[Fireskull]

Hello, Furohman and welcome to All Aircraft Simulations.

I feel that the first thing needed is to look at my guide which is packed with essential basics and links to more information:


IL-2 Newbie Guide
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Earlier today I discovered upon trying to play online for the first time in a very long time that there was an IL-2 4.09.
I installed the patch but it completely disagreed with my mods and wouldn't load properly,

Fireskull: We must never install anything over our mods because things can be overwritten. Save your mods in another location, preferably the original downloads or mod pack, and install in the proper order. My Newbie Guide covers this.

I decided a fresh install would be best for installing new versions of mods and the such (I also found out about AAA today).

All Aircraft Simulations. AAA was the predecessor of this website: New owner, new leaders, more friendly, mod pack neutral, etc, etc.

Uninstalled without a problem, but then when I went to install the game again it got to "Preparing to install..." and stopped with the error "1628: Failed to Complete Installation" and had to be closed.

I've tried removing all trace of the original IL2 1946 installation with no luck and I'm hoping there's some fix for this? It's not nice to think I was playing 4.08 fine just a few hours ago and now I can't even install the game.

This is why we should always have a copy.

If my disk is buggered (It doesn't look it, there doesn't seem to be a single tiny scratch on the thing, and I mean the .msi file rather than the actual DVD), which I hope it isn't... Is there any other way to get the game installed?

Install it out Program Files. If already out, then slightly change the name of the main IL-2 folder. It won't hurt anything as long as you know where it is and remember to point future patches and mods at the folder. I do it with multiple installations of different IL-2 versions and the name change works just fine.

Will mods like HSFX work with a copy from Steam?

In general-yes, however you must apply the special patch for digital downloads onto the IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 V4.08m, as revealed in my Newbie Guide. If a conflict does arise, which is unlikely, then you can reinstall a specific mod or file. That probably won't be an issue for a guy like you who knows about computer and IL-2 already.

If it turns out nothing can be done then I could at least have a handy digital copy without the patching mess?


We should have a copy of every important thing.

Fireskull