I'm pretty sure you're right cheesehawk Windows will not accept changes to such files if they are changed in anyway.

Hey guys!
Has anybody an idea when the final patch will be released? Has I have not too much time to do beta testing I am a big fan of full scale patches. Thanks in advance.

Like the new patch, just hate the blue wash

I just played 5 missions consecutively, the 'Spitfires over Dunkirk' campaign. Over 3+ hours, no launcher.exe errors or any other app anomalies. Only thing I changed was turned off grass!! My settings attached. GTX 570 driver 275.33. Quad core q9650 @ 3.6 ghz.

Scenery looks washed out now.Prefer the clarity of the original .Seems a lot worse in the black death, less FPS and still studders.

I prefer to enable haze rather than have it the default

My only gripe re new patch,and it's only a small one,is that the tactical numbers on the British fighters are now a brilliant white(should be more of a dull grey/white) and the serial numbers are now light grey(and these should be black).

Why they would change this when they were ok God only knows:rolleyes:,surely time spent on this could have been spent on the comms,anyway there ya go.

Maybe these have just changed with the whole lighting thing I don't know.

I'm hoping we will have the old British markings restored when live update is released.

All in all the patch is still a major improvement and excellent work by the devs.

+1!
This haze is too milkish. In IL2 you had it according the weather selection and time of the day or night, near river´s, swampy and ocean areas.
One thing that amazes me is the many good features IL2 has that wasn´t used in to CloD´s advantage.

YES,YES and YES. Don't know if it was too hard to build the IL2 1946 features into Cliffs but I hope they come our way eventually. I really miss the following...

-Quick mission editor
-Easy way to record flights...with ROF it's one button on, one button off
-Speedbar

- easy to use multiplayer
- Hotas and axis full set up.
- DC (yeah, i know 1946 wasnt great, but it helped me when i was a noob, and i could use it to keep me entertained in COD )
- Easy to use Map

so many good stuff that should have been kept from il2. Wh fix what aint broken??