BluBear

Cheers mate, i'll give them a go and check out the vids later. Perhaps a BoS session Monday evening?

Now that I can actually launch the game online without those silly authentication errors I've had a dabble on multiplayer. I jumped on to a purely dogfight air-start server yesterday after CloD to get a feel for it. My first impressions: 1. I need to adapt to BoS, it's another different beast from CloD and DCS for sure. 2. Teamwork! I had my arse handed to me five times in a row, with only a few hits on the enemy, even in an La-5 I was outclassed on my own. 3. I think I need to hone my set up, controls still feel too sharp and i'm finding it difficult to achieve a decent gun solution. 4. Track IR - it feels sluggish in BoS and looking up in particular is a problem, does anyone else have any tips here, or a profile I can use? Currently using my IL2 profile (which is different to my DCS one). It certainly has potential, but I really need to spend some time on my setup I think to really start enjoying it. Twice I had to belly land and I had a grin on my face as I slid along the ground, kicking up dirt, wings bending, grass flapping against the leading edges and the canopy slamming open and shut. Very immersive, even in defeat!

Hmmm... looking a bit Red Tails if you ask me, shame.

This worked! Also, just launching from the lL-2.exe normally works too. Thanks chaps.

12.3Gb! Holy moly! I'mma need a new HDD

I launch the game from the splash screen with the big red play button (i'm guessing that's the launcher?) and il-2.exe is already on my exceptions list. I'll try straight from the latter exe. ...refund? Hmmm, maybe as a last resort. I'm just baffled as to why it's chosen to stop working after last time. Thanks chaps

Hi gents, has anyone else had problems with this? I've posted on the official forum as well where I go into a little more detail... https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/27136-connection-master-server/?p=567923 I'm getting to the point of asking for a refund.

Too much faff for me, going to wait for 2.5 official release.

Me, probably!

That made me feel sick watching it. Kudos indeed to that there driver

Talk about chewing on the seat cushion! Great story.

Even at 1/48 scale that looks like a tricky and intricate kit to do well, bravo sir!

Read it here chaps, featuring some stunning photography of the graceful old bird: http://vintageaviationecho.com/arco-blenheim/

Well, I finally got some nozzle time on the Harrier yesterday and boy is it a lot of fun! I was surprised by how smooth and controllable it was in the hover, although get it wrong and you soon know about it. I would say that a few years of DCS Huey flying has certainly helped me understand and appreciate the added dimension of flying in the vertical plane, but the lack of torque and vortex ring state makes the whole experience a little less bum clenching! Once you appreciate the physics of the hover and how nozzle position and thrust affect the behaviour of the aircraft, you soon find yourself in a rhythm. That said, so far i've only flown lightly loaded and in low winds. I'm looking forward to the real challenge next, working out the weapons systems, firing off some Mavericks and managing the weight of the aircraft in order to understand it's operational envelope.

Congrats SkyPup and welcome back sir!

Thanks FT, youdaman!

Just got this for Christmas, looking forward to trying it out when I get home ?

Mary Chris Mass peeps!

Open steam, go to library》games and you shoud see blitz down in the list as an available game. Click on it and download, it will install as a separate entity altogether. Simples. It's about 6.3gb. I also managed to port across my ammo and custom window settings by dropping in my conf confuser and user ini files.

More info here: https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/32880-il-2-sturmovik-cliffs-dover-blitz-now-available-full-list/ Exciting!

Welcome Thrudd! Despite our name, we do not bite. Glad to welcome some new blood to the squad, I'm sure Friar will be along soon to introduce you to Sister Johnathon, just be careful where you put your undercarriage.

They call him, F "Killer" T

Blooming fantastic Arthur! Thanks for taking the time to put this together, everything seems fairly straightforward to me, having spent many years setting up IL2, CloD and DCS I had hoped / expected there to be enough similarities. However, the little tricks of the trade as it were, are invaluable for the BoX newbies like me. I'm hoping to be on later this evening from around 9pm to set-up and with any luck get some air beneath my Ruski wings.

Yes, it was the password reset URL (http://il2sturmovik.com/account/password/reset/) which is linked from the log-in page on the splash screen. I just don't know why it was spamming it thousands* of times? I think it was directly under the 'Allow Access' button on the Firewall pop-up when I clicked it. I'll boot it again shortly and see what happens... OK i'm pleased to say it didn't happen again, woohoo! Thanks for your help anyway chaps, i'll be giving it a thorough testing tomorrow evening fingers crossed. *"A typical 8GB RAM and i7 Processor can crash out your google chrome for around ~9600 tabs."