I'm way over my head: Il-2 1946

[A Nerd]

Dumb it down on the setting menu. Unless you have already done that. I played it with somewhat easier settings (unlimited ammo! :D), the custom dogfights were a blast! Taking off and landing is difficult, I don't know how many times I spun and crashed on a take off. The rudders are how you steer on takeoff. The main campaign is a little boring though.

[Peasant Phill]

I'm not even fighting yet. I did that last time, started with trying to take down a friendly bomber to see how my control over the airplane was. Suffice to say i quit at 11-0 or so for the bomber.

This time I'm taking it slow and familiarize myself with my plane before I even attempt a fight.

[A Nerd]

You get used to the controls. Especially if you turn off stalls and spins, blackouts and redouts. I am an extremely poor pilot, wouldn't even attempt MP, but a large dogfight against all rookie enemies I could manage. I even turned their competancy up a tad as I played more. AA guns are very accurate as I recall though. Try flying slower planes first. I used to like the Hurricane. P-51 was fast but manageable. I found the bf-109 to be tough, but with so many variants there was at least one I could fly. I would reinstall and play again but I lost one of the disks. It isn't in the box anymore and I think I left it in my old tower when I got rid of it! :(

[Peasant Phill]

I flew a hurricane and a La-5 yesterday. I was able to taxi but getting properly aligned on the runway was still near to impossible from within the cockpit.

Problem 2 is still unsolved. I'm pretty sure you can set waypoints but I was unable to so far.

Problem 3 arose when I noticed that unless I make constant adjustments, my plane doesn't fly straight in any manner. Although a plane supposed to be trimmed before taking off, it still refues to fly in any manner of a straight line when I leveled out and released my stick.

[A Nerd]

I always took off from outside the cockpit. Easiest way to do it.

I don't remember anything about waypoints. Generally I think I just followed my wingmen. Could get boring in the campaign as you flew for so long until you encountered some enemy planes. I don't recall being able to set waypoints in campaign, I think it was done for you. They were noted when you opened and closed the map.

I never released the stick. Constantly adjusting to keep the plane flying in the direction I wanted. It seemed to climb everytime I let go. Perhaps it has something to do with the flaps?

On an aside, try dropping some torpedos on a friendly ship. Use unlimited ammo. It was just fun to watch them sink. Every time I tried it with enemy AA, I was in the sea before I even got close! I used the IL-2.

[naut]

[A Nerd]

Shooting the parachutes of guys as they were bailing out was also lots of fun! Why was the guy in that video trying to take off without a runway too?! He must be a good pilot! :)