Author Topic: IL-2 question: (Read 758 times)

eskimo2 · « **on:** December 25, 2002, 06:40:11 PM »

I just got IL-2 for X-mas.
Neat game, but there is no gunsight crosshairs on any planes. It seems to be way off to the left. I can see the right tip of the crosshair on the left side of the gunsight, but can't see the center. Can find no reference as to what is causing this. Tried trimming the planes, still off. Re-started the game, still off.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

eskimo

Revvin · « **Reply #1 on:** December 25, 2002, 06:51:37 PM »

Press Shift-F1 to line up the gunsight, you can also then press END to give you a zoomed in gunsight view.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 25, 2002, 07:06:08 PM »

Thanks revvin!

You'd think they'd put something so basic in the darn reference guide!

eskimo

Wotan · « **Reply #3 on:** December 25, 2002, 08:01:15 PM »

umm if you look on the handy layout with all the instruments on the back side it says control keys reference. On the Far right side under Miscellaneous Controls.

It will say toggle gunsight shift +F1

thats where they hid it

Wilbus · « **Reply #4 on:** December 25, 2002, 08:09:19 PM »

Also, the 3 keys Delete, End and Page down toggle zom distanced. Delete is good for longer range targets and identifing planes while Page down gives the best possibilities for SA.

Also, SHIFT D (I think) in german planes will bring up a sort of sun cover for the sight, darken the sight.

Wotan · « **Reply #5 on:** December 25, 2002, 08:12:07 PM »

cntrl + d

Eagler · « **Reply #6 on:** December 26, 2002, 06:17:16 AM »

you'll probably notice that since it's so dang hard to shoot anything down in IL2, when you come back to AH, your aim will be much better and you will not fire farther than 200 out

thrila · « **Reply #7 on:** December 26, 2002, 07:10:21 AM »

I thought you had to get close to hit things in IL2 because all the planes were armed with flame throwers.

I did enjoy that game for a while, after weeks of experimenting with configuring the rudder i gave up. It was always either rock solid with no use at all or it was so sensitive it swung left to right like a pendullum so i couldn't get it to stay on a con.

ViFF · « **Reply #8 on:** December 26, 2002, 07:14:41 AM »

eskimo, make sure you update IL-2 to the latest version: 1.2
ist 2 patches : 1.1 which is aprox 75 megs, and 1.2 aprox 29 megs.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 26, 2002, 08:30:07 AM »

Thanks guys!
I'm having a blast with it.
I love ground attack and it's got the best ground attack features ever.

I do see the gunsight command in the guide now, figured it would be listed in views. Thanks.

I thought the I-16 Rata could be flown by players... no?

Right now my biggest beef with the program is the view system. I don't mind not having a 6:00 veiw itself, but by not including it, can't see how I can get all views with 1 hat and 1 button? In WB and AH I've always used 1 hat for Fw, lft, rt, & bck, and then 1 button for up, with a blend of these, i can get 17 directions with a 8-way hat. In IL-2, back left, and back right are separate, so I had to choose 1 side to put on my hat, and now retrain myself to look back-left with another button/hat.

How do you guys do it?

Thanks,

eskimo

SageFIN · « **Reply #10 on:** December 26, 2002, 08:35:05 AM »

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Originally posted by eskimo2
I thought the I-16 Rata could be flown by players... no?

It becomes flyable when you update your game to version 1.2 IIRC.

LePaul · « **Reply #11 on:** December 26, 2002, 09:05:01 AM »

Is there one cummulative patch?

I have the CD I received last Christmas, patched it once, and see there are MANY upgrades from this to this, then this to this, then that to that. Ugh, I have no idea what version I have right now, and downloading many step ups seems like a pain. I guess the Service Pack approach appeals to me

Is there one whopper that does it all? Or do I have to download, it appears, about 4 patches?

Wlfgng · « **Reply #12 on:** December 26, 2002, 09:10:15 AM »

I second that... I'm trying to upgrade my box version but can't tell which upgrade(s) and in which order.. it's confusing.

Wotan · « **Reply #13 on:** December 26, 2002, 09:16:27 AM »

Eskimo I have my up view set to a button on my throttle and use the hat switch on the trottle for my views.

fwd = 45 Degrees up

fwd right = fwd right

fwd left = fwd left

left = left

right = right

back right = back right

back left = back left

Back = look down
I modified this to look down 45 degrees to use as a "Dash board view" so I view my instruments. I have all the "words" turned off and fly with just the cockpit instruments. No speed bar in the left corner. None of that ai jibberish at the top and no sys msg on the right.

I just use the up button combined with a hat direction to view up angles. it works fine. Its the same way I have it set in ah, wwiiol wbs and il2.

I dont know what ya mean back lwft and right are seperate. They arent for me.

As for getting all the flyable planes you need to completely update to the current version 1.2 (you get 1.2ov which allows you to play with the voice msgs but it aint necessary).

http://www.il2sturmovik.com/games_elts/updates.php

Follow the link to the official update page. I think you need to download each patch (except the ones that say optional). The version out of the box is 1.0 so you need to get up to 1.2. Make sure you read what ya need. AFAIK you need each patch.

Dunno why they dont have a version that takes ya from box to current. Unless I missed something.

poopster · « **Reply #14 on:** December 26, 2002, 11:13:36 AM »

The view system tears it for me. If they had stick sets it would rock. Just about every game out there has stick sets.

Why it hasn't been added in is beyond me.