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303Max
Mar-11-2025, 16:25
I would like to inform all colleagues who would like to fly the old IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, that there is a legendary and one of a kind server "WarBirds" available on HyperLobby. The server is called FVP-WarBirds-FH and it runs on version 4.12.2m (HsFX703) on the Afrika_FH map, and later more maps will be added, such as Channel_FH, Italy_FH, Stalingrad_FH, etc. It is possible that the server will eventually be updated to a higher version 4.15.1m with (HsFX7.0.3).

Requirements : Il-2 Sturmovik :1946, v4.12.2m + mod HsFX7.0.3+mod-=WarBirds client 3.33=-
update order:
1). 4.07(1)m/4.08m/4.09m/4.10m/4.10.1m/4.11m/4.11.1m/4.12m/4.12.1m/4.12.2m
2). mod : HsFX 7.0.0
3). addition : Update HsFX-7.0.3 (https://www.mediafire.com/file/l7oaw7if2ria7hw/HsFX_7.0.3-UpDate.zip/file)
4). mod : -=WarBirds client 3.33=- (https://www.mediafire.com/file/h8jttxg0e2xhtsl/-%253DWarBirds_client_3.33%253D-.7z/file)

Server Commands "WarBirds"
(“~” ) - Server commands "WARBIRDS"
(#help) -Dispaly help.
(#gunstat or #gs) – Display user gunnery statistics.
(#teams) – Display number of players in each team.
<field fx) – Display information about airfield.
<squad) – Display available squadron commands.
>tod) – Display current in-game time and date.
(#login password) – Login for restriced user names.


Authors: Modding of server and client: barmal, TUS Samuel, Brix, Ilia
CAN_Channel_FH map: CannonUK, Arttii sq302 Poznań.

Server's description:
Gameplay follows the ideas of the "WarBirds FreeHost arena":
1). The main goal is complete capture of enemy's territories.

2). Territory can only be captured through 'closing' and subsequent 'capturing' of an airfield. Currently controlled territories are reflected by the frontline dividing both parties. Capturing of an airfield pushes the frontline towards the enemy.

3). When all airfields are captured and the enemy is left effectively without any ground - the map is considered won by the other side and automatically reset to the original state with each side controlling equal number of airfields.

4) To close an airfield at least 90% of its 'active objects' must be in any way destroyed. Exact list of the objects cannot be seen, however the total number of objects, number of those remaining intact, and number required to close a field can be seen through <field f<xx> console command. When an airfield is CLOSED you will get a message stating which field has been closed. Planes cannot take off from a CLOSED airfield.

5). A destroyed object on a field will be repaired and become active again (re-spawn, 'reup') in 2000 seconds after its destruction. When enough objects has been repaired to get the number of objects intact higher than 10% - the field OPENS back (you will again get a message) and you will be able to take-off from it again.

6) A closed airfield capture is performed by paratroopers dropped from a transport plane (Ju-52, C-47, Li-2). A capture is considered to be successful if at least 12 troopers have safely made it to the ground: at the moment troopers run 10-20 meters after landing and 'hide in the grass' (drop to the ground), only afterwards they are counted as 'landed safely'. Notice that it is not needed that all the troops are droped from one plane - the server keeps the count of the landed troopers, so troopers from another transport(s) can add up the total number to 12. This number is reset to 0 if the field re-OPENS.

7). After an airfield is captured it changes its color, list of available planes (according to its new side) and pushes the frontline towards the enemy. The field, however, will remain CLOSED while its number of active objects is below 10%. Notice that an just captured airfield that is still CLOSED cannot be re-captured back by dropping troopers. To be captured back the field needs to OPEN and be CLOSED again.

8). To increase of air battles intensity radars have been introduced into the game. Radars' range can be seen on the map as colored circles. Each airfield has its own radar. If a radar is destroyed its circle turns white. You will see enemy and friendly planes in air as coloured crosses when those planes are in range (inside the circle) of any friendly radar. If a plane is NOT shown by radars, then this plane is either: outside radars' radius, its altitude is lower than 100 metres or higher than 4000 meters, the plane is obscured from the particular radar's line-of-sight by terrain elevations (hills, mountains etc.) or the radar is destroyed. Radars are ONLY available in briefing, you will not see them in flight.

9). Fleet of flyable planes changes as the game time progresses (Rolling Plane Set) to reflect their historical availability. Current date can be seen using >tod command.

10). The game events is simulated to take place between January 1940 and September 1945. Each month of the battle lasts approximately 3 real-time days.

11) The passage of time in the game is acccelerated 6 times of the original, so the daytime from dawn to dusk lasts approximately 4 hours (depending on the server preferences). There is no night: the sun will instantly 'jump' to sunrise as soon as it sets and the new game-day begins.

12) There are additional commands available to the user: ">field" shows the current status of fields :">tod" shows the current in-game time and date.


Best regards (~S!)

Pernix2
Mar-12-2025, 17:55
Very Interesting, that the server uses 12+Hsfx. (now on Hyperlobby, they are all on the later versions)
I tried but it is always out of service, are there specific times when it is open?
Can't you make a server for BAT, which is the best of this magnificent, never old Simulator?
bye

Amarok
Mar-13-2025, 10:49
How do I install the WarBirds mod?

303Max
Mar-13-2025, 10:50
Very Interesting, that the server uses 12+Hsfx. (now on Hyperlobby, they are all on the later versions)
I don't know if you know that dedicated servers for IL-2 1946 are released in versions: 4.09m / 4.12.2m and the latest 4.15.1m

I tried but it is always out of service, are there specific times when it is open?
You did something wrong because the FVP-WarBirds-FH server is available 24/7 on HL. You can't participate because you probably don't have the HsFX mod and addons installed correctly.

Can't you make a server for BAT, which is the best of this magnificent, never old Simulator?
B.A.T is a combined version with mods, and the HsFX7.0.3. mod is a Historical mod and nothing more is needed by the old IL-2 1976. In this version of the historical mod you can add graphic and sound effects, text effects that beautify the graphics, such as:
- clouds, puffy, etc.
- dust, strip, dirt
- desert dust
- water - waves on the sea
- sound
- plane crashed, smoke, fire
- font- Arial- SmallerFonts

303Max
Mar-13-2025, 11:25
hello Amarok.
The server starts after a long time in the drawer and individual functions are attached along with the player's statistics.



How do I install the WarBirds mod?
Mod =WarBirds client 3.33=- Place in the IL-2 1946 game directory in the "jsgmemods" directory and move to the right side of the "JSGME.exe" window in the "Generic Mod Enabler" window.


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Amarok
Mar-13-2025, 13:04
Server is down!

303Max
Mar-13-2025, 14:01
Server is down!
Today the connection to HL was impossible and unstable, the server was shut down

Amarok
Mar-13-2025, 17:03
Mod doesn't work.
Loading quickmission game hangs at 30%.

303Max
Mar-13-2025, 19:02
Mod doesn't work.
Loading quickmission game hangs at 30%.

Check if the version is displayed correctly and works. Connect to HsFX 7. 0.3 with a server that offers such a version on Hyper Lobby.

Stage -1 (stock v4.12.2m)
Move all add-ons to the left side of the "Generic Mod Enabler" window and check if the clean version 4.12.2m is displayed in the lower left corner of the screen when starting IL-2 Sturmovik 1946.

Stage - 2 (mod HsFX7.0.3)
Move "HSFX history mod" to the right in the "Generic Mod Enabler" window and check if you have the version displayed 412.2m + Hsfx v7.0.3 on the game screen. If so, connect to a server with this server version in the Hyper Lobby. If you did everything correctly, you should enter a server with this version, i.e. Hsfx 7.0.3.

Stage -3 (mod HsFX703 +-=Warbirds3.33=-)
Transfer the -=Warbirds 3.33=- mod and connect to the "FTP-WarBirds-FH" server when it will be available on Hyper Lobby.

303Max
Mar-13-2025, 19:25
HyperLobby several versions of the game lL-2 Sturmovik 1946.

We make an entry in the target element "C:\Program Files (x86)\HyperLobby client\hyperlobby.exe" -i 4. Space "-i" space X, X next version number.

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Temuri
Mar-20-2025, 04:14
S!

We're getting ready to run the server properly, so expect the server to sporadically shut down every now and then. In the meantime, you can sort out mod installation issues :) For me, it looks like if the WB mod is enabled, the Quick Missions don't work, so I assume it's part of the mod "features". Online part works.

I just finished the RPS for the Finnish Gulf map that we're going to run first: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QXVI9avyPUd6Dc_nDe2M4heKgHk9M1Fe6Mx76ozp_-Y/edit?usp=sharing We'll likely run the Continuation War period, even though the RPS lists planes for the Winter War period too.

TODO:
- Stats site
- Some modifications to AAA on the fields (change twin 25 mm to quadruple Maxims)
- Icons. We'll be running short range friendly icons.

We'll let you know when the server is on "for real" :)

Amarok
Mar-20-2025, 07:29
Moin,

what other maps are there besides the map of Finland?

Pernix2
Mar-20-2025, 10:10
S!

We're getting ready to run the server properly, so expect the server to sporadically shut down every now and then. In the meantime, you can sort out mod installation issues :) For me, it looks like if the WB mod is enabled, the Quick Missions don't work, so I assume it's part of the mod "features". Online part works.

I just finished the RPS for the Finnish Gulf map that we're going to run first: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QXVI9avyPUd6Dc_nDe2M4heKgHk9M1Fe6Mx76ozp_-Y/edit?usp=sharing We'll likely run the Continuation War period, even though the RPS lists planes for the Winter War period too.

TODO:
- Stats site
- Some modifications to AAA on the fields (change twin 25 mm to quadruple Maxims)
- Icons. We'll be running short range friendly icons.

We'll let you know when the server is on "for real" :)

hi
I can't connect.
I wanted to know if having installed ReShade, on the HSFX version can prevent the connection to the server.
Could you post a photo of the JSGME, to verify that there are no problems?
thanks

Temuri
Mar-20-2025, 10:17
Moin,

what other maps are there besides the map of Finland?

Africa
brd_arena
Channel
Crimea
Italy
LS_Truk
NewMed3
Stalingrad

Haven't looked at the planesets for these yet.

Temuri
Mar-20-2025, 12:22
hi
I can't connect.
I wanted to know if having installed ReShade, on the HSFX version can prevent the connection to the server.
Could you post a photo of the JSGME, to verify that there are no problems?
thanks
ReShade shouldn't be a problem.
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Pernix2
Mar-20-2025, 13:22
ReShade shouldn't be a problem.
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I'm sorry, I can't connect.
The JSGME is the same. but this tells me ... too bad

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Temuri
Mar-20-2025, 13:42
I'm sorry, I can't connect.
The JSGME is the same. but this tells me ... too bad



You mean the red color? What does it say when you try to connect?

Amarok
Mar-20-2025, 16:42
Moin,

the flak is too strong and all snipers.

In the original WarBirds FH the flak was not so extreme!

Will this still be adjusted?

Temuri
Mar-21-2025, 01:43
Moin,

the flak is too strong and all snipers.

In the original WarBirds FH the flak was not so extreme!

Will this still be adjusted?

Yes. I agree that the flak is too strong.

Pernix2
Mar-21-2025, 07:17
You mean the red color? What does it say when you try to connect?

Yes ..in red . and it says server Timeout.
bye

Temuri
Mar-21-2025, 07:31
Yes ..in red . and it says server Timeout.
bye

Do the instructions here help: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,69851.msg760847.html#msg760847 ?

Amarok
Mar-22-2025, 16:56
Yes ..in red . and it says server Timeout.
bye

Also red for me, but entering the server still works.
Try it.

Amarok
Mar-22-2025, 16:57
Africa
brd_arena
Channel
Crimea
Italy
LS_Truk
NewMed3
Stalingrad

Haven't looked at the planesets for these yet.

When do you change the maps?

Temuri
Mar-23-2025, 13:53
When do you change the maps?

We haven't even properly started with this system. :)

Pernix2
Mar-25-2025, 10:11
I have...finally.
I managed to connect.
I had an unused Radmin VPN network, which was blocking the thing.
uninstalled, and restarted the PC and everything works. even though the signal on Hyperlobby, continues to be red, but I can fly the missions.
Thanks, I will use it.
Bye

-MaD-
Mar-25-2025, 19:03
Great finding! Thanks to Amarok. Could connect to the server and will try it tomorrow. See you in the skies!

Temuri
Apr-01-2025, 06:57
Stats at http://1946.virtualpilots.fi/
Squadron functionality isn't available.

Temuri
Apr-01-2025, 07:24
There's the #fvp-il2-1946-warbirds-freehost-server channel in the Finnish VirtualPilots Discord for discussing the server. Join link to FVP Discord: https://discord.gg/zmZpKeBKrb