Steam collector plane not available in game

[cmorris975]

Hi there,

 

I bought the P-40 on Steam, where I originally bought Il-2 Stalingrad.  The plane is not available for me to fly in game though.  Is it because I downloaded the game from this site instead of from Steam?

 

Confused!  I tried logging in here with my Steam account but that did not help anything.

 

Thanks for any help,

 

Chris

[RedKestrel]

Is your steam and main account linked?

[cmorris975]

10 hours ago, RedKestrel said:

Is your steam and main account linked?

 

Hi RedKestrel.  Thanks for the response.

 

Linked where?  In game?  On the website here?  On the Steam app?

[RedKestrel]

17 minutes ago, cmorris975 said:

 

Hi RedKestrel.  Thanks for the response.

 

Linked where?  In game?  On the website here?  On the Steam app?

In-game you should be prompted to link your Steam and Il-2 store accounts when you have expansions or planes from both stores. 

I don't have anything on Steam so I can't really remember how its supposed to work exactly, it was a change they made about a year ago to comply with some changes with how Steam handled expansions or something.. 

Have you tried launching the game through Steam to see if you have your aircraft there? That also may give you the prompt to link your accounts.

[cmorris975]

5 minutes ago, RedKestrel said:

In-game you should be prompted to link your Steam and Il-2 store accounts when you have expansions or planes from both stores. 

I don't have anything on Steam so I can't really remember how its supposed to work exactly, it was a change they made about a year ago to comply with some changes with how Steam handled expansions or something.. 

Have you tried launching the game through Steam to see if you have your aircraft there? That also may give you the prompt to link your accounts.

 

There is nothing in game that I can see that would allow me to link to Steam.  I suppose I could download a second copy of Il-2 through Steam onto my computer but since I share a connection over wifi that would take 10+ hours.  I thought of that too but was thinking there must be an easier or more logical way to merge content than having two installs for two potential sale platforms.

 

I'll see if I can refund the purchase for now.  I would absolutely buy two P-40 and C202 if I could figure out a way to use them in my website install though.  That would complete my collector planes collection and they both seem like fun planes to fly.

[RedKestrel]

2 minutes ago, cmorris975 said:

 

There is nothing in game that I can see that would allow me to link to Steam.  I suppose I could download a second copy of Il-2 through Steam onto my computer but since I share a connection over wifi that would take 10+ hours.  I thought of that too but was thinking there must be an easier or more logical way to merge content than having two installs for two potential sale platforms.

 

I'll see if I can refund the purchase for now.  I would absolutely buy two P-40 and C202 if I could figure out a way to use them in my website install though.  That would complete my collector planes collection and they both seem like fun planes to fly.

I believe with the way Steam works now, once the accounts are linked you have to launch through Steam to get access to both Steam and Il2 Store content. I think If you launch from the store version of the game you will only have the stuff you bought on the store. 

[DN308]

Absolutely, I had the same problem. But I go thru the steam account

[cmorris975]

Hmmm.  Well, I can access the Steam planes I bought back when you had an access code that you’d put into the Il2 website.  I guess they don’t do that anymore.  I could get the planes I want through the sale here for a couple more dollars, but I don’t know how that would work with the Moscow copy I had already bought through Steam.  Would there be conflicts or problems if I had a standard Moscow copy from Steam and a deluxe from the store here?

 

And then there is the problem of playing in VR and Steam VR being not as efficient as running without it using open composite.  The recent patches have made things run worse so I can’t go through Steam if it forces me to use their VR app.  That’s the whole reason I use the website copy of the game.

 

This is all quite complicated with the different places to run the game and buy from.

 

I guess if I can launch from Steam without using Steam VR then I could redownload the game and just buy from there from now on?  I wanted to support the devs though.  Not really sure how this is all supposed to work unless I just ignore the Steam sales and wait for the sales on the website or just buy full price.

[RedKestrel]

Its complicated because you're dealing with a third party application that wants to have control over how games are distributed, alongside a game bought directly from the guys who made it. The rules of Steam distribution force all kinds of wonkiness onto the Il-2 business model (e.g. you have to have Battle of Stalingrad before buying other modules, you have to link accounts  etc.). As far as the access code thing, yes that has changed, either through some policy of the devs or some Steam-related change...likely a bit of both.

Here is the guide to linking accounts. Its the official source AFAIK on how Steam and the store now work together.  https://il2sturmovik.com/m/SteamAndIL2AccountGuide.pdf

Here is the original announcement for Steam, as of 3.004. 

It looks like this was the only way to be able to integrate the two systems and enable people to buy from both stores and still work within Steam's environment.

 

[cmorris975]

Thanks for taking the time to post that, RedKestrel.  I will check it out.