Ok, so about to buy IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 and...

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Originally Posted by tarzan

Thanks for the info, just making sure I was on the right track. Yeah after reading this forum I knew there was a lot more content on the PC version, but a big difference in graphics? Even with settings maxed out? I've seen some PC screenshots that look really nice, nice enough for me to get hooked anyway.

I do realize that this is a sim and not arcade, that's the big draw for me here and yeah, I'm looking at joysticks and reading threads. I think my big reluctance is I like to be able to look around with the right stick and fly with the left, using triggers as rudders etc, just don't see how I can do that with joystick?

I will install all updates to 4.11 (thanks for link)

And thanks for the folder advice

For the stock game you can have a look at Team Daidalos' YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/DaidalosTeam?feature=watch

That's basically what it looks like now. There are efforts to improve the visual effects and upgrade them for the 4.12 patch and they look great so far. It's not quite as flashy as Birds of Prey but it looks good. There are some cockpits that are simply stunning and some older cockpits (like the MiG-3) that haven't been visually upgraded since 2001 or 2002.

But the game does still look great IMHO. With MOD's it can look really impressive but even the stock game continues to improve as Team Daidalos works on it. Net benefit to everyone on MOD and stock versions really.

As for single player stuff... definitely check out Mission4Today: http://www.mission4today.com/

A warehouse of single player missions and campaigns. Some are good, some are not... but there are some real classics on there and you can probably find whatever single player content you're interested in. The benefit with the PC version, beyond the expanded scope, is the full mission builder and how accessible it is for players to build a lot of content into the game. So there is a near unlimited supply of whatever you want and because the scope is so big it could be bomber interception over Japan, or tank busting during the Battle of Kursk, etc. It's pretty wide ranging. It has some holes but it's still damn amazing.