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Both Wings of Prey and Apache Air Assault (from Gaijin Entertainment) work well with SoftTh 2.05, there was a trick or two to getting everything working on my system.

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I think I lost some hair getting this to work, and it took a while… but I finally got IL-2: 1946 to work nicely with my SoftTH triplehead setup.

I am using:
Il-2 Sturmovik 4.09m (with or without mods, also works with 4.101)
San’s FOV changer v1.0.6.9 RC
SoftTh v1.09 rc1

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This is simply a list of the resources I have come across that have helped me get a bit better at WWII flight sim dogfighting. Although they are for different games (or real-life) they are useful resources for WWII dogfighting and understanding gun convergence and how the sights work and how to use them accurately.

Documents:
Target Range and Gun Convergence
Bag the Hun – (RAF Gunnery Manual)
Schiessfibel – Similar to Bag the Hun
WWII Air Combat – A quick guide to common WWII dogfighting maneuvers
In Pursuit – A Pilots Guide to Air Combat
Boom and Zoom Tactics
IL-2 Series: Fundamentals of Gunnery

Training Videos:
Gunnery Training Video – Bag the Hun
Various training videos, I recommend: “Using the gun sight to determine range”

Some advanced reference stuff:
Air Navigation – Army Air Force Training Manual
Instrument Flying 1 Basic (without Radio Aids)
Instrument Flying 2 Advanced (with Radio Aids)
Instrument Flying 3 Army Air Forces Instrument Approach System
Pilots’ Information File
Spin Recovery Quick Guide
Engine Cheat Sheet

Like many, I am eagerly awaiting IL-2: Cliffs of Dover… it got delayed a bit longer so I decided to see if there were any BoB themed campaigns for IL-2: 1946 that looked interesting and I came across: Battle of Britain IL2DCG by Lonestar67. It uses IL2DCG to generate dynamic campaigns during the Battle of Britain (and it requires either UP or HSFX) using Cannon’s beautiful channel map.

I really can’t say enough good things about this campaign, you can fly for England or Germany (of course) and the Polish 303 squadron is also playable. There are recon, fighter, and bomber campaigns available and since it uses IL2DCG no 2 campaigns play out the same. Flying the Spitfire MKI over the Cannon’s channel map while trying to fight through the Bf109′s and 110′s to intercept a flight  of JU-87′s is quite a challenge!

Original release threads appear to be here and here. The campaign is available for download at Mediafire [mirror].

Just some utilities, mods, and programs for IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 that I have found useful.
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