New Addon for FB/AEP/PF merged

[loomaluftwaffe]

got this from airwarfare
1C announced release of long awaited Pe-2 addon on April 7th. No, it is not April 1st joke. http://games.1c.ru/index.php Looks like rest of the world will get it on
April 17th. The addon includes:

4 modifications of Pe-2
2 modifications of Pe-3
15 new objects: AAA, Heavy artillery and ground units.
4 new static campaigns for VVS (95 Missions) based on real encounters.
66 skins
8 B/W movies.

The PE-2 addon is the first of three to be released by July 2006 (expected date, not written in stone) The other addons will be IL-10 and VVs46. CrazyIvan explains the release strategy:

1) The purpose of IL2 Collection DVD is to eliminate lack of component on the market that needed to have a full version ( FB, AEP, PF) IL-2 Gold collection contains all those components + all necessary patches UP TO VERSION 4.04
2) Pe-2, IL-10 and VVS 1946 Addons were planned a while ago, and should be released before July of 2006, all 3 of them (one at the time, of course)
3) As far as I understood, each next addon will have previous in it. For example: Pe-2 cpms out by itself, IL-10 will have Pe-2 included and VVS-1946 will have Pe-2 and IL-10 included.

Bottom line, my understanding is: you can buy one at the time: Pe-2, then IL-10 then VVS-1946, or you can wait till VVS 1946 which will have them all – it is strictly UP TO YOU. I will get an official word on it, be sure. OK?

posted by CrazyIvan of Ubi Forums

 

[cheddar cheese]

A little confused...will this be an extra disc or just patches?

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

I don't know, I can't read the official website cause its all written in russian

 

[Nonskimmer]

These new add-ons will be in the form of discs that you'll have to buy. The days of the free patches for IL2/PF are over I'm afraid. I'll buy 'em if I see 'em though.

 

[lesofprimus]

Ive looked into these add ons below.....

All they seem to be are campaigns, just like the ones hotspace makes up.... There are also backstory things,skins, and fictional gimmicks... Dont know if its worth that much cash though....

-Wings over Jungles
Wings Over Jungles: Campaign for Pacific Fighters
Publisher Pluswave
Availability Usually ships within 24 hours
Packaging Retail Box
GoGamer Price
$24.90
Wings over Jungles is the first of a series of campaign addons for Pacific Fighters
Wings over Jungles facts
Over 450 handbuilt missions total.
Over 600 Plane Skins.
Immersive story built around unique Characters for all four campaigns
Very detailed 'world'. Airfields, ground targets, installations.
Huge air battles with a great number of planes simultaneously airborne.
Four seperate campaigns.

Wings over Jungles contains four seperate campaigns
The campaign 'Monkey' (US3) where you take the roll of a WWII US Navy Fighter pilot flying from aircraft carriers.
The campaign 'Angel' (US4) in which you are flying for the US Marine Corps as a dive bomber and later as a fighter pilot.
The campaign 'Kyuden' (IJ3) which lets you fly as a Japanese Navy fighter pilot from aircraft carriers.
The campaign 'Katana' (IJ4) which leads you as a Japanese Navy fighter pilot to various assignments.

'Wings over Jungles' campaigns are concentrated on land based air warfare in the South Pacific.

All four campaigns in 'Wings over Jungles' are playing during the timespan from the beginning of '42 until mid/end 1943.

-Wings Over Waves
Wings Over Waves: Campaign for Pacific Fighters
Publisher Pluswave
Availability Usually ships within 24 hours
Packaging Retail Box
GoGamer Price
$24.90
Wings over Waves is the first of a series of campaign addons for Pacific Fighters

Wings over Waves Facts
Over 450 handbuilt immersive Missions total.
Over 600 high quality plane skins. This time with skins for bombers too.
Surprising Stories for every unique character.
Extremly high level of detail at airfields, ground targets and other installations.
Compared to Rebirth of Honor many more and greater numbers of planes in the air.
Huge air battles with up to 60 planes.
Containing four seperate campaigns. Two US Navy and two Imp. Jap. Navy.

'Wings over Waves' is a campaign pack containing four seperate campaigns.
The campaign 'Cat Ball' (US1) US Navy carrier fighters.
The campaign 'Archer' (US2) US Marine Corps. Dive bombers fighters.
The campaign 'Kuro Yuri' (IJ1) IJN carrier fighters.
The campaign 'Koryo' (IJ2) IJN various fighters.

Campaigns are concentrated on naval air warfare
A second campaign pack, 'Wings over Jungles' (WOJ) shall be released short after
'Wings over Waves' and will concentrate on landbased air warfare over the South Pacific.

All four campaigns are playing during the timespan from end '41, the beginning of the Pacific War until mid/end 1943.

Pacific Fighters shall get an upgrade in which a number of new late war plane types shall be released.
These new planes are essential for the sequel and couldn't be implimented into the campaigns until now.

-Rebirth of Honour
Rebirth of Honor: Campaign for IL-2 Forgotten Battles
Publisher Pluswave
Packaging Retail Box
This item is scheduled to ship on 03/22/2006.
Pre-Order Price
$24.90

Overview
In 1942 two Czech patriots parachuted into their homeland to carry out Operation Anthropoid, which called for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, The Butcher of Prague.
After the success of this covert mission, Allied Intelligence decided to begin Operation Foxley two years sooner than planned.
The goal of Operation Foxley called for the elimination of Adolph Hitler.

This second covert op proved much harder to complete, but upon its success in the middle of 1942, Germany, the war and your life are drastically changed forever.

Rebirth of Honor is a 3rd party campaign expansion for the award winning IL- Sturmovik `Forgotten Battles.

-Ost Front
Ostfront Add-On for IL-2 Forgotten Battles
Publisher GMX Media
Availability Usually ships within 24 hours
Packaging DVD Hard Case
GoGamer Price
$34.90

Fly on the Eastern Front for the Red Air force, Luftwaffe, Royal Air Force and the French Normandie-Niemen in 24 campaigns
Overview
Fly on the Eastern Front for the Red Airforce, Luftwaffe, Royal Air Force and the French Regiment Normandie-Niemen in 24 campaigns.

Kurland
The Germans are retreating across Poland and the Baltic States when a bold Russian thrust cuts off the German Army Group North from the rest of the Wehrmacht, trapping hundreds of thousands of men.

The Germans re-establish a land corridor and continue their retreat but the Russians, aided by a French fighter regiment, reach the Baltic once again and this time there is no escape.

The Kurland pocket fights bitterly to the end of the war, isolated but impregnable.

Murmansk
The northern Russian port of Murmansk is the only ice-free port available for the vital Lend-Lease convoy route.

The Germans are pressing closer and the Red Airforce fights tooth and nail to stop the bombers, aided by the RAF's 151 Wing.

Slowly the tables are turned and the Russians start to advance on the German bases in Finland and Norway.

Schlachtflieger
Bonus campaign, fly the Hs-123 biplane (uses Cr-42) in low-level strafing and bombing missions. The aircraft is well-suited to the Blitzkrieg of 1941 but how will it fare in 1944?

-Aces Campaigns
Aces Campaigns Add-On for IL-2 Forgotten Battles
Publisher GMX Media
Availability Usually ships within 24 hours
Packaging DVD Hard Case
GoGamer Price
$17.90

Covering 1941-1944 USAAF D-Day, RAF Battle of Britain and Berlin campaigns

Berlin, 1945-46
Forgotten Battles: Ace Expansion is 1C:Maddox Games and UBISOFT's state-of-the-art combat flight simulation.

Combat Planes Aces Campaigns for Forgotten Battles features five major campaigns for Forgotten Battles

Special training features, online cooperative missions, and many new custom skins, including 32 skins for the Spitfire IXe alone.

D-Day 1944 campaign includes
210 missions and the following:

A tactical USAAF campaign stretching from June 6, 1944 to August, 1944 with 56th Fighter Group, 366th FS flying the P47-D.

A tactical RAF campaign from June, 1944 to August, 1944 with 127 Wing, 403 Sqn

The Battle of Britain 1941 campaign includes
210 missions and the following:

Summer, 1941 Spitfire Vb campaign stretching from July to August

Summer, 1941 Bf 109 and FW 190 campaign from July to August

The Berlin 1945-46 campaign includes
A campaign flying the G0-229 "Flying Wing" jet interceptor.

In addition, more than 30 online cooperative missions include a range of aircraft and combat situations.

Six newly prepared dogfight maps are also included, allowing you to host a variety of scenarios that even include AI aircraft with fighters, and bombers like the B17-G and B25-C.

For the first time ever, the paint on the player's aircraft changes up to three times in the campaign.

You'll find your kill markings faithfully added by the crew chief... of course, that is for confirmed kills only.

Training features include
Fifteen narrated training tracks, a twelve page PDF document with classroom style instruction, and the training documents listed above.

Further documents include A Short History of the Strategic Air War, The Tactical Importance of the P51-D, D-Day History, and Tactics Against B17 Flying Fortresses.

Cockpit guides are included for the Spitfire Mk IXe, the P47-D, and the Bf 110 G2. A German and Russian command chart round out the package.

Voice-over interfaces are included for each of the D-Day campaigns, and chatter packs (simulated radio chatter) are available for the American and RAF D-Day campaigns.

New interface screens are included for each of the campaigns

 

[lesofprimus]

-Combat Over Europe
Combat Over Europe: IL-2 Expansion Pack
Publisher GMX Media
Availability Usually ships within 24 hours
Packaging DVD Hard Case
GoGamer Price
$19.90

Combat Over Europe features new campaigns, special training, online cooperative missions and more.

Important Product Information
This is the full english edition of Combat Over Europe: IL-2 Expansion Pack. This item ships in a DVD style case. Does not require DVD compatible CDROM drive. IL2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles is required to install and play.

Overview
Combat Over Europe for IL2 Sturmovik's Forgotten Battles Expansion Set features eight new campaigns, special training features, online cooperative missions, a speech pack to convert Russian and German to English, and a skin pack with ten new skins.

A selection of 24 online cooperative missions include a range of aircraft in both summer and winter conditions.

Three dogfight maps are also included, allowing you to host an ongoing Battle of Britain scenario online as well as a USAAF vs Luftwaffe scenario.

Skin sets allow you to fly with historically correct squadron markings. You may choose the 354th Fighter Group or the 404th Fighter Group for the P47-D or the P51-D.

Hundreds of additional skins are available for immediate download via the Skin Library feature.

Missions and Campaigns
USAAF and RAF campaigns include D-Day Tactical campaign flying the P47-D. A retired USAAF P47 pilot is acting as technical advisor.

Strategic campaign April 15 - June 5, 1944 flying the P51-D in escort for B17s. Battle of Britain (using a non British map) with the Hurricane, 109 Emil, Ju87B Stuka and Me 110 Zerstorer.

Luftwaffe campaigns include Berlin 1944-1945 Campaign for the Bf 109 100 missions. JV44 1945 Campaign for the Me262 40 missions.

Poland 1939 Campaign for the Ju87 Stuka 30 missions. Crimea 1942 Campaign for the Bf 109 70 missions.

Russian Campaigns include two fifty mission campaigns for the I-16 monoplane and the I-153 biplane.


Features
Training features include WWII video footage designed for familiarization and flight training for the P47 and P51.

Fifteen training tracks provide instruction on air to air gunnery, with eight training tracks for pilots of the tricky Me 262 jet fighter.

Single training missions allow you to test your own skills in the German jet. A separate twelve page PDF document provides classroom style instruction in air to air combat for budding aces.

Further documents include A Short History of JV44, Development of the Me262 and an interview with a living P47 Thunderbolt ace.

Cockpit guides are included for the Bf 109, the P47D, the P51D and the Me 262, as well as takeoff and climb performance charts for the P47-D and P51-D. A German and Russian command chart round out the package.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Check out some sneak peek screen shots though. The 1946 add-on stuff looks kinda cool.

Just look in the PROJECTS menu on the left to see 'em.

http://rrgstudios.com/EN_02_04_PacFighters.shtml

 

[lesofprimus]

But the question still remains......

Is it worth the extra cash????

I am in the process of like 7 different campaigns right now, and play more with the FMB that I do them.....

 

[cheddar cheese]

Extra discs, how gay...I think ill spare my cash for the Battle of Britain game next year...

 

[lesofprimus]

I just ordered my IL-2 Complete Edition DVD....

The damn sound went out on my game again, meaning nother goddamn reinstall, so I said fuck it, spent the 35 bucks and now no more hassle when the game screws me again and have to reinstall....

 

[Nonskimmer]

I'll get any of the discs I come across. I use FMB a lot too, and supposedly there'll be a bunch of new ground objects as well, along with some new troop positions. I also plan to buy BoB when it comes out, but for that I'll need a new rig. In another month or so I should (fingers crossed) have enough bills paid off to be better able to swing it. I can't friggin' wait either!

 

[Nonskimmer]

Here's the latest info on the Pe-2 add-on. It looks like it'll be a paid download from the Ubi.com store, not a disc sold in stores.

http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/23110283/m/1381086634

 

[lesofprimus]

Seeing how I dont really fly/play with bombers, this really doesnt mean much to me...

 

[Hot Space]

I don't have a Credit Card anymore

 

[Hot Space]

Hold on, where did you all get these?

He who does not skim

....etc

 

[Hot Space]

btw did you see that the Ar-234 Jet Bomber is included in that Link that N.S posted

 

[Nonskimmer]

Hold on, where did you all get these?



....etc

You can do it in the "edit profile" area, m8. Just look for the bit labelled "Custom User Title" near the top.

Only Mods can do it.

 

[Nonskimmer]

btw did you see that the Ar-234 Jet Bomber is included in that Link that N.S posted

Yes indeed.
I wonder if it'll be flyable.

 

[Hot Space]

Ok, I'll have a bash..............then I'll try this edit thing

 

[Hot Space]

Yes indeed.
I wonder if it'll be flyable.

Hopefully