I've just got IL 1946 from my mate Jim, I think I still have the torrent.

Can I play that with my 360 joypad or do I need a proper flying joystick thingy?

I used to play Airfix Dogfighter quite a bit when it was out. It's nothing like IL-2 though, I mean you can't blow up a real airfield on there with crayola crayons.

You can do, sure. It might be a bit tricky (it's tricky on a proper joystick for a long time while you learn).

I can see Fozza being the mid-air cannon fodder.

 

Oh and apparently IL-2 1946 contains every IL-2 game, expansion and patch (apart from the few patches after its release) in one DVD disc game, all together in one install.

And I still haven't bought a new joystick. I tried IL2 1946 with the keyboard and mouse, which was terrible.

Wow that's Less than £12 on Amazon.

 

If people are serious about this then I will get it.

 

What joystick is worth buying for it?

Did you used to have one of those Wigwam Ice-creams?

Aye, I think we all had the same model. The rudder control fucked up and wouldn't stay calibrated. The rudder would twitch left and rightall the time making flying in a straightline impossible.

Mine was always fine. I think I must've got an earlier batch that had less cost-cutting or something. Made me look dead good at recommending, that did :(

To be fair I probably played it to death. It was a great stick for the price.

Can you fly Spitfires and Swordfishes and that-other-plane-I-want-to-fly-but-can't-remember-what-it-was?

I don't think the Spitfire was ever in IL-2, but I could be wrong as I never had all the expansions. I believe the did add the Hurricane at some point though.

 

It was a Russian WWII flight sim though, and that seemed to make it better in a way as everyone would pick a different random flying machine to go to battle in, as no one had a clue what was good and what wasn't.

The two-mile-wide plane with 50 gun-positions that you could all sit in and fly around together was clearly the best (giggle)

Or the ROCKET PLANE!!!!!

I've found references to there being several versions available from the extensions, but didn't see anything saying if they are/aren't playable. :(

Hi,
just made my registration in your Forum today!
And all the games you just talking about,
I got and playing almost all of them!

At first,I'm a dogfighter:love Airfix Dogfighter ,CS,WoW and all
the IL2 saga with the last 1946 version!

I would like to be In!!

I'm from Canada.I can adjust my time on yours!!

Cheers,

KamikazFu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IL-2_Sturmovik_(game)#Allies

 

Anything listed is flyable. It's more interesting flying obscure Russian things usually though. I used to love doing torpedo runs in an IL-2.

Yes, because if it's on the weekend I can probably play.

I'll read the rest of the thread now.

I still play CS:S quite a bit. If anyone else has played the GunGame mod, they can probably attest that with the right settings it's insanely fun. I have, for instance, dragged Woggy, into a game or two of it and he seemed to enjoy it. I would highly recommend it.

 

The idea is you start with a glock and each kill you get you move on to a slightly more powerful weapon until you're at the grenade and then the knife. You have to get a kill with the weapon for the level you're on (i.e. level 1 you need a glock kill to advance to USP) My personal favourite settings are deathmatch (makes it more hectic and less irritating when you die since there's no waiting about), 5 kills per level to advance and turbo mode on (when you get a kill with the correct weapon, the next one appears in your hands with full ammo, leading to rampages if you're on a roll).

Aye, CS:S Gungame is pretty good fun, it's different enough that those of you jaded with Cs should find it fun for an hour or two. Not being able to buy weapons and getting better weapons is an interesting game mechanic. It's definately worth a go.