What is the most up to date IL-2 PC sim?

[PantherAttack2]

Originally Posted by House MD 221B

why would you play a floightsim if you DIDNT have a joystick? that's like saying I'm going to go play Half Life, without a keyboard.

Except you can play Half Life without a keyboard, I've played it on the 360. You can also plug in a 360 controller to the PC and use that as well, if I'm correct.

The one reason I bought 1946 in the first place was because of the damage model, it looked very realistic to me. I hadn't really seen that kind of attention to detail in a damage model before. Then, I got the demo, played it with a keyboard and (even though I sucked at it) still loved it. So I bought it.

Before that time, I wasn't really into flight sims and so I hadn't considered purchasing the joystick, and even now I don't play 1946 or BoP seriously, so I don't think the investment will pay off.

Also, I can still manage to shoot down many planes without a joystick. It's harder for sure, but it's definitely possible with a little practice.

[House MD 221B]

well to tell you the truth, the way my jysticks behaving i might swtich to keyboard and mouse

[Spitfire23]

Originally Posted by House MD 221B

well to tell you the truth, the way my jysticks behaving i might swtich to keyboard and mouse

Cant be as bad as mine lol, ive got a logic3 Star fighter. shown below


Recently pulled the thing out of the garage and the thing was so stiff i had to give it some WD40 action to the ball joint.

Oh and it works on BOP (which is rather strange)

[Araqiel]

Got a new PC, and also jumped into the 1946 pool; not because I'm fed up of waiting for a patch or anything like that (although it would be nice ), just because it really sounded my kind of thing. Must say it's very awesome, and BoP is definitely more on the 'game' side than the 'sim' side, although for graphics and action it wins out.

Now I've got it running at 1600x900 and set up my 360 pad to cover flight controls until I can get a stick setup, very nice indeed.

[King Jareth]

Originally Posted by Araqiel

Got a new PC, and also jumped into the 1946 pool; not because I'm fed up of waiting for a patch or anything like that (although it would be nice ), just because it really sounded my kind of thing. Must say it's very awesome, and BoP is definitely more on the 'game' side than the 'sim' side, although for graphics and action it wins out.

Now I've got it running at 1600x900 and set up my 360 pad to cover flight controls until I can get a stick setup, very nice indeed.

I've got a USB RC transmitter somewhere...might give it a go some time


I can use the AV8R (360/pc version) okay but the throttle and rudder recognise as the same axis. I had a cunning brainwave and plugged in my Logitech DriveFX 360 steering wheel (works on pc but without the feedback) thinking I could use the pedal for rudder.

Genius eh.
But I cant get 1946 to recognise both input devices at once

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by House MD 221B

well to tell you the truth, the way my jysticks behaving i might swtich to keyboard and mouse

house if you want to try using your 360 controller i could send you my quickfire dongle thingy it lets you use 360 controllers with you pc ???
let me know if you do ill send it to you

[House MD 221B]

how much do they cost and I'll buy one?

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by House MD 221B

how much do they cost and I'll buy one?

i think i paid about a tenner for mine ill look em up now and post a link for you mate

[dazz1971]

ok after digging mine out to see that its not called quickfire at all its called crossfire duh!!!!
anyway i found this one on play but you can get them a lot cheaper than that mate i only paid around a tenner for mine from game but that was about a year ago

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3299...s/Product.html

[House MD 221B]

sweet, ill do some shopping around. I dont find the controller to bad on BOP, so it might be ok for the PC too.

Thanks for that, ill look around.