Can you switch from steam to standalone

[Gazdadude]

I notice there are no keys for the steam version and wondered if you could switch to standalone 

[=FEW=fernando11]

Hi. You mean on the discount promo?

 

You can link steam with stand alone, do a fórum serch, you should find it.

Then you log in  on the store with the user/pasword you are using un the game. Make the purchase you whant with the promo code and next time you start the game on steam you new content will be "unlocked".

[Goffik]

The promo codes definitely work on linked accounts as I bought a bunch of collector planes and they showed up  fine.

 

However, what if he's asking if you can download IL-2 from the website and use the launcher after buying it from Steam? Is that possible? Curious about it myself.

[Gazdadude]

53 minutes ago, Goffik said:

The promo codes definitely work on linked accounts as I bought a bunch of collector planes and they showed up  fine.

 

However, what if he's asking if you can download IL-2 from the website and use the launcher after buying it from Steam? Is that possible? Curious about it myself.

Yep that's exactly what I meant

[[_FLAPS_]RogoRogo]

as stated fe here (and in many other places available via the search function): 

The usual procedure would be:

• log onto the il2sturmovik.com website (not the forum, that is a separate account) with your ingame-credentials (which should be the same as your forum account) - https://il2sturmovik.com/account/login/ 
• merge this website account with your steam account (that is an option offered on the first login)
• Alternatively: sign in via steam on https://il2sturmovik.com/account/login/  and merge the other way round (probably the better way) - your game credentials are now your steam-credentials
• check your profile on the website https://il2sturmovik.com/account/  that should now show your BOPD and the products you own via steam
  MAKE SURE your content is shown in https://il2sturmovik.com/store/license-keys/ as "activated"
  MAKE SURE your series title badges show up on your forum account profile.
  You can still use https://il2sturmovik.com/account/ to create any "Gazadude" display name you want (has nothing to do with the login-credentials
• THEN download the universal il2 launcher offered on the website (for many reasons) - https://il2sturmovik.com/download/
• start IL2 via the IL2 proprietary launcher instead of via steam
  ALWAYS use the proprietary LAUNCHER, do not manually create a shortcut to the il2.exe in the folders

Everything should be now available (also you should not fe show up as "player-123456" when joining a mulitplayer server).

Caveat: if it does not work (because there is always a slight possibility to mix something up) you might still need to contact support. In this case you need to provide details and be concise.

As for sole discount usage refer to other posts in this  thread or elsewhere.

Edited March 20, 2020 by [_FLAPS_]RogoRogo

[Flatfoot]

19 hours ago, [_FLAPS_]RogoRogo said:

as stated fe here (and in many other places available via the search function): 

The usual procedure would be:

• log onto the il2sturmovik.com website (not the forum, that is a separate account) with your ingame-credentials (which should be the same as your forum account) - https://il2sturmovik.com/account/login/ 
• merge this website account with your steam account (that is an option offered on the first login)
• Alternatively: sign in via steam on https://il2sturmovik.com/account/login/  and merge the other way round (probably the better way) - your game credentials are now your steam-credentials
• check your profile on the website https://il2sturmovik.com/account/  that should now show your BOPD and the products you own via steam
  MAKE SURE your content is shown in https://il2sturmovik.com/store/license-keys/ as "activated"
  MAKE SURE your series title badges show up on your forum account profile.
  You can still use https://il2sturmovik.com/account/ to create any "Gazadude" display name you want (has nothing to do with the login-credentials
• THEN download the universal il2 launcher offered on the website (for many reasons) - https://il2sturmovik.com/download/
• start IL2 via the IL2 proprietary launcher instead of via steam
  ALWAYS use the proprietary LAUNCHER, do not manually create a shortcut to the il2.exe in the folders

Everything should be now available (also you should not fe show up as "player-123456" when joining a mulitplayer server).

Caveat: if it does not work (because there is always a slight possibility to mix something up) you might still need to contact support. In this case you need to provide details and be concise.

As for sole discount usage refer to other posts in this  thread or elsewhere.

I also saw your link to my post asking for help.   I own every module through steam. And my situation remains unchanged. I have contacted support on my bodenplatte issue to receive no useful help.     I do not give a crap what it shows on this forum.    Would you like me to post what I've purchased through steam.       I'm frustrated cause here we are months later and I have no solution other than rolling the dice.   And if the game decides if I can fly bodenplatte 2out of 10 times I'm good. Otherwise I'm screwed.      Do not link me please.     I've submitted 3 tickets to no avail. My account is linked .   I've all  but given up.    I cannot reccomend the current keyless system to be trustworthy

Edited March 21, 2020 by 361st_Flatfoot
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[Goffik]

On 3/20/2020 at 12:21 PM, [_FLAPS_]RogoRogo said:

as stated fe here (and in many other places available via the search function): 

 

Thanks for the sarky response, but that thread is nothing to do with the very simple question Gazdadude and I are asking. My IL and Steam accounts are already successfully linked. This is blatantly obvious by the fact that the collector planes I bought from the IL store show up perfectly when I launch the game via Steam, as I already stated. However, none of the content I bought on Steam shows up on my IL store account, not as purchases and not as keys.

 

So what Gazdadude and I am wondering, and what I have had difficulty finding a specific answer for despite forum searches, is thus; if I own BoX through Steam, can I download and use the IL-2 launcher instead? Given that the launcher tries to download 20GB before even logging in, it's a question I'd like cleared up before trying to make the switch. If it's not too much trouble of course. ?

[[_FLAPS_]RogoRogo]

wow....

•  what "shows up in this forum" as badges means that a linked account has also recognized purchases cross-plattform (aka eligible for use via the proprietory launcher)
• usage of the proprietory launcher has the prerequisite of registering any purchases in the il2 game account (to make them plattform independent). This was once done via key extraction (no longer applicable) and now is often not possible (as shop plattforms look for ways to pool-bind potential follow-up purchases. The PDF-guide offered on the IL2-website often does not apply. Keyless steam purchases "should" work in the proprietary launcher.. but they do so arbitrarily.

The many scenarios that might happen are shown in the many threads where players have exactly this problem.

[Goffik]

1 hour ago, [_FLAPS_]RogoRogo said:

The many scenarios that might happen are shown in the many threads where players have exactly this problem.

 

Exactly what problem? Before Flatfoot responded to your post there was no mention of any problems. Searching the forum for things like "Steam version through launcher" on various occasions, or something along those lines, has only every resulted in numerous posts where people ask about using store-purchased content with the Steam version. That isn't what we're asking though, so is of no help whatsoever.

 

1 hour ago, [_FLAPS_]RogoRogo said:

Keyless steam purchases "should" work in the proprietary launcher.. but they do so arbitrarily.

 

This is the answer, which you could have posted initially without making out like we were too lazy to use the search function.

[ValiantVic]

For those that are interested in this topic, this is what I learned about the interaction between content purchases on Steam and the IL-2 website store through my own experience.  This may be lengthy because I am going to provide a lot of detail...

 

I initially purchased IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad on Steam a few years ago, along with a few other DLC planes along the way.  Shortly after that, I created an account on the IL-2 website, I do not quite remember exactly but I think the game could be played from Steam without doing that up until a certain update that required account creation (if I am wrong please correct me).  Back then, there was not a “log in with Steam” option that linked the Steam and IL-2 web accounts, but instead you could activate your Steam product keys in your IL-2 account manually by entering them.  Doing this allowed me to register my Steam purchased content on the developer’s site and join the IL-2 community (even though I did my really participate at all until now) with some limitation.

 

How big of a deal this limitation is, or in my case, was, is entirely personal preference although I am of the opinion that it could definitely use improvement regardless of how someone feels about it.  I will get back to that shortly.  

 

Back when the Steam product keys could be entered manually to activate them in an IL-2 account, the products would appear in the owned products list in the “License Keys” tab/section within the user’s account profile with a label “Steam” to identify that it was purchased in the Steam store.  Products that were activated in the account this way are also accessible in the game when it is launched with the proprietary IL-2 launcher.  I confirmed this a few days ago in my own tests.

 

Now back to the community feature limitation of purchasing content from Steam and activating it in an IL-2 web account... forum profile badges.  I confirmed a few days ago that any content with a respective forum badge will only be displayed if the content is purchased directly from the IL-2 store.  This information was communicated to me by a support representative.  If you care about the badges then this is something to consider.  I personally care to have the badges because I have a heavy collector personality that makes anything that I can associate with as a collection appealing.  I just like it.  It’s not everyone’s thing so if you do not care for the badges then any Steam purchased content functions in the game just fine even with mixed content purchased direct on the IL-2 website.  

 

However, there is a catch as of the newer “sign in with Steam” content linking feature, but it only affects Steam content that was never activated the old manual way before as I described earlier.  

 

That limitation is this:

Any Steam purchased content that was not activated by entering Steam keys in the IL-2 account and instead was activated by logging in with Steam and linking the accounts can only be accessed by launching the game through the Steam launcher.  I confirmed this at the time that I confirmed that the manually entered Steam key content in fact does work with the proprietary IL-2 launcher.  The Steam linked content with this new method also does not get listed within the License Keys section in the IL-2 account, but it does work in-game so long as it’s launched in Steam’s launcher.

 

EDIT:  I detailed these interactions between the mixed store content purchases in a support ticket and a support representative clarified to me that this is how it is intended to work.  I may not agree with it and I think this could be remedied a better way, but that is just my opinion.  This is how it is and I came to terms with it.  Maybe it will still change in the future.

 

In the end, I made the personal decision to reach out to support to have them unlink and deactivate my Steam account purchases so that I could purchase them directly from the store on the parent site here.  This allowed me to consolidate everything without linking and get the full profile display feature (the badges) that I cared for.  It came at the price that I had to purchase the content again, but it also gave me an additional opportunity to support a platform that I really enjoy.  In addition to that, I was surprised to find that the Steam content that I had manually entered with Steam product keys became gift-able when I had them deactivated.

 

I hope sharing this provides some insight for those with questions about account purchases and linking.

Edited March 26, 2020 by ValiantVic

[=RS=Stix_09]

@ValiantVic is correct patch 3.004 is when how steam integration  worked changed. (see

https://il2sturmovik.com/m/SteamAndIL2AccountGuide.pdf

 

All new content purchased from steam (since this change) now requires steam client version of game to work for you to have access to this steam content. You can no longer activate steam purchases on the website. (I think comes about due to keyless steam games now)

 

All of my  steam purchases prior to this have been activated on the web site and work with the stand alone launcher (and all recent steam purchases do not. Current steam purchases only work if I run game from steam client with a steam linked account (linking allows me to access my non steam purchases direct from web site from the steam client version)

 

It would be possible for the developers to tag new content as purchased from steam and playable from standalone client if they chose to do that. It would just require you to login to your steam account with  your steam Id and they would be able to confirm what content you have purchased on steam and make it avail from the stand alone client , by adding it to (https://il2sturmovik.com/store/license-keys/) as a steam purchase(like was previously possible.

 

 

 

They have just chosen not to do this (as it would require some coding resources to make this available, and they I guess they figure its not something worth that resource to do). I know its possible because you can do it with DCS steam purchases (add your steam content to stand alone game) and they also have a stand alone client and steam client for DCS world ,just as IL-2 GB does.

 

 

 

Edited April 16, 2020 by =RS=Stix_09

[dnakhaled]

On 4/16/2020 at 8:43 AM, =RS=Stix_09 said:

@ValiantVic is correct patch 3.004 is when how steam integration  worked changed. (see

https://il2sturmovik.com/m/SteamAndIL2AccountGuide.pdf

 

All new content purchased from steam (since this change) now requires steam client version of game to work for you to have access to this steam content. You can no longer activate steam purchases on the website. (I think comes about due to keyless steam games now)

 

All of my  steam purchases prior to this have been activated on the web site and work with the stand alone launcher (and all recent steam purchases do not. Current steam purchases only work if I run game from steam client with a steam linked account (linking allows me to access my non steam purchases direct from web site from the steam client version)

 

It would be possible for the developers to tag new content as purchased from steam and playable from standalone client if they chose to do that. It would just require you to login to your steam account with  your steam Id and they would be able to confirm what content you have purchased on steam and make it avail from the stand alone client , by adding it to (https://il2sturmovik.com/store/license-keys/) as a steam purchase(like was previously possible.

 

 

 

They have just chosen not to do this (as it would require some coding resources to make this available, and they I guess they figure its not something worth that resource to do). I know its possible because you can do it with DCS steam purchases (add your steam content to stand alone game) and they also have a stand alone client and steam client for DCS world ,just as IL-2 GB does.

 

 

 

it seams this link is not working now , I followed everything in the guide  but content bought from IL2 main site are not linked but my IL2 user id is is shown in steam BOS main screen instead of randomly generated steam id . Also no response from customer support after generating tickets  

[=RS=Stix_09]

@dnakhaled This may help

 

[Solitojorgesoo]

I bought Bodenplatte directly from the IL2 store, and now Battle of Stalingrad from Steam.-

All is OK and I linked my steam account to my IL2 account as adviced .-

Now I have 2 shortcuts, the older which launches Bodenplatte as before, and a new shortcut which allows me  access to both sims, but the problem in this case is that all my settings (graphics, keys, carreer, etc) are now default.-

How can export them to this new merged sim  ?

Thanks