Sturmovik Essentials

[Bearcat]

Why buy FB/AEP/PF and run as merged? (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/26310365/m/4591089933/r/4591089933#4591089933)

The following is a list of sites and utilities that in my opinion greatly enhance the Sturmovik experience. Some of these utilities can be used outside of the IL2 series or even flight sims. Please note that most of the links marked Websites [/i] are very dynamic and they usually contain reference materials,files and utilities and should be thoroughly browsed through. Sites with ***** are Essential Essentials either due to function or content.

Aces Artwork (http://www.acesartwork.co.uk/)Website
Adaware SE (http://www.download.com/3000-2094-10045910.html?legacy=cnet) Utility
Adlabs' X45 profiles (http://www.geocities.com/adlabs6/B/) Utility
Air Warfare (http://www.airwarfare.com/) Website ***** AIRWARFARE.COM IS A MUST FOR ANY SIMMER. BROWSE THE ENTIRE SITE THOROUGHLY AND OFTEN.
All seeing eye (http://www.udpsoft.com/eye2/index.html) Gaming Site
Bombsight Tables (http://www.automediabm.cz/pacific_fighters/BombSightTab2/Bombsight_Table_2.zip) Utility Calculates bombing info (speed angle etc.)
Cannon's Skins (http://www.canons-skins.com/)
CHECK SIX (http://www.checksix-fr.com/) Website
Coasties Place (http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/coastie0/) Website
Cockpit Reference Page (http://www.partizanska-eskadrila.com/reference/cockpit.htm) Reference
Combat Ace (http://www.combatace.com/) Website
Dart's Page (http://www.darts-page.com/) Website
Delta 6 (http://www.worldaccessnet.com/~delta6/) Website
Eastern Skies (http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~chapman/il2guide/) Website
Flight Sim Guides (http://www.flightsimguides.com/news.php)
Flugzeugwerk (http://www.flugzeugwerk.net/xflugz.htm) Website
FLYGFLOTTILJ 16 (http://www.flygflottilj16.se/news.php) Website
Flying Legends (http://www.flying-legends.net/) Website
Fragments of Sturmovik Technika (http://web.archive.org/web/20030622083635re_/www.il2center.com/technika/)Courtesy of web.archive.org Reference
Freelook (http://www.freelook.org/) Utility TIR Alternative
Ghost Skies (http://www.ghostskies.com/) FB3.0 Dogfighting League
Gimp (http://www.gimp.org/) Paint Utility
Hammerd's Skins (http://members.cox.net/hammerd/Main.html)
HYPERLOBBY (http://hyperfighter.sk/) Gaming Site
Hyperlobby Tips (http://users.bigpond.net.au/boredroom/hyperlobbytips.htm) Tips for Hyperlobby shortcuts
IL2 Center (http://www.il2center.com/) Website
IL2 Flying (http://www.il2flying.com/) Website
IL2 Manager 5.0 (http://www.jeuxdeguerre.com/download.php?id=138) Utility *** Management tool for I2FB + Multiple joystick/HOTAS settings
IL2 MAT (http://www.leigh-kemp.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.htm) Utility
IL2 Missions Log Reader (http://www.thinking-board.net/MLR/) Utility
IL2 Skins-Links (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=400102&f=23110283&m=2371021013) Links to sites with skins for Forgotten Battles
IL2 STAB (http://www.users.on.net/mjtm/IL-2/) Utility Management tool for IL2FB
IL2 Sticks (http://www.airwarfare.com/Sims/FB/fb_essential_files.htm#087) Utility Management tool for controller sensitivity settings Particularly useful for multiple controller setups or swapping pilot & aircraft profiles.
Install Order (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=400102&f=49310655&m=3081097052)
IRFAN VIEW (http://www.irfanview.com/) Utility
Joy To Key (http://www.electracode.com/4/joy2key/JoyToKey%20English%20Version.htm) Utility Mouse view utility for joyusticks
Link to Crazy Ivan's Dedicated Server Setup Guide (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=400102&f=23110283&m=692106434)
Language Translator (http://translation.paralink.com/translation.asp) Utility
Links to radio chatter files (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=400102&f=23110283&m=306102681) File
Metric to English conversion tables (http://convert.french-property.co.uk/index.htm) Utility
Metric to English conversion utility (http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/)Utility
MouseVision (http://www.mousevision.com/) Utility TIR Alternative
Mutt's Skins (http://www.rmutt.netfirms.com/) Files
Needfull Things (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=400102&f=23110283&m=855106964) Misc
Netwings (http://www.netwings.org/) Website
Nutcase's Beginner's FMB guide (http://www.jumpintojapan.com/fmb-guide.html) Website
Object list (http://www.kolumbus.fi/porsimo/fb/media/FBPF_Objects.zip)Files
Patches FB2.01+ (http://www.3dgamers.com/games/il2sturmovik2/downloads/) Files
PATCHES FB/PF 3.XX+ (http://www.3dgamers.com/games/pacificfighters/downloads/) Files
Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/) Free webhosting for screenshots etc.
Putfile.com (http://www.putfile.com/) Free webhosting for screenshots etc.
Scorched Earth (http://seow.sourceforge.net/) Online War Utility
Shift_E's Quick Mission Tuner (http://home.comcast.net/~qmtsupport/qmt.htm) Utility
Shift_E's Voice Activated Command (http://www.dwvac.com/)
SIM HQ (http://www.simhq.com/) Website
SIM Outhouse (http://www.sim-outhouse.com/index.php?loc=downloads&page=downloads&FileType=il2) Website
Sim Paint (http://simpaint.coolinc.info/) Website skins
Sim Shack (http://simshack.frugalsworld.com/) Website
Simmers Paintshop (http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/)
Skins and Things (http://www.skinsandthings.freeola.com/)
Stickworks (http://www.stickworks.com/)
SturmoLOG ver 1.6 (http://www.heatware.de/download/download.php) Utility
Sturmovik Script Pack (http://scripts.sturmovik.de/html/index_english.html) Utility
Sunstar Entertainment (http://sunstarentertainment.maddsites.com/il2homepage.html)Website
TAC (http://www.242sqn.com/OurSkiesForums//) Online War
Tailslides (http://tailslide.firelightsoftware.com/) Website
Tailspin's Tales (http://mywebpages.comcast.net/Tailspin/index.htm) Website
Target for Today (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ptdavies/targetfortoday.htm) Misc
Teamspeak (http://www.teamspeak.org/) Communications Utility
Teamspeak Utility (http://sourceforge.net/projects/tsdisp) utility displays on screen while in game who is speaking on TS.
Teamspeak Overlay (http://www.teamspeakoverlay.com/) utility Displays on screen while in game who is speaking on TS
Uberdemon's Software[/URL ]Files
[URL=http://www.ventrilo.com/]Ventrillo (http://www.uberdemon.com/) Communications Utility
Virtual War Cinema (http://www.virtualwarcinema.com/)
Virtual Western Front (http://www.virtual-front.com/) Online War
Walagata.com (http://www.walagata.com/index.php) Free webhosting for screenshots etc.
Warbirds of Prey (http://www.warbirdsofprey.org/) Online Server Site
Warclouds (http://www.war-clouds.com/index.php?lng=en) Online Server Site
You Send it (http://s3.yousendit.com/) Utility A utility that lets you send large files through email
Zeno's Warbirds (http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/) Website

Essential Reading

User's Guide (http://airwarfare.com/mediawiki-1.4.5/index.php?title=Main_Page)

352nd Ramblin Jack's Flight Training (http://352ndfg.com/IL2/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=77)
Ace Pilots.com (http://www.acepilots.com/site_map.html)
The Combat Story Thread (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/23110283/m/6331000562) Virtual Warstories written by US for US.
English Translation of Galland's 190 gunnery manual (http://home.austin.rr.com/jg13/fw190gunnery/Horrido.doc)
Lucky Boy's Complete Guide (http://www.airwarfare.com/tech/tech_lbguide.htm)
Military Magazine (http://www.tarrif.net/wwii/interviews.htm)
Romanian Airforce History Article (http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/11/stuff_eng_profile_farr.htm)
Today in WWII History (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums?q=Y&a=tpc&s=400102&f=23110283&m=1771097952&p=1) A community maintained thread on WWII history.
Uber Mythos (http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums?a=tpc&s=400102&f=26310365&m=3251092342)
WWII Ace Stories (http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/aces.htm)
WWII Aircraft Encyclopedia (http://users.belgacom.net/aircraft/edito/1969.html#204549)
WWII Maps (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_ww2.html)
War Veteran's Poetry (http://www.iwvpa.net/index.htm)

Forums

Airwarfare (http://airwarfare.com/phpBB2/index.php)
Bellum (http://il2fb-bellum.com.ar/foro/index.php)
BOE (http://forum.justflight.com/forum/login.asp?target=forum.asp?FORUM_ID=16)
CWOS (http://www.acompletewasteofspace.com/index.php) The closest thing to the old Pilots Lounge.. :wink2:
Combat Sim Group (http://www.combatsimgroup.com/smf/)
Frugal's World of Simulations (http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/index.php?)
IAT (http://www.robertomettifogo.com/forum/) The Aerobatic Flight Forum
Netwings (http://www.netwings.org/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum<img%20src=)
Prowar (http://www.french.themotorhead.com/il2/index.php)
RAF No.74 (http://www.aircombat.net/phpBB2/index.php)
Sim HQ (http://www.simhq.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi)
Sim Outhouse (http://www.cfcforums.com/index.php)

[HundertzehnGustav]

oh oh click click ding ding many sites i didnt know yet many things to give a whirl.
Thanks a bunch:icon29: :icon29:

[redriver6]

i had to stickify this one...thanks a ton Bearcat.:icon29:

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Great post ! Many thanks :icon29:

[Bearcat]

NP... can you change the title from test to Sturmovik Essentials.... :icon29:

[Redwulf__1]

Bearcat ole Pal


I just find you everywhere........:)

Nice link list and i find it very useful. I post it in our Forum if you agree.


Klaus

[Bearcat]

Hey ya Redwulf.. how are things? I hope all is well with you and yours. I still tell that story of my first night in HL....:icon29:

[RNZAF Gooney]

Bearcat, thnx Mate!

Just reloading FB as I now have PF. One question though: Should I run them seperately without AEP or go ahead and merge them? I haven't found AEP yet, so I'm alittle stumped by this (yeah, I'm a NOOB to FB lol).

[Bearcat]

Ooooo I am sure you have resolved this by now but.... you have to have AEP. Hopefully you are in the 4.02 zone by now..:wiggle:

[RNZAF Gooney]

I got lucky at a software store and found a copy of IL2FB gold, which includes AEP, so have the whole mess merged with 4.02(m) installed.

I discoverd that while I had a 256M stick in the laptop, it only had 170M available. I added a 512M stick, bringing me up to 704M available (amazing how much better the game runs on my laptop now LOL).

[Marv66]

Hey Happy New Year to ALL....

I had a pilot face of Charles Bronson, ( i am told I look like him)..had to reformat my drive and lost it, now I can't find the face on the internet.

Anyone know wwhere I might find it?

[Marv66]

Hi again,

I guess no one knows where Charles' face went........how about the 3 D gunners fix,..addon?....puts gunners behind the ships guns....

[redriver6]

sorry Marv..i can't help you with either one of those....i do have the John "Wild Bill Kelso" Belushi pilot..

[Marv66]

Tks Redriver6.....

[Pismo]

Great thanks, these will help me big time in getting back up in my IL2.

[Stormin]

Thanks much...:applause:

[cougar]

What a great list. Thanks for your efforts.

Also, am not a spy bot, but a real person.

This is an excellent site.

[nachtjager]

Great list, I'm new to flight sims, I have the IL2 special edition from last year and some add ons. I don't get enough time to get really involved in the game at the moment, hopefully the list will encourage me to take another look.

[robertgibson]

Thanks for posting list. Just got IL 2-1946 and am not sure where of how I post to get info about installing over Version 4.04 M

[RAF_MadMack]

Outstanding resource! thanks!

[AceHunter]

Great list. I've already got a lot of those sites marked.

[darth1000]

Thank you for all the websites

[Edikat]

For a Newbie like me this is like findin the pot of gold ten feet from your house. Thanks for the info.

[sparky_uk]

New member here today making my first post, great list of sites, I had been looking for just a list, so thank you very much!

sparky_uk

[ShockandAwe]

I hate to say this but some of the links listed above are broken. I checked. Please have a look and rehab this. It is a great sticky, though!

SaA :sheep:

[smakowski]

Any sage advise to a new IL-2 user Bearcat?

Steve

[Bulldog]

I didn't see the Mission4Today site in the list, so here's the link (http://mission4today.com/) for it

[monk]

Thanks bearcat. I live in the blue ridge mountains and have only just started to fly. On my computer that is. Info is extensive...:jump:

[KOM.Nausicaa]

I would like to add this excellent site. See especially the instructional videos. They are funny and you learn a lot about different tactics.
Darts IL2 page : http://www.darts-page.com/