**I posted this a day early the event is on SATURDAY** Thanks to the players that have convinced me, this game still has legs and is worthy to revisit occasionally. For that reason we are launching a ONE DAY EVENT for IL-2 1946. We aim to have a 100 person PVP Pacific mission in 1942 Guadalcanal. It will includes multiple fleets and carriers. If you are interested, click this FAQ and read it all and you will be able to join us docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QEAD3Pfy0liNobNOg63AXQgdxalwh6nlP8XJgux5A-o/edit#slide=id.p Space is limited so we will see how we manage with turnout. If we get too many people, I pre-apologize.

@coreywiedenfeld3689

Жыл бұрын

Sadly I am busy this Saturday but I am hoping it goes so well, it become a few times a year event! :D

@fastfed

Жыл бұрын

Yea sat afternoon sucks :( that's the day us older people go to home Depot, bed bath and beyond, I just don't know if we have enough time . Night time so much better

@marcdefranco

Жыл бұрын

@@fastfed Mid-day allows for the European community to attend without staying up until 4am.

@jumpingjimmy1072

Жыл бұрын

Bugger, I missed it.

@wbertie2604

Жыл бұрын

@@jumpingjimmy1072 me too :(

When it comes to realism in flight sims, emphasis is put on flight dynamics, cockpit modeling, and the internal workings of aircraft. It saddens me that this seems to be at the expense of everything else. Too little attention is paid to the theater of operations, the scale of modern warfare, the density of ground assets, the intelligence and complexity of air defense networks, AI behaviors, logistical concerns, and the overall realism of the environment itself. I think that IL-2 1946 and Falcon BMS are still relevant because, in spite of their age, they do much more to model the full scale of their battlefields than anyone else.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

I really can't say much more than what you said. It seems like there is a trade between fidelity and scale and I prefer scale as it makes the environment much more interesting.

@Al-Azraq

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree, very well put. That is why I prefer IL-2 over DCS for WW2. DCS has an amazing plane modelling but they forgot about everything else in the way so you don't feel you are in WW2. IL-2 achieves this with its wide variety of planes, dynamic campaign, alive multiplayer community, etc. but it still has shortcomings like lacking 4 engine bombers or the PTO that for some reason were achievable 20 years ago but not now.

@MrMoli192

Жыл бұрын

I just wish the AI in IL1946 werent all simultaneous gigachads and retards with aim and their ability to have 100% throttle with no consequence

@TheWIldGoose27

Жыл бұрын

@@Al-Azraq I still don’t get why they don’t have four engine bombers 🫤

@matydrum

Жыл бұрын

@@Al-Azraq sorry what's PTO?

Crazy how this 15 year old game has been a part of my 21 year old life since I can remember. Being 6 years old and seeing "IL2 1946 crash compilation" thinking im watching real footage is a feeling i wont forget lol

@tobyj762

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my experience down to the my age, and those compilation videos. I feel like there’s an entire generation worth of plane nuts because of IL2 1946

@TheKusa5

Жыл бұрын

I'm 22 and I remember playing this stuff all the time on my dad's computer, I remember how excited I was when they first announced 1946

@xx360pwnagexx3

Жыл бұрын

@@tobyj762 its definitely what got me way into planes. im only 20, and i started with the original IL-2 and pacific fighters. A few years later, i saw an ad for 1946 and i remember begging my parents to buy me the cd lol

@tslaughter3804

Жыл бұрын

Bro why we all had the same thing going on in our childhood with IL2 1946. I use to dream about the day I could actually play it, watching all the compilations on KZread. 😂

@Sundara229

9 ай бұрын

@@tobyj762 Same story here. I started with Forgotten Battles and have so many childhood memories attached to it. It's the main reason why I'm still in love with old planes and their "raw" nature.

This game is phenomenal. Our modern focus on graphical and clickable fidelity is a bummer, because the depth and breadth of experience in this sim is unparalleled.

@robertsartino7664

Жыл бұрын

You can manage complex flight and engine management in IL-2 1946 through keyboard bindings and HOTAS it’s just not dare I say it: cockpit clickable. In this respect IL-2 1946 is every bit as hardcore as DCS. I’d take IL-2 1946 over DCS any day followed by FALCON BMS. Just something wonderful about these to SIMS.

@nolanorvold4442

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsartino7664 I'd argue for great battles too. Having played both DCS ww2 and the IL2 series I'd trade clickable cockpits for a somewhat realistic feeling environment any day. DCS is about the planes sure but IL2 is about the experience. I understand that we dont have heavy bombers in Sturmovik but damn I've had some of the best moments flying a ju 87 or a lagg with wing mounted 50s while communicating with ground guys fighting a tank battle and providing cas for them. Anddd if you want clickable cockpit I havent played it myself but I believe tobruk was getting and overhaul or something to include clickable cockpits.

@airshark2764

Жыл бұрын

​@@nolanorvold4442 there was a guy who created clickable pits for iL-2 1946 models way back in 2008. i usually dont share link for other videos in comments but as its hard to find here it is lol kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIaiz7BxntashNo.html

@Leon-bc8hm

Жыл бұрын

@@nolanorvold4442 Same

One thing to point out - this game is not 15 years old. It's nearly 20 years old - the 1946 is actually a reissue/compilation of Il-2 Forgotten Battles, which was released in 2003 , with expansions added and put as single installation just for convienience

@MosoKaiser

Жыл бұрын

To nitpick: _over_ 20 years old. The first IL-2 was released in 2001, Forgotten Battles being a direct continuation of it, containing most of its contents along with all the new stuff it added.

Man, I love the Pacific Theater. I really wish we could have it adapted on the Great Battle series.

@tramlink8544

7 ай бұрын

they tried but couldnt find enough data on the japanese aircraft performance and interior etc

The fact that IL-2: Great Battles stil does not support 4 engine bombers is just beyond me. One of the few things I can complain about an otherwise great game but not having 4 engine bombers... 1C says is an engine limitation, but it is their graphical engine, they can update it to support them. It is just an economical decision. Why PTO and 4 engine bombers with large formations were achievable before but not now?

@LeopardIL2

Жыл бұрын

You re right. GB rests quietly in my SSD.

@no.7893

Жыл бұрын

I guess they just don't see it as a worthwhile investment of time and money since playing bombers is a very slow and methodical gameplay compared to the fast action of fighters and attackers and reworking the engine for a niche play style within an already niche game can't be smart business wise. Although I really have to question how hard it could be?

@dunxy

Жыл бұрын

Is it just so they can milk us and drip feed paid content or what? I resisted moving from 1946 until very recently, i do want to come back, still have multiple installs with different mod packs on my system but as i fly in vr exclusively i been staying in gb,dcs and msfs...

@girhen

Жыл бұрын

@@no.7893 Bombers are a huge draw for me. I happen to like flying high and heavy, and even hopping around the seats to save myself if someone picks me up.

Combat flight sims really went one step forward, two steps back. We got tons of graphical advancement, a lot of cockpit simulation, occasionally nicer DM, and adequate systems simulation. However, we completely lost scale and performance (less AI on the ground and in the air, fewer players on a server, etc.), turning especially the WW2 experience into a quite limited experience. DCS especially loses in the important ways to old games that manage a better experience (BMS or IL-2:1946).

@BrockRetro

Жыл бұрын

Yep, well said.

@tauront

Жыл бұрын

If we had a low poly sim, it would look worse but how immersive it could be? Also it could hold VR with clickable cockpits. Like VTOL VR. Also it could hold alot more players and AI units on the map.

@oilslick7010

Жыл бұрын

@@tauront That's why I chose to support Tiny Combat Arena. Right now it feels more like a proof of concept, but I believe that game might spark a change in direction just like you describe. Then again, it's disheartening to see the reaction of (younger) gamers who seem to have this hyperfocus on graphical fidelity and who view gameplay depth and immersive context as 'nice to have'

@tauront

Жыл бұрын

@@oilslick7010 yeah i saw that game but unfortunately it wont support multiplayer for now. I am really sad cause it looks really promising and thats the only thing I buy games - multiplayer. So maybe in near future.

@genericyoutubeusername6462

Жыл бұрын

@@oilslick7010 you were once like that. we were all once like that. You have to get fooled by the bad candy man who just plaints sugar water on stone to learn how scams work... None taught the new gen. They still believe in the power of love and that talking and screaming will help win against people who can just wipe them from the planet. Then they will come home from office one day and realise its all just pretty pictures and no fun and start complaining about the old gen. tho i really wish some new trend comes along... and the normies fuck off. might be at the cost of all these new games. but im good with not so much money but good team devs tca seems to crash and almost burn tho

remember playing Il-2 alot in my teenage years. incredible how well it has hold up

@razorback20

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Alas, once I grew up (grew old?), the time and energy required to enjoy it the way I used to slowly vanished... 😮‍💨 But I still have it installed on my retro-gaming PC under Win XP. Just like X-Wing Alliance, it's a masterpiece that has never been fully replaced. And aww, look at all these mods we can find on the internet. 🤩

We still play this masterpiece!! Making some variation between HSFX, BAT and TOAS... and like someone said. Nowadays you have to take off and kill or be killed. Today you need to stimulate the brain to enter in combat as soon as possible because you need to show it on social media. It is not the spirit of IL-2 1946. So that's why we continue playing this and teaching new players. Big hugs to everybody! From Patagonia, Argentina!

@apollodiomedes203

Жыл бұрын

How does HSFX compare to the BAT mod? I’ve only ever played BAT and I absolutely love how many planes from different eras it offers.

@grupoaereo9

Жыл бұрын

@@apollodiomedes203 the thing is too much planes with differents performances make them very weak. And, of course, you must see the simulator like a big pool of codes. There are a lot of crashes inside the game that we don´t see... HSFX doesn´t have these.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

If you still play then you should check out our future events on our discord, we are starting to organize. We did not think there would be such a large turnout, the event was a big success and we are moving forward with more regular events.

@grupoaereo9

Жыл бұрын

@@Enigma89 thank you for your invitation... in fact there are a lot of activity between argentinian and brazilian comunity. There is a campaign with 30 more or less every week

@lcelord3941

Жыл бұрын

@@grupoaereo9 you guys got someway I can join that?

I feel sorry for the people that see games like IL2 1946 and BMS and stick their nose up at the graphics and no VR because they truly are missing out. Maybe I'm just getting old, but there is literally so much depth and gameplay experience in these games that simply do not exist in any modern sim. DCS WW2 is a complete joke currently and really a joke overall when it comes to anything outside of the cockpits. I do play it for cold war era but that's because I really can't get that anywhere else. IL2 GB still undoubtedly holds the crown for WW2 aviation but the seemingly self-imposed limitations the dev team have set down are starting to come to a head. I can fire up BMS and have a fully modeled F16 in multiple bloc versions and actually feel like I'm taking part in a real air war. Or pick any theatre I want from WW2 in IL2 1946 and fly realistic missions with massive maps, AI, and flight modelling.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

Well said

@lilhead9454

Жыл бұрын

I would love to play 1946 but no vr support kills it for me because I don’t have track ir (I have tried it at a friends house and didn’t like it) and I hate using buttons on the stick/throttle to look around. :(

@Atony94

Жыл бұрын

@@lilhead9454 I have an X52, I use the little thumb mouse on the throttle as a free look. Works a lot better than having to bind the padlock views and it's also a faster movement. But I've been playing flight sims since I was little and TrackIR wasn't even a concept yet so I'm just use to it.

Yes!! Glad someone has pointed this out!! I have so many hours on 1946 and I’m sure so many of us do. It really is timeless

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

If you still play then you should check out our future events on our discord, we are starting to organize. We did not think there would be such a large turnout, the event was a big success and we are moving forward with more regular events.

@nickmitsialis

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, so do I; I started way back with the 'original' IL2 and bought every sequel, add on and what have you, when they came out on CD discs. Now that I have modded my self up to the BAT version, I am still amazed as to what I can fly or fight against, if I wish.... now IF there was ONE thing I wish that '46 could do (or even the BAT mods) is an 'expanded' easy to use quick mission builder==I wish there was an easier way to generate some of my favorite mission (anti shipping strikes against convoys, naval task forces or carrier battlegroups; strafing missions against airfields with the enemies 'conveniently' lined up and taxiing for takeoff); the selection of maps can accommodate me, but there's a lot of guesswork involved.

Been playing Il-2 since the original came out. It's one of my favorite legacy combat sims.

2:21 its been a while since I played 1946 but what I remember exactly about it is how good the AI was at dogfighting

@razorback20

Жыл бұрын

Me too. AI was really competent, indeed. Maybe a bit too much...

1946 has one massive advantage over the current IL2 game, it has a modding community which has fully flushed out the list of aircraft to make it so you can pilot just about any aircraft from the conflict.

@SamuraiPieter

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, and beyond

1946 is a damn good example of a lite sim back when they were popular. You had not the highest fidelity, clickable cockpit, or most accurate design per theater but you had almost every theater and a ton of flyable aircrafts. I have yet to see any other game do Russia vs Japan or China vs Japan WW2 scenarios.

@Christian762

Жыл бұрын

I remember playing Winter War 1940 campaigns in 1946 and just being blown away. It really had a lot you could reproduce with it beyond the usual "brits-yanks-germans over Western Europe" that games mostly do.

1946 with BAT and VP Modpack remains an absolute banger

@stevemarriott773

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, currently running BAT, are you saying it's possible to combine BAT and VP Mod? If so, any links to detail how?

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

If you still play then you should check out our future events on our discord, we are starting to organize. We did not think there would be such a large turnout, the event was a big success and we are moving forward with more regular events.

After 5 years, I'm finally going to reinstall this game. You've managed to convince me to do so with this video. Thanks

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes on our discord or if you to find people to play with

I recommend using reshade to improve graphics. And I agree with you, this sim is amazing and you can create your own missions in minutes with hundreds of units and the AI in my opinion is more challenging. This sim needs a reboot and convince more people to play it online.

@LupusAries

Жыл бұрын

Yep, the only AI that is better, when set to at least veteran, is the Cliffs of Dover Blitz AI. More than a few times when taking part in one of the team Fusion Events I couldn't tell the AI apart from the enemy players. The only time I could tell it apart was when the AI would overcommit and not know when to call it quits. Among the "modern" sims it is the only one that really scratches that old IL-2 itch.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

I am a bit worried to use reshade to ruin potential recordings as i heard it is very monitor specific

I really hope this brought the game back. It was a childhood favorite and I miss that I could never enjoy it as an adult.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

You should hop on our discord if you would like to play with other people, it's been very fun to revisit.

I just used your guide to update IL-2 1946 and it's great!

'1946 is such a gem, i still play it for the pacific theatre! Was incredibly ahead of it's time, modern sims still haven't outclassed it. Of note Il-2 cliffs of Dover has the wellington in it's Desert Wings Tobruk expansion, but yep, heavy bombers are so lacking today!

I have this game, use to play the hell out of it...haven't played it in 10 years, but will reload it again today. Plus I got a new high end video card too.

That parallel with the GM & Toyota market share was smart, I'll use that again someday I'm sure ^^

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

👨‍🎓

ED's half-assed effort in WWII and in some cases the modern era, are showcased by this 15 year old game. They knew how and what to program to make the electronic battlefield, feel complete. Authentic theaters with their targets are already in place. You dont have to spend hours putting together a mission and hand-placing everything. Glad you all are continuing this game's life.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

If you still play then you should check out our future events on our discord, we are starting to organize. We did not think there would be such a large turnout, the event was a big success and we are moving forward with more regular events.

Great video, need to play this game again. I played the original Falcon 4.0 from 1998 a lot and it's quite unbelievable how it had a dynamic campaign at such a scale with 1998 computers.

@Enigma89

6 ай бұрын

We have another event this saturday, cehck our discord

What an awesome video. Always look forward to seeing you in my feed.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Excellent video. Il-2 1946 is what got me into flight sims in the first place, this was such a nostalgia trip. It is indeed a shame the modern games don't offer much in the line of big bombers or complex managment.

I've played the A2A simulations B-17 bomber for FSX way back, and I've always dreamed of this level of simulation, full fidelity with damage modeling and damage accumulation, doing actual bombing runs and still getting regular faults like an oil leak. This is what makes full-fidelity combat simulators interesting to me, I don't want just a more complex Il2 sturmovik, I want to fly FSX into combat. I want to apply my real world knowledge as a real pilot into a simulator, and then pushing those limits by going into combat. I love your videos, thank you for making them!

I agree with everything you said. I started playing IL-2 1946 with mods and it is amazing. The fact you can play with your friends on the same plane and be the gunner and they can be the pilot is amazing. With mods this game is amazing, you can play cold war jets for free, without research or grinding. Obviously, The graphics of the game or not the best. Personally, I prefer games with quality content over graphics. Even the community that plays IL-2 is less much toxic than war thunder. Il-2 1946 is the Gigachad of all Flight war sims or in other words, it's the TOP-G lol.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

Check out our discord many feel as you do

I had this game before I even had internet

Pacific Fighters was my introduction to the IL2 series. So I bought the 1946 bundle on Steam when I bought Battle Of Stalingrad. I remember becoming a septuple ace in one campaign.

Ashamed to admit that I bought IL2 in a GOG sale years and years ago _and I still haven't played it despite having a HOTAS setup sitting here on my desk_ . Just busy with other things I guess, but this video has made me determined to reinstall and fully explore the game for the first time. Thanks.

I play many years on UK dedicated and other servers by Hyperlobby client. Its been good time playing historical scenarios(maps, planes) on full servers with passion players like me. This game is in my heart deep.

I was in a squad that used CFS2 which is also a good old combat flight sim. The entire world was modeled with proper latitude and longitude. We were as hard core as it gets, you had to learn Trigonometry and how to flight plan and figure out what a course to the target would be from your carrier, the time it took, and where to find your carrier to land an hour or two later with the carrier fleet zigzagging as it would have in real life. You had to be able to do 10 carrier landings in a row without crashing. Great great fun. When IL2 1946 came out some of us migrated to that, upgraded eventually to 4.10 and the UP3.0 mod with the Zuti multiplayer. The mission building in IL2 is off the charts as is the AI. You can have fighters fly CAP, strafe ground targets, etc... and as you note here the bombers were flyable complete with bombing sites. Though the entire world isn't mapped in 3d the maps in IL2 are huge and varied. I created the Pearl Harbor attack with 80 AI Japanese aircraft coming in on the routes they took that day and attacking the ships they attacked which you can place anywhere in the on the water in the same numbers as on Dec 7th. IL2 1946 with the Zuti multiplayer and either HSFX or UP3.0 is superb.

I don't remember if I had 1946, but I did have the original IL-2 through Pacific Fighters, and I LOVED that game and its add-ons. I remember doing a bombing mission in a B-25 in the Pacific, and on the way back lost an engine to a Japanese fighter. I made it home, but some crew were injured and of course we had a smoking engine. But it reminded me of a story I heard about a similar experience my great-uncle had had flying planes for the RAF and USAAF in Europe during WW2. I always have fond memories of playing this.

I have always enjoyed this game very much when I was younger. I always toyed with the mission editor and made my own missions. Had tons of fun playing out my own style of missions which included air raids, air intercept, and ship hunting as well as made my own airbases. This game is cemented in my head as a great game.

@wallyknew

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I was an admin on a server, made maybe 50 missions for it. Great days.

Sweet video here! It's always great when this old game still gets love to this day. I remember HSFX being my first taste of a fully modded IL-2 1946 installation back in 2013, and after that I never played this sim the same way as before. Nowadays I use the Battlefield Airborne Tactical (BAT) mod and it completely transforms the game across the board in ways that only IL-2's large, supportive, and passionate modding community can deliver. Truly a game changer, and one that sets this deservingly relevant title apart from modern sims coming out the woodwork nowadays.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

I have played BAT once and I had a lot of fun but I need to reinstall it again. For the event we are sticking with HSFX because it is easier. If we get enough interest in this we may make more re-occurring events.

very fun video to watch. thank you for showing me this old gem.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

You bet

Great points enigma. This helps explain how fatigue sets in for mission makers and server operators who want to reproduce historically sensitive environments in these sims. When so many of the fundamental air power elements are missing.. it gets frustrating, fast.

The scale of this game just bring the pacific war to another level. It is also amazing to fly a ground attack with naval planes over korea, if anyone wants to try it

Still the only game I've played where it constantly feels like you're really, truly grappling with a temperamental machine. Really results in incredible tension and dramatic effect

il-2 1942 + B.A.T. "The Jet Age" . and using kosova/bulkan map building MASSIVE modern war battle was so much fun. missions can be SOOOO big before it crashes or stops working vs modern games..

back in the day i had Pacific Fighters, the extention of il2 1946. i had some awesome careers with the A6m2-N waterplane and with the Ki61. awesome how it was done for that time

@DylansPen

Жыл бұрын

The float A6M was the Rufe. A lot of fun to fly.

been playin 1946 since i was a kid, the great community over at sas1946 keeps her alive and well, honestly i prefer it to the modern sims because of like you said all the stuff you can't get in other ones. even without bumping all the realism settings up to the max shes still a fantastic game to mess around with and have fun playing. thanks for making this video and im happy i stumbled upon it. it helps keep the community strong~

Been flying in IL-2 46 for a year now, still one of the best sims i ever played

You are absolutely right. I have flown Il2 since the 90's. Thousands of hours. And there is still a lot to explore in terms of editors, building missions, exploiting scenarios, items etc. ps sorry for my English (I live in Italy)

Thnx Enigma, thnx all - what a gas! Looking forward to the next event 8~) cheers!

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

Any time!

saw this recommended. this is the game that made me beg for PC joystick back in the days (once its almost a third of national monthly min wage). played it on and on, never used that joystick for anything else or till now, other game. thanks for giving it some love now, it makes me remember good old days

I love how even in quick mission mode the ai AAA will fire at your aircraft. makes for a more realistic experience

And that's how simple Russian guys made a flight simulator, which no one has been able to surpass so far. I still remember how in Moscow I bought a magazine that had the very first review of the simulation game "Ил-2: Штурмовик".

I totally binged this back in the day, and in fact, it's basically over 2 decades old already. First release was in 2001, FB came in 2003, AEP in 2004, PF in 2005 and 46 in 2006. The engine has seen a good bit of improvements with FB, but hasn't changed much since that. Oh , BTW, it has one noteworthy feature that I totally miss in DCS (dunno how it is in GB to be honest). Skin transfer. If you have a custom skin on your plane, other players will eventually get it during the mission and are able to see it without downloading and installing them prior.

@gravytrader

Жыл бұрын

That skin transfer feature worked for Pilot face textures too! Was really cool discovering the folder where it put them all, and seeing the menagerie of Homer Simpsons & Captain Kirks.

@CakePrincessCelestia

Жыл бұрын

@@gravytrader Totally... I genuinely have Homer in my netcache folder as well (I never cleared them and always made backups), it's a good treasure trove full of memes. I can even remember seeing a pony or two way before it was cool... :D

I used to play 1946 competitively online back when I was like 16, great game.

The dynamic single player campaigns on 1946 are still unparalleled for me, and in part because I like playing bombers. It's relaxing, its generally just a nice sightseeing flight, but I still have objectives and keep me occupied. It's also really fun trying to limp back to base after taking ungodly amounts of damage.

You can control almost every aspect of the cockpit instrumentation and engine controls by assigning to a HOTAS or keyboard bindings.

this takes me back to the hyperlobby days man

I can remember playing Il 1946 for the first time more than a decade ago and tail gunning in a soviet bomber on the campaign mode. We got blown to pieces over a German airfield and the intensity of the whole scenario seared itself into my memory

The only game that had proper 128 players online working.

I started flight sims in il2 1946 when I was 14 and I got my very first hotas for it, it's very sad that not many people truly understand how good 1946 because it still has the most number of flyable aircraft and it has really good ai

2003 I found this Il.2 game, been hooked since. Expansion pack pacific war.

Great stuff

I absolutely love your server! What I would like to see is more guides. For example - what is the strategy to defeat A10 when flying MIG 21 at low altitude? R3R does not work well at all when A10 is hugging the ground and he fires AIM 9Ps in my face (you did this Enigma LOL), fired a missile in my face, hehe. This is not a demand by any means, just a suggestion. I am sure you are super busy with everything. I think more videos like these would be helpful to everyone. Thanks a lot for everything!

Dude this looks amazing. I've owned IL2 for years but I always thought of it as a weird Russian plane sim

I've had il2 1946 since I was 15 years old, it remains the only il2 game I focus on

Another benefit of '46 is that you don't need an insane monster rig to run it at 60fps on a busy server. Looking at you, DCS. Anyway, great to learn that there's still an active community. I think I might get into it again :D

Il-2 still rocks!!! There is something to be said about sims that are just a lot of fun! I remember Fighter Duel on the Amiga. It started out as Corsair vs Zero, but the later versions included a LOT of great fighters and was so much fun to play despite the limiting factors of the time. Same for Jane's WWII and EAW (European Air War). Man, it was so much fun to go up against giant formations of US bombers in EAW. I have yet to see that equaled!! The modern sims are fantastic, but there are some elements from the older sims that are missing.

Another completely forgotten Flight Sim is Strike Fighters 2. The dynamic campaign and the sheer amount of aircraft is still unmatched to this day. There's also tons of mods (that are still being released!) spanning from WWI to Desert Storm.

A heavy yes, it's the 5 Bucks FS of your Dreams. I've been playing it from time to time since i was a child and never got bored of it. When new DLC's for the recent IL2 are dropping i usually check the plane first in the 1946 just to compare.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

If you still play then you should check out our future events on our discord, we are starting to organize. We did not think there would be such a large turnout, the event was a big success and we are moving forward with more regular events.

Oh man, it was so fun playing it online on HyperLobby, to this day it's still a great flight sim. The flight and damage dynamics were absolutely stellar for 2006.

For me, the best thing about IL-2 1946 FB is that I can play it on a 8 year old £150 very basic i5 laptop with integrated graphics and the settings turned all the way up. For an enthusiast on a budget, this game is just about the best you can get. I use the VP modpack and the flight models and AI are excellent while the variety of airframes available is unsurpassed. I have yet to try multiplayer but it would be good to know that there was an active community out there should I ever want to try it out..

I spent a lot of time playing this sim when it first came out in the early 2000s. I was 18 at the time. Fun times. I need to fire it up again!

There is a Lancaster mod for DCS, just has not been released yet - if that's popular, I am sure we might see official module status or even other devs turning their heads and making plans of their own for future modules

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I really only play multiplayer so DCS mods are sort of off the table for me. If the major DCS WWII servers added it, I would try it out

Pretty sure that was northern Greece you were bombing! Good fun nonetheless, thanks for shedding light on this gem.

Il2 1946 is so much fun in VR when you get it working

Nice cloud details I think we can import those bits to fsx and such from cfs series too

Sadly, I'm a day late for the Event. KZread notifications are now switched on for this channel to hopefully catch the next one. Cheers! o7

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

Check us out on the discord, we are going to try to do these monthly

Too bad I missed Guadalcanal day, I'd do it next time now that I know about it though. Started playing 1946 again as well, a little while ago.

Playing mostly DCS in VR these days, and remember we were talking about how awesome it would be to play in VR like 20 years back when we were playing original Il-2. Great stuff, nice community, good memories. We used to organize ongoing events/campaigns against other squadrons, with 30v30 players. It's not that modern games are not better in every technical aspect, they are, but times have changed, and it's proof that good graphics and realistic flight/damage models are not everything. It's amazing what imagination can do - it can turn a couple of blurry pixels into vivid, living worlds.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

"It's amazing what imagination can do - it can turn a couple of blurry pixels into vivid, living worlds." well said!

I still have all my origional IL-2 disks, but I don't have a rom anymore. But its so cheap on Steam, I think I'm gonna get it again. You've sold me now.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

You should check out our future events on our discord, we are starting to organize. We did not think there would be such a large turnout, the event was a big success and we are moving forward with more regular events.

This game is like Richard Burns rally in the simracing community. The graphics are very outdated, but it it still one of the most accurate and complete simulation games. I remember playing those games as a kid just to mess around, but I never fully realised their potential ! (Also, the music from the menu still plays in my head whenever I think about IL-2)

I've been playing what would become IL-2 1946 since I was 4 years old maybe younger when my dad got FB and PF where I sat on his lap and he taught me how to fly. In just a few years I was booting up mainly PF. As a kid I loved flying the TB-3 and Betty bombers and later the Pe-8, IL-4, B-24D and He-177 on IL-2 1946 (I tried Mods and had fun with the B-17 and Wellington but wasn't a fan overall and it took up too much space that I would rather save for MSFS). Since this video was released more Collector Planes like the IAR 80 and Li-2 have been added to IL-2 Great Battles but the rest are just planes which don't really add anything new: the Bf-109G-6A/S, Teardrop Canopy Spitfire Mk. XIV and La-5F; the WACO Glider technically adds something new but its use for even SP is so limited that it's not worth it. I really wish that instead of those 4 they had made the B-25 flyable. That would give us something new to GBs. It's a real shame that flyable Allied bombers are greatly lacking in IL-2 GBs and the earliest we can *expect* a flyable B-25 is many years down the road. Whereas this year we'll get a flyable B-17E in IL-2 Cliffs of Dover, followed by a flyable Lancaster next year and a flyable B-17F and B-24D in the following installment. All their work is being done in pretty much a shoestring, yet they're meeting combat flight simmer demands with not only flyable heavy bombers but many Battleships and Heavy Cruisers to name a few when Battle of Kuban and Battle of Normandy at most pumped out a destroyer as the largest ship in both installments. IL-2 Cliffs of Dover at the very least deserves to be on par with IL-2 Great Battles right now and it wouldn't surprise me if it overshadowed it.

Realism and representation of actual theatres aside, flying a bomber would actually be a nice change. I suck at fighting and flying a heavy escorted aircraft, simply dropping bombs (don't know if it was that simple) on a target sounds good.

@fonesrphunny7242

Жыл бұрын

It's not too difficult, once you can operate the bomb sight. My dad used to be insanely good at it, taking his flight to high altitude (while the escorts fought below) and striking with almost pinpoint precision. He had some good stories, especially from the PvP campaigns they did regularly.

il 2 strumovik is an amazing game,trully one of the most realistic simulators ever

Oleg Maddox is a genius, This sim is still great in 2022, So much content, Research and a pretty steep learning curve etc, Anyone getting in to WW2 flight sims needs to get this, It's cheap as chips and there are tons of mods for it. I've even got the original IL-2 Sturmovik boxed edition, I will never sell it because i adore the box art!

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

If you still play then you should check out our future events on our discord, we are starting to organize. We did not think there would be such a large turnout, the event was a big success and we are moving forward with more regular events.

This is why games like this and Steel beasts will always have a place in my sim lineup!

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

I haven't tried steel beasts yet but i have heard it is very good

I have got to admit the thumbnail for this video has been coming up for the last couple of days for me and I've been bypassing it , now I'm sorry that I did . Very fascinating I love it !

Aww man I missed the event. I've been playing IL-2 1946 for a year again but had no one to play with online

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

We will be making monthly events. Check the discord and the faq

I started playing this 2 years ago and my jaws dropped. I dont even have joystick, I play with mouse and keyboard

I miss so much Pacific Fighter in multiplayer. Taking off from a carrier, one hour of flight to find nothing and then return hoping not to crash in the sea. But when you were able to spot something it was a show ! Modern gameplay don't allow that anymore. You will have to find your target in minutes ortherwise your server is going to be empty. There is only large bomber in Flying circus now.

@igorknezevic4601

Жыл бұрын

Was is Zekes vs Wildcats server?

I modded this game to the brim, i have litterally every mod and it was really hard but it is so fun, so many obscure planes you can also mod it to drive tanks and cars and the countless scenarios make this the best military flight sim in my opinion.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

If you still play then you should check out our future events on our discord, we are starting to organize. We did not think there would be such a large turnout, the event was a big success and we are moving forward with more regular events.

You should check out Project Lancaster. It aims to add a fully crewable and modelled Avro Lancaster to DCS... for free.

Sturmovik series has always had extreme longevity. Back in the day you'd buy a boxed version of Sturmovik #1, boot it up, realize your PC is a potato, and then re-boot it up years later on a new PC and the game still looks very cutting edge.

@Enigma89

Жыл бұрын

100%

B-17 : The Mighty Eighth was one of my all time favorites, wish someone would build something like that again. The phone game just isn't the same.

@genericyoutubeusername6462

Жыл бұрын

eh just replay it on steam i guess

@bird.9346

Жыл бұрын

Micropose is remaking it. No idea if and when it will come out

It's honestly pretty crazy how good this game is for being 76 years old.

I wouldn't mind having a go, played this game from 2001 for 17 years first on the UBIsoft servers then usually on Uk1, later known as BFs1......miss it and the crack.

Kinda surprising that a game released the year i was born is still so good

Microprose is making a B-17 simulator (Call the Mighty eighth, basically a remake from an older game)

Man, this really makes me want to play 1946. I tried it and decided it was difficult and I didn't quite understand how to play it and just kinda wrote it off as not worth playing.

Still a great flight sim. With all the add ons available it has grown almost beyond recognition. With an RTX 3080 I can now fly the largest encounters at a decent frame rate, although some of the busiest do drop to the low 30’s on occasion. 😮

@ignotumperignotius630

Жыл бұрын

is it not CPU-bound?

@ndrws.5619

Жыл бұрын

whats your max screen resolution?

What about the Mighty 8th Redux? I had a helluva time playing that back in the day and only recently found out they were releasing a redux version.