COMBAT PILOT

UPDATE V 0.518 We have released a minor update with a few tweaks, which we think are important to test before the demo period is over. @everyone The throttle in the F4F-4 now has a detent at 95%. Reaching the detent equals full power without WEP. Pushing past it activates WEP. On the F4F-4, the WEP

Attention Ace Tier Subscribers! If you are already a Patreon Ace Tier subscriber you just need to update your current install to receive the same build at the Next Fest Free Trial. No need to separately install the Free Trial on Steam. Thank you! And please make sure after you update today that the

Attention Patreon Free Members of Combat Pilot, We are proud to announce that we will be participating in the STEAM NEXT FEST from February 23rd - March 2nd, 2026, and offering a Free Trial of Combat Pilot: Carrier Qualification. This demo will include our latest Alpha version and is open to everyon

Dear Pilots, We are very happy to announce that we have released Alpha Update #9 (0.516) for our Patreon Ace Tier subscribers. Just update your Steam install to apply. Changes and Additions 1. Fly-by Camera now repositions itself after a short period of time. 2. Instrument needles now vibrate accord

Happy New Year to everyone in our wonderful community! We trust that 2026 will be a fantastic year for our community and Combat Pilot! We wanted to take a few minutes to recap another year of Combat Pilot development, share some new renders and talk about what you can expect next year. 2025 was a wa

Dear Pilots, We are very happy to announce that we have released Alpha Update #8 (0.514.3) for our Patreon Ace Tier subscribers. Just update your Steam install to apply. Changes and Additions 1. Save Camera Position action no longer saves the camera rotation, only head position and FOV. 2. Camera mo

Dear Pilots, Our apologies. We failed to post here on Patreon that we have released Alpha Update #7 (0.513) for our Patreon Ace Tier subscribers. Sorry for the delay. Just update your Steam install to apply as usual. This one was a small update. Changes and Additions 1. RPM instrument animation., 2.

Dear Pilots, We are very happy to announce that we have released Alpha Update #6 (0.512.2) for our Patreon Ace Tier subscribers. Just update your Steam install to apply. Changes and Additions 1. Minor tweaks to the external camera default bindings and behavior. 2. Changed the "new control binding” m

Dear Pilots, We are very happy to announce that we have released Alpha Update #5 (0.511) for our Patreon Ace Tier subscribers. Just update your Steam install to apply. Changes and Additions 1. More arresting cables added to the carriers or removed to match historical placement on the ships. 2. Back-

Today’s Developer Diary is all about cockpit textures for the American F4F-4 and Japanese D3A1. The F4F cockpit textures will look familiar to our Ace Tier subscribers as they have already been added to the Alpha, but we neglected to show these beautiful renders to the public in past diaries. So, he

Dear Pilots, We are very happy to announce that we have released Alpha Update #4 (0.509) for our Patreon Ace Tier subscribers. Just update your Steam install to apply. Changes and Additions 1. Engine and taxi vibrations added to cockpit camera. 2. Startup audio improvements. Bug Fixes 3. Improved ca

Dear Pilots, We are very happy to announce that we have released Alpha Update #3 (0.507) for our Patreon Ace Tier subscribers. Just update your Steam install to apply. Changes and Additions 1. Cancel Detection message in red added for when users want to stop detecting a key after clicking detect. 2.

Today we want to talk a little bit about our external textures (skins) for our aircraft. Last year we asked for volunteers who would like to help us paint our A6M-2 and F4F-4. Several folks stepped up and we gave them access to our source materials and they used Substance Painter to create skins for

Dear Pilots, On Friday (Sept. 25th), we released Alpha Update #2 (0.505) for our Patreon Ace Tier subscribers. We apologize for the delayed notice here on Patreon. Just update your Steam install to apply. Changes and Additions 1. A6M2 and F4F-4 engine sounds relative to manifold pressure improved 2.

Dear Patreon Ace Tier Subscribers, We are very happy to announce that we have released Update #1 for our Patreon Ace Tier subscribers. It is now AVAILABLE for download on your Steam accounts. Just update as you would any other game. If you are interested in trying it and becoming an Ace Tier member

The Aichi D3A, nicknamed “Val” by the Allies, was Japan’s primary carrier-based dive-bomber during the early stages of World War II. Designe The Aichi D3A, nicknamed “Val” by the Allies, was Japan’s primary carrier-based dive-bomber during the early stages of World War II. Designed in the mid-1930s,

Attention Pilots! Please enjoy this Special Announcement recapping the 2025 FS Expo, our recent progress and our next steps including an update to our Pre-Alpha for Ace Tier Patreon subscribers and beyond. Thank you to all here on Patreon who have contributed to Combat Pilot! We are working hard to

Attention Pilots! We’ve got some great images to share with you in this Developer Diary! However, let me first address some of our plans. Attention Pilots! We’ve got some great images to share with you in this Developer Diary! However, let me first address some of our plans. We know you guys are won

Attention Pilots, Our friends at Task Force Admiral (TFA) have been nice enough to promote Combat Pilot and our Patreon to their community recently and we want to return the favor. As fellow lovers of all things Pacific War, the Task Force Admiral team is making a fantastic grand strategy game about

As a special sneak peak - we are making this lecture available to all Patreon tiers. These lectures are normally reserved for our Veteran and Ace Tier subscribers. We hope you enjoy and thank you for your continued support! In this math-heavy lecture, we explore what a drag polar is, find out how to

Attention Pilots! Check out our USMC M3 3-inch Anti-Aircraft gun and mobile ‘spider’ mount folding up! Quite the engineering design. We Attention Pilots! Check out our USMC M3 3-inch Anti-Aircraft gun and mobile ‘spider’ mount folding up! Quite the engineering design. We also have the first images o

Developer Diary #14 Attention Pilots! A lot of images today! First is the M3 3-inch Anti-Aircraft gun and mobile ‘spider’ mount used by th Developer Diary #14 Attention Pilots! A lot of images today! First is the M3 3-inch Anti-Aircraft gun and mobile ‘spider’ mount used by the U.S. Marine Corps in