[agracier]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone can enlighten me about how you get these IL2 MAP MODS to load in IL-2 1946.

I am starting to think that I have been wasting my time and these maps only work online and not in offline mode. Is this correct?

Thanks.

Of course the new maps work off-line. In fact, for on-line play most of the new maps are far too large and have way too many objects. They are intended for off-line play.

As for installing new maps. They all come with install instructions, some brief, others in more detail.

You should really read the instructions and follow them carefully.

In summary it is essentially the same procedure:


1/
Unzip the map folder to the following location:

[root of your install of Il-2]/MODS/Mapmods/maps/...

2/
add a line of text to your file called 'all.ini' (which is the same location)
What that line of text is, depends upon the map and is always included with the map install instructions.

Typically it goes like this for a hypothetical map called 'Europe' :

Europe Europe/load.ini

3/
Sometimes, but not always, the modder has included new textures for his map. Put these textures in the location the install specifies.

Once again a typical location will be:

[root of your install of Il-2]/MODS/Mapmods/maps/_Tex/land/summer/ ....

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That's all. Usually just 2 steps to follow, sometimes 3.