IL2: Forgotten Battles / Pacific Fighters by Ubisoft

Morane-Saulnier MS.406 of N°2 French Fighter Flight (s/n AX674)
Jul - Sept 1940
The French Flight aircraft that served with 80 Sqn and later 274 Sqn retained their original camouflage and squadron insignia, while the French national markings were replaced by British markings. Serial numbers were issued, but apparently these were not carried. This particular aircraft still shows the insignia of GC I/7 1°escadrille. In addition, the underside wings are painted in the RAF black/white pattern.

Morane-Saulnier MS.406 of N°2 French Fighter Flight (s/n AX675)
Jul - Sept 1940
Only 2 Moranes were available when the French Flight was serving with 274 Sqn. This particular aircraft still carries the insignia of GC I/7 2°escadrille. Note that the roundels are missing on the underside wings.

For players of offline dynamic campaigns with DGen.
 
If you have installed third-party dynamic campaigns DGen add-ons, either freeware (True Pacific, Disaster On the Frontiers, etc) or payware (Battle Over Europe, Ostfront, The Last Days), you certainly faced some minor bugs or compatibility issues. If you want to sort them out and enhance your flying experience with DGen, then this guide may be helpful to you!
 
This is a guide written based on my own experience; of course now the trouble should be minimized thanks to the publication of EnjoyR's patches.
 
This guide may also be of interest to players who wish to modify their DGen campaigns. Basically all DGen files can be manually edited, but it is somewhat of a challenge.
 
Let us share our experience together, to enhance the DGen dynamic campaigns!

Fairey Firefly Early Mk. Skinpack
 
 

 
 
A lot of "Faked" parts had to be created for these skins - some are very subtle whereas some are slightly more obvious.
There are 20 skins in total in this pack (all historical). I could have went on to included non marked versions but felt it was too much, if anyone wants a no marked version it can be arranged (note that in game markings will not work properly on these skins as they would overlap the "faked" windows on the fuselage.
 
Stick this in both of your "Seafire" skin folders and you are ready to go.
 
Template created by "Fly By Shooter" with elements from "Jesters Ink" and Myself original template was made for the MKVIII Spitfire so I have now adapted this to fit the Seafire and added my own faked parts, panel lines and weathering to it.
 
Brief info on each aircraft is included.
 
Regards,
96th_Nightshifter
 
The Firefly was designed as a fleet reconnaissance aircraft for the UK's Royal Navy, and was derived from the Fairey Fulmar.
 
First flown on 22 December 1941, the first versions were delivered in March 1943 to RNAS Yeovilton.
The main version of the aircraft used during WWII was the Mk.1, which was used in all theaters of operation. Throughout its operational career, it took on increasingly more demanding roles, from fighter to anti-submarine warfare. Main variants included the F1 (with a 1,990-hp Griffon XII engine); FR1 (with an ASH radar underneath the engine); NF2 {night-fighter); Mk.IV (with new outer wing nacelles carrying fuel and an ASH scanner); the FR4, with a two-stage supercharged engine and wing root radiators in place of the earlier "chin-mounted" ones; the AS5 (with new American sonobuoys); TT5 and TT6 (target tugs); and T7 (Anti-Submarine Warfare trainer).
 
After WWII, the Firefly remained in service in both the UK and Australia, flying anti-ship missions off various aircraft carriers in the Korean War and serving in the ground-attack role in Malaya. In 1956, the Firefly's frontline career ended with the introduction of the Fairey Gannet.

BF109K-4 of II./JG77 Skin Pack 1944. Numbers 8 to 5 .I have used Jesters Excellent Template. Theres weathered & non weathered versions so theres 4 skins of each version plus 1 Weathered & 1 Unweathered No Marks version,10 skins in total. Bright finished....Buglord :)

This is an update of the dynamic campaigns French Wings 1943 - 1945.
 
It requires version 7b to be installed. So French Wings parts 1 through 6 are required (these are all the main files for version 1), then the version 4 patch, the version 5 patch, the version 6 patch, the version 7b patch, and finally this update.
 
With this version 8, there are now 14 dynamic campaigns for the French Air Force from 1943 to 1945. The latest ones are dedicated to the bomber group "Bretagne", flying Martin B-26 Marauders, and to the RAF squadrons 326, 327 and 328 flying Spitfires.
 
Furthermore, some bugs have been corrected (see read-me file inside download), and a lot more AI units, aircraft types and skins have been added. There are more mission types and variety has been enhanced.
 
Even if you already installed version 7b, please install this update to version 8.
 
Enjoy!
 
vtrelut

In Version 1.1 i put in an additional subcampaign:
 
 
Channelfront end of 1942: Fortresses ahead
 
In this subcampaign, there is shown the first encounter of the B17 fortresses of france, since they flew their first missions over france from august of 1942 on. The fighter escort is done by Spitfires cause the first P47 fighters appeard at the beginning of the year 1943 (as far as I know).
 
I fixed some bugs and made some changes:
 
In the 1941 subcampaign i assigned the Hurricane IIb as Jabo only.
Changed some skin assignments in the 1943 subcampaign for JG2.
Changed the campaignsDe&.dat to show even the 41 subcampaign in the campaign menu (thx to vtrelut)
Made some changes in the opsnormandy44h.dat, to avoid possible crashes (thx to vtrelut)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
I decided to make a complete skin from the ground up for a change; I have made a lot of skins before but have always used
 
someone else's template so this time I wanted to make the whole thing from start to finish.
 
Still into making "Hacked" skins so decided to try and make a "Sea Fury" out of a Ki-84 (inspired by a skin from Carts).
 
This skin should fit all Ki-84 models though I made it for the Ki-84b.
 
Internals are made from a mixture of modified "void" parts, adapted reference images and original internals by Myself.
All the rest is my own work.
 
Fully Marked VR930, Roundels only and Unmarked version included.
 
History of the "Sea Fury" is included in the "Read Me" file.

DGen campaigns briefings - All languages except Russian.
--------------------------------------------------------
 
Version 1.0 - June 30th, 2007
 
 
As you probably have realized if you play DGen dynamic campaigns, there are many mistakes in current DGen briefings files:
 
1) Missing campaign briefings and/or debriefings, which result in strange words displayed on the screen, such as "LeningradSummer44DeBr" or "Africa42tGbDb" for instance.
2) Mistakes in briefings, which can make it sometimes impossible to display them in the game, especially when DGen syntax is not properly respected.
3) Wrong or missing aircraft descriptions or city names
4) Spelling and grammar errors
 
There are countless errors in the files, which is unavoidable given the hundreds of possible campaigns and probably thousands of various combinations of missions and campaigns which are available.
 
 
So I checked each briefing file, in all languages except Russian, and compared the contents with each related campaignsXXY.dat file, for all DGen campaigns.
 
 
Basically all files have had to be corrected, except the Polish briefings and a couple of the RAF briefings over Murmansk. All others are corrected.
For spelling and grammar, I corrected only the French briefings. For all languages, I tried to correct as many DGen errors as possible, such as missing briefings or debriefings.
 
 
There are probably still many mistakes, but at least with these files now the user should be able to start a campaign without seeing something like "Lvov41SkBr", and finish campaigns without seeing something like "KurlandAug44DeDb".
 
 
Some of the briefings will appear in English even if you use another language in the game, some will be blank, but I added new ones for most campaigns which had no briefings.
 
 
Thanks a lot to Ijekio ULMAR who provided me with a translation of his Africa campaigns briefings made by Gagarin, which I adapted slightly.
 
 
Some mission briefings for the Luftwaffe over Africa may look strange, because they refer to Soviets as enemies: this is due to the fact that these files are common with Eastern Front campaigns.
 
 
 
 
TO INSTALL, simply unzip the DGen folder contained in the zip, into the game's main directory, for all versions of installations/add-ons/patches.
 
By default the game's main directory is C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, or C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles.
You can also use these files if you have Pacific Fighters only.
 
 
Allow Windows to overwrite older files.
 
 
I intend to update these files whenever necessary.
If you find mistakes, please let me know what campaign/mission briefing is wrong, and I will do my best to correct further: e-mail to me at vtrelut@yahoo.fr
 
 
Happy Flying!
 
 
VTrelut

DGen campaigns briefings - All languages except Russian.
--------------------------------------------------------
 
Version 2.0 - July 8th, 2007
 
 
As you probably have realized if you play DGen dynamic campaigns, there are many mistakes in current DGen briefings files:
 
1) Missing campaign briefings and/or debriefings, which result in strange words displayed on the screen, such as "LeningradSummer44DeBr" or "Africa42tGbDb" for instance.
2) Mistakes in briefings, which can make it sometimes impossible to display them in the game, especially when DGen syntax is not properly respected.
3) Wrong or missing aircraft descriptions or city names
4) Spelling and grammar errors
 
There are countless errors in the files, which is unavoidable given the hundreds of possible campaigns and probably thousands of various combinations of missions and campaigns which are available.
 
 
So I checked each briefing file, in all languages except the Russian language, and compared the contents with each related campaignsXXY.dat file, for all DGen campaigns.
 
 
Basically all files have had to be corrected, except the Polish briefings and a couple of the RAF briefings over Murmansk. All others are corrected.
For spelling and grammar, I corrected only the French briefings. For all languages, I tried to correct as many DGen errors as possible, such as missing briefings or debriefings.
 
 
There are probably still many mistakes, but at least with these files now the user should be able to start a campaign without seeing something like "Lvov41SkBr", and finish campaigns without seeing something like "KurlandAug44DeDb".
 
 
Some of the briefings will appear in English even if you use another language in the game, some will be blank, but I added new ones for most campaigns which had no briefings.
 
 
Thanks a lot to Ljekio ULMAR who provided me with a translation of his Africa campaigns briefings made by Gagarin, which I adapted slightly.
 
 
Some mission briefings for the Luftwaffe over Africa may look strange, because they refer to Soviets as enemies: this is due to the fact that these files are common with Eastern Front campaigns.
 
 
 
 
TO INSTALL, simply unzip the DGen folder contained in the zip, into the game's main directory, for all versions of installations/add-ons/patches.
 
 
By default the game's main directory is C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, or C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles.
You can also use these files if you have Pacific Fighters only.
 
 
Allow Windows to overwrite older files.
 
 
I intend to update these files whenever necessary.
If you find mistakes, please let me know what campaign/mission briefing is wrong, and I will do my best to correct further: e-mail to me at vtrelut@yahoo.fr
 
 
Happy Flying!
 
 
VTrelut

An upgrade for BOE RAF bomber and fighter campaigns, with a Free French touch.
 
Compatible with IL2 1946 and BOE

French Wings 1943-1945: they were there too! PART 1
 
Fly with pilots from the French Air Force over North Africa, North-East France and Germany.
 
Between 1943 and 1945, the French Air Force was rearmed and reequipped with American and British combat aircraft of many types. They took part in fierce air battles, from the Tunisia 1943 campaign to the last push into Western Germany.
 
Through a series of 5 dynamic campaigns, you will fly with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry if you wish, or famous French aces like Edmond Marin la Meslée.
 
Flyable planes include P-38s, P-39s, P-40s, P-47s, P-51s, Spitfires, A-20s, B-25J.
 
This package includes skins and all files for the campaigns, plus a bonus for the users of the add-on BOE (Battle Over Europe): an upgrade of the RAF bomber campaign which adds the A-20C as a flyable aircraft, with a Free French touch as well, added to both the RAF bomber and fighter campaigns.
 
For questions and suggestions, please contact vtrelut at: vtrelut@yahoo.fr

French Wings 1943-1945: they were there too! PART 2
 
Fly with pilots from the French Air Force over North Africa, North-East France and Germany.
 
Between 1943 and 1945, the French Air Force was rearmed and reequipped with American and British combat aircraft of many types. They took part in fierce air battles, from the Tunisia 1943 campaign to the last push into Western Germany.
 
Through a series of 5 dynamic campaigns, you will fly with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry if you wish, or famous French aces like Edmond Marin la Meslée.
 
Flyable planes include P-38s, P-39s, P-40s, P-47s, P-51s, Spitfires, A-20s, B-25J.
 
This package includes skins and all files for the campaigns, plus a bonus for the users of the add-on BOE (Battle Over Europe): an upgrade of the RAF bomber campaign which adds the A-20C as a flyable aircraft, with a Free French touch as well, added to both the RAF bomber and fighter campaigns.
 
For questions and suggestions, please contact vtrelut at: vtrelut@yahoo.fr

French Wings 1943-1945: they were there too! PART 3
 
Fly with pilots from the French Air Force over North Africa, North-East France and Germany.
 
Between 1943 and 1945, the French Air Force was rearmed and reequipped with American and British combat aircraft of many types. They took part in fierce air battles, from the Tunisia 1943 campaign to the last push into Western Germany.
 
Through a series of 5 dynamic campaigns, you will fly with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry if you wish, or famous French aces like Edmond Marin la Meslée.
 
Flyable planes include P-38s, P-39s, P-40s, P-47s, P-51s, Spitfires, A-20s, B-25J.
 
This package includes skins and all files for the campaigns, plus a bonus for the users of the add-on BOE (Battle Over Europe): an upgrade of the RAF bomber campaign which adds the A-20C as a flyable aircraft, with a Free French touch as well, added to both the RAF bomber and fighter campaigns.
 
For questions and suggestions, please contact vtrelut at: vtrelut@yahoo.fr

French Wings 1943-1945: they were there too! PART 4
 
Fly with pilots from the French Air Force over North Africa, North-East France and Germany.
 
Between 1943 and 1945, the French Air Force was rearmed and reequipped with American and British combat aircraft of many types. They took part in fierce air battles, from the Tunisia 1943 campaign to the last push into Western Germany.
 
Through a series of 5 dynamic campaigns, you will fly with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry if you wish, or famous French aces like Edmond Marin la Meslée.
 
Flyable planes include P-38s, P-39s, P-40s, P-47s, P-51s, Spitfires, A-20s, B-25J.
 
This package includes skins and all files for the campaigns, plus a bonus for the users of the add-on BOE (Battle Over Europe): an upgrade of the RAF bomber campaign which adds the A-20C as a flyable aircraft, with a Free French touch as well, added to both the RAF bomber and fighter campaigns.
 
For questions and suggestions, please contact vtrelut at: vtrelut@yahoo.fr

PATCH for French Wings, to ensure compatibility with game versions 4.04m or 4.05m.
 
Only for users of game version 4.04m or 4.05m!
 
Requires prior installation of all files from French Wings version 1, from Part 1 to 6 included, and then up to version 8 update included.

UPDATE OF FRENCH WINGS 1943 - 1945 FROM VERSION 1 OR 2, TO VERSION 3
 
 
Corrects a few things, and adds more planes and skins.
 
Compatibility: 4.08m

This is an update of the dynamic campaigns French Wings 1943 - 1945.
 
It requires version 4 to be installed. So French Wings parts 1 through 6 are required, then the version 4 patch, and finally this update.
 
Enjoy!
 
vtrelut

This is an update of the dynamic campaigns French Wings 1943 - 1945. It replaces version 7/7a.
 
It requires version 6 to be installed. So French Wings parts 1 through 6 are required (these are all the main files for version 1), then the version 4 patch, the version 5 patch, the version 6 patch, and finally this update.
 
With this version 7b, there are now 12 dynamic campaigns for the French Air Force from 1943 to 1945. The latest one is dedicated to the bomber group "Bretagne", flying Martin B-26 Marauders.
 
Furthermore, some bugs have been corrected (see read-me file inside download).
 
Even if you already installed version 7/7a, please install this update to version 7b.
 
Enjoy!
 
vtrelut

Layered .psd file with USAAF shoulder patches 1st thru 15th Air Forces also some Allied and composite like DAF, MAAF, CBI, Eagle Squadron etc. Lots of uses if you're creative. File by das_Messer, aka Joe Baldwin Jr. gunrunner81@hotmail.com.

No. 601 Squadron RAF was the only British unit to use the Airacobra operationally, receiving their first two examples on 6 August 1941. On 9 October, four Airacobras attacked enemy barges near Dunkirk, in the type's only operational action with the RAF. The squadron continued to train with the Airacobra during the winter, but in March 1942, it re-equipped with Spitfires.

Hi'
3 single Missions for IL-2/1946 v.4.08.

DGen campaigns briefings - All languages except Russian.
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Version 7 - January 24th, 2010
 
CORRECTIONS OF ERRORS IN DGen DYNAMIC CAMPAIGNS' BRIEFINGS
 
Updated with latest campaigns by Boelcke (JG 26, Kuban), Juri_JS and Vtrelut; plus many small corrections. Takes into account "New patch for Asia for the Asians!" dated 01/02/09 by Ojcar, Norway winter and bomber campaigns by Juri_JS,
Japan Home Defence campaigns version 1.2 par Juri_JS, Reichsverteidingung updated campaigns par Boelcke, and French Wings version 10 par vtrelut.
 
 
 
As you probably have realized if you play DGen dynamic campaigns, there are many mistakes in current DGen briefings files:
 
1) Missing campaign briefings and/or debriefings, which result in strange words displayed on the screen, such as "LeningradSummer44DeBr" or "Africa42tGbDb" for instance.
2) Mistakes in briefings, which can make it sometimes impossible to display them in the game, especially when DGen syntax is not properly respected.
3) Wrong or missing aircraft descriptions or city names
4) Spelling and grammar errors
 
There are countless errors in the files, which is unavoidable given the hundreds of possible campaigns and probably thousands of various combinations of missions and campaigns which are available.
 
 
So I checked each briefing file, in all languages except the Russian language, and compared the contents with each related campaignsXXY.dat file,
for all DGen campaigns.
 
 
Basically all files have had to be corrected, except the Polish briefings and a couple of the RAF briefings over Murmansk. All others are corrected.
For spelling and grammar, I corrected only the French briefings. For all languages, I tried to correct as many DGen errors as possible, such as missing briefings or debriefings.
 
 
There are probably still many mistakes, but at least with these files now the user should be able to start a campaign without seeing something like "Lvov41SkBr", and finish campaigns without seeing something like "KurlandAug44DeDb".
 
 
Some of the briefings will appear in English even if you use another language in the game, some will be blank, but I added new ones for most campaigns which had no briefings.
 
 
Thanks a lot to Ljekio ULMAR who provided me with a translation of his Africa campaigns briefings made by Gagarin, which I adapted slightly. Thanks also to Papy46 who provided me with his French translations and corrections.
 
 
Some mission briefings for the Luftwaffe over Africa may look strange, because they refer to Soviets as enemies: this is due to the fact that these files are common with Eastern Front campaigns.
 
 
TO INSTALL, simply unzip the DGen folder contained in the zip, into the game's main directory, for all versions of installations/add-ons/patches.
 
By default the game's main directory is C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, or C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles.
You can also use these files if you have Pacific Fighters only.
 
Allow Windows to overwrite older files.
 
 
These files are compatible with all game versions, modded or unmodded, and with all mod packs.
 
There are also compatible with all types of game installs, with or without add-ons (payware or freeware add-ons).
 
 
 
Happy Flying!
 
 
Vtrelut

This pack contains the modded dynamic campaigns French Wings 1940-1945. It includes many new slot planes in action, over several modded maps. You don't need earlier versions of French Wings.
 
With these upgraded campaigns, you will have a more realistic and complete experience of flying from the Battle of France to the last air battles on the Eastern and Western fronts, involving the French squadrons equipped with American, British, French or Russian planes.
 
Having a unique destiny you will face various enemies such as the Luftwaffe, the Regia Aeronautica, the Royal Navy, the US Navy; you will also fly together with the Royal Air Force, the Dutch air force, the USAAF or the VVS, in modded planes such as the Curtiss H-75A-2, the Hurricane Mk I Trop, the Douglas DB-7, the Spitfire Mk Vc fighter bomber, or in former AIs made flyable, such as the Morane 406 and the Blenheim Mk IV. New friendly and enemy modded AIs are also featured, as well as 6 modded maps for the MTO and ETO.
 
These campaigns require the mods listed in the specific instructions which are included in this download. No mods pack is needed. Download links to required mods are provided, as well as precise indications concerning missing mods for each mods pack (AAA, C6, HSFX, UP).
 
A completely new bomber campaign for Abyssinia and Lybia is included.
 
 
Enjoy your flying... Like no other pilot!
 
 
Other mods recommended: Default map upgrade pack and Improved Building Textures by vpmedia, Improved Vehicle Textures by vpmedia, Ultimate Sound Mod v2 by Tiger_33: a must for immersion!
 
 
 
Cheers,
 
 
Vtrelut
 
 
 
Contact me at: vtrelut@yahoo.fr

P-51B-NA
 
 
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The paint skins for the P-51B-NA-1943 Can also be applied to the
 
P-51C-NT-1943 and the Mustang MK III-1944
This zip contains thesae skins.The skins are, Brown, Navy, Olive and Rust
 
 
 
Good Hunting
 
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