"Launcher has stopped working"

[mdgtmstng]

Ok, so I just upgraded to an Nvidia GeForce GTX 580. Before, I was using a 9500GT card and was able to fly the sim (at low gfx settings). Now, when I load a flight (i.e. solo flight in training), the progress bar goes across, and I see the cockpit for a moment, then get a box stating that "Launcher has stopped working". The details given are:

Description:

Stopped working

Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: CLR20r3

Problem Signature 01: launcher.exe

Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0

Problem Signature 03: 4d6e3d08

Problem Signature 04: core

Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0

Problem Signature 06: 4e047eee

Problem Signature 07: c75

Problem Signature 08: 8

Problem Signature 09: System.AccessViolationException

OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3

Locale ID: 1033

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Anyone have any ideas why this is happening?

Thanks for any help.

Ed

[GF_Mastiff]

yes NVIDIA and 1C need to talk.

[Purg]

I had a similar issue - rename both conf and confs.ini in *both* locations. One in the Steam directory and the other in your documents/1C SoftClub/... directory.

I was trashing one or the other and was barely getting the game to load. Deleted both files from both locations and no launcher errors since. The game *should* recreate them.

[mdgtmstng]

Hi Purg... I did that this am, and now I can't even get the sim to load. As soon as I click on the shortcut, I get the "Launcher has stopped Working" msg. I reverted the conf and confs filenames back to their original names, and still nothing.

:(

Ed

[mdgtmstng]

Thanks Cheesehawk... it did fix the problem.

I upgraded my system some... I changed to a stronger power supply (850W), changed to an NVidia GTX 580 w/1.5GB, and doubled my RAM to 8GB.

Now, I can fly two complete missions, but start to see some stuttering as I land at the end of the 2nd mission, and when I'm done, and hit ESC, the sim drops me back to my desktop. If I hit ESC again, I'm back in the cockpit. Hit ESC a 3rd time, and I'm back to my desktop, and the sim fails to respond, and I have to use Task Manager to end the program.

There's not much more that I can do to my system, that I know of. I'm new to the world of "overclocking" stuff (i.e. I don't know squat about overclocking... LOL).

Anyone have any thoughts on how to make this sim work a bit longer, without the freeze-up after two missions?

Thanks,

Ed

[mdgtmstng]

Saw something posted in another thread, concerning the opening UBIsoft splash screen. I went ahead and renamed the file, and, wow! Now Ive just finished flying the British campaign, from the start to the mission where I transfer into Spits, before I got an "out of memory" notification (whereupon the sim quit). A huge increase in performance!

To disable the splash screen, go to:

Steam>Steamapps>Common>IL2-Sturmovik Cliffs Of Dover>Parts>Gui.

Then rename logo.wmv to lego.wmv or something.

Ed