That's fine, unmodded IL2 at any patch level would never cut the mustard anymore, I'm afraid. Where do the individual aircraft downloads feature? Would, for example, the Wellington and lancaster, feature in mod packs already? Is there a means of adding individual mods, such as with UI 1.3 or HSFX 4.11 (my last packs)? I'd assume so, I'm just checking really. Other than that, I will sort out getting IL2 up and running again. I loaded my old install up today. Nearly all QMB missions had load ini errors or null errors. It's annoying, that half my favourite maps don't work, and the aircraft.. They used to on UI.
Major question though for me, is what is the state of QMB like with the packs? Decent selection of missions for a reasonable number of maps? Is Cannon's channel maps (and the beta) represented? Zip's Alpen map? Even the Grand Canyon map I used to enjoy.. QMB has really only ever been what IL2 was about for me you see. Sorry for all the questions, maybe I should move to the new member area again!