Daidlalos Team, why is the Steam version still at 4.12.2?

[JCTiggs]

While I only play with a fully modded IL-2 1946 that requires v4.12.2, I feel that Steam should update IL-2 1946 to the latest offical patch, currently v4.13.4. There are a number of reasons for this.

The gamers who mod IL-2 1946 already know how to downgrade back to v4.12.2 to be mod compatible, where as the average gamer who buys this on Steam will be unaware of the additional offical patches, fully expecting the Steam version to be the current version, as is pretty much the case with every other game available on Steam.

Daidalos Team spent a lot of extra time providing support for their game long after release, something they didn't have to do. It seems like a huge disservice to them for Steam to NOT provide the latest official updates.

Currently Steam users have to find this site (or another third party website) in order to download all 4 remaining official patches individually (along with the 4.13.1 supplemental add-on) in order to get up to v4.13.4. Why should someone who bought the game on Steam have to go through the trouble of patching it themselves let along even know they have to do this? It doesn't make any sense. This has to be one of the only games on Steam that isn't automatically patched to the most current version.

Now of course many people who mod the game (myself included) would prefer v4.12.2, but as stated above it's easy to downgrade. Steam could also provide the older version through the beta tab.

Any thoughts on this?