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Nevertheless, I've done all I can to try and get this problematical thing going. There are entire threads here full of people having trouble; evidence that it's not so easy to do. I've never had trouble with any IL2 upgrades & patches, no trouble with head trackers, virtual joystick apps, I even made my own trim wheel. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I'm not completely stupid; that is not to say I'm blameless, but at this point, the only way the game will run on my computer will be if someone hops on a plane and flies to my home in Australia to fix it. Thank you for your comment. Goodbye and good luck.I still run it on Windows 7, have for years......
Thanks Gecko. I'm both looking forward to it and curious as to how it compares to IL2 BAT. I sincerely hope it's an improvement coz that's the reason I sought an alternative in the first place. When I'm familiar with it, I'll post a critique. Tally ho!Glad you're up and running! I don't recall coming across that as a solution before, so I don't think it's very common, but perhaps I overlooked it too. At any rate, have fun exploring the new possibilities. It's kept me entertained for nearly two decades now.
When I mention IL2, I'm referring to 1946 rather than the later titles, Battle of Stalingrad/Battle of Moscow, which are a completely different game. 1946 morphed into titles like VP Modpac, Dark Blue World and BAT. These were all put together by volunteer contributors, in the same way as this game currently is, with patches and upgrades available for free at one of 2 forums.One of the main differences with IL2 is the fact that basically, since Microsoft lost interest, it is community run with no payware. That means people are all doing stuff for love, and although so much has been improved compared with the original, there are areas that can't compare with paid professionals working on payware. It's still being improved all the time by a dedicated few.