Same things for me. I have this error at launch. I can access to the game interface but when i start a mission, i go back to the desktop and i can just hear the sound. When i launch it in a windowed resolution mode, i got a gray window.

Every things is up to date : graphical driver, directx and Vista. Other recent game such as Formula one 2010 or other works absolutely fine


We are some guys to get that bug in France.


Ge Force 9500 Gt

how bout the devs, any help please.

Same problem. I´m using a MacBook with W7 and nvidia GF 9400M (I know this config sucks for this game but I was expecting to, at least, be able to play the game in low settings).

Any solution please?

I have the nvidia 9600 gs 768mb.

Someone told me to run it in dx 9.

They told me to add "Render=D3D9_0" in conf. file

I am just not sure where to add it...

Had the same problem as well as AVG informing me of a virus as part of the loader!
The game ran but the planes and pilots were not displayed and when I ran a mission it would just show the last screen but give me sound.
After an hour of fun i got everything working and thats how it stayed until tonight.
This morning I allowed AVG to pass the software and all ran OK. Tonight I was back to problems, the video driver was reportin that it had crashed under starting the game, a blank screen just before the epi splash screen. I loaded the latest driver as well as the beta driver, still no luck
I then left it alone to try for an answer on the net only to suddenly think the only thing I had not done was disable the antivirus.
I tried this and it worked - for me at least!
Every thing has now slowed though so I'm going to roll the driver back too see if I can get back to a flyable rig
Fingers crossed as it is a stunning game

That works for nvidia 9600 gs ... open a bottle of beer and search for the path:

1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover

and open the conf.ini there and paste Render=D3D9_0 instead of Render=D3D10_0

... after installing 4 hours my nerves are raw now :evil:

Umm, I can't even find that line in my conf.ini file... I have the the steam version, for the record.

Can anyone confirm that Render=D3D10_0 should be in the conf.ini file, and where?

[BOB]
EpilepsyFilter=0

[window]
DepthBits =24
StencilBits=8
DrawIfNotFocused=0
SaveAspect=0
Render=D3D9_0
width=1280
height=800
ColourBits=32
FullScreen=1
ChangeScreenRes=1

If its not there try adding it yourself, Note you'l loose AA in video options in game settings with the line Render=D3D9_0 in conf

The line is there, trust me. I think you are looking in the wrong conf.ini

The one you should be changing is located in documents/1C SoftClub/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover/conf.ini and not in the steam folder