Decisions in the making - Why I did what I did - Il2: Battle of Stalingrad

[@MilitaryHistoryVisualized]

decisions: break out or freeze to death

[@chuckbarney3945]

Good stuff yet again! I think a lot of people may understand the concepts you lay down but what many don't have (me certainly) is the discipline it takes to not chase squirrels, to stick to a wise course of action. I imagine having a full understanding of the aircraft's capabilities also helps.

[@steveparker576]

Excellent training video for new and not-so-new pilots on your decision process to engage or avoid. It helps that you pointed out your errors as well, as when you fixated on the first enemy you spotted flying low rather than carefully scanning to see if he had friends.

[@SheriffsSimShack]

I guess the first time in history that red arrows on a thumbnail are justified?

[@W0ODIWOODRUFF]

I always enjoy these type of videos that you are doing Sheriff.. keep up the good work.. helps us less experienced folks know a little more about what to do and what not to do.. Thanks.. :)

[@thaikarl]

I enjoyed that. I don't even have the equipment to play this, but I watch a lot of videos like yours. I like the commentary.

[@SekritKomrade]

Great video Sheriff. Thanks for your time and your valuable input!

[@pasha92]

Listen, this was the nicest video about sim flying I have ever watched. Thank you !!!

[@cortomaltese9101]

Great Video! Very nice to hear the information about your flight maneuvers!! Please more videos like this! WTG Sheriff!!!

[@jetski3384]

As always - great video. Personally, I really enjoy hearing the thoughts on how and why you fly the way you do. Its great. One of these days, I'll catch you on Discord & you can teach me some of your ways. Sadly though, I am on the enemy side this go-round in the TAW server. Happy Hunting & Have a great day man.

[@julianmorrisco]

I know it’s been a while since you did this but I really enjoyed it and learned a lot. Cheers.

[@JonRattlehead]

Excellent video, thank you. I would love to see more of these where you explain the thought process behind your decisions.

[@pierreleonard9758]

Nicely explained. Very helpful instructions for us beginners, lol. And without trying to sound too clever, too. Thanks.

[@kwloy]

Holy balls how did you see that 190? I was scanning for him as you were talking and I didn't see him until you finally got under him.

[@SheriffsSimShack]

kwloy don't forget the KZbin compression etc.

[@jerrygee2106]

That was an interesting video. Hindsight is a valuable thing, and you possess it in spades. Can you show some videos where you lose, and explain how you lost and what you could've done better?

[@BonBonAlex]

Knowledge gained, realy helpfull. I think i have to train my patience i often decide to fast and get in uncomfortable situations.

[@user-sy9ez6vp2t]

Thanks for the video, very instructive. Would you mind making more videos like this and maybe getting into a bit more details when the dog-fight happens, especially in defensive positions? I know that ideally one should not start a fight without an advantage, but what usually happens is that more often than not, a beginner (like me) would get bounced and then would madly try to shake the enemy off and in the process predictably lose all the energy and the sight as well.

[@old_guard2431]

There was an "gun out of ammo" warning - don't know whether you had multiple calibers of gun, but if not would explain the missed shot.

[@VukNS1987]

Good lecture, as always.

[@MDany111]

Thanks for the great videos!

[@t6vX423M]

Great and informative video! Thanks

[@jordigraner8306]

I like your mindset of survival first. Too many times i have got shot down for being greedy...

[@Ypsan4l]

Personally, I like these kind of videos where you explain things because it helps me improve my flying. I really enjoyed recent Fw190 video for the same reason. Also, that was really a nice long range shot on that 109. What convergence do you feel comfortable with the most? I'm between 300-400m depending on the plane.

[@SheriffsSimShack]

+First Second 400 for the most part

[@pinkharmonica1312]

Great video looking forward to more!

[@619SixFour]

Well done, keep em coming.

[@bearnicholas3830]

Sheriff. Finally caught the Bo Channel gaming, great stuff very enjoyable though Lolly seems to die a lot. Thanks for the tip.

[@Valendyn]

I see you open and close your map without any problem on knowing where you are. How do you do it? I'm spoiled by the WoL server with my plane being on the map, but every time I try Random Expert I always get lost and frustrated due to not being able to know where I am on the map apart from looking for water and matching it on the map.

[@SheriffsSimShack]

With practice u get used to navigation

[@thebigdustin]

I too wondered what he was looking at. Sometimes I pause the video and search and cannot find him on the map heh

[@windhover2021]

It helps if you have a plan before you takeoff. Just know where you start and where you are going and you shouldn't have too much trouble. Albeit, the Moscow map is not the easiest to navigate.

[@BlackHellHound1]

It is not as easy as it may appear. I have flown a lot without GPS in this game. Also, as Sheriff's wingman. To keep track of your locations you need to pay a lot of attention to your heading as well as ground features. Especially ground features! Towns, forests, roads, rivers, lakes and airfields are good to keep an eye out for. A good examination of the map before the flight also works miracles. Once you understand these things and know how to use them, you will have to do a lot of practice. After years, I still get lost quite often. (and so does sheriff). To finish it off, it is important to fly to very recognisable points. For instance, If you want to fly to the enemy defences. First, you have to look for 1 or 2 recognisable points that you will fly to in order to get there. Let's say you see an airfield not too far from you that is nicely between you and the objective. Guess the heading you have to fly and then look for a recognisable point on your flight path. A long but narrow town as an example. Now fly towards the airfield and look for the town on the way. Do you see it on your left, then you have to go a little left to keep on track. Ultimately, it is nearly impossible to explain how to navigate. The best way to learn it is to simply do it. It won't take long to get used to the basics. Learning to do this intuitively takes years!

[@MustyBandaidMan]

Is ten days of autumn included with the battle of moscow DLC? Also does anyone know of a place that sells all the IL-2 DLC's for cheap or as a bundle or is there an official bundle coming? I really want to buy all the DLC packs for IL-2 but I hate that it costs so much and I wish it was all included for free.

[@SheriffsSimShack]

no its not free. If u want to save I recommend for the next sale on steam. Yes the costs are relatively high but the quality of content is much higher in comparison to other projects. Especially AAA Projects. The devs earn every cent of those 70 Dollar per Gameversion. If u don't want to purchase them all at once that's of course understandable, you can buy them piece by piece. They are modular.

[@MustyBandaidMan]

Okay thanks. I know that battle of moscow is 40% off on their website so I wasn't sure if I should jump on it now. I wasn't sure if ten days of autumn came with BOM. Is it worth getting?

[@SheriffsSimShack]

its a SP Campain. I play 99% MP. So not fore me. But some guys enjoy Sp alot.

[@MustyBandaidMan]

Okay thank you very much. I'm very new to the IL-2 games so I haven't tried MP yet. Heck I've barely used anything besides the BF-109 F-4. Do you guys ever do flights to help people learn how to play? I know thats kind of an odd question but you don't know unless you ask.

[@SheriffsSimShack]

Then its maybe anyway too early to purchase everything. No training sorties so far. However i recommend to join my discord witch is linked in the description. We have pilots there fore every skilllevel and a good place for questions.

[@odanneloconnor6814]

The I16 had the same "inverted engine stuff" problem, isnt it?

[@prowokator]

I found this interesting, nice to hear what goes through pilots mind - have you tried to do this "live"? As in recording while playing and trying to comment your flying?

[@SheriffsSimShack]

Not yet, is on the list.

[@Lemard77]

Judging by how much that 109 was filling your gunsight, looks like it was around 500 meters away. It's a longish shot but not crazy long :P

[@SheriffsSimShack]

Was around 600-700m If i remember correcty. Not a distance where u expect any damage with german cannons

[@v44n7]

what is better, war thunder simulator or Il2: Battle of Stalingrad? nice video! Hi from Argentina

[@LordWukits]

IL2: Cliffs of Dover [make sure you get the Team Fusion patches. it makes the game stable, and what it should have been.]

[@lamella64]

for sim, hands down IL2

[@SheriffsSimShack]

Really? BoS! As a simulator.

[@Lemard77]

Claramente el BoS ;)

[@MrMaffy96]

Positive feedback

[@BlackTronixSE]

Danke für das Video :) Ich habe mal eine Frage. Die wolken sehen bei dir richtig gut aus. Ist das ein Mod oder liegt es am Server ? Oder ist das ganz normal und mir ist es jetzt erst in deinen Videos aufgefallen 😅

[@fnshouse632]

Hello, ty for this video, how far out are your guns sighted?

[@SheriffsSimShack]

400m usually

[@fnshouse632]

Thanx, Check out the story of George Beurling "The Falcon of Malta" , he was a Spitfire Ace whose guns were set to 100m.

[@SheriffsSimShack]

+FN's House I read a book about him. 100m would be a little close for me

[@fnshouse632]

A great story!

[@SheriffsSimShack]

I set the convergence lower on wing mounted guns. For the spitfire I use the much lower convergence of 250m

[@negligentbaddadwilliams6478]

is there any way we can transmit this video into the dreams of players, they might wake up some sense of intelligent gameplay

[@frustriert]

"to shoot somebody up" rofl you, my dear sheriff, HAVE to be a german compatriot ....

[@Vlcounek]

Bring more of it :)

[@ganaelschneider]

Very nice!

[@Corghy]

4:30 Hey, probably not everyone, but I don't like flying 20vs2 4:41 I am not surprised, after all you don't have anything to hunt... 5:38 So in ratte(?) they will still probably hunt me :D 5:59 Well now it's more like a lottery as Russians. :-) 6:28 Atleast there's a nice view from it (or her, I am not very certain from what there's nice view from :I )

[@SheriffsSimShack]

it startet 20:2 then we switched, then others switched and yesterday we had equal numbers

[@Corghy]

If you focus while being outnumbered or while losing you can really learn a lot more, than just winning everytime. When people give up on fighting, cuz they don't wanna lose, they only wanna win, they just keep losing, because they lack the experience, the losing gives you, like disengaging, paying more attention, looking around more and just overall you have to be careful about your positioning more, than your aiming, while losing. (Am I right? I don't play simulators, except for War Thunder, but this rule is mostly everywhere where some fighting is) That being said, equal numbers and equal skill of players is better game for *everybody*, but when you are in disadvantage and you can get the most out of it, you will learn a lot more. Well there's also the disadvantage of stress, frustration and depression, but after a while u can get used to it. I just felt like I wanted to say something to your reply, I really like your videos and even though I don't play some dogfighting games very often I learn a lot from your decision making, plus your vids are quite a good cinematic experience. c:

[@SheriffsSimShack]

Thank you and yes you are right. And at the moment I enjoy the underdog role quite a bit especially those surprise attacks. they dont expect to see anybody...

[@pinkharmonica1312]

Sheriff at around 14:50 you didn't shoot cos you were out of ammo :D

[@SheriffsSimShack]

I had plenty of MG Ammo

[@BasEirik]

Nice

[@theduck1972]

Perhaps went entering a situation where a lot was going on, or you know is going to, use pause video to explain what you have seen you are reacting to. That way if you start to get busy quickly, you aren't still in the description of observations and decisions prior: Or give you a chance to describe something that is going to happen very fast, and what instinctive decision you had to make, then continue the video. Didn't see so much of a need for that in this video, but that gives you some breathing room, so your mouth and brain aren't having to move 100 mph to be staying with a rapidly unfolding situation, and skipping something you wished you'd mentioned. Just seems there is so much information you want to put out, and need to take a breath, it could make it really unpleasant for you! Just a suggestion, I don't know if the video program your using would enable you to try the technique.

[@BigRed999]

It shouldn't be that easy to shoot down a 109 - it takes away from the excitement of the engagement,

[@BigRed999]

Don't I know that (or anyone who flies Luftwaffe...maybe even the Reds too...oh and the game designers, they know....and some old Bolshevik pilot who also knows laughing after he watched the vid, "lol, wish we were that hard to shoot down and them so easy back then ...) The game is skewed but it's the only game in town...that will end soon with DCS.

[@BigRed999]

BTW - great vid.

[@mossaic13]

So fkn boring!!! But I have to admit, I'm soaking up every word and paying very close attention to every action taken. Love these videos and appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

[@fittywrap588]

5th