IL2 Sturmovik windows 7 installation-newbie

[nrcapes]

Originally Posted by RayVad

What exactly does happen?
Are you able to run the setup.exe from the DVD? Is it starting? And is it installing?

Which version do you have? IL2 Sturmovik or IL2 1946?

Nothing happens when I run setup.exe, even in WIN XP or 95 compatibility mode. It is the 2001 edition of IL2 Sturmovik. The same CD installs and runs on my other WIN XP system.

[Pfeil]

At this point you're probably better of getting IL2 1946, unless you have a very specific reason for sticking with the old version.

You can get it cheap second hand, get it via Good Old Games or get the "new" Ultimate Edition, which is the same as regular 1946, just not produced by ubisoft.

[RayVad]

Did you try to copy the complete directory from XP to Windows 7?
And then run Il2fb.exe from the game dir.
Il2 FB is pretty old and if you can get the il2 1946 dvd cheap, you will have a lot more. It contains the full game, with all official addons and patched up to 4.07(or later,can't exactly remember).

[TheGrunch]

Best place to buy Il-2 1946 that I know of, decent installer that works fine on Win 7 and you can even download a single patch file that brings it right up to 4.12.2.