Unlockables in IL-2 ORIGINAL

[zoomar]

Hard to imagine anyone is still running the "original" Il-2 now when 1946 is so much better and cheap. I seem to remember that in the very first unpatched version of Il-2 neither the I-16 nor Ju-87 were flyable, but patches came along to fix that.

[Alien]

I have the original Il-2 and played it and I remember I SURELY was flying I-16s and Ju 87s. That's what I'm SURE.

[ElAurens]

Nope, at release the I 16 was not a flyable. It came in a later patch, I remember waiting for it with much anticipation.

I started flying IL2 on December 26 2001.

[Alien]

My first version of Il-2 was 1.2, I think

[Treetop64]

Originally Posted by Avimimus

Actually, I believe that a fully patched up version of the original Il-2 offers the free (unpromised) bonus of an addon I-16 and the Ju-87B2 (so one does not even need to pick up 1946).

Other than for nostalgia, I can't think of any reason why anyone would bother with the original IL-2, frankly, patched or not. 1946 has everything the original IL-2 had, and orders of magnitude more.

It's like restricting yourself to driving a ten-year-old Toyota Corolla when you have access to a Ferrari 599.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Treetop64

Other than for nostalgia, I can't think of any reason why anyone would bother with the original IL-2, frankly, patched or not. 1946 has everything the original IL-2 had, and orders of magnitude more.
It's like restricting yourself to driving a ten-year-old Toyota Corolla when you have access to a Ferrari 599.

More like a 40 year old Toyota.. Other than curiosity or nostalgia there is no reason to use the original IL2 and expect but so much. Meyerm you need to suck it up and buy 1946 period. Then come back with issues if you find them. No offense.