IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad Discussion

[Tuna]

Fw-190A3  FM patch is out.

Reportedly much better to fly now.  :bd:


I'm still on a general digital gaming hiatus.  Not sure if I'll be doing anything this weekend.

Went on Wings of Glory last night to try the IL2 and the Axis had twice as many players as the Allies. Axis usually has more, but I guess last night must've been tons of people checking out the 190.

[Nefaro]

Fw-190A3  FM patch is out.

Reportedly much better to fly now.  :bd:


I'm still on a general digital gaming hiatus.  Not sure if I'll be doing anything this weekend.

Went on Wings of Glory last night to try the IL2 and the Axis had twice as many players as the Allies. Axis usually has more, but I guess last night must've been tons of people checking out the 190.

Last couple times I joined MP, most were flying Russian planes.

I just figured it was because the Yak-1 was the prime overall performer, as modeled in the game.  Maybe they tweaked some other FMs since then?   

[Tuna]

I'm really enjoying the PE2 it's pretty fast.. Can do both Level and Dive bomber role, a lot of fun!

[Nefaro]

I'm really enjoying the PE2 it's pretty fast.. Can do both Level and Dive bomber role, a lot of fun!

I'd prefer flying that Peshka, over any other bomber in the sim, for just that reason.   The IL-2 is also enjoyable but slow as hell, like the rest. 

Think I only flew the Pe-2 once.  It took forever to get onto the damn runway because I didn't know how the hell to keep it from continuously spinning in a ground turn.

[Tuna]

Think I only flew the Pe-2 once.  It took forever to get onto the damn runway because I didn't know how the hell to keep it from continuously spinning in a ground turn.

Once you get it down, it's not too bad, just program a key to the brake and press it while doing the rudder It drove me crazy, especially when I didn't know they the toe brakes weren't working!

[Tuna]

Anybody know what command to map for 'aiming' the tail guns? I deleted the mouse from the default by mistake, and I don't see which one to map it back to. Nothing as simple as "Aim" there.

[Nefaro]

Anybody know what command to map for 'aiming' the tail guns? I deleted the mouse from the default by mistake, and I don't see which one to map it back to. Nothing as simple as "Aim" there.

You mean to look down the gunsight?

Shift + T

(after you hit 'T' to take control of the gun)

[Tuna]

No, T and Shift T work fine for me. But once I do those I can't move the gun. I think when re-mapping keys initially, I saw a double or triple action on the mouse thinking that I would never use the gun I removed it. But now I forget which command it was mapped to. I see the command for T and Shift T, but nothing that says 'aim' near it. I'd hate to go back to default after mapping all the keys that I did.

[Nefaro]

No, T and Shift T work fine for me. But once I do those I can't move the gun. I think when re-mapping keys initially, I saw a double or triple action on the mouse thinking that I would never use the gun I removed it. But now I forget which command it was mapped to. I see the command for T and Shift T, but nothing that says 'aim' near it. I'd hate to go back to default after mapping all the keys that I did.

So you need to know which axes the mouse was mapped to for gunner controls?

[IronX]

I sometimes have trouble with this too and believe for me that it's a conflict between TrackIR and the mouse. Usually a few taps of the T key sort it out.

[Nefaro]

I sometimes have trouble with this too and believe for me that it's a conflict between TrackIR and the mouse. Usually a few taps of the T key sort it out.

Maybe that's it.

I wasn't using my TrackIR the other night, when riding gunner in Tuna's Peshka.

[Tuna]

I saw something that said vertical something and horizontal something (at work so not sure the commands) but it didn't fix it. I wonder if it was because I was in Blister turret and that might be a different command set.

[Nefaro]

No, T and Shift T work fine for me. But once I do those I can't move the gun. I think when re-mapping keys initially, I saw a double or triple action on the mouse thinking that I would never use the gun I removed it. But now I forget which command it was mapped to. I see the command for T and Shift T, but nothing that says 'aim' near it. I'd hate to go back to default after mapping all the keys that I did.

Here are my (default) mouse camera view controls.

Under Camera Controls tab of Keybindings:


Camera Zoom =  Mouse Wheel
Rotate Camera up/down = Mouse Y
Rotate Camera left/right = Mouse X


WARNING:  make sure you add those in one of the extra available columns!  Don't overwrite any other existing ones!





OT.....

Why the hell do I keep having to shut down IL2-BOS through task manager the first time I attempt to log in?

Accursed game freezes on attempting to log in so I have to hard kill it at least once every time.  After restart and second attempt, it has been working fine.   :pullhair: 

I recall having a rare issue like this with ROF, but this has been steady with BOS.   These good flight sims are in constant Beta/Alpha condition.   

[Tuna]

I don't think it's camera, because I can move my head with Track IR.. the gun won't move.. there was some settings near the T and CTRL T that I tried, vertical and horizontal, but they didn't seem to do anything.

[Nefaro]

Ugh!

I had unplugged my USB Throttle awhile back because I wasn't using it.  Plugged back in recently...

After starting up IL2BOS, all my mapped keys are assigned to the wrong stick/throttle/rudder now. 

Will be forced to go back and re-map every fookeen keybind over again.  F this.     *ragequit*



I just don't have the patience to be redo'ing my keybinds, on a regular basis, due to poor keybind & options programming.