Newbie needs some answers please

[fruitbat]

As Brando says.

i've not used the il2 setup program for over 6 years, all it does is change the setting in the conf.ini via a gui. I just manually change them in the conf.ini. re running the il2setup knocks out any custom res changes you've made.

there are also many settings that you can only change via the conf.ini, and not through the setup.

set to opengl with the il2setup with stencil buffer on, then don't use it anymore.

then change the stuff in the conf.ini and save, and then start the game, and viola., res changed. you won't get the widescreen till your flying, GUI will still be in 4:3.

to get perfect mode, in the game then go to hardware settings, select custom, and under landscape select perfect to get perfect mode.

Also as brando says, do NOT change to 64bit (i to have a 64 bit system)

I've just checked M4T and its up, that link i gave you takes you straight to the patch download page if your logged in.

for the record, il2 runs fine on vista with no issues, i'm running vista64.