Kmot, there is a technicality that I failed to mention. Sincerest apologies!
Here's the scoop:
IL2 has been in development for like 6 years. After the original IL2 was a success,
the software company developed a sequel called
IL2:Forgotten Battles that was a
whole new game. Since then, they have built upon that base, slowly adding new
aircraft and maps. Many of these addons were free downloads, others were packaged
and sold. The first pay add-on was the
Ace Expansion Pack, the second was
Pacific Fighters
However, Pacific Fighters was setup so that it could also be installed as a stand-alone
game. That is, Pacific Fighters can be installed in two ways:
1) as an addon to the pre-existing Forgotten Battles + Ace Expansion Pack platform
2) as a stand-alone game with only the Pacific Aircraft
What this means is that if you only have the Pacific Fighters game, and not the Forgotten
Battles version that came before it, you will only be able to fly Pacific aircraft. The P-51,
P-47, P-38, B-25 and other Western Front aircraft (and Eastern Front too) are all part of
the earlier Forgotten Battles game.
To have the complete planeset, you must also purchase a copy of IL2: Forgotten
Battles and also the Ace Expansion Pack in addition to the Pacific Fighters part.
They can both be purchased in this combo pack for $12 (or maybe cheaper elsewhere?):
http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_g...339/search=il2
I think that there are also combo packs on the market that include all three components:
IL2: Forgotten Battles, Ace Expansion Pack, and
Pacific Fighters.
Once again, sincerest apologies for misleading you. It has been so long since I installed the
game that I clean forgot! Forgotten battles indeed! With any luck, you will have bought one
of the combo packs, but if not, you should still get alot of enjoyment out of the pacific planes.
There's F4Us, F4Fs, Corsairs, Zeros, Ki84s, Ki61s, plenty more.
Had to get that straight before I misled anyone else! Sorry [sm=drowning.gif]