[I/JG54 Rommel McDonald]

Mods work fine on a downloaded IL2 '46 for me. But it's not the official one, it's simply an ISO image of the DVD.

I also bought the download version, even tho I had IL2 already installed and working. It's about ethics. I thought the game was well woth the money and Oleg + C1 etc deserved my little contribution.

I'm still running the version I installed from the DVD image downloaded from BitTorrent.
That's not illegal where I live, if I have paid a license I'm a legitimate user (there are court rulings in that sense) but in other countries ssimply downloading copyrighted material may be illegal in itself, even if you have _already_ paid a for license, so check and double check your local law before you do that.

Only if it turns out that paying a license makes you a legitimate user no matter where the data comes from, consider getting the DVD image.

I can't link to a download site for obvious reasons.

Well thanks for everyones help, but about and hour ago I bought IL-2 1946 from the newegg.

Buying Download Version of IL-2 from Direct2Drive $19.95
Buying The DVD Version of IL-2 from Newegg $24.95
Paying the full price of a newgame thats awesome Priceless

Thanks Rommel