Can't play anything after reinstall

[Rouchen117]

I had purchased IL2: Great Battles from Steam during a sale for the game in May 2019. I only bought the base game that included the Battle of Stalingrad content in it and had played it for a bit before putting it away for awhile around September that year. I recently reinstalled the game since I was in a mood for flight sim games and as soon as I got into the game I noticed there was no content available to play (that included the planes for multiplayer). I have made a discussion page on Steam about a month ago (as of me posting this it has either been removed by Steam or is hidden from the public, idk) and had submitted a support ticket last week. Is this a "one in a thousand" issue or is this a common issue that no one has brought up/been covered up?

Edited February 24, 2020 by Rouchen117
Forgot to add photos

[[_FLAPS_]RogoRogo]

if you purchased the game via STEAM you should launch it via STEAM (as you can see yourself with your forum account the keyless Steam licence did not sync back to the website), aka download via your steam library, launch it directly from the steam-app using the content created in the /steamapps folder.
(but check your profile on the main il2sturmovik.com website, not the forum profile, the one on the MAIN website nonetheless and look at "purchases" and "licence keys" nonetheless, just to be sure).
 

The universal launcher offered via the download section on the il2sturmovik website is better (steam treats the other titles in the series as DLC, while on the main site everything is a separate game, and all are properly synced into the universal launcher) but there seems to be a constant snyc issue for Steambased purchases since Steam switched to a keyless system (most likely to make all their games as proprietary as possible and to keep follow up purchase likelyness within their plattform - seen from a consumer perspective).

Edited February 25, 2020 by [_FLAPS_]RogoRogo

[Rouchen117]

If that's the case, then there's nothing I can do but refund it via Steam. I've check the profile on the main website and, even though the game had me register the game on the website, it's showing as me not owning BOS. I'll try the launcher provided by the website, but due to the keyless system Steam uses as you've said, it's likely a refund is in order soon. Nonetheless, I appreciate the assistance regardless. I'll update the main post should something, better or worse, happen with the universal launcher.

[[_FLAPS_]RogoRogo]

well.. hold.. STOP.
That the website does not sync the Steam licence ONLY means you have no forum badge and it does not activate in the universal "greates battle launcher" provided via download on the website.

Please read my advice again.
BOS (or whatever you purchased on Steam) shows up in your STEAM library - your keyless Steamkey purchase is intact and available.
And as i typed before. 
Download and install the STEAM version via the STEAM app (it is a different launcher... looks the same.. but it is the game version that installs itself in your" HHDletter://Program Files(x86)/Steam/Steamapps/common " folder.
You can launch this IL2 via Steam and it will show your content correctly - and you will have access to your content and all Multiplayer servers aso.
And you might want to check this.. because it is well possible that you are using IL2's universal launcher (added into the Steam library.. which is one of the Steam functions available) - which is why I gave to the advice to uninstall and redownload and reinstall via the Steam Launcher functions to make sure you have the STEAM version of IL2 running (the interface looks the same, so you cannot discern which version it is save for maybe the install location - which also can and could have been changed manually)

[Rouchen117]

Is there any vids out there about this or is this known by few people in the community, counting yourself? I barely see anything about this issue from both these forums and the Steam discussion. I'll reread your advice until I'm blue and try it.

Update: I've got it to where I just relinked the Steam and IL-2 accounts, so the issue has been resolved (for now, at least).

Edited February 25, 2020 by Rouchen117
Update

[[_FLAPS_]RogoRogo]

well.. if you look in this section there are actually a few people having this very same problem... just look at some of the !older" threads.. since I just happened to glance at your then still unanswered OP I simply wanted to help out.
There are no YT-guide videos about this or any other guides afaik.
Good news on the account - but do not forget, your main website account and your forum account (jep.. just another Il2 thing) are just about your ingame description and any product badges - so you do not show up as player-12345 in Multiplayer but with a textstring NOT being your username/accountemail.
The important part is that you have your stuff in steam, and get it running via steam - this works even without any account or account linking on il2's website (well... if and when it works).
Because even if you use a steam-related purchase from before update 4.003 in the universal launcher it may work.. until it sometimes does not work (that was the syncing issue I was refering too).
Any steam-related purchase after update 4.003 (applying to your case, although I typed the version number from memory.. so please read that one with caution and caveat) - see my original advice from above, be fully in steam.
 

[Amandla]

On 2/25/2020 at 5:24 PM, Rouchen117 said:

Is there any vids out there about this or is this known by few people in the community, counting yourself? I barely see anything about this issue from both these forums and the Steam discussion. I'll reread your advice until I'm blue and try it.

Update: I've got it to where I just relinked the Steam and IL-2 accounts, so the issue has been resolved (for now, at least).

I'm running into the same problems. Could you explain where and how you relinked the accounts?