Ace AI is terrible.

[Jumoschwanz]

In IL2 at the end of the plane selections there are choices to fly against the aircraft of great aces from WWII both allied and axis, but of course they are no more challenge to shoot down than any other plane in IL2.

All having to fly a bomber against fighters to have a challenge means is that the AI opponents are indeed really bad. It would just be nice to have a one vs. one AI contest that was a challenge, and to say it is not possible to program a computer to give that could only be ignorance.

The program is only as good as the coder though, and just because someone can write code and programming for IL2 does not mean they know what they are doing in the cockpit of a virtual fighter. Just like someone who is not a brain-surgeon could never write a program to tell a machine to do that either.

The AI fighter opponents are good, but after 20 years of patches and all the advances in technology in that time good is the new bad. I am nowhere near as good a virtual pilot as I was ten or twelve years ago because of lack of practice and my eyes get worse every year, but I can still beat all the "ace"
AI easy-as-pie.

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by Jumoschwanz

In IL2 at the end of the plane selections there are choices to fly against the aircraft of great aces from WWII both allied and axis, but of course they are no more challenge to shoot down than any other plane in IL2.

All having to fly a bomber against fighters to have a challenge means is that the AI opponents are indeed really bad. It would just be nice to have a one vs. one AI contest that was a challenge, and to say it is not possible to program a computer to give that could only be ignorance.

The program is only as good as the coder though, and just because someone can write code and programming for IL2 does not mean they know what they are doing in the cockpit of a virtual fighter. Just like someone who is not a brain-surgeon could never write a program to tell a machine to do that either.

The AI fighter opponents are good, but after 20 years of patches and all the advances in technology in that time good is the new bad. I am nowhere near as good a virtual pilot as I was ten or twelve years ago because of lack of practice and my eyes get worse every year, but I can still beat all the "ace"
AI easy-as-pie.

Programming is not easy, it's about as easy as Real Life flying. It changes all the time too, so someone who was up to date in 2000 is 20 years out of date now, even if they've actually kept using what they knew then. The original iL2 is a 20 year old program, there just aren't many new programmers coming along who know about the languages it was written in.

[dimlee]

I suggest to take this game for what it is and do not demand more. All (or most) "bugs and features" were spotted, studied, and discussed ad nausea during the past two decades.
Let's manage our expectations. We can use all strengths of the game and mitigate its weaknesses using our creativity and experience.
When a simple X vs Y match is boring and easy, there is always a possibility to make a more complex scenario. If early Zero vs AI P-40 is predictable, what about the same Zero but vs A-20s escorted by the same P-40s. The number of variants is endless even in this old game.
And why not add a bit more human intelligence by taking the game online. There are a dozen or so servers running 24/7. Some of them offer interesting scenarios where one can choose to fight AI or human pilots or both. Humans are less predictable, aren't they?
Interception of bombers is one of my favorite tasks in multiplay. When the human enemy is there, I like it even more since I have to watch my six and plan my attacks carefully. As soon as I feel it is too easy and start to relax there is always that Mustang or Tempest pilot who is happy to saw the wing off my Bf 110.
Occasionally it's my turn to provide a wake-up call. Recently I crawled slow and low in my Hs 129 while the sky above was ruled by a good pilot in La-5FN who blew Bf 109s off the sky with ease and hunted our bombers. He got too relaxed at the end and tried to pick me up at my final approach. Nein nein nein. Small Henschel is slow but agile and Mk 103 is deadly.
The more human factor, the more fun.