New User - couple initial questions

[d.burnette]

Hey gang,

I was a big fan of IL2 1946, having had the original IL2, then IL2 FB and later adding PF. When I did a system rebuild about 3 years ago, I went ahead and got IL2 1946 to make install easier.

Anyway, wanting to get back into WWII simming, I finally have taken the pluge and purchased Cliffs of Dover. Have been following some of the info on the forums, and sounds like it is more stable now with better performance since it's intitial release.

It is installed, I have yet to click on play. Have been reading up trying to learn as much as I can- mainly the available faq's here to say I am a little intimidated would be an understatement.

As I prepare to get into the actual playing of the sim, first I will work on the process of setting my controls of course.

Some early questions:
I am sure I have read somewhere here regarding any editing of the config files, that they are stored on a cloud as well, and get overwritten - ie reset to default? What do I need to do in order to prevent that if that is the case?
Track IR - I have a Track IR4 Pro , is Track IR support automatic or is there an edit I need to do to a config file somewhere? I think I saw mentioned here in a thread somewhere there was a menu selection for enabling it , but I have not seen it?
Intro Video - Is there supposed to be one? If there is, I am not seeing it - just the opening splash screen of 1C / Ubisoft

Anyway, I am also trying to wrap my arms around these forums and the proper place to post certain questions, I seem to be a little overwhelmed in this regard , hope this is ok here.