on HUD glass.
  

2.5.3.24436 - 2018 November 21

• Modified RSBN information (lat, long, rwy & length) for all airports on Caucasus.
  

2.5.4.26368 - 2019 January 16

• R-3x missile performance adjusted.
  
• Calibrated altimeter’s precision.
  
• Updated weapons’ panel texture (‘Easy Weapons’ option)
  
• Updated radar ‘JAM’ texture.
  
• Fixed shaking pitot while the aircraft is stationary.
  

2.5.4.26825 - 2019 January 30

• Fixed canopy ejectors from showing while it is open.
  

2.5.4.27314 - 2019 February 13

• Fixed collision lines' naming convention.
  

2.5.4.28841 - 2019 March 22

• Fixed flight model not reacting to damage values.
  

2.5.5.31917 - 2019 June 06

• Fixed distance indication for gun in radar mode (distance must be equal or less than 2000m for indication)
  
• Improved inputs for ASP axis-based controls (rotaries)
  
• Improved ASP LAUNCH light logic when attacking radar-locked targets (airborne or ground based)
  
• Improved reticle size scaling.
  
• Fixed emergency jettison switches to being clickable.
  
• Fixed flaps reset switch going under control box when pushed.
  
• Fixed SOD mode knob rotation range.
  
• Fixed SPS launch button.
  
• Fixed white flood light knob rotation.
  
• Fixed air pressure gauge bezel's UVs
  
• Added liveries' description.lua custom arg command for bort numbers.
  

Note: This is not the full major cockpit update. These small fixes are brought over from it for testing.

2.5.5.35461 - 2019 September 04

• Adjusted alpha channel for afterburner flame effects (WIP)
  
• Added missing flood lights.
  
• Corrected directional sounds
  
• Increased volume of external engine sound.
  

2.5.5.40269 - 2019 November 27

• Added Phase 1 Radar glass screen cover.
  
• Added Phase 1 Radar indicator lights.
  
• Added Phase 1 T-4, T-6, and T-10 indicator lights.
  

Hotfix, description.luas are missing new changes. Rar also includes NPP/KPP glideslope bar fixes

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Unrar to: Mods\aircraft\MIG-21bis

2.5.6.49314 - 2020 May 20

• Resolved S-24 switch crash by matching repo revisions.
  
• Better enhancements to the flight model (WIP)
  
• Improved suspension algorithms so aircraft can taxi, land and take-off from some grass areas. (WIP)
  
• Corrected R-3R max launch distance for AI
  
• Updated and Improved Single, Instant, Multiplayer, and Campaign missions.
  

2.5.6.50321 - 2020 June 03

• Added VR device tracking support (WIP)
  
• Corrected ASP fixed net and piper illumination levels for day and night operations.
  
• Decreased radio-altimeter hot-start value from 200 m to 100 m.
  
• Tuned SAU and autopilot.
  
• Fixed KPP glideslope needle.
  
• Fixed landing gear lock sound.
  
• Fixed lights' switch axis in clickables.lua by adding 2 new commands for light controls.
  
• Added switch operation for air conditioning. (no use in game, visual only)
  
• Phase 1 Livery Template released.
  

Phase 1 External Model Changes Include:

• Added overwing vapor effects. (WIP)
  
• Updated GSH-23 muzzle flash, smoke, tracer effects. (WIP)
  
• Updated canopy & windscreen.
  
• Updated PVD-7, DUAS-5 pitot tubes.
  
• Updated gear bay upper fuselage blisters.
  
• Updated dorsal fuel tank.
  
• Updated vertical stabilizer.
  
• Updated lower wing root covers.
  
• Updated SPRD-99 / POMIG mounts.
  
• Updated taxi/landing light glass lenses.
  
• Added afterburner volumetric light effects. (WIP)
  
• Adjusted afterburner flame to be seen in daylight hours and added shock diamonds.
  
• Adjusted landing / taxi light brightness
  
• Fixed AI non-retracting landing / taxi lights.
  
• Fixed gear strut lights to turn off when the battery is switched off.
  
• Fixed nav lights from turning white at long distances.
  
• Adjusted drag chute animation and associated collision shell.
  
• Fixed TacNumbers from all changing at the same time.
   
  
• Converted all 8K livery textures to separate numerous 1, 2, and 4K textures.
  
• Adjusted all livery camouflages to match Phase 1 airframe. (courtesy of Joshua Pemberton)
  
• Adjusted & added RoughMet textures to numerous areas.
  
• Adjusted & added Normal Map textures to numerous areas.
  
• Corrected Russian spelling of livery stenciling. (courtesy of LazySeal [P61]).
  
• Removed Croatian 2014 and Hungarian liveries. (Unable to contact original artist for PSD files)
  
• Merged cockpit textures into atlas.
  
• Merged pilot textures into atlas.
   
  
• Updated SPRD-99's 3d mesh & added RoughMet texture.
  
• Added RoughMet textures to missile launcher rails.
  
• Added RoughMet texture to POMIG chaff & flare dispensers.
  
• Corrected size of external 490L drop tank. (courtesy of SVKSniper & GumidekCZ)
  
• Corrected size of external 800L drop tank.
  
• Created new drop tank textures.
  
• Reduced destroyed 3d mesh's 8K textures to 4K.
   
  
• Adjusted damage table properties.
  

2.5.6.50726 - 2020 June 10

• Added RSBN navigation data for The Channel's airfields.
  
• Added RSBN navigation data for the Persian Gulf's newly added airfields.
  
• Fixed the canopy lock sequence from the user having to lock/unlock to open the canopy after it was unlocked the first time.
  
• Fixed a bug where the NS430 module turns off when the afterburner is engaged.
  
• Fixed non-rotating turbine blades.
  
• Adjusted suspension to prevent the tires going extremely below the ground.
  
• Fixed dashboard from protruding out of the windscreen.
  
• Fixed ejected pilot and seat missing textures.
  
• Fixed Southeria’s missing texture.
  
• Fixed damaged parts missing textures.
  
• Fixed critical damage shape on tail.
  
• Reverted file names for SPRD-99 and POMIG 3d meshes.
  
• Adjusted rear belly antenna from looking metallic on metal liveries.
  
• Adjusted color of PTB-490/800 fuel tanks.
  
• Adjusted tilt angle of PTB-490/800 on the center pylon.
  

2.5.6.50793 - 2020 June 11

• Added wheel chock function.
  
• Fixed external glass material name.
  
• Fixed nose cone animation.
  
• Fixed ejection seat visibility.
  
• Fixed aircraft covers showing during ejection sequence.
  
• Fixed artificial horizon pitch animation.
  
• Fixed ASP glass texture z-fighting its frame.
  
• Fixed 'English - Metric' and 'Chinese' cockpit liveries.
  
• Fixed key bindings for the RSBN / PRMG channel selectors.
  
• Fixed key bindings for the ARU and landing light switches.
  

2.5.6.xxxxx - 2020 June xx

• Fixed ejected pilot's view point and added Arg 10 for the invisible head.
  
• Fixed "smooth_normals" object definitions on the TacNumbers.
  
• Fixed all the light rheostats' clickable data. (Courtesy of Joe)
  
• Fixed the ASP lights from being on while the battery power is off.
  
• Fixed the glow in the dark text on the lower-right-rear panel.
  

2.5.6.59625 - 2020 December 23

• Fixed the radar code that caused a FPS drop when turned on.