Windows 7 and IL2... No love?

[PE_Tigar]

Originally Posted by mazex

Hi!

Anyone else that has tried IL2 on the Windows 7 beta? I've tried some other games that seem to run better than on Vista (that hog), but unfortunately IL2 on OpenGL settings does not work for me...

I have an Nvidia 8800GTX card with the 181.20 drivers and IL2 4.08 with the latest (?) graphic dll's ( 02/27 2008 ). When I run it the screen gets vertical oscillating tears/ripples all over like an old CRT that is about to die... Naturally it works on DirectX - but with bad FPS and quality etc...

I know Windows 7 is just a beta - but it's interesting to hear if the problem affects others (ATI users for example)... Since Vista was so bad at OpenGL until SP1 I had hoped that SP2 (Windows 7 ) was going to be even better at OpenGL... Yeah - that's stupid.

Going back to trusty old XP again...

/Mazex

I have the same problem with Il21946 and DCS:BS GUI (Launcher) only. The workaround in Il2 for me is running it in a window equal to my monitor resolution with taskbar autohide on. Performance is very good, although it is running Aero Glass in the background, I get avg FPS of 40-50 with Vsync on.

Does anyone know what is actually the problem here? I thought it was drivers, or Aero Glass GUI, but I have R4850 card and mazex has nVidia and we both have the same problem... One wird thing (one other guy running W7+DCS noticed too) is that screen refresh frequency is fixed at 59 Hz in W7, and cannot be changed to 60 Hz. Maybe that is the issue?

Other specs below:

ASUS P5K MoBo
C2Duo 6850 CPU
6 GB DDR2 800 RAM
R4850 512 MB graphics
Audigy 2 ZS soundcard
Samsung 215 TW monitor running at 1680x1050

[DKoor]

Haha valuing my free time, don't experiment since XP works like charm.
/Log off

[PE_Tigar]

Originally Posted by DKoor

Haha valuing my free time, don't experiment since XP works like charm.
/Log off

Thanks for nothing If you have nothing to say on topic you could at least stay away.

[EAF331_Hans]

My IL2 is stable and as good as in Vista or XP. I just installed Windows 7 on a separate harddrive, installed drivers for Win7 from Windows Update.
(Q9550 - 8800GTX - 4GB RAM).
TIR4, Saitek drivers as well as TS are fine too.

I can run IL2 from the original drive, but I copied the Ubisoft folder to my Win 7 harddrive in order to make HL happy enough to find the game.

You need to to use the graphic drivers that are supplied from Windows Update.

[Erdem]

Hello,

I can't install IL-2 on Windows 7. After I run "a.exe", when it says "Configuring Windows Installer" it crashes and says "This program doesn't function anymore, you'll be notified if a solution is found". I tried running it as Administrator, disabling UAC but no sugar. The problem is with the windows installer file "IL-2 Sturmovik 1946.msi".

Any help is appreciated.

Rax

[Erdem]

Ha! There seems to be a bug with CEIP(Consumer Experience Improvement Program) that causes Microsoft Installer's and Internet Explorer to crash.

Here's the fix if anyone experiences the same problem:

http://w7info.com/articles/2009/01/w...r-problem-fix/

[PE_Tigar]

Originally Posted by EAF331_Hans

You need to to use the graphic drivers that are supplied from Windows Update.

I am using those drivers. BTW, found another workaround (not perfect, I admit) - I'm running Il-2 on full screen 1680x1049 - somehow that one line makes all the difference...

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

TX-EcoDragon, please post an steps you went through to get il2 to run on windows7 or even if it worked with no steps needed post that too please. I haven't tried myself yet but I would like to know if there is a solution.

[Sakis70]

I have no problems istalling IL2 in Win7x64 but but i have low fps in Opengl and same good fps in Directx like Vistax64 that i'm using...
In Opengl mode with Win7 cant get better than 20 fps...

AMD 5200+ oc at 3GHz and ati 4870/512Mb...3G memory..

~S~

[41Sqn_Banks]

Originally Posted by mazex

Hi!

Anyone else that has tried IL2 on the Windows 7 beta? I've tried some other games that seem to run better than on Vista (that hog), but unfortunately IL2 on OpenGL settings does not work for me...

I have an Nvidia 8800GTX card with the 181.20 drivers and IL2 4.08 with the latest (?) graphic dll's ( 02/27 2008 ). When I run it the screen gets vertical oscillating tears/ripples all over like an old CRT that is about to die... Naturally it works on DirectX - but with bad FPS and quality etc...

I know Windows 7 is just a beta - but it's interesting to hear if the problem affects others (ATI users for example)... Since Vista was so bad at OpenGL until SP1 I had hoped that SP2 (Windows 7 ) was going to be even better at OpenGL... Yeah - that's stupid.

Going back to trusty old XP again...

/Mazex

Same issue here. GTX 275. Is there any solution known yet?