tank gameplay

[335th_GRMarag]

what do I have to do in order to play with tanks in il2-BoS ?

 

have it on steam 

 

thanks

[coconut]

They are not available in the campaign or in quick missions. They are only found in some user-created missions or on some multiplayer servers.

[335th_GRMarag]

can I find any usefull key mapping for using tank with mouse and keyboard ? (not track ir use)

is there any file available ?

 

thanks in advance

[coconut]

Check the developer diary when the tanks were introduced: http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/168-developer-diary/page-3?do=findComment&comment=305444

[BMA_West]

Thou plenty of missions available in mission forum corner.

 

Lots of pple, eg Sokol, advanced interesting handling propositions:

- steering by footrudder;

- forward and backward with stick throttle with lots of slack/dead zone in middle;

- shooting by mouse;

etc etc

Edited June 12, 2016 by West

[seafireliv]

Is it me of does all that tank work seem a bit wasteful?

 

I love the extrerior graphics and anim that you see if you fly close or crashland, but all that effort on the interior and making it almost a tank sim, then not making it easily accessiable as part of some campaign seems a waste of time that could`ve have been used to make other parts of the game better.

 

The only reason I even know about this tank sim in my game was because I saw a u-tube vid about it. It`s quite detailed for something i`ll never use.

[ShamrockOneFive]

Is it me of does all that tank work seem a bit wasteful?

 

I love the extrerior graphics and anim that you see if you fly close or crashland, but all that effort on the interior and making it almost a tank sim, then not making it easily accessiable as part of some campaign seems a waste of time that could`ve have been used to make other parts of the game better.

 

The only reason I even know about this tank sim in my game was because I saw a u-tube vid about it. It`s quite detailed for something i`ll never use.

 

I think it was a playable test bed/proof of concept that they decided was good enough to release to the community as a bonus. I've toured a gaming studio once and they showed me stuff that artists and programmers had done in their spare time that, in some cases, later showed up in games and sequels. I think we got the fast track on that as a nice little bonus. But its not fully baked just yet.

 

It brings IL-2 close to being a combined arms simulator and that's pretty cool. I could be wrong but I have a feeling that this will be the concept that sees something developer further on that could be a really cool gaming experience.