I never installed any mods cause I read somewhere you couldn't play online if you had mods installed. What is this BAT thing you speak of?
BAT is the most robust mod for 1946. Adds an f-ton of planes, missions, graphics, etc. google “BAT Mod IL2-1946. It’s the most comparable thing to AH for free if you own 46. Check out the YouTube page for an old AH player. His videos will walk you through the mod install and he has really good 1946 videos almost weekly. Tried to get him to join the MOTA but he said his AH days were over. Would be cool if we could get him back his videos are really good.
This video was for the last mod before the most recent update. I assume the install would be the same. I haven’t reinstalled it yet.