For Kaiser/Rusty/Ace or anyone who wants to dogfight- I have a dedicated server up for IL2 Sturmovik.  It's on one of the pacific fighter maps. 

It isn't in &quot;realistic&quot; mode though.  If you want it realistic than I can set it to that but from all the noob shit that happened tonight it looks like we need it on super easy mode.  So you start off flying, no passing out, etc...  You can explore the game without worrying about fucking up.

Open the game and go to &quot;Multiplay&quot;, &quot;Join Server&quot; and the ip is [color=red:c1bf9b322c]209.190.24.34:21000[/color:c1bf9b322c].

I also found these servers from Warbirds of Prey ( http://www.warbirdsofprey.org/ ):

TeamSpeak Server: 69.90.34.220, password: falcon9

Spits-vs-109's
69.90.34.220:21010

Zekes-vs-Wildcats
69.90.34.220:21005

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If you got the game from from Steam you will need to upgrade to patch 4.08m (Steam doesn't seem to upgrade the game for you).  So:

1. Download this file http://patches.ubi.com/il2_1946/il2_1946_408m.exe

2. Run the downloaded exe (il2_1946_408m.exe).

3. A dialog with show.  It will ask you for a &quot;Destination Folder&quot; the folder that's in there now is &quot;C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946&quot; WHICH IS NOT CORRECT FOR A STEAM GAME.

4. Click on the &quot;Browse&quot; button.

5. Browse and select the folder at &quot;[color=orange:c1bf9b322c]STEAM INSTALL DIR[/color:c1bf9b322c]\steamapps\common\il 2 sturmovik 1946&quot;

6. Click &quot;Install&quot;

&quot;[color=orange:c1bf9b322c]STEAM INSTALL DIR[/color:c1bf9b322c]&quot; is where you installed Steam.  It's probably a folder in your &quot;Program Files&quot; directory.  OR &quot;Program Files (x86)&quot; for 64-bit users.

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-Updated the J2M5 Artificial Horizon;
-Modified the Ta-183 Variometer;
-Updated the MiG-3 Landing Gear Indicator;
-Corrected the brakes animation in the LaGG-3 and Yak-1 / Yak-7;
-Updated weapons and ammunition types on the He-162C/D, Yak-15, N1K2-Ja, P-63C, CR.42;
-Modified the retraction of the tailwheel  on the N1K2-Ja;
-Corrected the brakes on the N1K;
-Updated the Il-10 Fuel level indicator;
-Updated the trigger animation on the Ki-43-IIKai, N1K2-Ja;
-Modified instrument panel damage on the Ta-183;
-Updated rudder animation on the Lerche-III;
-Updated the Yak-15 compass;
-Modified the canopy framework on the N1K2-Ja, both internally and externally;
-Corrected the armored seat back on the MiG-13 and I-250;
-Modified the FAB-1000 bomb position in the A-20C bomb bay;
-Updated trimmer indicators on the J2M5;
-Updated trimmer indicators and controls on the Ar-234B;
-Modified damage model of the Ki-27 wings;
-Corrected distances in the K-14 gun sight;
-Corrected the J2M5’s altimeter;
-Updated the flap sounds on the Pe-2 series;
-Changed Il-10 rear gunner compartment sounds to an “enclosed cabin” type;
-Corrected Ki-27 flap sounds;
-Decreased the volume of certain ground-based guns as heard in the cockpit;
-Modified Ta-183’s AI routines;
-Changed parameters for the Ta-183, Me-262HG-II, Lerche-III, Bf-109F-2, MiG-13/I-250, Yak-3R;
-Updated Object Viewer data for the Yak-3R and A-20C;
-Modified the MG42;
-Updated the in-game credits;
-Fixed errors in loadout names for certain planes;
-Fixed the A-20C crew error;
-Updated the canopy damage model on the MiG-9;
-Fixed the MiG-9 artificial horizon;
-Modified the engine shut-down parameters at low altitude for the MiG-9 &#40;I-300&#41;;
-Fixed the ground clipping on MiG-9’s landing gear;
-Updated animations for the landing gear, flap and gear levers, bank indicator, and pylons on the Ta-183;
-Fixed Lerche-III fuel level indicator;
-Il-10’s ShKAS ammo load set to 2x750;
-Removed the duplicated loadouts on the I-153P;
-Fixed tracer colors on the Ki-43 and Ki-61;
-Removed the GM-1 from the Ta-152C &#40;which now only has the MW-50&#41;;
-Updated the engine temperature parameters on the Tempest V;
-Modified an airfield in Burma;
-Fixed textures in the following cockpits&#58; A-20C; Ar-234; Il-10; MiG-9; Ta-183; Yak-15; Yak-3R; Pe-2 84th Series;
-Modified air-to-air AI on the Ar-234;
-Fixed the bug when hits on the Ar-234’s #1 engine set #2 on fire;
-Modified G4M1 flight model;
-Protected fuel tanks on the J2M and La-5;
-Modified the propeller on the N1K2-Ja;
-Fixed the altitude indicator on The J2M5;
-Fixed the landing gear indicator on the He-162.

Also&#58;

The server can now check for changes on the client-side game modules, i.e. ensure the modules were not modified. To enable the check, a new key was added to the conf.ini file. 

In order to set the client-side verification parameters you will need to manually edit the conf.ini file located in your main game folder before launching the game. Open the file with a text editor, find the &#91;NET&#93; section and in the checkRuntime = line write in either 0 or 1 &#40;or 2&#41;, then save the file. If the checkRuntime = line does not exist in your conf.ini file, add it to the end of the &#91;NET&#93; section. 

checkRuntime=0-no check is made &#40;default&#41;; 
checkRuntime=1-quick check; 
checkRuntime=2-comprehensive check. 

NOTE&#58; during the comprehensive check, if the client runs a different OS version from the client, the check may identify the OS differences as changes in game modules. 

New maps&#58;

Desert Online&#58; Ian Boys, Vladimir Kochmarsky, Ray Grützmacher, Laurent Cunin
Italy Online&#58; Jörg Wiedemann, Ray Grützmacher, Laurent Cunin
Norway&#58; Ian Boys, Laurent Cunin, Kjetil Aakra
Murmansk Summer&#58; Vladimir Kochmarsky, Ian Boys

Airbase Restriction&#58; 

Please note that Herdla on the Norway Map is a fighter base which based aircraft up to the Bf-110 only. When using large flights of aircraft, only planes of the Bf-110 size or smaller will take off successfully. 
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There's also a &quot;4.09b&quot; patch.  Once I find a DL link I'll see if I can put it on the server.