IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad Discussion

[Barthheart]

Yeah... I'm not good enough to fly with you lot. I've still got my training wheels on... :hide:

There is nothing outstanding going on with me, JP and W8t.. plenty of crashes during takeoffs and taxiing.. Haven't flown since last winter, so I'm sure I will suck even more!

Ha! I can barely survive starting in the air, let alone trying to take off or land.   

[SirAndrewD]

Ha! I can barely survive starting in the air, let alone trying to take off or land.   

It took me a long time before I could do take offs and landings as well.   I found that one trick for those is to constantly work on and tweak your input devices. 

HOTAS and rudder sensitivity were a big reason I was having trouble spinning out keeping control on a tarmac.  It was just a lot of trial and error to get them to the point to where what I was getting out of the game matched what I was intending when applying control.

[Barthheart]

Ha! I can barely survive starting in the air, let alone trying to take off or land.   

It took me a long time before I could do take offs and landings as well.   I found that one trick for those is to constantly work on and tweak your input devices. 

HOTAS and rudder sensitivity were a big reason I was having trouble spinning out keeping control on a tarmac.  It was just a lot of trial and error to get them to the point to where what I was getting out of the game matched what I was intending when applying control.

Yeah, no practice is definitely part of my problem. But so is the lack of proper equipment. All I have is an ancient Logitech Attack 3 joystick. Oh and a severe lack of eye-hand coordination any more....

[SirAndrewD]

Yeah, no practice is definitely part of my problem. But so is the lack of proper equipment. All I have is an ancient Logitech Attack 3 joystick. Oh and a severe lack of eye-hand coordination any more....

You might want to try the auto-rudder feature.  It makes things easier if you're just on the joystick. 

[Barthheart]

Yeah, no practice is definitely part of my problem. But so is the lack of proper equipment. All I have is an ancient Logitech Attack 3 joystick. Oh and a severe lack of eye-hand coordination any more....

You might want to try the auto-rudder feature.  It makes things easier if you're just on the joystick.

Huh... see, I didn't even know that was an option. Where is it buried?

[Tuna]

Hop in the a-20 it's a breeze to take off.. no twisting and turning!

[Grim.Reaper]

Remind me again, if I purchase on steam or at the official store, is the content accessible on steam and also their client?  Or is it tied to the source you buy it from?

[SirAndrewD]

Huh... see, I didn't even know that was an option. Where is it buried?

Open up the quick mission generator.  Take a look at the bottom right, there should be a tab for realism next to the start button. 

You can assign a custom realism profile and piloting assistance is on the far right.   Quite a few settings there that make things easier but don't entirely ruin the experience.   

Mostly they help get over the handicap of not having a high end interface setup.

[Barthheart]

Huh... see, I didn't even know that was an option. Where is it buried?

Open up the quick mission generator.  Take a look at the bottom right, there should be a tab for realism next to the start button. 

You can assign a custom realism profile and piloting assistance is on the far right.   Quite a few settings there that make things easier but don't entirely ruin the experience.   

Mostly they help get over the handicap of not having a high end interface setup.

O0

[Tuna]

Remind me again, if I purchase on steam or at the official store, is the content accessible on steam and also their client?  Or is it tied to the source you buy it from?

If you buy on Steam, it won't show up outside. So if your IL2 you bought from their store. and you run it outside of Steam, expansions you bought on Steam will not show up.

Everything inside or outside will be available running it in Steam.

[Grim.Reaper]

Remind me again, if I purchase on steam or at the official store, is the content accessible on steam and also their client?  Or is it tied to the source you buy it from?

If you buy on Steam, it won't show up outside. So if your IL2 you bought from their store. and you run it outside of Steam, expansions you bought on Steam will not show up.

Everything inside or outside will be available running it in Steam.

Thanks....think everything I have purchased so far has been on Steam including the base game, so guess best to order anything else from there.

[Pete Dero]

Remind me again, if I purchase on steam or at the official store, is the content accessible on steam and also their client?  Or is it tied to the source you buy it from?

If you buy on Steam, it won't show up outside. So if your IL2 you bought from their store. and you run it outside of Steam, expansions you bought on Steam will not show up.

Everything inside or outside will be available running it in Steam.

Thanks....think everything I have purchased so far has been on Steam including the base game, so guess best to order anything else from there.

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/37142-heads-up-changes-coming-to-il-2-steam-integration/

If you are an existing Steam user and have already purchased content from our website you will not be able to use that content with your Steam version unless you link the accounts. Again, it's a one time thing and takes just a few seconds.

[W8taminute]

Wow I go away from the internet for one day and miss out on all this fun.  Great to see a revival in interest for this game.  I'd love to fly with you guys if you do setup a flight night. 

Tuna, JP, and I had a lot of fun when we flew together way back when.   O0

[Dammit Carl!]

I'm down for a gunner position! 

[Tuna]

I'm down for a gunner position! 

You can help JP navigate home. Been there, down that!