Are the pay for campaigns for IL-2 worth it?

XabbaRus · 11-07-07, 07:29 PM

Are they worth getting? I am always in two minds as to whether it is right to pay for such things when they are extended campaigns made in the in game editor. I know a lot of hard work has been put into them, but to then sell them seems a little off.

Some look interesting though.

Anyone else bought them?

FIREWALL · 11-07-07, 08:01 PM

No I haven't. Didn't know there were any out there.
So far there's been enough in game to keep me happy so far.

I'm looking forward to trying my hand at online flying.

What kinda money are they asking ?

HunterICX · 11-07-07, 08:04 PM

I would not waste a penny on those payware campaigns for IL2.

go for the ones that are free to download
like this one I found via the B_F forum :

http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthread...69#Post2362469

just look at the amount of details, there is a lot of work in this one!
(warning : this is a FPS hitter!)

Chock · 11-07-07, 08:41 PM

Never bought any payware campaigns for IL2. I've bought, IL2, Pacific Fighters, and IL2 1946, and that's it, not sure I'd pay for something done purely with the mission editor, I mean, why not just duplicate it yourself for free?

I've paid for YAP missions for WOV, because they have a lot of custom models, voices, terrain and weapons, so that is worth it in my opinion.

Similarly, I bought the ARMA Queen's Gambit add-on because you get a DC-3 in it, and some other stuff, which could not be done with simply ARMA's (very cool) mission creator utility. But if it was only missions I could have created myself, there's no way I'd have got it.

Chock

FIREWALL · 11-07-07, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HunterICX

I would not waste a penny on those payware campaigns for IL2.

go for the ones that are free to download
like this one I found via the B_F forum :

http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthread...69#Post2362469

just look at the amount of details, there is a lot of work in this one!
(warning : this is a FPS hitter!)

Can you direct me towards any IL2 1946 Downloads . Thx in advance

HunterICX · 11-08-07, 05:38 AM

@Firewall:

apart from the campaign I just linked, I dont really download that much for my IL2 1946 apart from Skins/pilot skins.

as mostly I play online. the only time I launch a campaign is a on a boring saturday afternoon.

but just in case you missed this :
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=115971
''flightsim hangar'' a thread with links to good IL2 & other download websites.

Flying legends is the place to get skins from (you'll have to register in order to see the download center)

XabbaRus · 11-08-07, 12:56 PM

Mission 4 Today is a good site.
there are lots of missions there and skins.
The payware things are combat simulations and X1 so that is what puts me off.

FIREWALL · 11-08-07, 01:07 PM

So if I understand this right I can dwnlwd IL2 campains and use them in IL2 1946 ?

Kratos · 11-08-07, 01:22 PM

@ FIREWALL yea you can m8 but read the info on the d/load sometimes they dont have txt file with the missions/campaigns....ie to install to correct folders ..i get a few of mine from mission for today there pretty good with the info's

Biggles · 11-08-07, 01:51 PM

Mission 4 today is a very good site.
Here is a very interesting (and from what I can remember a very good) campaign:
http://mission4today.com/index.php?n...etails&id=1856

FIREWALL · 11-08-07, 02:17 PM

THX GUYS

Just downloaded a few and going to give them a try.

CCIP · 11-08-07, 11:39 PM

Yea, trust me, there is more than enough top-quality freeware - some of it extremely creative - to bother with payware. IL-2 is not nearly as moddable as FS, so really what you get with payware is just missions + skins, nothing much else goes into it.

I've played a half-dozen user-made campaigns, which were all great, and I could do a dozen more - soon as I get back to IL-2, of course.

11-07-07, 07:29 PM	#1
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Are the pay for campaigns for IL-2 worth it? Are they worth getting? I am always in two minds as to whether it is right to pay for such things when they are extended campaigns made in the in game editor. I know a lot of hard work has been put into them, but to then sell them seems a little off. Some look interesting though. Anyone else bought them? __________________

11-07-07, 08:01 PM	#2
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	No I haven't. Didn't know there were any out there. So far there's been enough in game to keep me happy so far. I'm looking forward to trying my hand at online flying. What kinda money are they asking ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

11-07-07, 08:04 PM	#3
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I would not waste a penny on those payware campaigns for IL2. go for the ones that are free to download like this one I found via the B_F forum : http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthread...69#Post2362469 just look at the amount of details, there is a lot of work in this one! (warning : this is a FPS hitter!) __________________

11-07-07, 08:41 PM	#4
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Never bought any payware campaigns for IL2. I've bought, IL2, Pacific Fighters, and IL2 1946, and that's it, not sure I'd pay for something done purely with the mission editor, I mean, why not just duplicate it yourself for free? I've paid for YAP missions for WOV, because they have a lot of custom models, voices, terrain and weapons, so that is worth it in my opinion. Similarly, I bought the ARMA Queen's Gambit add-on because you get a DC-3 in it, and some other stuff, which could not be done with simply ARMA's (very cool) mission creator utility. But if it was only missions I could have created myself, there's no way I'd have got it. Chock __________________

11-08-07, 05:38 AM	#6
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	@Firewall: apart from the campaign I just linked, I dont really download that much for my IL2 1946 apart from Skins/pilot skins. as mostly I play online. the only time I launch a campaign is a on a boring saturday afternoon. but just in case you missed this : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=115971 ''flightsim hangar'' a thread with links to good IL2 & other download websites. Flying legends is the place to get skins from (you'll have to register in order to see the download center) __________________

11-08-07, 12:56 PM	#7
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Mission 4 Today is a good site. there are lots of missions there and skins. The payware things are combat simulations and X1 so that is what puts me off. __________________

11-08-07, 01:07 PM	#8
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	So if I understand this right I can dwnlwd IL2 campains and use them in IL2 1946 ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

11-08-07, 01:22 PM	#9
Kratos Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,267 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	@ FIREWALL yea you can m8 but read the info on the d/load sometimes they dont have txt file with the missions/campaigns....ie to install to correct folders ..i get a few of mine from mission for today there pretty good with the info's __________________

11-08-07, 01:51 PM	#10
Biggles Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden (I'm not a Viking...) Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Mission 4 today is a very good site. Here is a very interesting (and from what I can remember a very good) campaign: http://mission4today.com/index.php?n...etails&id=1856 __________________

11-08-07, 02:17 PM	#11
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	THX GUYS Just downloaded a few and going to give them a try. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

11-08-07, 11:39 PM	#12
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Yea, trust me, there is more than enough top-quality freeware - some of it extremely creative - to bother with payware. IL-2 is not nearly as moddable as FS, so really what you get with payware is just missions + skins, nothing much else goes into it. I've played a half-dozen user-made campaigns, which were all great, and I could do a dozen more - soon as I get back to IL-2, of course. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)