I have finally got the tank controls set up and boy is this fun
Driving a Sherman with the hatch open in VR is AWESOME
Believe it or not...I've still yet to try the tanks, considering I did it as a day job for a few years. As a former tank crewman, I'd really like to see how it stacks up against the real thing. I think it's having to set up the controls to my liking that's putting me off jumping in.I have finally got the tank controls set up and boy is this funDriving a Sherman with the hatch open in VR is AWESOME
Just had an email that the Cliffs of Dover addon, Desert Wings: Tobruk is up for pre-order...15% discount for pre-ordering via the IL2 web store.
Desert Wings store page
I'm making do with Pat Wilson's Flying Circus Campaign generator...it adds so much that is sadly missing from Flying Circus. It's officially sanctioned by 777 studios too, they asked him to do it after it was such a success in RoF. PWCG simply makes a world of difference... not to mention adds a whole new level of immersion...for FC.Desert wings will probably make for a nice change of scenery.
But what I'm really looking forward to is battle of Normandy, but I think we'll still have to wait quite a bit. And a native career mode for Flying Circus would be fantastic too.![]()
As for Desert Wings..I want to fly a Beaufighter and a Wellington torpedo bomber![]()
I pre-ordered it anyway...damned game gets more like a Pokemon frenzy every month...gotta collect 'em allTorpedo bomber must be very satisfying, at least in IL-2 those damn boats are my biggest nemesis!
Quite possibly the worst ever display of tank gunnery in history...from Wolfpack. Seriously glad he wasn't my gunner doing the real thingYou need to map the following. I have put most of them on a hat switch (the CMS on the Warthog) The gun is controlled by the mouse, and the open canopy opens the hatch. In VR it's superb and the other crew members look pretty realistic
change crew position
nestle to gunsight
take control of gun
select ammunition
range up
range down
I pre-ordered it anyway...damned game gets more like a Pokemon frenzy every month...gotta collect 'em all![]()
It seems like there's no straight up solution bar using joy2 key or manually editing the current actions file in the game/input directory...I'll mess about in the input files to see if I come up with a realistic solution....adding the deleted by Tobii mouse command lines in there won't do it since it only re-enables the mouse turret control...perhaps if I replaced the deleted mouse command lines with the stick axes...hmm, I'll try that and see what occurs.I dont like the mouse control and it has been raised as an issue. Might this help? https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/60212-new-tobii-user-ermwhere-the-heck-did-turret-control-go/
also this https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/41721-joystick-configuration/
I just realised in the few hours I've spent with Desert Wings...I've only taken one screenshot![]()
The Ai is brutal...haven't finished a mission yet by actually landing except for a couple Wellington bombing raids....even then I had an engine on fire, half the wings missing and a rear turret shot offI'd take that to be a good sign.