noob here
 

just a few questions... i start off at the first american mission at pearl harbor, and my squadron mate flies sooooo much faster than me and gains altitude amazingly fast. i know how to raise my gear and my flaps, but is there some other trick that i'm missing? i read all of the pdfs that came with the game but everytime i try to gain altitude my engine overheats and i'm screwed. any help would be appreciated. :grin: tia

AI pilots are perfect. their engine don't overheat and their aircraft is always in perfect trim. Either turn off engine over heat in the difficulty settings or get smarter than the AI :).

There are a bunch of reasons for your being slow. Trim, engine settings, too much maneuvering, etc.. You have to do some research on this and other forums to pick up information on how to be a better pilot.

Splitter

Hi

Its a known issue from many years ago.

You just have to do your best as the AI use all tricks available to them, you should try not to climb to hard, just keep your speed up lower than them and you should soon start to catch/keep up till the fight begins.

As mentioned trim and engine management helps some but don't expect to be on their wing tips exchanging waves.

One thing I noticed is that in Pacific Fighters campaigns, the aircraft simply race to the target. It's very difficult to keep up. Some of the missions also have you go further than your aircraft's historical range, and you will invariably end up in the drink.

In fact, on one mission pertaining to Wake island, my group of Wildcats went full throttle from take-off to the target area, where we met some Zeros coming head-on, also at top speed. My flight simply crashed into their flight, and I was mortally wounded from the ensuing explosions.

I haven't played a PF era campaign mission since.

Forgotten Battles era campaigns are nicer because after reaching their final altitude, the AI slow down to a reasonable amount, and you can easily fit into the formation with them. The only problem is that subsequent waypoints typically involve instantaneous speed changes which forces you to be on your toes. For instance "One minute to target!" results in every Ju-87 shedding 50km/h instantly, causing me to rocket past the group, and now I have to worry if I'm going to hit anyone, while trying to find my place in the formation again, while being shot at, and while only moments from the target, which I absolutely cannot miss because I've got only one egg to deliver, and I've been flying for an hour....:)

You could try to increase your rank at the start of a campaign to the highest level, or play user-made missions in which, hopefully, the cruise speed of the AI to certain waypoints has been edited from the default.

thanks for all the helpful replies guys. :) as far as the forgotten battles era campaigns, i couldn't get it to load on my system. ive got a q9950 intel w/ a 480 gtx running windows 7 ultimate x64. i've tried everything. anybody got it to work with that type setup?

Do you have IL-2 1946?

It has every plane, mission, campaign, etc. to date (for whatever reason, the differences in campaign playability still exist, as I mentioned above).

Here is a link back to what I found useful.
 

On the old Pacific Fighters Forum there is a link to a lot of questions that you may have. It does deal with a lot of reading. The info is vast and has at least ten years of info in it. I hope you find it helpful.
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...3/m/3181081438


Click on the underlined letters above the Redtail P-51 in Bearcats sig.

As mentioned before try to get the 1946 version. At the price of $8.95 and up it is a huge bargin for your flight simming fun. The 1946 version will need to be patched to 4.09. A new patch will arrive from those working on 4.10. The Daiedos Team. Enjoy..

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph..._Battles_.html

Try this link above out for futher info on this fantasiic sim .

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/ubb.x?a=fr...102&f=49310655 For tech help.

i've got the 1946 version and the 4.09 patch. i also tried to install the megamod or whatever it was called for it and it didn't work either. thx for teh links though.

Use the community help
 

When asking for help at the community help section. Explain what type of error message you are having as well as a print out of your system specs. You have to open up and explain what is wrong to get help. The moderators there are very helpful. Most members are here as well, even though at timesl they don't get along .

Don't get confused. The mega stuff is a mod. They will not help if you have installed a mod here or there. Uninstall everything and begin again. Make sure everthing in your folders are uninstalled or deleted. Correct your registry with a registry cleaner and begin again.

If you are having install issues, post at the community help section and help will soon be on the way. S!
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/49310655

Also the most basic. Check the minimum system requirements. I'm not a tech guy so sorry if I'm not able to help you dx your problem and help you get into the virtual skies. Ps. try to limit the size of you pics. They tend to get upset do to the rules on limitation.