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

[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.

[Araqiel]

If you have a wired 360 controller you can plug it straight in, although you'll probably need to get drivers it should prompt you automatically. Wireless won't work with a charge cable, it has to be a wireless receiver; cunning, huh.

If you're having trouble with the default controls you can change the HOTAS axis functions at the bottom of the control setup page; I used this to put my rudders on the triggers, Over-G style, and throttle on mousewheel. If it reverses your rudders or puts the throttle backwards, pull the other trigger/scroll the other way when setting the control. This will show as a negative (-) axis ie '-Z axis' as opposed to 'Z axis'.

Not totally intuitive but it made a huge difference to my immediate enjoyment once I'd gotten it set up.