After Patch, Launcher.exe fails

[kevinh]

As I've said in another thread, buying a new OS so a flawed patch will run is not a viable solution. The game is supposed to be compatible with Win XP. If the patch is no longer compatible then it should be fixed so that it is. Win 7 isn't given away free, and even if it was I'd have to reinstall everything I have just so this one game will run.

A 32 bit OS is a limitation on addressable memory but should not cause a problem for a patch of an existing game. I get error reports that Launcher is trying to read memory at location 00000000. It's not running out of memory, it's trying to read locations it shouldn't.

Kevin

[FFCW_Urizen]

Even with the last official patches, it became clear that windows xp causes more trouble than vista (!), windows 7 is just vista as it should have been.

[kevinh]

I'm pretty sure I had the last official patch and it worked OK, though it was particular about settings. No worse than before. I wonder if 1C even tested the latest version on XP? If they have they would be aware of the problem and should have informed users the game may no longer run if they update. Maybe kept the older release available. In that case I could still run it, but because Steam updates automatically by default I didn't get the chance to freeze my installation at a working version. This would be easy to do with normal download game.

I certainly won't be rushing to buy Win 7. There's no guarantee CLOD would work for me after upgrading. I've emailed 1C support in an attempt to get their opinion on the issue. Maybe they can make sense of the event viewer log and addresses that Launcher reports as having a problem. I don't have cash to spare right now to spend on more PC upgrades.

"CLOD" nicely sums the history of this game up.

Kevin

[JokerMan]

Decay, I am in the same position here too, as Kevin described well. Also an XP SP3 32bit user.

Frankly, I felt a little cheated by this 'no longer supported XP SP3 32bit OS' reality post patch and still do but I'm moving on!

I appreciate XP is now 4 OS's in OS history [8, 7 and Vista] and I can understand 64bit becoming the main platform architecture.

Anyway, for me, that there is little future in complaining. A roll back to 1.05 would be great but I fear that will never be allowed now.

So il2 1946 is keeping me entertained whilst I save for a new rig [no value in upgrading my XP rig anyway !!]

Anyone need their leaves raked, car washed, driveway swept ???

[kevinh]

1C support have referred me to Ubisoft. I wonder who they'll refer me too? I'm not giving up on this. As far as I can see the game is still supposed to be compatible with Win XP. Maybe they never tested that, and so a fix might be possible. In the mean time I've reinstalled and rediscovered the patched and merged Pacific Fighters.

One thing is still bugging me. When I first selected CoD it said it was being updated so it ran more efficiently under Steam. After that the latest official patch was downloaded. Did anyone else notice this? I can't help wondering whether it was the Steam update which was flawed, not the patch.

[decay]

I kept deleting, uninstalling, deleting reinstalling until the thing worked.
Took 3 goes at downloading the whole thing, but it did eventually "just work".

-Thanks,

[lorenzoj]

I just got a new i7 quad core computer system with NVidia 620, windows 8, etc.. Set up Microsoft FSX with all my add-ons with no problem. Runs great.

Next went for first time install of IL-2 COD from new disc purchase. Accessed my Steam Account. Activated IL-2 COD. Steam loaded and updated everything with no error messages. I verified the cache, etc. When I try to run COD either from desktop or from my Steam Library I get the message "Installing Microsoft VC Redistributable Package (step 1 of 1)"..... then nothing. No message. No error. No crash. No nothing ? ? ? I'm guessing a problem with version of Visual C or Net Framework or ? Don't have a clue how to proceed from here.

[lensman1945]

Originally Posted by lorenzoj

I just got a new i7 quad core computer system with NVidia 620, windows 8, etc.. Set up Microsoft FSX with all my add-ons with no problem. Runs great.

Next went for first time install of IL-2 COD from new disc purchase. Accessed my Steam Account. Activated IL-2 COD. Steam loaded and updated everything with no error messages. I verified the cache, etc. When I try to run COD either from desktop or from my Steam Library I get the message "Installing Microsoft VC Redistributable Package (step 1 of 1)"..... then nothing. No message. No error. No crash. No nothing ? ? ? I'm guessing a problem with version of Visual C or Net Framework or ? Don't have a clue how to proceed from here.

This should help...

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=36078

good luck