Wanting to dive into IL2 again

[pabloiaco]

Hi gents,

 

The reason of my post is that I use to play IL2 1946 and I'm a huge fan of the game. Unfortunately my computer around that moment exploded and I had to wait numerous years to have a decent hardware again to try this game again.

 

I have two questions that I would like to know your opinion. I would like to jump into IL2 once again and I've found that there are A LOT of flavors of different battles. I would like to know if you guys recommend a specific battle to pick of.

 

And the second question, I have a (now cheap) joystick - Microsoft Sidewinder 3d Pro and I would like to know if somebody is using it and it's still something that I can use to play it.

 

Thanks anyone who reads this post and wish you a great day!

 

[ShamrockOneFive]

3 hours ago, pabloiaco said:

Hi gents,

 

The reason of my post is that I use to play IL2 1946 and I'm a huge fan of the game. Unfortunately my computer around that moment exploded and I had to wait numerous years to have a decent hardware again to try this game again.

 

I have two questions that I would like to know your opinion. I would like to jump into IL2 once again and I've found that there are A LOT of flavors of different battles. I would like to know if you guys recommend a specific battle to pick of.

 

And the second question, I have a (now cheap) joystick - Microsoft Sidewinder 3d Pro and I would like to know if somebody is using it and it's still something that I can use to play it.

 

Thanks anyone who reads this post and wish you a great day!

 

 

Hey there and welcome!

 

You've picked a pretty good time to join in as there's a 50-75% off promo code available right now (see here: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/59581-cabin-fever-promo-codes-launched-50-75-off-select-items/) so you should be able to pick up what you want for a decent discount.

 

IL-2: Great Battles Series that these are grouped under is all one core piece of software so when you download it you technically have everything. Whatever you've purchased becomes unlocked. This is great for multiplayer as a wide variety of players can join in without having to own everything.

 

As for which title to get, there's a lot of options but I think it ultimately comes down to what aircraft you want to fly. The IL-2: Battle of Stalingrad pack is the oldest but it's constantly being kept up to date and it's a very popular first purchase. It has a good variety of aircraft that work fairly well all over the eastern front. Battle of Moscow is an earlier battle with some very interesting aircraft. Battle of Kuban takes the eastern front into 1943 and has by far the most beautiful map in the series. Battle of Bodenplatte is the most recent release and it's all about the late 1944-1945 western front with some of the fastest and most powerful types.

 

Not sure what appeals to you but hopefully that helps a bit.

 

As for the joystick, that's a classic stick but it should work just fine. Any USB Windows compatible stick is fine to get you going.

 

[pabloiaco]

20 hours ago, ShamrockOneFive said:

 

Hey there and welcome!

 

You've picked a pretty good time to join in as there's a 50-75% off promo code available right now (see here: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/59581-cabin-fever-promo-codes-launched-50-75-off-select-items/) so you should be able to pick up what you want for a decent discount.

 

IL-2: Great Battles Series that these are grouped under is all one core piece of software so when you download it you technically have everything. Whatever you've purchased becomes unlocked. This is great for multiplayer as a wide variety of players can join in without having to own everything.

 

As for which title to get, there's a lot of options but I think it ultimately comes down to what aircraft you want to fly. The IL-2: Battle of Stalingrad pack is the oldest but it's constantly being kept up to date and it's a very popular first purchase. It has a good variety of aircraft that work fairly well all over the eastern front. Battle of Moscow is an earlier battle with some very interesting aircraft. Battle of Kuban takes the eastern front into 1943 and has by far the most beautiful map in the series. Battle of Bodenplatte is the most recent release and it's all about the late 1944-1945 western front with some of the fastest and most powerful types.

 

Not sure what appeals to you but hopefully that helps a bit.

 

As for the joystick, that's a classic stick but it should work just fine. Any USB Windows compatible stick is fine to get you going.

 

Thanks for your quick response! I've already purchased the Stalingrad package and downloading it atm - It's super slow...50kB/s in average)

 

Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to jump into it as soon as it's downloaded

[Art-J]

Just to be sure, from your initial post it's not 100% clear whether you would like to get back to the old Il-2 1946 series, or to get into the new Il-2 franchise, which is  completely separate product from the old one (apart from the commercial name), made by different producer. That being said, If you bought the Stalingrad already, that will give you enough feel of how the new series works and if you like it or not.

 

Joystick should be fine as long as its potentiometers are not worn out, but I can see it's not a USB device, so unless your new computer still has a compatible gameport socket in it, you'll need to buy a gameport-USB adapter to make it work.

Edited March 26, 2020 by Art-J

[pabloiaco]

7 hours ago, Art-J said:

Just to be sure, from your initial post it's not 100% clear whether you would like to get back to the old Il-2 1946 series, or to get into the new Il-2 franchise, which is  completely separate product from the old one (apart from the commercial name), made by different producer. That being said, If you bought the Stalingrad already, that will give you enough feel of how the new series works and if you like it or not.

 

Joystick should be fine as long as its potentiometers are not worn out, but I can see it's not a USB device, so unless your new computer still has a compatible gameport socket in it, you'll need to buy a gameport-USB adapter to make it work.

 

Thanks for your comment, indeed I wanted to try the new franchise, so I hope that eventually it ends downloading (super slow speeds)

 

Regarding the Joystick, it's a USB joystick and I'm currently using it on X-Plane 11. Works just fine on that software; thus I was wondering if IL2 will support it as well. Thanks!