[Quelty]

Why is it that the switcher doesn't appear and the game loads right into the screen with the P-47's version 1.0?

Not real sure what you're asking here, I'm guessing that you wish to switch versions and the switcher isn't appearing? If that's the case then the answer is the switcher is a separate program.

If you want to switch versions you need to switch before loading the game. In your IL2 root folder you will see a file called Il2VersionSwitcher.exe, double click on that and select the version of the game you wish to run. Then you can start the game normally and it will be in the version you have switched to.

You can also add a shortcut to your desktop by right clicking on Il2VersionSwitcher.exe and selecting Send to -> Desktop(create shortcut), then to switch just use the shortcut.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Quelty