Thanks to the colossal work not least by
DreamK but also a host of other talented modders like
Gio963tto, Kant, Epervier, CWatson and many others we now have most of the aircraft we need to refight not just the Spanish Civil War, but also other conflicts during the inter-war years. All in the digital skies of IL-2. For those curious to have a go but a bit scared of the task of collecting, updating and installing all those fine mods I have made this simple Mod Pack. It is inspired by Monty, Windweapon and Cracken, and
aims to give you a quick and hassle-free installation, and dito activation via JSGME.
The pack is called "IL-2 SCW", and it consists of one Base Pack and ELEVEN Update Packs. (You don't need all eleven update packs to start flying, though.)
DOWNLOADSThe Base Pack and all eleven Update Packs can be found here:
http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&c=159CONTENTA. First of all the base pack + all 11 updates contains these 94 new aircraft (not counting variants):
Some of these can be seen below:
Hawker Fury, by
DreamK Heinkel He-46, by
DreamK Fiat CR.32 "Chirri", by
Molva & Murdoc
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 "Pipistrello", by
Giotto Potez 25, by
DreamK Loire 46, by
DreamK Polikarpov RZ "Natasha", by
DreamK Nieuport-Delage 52, by
DreamK Letov S231, by
DreamK Koolhoven FK-51, by
DreamK Junkers F13, by
Skipper Hispano E-30, by
DreamK Gourdou Leseurre 32, by
DreamK DH-89 Dragon Rapide, by
Suka Breuget XIX, by
DreamK Dewoitine 372, by
DreamK Savoia-Marchetti SM.62, by
Giotto Breda Ba.65 by
DreamK Bristol Bulldog by
DreamK Aero A.101 by
DreamKGrumman Delphin by
DreamK Northrop Gamma by
DreamK Vultee V-1A by
DreamK Fokker C.X by
DreamK Dewoitine 510 by
DreamK Fiat BR.20 “Cicogna” by
DreamK
Bloch MB-210 by
DreamK
Potez 540/542/543 by
DreamK
Heinkel He-111 A/B/E by
DreamK Junkers Ju-87A by
Dreamk Savoia Marchetti S.55m by
Giotto Cant Z.501 by
Giotto Cant Z.506B by
Team Daidalos, SAS~Epervier & Birdman Fiat CR.20 by
Giotto Vickers Vildebeest by
DreamK Ford Trimotor by
Epervier & Reaper 3-1 Heinkel He-60 by
Reaper 3-1 & DreamK Nationalist Tiger Moth by
Juanmalapuente and
RanwersIn addition to this, the entire Mod Pack including 11 updates also contains:
o Airfield clutter, by
Tomoose
o Armoured vehicles from patch 4.11, by
Team Daidalos & Eperviero Birds & Chimney Smoke effects, by
Stuka_40o British vehicles, by
ToMoose & Mission_Bugo Campaign folder, awards, background, menu music and speech for China,
by Rusjewski and the China D.O.F-Dream of Flying teamo Central Spain Map, by
Redeye JIRo Command & Control Mod by
Checkyersix (Version 3.031)
o Donbass map, winter and summer, by
Okevnaso Fiat G.50 Fighter-bomber Mod, by
Lokuo Grass mod by
Ranwers o Hankow map by
Agracier (including update by Poltava)
o Harbin map, by
Agracier (including the oil well object.)
o Horse-drawn artillery, made by
Epervier, SAS~GJE52, Lejo & Archieo Horse-drawn or motorized wagons, by
Epervier, SAS~GJE52, Lejo & Archie o Indian Elephant, by
Maggod o Menu music for Nationalists and Republic
o Mission folders for Republic (ES) and nationalists (SP), by
Crackeno More realistic AA artillery Mod, by
Zloy Petruskoy
o More realistic Tank behaviour Mod, by
Zloy Petruskoyo Mortar & Infantry Mod by
Checkyersix (version 1.02)
o Moving cavalry, by
Skippero Moving windsocks, by
Western 0221o New Armoured Vehicles, by
Giotto, Wingflyer & Epervier. (Including the following four SCW-era AFV’s: The L3-CV 35 Tankette, the Schneider CA.1 and the PzKpfw Ia & Ib.)
o New ground columns, Poltava (For the SCW, but also for Italy and Great Britain.)
o New start-up screen, by
Agraciero New stationary aircraft, by
Epervier, for the following aircraft: Walrus, Ki-51, PZL P.24, Ju-87A, Ford Trimotor, Z506B, Hawk 75H/N, Hs-123A1/B1, Ju52 3mg3e, Bristol Bulldog, Hawker Fury, Gordou-Lesseure, Letov S231, Nieuport 52, Potez 25, Breuget 19, Grumman Delfin & FF1, Fokker CX, Northrop Gamma, Koolhoven FK 51, Polikarpov RZ, Vultee V1A, SM-81, He-46, Ro-37bis, Fiat BR.20, He-111 A/B/E, Potez 540/542/543, Bloch MB-210 and DH-89 Dragon Rapide.
o No Radio Mod, by
Marcosto Northeast Spain Map, winter and summer, by
Redeye_JIRo SCW variant of SKINMOD, originally by
VP_media
o Small armed trawlers, by
Giotto (Three of them.)
o Small civilian ships, by
Giotto (Two small steamers and one motor schooner)
o Solid Ice Fix, by
SAS~Storebroro Two Italian SCW-era Destroyers, by
Giotto. (With Stanislaos repaint)
o Vickers Light Tank Mk VI update, by
Giottoo WW1-era improvised AA guns, by
Skippero A small coastal steamer, and submarines types VIIB & IXB, by
Team Daidaloso Archangelsk map, winter, winter with ice, autumn and summer, by
Agracier and Kapteeni, with additional work by
Jamio A new standard sky texture, by
VP_mediao Suomussalmi map (winter, winter with ice, autumn and summer) by
Agracier, and reworked by
Jamio Hengyan (South-Central China) map, by
CzechTexan (WIP)
o Japanese Isuzu Fuel truck and Komatsu Bulldozer,
by Archie1971, Epervier & Magoto Bomb Objects Mod by
SAS~Malone, Epervier, GJE52 & Zorino New ground objects from 4.12, by
Team Daidalos: including larger camo nets, some olive trees and craters in 3d
REQUIREMENTS
"IL-2 SCW" is supposed to go
on top of a clean DBW 1.71 installation. That is IMPORTANT. If it does it is almost 100% guaranteed to work. And it can’t mess up your game, as it is activated via JSGME.
INSTALLATION
Just follow the install instructions in the download. In principle the installation of both the base pack and the updates has four easy steps:
1. Uncompress the downloaded files, one by one. (Note: the format is 7zip. If you don’t have that program, it can be downloaded for free here:
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html)
2. If you have "IL-2 SCW" active, just deactivate it through JSGME.
3. Drop the uncompressed content folder/s (all the time “jsgmemods”, often “Paintschemes” and “Missions" as well) into the root folder of your DBW install (for instance "C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946"). Overwrite if prompted to. (Any sound files go into the folder Samples/Music/Menu.) Note:
The order you do this is imperative: First the Base Pack, then the updates, in strict sequence. Not rocket science, if you think of it.
3. In your IL-2 root folder click on the icon named “JSGME.exe”. You will find one entry named “IL-2 SCW Mod Pack for DBW”. Select it, then click on the top arrow button (“Enable selected mod”). The Mod Pack will then be enabled. (It can take a while.) After this process is finished, close JSGME, and start IL-2 the regular way. (To the disable the Mod Pack, simply reverse the process in JSGME.)
Thanks to all talented modders who have made it possible to once again fight with or against the Republic in the skies of Spain! Especially two people:
DreamK and
Gio963otto!
And remember: there is always Ultraspain!
http://ultrapack.tuttovola.org/index.php?topic=5698.0 And for you that run C.U.P.: don't miss module 5, "The Golden Age":
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/board,252.0.html (Both these variants run on IL-2 4.12.)