High Quality IL2 Movies

These movies are made from scenes generated by the WWII flight simulators IL2 or its sequel IL2 Forgotten Battles.

Movies by Arthur “Davinci” Lewis

His camera angles and sense of drama are simply the best.

Stranger (DivX codec) 48Mb

Anotherday (xvid codec) 105Mb

Movie by ShadowSix

Red Stars Over Berlin 60Mb. Beautiful bombing raid on Berlin. Great scenes and drama.

Movies by Scragbat

His trademark is “authentic” camera movement. It is hard work but gives a very nice atmosphere – we appreciate your effort.

Sacrifice (xvid codec) 32Mb. Two British piloted Hurricanes are assisted by two American piloted P-47's in an attack on a German bomber squadron.

Retribution (xvid codec) 41Mb. Very nice again!! Beautiful winter landscape and thrilling action. Lots of great camera angles.

Movie by I/JG54_SerpentBlade

Requiem (wmv codec) 25Mb. Very nice.

Movies from Sunstar Entertainment

Prophecy (xvid codec?) 225Mb. Very nice.

Chinese promotion movies

IL2FB_NEW (WMW codec) 141Mb. Large scenes, numerous airplanes, but jerky playback

Salvation (WMW codec) 218Mb. 13 minutes of serious dogfights from a coop mission near Yalta. Great illustration of how IL2 appears from cockpit and external views.

Essentials for technical quality

To get a fluid motion in the film, record at 15fps at half speed. Then, when cutting the movie, increase the speed to normal to obtain 30fps. That is simply how it should be done. Thanks for the trick Arthur.
Never use manual panning using the mouse or hat-switches. In Salvation there is a lot of panning from inside the cockpit but this is probably done using a device coupled to the head.
The movies should be recorded at 640x480.