IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

Developers   1C: Maddox Games

Publishers   Ubisoft

Release dates Windows December 15, 2006

IL-2 Sturmovik

IL-2 Sturmovik	2001
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles	2003
Ace Expansion Pack
Pacific Fighters
PE-2
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946	2007
Wings of Prey	2009
IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover	2011
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad	2014

Key points

The game includes all the content from previous games and expansions

General information

Ubisoft game page

Daidalos Team Discussions on the Official 1C Company Forum - contains information on the development of the latest updates.

Mission4Today - one of the best IL-2 resources for mods, skins, campaigns, guides, updates and fixes.

SAS' Updates Thread - thread containing links to latest update packs.

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Intro cutscene can be disabled in game's launcher. Option is located in lower, left corner of a launcher.

Patches

Latest version is 4.12.2. If you want to update follow this guide.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\conf.ini

Save game data location

	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\USER\<user-id>

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings.

Graphics option	Option	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor		Widescreen hack should work too.
Field of view (FOV)		Keys for changing FOV can be set in Input settings.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Can be enabled in game's launcher, if Video Settings are set to Custom.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
High frame rate

Widescreen resolution

Edit config file Go to a folder where you've installed IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 and edit conf.ini with a text editor. Find a line width= and change it, entering width of a screen (e.g. height=1920). Find a line height= and change it, entering height of a screen (e.g. height=1080). Find a line SaveAspect= and make sure it's set to 0 (SaveAspect=0). Find a line ChangeScreenRes= and make sure it's set to 1 (ChangeScreenRes=1). Find a line EnableResize= and make sure it's set to 0 (EnableResize=0). Save a file and launch a game. Notes: Main menu is still rendered in a latterbox mode. Changing settings in-game or in game's launcher will make the game run in 4:3, again.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse is only used for menu navigation.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller Y-axis inversion

To enable Force Feedback on XInput controller, see XInput force feedback vibration in DirectInput games.

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		32
Online play		32
LAN co-op		16
Online co-op		16

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP (outbound)	21000

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1 GHz AMD Athlon 1 GHz	Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 6200 ATI Radeon 9000 128 MB of VRAM