how does this whole thing actually work

[Angry_Kitten]

ive been trying to figure it out and have gotten more confused...

 

Is it online multi player only with a miserable offline experience as some posts make it out as?  Im not able to do online play due to connection issues. 

 

And is there a page somewheres that shows the full category of planes you can fly and the ones you can only shoot at? Same with ships?

 

 

[343KKT_Kintaro]

46 minutes ago, pocketshaver said:

Is it online multi player only with a miserable offline experience as some posts make it out as?  Im not able to do online play due to connection issues. 

 

 

There's a huge variety of single player missions in this game. The dynamic campaigns section is under development but in the meantime a software provides a set of campaigns that is being very successful among the players. Click here, you'll see.

 

 

46 minutes ago, pocketshaver said:

And is there a page somewheres that shows the full category of planes you can fly and the ones you can only shoot at? Same with ships?

 

 

"The ones you can only shoot at" we call them the "AI only" aircraft ("AI" stands for "artificial intelligence"). If you want a complete list of aircraft in this game (flyable and AI), go to (link below):

 

List of modelled aircraft in IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover (a Wiklipedia list)

 

 

If you prefer a summary, these are the twenty flyable types in the Dover series (examples of variants are shown between brackets):

 

Messerschmitt Bf 108 (B-2)
Messerschmitt Bf 109 (E-1, E-3, E-4, E-7, F-1, F-2, F-4)
Messerschmitt Bf 110 (C-2, C-4, C-6, C-7)
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka (B-2)
Junkers Ju 88 (A-1, A-5, A-5 Late, C-2, C-2 Late, C-4,C-4 Late)
Heinkel He 111 (H-2, P-2, H-6, that latter is the torpedo-bomber version)
Fiat BR.20
Fiat CR.42
Fiat G.50
Macchi C.202 (series III, series VII)
Dewoitine D.520 (series I, the D.520 in the Battle of France)
De Havilland Tiger Moth (version of 1926, version of 1940, A-1, A-2)
Gloster Gladiator (Mk II)
Hawker Hurricane (Mk I, Mk I-FB, Mk I-NF, Mk IIa, Mk IIb, Mk IIc, Mk IId)
Supermarine Spitfire (Mk I, Mk Ia, Mk IIa, Mk IIb, Mk Va, Mk Vb, Mk Vb-HF)
Curtiss P-40 (P-40 C "Tomahawk" et P-40 E "Kittyhawk", both British)
Grumman F4F (Martlet Mk III, British)
Bristol Beaufighter (Mk IC, Mk IF, Mk IF Late, Mk I NF, Mk I NF Late)
Bristol Blenheim (Mk IV, Mk IV Late, Mk IV F, Mk IV-NF)
Vickers Wellington (Mk IA, Mk IC, Mk IC Late, Mk IC-T, that latter is the torpedo-bomber version)

 

AI only aircraft:

 

Dornier Do 17 (Z-1, Z-2)
Dornier Do 215 (B-1)
Heinkel He 115 (B-2)
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 (C-1)
Avro Anson (Mk I)
Bristol Blenheim (MK I, MK I-F, MK I-NF)
Boulton Paul Defiant (Mk I)
Short Sunderland (Mk I)
Supermarine Walrus (Mk I)

 

Total of flyable types: 20

Total of AI types: 9

Total of flyable types with variants and subvariants: 101

Total of AI types with variants and subvariants: 12

Total of flyable types with variants, subvariants and tropical versions: 143

 

 

The Dover series is the basic game ("Cliffs of Dover - Blitz") + the add-on that was released last year ("Desert Wings - Tobruk"). If you want, for 15 hours more you can purchase a bundle for half the price here, in Gamers Gate.

 

 

 

[Angry_Kitten]

Almost feel slighted the Fw190 A5 and kin arent in the fun. 

 

so id get to torpedo crap, thats an enjoyable thought.  

 

Is it possible to be set up for anti bomber work only?

[343KKT_Kintaro]

18 minutes ago, pocketshaver said:

Almost feel slighted the Fw190 A5 and kin arent in the fun.

 

 

If everything goes well, Fw 190 A-1, Fw 190 A-2, Fw 190 A-3 should be included in the next add-on (no title nor theater of operations have been announced yet, but the devs have announced those three Antons are in the planeset.

 

 

 

 

18 minutes ago, pocketshaver said:

so id get to torpedo crap, thats an enjoyable thought.

 

 

I didn't try yet, but I should, yep.

 

 

18 minutes ago, pocketshaver said:

Is it possible to be set up for anti bomber work only?

 

 

Sure, why not. Go back to the lists, you'll see types you can configure as interceptors.

 

Have fun!

 

 

[Angry_Kitten]

I started Rise of Flight last april, only had mouse control so dog fighting was rather impossible. So i did alot of anti bomber work.  Still not up to snuff on fighter vs fighter with Box, just started getting wins in fighter versus dog fight,, dr1 vers dolphin is cute..

 

 

[Buzzsaw]

14 hours ago, pocketshaver said:

Almost feel slighted the Fw190 A5 and kin arent in the fun. 

 

so id get to torpedo crap, thats an enjoyable thought.  

 

Is it possible to be set up for anti bomber work only?

The 190A-5 did not exist till 1943.

 

The modules which have been released cover the Battle of Britain, (1940) and the war in the Desert til early 1942.  (TOBRUK)

 

There are plenty of current in game aircraft which can be used as bomber killers... the Beaufighter's four 20mm and six .303's will chew them out of the sky, the Spitfire V's, Bf-109's (including the F-4 with 20mm nose cannon and 20mm gunpods) the Ju-88C-4 Late, (with multiple 20mm and multiple 7.92mm) the Bf-110, etc.

[Angry_Kitten]

it better be a wonderful game my man. Saw a few video reviews that made it FEEL like how red baron did when you had to start the plane up, take off, and try to fight off an air raid on your airfield. 

 

But the downloading is a buggering im not enjoying. blitz a 8.6 gb beast, after a 260 mg forced download from steam itself.. oh its slow and is going to kill my internet for a while. at least ive bought both games at the sale.. oddly the sale will be over before i have BOX updated and dover and tobruk installed