Recent reviews by Falco250

If game won't run after install try this:

1) Go to Steam game library drive and open steamapps\common\IL 2 Sturmovik 1946\conf.ini with text editor.
2) Edit to:
width=1920 (or what matches your display)
height=1080 (or what matches your display)
FullScreen=1 (or 0)
Intro=0
3) Save and close conf.ini

This should allow starting the game from the main menu.

If you cannot get the game to start from the web page (following Steam and Origin), then try the following:

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/clear-cache-to-fix-problems-with-your-games/

Try this also:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-3/BF3-stuck-on-initializing-for-campaign-multiplayer-Found-this/m-p/10188271#M137313