Windows® 8 Cliffs of Dover Fix (is here).

[sYk0]

Hi everyone,

Edit (18/Mar/2015):

Source Code:
For anyone (Delphi developers?) that's interested, I have made the source code on BitBucket public.
https://bitbucket.org/wdcossey/cloder

Edit (11/Mar/2013):

Vesion: 0.0.0.2

Change Log:

1. Additional parameters specified to "CloDer.exe" will be passed onto "Launcher.exe".
2. Minor enhancements to "CloDer.exe" & "CloDer.dll".
3. I have left "CloDer.exe" & "CloDer.dll" unpacked (previously I used UPX), this should tone down (+-50%) the false positives from "heuristically challenged" anti-virus products.

*Update: Removed useless DropBox links.

Edit (09/Mar/2013):

Added MEGA download Link.

Edit (20/Nov/2012):

Please find the download link(s) for the Windows® 8 fix at the bottom of this post (this is where you'll find any future updates, if any).
If you have any queries you are more than welcome to PM me.

Original Post (19/Nov/2012):

This is my first post on these forums so I'd like to say hi to everyone.

It's worth nothing that I don't play "IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover" (don't judge me, it's just not my type of game).

Anyway, my friend approached me with a issue at the end of last week regarding "Cliffs of Dover", that it was not playable under Windows® 8 so I said to him I'd have a look at it for him (I finally got around to it yesterday evening).

Good news, I have managed to get it working under Windows® 8.
When I say working I mean to the point where the game says "Steam must be running to play Il-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover.", this is a lot better than crashing silently to the Desktop (since I don't actually own the game I will not proceed beyond this point).

I'm just waiting on my friend to get home this evening (GMT+2) to test that the game does in fact run correctly, after he confirms this I'll release the tool to the masses.

Watch this space, hopefully you'll be back up in the sky in a few short hours.

Download Link(s):

v0.0.0.2:

7-Zip Archive(s):

1. MediaFire
2. MEGA

MD5: c78d44ed56565e1840a718fc04119993

Zip Archive(s):

1. MediaFire
2. MEGA

MD5: 694d183d07d8f57122ed202deadb4af6

v0.0.0.1:

7-Zip Archive(s):

1. MediaFire
2. MEGA

MD5: 3e470eed2313fa1bec31b592cca5cf23

For more information regarding this fix please read the enclosed readme ("CloDer_Readme.txt").

Enjoy,
sYk0.

[jojimbo]

Would make alot of people happy sYk0, I was getting to like my Win7 partition

[TonyD]

Well, it certainly works OK. Performance is slightly better than Win7, but I think that this would only be the case with BullDozer - THG found no difference using a Core i7.

I've only done some limited testing to confirm it was working before sYk0 released it - a couple of BlackDeath runs and a free flight over Dover. Subjectively it seems a little smoother, with less variation in frame rates (similar to my experience with RoF), but this is probably due to the task scheduler doing a better job than my (patched) version of Win7.

The core allocation appears very different to what I've seen in Win7, which I guess is to be expected. The attached screenie is after completing a run in BlackDeath (reduced for ease of viewing)

[ATAG_Colander]

Just to clarify.
This seems to be a bug from the "software protection" program they used and not a CLOD bug.

[broken pixel]

Awesome work Sky0 & many thanks . Someone should sticky this forum topic in the technical thread.

[sYk0]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Colander

Just to clarify.
This seems to be a bug from the "software protection" program they used and not a CLOD bug.

You are correct, it is a bug with the ".NET Reactor" (or which ever .NET obfuscator is being used) protection (on "maddox.dll"), that doesn't entirely mean it's not a CLOD bug.

The "software protection" bug affects how the application runs ( under Windows® 8 ), therefore it's a bug within the application (be it indirectly).

[satchenko]

Any performance gain with CLOD running in Windows 8?

[submarinex1]

the guy who found the fix for this should be given a free game. nothing from 1c over issue someones fixed who don't even work for them.

[Skoshi Tiger]

What a cracker of a first post! Even though your not into games like COD, I'm sure the community owes you a big Thank you!

Pitty about the concern with VAC, I play online mostly though off-liners will be fairly happy!

Hopefully with a fix on the table the devs will be able to sneak a micro patch past the been counters for Windows 8 compatability

Cheers! (I don't own windows 8 yet but my brother does and has been frustrated with the lack of COD! Will direct him to your post!)

Originally Posted by sYk0

Hi everyone,

This is my first post on these forums so I'd like to say hi to everyone.

It's worth nothing that I don't play "IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover" (don't judge me, it's just not my type of game).

Anyway, my friend approached me with a issue at the end of last week regarding "Cliffs of Dover", that it was not playable under Windows® 8 so I said to him I'd have a look at it for him (I finally got around to it yesterday evening).

Good news, I have managed to get it working under Windows® 8.
When I say working I mean to the point where the game says "Steam must be running to play Il-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover.", this is a lot better than crashing silently to the Desktop (since I don't actually own the game I will not proceed beyond this point).

I'm just waiting on my friend to get home this evening (GMT+2) to test that the game does in fact run correctly, after he confirms this I'll release the tool to the masses.

Watch this space, hopefully you'll be back up in the sky in a few short hours.

Link(s):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/74194854/CloDer_v0.0.0.1.7z

MD5: C629779081C61029EBE562F4A329FCC8

MD5: 4AE9679F235DDDEA269656C3DCABEB1B (attached .zip)

For more information regarding this fix please read the enclosed readme ("CloDer_Readme.txt").

Enjoy,
sYk0.

[sYk0]

Originally Posted by submarinex1

the guy who found the fix for this should be given a free game. nothing from 1c over issue someones fixed who don't even work for them.

Lol, thanks submarinex1, unfortunately I don't play this type of game, just happy that I could help out.

Originally Posted by broken pixel

I'm sure it took no time for him to figure out a fix yet 1C devs would of never even tried to find a solition.

In all honesty, it didn't take too long to figure out the issue, hopefully the devs catch on and make an official update (however, from what I have read, official support has been suspended/terminated until the next game/add-on release).

Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

Pitty about the concern with VAC, I play online mostly though off-liners will be fairly happy!

Hopefully with a fix on the table the devs will be able to sneak a micro patch past the been counters for Windows 8 compatability

Hi Skoshi Tiger, as I have stated in the readme, "CloDer.dll" should be unloaded from memory once the game starts (how Steam will see this is unknown to me, it could detect it as an exploit).
You would have to speak to one of the developers to verify that the game is in fact protected with VAC (or another online protection scheme), if it isn't you (your brother, everyone) should be safe to play online.
Until you get clarification on the above issue I would suggest you don't play online (unless someone goes Kamikaze and tries it out online).