IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad - game good, company bad

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That Works: Jul 22, 2006; Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy

Geez, a bunch of antivaxx garbage up there too.

Sad I ever gave them money, been an IL2 player for almost 20 years. That's done now.

e: maybe the thread title deserves an edit.

# ? Sep 30, 2023 18:25

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# ? Apr 18, 2024 16:47

mllaneza: Apr 28, 2007; Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1993-1952

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad - game good, company bad

# ? Sep 30, 2023 19:24

Chuck_D: Aug 25, 2003

gently caress 'em. They haven't been a leader in the field for a long time. The material, straight down to the engine is tired and old. I haven't played it in months, so this is really just the icing on the cake.

mllaneza posted:

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad - game good, company bad

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad - game tired, company bad

# ? Sep 30, 2023 20:49

MrMojok: Jan 28, 2011

Chuck_D posted:

gently caress 'em. They haven't been a leader in the field for a long time. The material, straight down to the engine is tired and old. I haven't played it in months, so this is really just the icing on the cake.

What are you using to satisfy that WWII itch in its place?

I used to fly online a lot back in the day, but what I loved best was single player campaigns, and it�s my understanding that SP in DCS is not very good.

# ? Sep 30, 2023 22:31

Ringo Star Get: Sep 18, 2006; JUST FUCKING TAKE OFF ALREADY, SHIT

Joke option: Aces High 2

Also there�s still some classic WW2 PC games like Aces Of the Pacific.

# ? Oct 1, 2023 02:39

dialhforhero: Apr 3, 2008; Am I 🧑‍🏫 out of touch🤔? No🧐, it's the children👶 who are wrong🤷🏼‍♂️

MrMojok posted:

What are you using to satisfy that WWII itch in its place?

I used to fly online a lot back in the day, but what I loved best was single player campaigns, and it�s my understanding that SP in DCS is not very good.

Lol wat

People do that?

# ? Oct 1, 2023 02:56

Vahakyla: May 3, 2013

The DLC campaigns in DCS are actually very good. Raven One for F-18 owns bones, like reading a book.

Some of the free ones are cool, too. F-14 comes with the Operation Reforger, and the paid DLC for F-15C FC3 module, Georgian War, also is great with voice acting.

# ? Oct 1, 2023 03:06

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
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No single player flight sim campaign has yet to come close to Falcon 4.0 and it is a real bummer.

# ? Oct 1, 2023 03:29

Vahakyla: May 3, 2013

The best DCS ones have music and great voice acting and gripping plot. They're not trying to be dynamic, really, because of the limitations.

# ? Oct 1, 2023 03:32

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Popete posted:

No single player flight sim campaign has yet to come close to Falcon 4.0 and it is a real bummer.

I finally got around to playing a good goon BMS campaign a few months back and boy howdy. It's fun as gently caress. A campaign like that with DCS's aircraft variety would be bonkers.

# ? Oct 1, 2023 03:36

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

It's just wild that the Falcon guys managed to put that dynamic campaign together in the 90s and nobody since has been able to replicate anything close.

I think I read (probably here) that it was an afterthought too, like some guy just whipped it up in a few months.

# ? Oct 1, 2023 03:44

Chuck_D: Aug 25, 2003

MrMojok posted:

What are you using to satisfy that WWII itch in its place?
.

Sadly, nothing - at least insofar as WW2 flight simming goes. Primarily, I'm building scales models to scratch the WW2 itch. The flying bug is being satisfied by a combination of FS2020 and, if the drat weather would cooperate, actual flying IRL.

# ? Oct 1, 2023 12:28

Carth Dookie: Jan 28, 2013

try gliding if you can.

first time you catch a thermal you feel like a god.

especially if your instructor isn't paying attention cuz he's on the phone in the back and you get sucked up to cloud base before leveling out :v:

# ? Oct 1, 2023 13:14

Chuck_D: Aug 25, 2003

Carth Dookie posted:

try gliding if you can.

first time you catch a thermal you feel like a god.

especially if your instructor isn't paying attention cuz he's on the phone in the back and you get sucked up to cloud base before leveling out

Ha! That sounds like an adventure. I actually have about an hour in a glider way back in 1998. We stayed out of the clouds though.

I've got about 310hrs in single engine aircraft, but I haven't flown in 20 years outside of sims. Now that I'm in a decent place in my career, I'd like to get back into flying and do some instructing as a side gig.

# ? Oct 2, 2023 01:38

Vahakyla: May 3, 2013

IL2 is cool and all, but since WW2 is in a better spot in DCS, we'll try this:

Vahakyla posted:

Primo Victoria
A Normandy 1944 Campaign in DCS

In conjunction with the Long Afternoon War, we'll do a campaign in World War 2, leading up to, going through, and ending after, the Normandy landings of June 6th, 1944.
As contrast, this campaign will not be highly dynamic nor dependent on player choice, but will instead take a different approach where the story telling is from the squadrons itself and the way they face combat. Kill tallies, sortie numbers, and saved airframes is everything. Your individual actions, while important, will be unlikely to turn the tide of the war itself. Instead, your job is to fly the task, survive, and get some bragging rights.

The campaign will run on a three-week cycle, where two weeks are dedicated to the Long Afternoon War, and one week to Primo Victoria. Thus, it is TLAW - TLAW - PV, and then it repeats.
This gives a built-in break to planners in The Long Afternoon War, and doesn't make the WW2 a main focus of Air Goons, at least for now.

First game to be played:
16th December

This will be an ingame date of 15 May, 1944. It will start of with raids preparing for the big Normandy invasion. We won't be doing one game day per ingame day, but rather thematically appropriate lead up, skipping time when necessary.

Situation:

Four player squadrons are assigned to the channel area, on Southern English coast. Expect the battles to focus on this area both during and before the invasion.

The player squadrons will be:

Out of Lymington Airfield, 122 Squadron, RAF, flying P-51 Mustangs received from the United States.

From Needs-Oar-Point airfield, 1� Grupo de Ca�a, For�a A�rea Brasileira. This squadron in reality fought in the Italian Front, but we shall retcon history. This will be our tie-in with the Long Afternoon War, with the Brazilian F-5 heroes tracing their heritage to this unit, and it's same logo, "Senta a Pua!"

At Tangmere airport, 418 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, flying Mosquitos.

And at Ford airport, 126 Squadron, Royal Air Force, flying Spitfires.

Depending on the situation, it might be cold starts or hot starts. In any case, Steam and Standalone both have a DCS Sale going on until the 27th morning.

To play in this campaign, you will need:

An allied plane from above
WW2 Asset Pack
Normandy 2.0 map

Not required, but heavily recommended: Bf-109K4 or Fw-190 D. While we shall play as allies, there'll probably be some PvP scenarios built into this eventually like bomber escort or dogfight arenas. Perhaps a few missions from German Perspective.
Take advantage of the sale, DCS WW2 seems to be in a good shape.

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# ? Apr 18, 2024 16:47

Vahakyla: May 3, 2013

The campaign above this post will be informed here from now on out: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4048212

# ? Nov 27, 2023 01:46

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