IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

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How to install VP Modpack in 15 minute ( 2024 updated, vp 1.2)
By all pain no gain!
So you love IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946, love WWII war birds? and want to make this awesome game from 2006 even better? Say no more, this modpack is very easy to install ( 15 min max) and don't take up a ton of space on your storage!
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New download link!
Credit[www.mission4today.com]
Download[drive.google.com]
I don't have any free time to edit this guide yet, so i will put the new download link here, it's pretty easy to follow the guide by VP himself.
All you need is download all 13 file, extract the first one to your il2-1946 folder, then again with the patch ( number 13). Remember to overwrite all file.
After that copy and paste the content in add_to_conf.ini to the [Dgen] section of your conf.ini file in il2-1946 folder.
Done
What is VPmodpack and Why VPmodpack but not BAT?
I make this guide base on this thread[www.sas1946.com], thank to the awesome community!

*What is VPmodpack
"The main goal of this pack is to update every stock texture/3d possible and add the best quality ww2 mods without ruining the games performance or the gameplay.
It's the final result of more than 7 years of work by the SAS community and lot of the material was extracted from DBW (all maps, objects and cockpit retextures included)."

*Why VPmodpack
- If you only into WW2 this modpack is the best!
- Very easy to install.
- Very fast to install to (10 min max).
- All file to download is only ~ 11gb, 40gb game file after install (for BAT you need to download at least 50gb for redcore and take up to 90gb after install).
- Very beautiful terrain textures and cloud.
- Some more screenshots for you:




- Look at these, enough content to play for the rest of your life you BF-109 lover!

Say no more!
What to download.
1. Go to this page[www.sas1946.com]
2. You will see this


3. Scroll down a little bit and download these file, very fast, only 700mb a part!

4. So you will download 17 file, 16 part and 1 patch, put all these file together.

Getting your IL-2 ready before install the mod.
1. Right click on your IL-2 1946 in library => properties









2. Chose BETAS tab then select 4.12.2 in the drop down list
Done
Extracting the mod to your game folder, trust me, very easy, 10 min max.
1. All you need to do is extract the first part to your IL-2 1946 game folder (Steam\steamapps\common\IL 2 Sturmovik 1946), overwrite all files.

2. After the extract is done go to your IL-2 1946 game folder Steam\steamapps\common\IL 2 Sturmovik 1946\#SAS and delete the folder name 00_Ju-188A-2_v1.1 (you will have the #SAS folder if your extracting part gone right)

3. Extract the 1.7GB patch to your game folder, overwrite all files.
Done.

(skip the below part if you know what to do and extracted the mod to your game folder)
So you are old and confusing just like me and don't know what to do, i got you, just follow these image!
1. First you need to find where your game is locate, right click on your IL-2 1946 => properties









2. Chose Local file => Browse, now you know where your game is locate
3. Ok, now right click on the first part you downloaded => Extract file




















Make sure you chose your game folder right before you clicking OK
Chose Yes to all to overwrite all files when get asked
















4. When the extracting is done go to your IL-2 1946 game folder => #SAS folder (should look like this Steam\steamapps\common\IL 2 Sturmovik 1946\#SAS) and delete the folder name 00_Ju-188A-2_v1.1






















5. Now extract the last Patch file to your IL-2 1946 game folder again, right click it => Extract file, make sure it's the IL-2 1946 game folder before clicking OK, overwrite all files when get asked
Last step,copy paste and change screen resolution, 5 min.
1. Go to your game folder again, find the conf.ini file and open it
2. Change this to your screen resoluton, for me it's 1920x1080














3. Add these at the end of the file, remember to save
[Mods] PALMODsColor=0 PALQMBLinesMap=10 PALQMBLinesPl0=25 PALQMBLinesPl1=20 PALQMBLinesPl2=19 PALQMBLinesPl3=18 PALQMBLinesPl4=18 PALQMBLinesPl5=18 PALQMBLinesPl6=18 PALQMBLinesPl7=18 BombBayDoors=0 RandomSplash=1 netCallsign= TracersPlayer=400 TracersAircrafts=300 TracersWorld=25 TracersWirbelwind=5 HUDLogLines=3 HUDLogColor1=80FFFFFF HUDLogColor2=10FFFFFF HUDLogBottomColor1=80FFFFFF HUDLogBottomColor2=10FFFFFF
4. You're done. good job, just to make sure you did everything right before launching the game. Open IL-2 Selector.exe in the game folder and see if it look like this.

































Now just open the game with Steam like nothing had happened and enjoy!
Your game menu should look like this after installing the modpack


All credit goes to this[www.sas1946.com]
Optional, DGEN section
In the conf.ini file you can see the DGEN section at the end, you can change it to this to make your dynamic campaign more intense, more realistic and more fun, yes, more fun and you can tweak it to your liking to if you want.
[DGen] CampaignLength=Long MissionDistance=75 GroundIntensity=High AirIntensity=High RandomFlights=5 CampaignAI=Normal CampaignMissions=Hard MaxBomberSkill=1 SlowFire=20 MaxFLAK=100 OperationVictory=1000 OperationDefeat=-1000 WarVictory=10000 WarDefeat=-10000 ;UseParkedPlanes=1 NoAirfieldHighlight=0
This is an example of your conf.ini file after installing the mod and change the DGEN section!
Good luck on the sky!
90 Comments
USS_Cerritos 3 Jul @ 8:50pm 
THANKS, IT WORKS!
all pain no gain!  [author] 3 Jul @ 8:45am 
You can use winrar or 7zip
USS_Cerritos 3 Jul @ 7:49am 
what kind of extracting program do i need
i cannot extract the 7z folder
m3lizard2 5 Jun @ 10:55am 
Do you know of any other guides for this mod?
m3lizard2 5 Jun @ 10:53am 
hm, it does not appear to be working.
all pain no gain!  [author] 5 Jun @ 10:45am 
yes you will need ver 4.12.2 of the game
m3lizard2 5 Jun @ 10:41am 
And does it still need to be on 4.12.2?
m3lizard2 5 Jun @ 10:08am 
Do I need to use some of the old guide to install this? when i did it it just froze my PC after i launched the game.
m3lizard2 4 Jun @ 9:03am 
ok! thank you!
all pain no gain!  [author] 4 Jun @ 8:46am 
you dont need anything from SAS, read the new download link section that is all you need to do.