If it says it's a .NET issue, try reinstalling it. There's a redist folder inside the simulator's installation folder under steam, which includes the redistributable libraries for .NET, directX and something else.

If you want to go all out, try the following.

Revert to the latest official patch (verify local file integrity through Steam).

Clear your cache.

Reinstall the redistributable libraries.

Apply the test patch and hotfix.

Launch the sim and fly a quick mission for a couple of minutes to rebuild the cache.

Restart the sim and fly.

I hope this gets it sorted, cheers ;)

Hi, I did all that, it is still CTD at start, i have had no problems with start up at all in the past..

radman I have similar problem too and have cleared cache, reinstalled game, etc. Checking through other threads I see we are not alone.

This has only happened since I tried to install the new patch I think, certainly for the last year, COD has been fine overall..

could it be a recent Vista update...

Well, i'm lost then.

I only have one more piece of advice to offer in this case, if you haven't already done it: sending 1c information about the bug to correct it themselves.

Going to your "documents\1c softclub\IL2 sturmovik cliffs of dover" folder you should see your conf.ini file. Edit it in a text editor and where it says "LOG=0" set it to "LOG=1". This enables logging of CTDs and will create crash dump files that describe the bug.

In that same folder there's a "cppdump" or "cppcrash" folder (not sure which one, it's either of the two so you'll find it easily). In there you can find your crash dump files. You can email them as attachments to 1c (Luthier's address is on the top of the beta patch thread).

They are going through each single file sent to them and fixing issues as they pop up, so if you haven't emailed them the crash log files it's definitely worth a shot. You not only stand a better chance of getting it to run well on your PC after another patch or two, you also prevent it from happening to others.

I hope you manage to get it sorted (either manually or through a subsequent patch) and get back to flying, cheers ;)

Skins:- in the beta i'm getting upto half of a squadron/staffel failing to display the mission allocated skin, displaying the default skin instead. This also seems to be occurring for enemy groups.
There appears to be a pattern to which planes are affected, with flight 1 being ok, flight 2 all default skins and 3rd flight 2 planes showing correct skin, other 2 showing default skin

This is in offline mode both in single mission and campaign modes with missions that worked perfectly in 1.05.

Possibly related to the reported lack of display of selected skins in plane options- fmb preview seems to work after hiding/ re viewing 3d preview?.


Anyone else seeing this?


For what it's worth, rig specs:- 920@4.0, gtx580 1.5gb, win 7 pro 64 bit, 6gb ram.

Don't think it has any bearing on the patch mate,I have never seen anymore than 4 out of the 12 skins that I have applied to my 'mission editor' Squadron.The rest just show up as Default skins.It's been like this from day one for me.

Of course If anyone out there can fault me,please let me know,if there is an answer to this I would love to know,maybe I'm missing something here.

bug report (just in case somebody at 1c actually reads this and is paying attention)

the new prop spin visual effect is ugly, unrealistic, prevents normal vision (worsened in certain sunlight directions) and gives me a headache (literally) after just a couple of minutes of play.

the only "opinion" on this that matters is from those that have spent time in small prop planes and now what SIMULATING it should look like (no, movies dont count because the camera alters what is captured and then displayed)

visually the new current prop visual effect has a strobe like lighting effect which is very unpleasant to look at, and significantly distracts from how clearly you should be able to look at objects directly in front of you. if anything in a modern game will pose an epilepsy danger for the few whom are prone to it, this one surely will. imho also looks like nothing that i have seen in real life in small prop planes.

from my experience in small prop planes in real life, at high rpm the prop spin should just cause a small mild amount of blurring (at the edge of the prop partic), and and under most conditions be barely visible. instead right now we have this massive strobe like flashing thing in front of us which blurs significantly what you can see, and makes it a very significant distraction. to me it is unpleasant, ugly and visually irritating to look at

in the later versions of the previous il2 series, and in the current DCS p51 for ex, this prop spin visual effect was pretty good, mildly visible but not distracting or unpleasant. imo if ever there was going to be an epilepsy trigger concern in those that are prone to it, this current visual effect would be a perfect candidate

specs: intel i5 @ 3.6 (dual core), 8 gb 1600 ram, ati 5770 (1 gb), win7 64 bit

Just for the sake of completeness, link to the prop thread to get more opinions on the matter: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=32234

I'm still not convinced either way, some people say it's overdone, some say it's actually worse in a real plane.

I don't consider this a bug though. It's a mater of personal taste. Maybe an option to choose between prop representations would be in order.

Its possible that there a bug behind the issue, screenshots :

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8209/69462015.jpg
http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6819/99905735.jpg

is the texture of the prop effect pixelated due to a over scale issue ?

If so that could explain why the effect is overdone ...