Topic: IL-2 STURMOVIK FIGHT NIGHT

Ok guys,

We need to know how many of you are up for a battle..........   say..... next week sometime.

So first thing is to register here on this thread indicating what IL-2 game you play. Either Forgotten Battles or Pacific Fighters and what version of the game you are running. Forgotten Battles needs V1.22, Pacific Fighters needs V4.01 to play online.

We will then setup the server for the most popular. We will use the Ubi.com lobby so you will need that also, can be down loaded from Ubisoft site for free if you don't already have it.

The password for entry into the battle will be posted on this thread.

Tune up those Joysticks and get posting..........    

Tally Ho

Andy D & Lozza

Thanks Andy, I have loaded up IL2 and the aces pack, just need to learn how to fly the bloomin thing now

I could always read the instructions I guess :-[

Steve

oop's sorry its the Forgotten Battles version

I'm running Forgotten Battles + Ace Expansion + Pacific Fighters, a merged install.  Currently running 4.01m (m is because its merged).  I have a broadband connection from home.

Let me know when, and I'll do my best to join in.  Sounds a laugh not like them computer geek sorts that normally do it  

as Andy said were going to have to wait and see who's got what version, we both got the lot but are trying to keep it simple, so either we play just

fogotten battles ver 1.22 no ace expansion pack

pacific fighters ver 303-304 401 loaded in that order

or finally we all get forgotten battles, ace exspansion pack , pacific fighters installed merged and patched up to 401m,


Personally i'd prefer the latter but thats means some individuals will have to buy the lot, a little unfair i think unless everyones happy too, so we either go for the first or second one, bearing in mind the pacific fighters is the lastest so its all singing and dancing with all the latest planes, though Andy does'nt get on well with  beaufighters and torpedos 

lozza

I wanna play too. No Fair, I don't have that one.

Quick someone send me a copy, please. 

buy it like the rest of us 

lozza

So why no option for Forgotten Battles with the Ace expansion pack V 2.0?

Only asking because that's what I have loaded

Steve

ive only got the standard IL2 and whenever i go to online mode no servers turn up ever

HELP!!

I've just got Forgotten battles.. 

Do we need ubi.com, or could someone just post and IP and port and have them host?

Will

Pacific Fighters for me 

   BRING IT ON !

" Mad Dog Doc " is fuelling up and loading his guns .

I,m running Pacific fighters stand alone ver 3.00
Currently downloading ver 3.03 /3.04 and finally 4.01 ! As soon as they are loaded I'm ready to Lock and Load !

Now then do I bank right or left ?    oops


Shane

Ok I have Pacific fighters on order and should be here on Friday..... 

Leigh.

I'll try and get one from Game this weekend. Then I just need to borrow my brothers joystick

leigh   luis     
dont forget you have to upgrade them to version 4.01
if the ones you get are from amazon  (as mine was ) its likely they will be version 3.00
you will have to go here
http://www.pacific-fighters.com/en/updates.php and download version 3.03   then 3.04 and finally 4.01  to get your version up to speed .
Be warned its going to take a long time if you are not on b/band ! 2 of the downloads are close on 100mb each !
still its only time  what else are you gonna do ?  go up the field while they are downloading 

Shane

Squeeguk,

If you do decide to eventually buy a Joystick, make sure its digital analogue (last longer, less need to keep calibrating), and one where the main stick twists is great for rudder control.  I use a Logitech Wingman Extreme.  They can be had pretty cheap from Currys etc.  I dont find force feedback necessary.

Just ordered pacific fighters from Amazon 

Broadband is being installed on Saturday.


My Logitech wingman stick is still up for grabs - I just want it to go to a good home really - no point in it taking up room in my building room.

Chocks away, see you at angels ten.

Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for breakfast 


Never ever try to out-turn a zero

So guys, just to get this straight, are we talking loading Pacific Fighters on it's own or as an add on to Forgotten Battles and the Aces pack?

Confused of Gloucester :ww :ww

OK then

me  and andy being chatting and have thought that pacific fighters is the way to go, it seems the one most people are getting.

what you'll need to do is install it as a stand alone version from the installation disc, very easy to do, once you got that far then go online to www.pacific-fighters.com/en/pacific.php and down load versions :-  3.03 stand alone and 4.01 stand alone,

save them to a folder then unzip them doing 3.03 first followed by 4.01, when you unzip them they do all their installing to the game folder on their own, as andy says these are big folders 100mb so if your not on broadband don't bother trying, if your stuck send me an email and i'll burn the patches to disc and send to you cause i'm nice like that 

In reply to Will's question we thought it would be just as easy for every one to log on to ubi.com and enter the game that way, though the password will be on this forum that way only forum members can play in a private room, when we are ready to get up and running remember once you log in to ubi.com you'll have to go to forgotten battles section then into pacific fighters stand alone, if this sounds all rather confusing don't worry its dead easy.

Ok for those of you running forgotten battles  with ace expansion pack and pacific fighters merged up to 4.01m, not a problem just reinstall pacific fighters as stand alone, it will install it to a different directory no problem then just patch it up to 4.01. that way you have both vesions, it does work honest.

for those just running forgotten battles, never mind 

We know all this works because we tried it yesterday and today, bl**dy wonderful fun 

Only thing were not sure about is those running on a standard modem  , you'll have to let us know

As i said before this all may sound a tab bit confusing but its dead easy and damm good fun and as for pacific fighters 30 quid at PC world 10 quid throught amazon.

WHO'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST ACE 

lozza

rcfanuk if your still not sure pop round for a cuppa and i'll show you   

lozza

rcfanuk if your still not sure pop round for a cuppa and i'll show you   

lozza

Thanks mate, might take you up on that

Steve

Well my copy has not turned up today :(
Gonna be tuesday till im back in the office to pick it up..

im definitelt in ! 

ok im getting in a zero!

which copy are you guys going to use , i've only got the original at the moment but can get forgotten battles quite easily.  

never used it online though so it's a bit of a mystery to me, i've got broadband and a good connection too but what do you need to get started online , do you have to subscribe to a games server?wjhow much does it cost etc etc

YB

oops didn't read lozzas post ..sorry :-[
YB

hey people i can see the server up, wats the password?

Stephan,

We were just testing this afternoon, when we are ready we will post the password on this thread....

Watch this space....... :ww

Cheers

Andy D

stefan sorry about earlier did'nt realise you were a RCMF member the password at the moment is 'hello' though thats just what we were using to try it out though guess it may change   

lozza

ok sure. il watch this space. cant wait 

Ok guys, PF installed, patched up, whats next?

Went to ubisoft but couldn't find any private rooms  , I take it thats not set up yet?

Steve

Still to work out these dang buttons, but will get secret training from lozza

Ok guys,

We've done a bit of testing, all seems to be in order, we have set up a private room, password protected and played on-line.

It's important you read Lozza's post above to ensure you can get to ubi.com where the RCMF game will be. As a check, to make sure everything on your own computer is OK, try to attach to any game listed at ubi.com not protected by a passsword if you do not see a RCMF game on the list. If you get into that game OK you should be fine with ours.
If not then check your firewall settings to make sure it allows data in and out. (far too complicated for my old brain)
We've been testing with IMAGEDKTR most of the w/e with very varied results. Hopefully he will report here some of his findings for anyone else who has problems.

Not long now, see you at 'Angels 15'

Roger that.............I'd roger anything.......oooops.....  

Andy D

  LOL You beat me to it Andy
Ok as has ben said   for a lot of the weekend I have been trying to get online and play the game with Andy and Lozza with varying results.
It started with my being unable to connect to the ubi.com server with the error message  "timed out"
This went on for quite a while (coincidentally I ALSO COULD NOT GET INTO ANY OF THE OTHER GAMES) oops caps
So an investigation was in order , first off I disabled my firewall (Zonealarm )  and this actually made no difference . so checked my own pc out  , I made sure xps firewall was also off (which it was) , now I was clutching at straws so I uninstalled and reinstalled PF  and tried again . Nope nothing.
Then last night I looked at the setup page of PF  and there was an option to change connection method from its default of 56k dial up to adsl    AH HA !  that must be the problem . so at about 9pm last night tried again
Success ! connected in seconds . great I'm all set to go .
As a check  tried it at about midnight and same  straight in   . pm'd Andy  and we will try again today , so I did and same result as b4  "timed out"
I have posted this q on a few diff game sites and ubisofts site as well and most seem to point the blame squarley at AOL and its reliance on using dynamic ip addresses not static ones (the diff being aol gives you a diff ip addy every time you sign on whereas a static one gives the same everytime and ubi.com relies on ip addys.
That said I did in fact get online with them both this afternoon but only once
(and I meant to eject from the plane on the runway     honest !    )

So if we have any pc brains in here feel free to put your 2 penneth in as it really is starting to get on my nerves  all I want to do is kill something (apart from the pc)

coincidentally the pc is well up to the task with a gig of ram a 3 gig cpu and a good 3d card

Shane

As an afterthought If I go into the site on my own i can set up a room for play with no problems   but then others get the "timed out " message "

Thanks for the info guys

Shane I will try to get on line today, I also use ZoneAlarm and use a dynamic ip address, although not from AOL.

I'll let you know how I get on

Steve

ok folks what i've done is set up a room 'rcmf' password 'test' will leave it running all day i think hope 
will give you chance to see if you can get in ok, even though the room is running i might not be at the computer, so fly around and give it a try

lozza

Yippee, works great, thanks lozza

Watch out in the sun, there will be an idiot trying to find the right buttons

Steve

My copy is waiting at work for me.. Will pick it up tomorrow 

Achkk !
I still cant get in   
I am thinking something on this pc is stopping me , so this weekend coming Its a format and a reload of everything  (except a firewall) then I,ll try again
If that doesnt work it may well be time to change isp's (if my 12 months contract for aol bb are up )
cant be having this    pc not doing what i say !
Show em whos the boss !

You cant get in?

I can't even find the room  :-[

I can't work out where to go to find any rooms 

Am I supposed to be going here ? : http://www.pacific-fighters.com/en/pacific.php?skin=S1

In which case when I try the play online button it tells me I have the wrong URL 

or perhaps here? : http://www.ubi.com/UK/Games/OnlineGames.aspx

Where PF isn't even listed  :(

Or is there somewhere else ?

If I try to find a server from the game itself it draws a blank

Anyone any ideas?

Ewan

(All patched-up and nowhere to fly)

Ewan

I am currently in London but will get the correct info when I get home, If no-one else has it first.

But as I remember it you can get to it from the game via Multiplayer, or easier is to click on the ubisoft game icon that was installed at the same time as PF. Just cant remember the steps from then on as they are slightly different.

I will clarify later

imagedktr

I am running Zonealarm and do not have a static ip, and it works fine for me, my broadband supplier is BT

Steve

Steve

ok i'll set another room up, you'll need to go to forgotten battles, then pf dogfight standalone, then rcmf and pass word will be test

ewan either go to the rooms from pacific fighters game or go into it from the ubi.com icon that should be on your desk top when you set up the game, you have to be registered, its all free

lozza

Ewan

I think this is correct, give it a go

1.    Double click the "Play Online at ubi.com!" icon, which opens a ubicom page

2.    Click on "IL2 Forgotten Battles" in the left hand pane, which will open a new page

3.    Click on "PF Dogfight Standalone" in the retail lobby section, this will open another page

4.    Look for a room called "RCMF" in the top left screen

5.    If it is there it means the "boys" have a game running, double click on it and in you go, insert the correct password in the popup box (see the boys (lozza, dh71tiger) for the current p/word) and the game itself will launch

If you click on multiplayer in the game itself, select pay at ubisoft and that will launch at step 3

Hope this helps


lozza, you beat me to it whilst I was typing
Steve