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[Arrakis]

Hello all, I played IL-2 long time ago, that time only with my keyboard but after some time I forgot about this great simulator. Now I'd like to begin again, but I have couple of question for you people.

After reading some posts here I've already ordered Saitek Aviator flight stick, think that one is decent. I guess Ace Edge is awesome but that's really stuff for pro pilots, at least in my opinion.

Another thing is running IL-2 on Vista. Are there any problems with this ? I've got laptop with Vista on it and I'd be happy I will be able run game without troubles.

Then after seeing the forum a bit, I found out there are some mods or patches for the basic game. Can you give me some general info about this ? Also how the multiplayer works, some servers, mods etc.

Thanks a lot