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Shoot 1.6 is a great (free) Voice Recognition program. Visit the site and try it out..

A good but complex Shoot1.6 profile for IL2-FB+AEP+PF . (<--Right Click and SAVE LINK AS) You can use Notepad or Wordpad to edit the xml file and change all instances of YOURNAMEHERE to your own handle.

Also, you can setup a shortcut to shoot-1.6 whose Properties/Target would automatically launch your specific profile of choice (instead of having to load it upon launching the application). This can be done by updating the Properites/Target of the shortcut to say:

"<appropriate path to executable>\shoot.exe" profiles\<profile name.xml>

An excellent immersion tool is TrackIR (prounounced "Tracker"). I have a newer TrackIR4 and an older TrackIR2. Basically, it has a deadband in the middle. As always, it is important to have on your joystick a switch (like on the hat that you used to use for your views) that centers the TrackIR view instantaneously.

TrackIR4 profile. (<--Right Click and SAVE LINK AS) Drop it in C:\Program Files\Naturalpoint\TrackIR (or TrackIR4 if you have other versions), then once you launch the software, select the Profiles tab and select from the "Available profiles" Combat_Flight-Ian_Custom.xml. Also select the "Exclusive-load" checkbox. Then, try it out using the View menu. I mounted my Vector Expansion "antlers" on top of the headset (I hate wearing ballcaps, especially in the summer) with a couple of twist ties.

TrackIR2 profile. (<--Right Click and SAVE LINK AS) Drop it in C:\Program Files\Naturalpoint\TrackIR (or TrackIR2 if you have other versions), then once you launch the software, select the Profiles tab and "Select a profile to Auto-Load" and select the game IL-2 Forgotten Battles. Note that you may need to change on the Tracking tab the "Preferred Object Size (pixels)" to match what you typically experience. I have created a custom sized "dot" using reflective tape that is significantly larger than the standard dot (basically, it's half a ping pong ball covered with the special tape that is mounted to the front of the microphone on my inexpensive ($5?) Radio Shack headset). What worked even better was when II mounted a chopstick to the top of the headset pointing forward. Impaled on the end of the chopstick is a foam ball about 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter. Most of the ball has the reflective tape wrapped around it. (NOTE: your significant other WILL tease you about this, but at least it stays with the headset).

UPDATE: I now have a Logitech Premium USB Headset 300, which allows me to put the voice channel through the headset only (for Teamspeak and Ventrilo) while the game sounds come through my five speakers (very immersive!). My Push-To-Talk button for comms is a main button (e.g., X-52 setup is button C) while my Voice Activated Commands button is the pinky shift of that same button.

My Saitek X-52 joystick has a good profile (spent a lot of time at it). X-52 profile for IL2-FB+AEP+PF+Sturmovik 1946. (<--UPDATED 2007-Sept-05) Unzip/extract the files to the C:\Program Files\Saitek\Software directory. Key features are: One shift button engine start for 1 or more engines (hold the button down longer and the macro starts them sequentially, then maps ALL engines to throttle, then turns on the cockpit llight), flaps on the slider, twist is for mixture control (I have rudder pedals for rudder control).A NEW SPREADSHEET MATRIX (MS Excel format) shows the layout as well as gives notes and comments as to WHY things were setup in a particular way). Note that this will require some re-mapping of keys in game to get it to play nicely together.

My Saitek X-45 joystick (courtesy of squadmate Toucan) has a pretty good profile, too (spent a lot of time at it). X-45 profile for IL2-FB+AEP+PF. (<--Right Click and SAVE LINK AS) I'll try to upload an excel spreadsheet that better documents the features later. Note that this will require some re-mapping of keys in game to get it to play nicely together.

P51 cockpit link (picture I took at a museum in Las Cruces, New Mexico last summer).

P-38L Camo Skins Link. The gleaming silver (default) skin for the P-38L made sneaking in for a mudmoving sortie nearly impossible. So, I decided to do something about it (this only works if skin download is for the host of the game you are in). This zip archive includes two summer (US and Non US) and one winter (US only) skins for the P-38L and P38L_Late. Although the template wasn't mine, the camo and extra details on the final bitmaps are--it was a pain in the rear! (but I like the finished product). I did try to preserve the essence of a historical skin, however. Download the file by doing a Right Click-->Save As, extract the archive, then follow the simple instructions in the Readme.txt file. Enjoy!

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