IL2 Great Battles Easy Mission Generator

[kraut1]

1 hour ago, Kapteeni45 said:

This will be amazing. But it is a huge task. The map can be used from 1939 to 1944 scenarios. As a finn, this is a dream come through. I made many campaigns with Lowengrins DCG for Il2 1946. It was so much easier back the. We made also many mapmods  for IL 1946 with Agracier. Even Karelia with Leningrad. It took about a year. EMG is my favourite mission generator. Waiting patiently. 

Yes, Lowengrins DCG for IL2 1946 was great. And I used it for the Leningrad map too, and for a short period it even worked with VorpX and VR until May 2021...
I found this old 2020 Excel log of a pilot shot down south of Leningrad / survived as POW....😁

[SYN_Vander]

19 hours ago, kraut1 said:

I know it is a huge work to implement a whole new map into EMG.
I am busy with many other tasks too.

But from my point of view for EMG the time frame between early 1942 to late 1943 with more or less static fronts could be interesting, and this will be not simulated in the pilot careers as far as I know. And due to the long coasts the land-fronts with the requirement to place many tactical close to front target objectives are comparable short.

Thanks. Need to think about this. EMG currently doesn't support such a frontline where one faction is surrounded by the other. What I could do is make 2 fronts for this period: One Finnish-USSR (top half) and one German-USSR (bottom half). Would that make sense?

I  don't see Finland as country in the faction list unfortunately. I could choose "Blue Team" :). EDIT: Just realized we don't have any of the planes? Bf 109G / Ju 88 maybe?

Edited January 30 by SYN_Vander

[kraut1]

6 hours ago, SYN_Vander said:

Thanks. Need to think about this. EMG currently doesn't support such a frontline where one faction is surrounded by the other. What I could do is make 2 fronts for this period: One Finnish-USSR (top half) and one German-USSR (bottom half). Would that make sense?

I  don't see Finland as country in the faction list unfortunately. I could choose "Blue Team" :). EDIT: Just realized we don't have any of the planes? Bf 109G / Ju 88 maybe?

Surrounded troops: I have definded surrounded troops for my additional August 44 Odessa fronts near Kishnev and Husi and for Germany 45 the big Ruhrkessel. We have only 1 influence area and the area of the surrounded troops is connected with a very narrow connection that is visible only in EMG. In the generated mission you will see only the main front and the closed "circular" front.

For the surrounded troops near Kronstadt I think it's not a problem, we could define a small connection over the baltic sea to Leningrad:

Idea for the allied influence area:

Finnish Planes: we will get at least 1 Finnish plane I assume somewhen during this year, But for 1943 and 44 BF109-G2,G6 and Ju88 were used too.

And Finnish ground troops  looked a bit similar as the  German troops.

Fronts: I think 1 big front area for Ru, Ger and Fin long range missions (e.g. bomber missions).
And maybe 1 or 2 smaller fronts for more tactical simulation near to the fronts.
But all smaller fronts could be based on the same static main front line to avoid the requirement for definition of additional target objectives.

 

 

Edited January 30 by kraut1

[GenMarkof007]

S! @SYN_Vander, @kraut1

I'd like to do a test with the TC EMG... on the Arras map. 
I did read about adding a map to the TC EMG.
But some help would be greatly appreciated.

1. Can I take the same templates that are already working for Lapino or Provo...?
2. Any specific info needed before creating a specific or multiple areas on that map? 

Any help would be welcome.
If this goes well, I could try to add some new maps after this.

Cheers,
GenMarkof007 😉

[BlitzPig_EL]

Currently there are Finnish skins in the sim for the I-153, the Hurricane Mk.II, The 109 G2, G6, and G6Late, and the Ju88.

We have most of the necessary VVS planes, with the exception of the DB-4.

[GenMarkof007]

Hi @SYN_Vander

Quick question? I'm reading your great EMG guide on adding new templates and maps to EMG for Tank Crew.
After reviewing most of that page, I see that when we have scouts on the EMG TC mission, it's always 1 vehicle following the WP. Since this seems to be part of the application and not the helpers or template maps, could you increase this number to 3 vehicles?

I hope I can have some feedback on this request, since my other post is still unanswered.
Thanks for your time and your great EMG TC app.

Cheers, GenMarkof007

[Orel_Ninos]

On 25. 11. 2025 at 16:41, SYN_Vander said:

V tomto vlákne nájdete informácie o mojom nástroji na generovanie misií Easy Mission Generator alebo EMG.

Čo to je?

• Nástroj, ktorý vám umožní generovať sólové, kooperatívne a súbojové misie pre  bojový letecký simulátor IL2 . Je podobný nástroju Quick Mission Builder v hre, ale je výkonnejší. Misie je možné prispôsobiť pomocou podrobných konfiguračných parametrov alebo ich možno náhodne zoradiť. 

Čo to nie je?

• Generátor dynamických kampaní (pre jedného hráča/MP). Tieto už boli vyvinuté inými. Základný generátor nebude sledovať lietadlá/pilotov/zdroje atď. v priebehu času, hoci je možné vytvoriť viacero misií a spúšťať ich v chronologickom poradí, pričom letiská a trate sa budú časom meniť.

Známe problémy

• Používam nástroj na vytvorenie súboru .exe z mojich Python skriptov (takže nemusíte inštalovať a udržiavať distribúciu Pythonu). Bohužiaľ, väčšina antivírusových programov tento program nesprávne označí alebo zablokuje. Budete musieť toto manuálne prepísať (ak mu dôverujete). 

Úplné informácie, pokyny na inštaláciu a súbory na stiahnutie nájdete na tejto stránke:

Generátor jednoduchých misií pre IL2 Great Battles

A pre inštrukcie:

https://sites.google.com/view/il2-great-battles-emg/tips-tricks?authuser=0

 

SYN_Vander - thanks for the great generator. You're doing a great job, fingers crossed.

[SYN_Vander]

On 2/3/2026 at 3:34 AM, GenMarkof007 said:

Hi @SYN_Vander

Quick question? I'm reading your great EMG guide on adding new templates and maps to EMG for Tank Crew.
After reviewing most of that page, I see that when we have scouts on the EMG TC mission, it's always 1 vehicle following the WP. Since this seems to be part of the application and not the helpers or template maps, could you increase this number to 3 vehicles?

I hope I can have some feedback on this request, since my other post is still unanswered.
Thanks for your time and your great EMG TC app.

Cheers, GenMarkof007

As in there is only one scout? or only one follows the waypoint and the rest doesn't?

 

[GenMarkof007]

4 hours ago, SYN_Vander said:

As in there is only one scout? or only one follows the waypoint and the rest doesn't?

 

All patrols are only one scout (not related to the waypoint). My request is if this could be more like 3 vehicles for the scouts. Same for all scouts.

Also, when choosing Single Mission, and then you say for what side you want to play (as a Platoon leader), could we also have (as a second tanker)? When playing "Single Mission", many tankers like to follow the Platoon leader for better gameplay (easier). Many Script campaigns for Tank Crew put the user in the second tank.

And finally, I'm adding the "Arras-Spring" map to the EMG Tank Crew app. I'm working on adding four sectors to that map. If you want, I could send the final version so that you could add this to your latest version.

Big thanks
GenMarkof007

[Kapteeni45]

I’ve been testing this map... I really like the way the Finnish landscape is done. The villages and farms give the map a real 'living world' feel. Also, the roads are better than on any other maps. Leningrad is huge. I wish that Syn Vander and Kraut would make an EMG mission generator for this map soon.

A great advantage of this map is that it can be used all the way from 1939 to 1944, or even 1945. I had the same feeling when IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles was released.

BTW, there might be some scenarios for WWI too. In Finland, there were the so-called 'Kinship Wars' (Heimosodat), and there was also a civil war in 1918. Both the Reds and the Whites had a few aircraft."

In 1919, about 3,369 Finnish volunteers participated in the Estonian War of Independence and played an important role in expelling Bolshevik forces from Estonia. The main units were the 1st Finnish Volunteer Detachment and the Pohjan Pojat. Finnish forces fought mainly in early 1919, with significant actions at Narva and in southern Estonia, and some advanced into northern Latvia. Finnish participation largely ended by April 1919, while the war continued until the peace treaty signed in Tartu on 2 February 1920.

Edited February 5 by Kapteeni45
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[SYN_Vander]

15 hours ago, GenMarkof007 said:

All patrols are only one scout (not related to the waypoint). My request is if this could be more like 3 vehicles for the scouts. Same for all scouts.

Also, when choosing Single Mission, and then you say for what side you want to play (as a Platoon leader), could we also have (as a second tanker)? When playing "Single Mission", many tankers like to follow the Platoon leader for better gameplay (easier). Many Script campaigns for Tank Crew put the user in the second tank.

And finally, I'm adding the "Arras-Spring" map to the EMG Tank Crew app. I'm working on adding four sectors to that map. If you want, I could send the final version so that you could add this to your latest version.

Big thanks
GenMarkof007

Please test this version with your requested changes. I can also make the number of scout vehicles random, ie between 1-3?

 https://www.mediafire.com/file/fiu3btogdfzs3kd/TankCrewGenerator_v12.zip/file

Yes, if you have a working version of Arras, then I will be happy to include it!

 

[SYN_Vander]

33 minutes ago, Kapteeni45 said:

I’ve been testing this map... I really like the way the Finnish landscape is done. The villages and farms give the map a real 'living world' feel. Also, the roads are better than on any other maps. Leningrad is huge. I wish that Syn Vander and Kraut would make an EMG mission generator for this map soon.

A great advantage of this map is that it can be used all the way from 1939 to 1944, or even 1945. I had the same feeling when IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles was released.

BTW, there might be some scenarios for WWI too. In Finland, there were the so-called 'Kinship Wars' (Heimosodat), and there was also a civil war in 1918. Both the Reds and the Whites had a few aircraft."

In 1919, about 3,369 Finnish volunteers participated in the Estonian War of Independence and played an important role in expelling Bolshevik forces from Estonia. The main units were the 1st Finnish Volunteer Detachment and the Pohjan Pojat. Finnish forces fought mainly in early 1919, with significant actions at Narva and in southern Estonia, and some advanced into northern Latvia. Finnish participation largely ended by April 1919, while the war continued until the peace treaty signed in Tartu on 2 February 1920.

I'm working on a Finland-USSR front including Leningrad as a first release.

Edited February 5 by SYN_Vander

[Kapteeni45]

30 minutes ago, SYN_Vander said:

I'm working on a Finland-USSR front including Leningrad as a first release.

Yes! 

[GenMarkof007]

1 hour ago, SYN_Vander said:

I'm working on a Finland-USSR front including Leningrad as a first release.

Super, I was going to do the Leningrad map after finishing the Arras-spring. But I'm sure a version from you would be far better! If all goes well with the Arras-spring, I can see if you would like another map added.

Cheers,
GenMarkof  😉

[GenMarkof007]

3 hours ago, SYN_Vander said:

Please test this version with your requested changes. I can also make the number of scout vehicles random, ie between 1-3?

 https://www.mediafire.com/file/fiu3btogdfzs3kd/TankCrewGenerator_v12.zip/file

Yes, if you have a working version of Arras, then I will be happy to include it!

 

S! @SYN_Vander,

I've just tested the new version, and for the patrols, all seems good. I think these new 3 vehicles scout will be a better challenge for the tankers! Same for the tank leader or the second or last tanker choices in Single Player.

Here are 2 things that I saw, testing the new scouts:

- In Single player, the user tank mods are unlocked. But when doing a Dogfight mission, all the mods are locked at the user base for the chosen tank?
- For some of the objectives, the Su-122 is used. I would use the KV1 or the Sherman, depending if its in the East or the West. Or, make objective A with the Kv1 and objective B with the Sherman.
- (Added) for the village smoke (for smokes), I don't seem to see any in the latest mission done with the EMG TC. Is it possible that the naming or something is blocking this kind of smoke?

Many thanks for this new version.
I will try to finish the Arras-spring map soon.

Cheers,
GenMarkof007

Edited February 5 by GenMarkof007

[Kapteeni45]

On 2/5/2026 at 9:33 PM, SYN_Vander said:

I'm working on a Finland-USSR front including Leningrad as a first release.

Any news?... i noticed that you have made grey areas flyable!

[Sheriff88]

What happened to the Battle of Britain mission generator?

[Stonehouse]

38 minutes ago, Sheriff88 said:

What happened to the Battle of Britain mission generator?

That was an EMG mod see here

 

[Sheriff88]

Thanks ! Got It.

[SYN_Vander]

I have finished a first version of the Karelia map. This includes for now a Finnish-Russian front. By default there will be German planes and equipment on the Finnish side as there is no Finnish faction (yet?) in IL2. You can use a custom planeset to tweak the available aircraft.

Version 94
-Added Karelia map with a Finnish front
-Added more (small) ambient vehicle groups; these should appear more often

https://sites.google.com/view/il2-great-battles-emg/home

[sandmarken]

24 minutes ago, SYN_Vander said:

I have finished a first version of the Karelia map. This includes for now a Finnish-Russian front. By default there will be German planes and equipment on the Finnish side as there is no Finnish faction (yet?) in IL2. You can use a custom planeset to tweak the available aircraft.

Version 94
-Added Karelia map with a Finnish front
-Added more (small) ambient vehicle groups; these should appear more often

https://sites.google.com/view/il2-great-battles-emg/home

Great! 😁 thx! Il try tonight! 

[kraut1]

13 hours ago, SYN_Vander said:

I have finished a first version of the Karelia map. This includes for now a Finnish-Russian front. By default there will be German planes and equipment on the Finnish side as there is no Finnish faction (yet?) in IL2. You can use a custom planeset to tweak the available aircraft.

Version 94
-Added Karelia map with a Finnish front
-Added more (small) ambient vehicle groups; these should appear more often

https://sites.google.com/view/il2-great-battles-emg/home

Thank you very much!
Great that you have already included the complete GUI map!
With this further additional fronts and future extensions are possible!
 

[Kapteeni45]

15 hours ago, SYN_Vander said:

I have finished a first version of the Karelia map. This includes for now a Finnish-Russian front. By default there will be German planes and equipment on the Finnish side as there is no Finnish faction (yet?) in IL2. You can use a custom planeset to tweak the available aircraft.

Version 94
-Added Karelia map with a Finnish front
-Added more (small) ambient vehicle groups; these should appear more often

https://sites.google.com/view/il2-great-battles-emg/home

I have been waiting for this. I played 2 missions. Works well. I did have old IL2 Forgotten Battles fibes...from 2000's.

[SYN_Vander]

3 hours ago, kraut1 said:

Thank you very much!
Great that you have already included the complete GUI map!
With this further additional fronts and future extensions are possible!
 

While creating the template I did notice a lot of stuff on the map is not finished yet: missing roads, towns, incomplete airfields. So I think it's good to wait for further updates to create new fronts/ objective placeholders....

[Kapteeni45]

7 hours ago, SYN_Vander said:

While creating the template I did notice a lot of stuff on the map is not finished yet: missing roads, towns, incomplete airfields. So I think it's good to wait for further updates to create new fronts/ objective placeholders....

maybe one or 2 airfields for luftwaffe to south...if you have time, would be nice.