How to get more pilots flying again.

Newbie Joined: Sep 03, 2017 Posts: 1 Location: Michigan

Success,,, After hours upon hours of playing with it, I think I finely got everything for vp mod running???
All the time, effort, and frustration it took to get this running is the reason that this flight sim has gone from the hundreds and even thousands flying it world wide, to the hand full of die-hard iL2 pilots we have left. Something needs to be done so that everyone can fly together without all the hassle of trying to get the different mods to run. I personally would like to see this sim make a comeback to it's former glory ac the top flight sim! but not many people will spend the time it took, or the hassle to get it going. Not to mention a lot of people do not have the knowledge or patients for all the adjustments and/or file moving it takes to get this running.
Sorry if this seems like a rant! But I have always loved this sim and came back to it after a 10 year brake, to find the community's splintered and a half dozen mods that are incompatible with each other. With il2 1946 4.12.2 and then all the different MOD's (4.13.4, Hsfx, VP) and I am sure more taking up an average hard drive space of 125 gig each, that is alot of hard drive space taken up if someone wants to have the ability to fly with other pilots that have a differing version or different versions of the sim.
That being said! All the Squads, pilots, and community's of the il2 sims should work collectively together to make this into one sim again!!!
I am looking forward to seeing the eye candy, and all the new planes added, But would like to see someone do something to get, and /or heep pilots flying and stay with this sim again.

Sorry for the Rant.
Maj. Richard Bong.
A.K.A. PowerHitter=FA=. (UBI Fallen Angels Squad)

Hyper Staff Joined: May 11, 2010 Posts: 612

Been thinking about getting flying again,what version we on these days?

Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:45 pm

The VP Media mod is for offline only it causes too many errors online.

There are variants of the VP Media mod done to suit squads requirements but it too buggy for general online use.

The stock game runs as it should v413.4

As does the HSFX patching addon for v412.2

Its not going any further forwards from a graphics point of view unless someone wants to re-write the game for DX & C++ as its optimized for OGL platform and Java scripting.

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 2:23 am

This is not a rant; this me calling you out, you Liar. VF-31 Squadron did all the hard work to get VP Media thru a lot of trouble shooting and research and talking to the developer of the mod; to get it where you can fly VP Media on-line and a few squadron maps and add on's. You join the squadron was giving a thumb drive to down load the full VP Media mod with the add on's and then you DISAPPEARED YOU LYING jerk as it stands now if you want to face me on comms I am here. You stole my thumb drive and did not return it which is a cost of $60.00 I would like my thumb drive back or replaced. you did not do anything at all expect whine about you could not fly because you would not listen to anyone that was trying to help you get up and running.

VF-31_Jetdoc Commanding Officer of the Fighting 31 Tomcatters