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[kjwright]

Hey guys im new to this forum. Been playing Birds of Prey with the fellas on my PS3 but i was wondering how the PC Il2-Sturmovik games are? And if i decided to get one which i should get and on important thing are there P38 Lightnings cause it nearly made me cry when BoP didnt have them

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by kjwright

Hey guys im new to this forum. Been playing Birds of Prey with the fellas on my PS3 but i was wondering how the PC Il2-Sturmovik games are? And if i decided to get one which i should get and on important thing are there P38 Lightnings cause it nearly made me cry when BoP didnt have them

There is only one game IL2_1946 you need to buy it includes all earlier variants, you should patch up to version 4.09m as soon as you install it and yes it includes several variants of the P38.

[kjwright]

How are the game mechanics and graphics? I use to play janes Combat Flight Simulator always liked that.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by kjwright

How are the game mechanics and graphics? I use to play janes Combat Flight Simulator always liked that.

Its a 10 year old sim so has its limitations, but its still being improved.

In terms of mechanics its still currently the best combat flight sim around and vastly better than Janes ever was.

As for graphics, depends on the aircraft skinner and map but it can get quite good for an old sim.

One of my 73 sqdn gladiators:



Here is one of Kristorf's screenshots of his new spitfire skin copied from the screenshots thread above. The terrain looks like the Slovakia Summer map provided with patch 4.09m.

[AKA_Tenn]

its not an like birds of prey, it takes a lot of practice to get good at 1946, its more of a simulator, you can't just hop into it and fly, each plane has its own unique flight charicteristics, and it takes a long time to get the hang of'em, then you need to get to know the online... community, who the aces are, who the up-and-comers are, that kinda thing, so then you can learn how they fly so you can plan on how your gonna fight them later ... or in my case... most of the time its choose a different server, rather than fight them... if your ever in a server with a lot of dudes that are in the same squad and your not on the same team, in a squad or on teamspeak... just find a new server.. they can and will camp you on takeoff... well thats pretty much the good and the bad of IL2...

I've been playing this game 9 years now and I'm still learning new stuff in IL2 every day, and there's always someone better...

some more general info:
there's 5 or 6 different servers you can play on that always have people in them, the difficulty and the timezones people use the servers varies, but there's always a populated server to join, i think some of the servers allow 64+ players, and they do max out during peak hours.

[JG27CaptStubing]

KJWrite

I certainly hope you take the plunge and get yourself a copy of Il2 1946. If you like BOP you will certainly like IL21946 as it has so much more to offer.

I had a chance to fly the BOP Demo on my PC just to see what it was all about. I flew in Simulation mode and I can assure you it's not that much different than IL2 in terms of FM. There are a few differences but nothing unmanageble. There will be a learning curve but coming from BOP it's not as big as you think.

You will take a step back in terms of graphics however I think there are plenty of places where IL2 still holds its own against any modern sim.

Again I hope you pick it up. It's clearly the king of all WWII Simulations.

[BadAim]

Here is a great resource for all armchair pilots, newb or otherwise; http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/main.html While the site is a business and they charge for the disks, there is a bunch of free content (including the vid posted earlier). I've learned a lot from watching these vids and reading the pdf's from here. It's an amazing testament to the historical accuracy built into IL2, that studying the real techniques and tactics used with the real aircraft is usually the best way to learn how they work in the game (The simplifications and imperfections being a given)

[kjwright]

Wow some enthusiastic pilots. I like this alot. Ill proably wait alittle like a week or so then get the game.What other planes do you guys fly. Im sure there are Squadrons for the Luftwaffe, USSR, USAAF, Royal Airforce and what not. I just think the P-38 is a well rounded fighter over all

[kjwright]

Favorite planes. p38, p47, p51, HellCat, Hurricane, Tempest, Spitfire, Corsair, Fw190, BF109, Also big fan of p61 black widow and the A20/B25's set up for anti-shipping and ground attack

[Borsch]

Originally Posted by kjwright

Favorite planes. p38, p47, p51, HellCat, Hurricane, Tempest, Spitfire, Corsair, Fw190, BF109, Also big fan of p61 black widow and the A20/B25's set up for anti-shipping and ground attack

All of them apart from p61 are present in IL2 and I love to fly them too P39 Airacobra, LA5fn, Il2, Zero, Me-262 Shwalbe, Yak9, I16, Bf110, Ju 87 are my other favs. But, the beauty of Il2 is that eventually people try out missions/campaigns for lesser known craft like Fokker XXI, Gladiator, Buffalo etc etc etc - they are all great fun in Il2! PLus, even the "big names" have lots of variants represented and look and feel different to each other - the number of planes is almost a distraction in IL2