Practice Mission - Hurricane Mk.II (A 'Quick Mission' Alternative) **UPDATED**

[GSHWK_Houndstone_Hawk]

Practice Mission - Hurricane Mk.II

 

**NOTE** Completely overhauled and updated. Delete old version of this mission.

 

 

 

Overview:
I fly Allied, predominantly RAF and I fly in VR. As incredible and immersive as VR is, it does obviously have its downsides. Reading notes, watching tutorials etc all have to be done 'outside' of Virtual Reality. But not any more. Now I finally have practice missions where all the reference material and tutorials are in-game, inflight, in-headset.
I've aimed to create aircraft specific Sandbox-like Training Missions that are aimed to be a seen as a massive improvement over the default in-game 'Quick Mission'
Designed to either help you get used to the specific aircraft or as a simple refresher. Each training mission will include a primary objective as well as numerous secondary objectives will will be in the form of both ground AND air.
A wingman or flight will usually fly alongside you (and as you will be 'flight lead', this will give you practice in issuing orders, formations etc).

Each aircraft-specific mission will also have another flight with their own mission, giving you the option to formate on them and help them out as well as completing the on-map objectives in your time and order.

Each mission contains specifically created colour tutorials which are narrated by 'REQUIEM' and taken from his excellent and informative 'Air Combat Tutorial Library' YouTube videos.
These tutorial presentations have been designed to activate from a flare fired in the cockpit, when the pilot has taxied to a specifically instructed point.

Onscreen messages will frequently appear, informing you of the status of fellow pilots etc.

Music audio clips have been included at various stages to help heighten atmosphere and ambience.

Important Take Off checklist and Aircraft Limitation plates will briefly appear as you line up on the runway, waiting for your wingman, flight and in most cases, the Aircraft Limitations plate have been made into a DDS file, giving you the option to use it in-cockpit in-place of the default cockpit photo. Take off and Landing Checklists as well as Pilots Notes and Aircraft Limitation information can also be found on the inflight map screen ('M')

Whilst these missions have been designed and created for VR, they do work perfectly well in 2D.

 

This Mission:

Practice Mission - Hurricane Mk.II
Welcome to the Hurricane Mk.II Practice Mission. Primary and secondary ground objectives are available, as well as air to air skirmishes with the Luftwaffe. You are call signed as 'Pansy Leader' and 'Pansy 2' will fly as your wingman. 'Pansy 3' is on a solo sortie and his departure is immediate.
Your primary objective is a German Ammo Supply Convoy on the move south, 13 miles north of our airbase. It's believed that they're carrying supplies for nearby StuG Assault Gun Tanks.
Secondary objectives include the StuGs previously mentioned, German Artillery units and you will also be required to perform Fighter Sweeps in 'hot spots' around the coast.
Acorn Flight are readying up to leave within 8 mins, on a routine fighter sweep to the north-west so you can hook up with them to help them out if you so wish.
Refuelling/Rearming/Repairing is available on base. The trucks are parked in near the control tower but the rearm/refuel radius is large enough to encompass 'most' of the base. Remember to switch engine off first.

 

To Install:

Once unpacked, Place the 'HSHawk SP Missions' Folder into your default 'Missions' folder.
An example of the correct path
IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles > data > Missions > HSHawk SP Missions > Rheinland Map > Practice Mission - Hurricane Mk.II

If you'd like to use the custom cockpit notes photo, place the 'custom_photo_dds' here: IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles -> data -> graphics -> Planes -> HurricaneMkII -> Textures

Requirements:

Battle of Bodenplatte (map)
Hurricane Mk.II (Collector Plane)
Ensure the Hud is enabled ('H') for onscreen plates and messages. Make sure that the 'Show HUD by default' box is 'checked' in Flight Interface settings in-game.

 

Advisories and known issues:
*When viewing the tutorial presentations with audio, close the canopy and if the engine is already running, turn down the radio volume (Left Alt + Numpad Subtract)
*Bear in mind that the A.I. in IL-2 is woeful so if another flight is taxiing out, wait for them to go. If not they will be constantly crashing into your wingman/flight.

*Regardless of the 'Delete after Death' box being 'unchecked', IL-2 will delete a fellow pilot once it has landed and parked and when deleting it, it's then curiously regarded as a casualty and so after you receive an in-game custom message that your comrade has landed, you'll then shortly receive the '... has been lost' message.

*Press 'H' (Show/Hide HUD) if you no longer wish to have the tutorial plates obstructing your view but remember to turn the HUD back on to receive onscreen messages etc. 

 

Credits:

Mission Design, Custom Plates & Cockpit photo - Houndstone Hawk
Narration & Tutorial Info - 'Requiem' of Air Combat Tutorial Library

 

Download here:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u5us8wyzwsozera/Practice Mission - Hurricane Mk.II.rar?dl=0

 

 

Regards

 

HH

 

 

 

Edited September 9, 2021 by GSHWK_Houndstone_Hawk
Update Download Link

[Na-zdorovie]

downloading now, ill let you know :).......where in south west?

[GSHWK_Houndstone_Hawk]

@Na-zdorovieFellow Devonian, born in Honiton, now living in South Somerset.

[Na-zdorovie]

haha, im near exeter, go to honiton every week!

love this, very good mate, couldnt find the re arm trucks but i need to look better

i wish all the quick missions were like this, 

[GSHWK_Houndstone_Hawk]

@Na-zdorovieGlad you like it. I've given the rearm/refuel area a very wide radius that encompasses the entire take-off field but I believe the trucks are outside the control tower 

[Na-zdorovie]

haha stooopid me, so used to the small areas didnt think to switch off and try that, cheers a lot

[Zeev]

Sounds great, thanks for this mission. 

[EMS2/4_kerlir]

Oups, the link dont' work

[Mike2945]

Apparently 'deleted' according to Dropbox?

[Herodotus]

Yup, file deleted. Shame...