IL-1946 BEGINNERS 5-MINUTE TUTORIAL
Don't bother with the 'Training Missions', they'll mess you up, just follow the sequence below-
1- Select 'Single Missions'
2- Select B-239 N1 (that's the Finnish Brewster Buffalo), then click 'Brief'
3- Don't bother looking at the map or reading the brief. click 'Difficulty'
4- Click 'Easy' (1), then click 'Vulnerability' (2) to turn the light off, then click 'Back' (3).
Don't bother clicking 'Next' for more realism opts.
5- click 'Fly'
6- and you should find yourself airborne in the cockpit. Hit key number
'0' to set throttle to max.
(you can program your joystick throttle slider later)
Test your guns with the joystick trigger.
7- hit key
'F2' to go external.
Pan around with your joystick
hat.
Zoom in/out with the
Delete/End/PgDown keys.
Hit
'5' (numeric pad) to reset the view.
You can waggle the joystick to fly from the external view if you like.
(You can also use the mouse to pan/zoom, but I prefer doing it all with the stick and keys)
8- Hit
'F1' to go back into the cockpit.
Hit
'Ctrl F1' to lose the instrument panel. Hit it another couple of times to cycle to a gunsight.
Have fun diving and shooting at stuff.
(The blue arrow is letting you know where your wingman is)
The red figs at bott left are your speed, height and heading
9- Hit
'F7' to go external (you get a better view of your surroundings by panning)
Hit
'M' to toggle the map on/off. You're the white plane (circled). Your mates are blue.
Some red enemies (Russki blighters) are miles away to the south, you can fly down there to have a crack at them in later flights.
NOTE- Depending whether you're Axis or Allies in missions, your colour will be blue or red respectively.
Right-click on the map a few times to enlarge it, and left-click-hold to drag it.
That's your airfield in the 3D view, it's grass but some are concrete.
10- Cut your throttle (key
'1' or joystick thrott) and begin gently descending and manoeuvring to land.
If you need more throttle, the keys are
'1' (low) to
'0' (high)
At about 250 kts hit
'G' to lower your gear, and hit
'V' 3 times to lower landing flaps.
(to raise your flaps for any reason hit
'F' a few times)
11- hit
'F8' to lock chase view so you can line up better with the runway-
12- piece o' cake! Touch down between about 130 and 200 kts (it varies between plane types)
I bounced and veered off the runway and nearly pranged (bad show) but i've got an excuse ready - the dim dawn light and ground mist made me misjudge it, ha ha!
13- If you've landed succesfully and want to try a takeoff, just hit
'F' a couple of times to set takeoff flap, and open the jolly old throttle (or key
'0'), or hit
'Esc', and 'Refly' if you want to start the mission airborne, or 'Done' if you need a lie down to calm your nerves-
