[Doolittle81]

I am on a widescreen (1920X1200) but that is irrelevant. You'll note that every original/default Menu background tga file and the original SpashScreens that came with IL2, Forgotten Battles, Pacific Fighters, 1946 all are 512x512 (or 1024x1024can be used). It's simply the way IL2 works.

There is no doubt in my mind that if you load one of your tga's, it will be squashed/distorted In-Game.