[EasyRider]

There has been a speechpack available for years now that will change the German and Russian voices to english with German and Russian accents.

I seen they have it over at M4T "Barbeque English">
http://mission4today.com/index.php?name ... ls&id=2655

You can shut all the writing off in your config or by using a program like>

IL-2 Shturmovik Stab Version 6.3
http://mission4today.com/index.php?name ... ls&id=2169
IL2 Manager
http://mission4today.com/index.php?name ... ils&id=354

Silent sound files to eliminate the constant "This is Two" from wingman>
http://mission4today.com/index.php?name ... ls&id=3584

By far the best German BOB style background speachpack out there for background ambiance>
http://mission4today.com/index.php?name ... ls&id=2658

In the config under>
[game]
Arcade=0
HighGore=1
mapPadX=0.66875
mapPadY=-0.046875
viewSet=59
Intro=0
NoSubTitles=1
NoChatter=1
NoHudLog=1
NoLensFlare=1
iconTypes=1
eventlog=eventlog.lst
eventlogkeep=0
3dgunners=1
SubTitlesLines=4
ClearCache=1
TypeClouds=0

[game]
In game settings

Arcade=0
when at 1 changes display to show balloon speech from aircraft and arrow bullet strikes etc. Can be 1 or 0

HighGore=0
when at 1 changes display to show gore effects on a limited number of planes Can be 1 or 0

This feature has been dsabled in recent versions of the game

mapPadX=0.6689453
mapPadX and mapPadY are position coordinates for the inflight map, they're nothing to do with padlock.
They are a measure in fractions of full screen width from left of screen (mapPadX) and height from the top of the screen (mapPadY) for the top left corner of the map.

mapPadY=-0.046875

viewSet=32
Snap view -Even number. Pan view Odd number.

Intro=0
when at 1 runs intro movie at game launch

NoSubTitles=0
(Subtitles for pilots' voices; 1 = none, 0 = all) At top of screen

SubTitlesLines=3
Number of lines for sub-titles

NoChatter=0
(Radio chatter; 1 = none, 0 = all) To hear pilots voices

NoHudLog=0
HUD text messages and warnings; 1 = none, 0 = all At side of screen

NoLensFlare=0
(Lens flare effects; 1 = none, 0 = all)

iconTypes=3 allows user to change what is displayed in icons when enabled these are available from key bind in control section.

Icon Settings: You can change your icon types and distances by typing these variables in console in game the command syntax is: mp_dotrange [FRIENDLY|FOE] [DEFAULT] [COLOR] [DOT ] [RANGE ] [TYPE ] [ID ] [NAME ]

FRIENDLY or FOE keywords define which party the following parameters apply to the aircraft of the viewer's army, or the aircraft of the hostile armies.

The following keys define the distance at which the appropriate icon is enabled:

COLOR: The distance at which icons take the color of the inbound plane