WARNING: Failure to install the correct patch will render the game corrupt and require a full download and installation.

Check the current version of the game you have installed by starting the game. In the upper left corner of the opening screen is the version and patch number.

If your current version is Version 2.16 Patch 0
Use this patch (29.8MBytes) to reach Version 2.17 Patch 3, if you wish to install it manually.

If your current version is Version 2.17 Patch 0, 1, or 2
Use this patch (929.9KBytes) to reach Version 2.17 Patch 3, if you wish to install it manually.


Changes from previous release The high resolution texture package has also been updated for this release. If you are using it, then you must update your texture package as well.

• Fixed a bug that could cause numerous abnormalities when minimizing the game or quitting the game and changing your video settings.
  
  
• The game can now run without a sound device installed. It will generate a message if it does not find a sound device.
  
  
• Fixed a couple bugs in the offline missions that caused A.I. flights to disappear or not take off. NOTE: There is a potential backwards compatibility issue with older missions using the I-16, P-47M, P-47D-25 and the F6F that may cause different plane types to show up in there place. If you have this issue you can fix it by editing the mission and reselecting the correct plane type.
  
  
• Changed how screenshot files are written out to a file. The new method does this at a controlled pace and therefore results in a delay before the next screenshot can be taken. The length of this delay is dependent on your video settings.
  
  
• Increased hardness of the city blocks in the industrial city center.
  
  
• Reprogrammed the combat trim on the I-16 to remove a roll tendency.