CEM? Is it worth it at this stage?

[TUSA/TX-Gunslinger]

Originally Posted by maxwellbest

Title says it all. Is it worth engaging CEM at this stage of development? Will doing so improve the performance of the A/C, ie more "realistic"?

Absolutely. Significant advance from what's come before. Deepens the simulation experience.


Gives those of us with 10 years doing this - something to do

S!

Gunny

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by TUSA/TX-Gunslinger

Absolutely. Significant advance from what's come before. Deepens the simulation experience.


Gives those of us with 10 years doing this - something to do

S!

Gunny

Yeah, spot on. I fired up IL-2 the other day and was so bored when flying around!

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by jimbop

Absolutely. And it isn't that hard to learn. Anyone who is planning on learning CEM at some stage shouldn't leave it too late. Bad habits can be hard to break...

Order of business IMHO: 1) ensure radiator is open to allow cooling; 2) learn how to trim the aircraft, especially rudder and elevator trim since most early fighters don't have aileron (a loose spring joystick helps here, cable ties are just great to reduce spring tension!); 3) keep an eye on the ball & slip indicator and trim with rudder to get true forward flight; 4) focus on prop pitch interactions with throttle to keep the boost pressure under control or risk the dreaded perforated water radiator.

That's pretty much it. The CEM migh be bugged currently above 3-4km of altitude, but it's a good practice learning the right habits early on.


In the long run, if you like flying with high difficulty settings it's something you'll want to learn. I simply can't go back to IL2 just because of the simplified engine modeling.

[ATAG_Doc]

OK I am missing my icons in the lower left corner now. I must have turned them off and don't know how to get them back. Also on your Blenheim IV CEM start up I cannot see the carb heat at all. TrackIR for me doesn't swing that far for some reason nor can I use the hat to view it.

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by timej31

OK I am missing my icons in the lower left corner now. I must have turned them off and don't know how to get them back.

Yes, this seems bugged for me too. I have to enable CEM in Realism settings and then restart the game for them to appear.

[sorak]

Originally Posted by timej31

Also on your Blenheim IV CEM start up I cannot see the carb heat at all. TrackIR for me doesn't swing that far for some reason nor can I use the hat to view it.

Try looking in the control options and look for the one to map a key to 'glance at gadges' I forgot exactly what its called.. But it gives you a better view at the gadges that on some planes you can see to well.

[kimosabi]

Originally Posted by TUSA/TX-Gunslinger

Absolutely. Significant advance from what's come before. Deepens the simulation experience.


Gives those of us with 10 years doing this - something to do

S!

Gunny

Sure is. But even though you've been around for 10 years, I'm pretty sure your processor is a bit faster than 4.0 mHz.

Habits is one thing, OP, but also learning how to multitask will help you out immensely in this game. Keeping track on your machine while also keeping track on the sky is a must.

[hockeywarrior]

My biggest complaint with the game is that it brutally punishes you right now if you turn off CEM. I'm going to learn it eventually when I have time to figure everything out, but right now with the game-breaking bug where your RPMs in many of the planes are limited with CEM off, you can't freaking play the game.

Right now you basically are forced to learn how to fly with CEM if you want to even try to enjoy the game. This is a gamebreaking bug that I'm really shocked hasn't been fixed yet. You literally can't beat campaign missions where you fly a Spitfire with this bug.

So in regards to the OP, you kind of don't have a choice. Otherwise, you gotta wait until they fix this bug.

[TwistedAdonis]

Originally Posted by hockeywarrior

Right now you basically are forced to learn how to fly with CEM if you want to even try to enjoy the game. This is a gamebreaking bug that I'm really shocked hasn't been fixed yet. You literally can't beat campaign missions where you fly a Spitfire with this bug.

This annoyed me too, but to be honest learning the basics of CEM in this game took about an hour and has increased my enjoyment of the game loads. There really is not much to it and it adds to the 'sim' feeling immensely. All the info you need is on this site.
Good luck with it.

[moilami]

CEM all the way. There is no going back to old kiddies IL-2 after new IL-2 CEM.