IL-2 Sturmovik
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Developers | |
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1C: Maddox Games | |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 18, 2001 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Flight |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Europe, World War II |
Series | IL-2 Sturmovik |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
IL-2 Sturmovik is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person action and vehicle combat game in the IL-2 Sturmovik series.
Availability
Essential improvements
Patches
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\conf.ini[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Users[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
- No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Not configurable. Always-on with OpenGL; no VSync with Direct3D.[3] | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped at 1000 FPS.[3] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Objects, Music, Voice | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play | The official ubi.com servers have been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Use hyperlobby[citation needed] | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues unresolved
The installer fails to run
- On modern Windows, the installer might fail to load properly. Its process can be seen in Task Manager, however it won't load and its window won't show up.
Manually copy over IL2 from the game disc to your storage device.
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | Through an OpenGL to Direct3D 8 wrapper.[3] |
OpenGL |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | ubi.com |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, Me, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium II 400 | Pentium III 600 |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce2 | Nvidia GeForce3 32 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Verified by User:Eddmanx on 2023-09-23