[Fireskull]

Conte Zero,

Good day,

If you have an ATI graphics card, then this is either a graphics setting issue or you need the 10.7 graphics card driver:
Fireskull

Hi fireskull and thank you. Yes there is an ATI Mobile, HD4570 on this Dell notebook...

1) On first run, I am SURE the dogtag in the opening screen said "Ultrapack 2.1"... but tonight I have noticed it says UP 2.0... am I going nuts?

Can anyone answer this? The only thing that I can imagine is that perhaps you switched something major OFF in your JSGME Mods Enabler. I don't use UP, but I will send a friend and one knowledgeable on UP to help you here.

2) And just a slight shade flash in some clouds, at times. They flicker a bit, can't explain better sorry.

Take a look at your conf.ini file of the main registry of IL-2.

This topic by Jinxx is a guide on it:
De-Mystifying the Conf.ini
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=29185&p=330965&hilit=cloud+flicker#p330965

Under the section [Game], make sure that you have a ... TypeClouds = 1 (Entered manually if not present.)

Under the section [Render_OpenGL]:

HardwareShaders=1
Sky=2 (try 3, too)

The system that you have should allow maximum settings on almost all or perhaps every graphics setting.

Look at my guide on IL-2 graphics configuration, especially page 3:

IL-2 Guide for Computers, Benchmarking, Optimizing, Tweaking
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=22314


Fireskull