What are the Good WWII Flight sims?

[d@rk51d3]

Originally Posted by TarJak

European Air War is not bad for gameplay and for sticking huge numbers of aircraft into the air, but a bit dated and the campaign missions do start to get a bit repetitive.

Ahhhhh, EAW was great, and can be picked up for about $10 too.

[HunterICX]

IL1946 is a good game to play all different roles in Air warfare.
it has many planes to choose out from. the game is stable as a brick house, never had any issues with it

so my suggestion is get the IL2 1946 DVD version
(so you have all the IL2 games in one Installation)

but Mush martin we have a special flight sim section if you scroll down a bit you see Helo/Flight sim section.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=216

there is a lot of info to be found there




(I will get thread moved to the right section)

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

but Mush martin we have a special flight sim section if you scroll down a bit you see Helo/Flight sim section.

Yeah, I mentioned that to him as well, takes him awhile though

@ Snodrvr, Welcome to SUBSIM


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[seafarer]

My vote is for Jane's WWII Fighters - I still love that game (and it even runs fine under Vista - shocker, since Janes USAF is fubar'd with Vista).

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by seafarer

My vote is for Jane's WWII Fighters - I still love that game (and it even runs fine under Vista - shocker, since Janes USAF is fubar'd with Vista).

Great game Still have it as well.


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[Letum]

Forget MS Combat flightsim 3.

IL2 1946 is the best you can buy. *Especialy* for online play.

P51: Check!


F4U: Check!


P-38: Check!


Spitfire: Check!


FW-190: Check!


Me262: Check!



Also:
(FLYABLE RED PLANES )
A_20G
B_25J1
BEAU21
BI_1
F2A2
F2A_B339
F4F3
F4F4
F4F_FM2
F4U1A
F4U1C
F4U1D
F4UCORSAIR1
F4UCORSAIR2
F4UCORSAIR4
F6F3
F6F5
HurricaneMkIIb
HurricaneMkIIc
HurricaneMkIIbMod
I_153_M62
I_153P
I_16TYPE18
I_16TYPE24
I_16TYPE24DRONE
I_185M71
I_185M82A
IL_2_1940Early
IL_2_1940Late
IL_2_1941Early
IL_2_1941Late
IL_2I
IL_2MEarly
IL_2MLate
IL_2Type3
IL_2Type3M
IL_2T
LA_5
LA_5F
LA_5FN
LA_7
LA_7B20
LAGG_3SERIES4
LAGG_3SERIES29
LAGG_3SERIES35
LAGG_3SERIES66
LAGG_3IT
MIG_3EARLY
MIG_3SHVAK
MIG_3AM38
MIG_3U
MIG_3UB
MIG_3UD
MOSQUITO6
P_38J
P_38L
P_38LLate
P_39D1
P_39D2
P_39N
P_39Q1
P_39Q10
P_400
P_40E
P_40EM105
P_40M
P_40SUKAISVOLOCHHAWKA2 ( Hawk-81A2 )
P_40SUKAISVOLOCHB ( P-40B )
P_40SUKAISVOLOCHC ( P-40C )
P_40SUKAISVOLOCH2A ( Kittyhawk Mk. IIa )
P_40SUKAISVOLOCH2B ( Kittyhawk Mk. IIb )
P_47D
P_47D10
P_47D22
P_47D27
P_51B
P_51C
P_51CM ( Mustang Mk. III )
P_51D5NT
P_51D20NA
P_63C
P_80A
PE_2SERIES1
PE_2SERIES84
PE_2SERIES110
PE_2SERIES359
PE_3SERIES1
PE_3BIS
SBD3
SBD5
SEAFIRE3
SEAFIRE3F
SPITFIRE5B
SPITFIRE5C2
SPITFIRE5C4
SPITFIRE5BCLP
SPITFIRE5BLF
SPITFIRE5BLFCLP
SPITFIRE8
SPITFIRE8CLP
SPITFIRE9C
SPITFIRE9CCLP
SPITFIRE9E
SPITFIRE9ECLP
SPITFIRE9EHF
SPITFIRE925LBS
TB_3_4M_17
TB_3_4M_34R
TB_3_4M_34R_SPB
TEMPEST5
YAK_1
YAK_1B
YAK_3
YAK_3P
YAK_7A
YAK_7B
YAK_7BPF
YAK_9
YAK_9B
YAK_9D
YAK_9K
YAK_9M
YAK_9T
YAK_9U
YAK_9UT

(AI ONLY RED PLANES)
B_17D
B_17E
B_17F
B_17G
B_24J100
B_25C25
B_25G1
B_25H1
B_29
BLENHEIM4
C_47
G_11
IL_4_DB3B
IL_4_DB3M
IL_4_DB3T
IL_4_DB3F
IL_4_IL4
LI_2
MBR_2AM34
MOSQUITO4
PBN1
PE_8
R_10
SB_2M100A
SB_2M103
SU_2
TBF1
TBF1C
TBM3
TBM3AVENGER3
TU_2S
U_2VS

(FLYABLE BLUE PLANES )
A6M2
A6M2_21
A6M2_N
A6M3
A6M5
A6M5A
A6M5B
A6M5C
A6M7_62
A6M7_63
BF_109E4
BF_109E4B
BF_109E7
BF_109E7NZ
BF_109F2
BF_109F4
BF_109G2
BF_109G6
BF_109G6Late
BF_109G6AS
BF_109G10
BF_109G14
BF_109K4
BF_109K4C3
BF_109Z
BF_110G2
CR_42
D3A1
DO_335A0
F2A_B239
FW_190A4
FW_190A5
FW_190A6
FW_190A8
FW_190A8MSTL
FW_190A9
FW_190D9
FW_190D9LATE
FW_190F8
TA_152H1
G50
GLADIATOR1J8A
G4M1_11
GO_229A1
HE_111H2
HE_111H6
HE_162A2
HurricaneMkIa
IAR_80
IAR_81A
IAR_80C
J2M3
JU_87B2
JU_87D3
JU_87D5
JU_87G1
KI_43_IA
KI_43_IB
KI_43_IC
KI_61_IKO
KI_61_IHEI
KI_61_IOTSU
KI_84_IA
KI_84_IB
KI_84_IC
KI_100_IKO
MC_200_3
MC_202_3
MC_202_7
MC_202_12
MC_205_1
MC_205_3
ME_163B1A
ME_262A1A
ME_262A1AU4
ME_262A2A
P_11C

(AI ONLY BLUE PLANES )
AR_196A3
B5N2
BF_110C4
BF_110C4B
BLENHEIM1
FI_156
FW_189A2
FW_200C3U4
GLADIATOR
G4M2E
H8K1
HE_111Z
HS_129B2
HS_129B3Wa
J2M5
JU_52_3MG4E
JU_52_3MG5E
JU_88A4
JU_88MSTL
KI_43_II
KI_43_IIKAI
KI_46_OTSU
KI_46_RECCE
KI_46_OTSUHEI
L2D
ME_210CA1
ME_210CA1ZSTR
ME_321
ME_323
MC_200_1
MC_200_7
MC_200_7FB
MC_202
MS406
MS410
MSMORKO
MXY_7
N1K1J
N1K1JA
P_36A3
P_36A4


New Flyable Planes:

Douglas A-20C, 1941
Ilyushin Il-10, 1945
Nakajima Ki-27 Ko, 1938
Nakajima Ki-27 Otsu, 1938
Nakajima Ki-43-II, 1942
Nakajima Ki-43-II Kai, 1943
Mitsubishi J2M5, 1944
Kawanishi N1K2-Ja, 1944
'46:
Bereznyak-Isaev BI-6
Lavochkin LaGG-3R
Lavochkin La-7R
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 Prototype
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9FS
Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 (MiG-13)
Yakovlev Yak-3 VK-107A
Yakovlev Yak-3R
Yakovlev Yak-15
Arado Ar-234B Blitz
Dornier Do-335V-13
Heinkel He-L-IIIB-2 Lerche
Heinkel He-162B
Heinkel He-162C
Messerschmitt Me-262HG-II
Tank Ta-152C
Tank Ta-183

[The Avon Lady]

I have never succeeded in all my attempts to learn how to properly pilot if flightsims.

I kill me.

[Mush Martin]

well sorry I again misread and thought it a dedicated Helo Thread


So I would assume IL-2 1946 Then :hmm:

thanks for the wealth of answers.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Mush Martin

well sorry I again misread and thought it a dedicated Helo Thread


So I would assume IL-2 1946 Then :hmm:

thanks for the wealth of answers.

We will forgive you this time young Padewan


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[JScones]

Originally Posted by d@rk51d3

Ahhhhh, EAW was great, and can be picked up for about $10 too.

But it doesn't work with the latest video cards, that is, any video card that doesn't support 8-bit graphics. To get it to work requires a bit of stuffing around (either using old card, old drivers, or a "hack").

Originally Posted by TarJak

BoB2 is as buggy as it's predeccessor and I wouldn't bother with it apart from some nice features when it works.

Patched to 2.06.01 I think it's quite stable - never CTDed on me.

Originally Posted by Chock

BoB2, a bit quirky, and not easy to play a pilot campaign, but has a lot of depth and allows you to play either side as a controller as well as a flyer, missing some very important aircraft types from the Battle though, and not easy to fly on realistic settings.

Have you seen the SPC beta? Makes playing RAF flyer campaigns much easier.

[HunterICX]

Also a nice feature in IL2 1946 is the Mission Creator

pick a landscape and fill it up with stuff to be flat out easy.

but with that mission creator you can very good things....
1st you pick a landscape
then you think of what you want to do for each side.
like for example : I want fly in Normandy with a Tempest (as it could represent a Typhoon) and arm it with rockets and attack the moving armor of the germans after the D-Day. you can put some AI patrolling enemy airplanes where the armor is about located so you would have some air resistance.
then you can either save this a SP map or a MP map to play with friends you can invite on your own hosted server which is Easy and you just need to send ur friend your own IP adress and they are joined easy as that.

the mission creator itself is easy to learn if you spend time in it.
I've been making mission for a while now and I enjoy to play them online with the regular clowns I fly with
:rotfl: J/k

if you have IL2 1946 Mush, and you want to give it a go for some online fun just give a shout


HunterICX

[Mush Martin]

Ok so I bought it and I am much impressed. Wow good advice team.

Next question where are all the mods?
are there any modding tools available for it?
I would love to put some supercharged merlins into
a P-38j

Regards
MM

[HunterICX]

Eh, havent people mentioned it?

IL2 1946 is unmodable apart from the Campaign scripts & Skins
if you where looking for a modable game you should have gone with CFS3 which you can mod about anything as MS released its SDK.
Maddox games, didnt allow the game to be modded the reason why, I dont know but if you look at the game , it really doesnt need much apart from the campaign. the flight model is very good, the planes damage model is good as it really is when you lose something or get holes it effects your flight.

also patch it up too 4.08m
and test if it runs without the DVD(it does seem in some cases it will work without the DVD inserted)

[Mush Martin]

Oh yeah all patched up and out practicing
attack runs on destroyers.


How do I put a ship in I am having trouble with
the Main Mission builder?

[HunterICX]

To insert a object in the mission editor

press CTRL + mouse click on a place
then click&hold and drag him to the right position

if you want to make it move around (waypoints)
CTRL + click on the place where you want it to go
you can asign multiple waypoints so you can let it move anywhere you want.

notice: you have 2 ship category's in the Object list
Stationary ships : cant move but will open fire at any enemy plane that comes near
Ships: can move and will open fire at enemy planes that comes near.

hope this helps a bit

edit: I found a online tutorial about the first use of the mission editor
this helped me out a lot. and contains more info about the mission editor.

http://www.il2-fullmissionbuilder.com/first-mission.html