Latest beta crashing on start up

[plimmy]

Hi guys and girls... Ive had this problem before with one of the betas but for the life of me cant remember or find how I fixed it. Basically the yellow crosshair comes up briefly then disapears. Anyone have any ideas ?

Thanks

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by plimmy

Hi guys and girls... Ive had this problem before with one of the betas but for the life of me cant remember or find how I fixed it. Basically the yellow crosshair comes up briefly then disapears. Anyone have any ideas ?

Thanks

My first thought would be your graphic card...but, put your system in your sig so its not a guessing game.

[senseispcc]

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Did you change you "logo" file or something like that?

[plimmy]

Originally Posted by senseispcc

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Did you change you "logo" file or something like that?

Cant see why my spec comes into question as it runs every final patch ok.

Not sure what you mean by changing the logo?

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by plimmy

Hi guys and girls... Ive had this problem before with one of the betas but for the life of me cant remember or find how I fixed it. Basically the yellow crosshair comes up briefly then disapears. Anyone have any ideas ?

Thanks

Originally Posted by plimmy

Cant see why my spec comes into question as it runs every final patch ok.

Not sure what you mean by changing the logo?

Read the new beta patch installation requirements in Blue .

[Bounder!]

I had exactly this problem with a previous beta and it was due to using winrar to unzip the patch file for some reason. I reverted to the official version in steam and then unzipped the patch using winzip and installed - this fixed it before for me.

[David198502]

Originally Posted by Bounder!

I had exactly this problem with a previous beta and it was due to using winrar to unzip the patch file for some reason. I reverted to the official version in steam and then unzipped the patch using winzip and installed - this fixed it before for me.

with every beta patch, i think there are at least a few guys, who extract the patch with the wrong software.....i think it would be adivsable for the devs to inlcude in the installation notes, which programs are recommended just like 7zip.

[plimmy]

I used winrar I also made sure in the properties that it was unlocked. Shall I try winzip?

[plimmy]

OK....

It is a clean instalation, I have tried using 7zip also but its still crashing on start up.
I seem to remember adding a line in the target shortcut for the exe....... does that ring any bells?

[Bounder!]

Here's what I did to install the new patch:

1) Go to Steam -> Games Library -> right click on Il2 CoD -> Properties -> Local Files -> verify integrity of game cache

2) Once CoD is back to official version load the game and load a single mission and spawn

3) Exit game, go to my documents -> 1c Soft -> CoD -> Cache, and clear the cache

4) Downloaded patch via torrent from Blacksix link

5) Unzipped patch using Winzip into folder on desktop

6) Go into the Patch folder, right click copy/paste bob folder and then core folder into ..\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\parts. Merge folders and replace files.

7) Deleted the Ubisoft logo.wmv in parts/core/GUI

8.) Launch game