IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad Discussion

[Jarhead0331]

Man, I would so like to get in to this but having to futz with water and oil temps and RPM as well as throttle... I just want to fly pretty planes and shoot other pretty planes...
Is there lazy idiot mode to these games?  :P

I rarely mess with those more advanced engine management settings. It may be to my detriment, but it has not stopped me from blowing up a lot of crap and really enjoying the sim...

Hmmm... so you don't have to constantly make changes to this stuff to fly? That's why I gave up on the original Rise of Flight... to hard to just fly the planes let along shoot at anything...

You probably do in order to maximize performance, but I have not found any of that essential to actually fly and fight successfully.

[Tuna]

water and oil, just open em before you take off, and you're okay. rpm, and pressure, you just have to not run your engines on full power for a long time

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

German planes are mostly automatic so you don't need to fiddle with fuel mixture, oil and water radiators, or prop pitch for the most part.  Soviet planes are much more hands on and do require a lot of adjustments if you choose to enable full realism.  You have the option to go into custom realism settings and turn features/requirements in and off for single player however.

[Barthheart]

Thanks all.... now I have to spend more money.... 

[Barthheart]

Anybody try out this view tracker:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/929270/ViewTracker/

[Tuna]

German planes are mostly automatic so you don't need to fiddle with fuel mixture, oil and water radiators, or prop pitch for the most part.  Soviet planes are much more hands on and do require a lot of adjustments if you choose to enable full realism.  You have the option to go into custom realism settings and turn features/requirements in and off for single player however.

FW 190 and Me 109. I don't think the others are auto?

[Tuna]

One learning thing that irked me, was the brakes being different between the GE and SU planes!

[JasonPratt]

Anybody try out this view tracker:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/929270/ViewTracker/

Not yet but it looks very doable (if still early and unstable).

[JasonPratt]

German planes are mostly automatic so you don't need to fiddle with fuel mixture, oil and water radiators, or prop pitch for the most part.  Soviet planes are much more hands on and do require a lot of adjustments if you choose to enable full realism.  You have the option to go into custom realism settings and turn features/requirements in and off for single player however.

FW 190 and Me 109. I don't think the others are auto?

The early HE 111 has some automation, I noticed. Startup from a cold engine is mostly automated for example, with just enough input to say "I'm helping!" ;)

Another handy bit of automation is a ten second timer that flicks between left and right fuel tanks for improved balance.

[Tuna]

No, what SDR was saying is that RPM is handled automatically. Engine start up is auto on all. DCS it is not!

[JasonPratt]

Hm, He 111 not sure that rpm is handled automatically -- it's independent from the throttles, too (though obviously they're clustered together.)

The mixture is automatic now (didn't use to be), and I think the superchargers are automatic although I get the impression you can do them manually if you want.

[Gusington]

Thanks again Yskonyn. Definitely up for MP with everyone here once I get up to speed.

And I am counting on an idiot/realism mode. Otherwise I won't get off the virtual ground.

Still tempted to get the Hs129 because I love me some ground attack...are there any other ground attack planes available, besides the Stuka?

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

IL-2!

[Gusington]

Surely not for the Germans....Shirley.

[IronX]

The 110 is a favourite of mine for ground attack. And stop calling me Shirley.