IL2 Birds of Prey: Hints, Tips, and FAQ's Thread

Thanks bro. Some of the missions leave little or no hints as to what the goals are. This is one of 'em. The ironic thing is after the mission is completed, the summary comes up and states that the German offensive was stopped in its tracks by the destruction of its fuel dumps and gives credit to the squadron you just flew. Wonderful thing to tell the player to destroy the fuel AFTER the mission! I'll see if I can get some more up here.

[Yakoff]

Thanks for the write up lost cause. Helped me immensely. I still had great difficulty picking out the ground targets. I don't think I could find them again if I tried. Everything after this mission HAS to be a piece of cake.

[Flagrum_3]

O.K, I just got thru the Hornest's nest mission on my 3rd try!! LOL.

Didn't do anything special, I flew in "realistic mode"....When the first wave of cargo planes came in, I shot down 3 whilst I kept telling my squad to attack then once those were cleared the game clicked to next target, which was ground AA which I destroyed, after checking the map and seeing the next wave of transports were a ways away ofcourse...This happened one more time, cleared the next wave of transports then attacked AA> Mission Accomplished!?

I was astonished, since so many had extreme difficulty with this mission that it was over so quickly....totally beats me how I managed it so easily! I think I myself, managed to shoot down a total of 6 transports 'only' in total.


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[InfiniteStates]

Originally Posted by Flagrum_3

I was astonished, since so many had extreme difficulty with this mission that it was over so quickly....totally beats me how I managed it so easily! I think I myself, managed to shoot down a total of 6 transports 'only' in total.


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There are a couple of weird missions that seem to be incredibly difficult in arcade, but fine in other difficulties. I personally only played through on realistic and sim and never had any problems beyond the usual finding of ground targets on sim.

[kozzm0]

Originally Posted by Yakoff

Thanks for the write up lost cause. Helped me immensely. I still had great difficulty picking out the ground targets. I don't think I could find them again if I tried. Everything after this mission HAS to be a piece of cake.

Just wait till you get to Free Hunt, where your flight has to shoot down 12 Ju-52's at night from all over the map, before any of them dive below the clouds, and your wingmen refuse to follow orders and get shot down. Most impossible mission imo, except I only played any of the missions on sim so maybe it's not as hard in realistic

[Yakoff]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

Just wait till you get to Free Hunt, where your flight has to shoot down 12 Ju-52's at night from all over the map, before any of them dive below the clouds, and your wingmen refuse to follow orders and get shot down. Most impossible mission imo, except I only played any of the missions on sim so maybe it's not as hard in realistic

Like many others here, I'm bound and determined to only play this game on sim, although I fudge a little and use the HUD instead of the real cockpit. I just completed the Campaign portion and will prepare for grief from Free Hunt on Single Mission . I have a decent 26" HD monitor, but I still have great difficulty distinguishing friendly fighters from enemies. If I'm not sure, I usually give a short burst and see if I get the "Check your aim" message. I should probably bone up on my plane recognition skills.

[Mage_016]

Originally Posted by Yakoff

Like many others here, I'm bound and determined to only play this game on sim, although I fudge a little and use the HUD instead of the real cockpit. I just completed the Campaign portion and will prepare for grief from Free Hunt on Single Mission . I have a decent 26" HD monitor, but I still have great difficulty distinguishing friendly fighters from enemies. If I'm not sure, I usually give a short burst and see if I get the "Check your aim" message. I should probably bone up on my plane recognition skills.

Lol I'm using same tactic. Studying all those planes are so waste of time

[carcamagno]

I m new and I have two questions

1) tell me about "a couple" of models of joistick ( not too muche technologik ..better if a little "vintage" ) that "fit" whit a real simulator as Sturmovik do,..?!?! I have to purchase ona... or do you thin that xbox joy pad is better than whatever joistick??

2) if i have to turn closer and quikly i have to reduce the relative speed or not ? and to make a quikl turn is better useing Flap in attak mode??

[juz1]

Originally Posted by carcamagno

I m new and I have two questions

1) tell me about "a couple" of models of joistick ( not too muche technologik ..better if a little "vintage" ) that "fit" whit a real simulator as Sturmovik do,..?!?! I have to purchase ona... or do you thin that xbox joy pad is better than whatever joistick??

2) if i have to turn closer and quikly i have to reduce the relative speed or not ? and to make a quikl turn is better useing Flap in attak mode??

welcome to the forum...

2 sticks for xbox ...the AV8R (02)- cheap($60US), readily available or Ace edge/Hori ex-Very good but very expensive ($200US) unless you luck out on a secondhand one. Both apparently have a small deadzone issue and more importantly no landing brake assigned until a patch comes (if it comes).
Personally I have an AV8r and I love it-others don't.

Combat flaps allow you to throw around the plane better, turn radius is (partly) determined by speed yes ( and obviously the plane!)

Others here will give you more detail...enjoy
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[AV 1611]

Yeah me too... however I enjoy studying those planes!