May, 1940 - The Battle of Britain
Campaign & Single Missions - (GB)RAF
Written in FMB by: SAS~Monty27
65 Missions
Designed for TFM-412, Level 26, this campaign comprises a highly modified 4:12.2m environment. Despite the often large numbers of aircraft and ground movements; 412 has revealed itself as a very stable platform with fewer performance issues than previous versions of Il2.
At 65 missions this particular campaign is larger than most and was well over a year in the making. New skins, new mods and even a new version of the sim itself, all contributed to the final result. You may play this as a sequential campaign, where you get to see the videos and follow the story from the point of view of an RAF pilot, or as a single mission set found under RAF.
The campaign exploits many of the new 412 features and is massively enhanced by mods that alter the gameplay and functions within the sim. I also enjoy flying more 'realistic' simulators with a heavier workload, such as X-Plane and FSX, and so the goal here was to present a similar experience with added bullets. The new 412 FMB, new functions and code introduced with the TD Patch, allied with CY6's Command and Control and the enormous input of modders for TFM-412, made that possible.
The fact is that Il2 V4:101m just couldn't handle the large air battles I wanted and performance issues stalled the project. With 412 there are no such problems with 40+FPS achieved even with 50 or more aircraft duking it out!
Alongside the improved functions added by V412 and TFM-412, artists like MaxTheHitman and Tomoose have done a great deal for the Battle of Britain at ground level. Because of the scope of this huge air battle, this is also one of the most heavily 'skinned' player campaigns ever attempted in Il2. Practically every aircraft, Player, AI and scenery static wears a unique paintscheme. The full list is in the Readme/Credits File.
Thanks to all the skinners, whose work adds so much to our enjoyment of Il2, featured in this campaign. Please read the credits list as a huge amount of archive material has been used. Many more skins and templates were also created especially for this campaign by eMel and RDDR. Phas3e also made some of my favourite ever Bf109s and Hurris some time back and they feature heavily in this campaign.
From Il2 Freemodding, Ectoflyer and CWatson added the Bolton Paul Defiant; A quirky, largely un-successful, 'death-trap' fighter used in France and the Battle of Britain before being moved to Nightfighter duties and eventually phased out altogether. Nevertheless, the Battle of Britain never quite looked right until these strange little turret fighters joined the flightline.
For the Evacuation of Dunkirk, the wonderful Ship Pack 2, plus additional destroyers and corvettes by Asheshouse, Archie, Gio, Plowshare, Flakiten, Diving_Hawk and Western0221, provide an amazing fleet with which to depict this event and many other future campaigns.
This campaign, and others of this standard, are the reason for TFM-412. As much as it is appreciated by many, 'The Full Monty' is often mis-understood as merely a modpack rather than a comprehensive toolbox for FMB. Compiled by one whose specialty is mission building its purpose is to create and share campaigns like this:
Thanks to the prolific and skilled Il2 community; TFM-412 Campaigns make full use of many mods far removed from the standard Il2 game and even many highly modded Il2 installs. I believe most modders make their stuff to be used, enjoyed and appreciated. Nothing does this better than a proper set of detailed missions to put them into context. Plenty of other flyers seem to agree, this is for you guys...
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Designed for TFM-412, Level 26
May, 1940 - The Battle of Britain
Campaign & Single Missions - (GB)RAF
Written in FMB by: SAS~Monty27
65 Missions
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