Thanks so much for taking the time to go through my long and rambling post.
I think maybe I need to find a copy of the 1946 version of the game, sound like it had some elements that this version does not. And my system should be more than able to play the older game at max settings. I'll watch for the next game out (Stalingrad right?) and see what PC specs they are looking for, my machine is now several months old, it will be totally obsolete by the end of the week given the speed of change in the PC world.
I do need to invest the time to learn to fly "these WWII crates" as you put it.
One thing I won't be able to do is join any on-line battles or the like. I live in rural Canada and on a good day, when the snow is not too heavy, I'm able to get my download speed up to 4 mps and upload at 1 mps. (Snow matters because I use a dish on my roof to bring in the internet signal) I'm afraid that does not compare to city dwellers who get 100x that rate or more. Took me several hours to load COD due to the download from Steam. (No more Steam games for this rural country fella).
I will check out this other forum you allude to. I now have three forums that have sections for COD to look through, this one seems to have the most posts. One I registered for a few days ago but still waiting to be authorized (SIM HQ at
http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...over_Read_Only and another called simly IL-2 Stormovik Forum.
http://forum.il2sturmovik.net/
Are there any others I should look in on? I also have several bookmarked for generic Flight SIM like Xplane and FlightSIM and a few more that deal more with modern civilian aircraft. I'm currently still learning to fly a modern Cessna in Xplane.
Thanks for the simple things, like FM & DM (you don't want to know what guesses I had for those terms, some of them impolite)
I did read about the CEM in the Manual, and that is way way down on my list of things I want to learn how to do. Pressing "I" is much simpler. And I'm not excited by the prospect of adjusting the mixture or the radiator.
I do need to learn how to navigate, use the compass (I did find a Youtube on that but need to rewatch it, I still don't get it.). But at least I know that it is not s simple thing like press this button and our bearings and direction will magically appear on the screen. The XPlane Cessna is much easier to set your bearings and know your direction.
I also need to learn more about this TRIM thing. Sounds like it will make flying a lot easier.
And BTW your English is just fine.
