/r/il2sturmovik

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A subreddit for 1C and 777's IL-2 series of combat sims.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

  • Battle of Moscow

  • Battle of Kuban

  • Battle of Bodenplatte

  • Battle of Normandy

  • Flying Circus

  • Tank Crew

  • IL-2 Cliffs of Dover/Wings over Tobruk

  • IL-2 1946 (and associated DLC's)

  • IL-2 Birds of Prey


This primary subreddit for 1C and 777's "IL-2: Sturmovik": a series of antique combat simulation, including...

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of Moscow

Battle of Kuban

Battle of Bodenplatte

Flying Circus

Tank Crew

Battle of Normandy


Multiplayer server stats:

Wings of Liberty

Tactical Air War

Knights of the Air

The Combat Box


= RULES =

  1. You are expected to be respectful at least until it is not being reciprocated.

  2. Posts should be kept on the topic(s) of antique combat or the sims thereof. If it doesn't fit a flair, it likely isn't on topic.

  3. If you'd like to advertise or direct traffic to an external location, It is courteous to ask the moderator first. Not doing so will leave the moderation of your posts to mod discretion.

  4. Behavior seriously violating Reddit's TOS in regards to doxxing and harassment won't be tolerated.

  5. Agents the moderator perceives as not participating in good-faith discussion or community participation are free to be moderated at the discretion of the moderator (ie. spamming topics, personal attacks on developers, etc).

  6. Posting about other simulations, flight, or antique warfare games is acceptable as long as it would not reasonably detract from the IL-2 brand, sales, or development.

  7. Posting DEVELOPER DIARIES must follow a standard format: "IL-2 Developer Diary XXX: [Title]"

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Easy Mission Generator Tweaking

Is there a way to adjust EMG missions so that enemy AI planes keep spawning and actively seek out targets to engage? Currently, they tend to only go for the initial objective, then either return to base and vanish, or circle high above their airfield without attacking other objectives. I'm hoping to make them take off and pursue objectives until they're all eliminated.

0 Comments
2024/05/18
06:17 UTC

5

In l2 1946, is it worse for aiming to activate the aligned crosshair with ctrl f1?

In YouTube videos, good players do not use it, so I suppose it is better when aiming at enemy planes.

1 Comment
2024/05/17
04:54 UTC

1

Decisive Air to Air

0 Comments
2024/05/17
02:37 UTC

0

Is this game similar to Warthunder?

I've just come across to this game on tiktok and am wondering how different it is than Warthunder.

As far as I know in this game more than a year a person can control a tank or an aircraft and I think it's also a FPS shooter game like you can get out of the tank and actually shoot people (?)

If it's sim, I don't care because I really like playing Warthunder in sim mode.

14 Comments
2024/05/16
23:36 UTC

10

Why are my 1946 replays so much different than what happened?

In the game, I shot down an enemy, got attacked from behind, ejected after entering a stallspin, then parachuted to safety.
In the replay, I'm shooting at thin air, the kill I get is shared (unlike the game), bullets come at me from thin air, and then my plane crashes into parachuting character and kills player.
I'm using VP Modpack for 4.12.2 mega patch + graphics extender.

3 Comments
2024/05/16
19:00 UTC

8

Cliffs of Dover mapping vkb ww2 throttle question

I for the life of me cannot get the gear or flaps mapped on the thq vertical panel. Everything thing else is mapped to my liking I think. Software is semi confusing anyone have any tips. Combined with the confusing CoD mapping interface it’s been kind of a nightmare. Any help is much appreciated!

4 Comments
2024/05/16
04:50 UTC

23

Historic accounts of pilots mentioning how difficult it is to spot targets?

Ive been playing on a server without icons and a friend has been complaining a bit about it being difficult to spot the enemy. I was wondering if anyone knows off hand where I could find some historic aces mentioning how difficult it was to spot aerial targets? I did some searching and in an old forum post I found someone mentioning that Erich Hartman spoke about this topic in his autobiography and I have since started reading through The Blond Knight trying to find it.

Does anyone else have any other leads for me to look into? Would like to compile a collection. Will update with what I find in the meantime.

16 Comments
2024/05/15
21:28 UTC

43

Just IL-2 1946 things

2 Comments
2024/05/15
20:30 UTC

3

No. 805 Squadron FAA Tunisia 1942

0 Comments
2024/05/15
05:32 UTC

8

Bf-109 still flying with horizontal stabilizer missing a good bit?

Sorry if already asked, but I was flying a quick mission and managed to shoot most of the right side stabilizer off. There was still maybe a third or less left close to the fuselage.

The 109 retained controlled flight. Not dog fighting but still under control.

When the Spitfire gets a few holes in the elevator, it starts to float and just be like a balloon.

Any thoughts?

6 Comments
2024/05/14
19:34 UTC

2 Comments
2024/05/14
07:07 UTC

6

Campaign

Where can I download the non-oficial campaigns? And which one’s are the best?

2 Comments
2024/05/13
23:52 UTC

59

I might have messed up a bit

10 Comments
2024/05/13
17:23 UTC

6

Airplane tutorial

Hello everyone. Im new to this game just biught few days ago. I just bought it because of the tank crew i just wanna try the airplanes. So. I need helo cans someone comment the steps of control i should press before my plane take off. Last time i played the engine turned on and the propeller is turning but i can make it move. Im having a hard time. Thanks!

I just keep the buttons in default. Need to know its basics first before changing

16 Comments
2024/05/13
14:57 UTC

8

P-51 over Germany, Mighty 8th, July 7th, 1944

0 Comments
2024/05/13
03:53 UTC

7

P-51 over Germany, Mighty 8th, May 12th, 1944

0 Comments
2024/05/13
03:52 UTC

3

Gunsight

There’s a way to get the gunsight more brilliant?

I feel mine is so wiped

4 Comments
2024/05/13
01:32 UTC

46

I should count this as a maneuver kill, right?

11 Comments
2024/05/12
06:18 UTC

4

Clans/community recommendations

Hey there, after years of only playing 1946 becuase i had a poor PC, now i'm finally getting into Great Battles, and got pretty much all the major expansions (except normandy) on sale.

I just wanted to know if you guys had any clans or groups to find people to fly with, as flying alone is often a disavantage in MP servers. Thx!

9 Comments
2024/05/11
22:57 UTC

1

need help for a command :/

Hi everyone, i downloaded the game and i don't find the command to control the plane with the " wsad " in the keyboard. if someone have the solution he is welcom :)

1 Comment
2024/05/11
20:13 UTC

103

Thread the needle

8 Comments
2024/05/11
15:29 UTC

42

IL-2 has a better damage model than War Thunder and DCS

26 Comments
2024/05/11
14:16 UTC

2

Can someone link me some good TC Coop missions?

Would be greatly appreciated.

2 Comments
2024/05/10
20:13 UTC

3

Game crashes to desktop

Getting back into playing this game. While doing a low flyby by a carrier or an airport. The game crashes.

Ryzen 5 4500
RX 6600

This is the error in hs_err_pid

An unexpected exception has been detected in native code outside the VM.

Unexpected Signal : EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION occurred at PC=0x60cc2640

Function name=(N/A)

Library=C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\u0402338.inf_amd64_d4de815aa579b06a\B402197\atioglxx.dll

NOTE: We are unable to locate the function name symbol for the error

just occurred. Please refer to release documentation for possible

reason and solutions.

Edit: Found the solution: You can't run any video option in perfect mode!

0 Comments
2024/05/10
14:55 UTC

6

Advice for 1946 Dgen modding starting at specific airfields.

Would appreciate some help with this if anyone can give some advice. I enjoy creating new campaigns for the vanilla Dgen and want to have the player squadron operating out of particular airfields.

I came across the following feature mentioned on simhq but have never been able to get it to work:

"---Ian Boys on parked planes This feature was made at my request for Murmansk. It works as follows: Place a single plane of the required type at the base. It can be any nationality of the same side Red/Blue. If the plane appears at >1 base, DGen will pick a base at random among the available bases. You can place more than one plane at the base if you wish. Example - in Murmansk 1941 we want Hurricane IIB's to start only at Vaenga. By placing static Hurricanes here only we ensure that all Hurricane campaigns will start from that base and nowhere else. Example 2 - we want JG54 to withdraw into Kurland and not East Prussia in 1944/45. By placing the Fw190's in the north and Bf-109's in the south for each subcampaign we can ensure JG 54 withdraw into Kurland while JG51 withdraw across the southern part of the map into Ostpreussen"

I have tried this and never find the player squadron spawning at the intended location. Does it only work on certain maps? I have followed the above steps but no success. Any advice appreciated!

4 Comments
2024/05/09
20:55 UTC

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