I don’t even play this game or have a PC but this absolutely fantastic! it’s the absolutely the best insight into airwar over Germany 44. Well done and thank you !
Mir hats gefallen, könnt mich fast dazu bringen wieder mal in ein Cockpit zu steigen, aber nach der langen Pause müsste ich wohl wieder komplett bei Null anfangen.
I noticed something was different while watching the video and yeah the graphics look awesome, planes, clouds etc are really nice. Too bad the AI is acting up, must be quite hard to fix something like that. I also like the briefing part, with the map we can have a better idea of the situation, from which base you take off, where you fly etc. So yeah I really like this video and the graphics at 60 fps with this extender mod are really nice. Thank you again Fishyy and you guys ^^
Ihr macht so richtig geile Videos. Da kann man sich sehr gut vorstellen, wie es gewesen sein muss hinter dem Steuerknüppel einer FW-190 oder einer ME-109 zu sitzen. Auch finde ich gut, dass ihr auch Flugzeuge "fliegt", über die man nur sehr wenig hört oder sieht, wie die Dornier Pfeil oder dem so genannten "Volksjäger" oder auch der Me-110. Einige von den Flugzeugen, die ihr so fliegt in dem Spiel, habe ich als Modelle hier stehen. Ich liebe eure Videos und gucke sie mir sehr gern an. Danke für die ganze Mühe, die ihr euch macht.
Marcom deserves a flight with the regia aeronautica on its best moment, flying some Fiat or similar against soviets on the 41 or defending Italy in the 44
I noticed the 60 fps immediately, and was able to tell that everything looked nicer. I simply thought it was just a result of the 60fps, but after your explanation I can clearly see that everything just looks better in general.
The brief historical context and mission planning portion of the video were really well produced. I agree with the assesment that it's a common "misconception" that lack of forward defensive armament was the "main" consideration for the development and implementation of frontal attacks against B17 formations. I've read a lot of combat reports from Luftwaffe pilots and a very common theme was how slow and dangerous approaches from the rear would be. However, by November 23, 1942 when Egon Mayer put his idea first into practice it was becoming known there was a distinctive gap in the cone of fire at the 12 o clock of B-17s. A noted fact that can be found in both USAAF and Luftwaffe official memos going forward as the prevalence of head on attacks increased. It became such an issue that USAAF ground crews began installing field kits to retroactivley install guns in the plexiglass of B-17Fs starting in the winter of 1943 and continuing until the issue was officially addressed with the introduction of an electrically operated chin turret on late model B-17F's and all B17-G's. Just my two cents from one student of the Air War in Europe to another. Good luck with fixing the bomber formation AI. =)
Yes, reading Caldwell's JG26 unit history/war diaries, many of the surviving pilots made the point that 'at altitude' an FW was only a little faster than a B17, so closing from the rear could take several minutes to get into effective cannon range=and the whole time you had .50 cal 'tracer' rounds buzzing by your ears like a rainstorm. It was VERY 'nerve wracking'. Another pilot, Otto Stamberger, said that sometimes it was better to attack from 'the beam' because gunners firing to the side had a hard time getting a proper deflection shot on you==of course so did the FW pilot but it was preferable that the gunners missed you.
Hey Fishyy, I really enjoyed it. Making it a bit like a documentary was really enjoyable. A bit of history, focusing on individual pilots, the primary focus was on the mission itself. All good. I don't understand much of the technical parts. I like the fact that the bombers didn't just fly apart like they used to, losing wings or catching fire in one pass. The bombers had survivability, and that's authentic. Sehr gut. Gruss aus den Rheingau. Bill
The slo-mo is awsome: the tracers, the falling debris, the flying bullet casings... I would rewatch the highlights of your other missions in slow-mo. Very interesting.
Yes this game is amazing sometimes you just want to watch without flying I have the original which is unpached and buggy but for 2001 graphics are insane and it still holds up today. Edit because its buggy sometimes is because it is original Il2 not because it is a bad game I am sure this version the co pilots dont crash all the time which seemed to happen on the original a lot it led to a lot of unintended amusement:)
Excellent. One of the best. I did notice a practically 3D ground effect from the near vertical. But I enjoyed the way you put it together. Lots of work, attention to detail. It flowed well, from pilot to pilot. Thank you for taking the time to do it. I found it lots of fun to watch. Gruss aus Kiedrich.
The amount of effort you put into your editing and production is evidently profound. You almost make it look easy when it very clearly isn't, haha. Would love to see more of this dissection and commentary. Your content always invigorates me to fly in IL-2 1946 again. Cheers.
Fishyyy I do not know what I admire the most between your marksmanship, your manning of the aircraft or your ability as a FMBuilder.!!! Your missions are always so well built and I download every one of them to play as a single player. But the escort aircrafts get too often my scalp!!! Just to be historically accurate on that date, February 20th 1944 (mentionned in the FMB) B24s bombed Gotha factories (Wikipedia Big Week) and JG26 Gruppe which were stationned mainly in France and Belgium had a margin participation during the egress leg of the bombers (JG26 diary). So I choose to switch to 2/JG11 and to transform B27s into B24s in my mission copy but those damned AI bombers are still crazy and my AI wingmen are not so talented as yours!!! Looking forward for the next mission. HERCJG54 France
Der Kommentar ist super, das sieht man mal, was im Hintergrund so passiert. Deine Reichsverteidigungs-Videos sind immer besonders klasse. Du machst Dir aber, glaube ich, zu viele Gedanken. Als Zuschauer würden mich auch KI-Kapriolen und farbige Flügelwolken nicht groß stören. Dazu ist die Handlung zu gut. Und der Visual-Mod ist klasse. Bitte weiter so!
The picture quality is a lot better with your new equipment. Enjoyed the combat sequences very much. Have you tried the 109G6 with 3 by 3cm MK 108 Kannone? Real bomber manglers!
The P47s and P38s with their larger fuel tanks could fly a combat radius as far as Stuttgart. So when the P51s appeared with the bombers all the way to the target the Luftwaffe suddenly found itself having to spend more time dodging escorts than attacking the bombers. See the book I flew for the Fuhrer by Heinz Knoke. By Easter 1944 most of his original Staffel comrades were either dead or seriously wounded.
Ein Grossangriff auf die Leuna-Werke in Mitteldeutschland (auch die Flakhölle von Leuna genannt), wäre bestimmt sehr interessant und anspruchsvoll. :-)
Fishyyy, you know what you and your friend never did in IL2? You should fly out Me 262 HG II :) I heard the V-tail made aiming and landing quite... interesting.
I really like the style of this video. I almost thought this was from Il2 Sturmovik Bodenplatte. It looks so good with mods, I didn't even know that was possible. I will buy IL2 1946 instead of all the overpriced IL 2 Sturmovik Great battle DLCs, seems to have a bettter Price perfomance ratio spending 10€ instead of 500€ for all the conntent. How demanding is Il2 1946 with mods?
@@Fishyyy They were stationed in Italy, The color of the tail doesn't matter, but the pilots who them did. These were "black" pilots from Tuskegee and had a very respected record against the Germans when escorting bombers (not one bomber loss during their escort missions).
Hello, Fishyyy! You make a brilliant content in IL 2 1946) But I want you to do a video, where you installing these mods and in JNGME. It will be good and useful video for beginners 👍
If the Zonk mod ever gets to a development stage that actually fixes the bomber behaviour, there will be all kinds of interception videos. As stated in the video, it is being worked on.
@@Fishyyy Great to hear! I have been playing IL2 and it's mods/updates/addons for nearly 2 decades. The AI for the bombers (heavy, medium and light) has always been somewhat 'vexing'. IF you can finally get the AI bombers to fly a proper box formation I will be SO grateful.
Yes I enjoyed this video. I myself have been thinking of playing but I am not sure of what I would be requiring to play. Flight stick, headset, vr? My PC is good. I play war thunder on the highest graphics settings. But I think I would enjoy Sim game more. As the match won't end due to a point system like war thunder.
@@Fishyyy Thank you for your answer. Is this one ok? Which one would you advise to get? www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CM7ZRJS?pf_rd_r=HSFGW5XJFF6ATRVAPHJZ&pf_rd_p=9d9090dd-8b99-4ac3-b4a9-90a1db2ef53b&pd_rd_r=a35e86f1-e2a7-4112-885f-cc0507c0da18&pd_rd_w=M4r2u&pd_rd_wg=5z9tb&ref_=pd_gw_unk
Hallo, Ich kann nur ein bisschen auf Deutsch sprechen. English Spache ist leichter für mich weil Ich nicht als so oft auf Deutsch spreche. I'm a new comer on the modern flight sims. Younger I played microsoft CFS 1, 2 & 3. Now that I'm retired (my friends say retarded ;P), I'd like to resume my "career" in IL2 as a "virtual fighter pilot". Even on compressed youtube videos, I like the background graphics. Here's my question: how is your pc build up (motherboard, cpu, graphic card, ram, ...)? Keep on up loading vids. I'm lerning watching them. Thx for your work and your answer. Hope to meet you up there! Philippe.
I love all your videos been German I love when you fly 🪰 German fighters and knock ✊ down a few heavies from time to time and also those pesky escort fighters.
![Дон ДОН, Алаудинов и СБЕЖАВШИЕ из под Курска ахматовцы 😁 [Пародия]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dEfCf5IK26Q/mqdefault.jpg)
This took sooo long to make, let me know if you like it!
Highlights:
(D indicates an attack by D.a.r.k.y, M one by Momo, F one by Fishyyy and Mo one by Momo.)
05:28 Takeoffs
06:47 First engagement
07:37 D1, M1, F1, Mo1
9:31 D2, M2, F2, Mo2
12:41 F3
13:25 Mo3
13:40 Marcom in trouble
14:12 F4
14:21 Mo4
14:46 D3
16:50 F5
17:11 Mo5
18:05 Mo6
18:52 D4
19:13 M3
20:06 F6
20:59 D5 & F7
21:22 Marcom shot
22:18 F8
23:42 Momo in trouble
24:50 F9
25:04 Momo in trouble
25:24 Mo7
26:12 D6 & D7
26:26 F10
26:38 Mo8
27:34 F11
28:11 F12
29:34 D8 & D9
30:09 F13
30:53 F14
31:37 F15
31:48 D10
32:02 Darky in trouble
32:29 F16
32:41 Darky in big trouble
33:40 F17
34:08 Landings
I don’t even play this game or have a PC but this absolutely fantastic! it’s the absolutely the best insight into airwar over Germany 44. Well done and thank you !
Mir hats gefallen, könnt mich fast dazu bringen wieder mal in ein Cockpit zu steigen, aber nach der langen Pause müsste ich wohl wieder komplett bei Null anfangen.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. The improvement in the graphics was very noticeable. Please keep up the new high standard. Thanks.
I absolutely love your IL-2 1946 historic cinematics. The level of accuracy is amazing. 👏🏾👍🏾
I noticed something was different while watching the video and yeah the graphics look awesome, planes, clouds etc are really nice. Too bad the AI is acting up, must be quite hard to fix something like that. I also like the briefing part, with the map we can have a better idea of the situation, from which base you take off, where you fly etc.
So yeah I really like this video and the graphics at 60 fps with this extender mod are really nice. Thank you again Fishyy and you guys ^^
thanks to all the supporters, come fly with us!
You're amazing
I miss flying IL-2 alot, they still use Hyperlobby at all?
@@caligulaaugustus2977 i play great battles for pvp
Ihr macht so richtig geile Videos. Da kann man sich sehr gut vorstellen, wie es gewesen sein muss hinter dem Steuerknüppel einer FW-190 oder einer ME-109 zu sitzen. Auch finde ich gut, dass ihr auch Flugzeuge "fliegt", über die man nur sehr wenig hört oder sieht, wie die Dornier Pfeil oder dem so genannten "Volksjäger" oder auch der Me-110. Einige von den Flugzeugen, die ihr so fliegt in dem Spiel, habe ich als Modelle hier stehen.
Ich liebe eure Videos und gucke sie mir sehr gern an. Danke für die ganze Mühe, die ihr euch macht.
Marcom deserves a flight with the regia aeronautica on its best moment, flying some Fiat or similar against soviets on the 41 or defending Italy in the 44
I noticed the 60 fps immediately, and was able to tell that everything looked nicer. I simply thought it was just a result of the 60fps, but after your explanation I can clearly see that everything just looks better in general.
The brief historical context and mission planning portion of the video were really well produced. I agree with the assesment that it's a common "misconception" that lack of forward defensive armament was the "main" consideration for the development and implementation of frontal attacks against B17 formations. I've read a lot of combat reports from Luftwaffe pilots and a very common theme was how slow and dangerous approaches from the rear would be. However, by November 23, 1942 when Egon Mayer put his idea first into practice it was becoming known there was a distinctive gap in the cone of fire at the 12 o clock of B-17s. A noted fact that can be found in both USAAF and Luftwaffe official memos going forward as the prevalence of head on attacks increased. It became such an issue that USAAF ground crews began installing field kits to retroactivley install guns in the plexiglass of B-17Fs starting in the winter of 1943 and continuing until the issue was officially addressed with the introduction of an electrically operated chin turret on late model B-17F's and all B17-G's. Just my two cents from one student of the Air War in Europe to another. Good luck with fixing the bomber formation AI. =)
Yes, reading Caldwell's JG26 unit history/war diaries, many of the surviving pilots made the point that 'at altitude' an FW was only a little faster than a B17, so closing from the rear could take several minutes to get into effective cannon range=and the whole time you had .50 cal 'tracer' rounds buzzing by your ears like a rainstorm. It was VERY 'nerve wracking'. Another pilot, Otto Stamberger, said that sometimes it was better to attack from 'the beam' because gunners firing to the side had a hard time getting a proper deflection shot on you==of course so did the FW pilot but it was preferable that the gunners missed you.
This actually is more entertaining than a proper mission, should activate wingtip smoke more often :D
Wag es nicht!
I loved this video Fishyy! Youve brought the zest back in my life! Kudos to you and your Squad!
Love how you describe stuff in your vids!
NICE! The format in this one is refreshing, the graphics are great of course, oh btw I believe I noticed once before ;)
Hey Fishyy, I really enjoyed it. Making it a bit like a documentary was really enjoyable. A bit of history, focusing on individual pilots, the primary focus was on the mission itself. All good. I don't understand much of the technical parts. I like the fact that the bombers didn't just fly apart like they used to, losing wings or catching fire in one pass. The bombers had survivability, and that's authentic. Sehr gut. Gruss aus den Rheingau. Bill
The slo-mo is awsome: the tracers, the falling debris, the flying bullet casings... I would rewatch the highlights of your other missions in slow-mo. Very interesting.
Yes this game is amazing sometimes you just want to watch without flying I have the original which is unpached and buggy but for 2001 graphics are insane and it still holds up today. Edit because its buggy sometimes is because it is original Il2 not because it is a bad game I am sure this version the co pilots dont crash all the time which seemed to happen on the original a lot it led to a lot of unintended amusement:)
Absolutely enjoyed the format of this video. If you think it is worth your time, I would definitely do more videos like this!
Thanks for videos Fishyyy, and it is great to follow the exploits of the team. It is great to see the individual personalities shine through.
Excellent video! Thankyou Fishyyy and others!
Thank you, for adding the commentary. I enjoy the narrative.
Excellent. One of the best. I did notice a practically 3D ground effect from the near vertical. But I enjoyed the way you put it together. Lots of work, attention to detail. It flowed well, from pilot to pilot. Thank you for taking the time to do it. I found it lots of fun to watch. Gruss aus Kiedrich.
This is great, very informative.
The amount of effort you put into your editing and production is evidently profound. You almost make it look easy when it very clearly isn't, haha. Would love to see more of this dissection and commentary. Your content always invigorates me to fly in IL-2 1946 again. Cheers.
Thank you for all the trouble you go through while making these videos. It is worth it.
Fishyyy
I do not know what I admire the most between your marksmanship, your manning of the aircraft or your ability as a FMBuilder.!!! Your missions are always so well built and I download every one of them to play as a single player. But the escort aircrafts get too often my scalp!!!
Just to be historically accurate on that date, February 20th 1944 (mentionned in the FMB) B24s bombed Gotha factories (Wikipedia Big Week) and JG26 Gruppe which were stationned mainly in France and Belgium had a margin participation during the egress leg of the bombers (JG26 diary). So I choose to switch to 2/JG11 and to transform B27s into B24s in my mission copy but those damned AI bombers are still crazy and my AI wingmen are not so talented as yours!!! Looking forward for the next mission.
HERCJG54 France
Great video,! Graphics are great, as is content. Makes one feel like they are in the action! Keep up the good work. Love the FW 190 series!
I liked the age of empires music in the background lol. Great video fishyyy keep up the good work
Fun video to watch with the banter despite issues you had with the game. Actually looks amazing though. Thanks
Excellent as well - great stuff and very enjoyable - it‘s fun to listen to you guys during the battles!
Thanks for all the hard work ... love the new format
Despite complications, still a pleasure to watch.Fishyyy's narration always interesting.
Der Kommentar ist super, das sieht man mal, was im Hintergrund so passiert.
Deine Reichsverteidigungs-Videos sind immer besonders klasse.
Du machst Dir aber, glaube ich, zu viele Gedanken. Als Zuschauer würden mich auch KI-Kapriolen und farbige Flügelwolken nicht groß stören. Dazu ist die Handlung zu gut.
Und der Visual-Mod ist klasse.
Bitte weiter so!
The quality of vids is getting better and better
Admiral Ackbar 🤣🤣🤣. Great stuff Fishyyy, really enjoyed this. Both informative and entertaining.
By the way, Marcom needs his own show 😁
It's a shame you can't do this kind of big scale air raids on IL-2 BoX.
The upgraded graphics are really noticeable!
Nice video and nice mission indeed!
The picture quality is a lot better with your new equipment. Enjoyed the combat sequences very much. Have you tried the 109G6 with 3 by 3cm MK 108 Kannone? Real bomber manglers!
The P47s and P38s with their larger fuel tanks could fly a combat radius as far as Stuttgart. So when the P51s appeared with the bombers all the way to the target the Luftwaffe suddenly found itself having to spend more time dodging escorts than attacking the bombers. See the book I flew for the Fuhrer by Heinz Knoke. By Easter 1944 most of his original Staffel comrades were either dead or seriously wounded.
sehr nice! besonders die slowmow szenen sind ziehmlich cool :)
DO A BARREL ROLL 10:00 still a great video, man. Dont worry too much about it. Also, Marcom is a party poopa xD
Great mission despite the issues. Enjoyed it all the way
Ein Grossangriff auf die Leuna-Werke in Mitteldeutschland (auch die Flakhölle von Leuna genannt), wäre bestimmt sehr interessant und anspruchsvoll. :-)
Very good format
Fishyyy, you know what you and your friend never did in IL2?
You should fly out Me 262 HG II :) I heard the V-tail made aiming and landing quite... interesting.
Quite an explosion at 37:35 even though he had run out of gas.
The game always shows the same exposion, no matter the loadout.
I love it when you speak
I enjoyed this. Watched the whole thing.
Great! ... & yeah .. noticed the graphics ... looks amazing. Really enjoyed the bit where a flight of B17s appear to do a swan dive ;-)
Very well made video!
Superb.
ah, Marcom's Odyssey XD
I really like the style of this video.
I almost thought this was from Il2 Sturmovik Bodenplatte.
It looks so good with mods, I didn't even know that was possible.
I will buy IL2 1946 instead of all the overpriced IL 2 Sturmovik Great battle DLCs, seems to have a bettter Price perfomance ratio spending 10€ instead of 500€ for all the conntent.
How demanding is Il2 1946 with mods?
I wish it was IL-2 GB, but they don’t have heavy bombers yet. Hopefully in the future!
It's a good thing that at this time you guys never met the "Red Tails" escorting the bombers or you would've lost badly.....
Does the Mustang's tail color matter, when you get rammed? Btw, the red tails were a 15th Air Force unit, operating in the MTO, not from Britain.
@@Fishyyy They were stationed in Italy, The color of the tail doesn't matter, but the pilots who them did. These were "black" pilots from Tuskegee and had a very respected record against the Germans when escorting bombers (not one bomber loss during their escort missions).
Well, when I am around, you are gonna lose a bomber.
@@Fishyyy Good one.
Hello, Fishyyy! You make a brilliant content in IL 2 1946)
But I want you to do a video, where you installing these mods and in JNGME. It will be good and useful video for beginners 👍
Nice opening!
This should be required viewing in history courses in all University’s. It’s absolutely epic!
I really enjoyed the video. Such beautiful scenes makes me feel a little guilty for enjoying the destruction of war. But hey I loved it anyway
IL2Sturmovik1946 ... ETERNAL...
You guys are awesome.
great video, your comments are golden
How did you get the graphics extender working with y-pack? I can't find the updated SAS Modact version that will allow it to work?
I quite like this style of game replays Fishyy.
May I request a mission of Ta 152C’s or Me 410’s intercepting a bomber stream?
If the Zonk mod ever gets to a development stage that actually fixes the bomber behaviour, there will be all kinds of interception videos. As stated in the video, it is being worked on.
@@Fishyyy Great to hear! I have been playing IL2 and it's mods/updates/addons for nearly 2 decades. The AI for the bombers (heavy, medium and light) has always been somewhat 'vexing'. IF you can finally get the AI bombers to fly a proper box formation I will be SO grateful.
This game really doesn't look much worse than IL-2 BoX!
This was great!
Hat irgendjemand anderes die Schrift auf dem Tankanhänger beim Briefing bemerkt? :D
Hi Fishyyy what settings do you use in the nVidia control panel?
impressive, Most impressive 👏
Awesome and funny fishyyy and players thanks
Wheels-down landing on rough ground - this will not end well...
I liked the changes that you made. Any thoughts of some PVP content?
I usually don't have enough pilots to do PvP. It's often hard enough to gather four for a normal recording.
Jo.... Where are the jets?
Nice one ram!
CAN YOU DO F86 VIDEO PLEASE JETS I LIKE JETS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!
An F-86 mission has already been recorded. I am currently waiting for some mods to make it look great.
Awesome
Poor Darky......
Music of age of Empire 😍😍
Is the Wolfgang Schenck's staffel?
what I don't like about bombers in IL2 is those AI gunners have laser sharp aims.
i have watched this video many times
Yes I enjoyed this video. I myself have been thinking of playing but I am not sure of what I would be requiring to play. Flight stick, headset, vr? My PC is good. I play war thunder on the highest graphics settings. But I think I would enjoy Sim game more. As the match won't end due to a point system like war thunder.
Yay
If I want to fly with you, where do I get the game to work on Windows10? Do you have to install a patch?
It works fine on Windows 10.
@@Fishyyy Thank you for your answer. Is this one ok? Which one would you advise to get? www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CM7ZRJS?pf_rd_r=HSFGW5XJFF6ATRVAPHJZ&pf_rd_p=9d9090dd-8b99-4ac3-b4a9-90a1db2ef53b&pd_rd_r=a35e86f1-e2a7-4112-885f-cc0507c0da18&pd_rd_w=M4r2u&pd_rd_wg=5z9tb&ref_=pd_gw_unk
@@dartvader4081 join discord i will glad to help you
How does your sky look so good?
The explanation is in the video, at the end. Modlist is in the description.
Hallo, Ich kann nur ein bisschen auf Deutsch sprechen. English Spache ist leichter für mich weil Ich nicht als so oft auf Deutsch spreche. I'm a new comer on the modern flight sims. Younger I played microsoft CFS 1, 2 & 3. Now that I'm retired (my friends say retarded ;P), I'd like to resume my "career" in IL2 as a "virtual fighter pilot". Even on compressed youtube videos, I like the background graphics. Here's my question: how is your pc build up (motherboard, cpu, graphic card, ram, ...)? Keep on up loading vids. I'm lerning watching them. Thx for your work and your answer. Hope to meet you up there! Philippe.
My hardware is stated in the description.
I love all your videos been German I love when you fly 🪰 German fighters and knock ✊ down a few heavies from time to time and also those pesky escort fighters.
Marcom where are thou?
Hahahaha...B-17s did barrel rolls!
WOW! +
lowcom did a brain fart, goofed, didnt see 109 and tried to land a heavily damaged plane with landing gear in a field : )
Why do you still play 1946 ehy dont you play IL-2 Great battles?
👍👍
yo shoutouts to AOE
I love the Definitive Edition's soundtrack
10:08
So American
Marcom = Noob :)
I loved how you filmed this video. It is quite more entertaining after years of just 40mins of getting to target.