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Just a plain WOW!!

thanks again Dimus - I got the objects pack and as you suggested - it was exactly what I needed.

Now everything works perfectly!

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Scratch said:
Ok.........I'm gonna have to reload this one too. Dang it looks good!
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Am considering the same. Any word on when the Ultra Pack will be released? Also, will the pack be a one stop install for the mods, including some maps? Looks so sweet. Can you still mix it up with the original Luftwaffe jets too?

Matt
 
yeah scratch, it includes MSR 1, Mash units - basically everything in the map I posted at the top of this page...and with MiG's and Sabers and Panthers, carriers with catapults (available seperately and all for free) - you get a pretty good Korean air war simulation...

I'm still getting used to the Panther and getting aboard the boat with it...but we've got napalm loads and an F-86 cap to keep the MiG's and Yaks honest so its looking good
 
well thank Prowler because he was the one who posted the dang video in the first place..

and Dimus, without his help I would not have known what to get or where to install it all.

the SAS site has everything you need, I will tell you though, be careful asking questions - those mods are touchy about what threads which questions are posed in...touch-ie

couple of tips

you want to have three or even four clean installs of Il2'46 patched up to 4.101 if you have the room for them all...two at least. Then IF you cross yourself up you can recover quickly...and - you can have a dedicated Korea sim, and a dedicated Eastern Front or Western Front WWII install etc...without trying to get all those mods jammed into one.

and you want to keep out of the windows 7 main program files...put Il2 anywhere else you like, but stay out of Program Files and Program Files (x86) - just go into your users/your name Files and make a folder there - huge important key tip that one
 
The Ultrapack 3.0 release is imminent, any day now. It will include a ton of mods all packaged in compressed SFS format that does not eat up your HD and runs faster. It is a one stop install of everything on a clean 4.10.1, nothing else needed. The readme describes the content here:
http://ultrapack.il2war.com/index.php/topic,3892.0.html

As you can see from the content you will end up with a sim where you can fly hundreds of planes and even mix up different eras with what if scenarios. The readme does not include the maps but at least the current version 2.01 for Il-2 4.09 featured most of the known war theaters.

The SAS Modact is needed only if you wish to make a customized install of selected mods, like heywooood did. Ultrapack is easier, plus you can also add mods to it if they are not included and you like them. It is also a standard install used by public dedicated servers in hyperlobby so you can fly online.
 
Dimus said:
The Ultrapack 3.0 release is imminent, any day now. It will include a ton of mods all packaged in compressed SFS format that does not eat up your HD and runs faster. It is a one stop install of everything on a clean 4.10.1, nothing else needed. The readme describes the content here:
http://ultrapack.il2war.com/index.php/topic,3892.0.html
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I wonder if any campaigns in progress from UP 2.01 can be carried over to 4.10 and UP3.

It would blow if I lost my Hauptmann and his 80 kills...
 
Not 100% sure about that but you won't lose anything by trying. The 3.0 needs a clean 4.101 anyway so you won't be installing on top of your current install but making a fresh one. I still have my UP201 install on my HD and will keep it until I'm sure that I am not using it.
 
Considering that my current installation got shuffeled from partition to partition and thus does not have valid registry entries anymore, this might be a valid option.
 
Wow! 6.2 gb download! It took me quite some time to download. My next question is the install, is it JGME only? Also, any feedback from anyone else that's downloaded the UP and played it?

Matt
 
I just installed it today and WOW! What an amazing selection of planes to fly! Many are FS2004-payware quality, though some others are pretty simple. (The only egregiously bad ones are the "T-6 Texans" that are modified Dauntlesses. :) But everything from early 1930s to post-Korean war jets with working Sidewinders... Flyable bombers and torpedo planes... And I haven't even delved into the mission modifications or other stuff yet.

Is there a good explanation anywhere of the difference between the Ultrapack 3, SAS Modact 3, and Classic Mod Games settings? Those are the choices in the executable selector, but I'm not sure what each changes, and I didn't see anything in the setup docs.
 
strykerpsg, UP3.0 needs a clean version of Il-2 version 4.10.1 and it installs on top of it.

DennyA, glad you like it. Bear in mind that it is a 10 year old game already! As for the selections at startup, since you only have UP3.0 as a mod then this is your only selection. The others would work only if you had other modded versions of the game with selected mods using the SAS Mod activator. It is there to accommodate experienced users who like to have multiple customized installs.

I also just setup a dedicated server for our group and we had our first session last evening, playing a Battle of France/Dunkirk scenario prepared by our good host and CO "pilotsden". The UP3.0 version of the Il-2 Dedicated server software is the best I've seen so far with excellent on line performance, stable and no lag experienced at all. In my opinion, on line flying is where Il-2 is at its best.
 
I've never had this game.

Arn't there lots of different versions?

Which is the one to get guys?
 
Found the answer in the IL-2 Forum.

If I was looking for a combat sim, how does this compare to the CFS series?
 
Dimus said:
strykerpsg, UP3.0 needs a clean version of Il-2 version 4.10.1 and it installs on top of it.

DennyA, glad you like it. Bear in mind that it is a 10 year old game already! As for the selections at startup, since you only have UP3.0 as a mod then this is your only selection. The others would work only if you had other modded versions of the game with selected mods using the SAS Mod activator. It is there to accommodate experienced users who like to have multiple customized installs.

I also just setup a dedicated server for our group and we had our first session last evening, playing a Battle of France/Dunkirk scenario prepared by our good host and CO "pilotsden". The UP3.0 version of the Il-2 Dedicated server software is the best I've seen so far with excellent on line performance, stable and no lag experienced at all. In my opinion, on line flying is where Il-2 is at its best.
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Thanks Dimus for the updates. Does it install using Jones Gnereic Mod Enabler (JGME)? I noticed the files are not your usual zip files with an executable file for each one.

Matt
 
dougal95 said:
Found the answer in the IL-2 Forum.

If I was looking for a combat sim, how does this compare to the CFS series?
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Dougal,

There are two IL-2 sims: IL-2 1946, which is the cumulation of all of the earlier IL-2 games (IL-2Pacific Fighters, etc.). This is the one we're using the mod with. It's an older sim, but it's awesome in so many ways. Particularly with this mod, as it has a dozens of well-modeled pre-WW2-to-Korea planes to fly. It's a very sterile sim in single player, with over-touchy flight modeling, a brain-dead padlock, and AI that makes the CFS AI look like they planes are being flown by a team of HAL-9000 Chuck Yeager.

Il-2: Cliffs of Dover is the new one. Shipped in terrible condition, but a couple of months later, the engine issues have been addressed, and they're tweaking the rest. Horrid campaign, AI's barely any better than 1946, but the plane modeling, graphics, and general dogfighting are aweseome.

Both have flaws, but both are must-haves for any sim fan.

The great thing about IL-2 1946 is that it's CHEAP now. I'd suggest getting it from Good Old Games, as their version is DRM-free. You can also buy it from Steam. It should be $10 or less.

It's different from CFS; the developers had different emphases. It's not better/worse (though the campaign is much worse than CFS3), just different.
 
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