I got a heads up from someone and came here yesterday. Amazing! So far I've downloaded the Normandy map with south coast of England, the reticle mod for RAF a/c and a host of other goodies. I had no idea there was so much going on.
I have a wishlist:
Improved text fonts. The one in game is ugly as hell.
A voicepack switcher for my RAF campaign packs. I have no idea how to do this or even if it'd be possible.
Replacement splashscreen for that awful default one.
Anyway, thanks for all your hard work. They really make this game a lot more fun and far less stale.
S! Comp
Think you can can find fonts :
"C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\lib\font.properties"
and
"C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\lib\fonts"
Never tried to change any though
Welcome, Compans! This is FlatSpinMan - I really should just change my username here. Did you find the Default skins mod I mentioned?
Wow! Two of the best campaing makers ever! Compans or FSM: How about making some static campaings using the new flyable planes?. I know you probably can't put this stuff on Mission4today, but there's a missions forum here.
Yes, for offliners like me the only bum note about all this is the lack of campaigns or mission sets for the new flyables (preferably using some of the improved maps).
The sheer variety of campaigns possible is mind boggling now: Blenheims over France, Norway and Burma, Hs 129 on the Russian Front and North Africa, heavy bomber interception in a Me 210, attacking e-boats on the Black Sea in an MBR 2, bombing convoys in a Sukhoi 2 - to say nothing of the more oddball types.
Trouble is, no-one is doing it yet. We're in lag-time :wink:
Wow. High praise indeed!
I'd love to make a heavy bomber campaign for the B17 and Liberator. I'm kind of getting ideas together but I really have so little time to do campaigns anymore so I don't want to start one and not finish it. There are also lots of problems - flight times, lack of maps, over-aggressiveness of AI. I still think it would be quite a good 'experience' to play a campaign of the early USAAF bomber boys.
I'm also keen to make a C-47 campaign. It sounds dull but would be quite good I think, dropping supplies, paratroopers. maybe combine that with the heavy bomber idea...
Don't worry though, someone is going to make some great stuff for the new and upcoming maps. I think people are just waiting and watching to see what other treats materialise before they get to work. So much stuff comes out all the time on this site!
Cheers for the info on the fonts and splashscreen. As for campaigns, I'm working my way through the western front storyline I started with my first 3 campaigns. If I get sick of that I'll see what I can do.
S! Comp
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