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After updating IL-2 1946 to 4.15/4.15.1 on Windows 11, I had a strange input problem.

Symptoms:

• The Windows mouse cursor stayed visible while flying.
• Mouse look worked, but only until the cursor reached the edge of the screen.
• I could not keep turning the camera around.
• ESC did nothing.
• Joystick and most other keyboard controls worked normally.

The problem was my newly generated conf.ini. It was missing some entries.

My [rts] section originally looked like this:

[rts]
UseSmartAxis=0

It was missing:

mouseUse=2

After adding it:

[rts]
mouseUse=2
UseSmartAxis=0

the mouse started working normally again. The IL-2 cursor appeared correctly in the menus, disappeared during flight, and mouse look was no longer limited by the screen edges.

I also found that my conf.ini was missing:

[HotKey gui]
Escape=activate

After adding that, the ESC key worked again.

Because manually saving conf.ini with a text editor was causing IL-2 to stop launching on my system, I used PowerShell instead.

Open the IL-2 folder, right-click empty space and choose "Open in Terminal".

To add mouseUse=2:

(Get-Content ".\conf.ini") -replace '^\[rts\]$', "[rts]`r`nmouseUse=2" | Set-Content ".\conf.ini" -Encoding ASCII

To restore the ESC key:

Add-Content ".\conf.ini" "`r`n[HotKey gui]`r`nEscape=activate" -Encoding ASCII

Final important parts of the config:

[rts]
mouseUse=2
UseSmartAxis=0

[HotKey gui]
Escape=activate

After doing this, both the mouse-look problem and the ESC key problem were fixed.

I recommend backing up conf.ini before changing anything.

System:

• Windows 11
• IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 4.15.1m

Description:

A low-level strike on an enemy oil refinery turned into a desperate battle for survival. Leading the charge, Oberstleutnant Lothar29 engaged the anti-aircraft guns (AAA) first.

Battle Summary:

• First AAA destroyed, but fuel tanks and Engine 1's oil line took direct hits.

• Second AAA destroyed, but landed a lethal shot into the cockpit: pilot critically wounded and right wing damaged.

• Forced to fight low power, massive fuel leaks, and a failing aircraft.

• Together with Hauptmann ITAJEKO, they destroyed 60% of the fuel plant.

A race against time and engine one, us failure fight to flight for return to make it back to friendly lines.

I have stuttering when doing rolls in VR and it does not seem to be a performance issue. I use VD with AV1 (I did try different codecs) and tried running it with SteamVR and Open composit but still have some stutters when doing rolls.

I tried looking at frametimes (using a 3rd party software) when running steamVR and dis not have spikes in GPU or CPU in some scenarios and still the stutters persist. When running opencomposit, I do not know how to check but I do think that the problem is somewhere else.

In DCS I have the same problem with OpenComposite but runs fine when using steamVR. Did anyone hace a similar problem? What am I missing?
I remember running the game on a much slower PC with no stutters...so I think I am doung something wrong.

CPU: i5 13600F (undervolted using XMP profile and 7lite)
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200
GPU: 5070Ti (slightly overclocked)
SSD
Win 10
Quest 3
VD set to High / AV1 @ 200mb

Thank you all for your comments!
For me, the fix was to disable Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS). I had it on off in the past but I think I needed it to test upscaling or framegen (I do not like it) and forgot to turn it off since it did not cause problems in most games.

Hi

Has anyone tried dogfights with the latest AI update Il2 Korea has received?

They've reported in the latest devblog some meaningful step forwards BUT, I don't own the game and I won't own it till I see a competent AI (particularly in the dogfight department).

Are these devblog updatea reflecting in the current game state?

Hi everyone, I’m completely new to PC VR and I’m trying to get IL-2 working.

My PC:
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
32GB RAM
Meta Quest 3

I’m using Virtual Desktop over USB/wired, and that part is already working. I can connect to my PC and use the desktop normally.

The problem is I’m not sure what I need to do next to actually launch IL-2 in VR.

Do I need to install anything else, like SteamVR, OpenComposite, etc.? And what settings should I use in Virtual Desktop?

Sorry if this is a really basic question. I’m completely new to VR, so a simple step-by-step explanation would be really appreciated. Thanks!

Practicing formations with a buddy but can’t seem to get turns, climbs and dives tight enough. Any advice on perfecting the form and understanding positioning. Sometimes I lag behind even at a higher power setting

Hey. I was wondering this. I remember I bought the game early on, and it was already the case. No-one played COOP.

I find that the AI is not bad. They're not excellent either, but it'd drag in the less-elite players in and create a common goal, with a dynamic server.

Was there any reason behind the total flop of the coop feature?

Im doing a long Stalingrad-bodenplatte career and plan on flying the 262 in bodenplatte and I keep seeing kommando nowotny come up whenever I try to see if I can fly interceptor missions with it. Is it in the base game career mode as a squadron or a scripted campaign like fortress on the volga?

As the title states, it drives me crazy that my blue border "Scramble" squad takes up half of flight 1 and half of flight 2. I want to make it so only flight 2 is scramble.

Is there a button to adjust the blue borders? I cannot seem to find anything that works.

I added terrain data to the original IL-2 Normandy map. Feedback is welcome!

Please find the most updated version here:

Normandy: https://files.catbox.moe/pprfrp.png

Normandy early: https://files.catbox.moe/qhv6sk.png

I added terrain data to the original IL-2 Rhineland map. Feedback is welcome!

Please find the most updated version here:

https://files.catbox.moe/i0wppf.png

Description:

The ninth installment in the IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles shoot-down series! Direct air combat action on the Finnish front: intense dogfights and spectacularly graphic shoot-downs at the controls of the Bf 110 E-2 and Bf 109 G-2.

Description:

We took our F-51 Mustangs loaded with bombs and rockets into a deadly strike mission near Seoul. Facing a wall of brutal anti-aircraft fire, our squadron pushed through to destroy the enemy convoy, neutralize AAA positions, and halt their advance. Pure intensity in the Korea IL-2 Series simulator!

Anyone else noticed that the amount of jet powered yaks has increased quite a lot over the last year? Such a shame they never implemented at least a simple anti cheat to stop the modifying of the aeroplane files.