4.10 Official Release

[Essobie]

Anyone had any luck upgrading to 4.10m directly from the Steam install? I downloaded it last night so I could have a fresh install to start with. Here's what I did, and what happened:

1. Downloaded IL-2 from Steam.
2. Ran the steam .exe, and 4.09m loaded up fine.
3. Copied the "IL2 Sturmovik 1946" out of steamapps into my "C:\Games\IL2 410m" directory.
4. Ran il2_410.exe from the torrent from here and exported it to the new directory.
5. Ran the il2fb.exe in the folder... but this didn't work because apparently the 4.10m patch doesn't change the .exe... so I...
6. Copied my il2fb.exe file from my "C:\Games\IL2 409m" directory.
7. Ran the il2fb.exe in the folder. The 4.10m splash screen loaded up, and it got up to 95% and then just hung there for like 10 minutes before I decided to End Process on it (which left my desktop resolution at 1024x768 instead of 1920x1200, by the way... GOD this game is old).

So where did I go wrong? I also tried copying over my 409m conf.ini and users folder and that just seemed to make things worse... so the above list is what I would assume is the "sure fire" way to go about getting this to work. But it don't.

[AndyJWest]

At a guess, the problem might be due to putting the patch .exe into the directory you are trying to update. That isn't necessary (it allows you to select the correct directory when it starts), and maybe causes difficulties.

[COLV]

Thank you for this patch it has been fun again