The biggest problem i have with this game is the water. it looks like im staring at a giant blueberry, i dont like that.

Im running version 4.08m with the UltraPack installed. I read that if you set the water to Water=4 you will get better water. I tried it and nothing happened

I also tried installing the Dark Blue mod and still no dice

This is what i want the game to look like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt0E77vJg7w&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5qyhY82XxA&feature=related

First make sure you're running IL2 with Open GL and that water=4 is under Render_OpenGL in the conf.ini file.

This guide might help you http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Knowledge_Base&op=show&kid=27