IL-2 1946 STEAM-Version Thread

[Fritz X]

Thanks for the replies so far!

Originally Posted by Rangi

Its easy enough to patch the steam version manually, i did it when 4.10 was released no problems. i didnt have any prolems when the 4.09 patch was realeased to steam after i had manually patched it and turned off the auto updates. even if it does corrupt you can always just redownload it. So none of these issues seam to be a problem for me.....

Yeah, as I wrote in my original post, I know that this option exists. But as I also mentioned it doesn't seem to work properly for each and everyone who uses the Steam version of the game. The big problem is that "but it works for me" is not a real arguement. A few people aren't able to run the game under Windows Vista / 7 since it simply refuses to launch (and "simply switch to admin rights" is unfortunately not a working solution for those unlucky). I never had any problem running 1946 with Vista nor Win7, but because it works for me doesn't mean it works for everyone else. But I'm drifting off, this was just an example...

To get back to my topic, I really enjoy Steam for its' simplicity and automatic updates, which of course only works if the original developer delivers new content / updates to Valve. I'd just like to see a reply from a Team Daidalos member towards this topic, is all. In case if my main post was too long, I'd like to shorten things down one short question:

Are there any plans from Team Daidalos / 1C to deliver the new updates (4.10 / 4.101) to Steam?

Greetings,

~Fritz X

[meshuggahs]

Originally Posted by Fritz X

Are there any plans from Team Daidalos / 1C to deliver the new updates (4.10 / 4.101) to Steam?

Greetings,

~Fritz X

Thinking about bying the steam version too. Would like to know also are they patching the steam client version.

Does the manual patching to 4.101 work reliably or is it a hit n miss kind of thing?

[blampars]

I'm running 4.101 since release, on the steam version, with no problems what so ever.

have also run UP and HSFX with no problems.

[mjfur]

I don't understand. What is a Steam version? What does it do?

Thanks,

[JAMF]

Originally Posted by mjfur

I don't understand. What is a Steam version? What does it do?

The IL2:1946 download from Steam is (AFAIK) version 4.07. It's not different from another 1946 at the same version level, but it's linked from the Steam launcher. Still, like other IL2:1946 installs, it can be copied to another location on the hard drive as a backup and also as mod installs.

If you're wondering what Steam is? Steam is the digital distribution method/shop that Valve (from Halflife) created. You could compare it to iTunes, but for games. It might not have been the first, but managed to be the biggest in a relatively short time. It managed to generate nearly $1 Billion last year.

So one could copy their IL2:1946 Steam install to another location and try patching it there (first).

[blampars]

The steam version is currently patched to 4.09m, just fyi

[Fritz X]

^ Correct!

Currently the Steam download features version 4.09m, so there already is some Daidalos material in there (and therefore the Team Daidalos logo in the loading screen).

[JAMF]

Originally Posted by blampars

The steam version is currently patched to 4.09m, just fyi

Big improvement that.