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Beware the Hun in the Sun - An IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad LP Let's Play Il-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, Moscow, Kuban, Bodenplatte, and more! That doesn't seem to reassuring... ----------------------------------------- Initially released in late 2014, Il-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad saw the return of one of the most beloved flight sim franchises of all time. Coming off of the poorly received Il-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover, criticized for its lack of variety, critical bugs and poor performance, Il-2:BoS was met with a lot of apprehension from fans, and some, like myself, still felt let down thanks in part to a missing career mode and mission/scenario creation tool. 3.5 years later, and the game has received multiple major updates, as well as numerous smaller ones, adding new functionality, planes, missions, and, even more importantly, a proper campaign mode making it feel a lot more like its predecessor from 2001. With that said, the number of pieces of DLC this game is accruing can be worrisome for those who wish to dive into this game head first, and even those who want to wait for one of several sales that occur throughout the year. And that's not even getting into the scripted campaigns, made before the release of the career mode, and premium aircraft, which are sold separately from anything else. As of writing this intro, the next DLC, Battle of Bodenplatte, is in the works, with a potential Pacific update in the works. So why do you want to show this off, what does this have to do with me, and how can I participate? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, you may remember an LP I started a number of years ago, using Il-2 Sturmovik: 1946, with mods. I've always wanted to show off more flight sim fun, but without a career mode I didn't feel like I could do anything but show some multiplayer action, rather than something that people could create a narrative with, and see where it goes. That and good flight sim games should get more love. That said, thread participation will involve decisions regarding our supported faction, background, plane/squadron we will choose to join, and a few other things. Sadly, I don't know how to modify names or stats, so we'll just have to live with what we got. How is this going to work? -------------------------- I'll be flying within a designated unit, continuing the proud tradition of the PS3 + KB/M setup I've always had. Difficulty will be Medium, with a heavy density of action. Difficulty options will be as seen below, as well as the reasons for my choices:  Reasons for options are: 1. No Autopilot can be super tedious, and I only use it for longer flights until radio chatter comes on or we are nearing obj, autopilot is not used to fly home. 2. Warming engine is just boring. 3. Engine/radiator management is just for the present so I dont wreck my engine 20 mins into each mission. Im sure radiator wouldnt be a huge issue, but engine management after a huge hiatus is not good. 4. Spectators/external views cause why not? No external views are used until dead or landed. 5. Navigation Markers on because I dont have time to study maps for weeks on end to get everything right, and the map doesnt even work anyways! I will be playing at the slowest possible campaign speed. The goal? Survive World War 2. But who shall we be? The anonymous poll has determined that we will be playing as the Russians, but we have plenty of options to choose from, such as our: Name: Boris B Bolshevik Date of Birth: Before such things were recorded Backstory: Farmer by trade, Sausage-maker by necessity  As well as which squadron we will join (FIRST TO 3 WINS) Our options are: -Attacker: Il-2 Sturmovik (Flying artillery)  Everything's out to kill you ------------------------------------- Gun Runs are Fun! https://i.imgur.com/IfzFQV8.mp4 Updates ------------------------- Intro (Look below) Jobbo_Fett fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Mar 30, 2018 |
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Starting a campaign - An intro  A look at the Main Menu  The sense of scale that the game achieves is staggering, and reminiscent of prior games in the series.  Here is the furthest you can zoom in on Rzhev, the grid used should be 10km by 10km.  A large selection of aircraft comes at a price. Gold bars indicate premium-only aircraft.  The various DLC also add a variety of new maps.  We will be playing through Battle of Moscow, continuing through Battle of Stalingrad, and ending with Battle of Kuban.  We can choose to play as either faction  The startling scale is even more apparent when you see the fully zoomed out map, which doesn't completely fit on the screen.  You can only choose the squadrons with a green + symbol  Additionally, you can select either a specific phase, or a specific unit to narrow your options.  And each unit has their own history/background, detailing any important changes and actions they participated in.  And even what planes are available for the unit  Once you've selected your unit, you get to create your profile. There are some limits, although being a time-travelling neo-nazi does not appear to be one.  Each option generates a different background, although it doesn't change if you re-select an option.  The Russians also get histories, which is nice.     Click on a plane and it'll tell you everything you'd ever want to know about it, which is incredibly useful.  After you've selected your unit, pilot, and plane, the campaign can truly begin. The "first day" merely allows the player to check the roster before generating any missions and events.  A new pilot obviously won't have any victories.  But some of these unit veterans may have some!  There's no real character limit, although I noticed a "Crash to Desktop" most likely caused by an overflow   The leaderboard is updated per day, and events will change as the war progress (as far as I know, anyways)  Speaking of days... each time you progress to the next day, a new set of atmospheric values are generated. (I just noticed <NULL AIRFIELD>  Missions in the morning could affect missions in the afternoon, although I don't know if you can fly both, yet.  Like its predecessors, Il-2 keeps a record of all your accomplishments. Hmmmm... "Get Rich Or Die Trying - Let's Play Il-2 Sturmovik"?  You can also use one of a number of paint schemes in the game by default. Sadly, I don't believe you can use custom skins right now.  And you can also customize what you will bring to fight. Obviously, taking bombs or rockets won't do much for an escort mission.  And before setting out on a mission, you can review your flight plan, with important details marked on the map, such as distance traveled, what your altitude should be, your heading, etc.
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Arsenal I-16 Type 24  Il-2 Sturmovik 1941  MiG-3  P-40 Warhawk  Pe-2  Maps Moscow 
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Mar 30, 2018 01:02
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I know the P40 is probably going to win the vote, but I want to chuck in my 2c for the Sturmovik. I'm an A-G dweeb and even though its literally the title plane, I don't think I've ever seen a decent LP of it in this or IL2:1946. As for character names/ details, I suggest the following: Boris B Bolshevik the Farmer. Boris saw his first internal combustion engine on his farm's state supplied tractor. Upon the outbreak of war he left his home and joined the air force to save the motherland from the German aggressors. Now instead of tilling fields in a soviet tractor, he uproots German weeds with his
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Mar 30, 2018 02:17
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Name: Boris Medinsky Birthdate: 4/18/1893, or an old guy just in general if we can't go that far back. Squadron: 62nd ShAP, let's play with the plane on the front of the box. Background: The Tanker I miss Rise of Flight's backgrounds, one of the German pilots got into the air service by bribing some high-ranking officers with cheese.
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Mar 30, 2018 02:18
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I like the idea of the guy being a crotchety old dude, definitely.
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Mar 30, 2018 02:20
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Carth Dookie posted:I want to chuck in my 2c for the Sturmovik. Seconded! e: Oh wait I guess thirded.
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Mar 30, 2018 02:33
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Alright, looks like we're being sent to reinforce the 62nd ShAP as Boris B Bolshevik the incredibly old farmer
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Mar 30, 2018 02:44
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Hell. Yes.
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Mar 30, 2018 02:45
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Carth Dookie posted:Hell. Yes. Sad news, the game would hear none of Boris' middle name initial. It seemed to cause some mission generation bug, so Boris B Bolshevik will henceforth be known as Boris Bolshevik. Also, finished recording the first episode (for gifs and stuff) and we've already got combat stress and a sign of traitors within the VVS? The Commissar will here of it!
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Mar 30, 2018 04:01
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Yes, il-2 baby, attack planes for life.
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Mar 30, 2018 04:11
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the IL-2 is perfect for this. has a lot of cool options and the engine management is more interesting than the Peshka
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Mar 30, 2018 04:19
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Teasers Update to come after getting some sleep so I can write up stuff. So have some teasers.   
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Mar 30, 2018 04:26
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Sad news, the game would hear none of Boris' middle name initial. It seemed to cause some mission generation bug, so Boris B Bolshevik will henceforth be known as Boris Bolshevik. Middle names are decadent excess anyway comrade. 
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Mar 30, 2018 04:54
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Welp, already missed all the voting. Was it open for an hour? IL-2 is cool but I feel like running the same ground attack missions is gonna get old pretty quick. I'd go for I-16 or Mig-3.
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Mar 30, 2018 05:27
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Popete posted:Welp, already missed all the voting. Was it open for an hour? Good think I didnt choose the Germans as a level bomber! 
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Mar 30, 2018 05:37
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Popete posted:Welp, already missed all the voting. Was it open for an hour? The pilot is old. Either the Germans or father time will probably ensure Jobbo has to reroll sooner rather than later. Jobbo_Fett posted:Good think I didnt choose the Germans as a level bomber! I'd watch it. But then as I said, I'm weird for A-G
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Mar 30, 2018 06:08
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oh yes flightsperg, gimme some of that Is there any way to switch planes in the middle of your career? For example, getting our IL-2 shot down and replaced with a crappy Peshka or trading up to an imported Warhawk or something? Just for variety, I mean. Radio Free Kobold fucked around with this message at 08:09 on Mar 30, 2018 |
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Mar 30, 2018 08:04
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Radio Free Kobold posted:oh yes flightsperg, gimme some of that Unless I am mistaken, you can transfer to a different unit so long as they have a + symbol next to their name. Not sure if this was because I was still on the first day but I'll get back to you on that once i check in game.
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Mar 30, 2018 13:38
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Sad news, the game would hear none of Boris' middle name initial. It seemed to cause some mission generation bug, so Boris B Bolshevik will henceforth be known as Boris Bolshevik. If we’re looking for traitors, the guy with no patronymic is clearly a German spy! 
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Mar 30, 2018 13:54
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Over/under on number of sorties before Boris is killed or captured Set at 6
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Mar 30, 2018 17:23
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I am disappointed all the pilots you can pick are male. Historically there were many famous and heroic female combat pilots in the Russian armed forces during world war 2 and there remain so today. Please correct me if I am wrong and Russian female pilots are in the game. If you doubt me about their existence in real life, look up the Night Witch squadron on Wikipedia for one of the more famous examples and links to a few more.
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Mar 30, 2018 17:44
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achtungnight posted:I am disappointed all the pilots you can pick are male. Historically there were many famous and heroic female combat pilots in the Russian armed forces during world war 2 and there remain so today. Please correct me if I am wrong and Russian female pilots are in the game. If you doubt me about their existence in real life, look up the Night Witch squadron on Wikipedia for one of the more famous examples and links to a few more. Oh, I know all about female pilots. I haven't seen any yet, which I admit is pretty poo poo, it would really help the historical aspects, as well as breaking that barrier to be more inclusive about their contributions to the fight. Phi230 posted:Over/under on number of sorties before Boris is killed or captured Rude 
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Mar 30, 2018 17:49
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The Wikipedia article does note women were kept out of combat until Stalin ordered them in. I will still watch the gameplay, I just wanted to express emotion. 
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Mar 30, 2018 18:02
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I’ll readily take the under on that.
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Mar 30, 2018 18:12
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achtungnight posted:If you doubt me about their existence in real life, look up the Night Witch squadron on Wikipedia for one of the more famous examples and links to a few more. they didn't put the Po-2 in the game yet, though there is a chance for stuff like it to fill the gaps when they add the old WWI stuff from Rise of Flight otherwise every female Russian pilot I know of flew a Yak7. iirc they do finally have the variant Lydia Litvyak flew in one of the recent expansions so it wouldn't surprise me if there is even a livery but if anyone is going to do a roleplay of an irl pilot they should do Pokryshkin because he flew some crazy stuff like the Mig3 and P39 irl very aggressively and directly into and against some of the worst odds of anyone in the war and somehow survived it all.
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Mar 30, 2018 18:23
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Boris Bolshevik - 09 October 1941    The Commissars did not believe Boris when he claimed he was born in Jesus' lifetime, although maybe it was a good thing nobody took him seriously on the matter...   Russian forces surrounded... this wasn't the first time the damned Nazis had accomplished such a feat, and just like in previous instances, the VVS did all it could to help those trapped in the enemy's iron grip.  The 62nd ShAP has not been so lucky so far, it seems.  Only 10 pilots are left in the 62nd ShAP, including Boris.  All of whom have quite a number of hours on record, and even an ace! quote:From the War Diary of Boris Bolshevik - 62nd ShAP: Jobbo_Fett fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Mar 30, 2018 |
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Mar 30, 2018 19:43
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I couldn't hope to catch the enemy pilot, so I returned to the convoy, now bunched up on the road. After going down to treetop level, I let loose the remaining two rockets I had, to no effect. Now to drop my bombs! I mashed the button furiously, but felt no release, and heard no explosion afterwards.
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Questions for the thread: Should gifs be in colour, or remain grayscale? Should I upload my recordings to youtube, even if this means that they would be unedited and average 30+ mins?
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Mar 30, 2018 19:48
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Jobbo_Fett posted:
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Mar 30, 2018 20:02
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Whatever is best for you to keep the LP going, though I like the greyscale GIFs. I had assumed YouTube and am pleased with the screenshot format. The battle journal writing is good. No comment on why I assumed YouTube would be the dominant format of this LP when it is clearly screenshots so far upon further examination. I guess I thought it would be in there eventually. Fully in favor if you can make it work. achtungnight fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Mar 30, 2018 |
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Mar 30, 2018 20:17
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I think it would be nice to see the videos. Action games are not always well represented in screenshots.
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Mar 30, 2018 20:24
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I like the grayscale Gifs. I like the screenshot format as well (better for storytelling and much less of a time investment to get through), but if you are recording anyways go ahead and upload the videos to YouTube. I'm thinking of picking this up at some point in the future and I like checking out what a game is actually like a bit before I take the dive. Edit: Also, what are the headers for the columns in the summary screen? I assume the first one is aircraft kills?
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Mar 30, 2018 20:51
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pthighs posted:I like the grayscale Gifs. Sorry about that, thought I mentioned it somewhere!  From left to right -Aircraft -Ground Vehicles -Trains -Flak/AA -Buildings/Factories -Boats
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Mar 30, 2018 20:59
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If you're having trouble with your aircraft icon not showing up on the map. Hit "i" and it should toggle markers.
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Mar 30, 2018 21:57
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Popete posted:If you're having trouble with your aircraft icon not showing up on the map. Hit "i" and it should toggle markers. My issue is the minimap never shows up, its weird 
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Mar 30, 2018 22:10
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Yay grandpa Boris. A 90 year old trucking around in a sturmovik blowing stuff up is great RP material. Will old age or the Germans get him first? Who knows! The format is good and I like the greyscale gifs as it reminds me of the old kill-cam footage, but I see no harm in throwing up the full video on yt for those interested. A pity that female pilots aren't available, since my next suggestion was going to be a night witch or similar RP if Boris doesn't make it.
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Mar 30, 2018 22:22
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Teaser! https://i.imgur.com/jGR7GtG.gifv What was my over/under again? 
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Mar 30, 2018 23:28
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Ehhh I'm sure they'll be fine
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Mar 31, 2018 00:00
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Questions for the thread: Greyscale gifs, for sure. They really lend it that "History Channel gun camera footage" feeling, y'know? I'd appreciate it if you uploaded your recordings for good measure, I'd like to see the game in action. See if you can link the important bits, like "Engaging the ground convoy at 5:36, approaching enemy airfield at 16:00". E: Your over/under is 6. You seem to be handling things pretty competently though, so I'm betting on over.
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Boris Bolshevik - Mission 01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FipODJ1vDE0 Edit: -Start shows campaign generation, some options -Combat starts at 17 mins -Boring flight home -Landing at the end --ALSO stats, "flight log showing where and who killed what" *Note: A german flak gun blew up two friendly items  *Radio Free Kobold posted:E: Your over/under is 6. You seem to be handling things pretty competently though, so I'm betting on over. Yeah I knew what the o/u was, I just thought it was funny to pair it with a *plane explodes in the distance* image
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