Get Creative in the IL2 Full Mission Builder
You play the game, but have you ventured into IL2's mission editor - the Full Mission Builder? This site is dedicated to one thing - making it easy to get started and get good at making IL2 missions.
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The full list of tutorials are shown below, and on every page to the right.
Getting started is really easy, so don't let the FMB intimidate you. She's just a fearsome looking puddy cat. Get ready to release your creativity!
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Get Started with the IL2 Full Mission Builder
In this group of FMB tutorials, we'll make our first mission and develop the essential skills to get us underway.
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Your First IL2 Mission No experience with the Full Mission Builder? Start your mission building here. |
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Manipulating Objects The basic + lesser known ways of working with FMB objects efficiently. |
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Static Cameras For testing, screenshots, movies and enjoying the action. |
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Takeoff Waypoints How to set airfield takeoffs and aircraft carrier takeoffs. |
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Front Markers We'll set up front lines in this tutorial. It's interesting. |
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Destruction Brush Urban areas are rarely left untouched. Enter the Destruction Brush. |
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Setting up trains Get those funky trains chugging along. For targets or atmosphere. |
Setting Up Ground Attacks in the FMB
In this section we'll look at how to set the Mistel (player only) and for AI: the V1 rocket, Ohka flyable rocket bomb, kamikaze attacks, dive-bombing, skip-bombing, level bombing and torpedo bombing. This section has just gotten underway. More tutorials coming soon!
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Set up the Mistel The Mistel is easy to setup, though coming with limitations. |
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The V1 Doodlebug It's easy to set up Ground and Air launched V1 rockets. |
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IL2 AI Level Bombing For tactical or strategic bombing. |
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Paratroopers & Supplies Add a little exotica to your missions with paratroops and supply drops. |
How to set up Mission Objectives for Players
FMB Mission objectives are used to determine the player's success. Also, to make a campaign, we have to achieve a mission's main objective before we can continue to the next mission.
Here are several short tutorials to practice setting the different mission objectives:
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Destroy For important enemy aircraft & non-stationary ground units. |
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Destroy Ground When a percentage of ground units must be destroyed. |
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Destroy Bridge Take out the bridge and be the toast of the squadron. |
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Recon (Landing) Reward the player for making a touchdown. Or taxiing! |
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Escort Can you protect a flight of bombers until they get to safety? |
Miscellaneous Tutorials - but cool stuff
There are a whole bunch of things that are off the beaten track. Check out this stuff to expand your Sturmi horizons.
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Off-Runway Takeoffs Leave those airfields behind, especially for AI. |
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Recon Photos for Immersion Bring your missions to life by making & printing recon photos. |
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Heavy Carrier Takeoffs Full payload, 100% fuel from an aircraft carrier. It's possible. |
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Shift_E's QMT Outside the game, change #planes, type, weapons, add flights. |
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Customise Icon Settings A 1-click system for easily customizing icon settings. |
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Make an IL2 Ntrk Movie For a Training track, Campaign interlude track or just for a mate. |
IL2 Campaigns
Do you think that making a campaign is only for the 'big boys'? No way. Apply what you've learnt above to create your own part of World War Two aerial combat . Making a basic campaign is easy. I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised!
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Set Up a Campaign It's easier than you think. Step by step, with checklist. |
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Interlude Tracks Spice up your campaigns; create training tracks for your squad. |
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IL2 Coops
Probably the best fun you can have with IL2 is flying online with your friends or squad mates. Co-ops are just normal missions with a couple of small differences.
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Your 1st IL2 Co-op It's easier than you think. We're going to do it, right now! |
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