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[vagel7]

I'm been interested in it for a while and finally decided to dive in. What would a good starter joystick need for the game?

I'm interested in 1946 as I heard it is the best.

[BuriBuriZaemon]

Mate, I was also looking for joystick a week ago.

The topic below ended doing discussing about joystick:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=111988.0

I went for Thrustmaster T.16000M, but it won't reach me til 2 weeks from now.

[SDood]

Just ordered  a Thrustmaster T-Flight Hotas X Flight Stick for IL-2 Sturmovik. Its a HOTAS setup (includes a throttle) looks like a great starter stick to me, i wasnt about to run out and and buy a 400 dollar HOTAS setup for my first one its only about 50 bucks. haven't received it yet so i cant attest to how good it is though the reviews seem good enough even though its not a "sim level" setup.

It really comes down to how much do you want to spend, i have friends that use the Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog joystick which is a 400-500 dollar stick, and they love it.

[BuriBuriZaemon]

I am considering to buy IL-2: 1946. The cheapest is $9.95 at GamersGate and I can get 15% discount on it too. Anyone knows where it is being sold cheaper?

Also Sdood, interested in playing together once I have my stick and the game? Please be aware only my experience in "flight sim" is from playing X2 The Threat and Independence Wars 2.

[Anvilfolk]

That's it, we need a thread for all things flight simulationy, including when we play. I ended up installing Rise of Flight too Should we do one under the "Play with your buddies" subforum or right here?

Also, I've had a T-flight setup (wasn't HOTAS) that I wasn't too happy about. I had had a Logitech Attack 3 before, and the resolution on my T-flight unit was worse. However, lots of people have a good opinion of it, so perhaps it was just faulty sensors.

The Warthog is a bit overpriced, especially if you already own some controllers but I only hear good things about it!

IL2 frequently goes on sale, so I would suggest you "demo" it for now, since there's no DRM or anything. The Steam summer sale should be coming along sometime soon as well

I got a physical copy of the game off Amazon for $10. Most download versions are at patch 4.09m as far as I know, so you'll always have to manually patch it to the current versions.

[BuriBuriZaemon]

Yes, Anvilbuddy, I think we shall have a thread to cover flight sim major titles in Play with Your Buddies. I searched for the keyword "Sturmovik" in Other Games earlier today and noticed there were SO many mentions of it.

[head]

I use a cheapo Cyborg Fly Stick V1 works perfectly fine with IL-2

DCS is another thing tho.

[Fredson]

The Thrustmaster T.16000M is great. I bought it for il2 too and am using it for a few years now. Very accurate and plenty of buttons (which you'll need). Only thing that bothers me is the small stick for camera control (what is that thing called again?). It acts like a dpad which feels horrible. But other than that get it, well worth the money!