Full Mission Builder Tutorials for IL2 Sturmovik 1946

Visual and Video Tutorials for the IL2 FMB

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First IL2 Mission

Your First IL2 Mission

So you've never made a mission in the Full Mission Builder (FMB)? You're going to love this. We'll put together a nice little training mission where you're up against 1 enemy fighter. Oh, he'll start on your tail!

You'll soon have the flexibility to create your own custom missions, in a way not possible in the Quick Mission Builder (QMB). It's a sweet feeling, and it's likely that you'll be the next to be assimilated into the FMB addiction. lol. The video below covers the whole process:

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First IL2 Mission: Summary of the Vid

Before heading into the FMB, decide in which folder you'll save the mission. This is a Single mission, flying for the US. One way to organise things is to have a folder called My, in which you save all of your own missions. So 1 option is: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\Missions\Single\US\My

...using the default Sturmi location. Create the My folder as usual in Windows: Right-click | New | Folder. Use Right-Click | Rename if necessary.

We're ready to go into the Full Mission Builder. Load Sturmi and click Full Mission Builder. That intimidating blank screen greets us. Do this...

  • Load a map: File | Load Map
  • Save the mission: File | Save, navigating to the path mentioned above. Save as Normandy Dogfight.mis or whatever.
  • Optionally, set time and weather via Edit | Conditions
  • Optionally, give the mission a name: Normandy Dogfight, which will show in the mission list + a Short Description, that summarises the mission when clicked on in the mission list + a Full Description, which is the briefing shown after loading a mission.
  • Select your fighter from the object menu: View | Object | Aircraft.
  • Place the first waypoint, with Cntrl-Click.
  • Plane 1 tab: Check 'Player' , so it's your aircraft. You can also choose a skin here.
  • Properties tab: Select a friendly squadron.
  • Waypoint tab: Put a starting Height and Speed.
  • Place the 2nd waypoint. The speed and altitude will be the same.
  • Put an enemy aircraft say 1km behind, following the above approach, but don't check Player! Set it's Skill too.

You should now be ready to rock 'n roll. Select File | Play (the mission is saved automatically) and you'll see your briefing. Click Fly and you should have a bandit ready to nail your butt. Good luck!

How to load the mission in the future?

If you want to make changes to the mission, fly it via the FMB. If not, go to Single, select Airforce as USAAF and Mission Type as My if that's where you put it. Select the the mission from the list below.

By the way, here's a list of the countries that relate to the folder names:

  • DE - Germany
  • FI - Finland
  • GB - RAF (Royal Air Force)
  • HU - Hungary
  • IN - IJN (Imperial Japanese Navy)
  • JA - IJA (Imperial Japanese Army)
  • NN - None
  • Pl - Poland
  • RA - RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force)
  • RN - RN (Royal Navy)
  • RO - Romania
  • RU - USSR (Russia)
  • Sk - Slovakia
  • UM - USMC (United States Marine Corps)
  • UN - USN (United States Navy)
  • US - USAAF (United States Army Air Force)

I hope that went smoothly for you. Even the basic skills covered above can bring hours of enjoyable flying. Just remember to select a player aircraft in your Single missions...


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