Luftwaffe WW2 Career 1940-45 - Part02 BoB Updated Optional BF109E4 Missions for Odessa Owners

[kraut1]

 

NEW:

-Optional BoF / BoB Campaign Mission Pack converted to new BF109-E4 for Odessa / Leningrad owners

+slightly adapted 1940 Battle of France Mod vD for all BoF missions (Part01)

+slightly adapted 1940 Battle of Britain early Mod v02 for all BoB missions (Part02)

An already ongoing campaign with BF109E7 can be updated to BF109E4 without loss of campaign awards,

I have done this with my personal campaign.

 

 

This is my current pilot career

I will release the parts step by step after they are completed and I have flown the missions.

In IL-2 it is just 1 Campaign and the released missions of a new parts have to be copied into the existing campaign folder.

At the end I hope to have created a complete WW2 career from 1940-1945, but will it take ca. 1 - 2 years I suppose.

Each user / pilot can customize this campaign by adding self created missions, only mission naming syntax to be considered.

If a user / pilot does not own a IL-2 module that is used for a Part he can skip this Part or add self created missions.

The missions will be mostly generated with Easy Mission Generator by Vander or with my EMG Modifications.

How to be flown:

-with realistic settings

-without HuD, only cockpit view

-All information by Radio Messages

-Detailed description of mission design: see below.

-The Ailevels are low, but you have to survive many, many missions.

-All missions full missions from take off to landing.

-Mission flight time ca. 15minutes to 45minutes without time acceleration.

-Probability of enemy contact ca. 80% per mission.

 

 

Overview about the parts:

Part 01: Battle of France                                                                                                           12 BF109-E3 Missions           -released

Part02: early Battle of Britain (Channel Battle  / Assault on RAF                            16 BF109-E3/E4 Missions   -released

Part03: late Battle of Britain (Jabo / Fighter Bomber II.(S) LG2, and??) (work in progress: 3 missions created/ flown)

 

 

-Part 01: Battle of France (12 BF109-E3 Missions)

required: BoN, BoP, BoM

Download (original BF109-E7 missions) :

https://www.mediafire.com/file/4bn43hhi3yhjn4s/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part01-Battle_of_France.zip/file

NEW: Optional Download with BF109E4 for Odessa owners:

(ALL BoF (Part01 ) and early BoB (Part02) Missions)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kd23rv5vjcd5uvg/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part02-Part01-BoF_BoB-Optional-Missions-with-Odessa-BF109E4.zip/file

 

UPDATED REQUIRED modification only for Part01 (install with JSGME) 1940 Battle of France Mod vD:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kfaxgt9nsb15xnw/1940_Battle_of_France_Mod_vD.zip/file

This Mod contains skins by:

ICDP  French A20, Taurus: Potez630 (Pe-2), In memory of BeeBop: Dewoitine D520 (Lagg3s29), Fairy Battle Skin (IL-2 M43), EMS2/4_kerlir: Morane MS406 (Yak-7)+ variation by me; Off_Winters: UK destroyer skin (destroyer7)

added: -skin by Off_Winters (skin without cannons) + my weapon mod

added: Map Mod only with 1940 existing RAF airfields

Modded by me: weapon mod, e.g.: MG-FF with standard HE shells (no mine shells)

Static french planes, british Bedford, Universal Carrier without white stars, "British" Cruiser Tank (Pz38t) on basis of a skin of DetCord12Band for the BF109-E3 a small cockpit change without hint for "Automatic Propeller Unit".

How to fly the BF109-E3 (E7 or E4😞

fly with realistic settings, manual propeller controll and set weapon convergence to 200m

 

 

-Part02: early Battle of Britain (Channel Battle  / Assault on RAF 16 BF109-E3/E4 Missions) 

You are tranferred to I. JG51 in the Calais area:

-Channel Battle (Kanalkampf):

July 1940: German attacks on convoys / naval targets.

10 BF109-E3 missions

(for Kanalkampf you can optionally change some Mod settings of the BF109E4 / E4 to BF109E3 / instructions see below)

 

-Assault on the RAF:

12.08.40...

13.08.40 Adlertag, 15.08.40 The Greatest Day (for the RAF), 18.08.40 "The Hardest Day"

6 BF109-E4 Missions

after these battles the Jagdstaffel and their pilots is exhausted...

 

Installation of Part02:

Download Part02 (original BF109-E7 missions)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/5pgkxjk3uuquzzg/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part02-early_Battle_of_Britain-Missions.zip/file

NEW: Optional Download with BF109E4 for Odessa owners: (ALL BoF (Part01 ) and early BoB (Part02) Missions)

(Link see above)

 

-And extract / copy the new missions in your existing campain folder: 

...\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\Campaigns\Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45

UPDATED REQUIRED modification for Part02 (install with JSGME) 1940 Battle of Britain Mod v02:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/fy4rwq6wb0ip9x2/1940_Battle_of_Britain_Mod_early_v02.zip/file

Short description 1940 Battle of Britain Mod:

-Map Mod only with 1940 existing RAF airfields, airfields changed to grass runways, all 1941-44 airfields removed, Manston smaller new layout

-Spitfire MKIa/MKIIs Mod:

   -skin by Off_Winters (skin without cannons)

   -weapon mod by me: only machine gun sound; rate of fire of 20mm Hispano MKII reduced, so that the

     time for continuous fire is nearly the same as for the 0.303 Brownings (ca. 17seconds). Effect: reduced, but still effective volume

     of fire to simulate the 8 x 0.303 Browning 1940/41 armament. 

-British destroyer:

   (destroyer7) with Gleaves main turrets and 40mm Bofors / 20mm Oerlikon AAA

   destroyer skin by Off_Winters

-AI Mod (self made):

   increased open fire distance for AAA

   increased accuracy for novice / normal bomber gunners

   reduced max. fire distance for BF109-E7 (and Spitfire MKIa / BF110-C)

-Weapon Mod: reduced 20mm MG-FF standard HE shell for simulation of BF109E3

Updated with BF109-E4 AI Mod, AAA bots updated 

 

For OPTIONAL adaption of some details to BF109E3 (for Kanalkampf Missions)

-disable 1940 Battle of Britain Mod v02 in JSGME

-activate in the Mod the standard 20mm HE shells for the standard 20mm Oerlikon MG-FF:

rename /delete the xxx:

-replace the cockpit plate with the information concerning the E4/E7 Automatic Propeller Control with the Modded plate by

renaming /deleting the xxx:

(It's a german text, if this is not relevant for you you don't have to change, but I dislike a hint in a E3 for a automatic propeller controll)

-enable 1940 Battle of Britain Mod v02 in JSGME

And most importent: fly the BF109-E3 with manual propeller controll for realism!

   

   

Usage of the campaign / of campaign missions for other Mods, Mod packs, Campaign packs:

Yes, but ONLY with RENAMED CAMPAIGN NAME AND RENAMED CAMPAIGN FOLDER NAME!

Otherwise the existing campaigns could be overwritten and the results destroyed!

 

General Note to avoid conflicts with other campaign downloads:

To fly this campaign will take a long time and of course we want to try to avoid the loss of the campaign results:

-If you install other campaigns, campaign packs or similar Battle of Britain Modpacks, please check that there will be no further campaign with the exact same campaign folder name "Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45", otherwise your campaign could be overwritten.

-I suggest to make after each successfull mission screenshots of you current awards, and after each completed part of the campaign a screenshot of the Awards and the date in the filename. 

 

 

Further Information about campaign design / how to fly:

Suggestion how to fly the missions:

-I have flown each mission with Monitor or VR directly as campaign mission without testing.

-flight time: ca. 15-30minutes

-after enemy contact you can decide to fly home or to stay with your flight.

-but if you fly alone / seperated from your flight you will not be warned if the enemy attacks, better to return as fast as possible at low level...

 

 

 

 

General notes / information:

-Additionally installed in mission (+hints about german messages):

 

-Enemy plane reports by ground control (of course 1940 in BoF not accurate, only 10x10km grid from time to time)

example:

Hier ist Fuchs = Here is Fox

Nach Zielen suchen! = Search for targets!

im Planquadrat 1628 = In grid 1628

How it sounds for example in german:

https://youtu.be/an08jwCtxPE

And a similar english message with the same content (message at 03:51):

https://youtu.be/FEGItQyjSWc

 

-Audio warnings by AI wingmen during air combat 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/91434-audio-warnings-by-ai-wingmen-during-air-combat-w-rugerusgb-groupsmission-pack-v01/

 

Warning (range) Messages in Demo video:

https://youtu.be/iNjfTd2HHO8

02:02 Hurricane Mission (eng)

04:31 Yak7 Mission (rus)

06:28 FW190-F3 Mission (germ)

 

Career / Campaign Description:

If you like you can add some data about your personal pilot into the "info.locale=eng.txt" file.

Example: of my 1st / current pilot:

(he will not be active until 1945, but maybe he survives as PoW or unfit for duty after being wounded)

 

Video of campaign BoB Mission:

Usage of the campaign / of campaign missions for other Mods, Mod packs, Campaign packs:

Yes, but ONLY with RENAMED CAMPAIGN NAME AND RENAMED CAMPAIGN FOLDER NAME!

Otherwise the existing campaigns could be overwritten and the results destroyed!

Edited October 15 by kraut1

[kraut1]

Further Information / data:

 

Part01 Battle of France:

Historical BF109-E3 weapon settings:

Battle of France Maps:

Spoiler

 

 

 

-Part02: early Battle of Britain (Channel Battle  / Assault on RAF) 

Very interesting Page with a Day by Day Time Line:

https://battleofbritain1940.com/

 

And very informative too, sorry that I noticed this post so late:

 

Edited September 30 by kraut1

[BaglanBoy]

HI Kraut 1, Could you tell me what is the correct installation path for the download, I see that you mention JSGME as the install tool, I always associate this with installing Mods

 

Cheers

[kraut1]

2 hours ago, BaglanBoy said:

HI Kraut 1, Could you tell me what is the correct installation path for the download, I see that you mention JSGME as the install tool, I always associate this with installing Mods

 

Cheers

Hi BaglanBoy:

 

You have 2 downloads:

The Campaign folder has to be copied into your IL-2 Campaignfolder:

 

The Modification "1940 Battle of France Mod vC" has to be installed with JSGME as usual.

Are you already using JSGME?

 

[BaglanBoy]

Yes I have JSGME installed and have been using it for sometime to install mods

 

 

[YR-AndreiTomescu]

Wow. This INCREDIBLE campaign, work in progress, of course, will make the current Il-2 Sturmovik good for years to come! It's amazing. Wow & congratulations, gentlemen!

[kraut1]

I have flown the first 2 "Kanalkampf" combat missions in July 1940 / early Battle of Britain with I.JG51:

This will be the next part of the campaign.

[kraut1]

Progress of Battle of Britain: Kanalkampf completed, The Assault on the RAF begins: 12.08.40

[kraut1]

new:

-Part02: early Battle of Britain (Channel Battle  / Assault on RAF) 

(All missions created with EMG by Vander v66/v89, modified for BoB)

You are tranferred to I. JG51 in the Calais area:

-Channel Battle (Kanalkampf):

July 1940: German attacks on convoys / naval targets.

10 BF109-E3 missions

 

-Assault on the RAF:

12.08.40...

13.08.40 Adlertag, 15.08.40 The Greatest Day (for the RAF), 18.08.40 "The Hardest Day"

6 BF109-E4 Missions

 

Modification for Part02 (install with JSGME) 1940 Battle of Britain Mod v01:

Short description 1940 Battle of Britain Mod:

-Map Mod only with 1940 existing RAF airfields, airfields changed to grass runways, all 1941-44 airfields removed, Manston smaller new layout

-Spitfire MKIa/MKIIs Mod:

   -skin by @Off_Winters (skin without cannons)

   -weapon mod by me: only machine gun sound; rate of fire of 20mm Hispano MKII reduced, so that the

     time for continuous fire is nearly the same as for the 0.303 Brownings (ca. 17seconds). Effect: reduced, but still effective volume

     of fire to simulate the 8 x 0.303 Browning 1940/41 armament. 

-British destroyer:

   (destroyer7) with Gleaves main turrets and 40mm Bofors / 20mm Oerlikon AAA

   destroyer skin by Off_Winters

-AI Mod (self made):

   increased open fire distance for AAA

   increased accuracy for novice / normal bomber gunners

   reduced max. fire distance for BF109-E7 (and Spitfire MKIa / BF110-C)

-Weapon Mod: reduced 20mm MG-FF standard HE shell for simulation of BF109E3

-Some modified vehicle skins: Bedford, Universal Carrier without white US stars, GMC Fuel Truck in RAF blue by Off_Winters

[YR-AndreiTomescu]

Wow! this is awesome. it's actually a new huge module! Great work, actually, huge!

Little question: is there an easy way to play with the allied side?

[kraut1]

2 hours ago, AndreiTomescu said:

Wow! this is awesome. it's actually a new huge module! Great work, actually, huge!

Little question: is there an easy way to play with the allied side?

No problem, I will soon publish the latest version of my EMG BoB mod,

you can create quick and easy allied and axis semi historic BoB missions.

And if you need assistance I could define some settings. 

[kraut1]

20 hours ago, kraut1 said:

No problem, I will soon publish the latest version of my EMG BoB mod,

you can create quick and easy allied and axis semi historic BoB missions.

And if you need assistance I could define some settings. 

Hi Andrei,

I have uploaded the modified "EasyMissionGenerator-Battle-of-Britain-V01"

to be used together with the Battle of Britain mod.

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/92449-early-normandy-1940-map-mod-v03a/

 

Please have a look here how EMG works in general:

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/43276-il2-great-battles-easy-mission-generator/

https://sites.google.com/view/il2-great-battles-emg/home

 

Some hints:

Spoiler

The start settings are for a RAF Airfield defense mission:

When you start EMG the first time define the IL2 main folder and optional the Mission folder:

On the "Situation" you can choose the airfields, the fronts, date, time, weather, and by clicking on the map you can define the blue target area circle

On "Scenario" you can define the mission parameters.

You will find will many  Random or any options to make the mission interesting and unpridictable.

 

[YR-AndreiTomescu]

Thank you so very much!

Little question: if I install the BoB mod and the BoB mission generator with jgsme, then turn on the game mods, then it will work. And then if I turn off mods in the game start menu, the mods will be disabled, right?

But if I turn on mods again, they will be installed again, right? So I can use the game's mods switch to use the BoB mod on/off, right?

[kraut1]

41 minutes ago, AndreiTomescu said:

Thank you so very much!

Little question: if I install the BoB mod and the BoB mission generator with jgsme, then turn on the game mods, then it will work. And then if I turn off mods in the game start menu, the mods will be disabled, right?

But if I turn on mods again, they will be installed again, right? So I can use the game's mods switch to use the BoB mod on/off, right?

You are welcome.

The Mission Generator is a separate software. I myself have it installed in a folder outside of IL-2. But others install it with JSGME too.

What you mentioned about activating mods may work.

I myself have the mods in IL-2 always activated and I install them as required with JSGME.

The reason is, that I use many different mods and it is not possible to install them simultanously.

If you create now BoB missions with EMG I propose to use menually created mission folders that will not removed by JSGME when the mod is deinstalled.

 

[kraut1]

PROBLEM SOLVED!

URGENT HINT TO AVOID LOSS OF CAMPAIGN RESULTS:

PLEASE WAIT WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW MOD: 

"Battle of britain modpackv2"

BY INSTALLATION OF THIS MOD WITH JSGME THE CONTENT OF THE CAMPAIGN FOLDER WILL BE OVERWRITTEN!

-DO NOT INSTALL CAMPAIGNS WITH JSGME WITHOUT CHECKING THE CONTENT!

I WILL INFORM YOU WHEN THE MODPACK IS COMPATIBLE TO THIS CAMPAIGN!

PROBLEM SOLVED!

Edited October 13 by kraut1

[kraut1]

Issue solved: The newest version of 

"Battle of britain modpackv2"

is now compatible with this Campaign!

Please check if you have downloaded the newest version without campaign folder:

Thanks very much for your quick reaction @Sandinourcoffee6

[kraut1]

NEW:

-Optional BoF / BoB Campaign Mission Pack converted to new BF109-E4 for Odessa / Leningrad owners

+slightly adapted 1940 Battle of France Mod vD for all BoF missions (Part01)

+slightly adapted 1940 Battle of Britain early Mod v02 for all BoB missions (Part02)

An already ongoing campaign with BF109E7 can be updated to BF109E4 without loss of campaign awards,

I have done this with my personal campaign.

[YR-AndreiTomescu]

damn, im'm confused (it's my fault), but pls, help .....

so in order to play 

Battle of France and early Battle of Britain (Channel Battle  / Assault on RAF) 

i have to:

1. install with JGSME this:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kfaxgt9nsb15xnw/1940_Battle_of_France_Mod_vD.zip/file

 

or this:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/fy4rwq6wb0ip9x2/1940_Battle_of_Britain_Mod_early_v02.zip/file

 

or both?

 

2. install manually by unzipping in Campaigns folder this:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kd23rv5vjcd5uvg/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part02-Part01-BoF_BoB-Optional-Missions-with-Odessa-BF109E4.zip/file

(i have odessa module), and both campaigns will be there.

 

sorry to bother....

 

[kraut1]

12 minutes ago, YR-AndreiTomescu said:

damn, im'm confused (it's my fault), but pls, help .....

so in order to play 

Battle of France and early Battle of Britain (Channel Battle  / Assault on RAF) 

i have to:

1. install with JGSME this:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kfaxgt9nsb15xnw/1940_Battle_of_France_Mod_vD.zip/file

 

or this:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/fy4rwq6wb0ip9x2/1940_Battle_of_Britain_Mod_early_v02.zip/file

 

or both?

 

2. install manually by unzipping in Campaigns folder this:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kd23rv5vjcd5uvg/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part02-Part01-BoF_BoB-Optional-Missions-with-Odessa-BF109E4.zip/file

(i have odessa module), and both campaigns will be there.

 

sorry to bother....

 

Sorry that the post is a bit confusing:

 

Mods required to play campaign parts 01 / 02:

-For part01 Battle of France install the Battle of France Mod vD with JSGME

-For part02 Battle of Britain install the 1940 Battle of Britain early  Mod v02 with JSGME

 

The campaign itself is installed manually:

 

The Main campaign folder Luftwaffe with the campaign settings  is in the first part:

.....\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad\data\Campaigns\Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45

https://www.mediafire.com/file/4bn43hhi3yhjn4s/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part01-Battle_of_France.zip/file

 

All further parts: only campaign mission packs. to be extracted / copied into the campaign folder Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45.

 

Because you are a owner of Odessa I suggest that you download the new mission pack with the BF109E4:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kd23rv5vjcd5uvg/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part02-Part01-BoF_BoB-Optional-Missions-with-Odessa-BF109E4.zip/file

Copy all missions into your Campaign folder Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45 (and overwrite the old BF109E7 missions)

 

I hope that it is easier to understand now.

Please come back to me  if it is still confusing.....

 

 

[YR-AndreiTomescu]

7 hours ago, kraut1 said:

Sorry that the post is a bit confusing

i dunno if the post is actually confusing, it's just that me who is confused.

so i get it, just one more thing: 

this:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kd23rv5vjcd5uvg/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part02-Part01-BoF_BoB-Optional-Missions-with-Odessa-BF109E4.zip/file

is to be ADDED to the France and BoB initial missions (with the E7) or it replaces them?

 

and what's much more important, 

thank you for your help, explanations, and for the tremendous work you and the others have put into this.

it's another huge step in transforming GreatBattles into what 1946 became : a complex, overhelming flight sim for WW2 pistons, at least concerning Europe maps.

For some the time and place really matters, because fore some it's more about reenactment than just fighting.

As i've said before, this project brings new horizons. and that's awesome.

You have my thanks and admiration.

[kraut1]

4 minutes ago, YR-AndreiTomescu said:

i dunno if the post is actually confusing, it's just that me who is confused.

so i get it, just one more thing: 

this:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/kd23rv5vjcd5uvg/Luftwaffe-WW2-Career-40-45-Part02-Part01-BoF_BoB-Optional-Missions-with-Odessa-BF109E4.zip/file

is to be ADDED to the France and BoB initial missions (with the E7) or it replaces them?

 

and what's much more important, 

thank you for your help, explanations, and for the tremendous work you and the others have put into this.

it's another huge step in transforming GreatBattles into what 1946 became : a complex, overhelming flight sim for WW2 pistons, at least concerning Europe maps.

For some the time and place really matters, because fore some it's more about reenactment than just fighting.

As i've said before, this project brings new horizons. and that's awesome.

You have my thanks and admiration.

Please replace them, all missions with the E4 (for Odessa owners).

Edited Saturday at 06:38 PM by kraut1