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

[REY1092]

Help, I am stuck at the last Stalingrad mission where you have to stop the air supply bridge. no matter how many transports I shoot down I still fail. I've shot down 20 and I still get the message "the transports have reached Potemkin you have failed". any suggestons to what I am missing or doing wrong? thanks.

[JOED70]

Use your wingman , try and postion your self close to thier airstrip.

Try it on Realistic or Sim as some missions are much more difficult in Arcade do to game script trigger issues

[REY1092]

does the air strip show up on the radar? or do you just fly around looking for it?
Thanks!

[bobbysocks]

welcome, there are probably a couple threads about this mission...do a search and you will find all kinds of suggestions.

[REY1092]

Thanks, there sure are a lot of posts on this mission, I don't feel so bad anymore. I will try the tactics this weekend and hopefully I can move on. Cheers.

[The_Stapler]

Don't want to start a flamewar, but I completed that mission without any game script problems. Doesn't mean I didn't crash a few times! I think it's just down to luck really.

By the way, does anyone else's game crash when they try to view the planes in the hangar? I'm kinda annoyed at not being able to read up on the planes (plane geek here...).

[StiC]

Originally Posted by The_Stapler

Don't want to start a flamewar, but I completed that mission without any game script problems. Doesn't mean I didn't crash a few times! I think it's just down to luck really.

By the way, does anyone else's game crash when they try to view the planes in the hangar? I'm kinda annoyed at not being able to read up on the planes (plane geek here...).

Same here, I just finished the campaign in arcade with no problems but so many people can't be wrong, and I feel as though I dodged a bullet.

I've read somewhere that if you are using a Tflight hotas x in the hanger it crashes could that be your problem?

[JOED70]

Originally Posted by The_Stapler

By the way, does anyone else's game crash when they try to view the planes in the hangar? I'm kinda annoyed at not being able to read up on the planes (plane geek here...).

Never had that happen , but zoom sticks on re-spawn in realistic with some control schemes , and some times tail gunner on bomber will be on constant fire you can here the clicking sound cycle fast in map screen .

But.. The greatest tip I can offer which I hope will now show up in searches is you can use mouse as free look camera with flight stick just plug in usb mouse before starting game and to pan camera left click right click zoom
If you are using a HDTV 720P or greater display and have trouble picking up or spotting targets try changing the resolution to ED-TV 480p

Big shout out to "Caper" Stic for his head tracking rig

[Cryptic Phant0m]

I play BOP on my 42" Panasonic, 1080p, HD, Plasma TV, now my problem is that when I play BOP on SIM, Realistic or even Arcade with the HUD turned off, I cannot see the planes until I am right on top of them, its like they just appear out of thin air.

What is the optimal tv setting for BOP?