Il-2 thread

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[SnotRocket]

Some things never change.

 

[Sherman]

Those graphics are so good. I want that game.

 

[CatMangler]

lol, seen this b4 somewhere, just cant think where....

 

[Manstein]

lol nice pic

 

[THG repo]

woot

woot

yea il-2 owns
once my water was all psycadallic all rainbows and stuff i have pic here somewere but it may give plp the idea that il-2 isnt the best combat flight simulator and one of the best games ever

 

[Hirmuinen]

Oh damn...I have allways wanted this game. So it really is worth it? Also do you need the joystick to get good playing experience?
Oh and how is the multiplayer?

 

[SheepDip]

Yes its worth it.
Yes a joystick is vital.
Multiplayer is fantastic.

 

[THG repo]

Multiplayer is perfect.
A joystick is a must.
Its really cheap and if u get il-2 the exp for that and pf you get heaps of planes.
Me and 3 other mates play this for hours on end in dogfight (pvponly) mode.
Flying bombers while everyone chases you.
Regular dogfights.
Era dogfights 1940's below.
Jet fights.
Theirs nothing anoying at all bug gameplaywise

 

[kevb0]

Indeed.

Specific types of dogfights are fun as hell. I love biplane wars, Rocket only dogfights, Bombers only, Jets only, the list can go on and on.

Next time I play, I'll take some screenshots. I expect all of you to do the same.

 

[Moz]

my joystick is a piece of garbage though, I need a new one.

 

[trench]

Oh damn...I have allways wanted this game. So it really is worth it? Also do you need the joystick to get good playing experience?
Oh and how is the multiplayer?

get the game - it is pretty cheap now and it is incredible.
only thing i play besides RO. you need a joystick, but it is sooo worth it.

 

[Moz]

get a joystick with a twist rudder and a throttle on it, dont cheap out like I do, nothing sucks more than fighting a really crummy stick tapping the rudder pedals.

 

[SuperEric]

This thread is badly in need of some love

 

[Moz]

how do you activate the pretty water in PF, all I have is the standard IL2 craptastic kind.

 

[Maschine Pistole-38]

Series of pictures that I took awhile ago.

 

[Moz]

The images used in my sig.

They are a little filtered..

 

[Jack]

how do you activate the pretty water in PF, all I have is the standard IL2 craptastic kind.

First, you need a card that supports Shader model 3.0, i.e. any card in the Geforce 6 and 7 line (sorry for you ATi fanboys ).

Second, make sure in IL2 setup that your renderer is OpenGL, and *not* DirectX.

Third, go into your "conf.ini" file in your IL2 program folder, and scroll down (it will be a text file) to the OpenGL settins area. You should see a line that says "Water=X" The X can be either a 0, 1, or 2. O is "perfect" water (i.e. better than the 'craptastic' excellent water) with reflections and waves.

1 is the same but with wavy ground reflections, and more realistic wave types.

Finally, "2" is the one that looks the best (the one that needs SM3.0), and has weather dependent, fully modeled waves and wakes from ships, full reflections, the "glare" you see in teh pictures, etc. It looks mighty sexy, but it degrades performance.

I have a 6800GT slightly OC'ed, and it runs fine with a P4C 3ghz (should be even better when my Athlon 64 3700 SanDiego gets here ), so if you have a 6600 or so, it might not work good for you, but water 0 and 1 still look way better than "excellent" water.

 

[Zoring]

Damn people. turn off the speed thinigie and floating numbers when your taking screenshots!

Vroom

 

[El Cid]

Some photos I photoshopped: