New Player questions......

[Dravan]

Love the Game so far.  Didn't even know this game existed until i saw a Youtube video about that showed the Top 5 Combat Simulators.  I found this site finally and love WWi & WWII simulators!  I'm not very good mind you, so i ask is there a Tutorial? Or is it a live and learn scenerio?  Though i have leanr a few things just from popping the Auto pilot on and watching how it deals with strafing and the like.  getting better at not falling into a spin every time though.  Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

[JimTM]

28 minutes ago, Dravan said:

Love the Game so far.  Didn't even know this game existed until i saw a Youtube video about that showed the Top 5 Combat Simulators.  I found this site finally and love WWi & WWII simulators!  I'm not very good mind you, so i ask is there a Tutorial? Or is it a live and learn scenerio?  Though i have leanr a few things just from popping the Auto pilot on and watching how it deals with strafing and the like.  getting better at not falling into a spin every time though.  Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

 

Welcome! See the IL-2 Resources post. Requiem has some Flying Circus aircraft introductions under the Aircraft Guides section. There's also the "Multiplayer Aircraft Guide — Flying Circus Edition" by Bender & Trupo near the end of the Aircraft Guides section. There are sections from the WWI-oriented "LIBERATOR's High-Flying Tutorials" in a few places in the resources post.

Edited July 20, 2020 by JimTM

[Dravan]

ahh thank you!  This will help a lot!

[Zooropa_Fly]

ww1 crates aren't too taxing on the brain to fly - it's just practice practice practice !

The bots will do you for some time, but you need to fight humans to get beyond a certain skill level.

There's a few servers with small maps - one called 'a zoo wings server' which has lots of bots for practice, and is way more fun than Quick Missions.

 

Good luck, S!

[BMA_Hellbender]

A word of caution about multiplayer:

 

 

TAKE THIS

https://discord.gg/8r5q7u

 

 

It's a very unforgiving game for newcomers and not really designed around flying alone unless you have gained some experience.

 

You will find plenty of people willing to help you out on Discord.

 

 

[76SQN-FatherTed]

I'll give some boring advice - learn to fly before you start to learn to fly and fight.  I don't mean to sound patronising, it's just that one of the beauties of this sim is that the planes have individual character and understanding those prior to trying to shoot things down (or avoid getting shot down)  will save a lot of frustration.

[ST_Catchov]

17 hours ago, Zooropa_Fly said:

There's a few servers with small maps - one called 'a zoo wings server' which has lots of bots for practice, and is way more fun than Quick Missions.

 

@Dravan if you want to experience MP,  then Zoo Wings is a great place to learn and have fun. Highly recommended.

 

 

 

When do I get paid Zoo?

[J37_Daedallus]

Salute and welcome to the game

 

Jasta 5 has a training server just for beginners (Flying Circus Flugpark II), it's got airstarts and airfields for both sides, and once you get comfortable, you'll have other beginners to fight with, using either icons on or off by your choice. 

 

I would also recommend Zoo's server where you will meet friendly pilots of different skill levels 

 

cheers

[Zooropa_Fly]

7 minutes ago, J5_Daedallus said:

you will meet friendly pilots of different skill levels

 

Yeah, crap and even worse ?

[Dravan]

I appreciate the replies everyone. I see the community here is helpful and that's a plus! Love the WWi and WWII flight sims, just didn't realize it was going to be this technical, but it is awesome! I was raised on Aces over europe and aces of the pacific. Red Baron Red Baron 3d etc .. way back in the day... hoping I can get a little better at this so my whole enjoyment isn't " Ok, I didn't die this time at least!"  lol

 

On 7/20/2020 at 1:22 PM, =CfC=FatherTed said:

I'll give some boring advice - learn to fly before you start to learn to fly and fight.  I don't mean to sound patronising, it's just that one of the beauties of this sim is that the planes have individual character and understanding those prior to trying to shoot things down (or avoid getting shot down)  will save a lot of frustration.

Yeah that's what i am looking  to do. I have never played a simulator like this with engine coolant and all the bells and whistles. I agree 100% I have been playing offline trying to get the flying down. I have at least stopped just falling into uncontrolable spins every time i turn to engage... so i am learning slowely..lol

 

On 7/20/2020 at 5:41 AM, Zooropa_Fly said:

ww1 crates aren't too taxing on the brain to fly - it's just practice practice practice !

The bots will do you for some time, but you need to fight humans to get beyond a certain skill level.

There's a few servers with small maps - one called 'a zoo wings server' which has lots of bots for practice, and is way more fun than Quick Missions.

 

Good luck, S!

I got on the server no ones on it at the moment though 1 quick question, how badly does ping effect online game play? 

 

[NO.20_W_M_Thomson]

2 hours ago, Dravan said:

I got on the server no ones on it at the moment though 1 quick question, how badly does ping effect online game play? 

Will cause lag if ping is to high, If it's really high you may get kicked or just cause a lot of lag to anyone close by. Do you have high ping?  Look for a server closest to you.