Vanilla IL2 Guidance

Captain Birdseye · 03-25-09, 12:43 PM

Hi guys,

I'm hoping for some guidance here!

I've played IL2 a couple of times and been generally unimpressed with it. Possibly because I did quick flights, couldn't find the enemy, didn't understand what to do, didn't know half the controls and generally I just left with a badtaste and uninstalled it.

After reading 'The Forgotten Soldier' I now want to come back to IL2 fresh faced. Are there any mods/add ons/downloads I can add to my IL2 to make it a great experience?

How can I do a campaign mode? Ideally i'd like to be a German pilot and go right through to the end of the war. Is this possible?

Thanks.

Dowly · 03-25-09, 12:49 PM

Let's start by figuring out which copy of the game you have. There's the original IL2 Sturmovik, Forgotten Battles, Pacific Fighters and the complete pack IL2 1946.

Captain Birdseye · 03-25-09, 01:07 PM

Hi there Dowly, I have IL2 Sturmovik. My apologies for not specifying

Dowly · 03-25-09, 01:16 PM

Ok.

I quickly searched the IL2's site, but couldnt find any patches for the stock IL2 Sturmovik (cant remember if there were any). As for addons, you might want to buy the IL2 1946 which has everything officially released from IL2 Sturmovik to Pacific Fighters. Getting the IL2 1946 is also the only way to start enjoying from all them wonderful mods (there's some mods for the earlier versions, but the modding is 99% based on IL2 1946). It's very cheap nowadays, so get that, patch to 4.08m, download the Unified Installer 1.1 mod and start flying.

EDIT: Here's some comparisation on what you get with IL2 1946

IL2 Sturmovik plane count (unflyable & flyable): 71
IL2 1946 plane count: 347

IL2 Sturmovik map count: 7
IL2 1946 map count: ~20

And of course, new flight model etc. etc.

Captain Birdseye · 03-25-09, 01:25 PM

Thanks for that.

If I purchase 1946, What will I be able to do in regards to Europe? Is there a campaign option?

Dowly · 03-25-09, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye

Thanks for that.

If I purchase 1946, What will I be able to do in regards to Europe? Is there a campaign option?

If the nation you can fly in fought in west & east, you usually can choose which theatre you want to fly in. Also, Pacific theatre is included.

And on top of that, you can download DCG (Dynamic Campaign Generator) to get abit more spice to the campaigns.

Raptor1 · 03-25-09, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Birdseye

Thanks for that.

If I purchase 1946, What will I be able to do in regards to Europe? Is there a campaign option?

There are stock DGen dynamic campaigns that mostly concentrate on the Eastern Front and the Pacific, then you have DCG dynamic campaigns which are generally better (We used to fly them online here, no idea why we moved to static campaigns), and you have tons of custom and stock static campaigns on pretty much every front available

03-25-09, 12:43 PM	#1
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Vanilla IL2 Guidance Hi guys, I'm hoping for some guidance here! I've played IL2 a couple of times and been generally unimpressed with it. Possibly because I did quick flights, couldn't find the enemy, didn't understand what to do, didn't know half the controls and generally I just left with a badtaste and uninstalled it. After reading 'The Forgotten Soldier' I now want to come back to IL2 fresh faced. Are there any mods/add ons/downloads I can add to my IL2 to make it a great experience? How can I do a campaign mode? Ideally i'd like to be a German pilot and go right through to the end of the war. Is this possible? Thanks.

03-25-09, 12:49 PM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Let's start by figuring out which copy of the game you have. There's the original IL2 Sturmovik, Forgotten Battles, Pacific Fighters and the complete pack IL2 1946.

03-25-09, 01:07 PM	#3
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Hi there Dowly, I have IL2 Sturmovik. My apologies for not specifying

03-25-09, 01:16 PM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,005 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Ok. I quickly searched the IL2's site, but couldnt find any patches for the stock IL2 Sturmovik (cant remember if there were any). As for addons, you might want to buy the IL2 1946 which has everything officially released from IL2 Sturmovik to Pacific Fighters. Getting the IL2 1946 is also the only way to start enjoying from all them wonderful mods (there's some mods for the earlier versions, but the modding is 99% based on IL2 1946). It's very cheap nowadays, so get that, patch to 4.08m, download the Unified Installer 1.1 mod and start flying. EDIT: Here's some comparisation on what you get with IL2 1946 IL2 Sturmovik plane count (unflyable & flyable): 71 IL2 1946 plane count: 347 IL2 Sturmovik map count: 7 IL2 1946 map count: ~20 And of course, new flight model etc. etc.

03-25-09, 01:25 PM	#5
Captain Birdseye Watch Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Sat behind my desk at BdU tapping away on my Enigma machine. Posts: 339 Downloads: 44 Uploads: 0	Thanks for that. If I purchase 1946, What will I be able to do in regards to Europe? Is there a campaign option?