Over the years, 1CGS have put out a number of scripted campaigns both freely available with certain products and sold separately on their webstore and on Steam. In the most recent Developer Diary, they are reporting that they are going back and providing updates to many of these to take advantage of new features and performance improvements. Let’s have a look!
Existing campaign upgrades
Ten Days of Autumn, Blazing Steppe, and Steel Birds are three of the campaigns mentioned that are in the process of being upgraded with the new features. Ten Days of Autumn, the series’ first Scripted Campaign to appear in the store, is being reworked with modern features. Aircraft and ground vehicles are increasing by 30% and the aircraft will have tactical numbers.
Similar upgrades are planned for Blazing Steppe which will see a 15-20% increase in aircraft numbers and the same tactical code updates. The IAR80/81 gets a mention here too with plans to work it into the campaign as AI aircraft when it becomes available. Steel Birds, already bursting from the seams with aircraft, won’t get any increases there but it will get tactical codes too.
Wind of Fury, His Majesty’s Griffons, Sea Dragons, Breakpoint and and Last Chance, are also all being upgraded in different ways. Every one will see tactical codes added to aircraft and tanks. Additional types and numbers of aircraft or ground units will also be added to the mix.
Coming soon
Wings Over Caen, the upcoming Typhoon campaign for Battle of Normandy, is reportedly planned for release in the next update and will feature tactical codes right from the start.
One additional campaign is planned with it being dedicated to the 43rd IAP (fighter air regiment) flying the Yak-7B Series 36 is planned for later this year and set during the spring of 1943 in the skies above the Kuban theatre. Other campaigns are apparently being considered including a Bf109F-4 or La-5 for Battle of Stalingrad, Bf109G-4 for Battle of Kuban, and/or Mustang Mark III for Normandy. One or more will be selected as the Yak-7B campaign is finished.
Additional collector plane
There was also briefly mention of both the IAR80/81, which I noted before, and another Collector Plane that has not yet been announced. Many of us assumed that to be the low-back La-5F which we saw in concept art form previously, however, this post by BlackSix confirms that it is not what is being referenced and that it is another plane.
Speculation has then gone far and wide but as of yet we don’t know what they are planning to do with this additional Collector Plane. The previously announced Bf109G-6A/S is a variant so its possible that we’ll see a variant of another series but nothing to go on there.
Stormbirds 
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