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

[H Lecter]

Originally Posted by RGB AL

i can't change from arcade to another difficulty level on my xbox 360.
I can change the amount of times i want to try the mission, but not the difficulty.

Help me Obi Wan. you're my only hope.

Finish the tutorials to unlock Realistic and Simulator difficulty, Luke!

[trk29]

Originally Posted by H Lecter

Luke!

[RGB AL]

Thanks very much mate.
I'll be a good boy and finnish my lessons.

[King Jareth]

Originally Posted by RGB AL

Thanks very much mate.
I'll be a good boy and finnish my lessons.

You don't have to do all of the optional ones, just the last 2 called "Realistic" and "Simulator".

[Barred]

I hope this is the right place to ask a dumb question. Especially for a first post.
I am on the last Battle of Stalingrad mission 'Hornets Nest' (on the PS3). No matter how quickly I shoot down the German aircraft I get "mission Failed..." when I have 2 or 3 aircraft left.

I am using the map to go and intercept the closest flight of aircraft. I then select one of them and set the attack order for my wingmen and then attack the other four and then come back to finish off those that my wingmen have left. I then give the 'regroup' order then go to the nearest flight of German aircraft and start the process of ordering my wingmen to attack one while I attack one of the next wing of four.

What am I doing wrong guys?
TIA.

[King Jareth]

There was a thread about Hornets Nest here.
Read, digest, post if its no help

[Barred]

Originally Posted by King Jareth

There was a thread about Hornets Nest here.
Read, digest, post if its no help

Thanks I could not find one at first.

[SleepTrgt]

I really need help to do the weird Spin Aerobatic for the achievement?
Tips?

[Mk10Raven]

Originally Posted by King Jareth

You don't have to do all of the optional ones, just the last 2 called "Realistic" and "Simulator".

Love the game immensely. I'm having trouble with the simulator mission. I can follow the leader just fine, and I get that star, but following the instructor's orders I don't get. Probably because I can't seem to find the d@mn Heinkel I'm supposed to kill. It IS the orange downward-pointing triangle, isn't it?

So, I humble myself as a lowly spit-head in advance. I've done a few missions, but this is the only one that's really got me buffaloed. What's more aggravating (might be part of my problem), because I just want to unlock the darn sim mode. I realized I spent 83 minutes the last time I tried it before deciding that maybe the rising sun was telling me to go to bed.

Anyone got a good walk-through for me so I can move on in my life? I also have no audio for the instructor, just the 3pt. type on the lower right of screen I can't read.

Thanks in advance all.

Mk10

[Mk10Raven]

So it's like, follow the leader, shoot the bomber, bomb the trucks, and something else.

Got it. Finally. Now of course I have to re-do the missions on sim to get the pretty gold wings. <sigh>

So is it normal practice to use the full view initially in simulator to find targets and then switch to cockpit view to fight? Just want to make sure I'm not breaking flight-sim man-law here.

I wish you could have follow view in simulator mode, because once a WWII aviator has his eye on his "prey," he (or she in the case of the Russian Air service) was usually able to follow its flight path in the sky. Of course in sim mode, I guess you're not really locked onto anyone really.

Any hints or tips folks use to fly missions and online combat in sim mode would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Mk10