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Thanks for all the advise and offers to help. A wonderful forum .Just updated the SF2 package and it works great ! Excited ! Now off to learning to operate the controls and radar/weapon systems . A big change from WW I and WW II simulators. Fast action ! Awesome air combat sim ! Will learn how to mod once i get the gamplay down. The addiction starts ! Regards,Scott

Been at air combat simulators for around 25 years. Most all concerning WW i and WW II aircraft. My few good air combat simulators are IL-2 1946 BAT ,Combat Flight Simulator 3-(11 installs), RoF, WOFF,First Eagles Gold, and now Strike fighters 2. A late comer but at it now ! I Worked on weapon guidance systems on the F-14 Tomcat in the US Navy but always loved the older aircraft. I wanted to try something different ,but there is not a lot to choose from when you have a mid level gaming rig. This seems the ticket ! My video card is outdated and needs needs a upgrade to play SF2 ,( WOFF and,RoF also), at max settings. Plan on getting a new video card in March-(fixed income) and do some serious playing then. For now i want to learn as much as i can in the meantime. Got the keyboard commands but haven't experienced the game play yet. Where do i start to get my head around it all ? Use Win 10. Is there any tricks/walkarounds i need to do to get it to run smoothly ? Where do i start reading to get up to par with adding aircraft and new/improved features to SF 2 ? A good friend gave me the whole series along with First Eagles Gold to see if i like them. Sorry to say my rig can barely handle them. Time to learn before i get started. Would be grateful for any help. Regards, Scott

Thanks guys for the help getting started. I run a 5 year old mid-range gaming computer. Does fine with IL-2 1946 BAT , and (11) installs of CFS3. Old sims to be sure, but they have aged well and continuously improved over the years. Love the change in flying Jets in more modern combat than and heard this was a good one. Plan on updating my video card and adding more ram to handle SF2 at highest settings and run smooth. Been playing and modding CFS3 for 20 years now so i know how to get in the nitty gritty of modding files and following instructions. Controls seem easy to remember what to use in the heat of the fight. The aircraft looks great,(scenery a little dated) ,and looks immersive. The only ones i'm missing is the Atlantic and FE2. They will be my next. The SF series were given to me by a friend in France that i know from my Facebook Group called "Combat Flight Simulator 3 Fans",and SOH. Have another facebook group called "Air Combat Patrol" that covers ALL pc air combat sims,digital art and all forms of combat aircraft art. Please check them out ,if interested join and post videos,and your best screenshots and get the word out. Was into aircraft model building for many,many years till i discovered SWOTLin the 90's and was hooked for life. I'm also a member at sim-outhouse and SAS1946 for many years and love to participate in their forums. This is my new favorite place. Much to learn ,and i'm sure to have plenty of questions in the future. I have a couple of months to learn as much as i can and this seems to The Place to go to for all things SF2 . Seems about as active as SOH, a few diehard fans, but that's us ,lovers of Good combat flight sims, not just eye candy,which is what most new air combat sims seem to only have to offer. Not much to choose from these days ,vintage or more modern air combat Simulators,not just "games". Played Falcon 4.0 for years and it was as hard as they come ,so this is a nice change for modern warfare at a enjoyable pace. Thanks for the advise and i'm sure you all will be hearing from me more. Sorry for rattling on, but excited ! Can't wait to play and showing off some screenshots in my fb group and spread the word. Kind Regards,Scott

Great to be here and just getting started in Strike Fighters 2 ! Only into moddable air combat sims , and this fills the bill. Not perfect,but what is ? Always been into WWI and mostly WWII era aircraft .Started with CFS1 and still big into CFS3 ,also IL-2 1946. Wanted to get into jets as something different but not too complicated like Falcon 4.0 BMS ,but also not arcade like either.Once i get use to to flying and surviving stage ,then i can maybe start adding mods .That is one of the fun things too. Have 11 installs of CFS3 ,2 IL-2 '46 ,FS-WWI ,EAW, FEG and now the SF2 series. Really liking this sim and only wish i pulled the trigger long ago when it first came out. Better late than never ! Regards , Scott

Just got into the SF2 series and like it for a jet sim.Still mainly into WWII air combat sims (some pretty old ) but the market is thin. Got into SF2 as something different and really like that it can be modded. Some of my favorite air combat sims were a trick just to get them running with win 10. Will keep them on win10 os and get another pc for win 11 if need be. Regards,Scott

Thanks Guys. Will try and be a regular around here. Regards,Scott

Have many combat flight sims but WW II is my favorite era. Have 9 installs of CFS3 and 2 installs of Il-2 '46. Both together have a awesome amount of content. BoB is my favorite subject and have 3 installs of BoB CFS3. One is payware by Just Flight and is no longer available the other is free and will be updated later (i'm testing the new version now) all you need is the original CFS3. You can find it here. http://cfs3bob.wix.com/battle-of-britain#! The last one is in CFS3 ETO version 1.50 .More info can be found here http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/forum.php Hope this helps.

Looking to reinstall CoD as i hear there are improvements/patches being made for it. Have CFS3-BoB installed with updates not made publicly available yet. Find it totally immersive with excellent ai's ,missions/campaigns, Flight Modelling ,graphics,fps and much more. It will be interesting to see which simulator will come out on top.Heck,i'll probably want to keep both !! What are some good sites to visit for CoD patches / mods ? I also have Il-2 '46 patched to 4.13 along with several installs of CFS3 and more. Looking forward to give CoD another chance! Any help with links would be very helpful, Thanks....

Just getting into RoF and find it very interesting. Been into CFS3 and Il-2 1946 for a long time and wanted a break. Find RoF a good combat flight simulator and challenging to boot. Now to get more aircraft as they are on sale now. Thanks for sharing as it really got me to try it out. Learning all i can about this era. Not that expensive when aircraft go on sale and find it totally immersive . Thanks again !! Regards,Scott

Have 9 installs of CFS3 and my favorite version is the CFS3-BoB. Enjoy MAW also and work is being done to expand it to 1943 very soon. Don't play online but may give it a try. Enjoy Il-2 '46 and have several installs of it too as they are the best at what they offer for a diehard combat flight simmer . There has been a resurgence of interest in MAW at SOH. The best way to download it is the all in one link. http://www.mrjmaint.com/CFS3/

Just now getting back to flying WWI combat flight sims. Have FS-WW1, RoF and OFF BHaH. Looking to get WOFF UE as soon as i can get my new computer that i'm going to build . Flimsy aircraft and no parachute makes it white knuckles !

After mostly playing in WWII,Korea and modern jets stumbled back into WWI. Have FS-WWI and OFF-BHaH. Looking to get OFF-UE and RoF.Love the tactics and difficulty with no parachute and flimsy aircraft it has great appeal .

What are your favorite combat flight sims ? Mine are CFS3-(9 installs),Il-2 '46-(2 installs), RoF,Flaming Cliffs2,Falcon 4.0 BMS and Free Falcon 6 round off the top played. Have many others but these i play the most. Just for fun thread .

A life cut way too short. Sad to hear. RIP

Now into Il-2 '46 BAT. With over 500 aircraft from every era it covers it all pretty well. From the WWI aircraft to modern jets with tons of maps ,object and more. For more info check SAS website .Best of all it's free. How cool is that ? Very easy to install just make sure you read the manual before you install .here's the site http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php

My first pc game was Doom and still love it.Have a lot of combat flight sims but CFS3-(9 installs) and Il-2 '46-(3 installs) i play the most, plus have tons of backups on a external ssd. Backups are necessary when modding sims. Tons of dvd's too (call it backups of backups ) .

B.A.T. has been released for Il-2 '46 . Think of it as CUP on steroids, bigger and better and far easier to install and update.Took me about 30-40 minutes to install completely . Downloaded took some time as it is HUGE in size but worth it. Every era of flight is covered with over 500 aircraft,tons of objects , maps and so much more and all for FREE.How neat is that ? Been testing it out and all i can say is wow!! Awesome super-mod !Thanks Hanger 19 Team. To find out more and get download links visit http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php Hope this helps, Scott

Forgot to mention. The total size of the sim is 62.6 gigs . Quite large.

B.A.T. is now available for Il-2 '46. Replaces CUP and is very easy to install and update. Downloads are big and the sim is big. Every era is covered with over 500 aircraft tons of objects,maps and more. Took longer to defrag than to install. Down loads took several hours(lost count). To find out more about BAT and download links can be found here http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php All for free to boot!! Great job Hanger 19 Team !!! Hope this helps. Regards,Scott

Sorry for the bad link. Don't know what happened. Here it is again http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php

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Really enjoy this site. For the most part friendly people and layed back discussions . Try and stay away from the polarizing threads in the political forum and wish we didn't have that here.

Sticking to just a few has its benefits . Have trouble remembering all the key functions of all the sims i have. Limited in time also. Just enough time to get some single quick missions in a few sims. Very interested in WWII so my options are limited. CFS3 and Il-2 '46 are my go to sims in their modified form. I have too many to chose from but i keep going back to the WWII era. Just getting into WWI now after a long time away. Just reinstalled OFF BHaH and like it a lot.Can't wait to get WOFF-UE and the new WWII sim by the same team later this year, Oh what joy !!

Thanks,will get it soon and can't wait for the new WWII game they are working on. Will always favor WWII as far as sims go.

Mostly playing CFS3 PTO-RS . Next would be CFS3 ETO 1.50 , CFS3 BoB-(by Pat Pattle) and lastly Il-2 '46 VP modact.