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Good fun. First, the negative stuff, kinda bugs me that: - GUI background sound : all that is just annoying me. Even after you finish the mission, you can still here engine sounds and guns firing... yuck. - In Cockpit sound is way too windy, like the canopy is still open. - Trim cannot be assigned to a slider. What dó I like? - Yeah, it flies! Some stuff is for sure different, and not sure here - but I did think of this article on FB that BluBear posted, on flying the IL2: It being weird on Pitch - dependant on throttle and RPM settings... Yes, it does unexpected things - just by throttling back I managed to loose 500 Meters of altitude where I did not really notice - Killing ground stuff works, and AA is deadly. Flew around on the NewWings server, and some the ground targets there were really hidden in trees, so you could not really see them and have an easy attack run. Also shot at a friendly aircraft ... never expected any of them there where I was attacking, WingFlyr had already been hit by AA and smokin', and I mistook a P40 for a 190 ... oops. That server was quick to point it out to me. Bit silly, as I think it should not do that. There's some more "silly"(IMO) rules on that server, should you click on a Blue base in error, then switch to Red, you get a Penalty of 30 seconds because you switched sides. WFT? Oh well... Not too bad, but it really gives it that gamey feeling, same as the 'Unlocks' - If you take bombs/rocketsin the IL2, yes, you need to click on 'Unlocks'... Oh well. Still, could be good fun for all of us ... Here's me after a not so successful take off, too much fuel, too short a runway. Please do note, trees do have a collision model here. (Eh, maybe not this specific tree, but it's not like CloD of 1946 (Sauf Oleg Trees) where you can just fly through them. I think I got lucky in this one.

Fellow mutts, I haven't flown with the Dogz in about 2 years but will be returning to the fold soon. I was about to hop in here with a bunch of questions, but found most of them already answered in Fenrir's "We need to talk" thread. My absence hasn't been due to lack of interest. I'm just too interested in too many things....hobbies, around-the-house projects, family obligations. And earning a living. That's about to change, though. I retire at the end of the year, so Mrs Pup and I can annoy each other full time, something we have plenty of experience in. And I can spend more time flying imaginary airplanes. I'd been wondering about the viability of "1946", but from Fenrir's thread, it's still the favored game. That's fine with me. I don't think I'll ever tire of this sim, with it's vast content. I've played around (off line) with Rise of Flight, and really enjoy it. I also fly BoS and DCS (mostly for the UH-1 Huey), but my ancient PC is having trouble with both BoS and DCS. If 1946 is succeeded by BoS and its siblings, I'll have to build a new machine. So I'm considering a new gaming PC for next year. Can you guys give any hardware recommendations? The new generation of chips look nice, but can flight sims use the power of these zillion-core CPUs? I'm thinking maybe a quad core i-5 CPU, but concerned with the longevity of the LGA 1151 platform. As I'll be on a fixed income, I need to stay within a reasonable budget. What is the current mod/patch for 1946? Are the Dogz still on TeamSqueek? Thanks, Pup

Yeah, I know it's not about points, but I finally got over 20 kills in one session - without getting killed, without crash landing - well, one burst tire

Just a note to say that joytokey appears to work well in testing, will try in game later I create a profile and can assign keyboard presses ( including shift and crtl) to buttons. I create a second profile and can map different keyboard actions to the buttons I can then assign a change profile key to the pinky lever which then swops to the diffferent profile so I have 2 times the number of buttons on joystick and throttle I should be able to get most of the important keys on joystick and the auxillary on the new panels. well thats the theory, Ill let you know the practice later

Iv put the game keys back to default and mapped the joystick in the game and all ok, no crashes or freezing. pinky shift and modes dont work so iv ordered thrustmaster MDC panels to cover all the buttons ill need. Ill spend the next couple of days mapping everything when the panels arrive thnks for support Dave

quick scan on forum and it seems there is a problem and that joytokey might be a solution , Im away to investimigate