New beta patch is dx10 only?! Read if you can't get COD to start after updating.

[HorrorRoach]

it just won't open. I reinstalled steam and COD... opened fine. extracted patch to main COD directory... Now it won't launch when i click play.

ugh, this sucks so bad. I tried everything i can think of (cache stuff, nivida settings, turned hyperthreading back on). I was hoping i could play the new patch all day sunday... unfortunately sunday is nearing it's end




EJ

[Al Capwn]

Originally Posted by HorrorRoach

it just won't open. I reinstalled steam and COD... opened fine. extracted patch to main COD directory... Now it won't launch when i click play.

ugh, this sucks so bad. I tried everything i can think of (cache stuff, nivida settings, turned hyperthreading back on). I was hoping i could play the new patch all day sunday... unfortunately sunday is nearing it's end




EJ

Hmm... The first thing I would try is to make a backup of your "1C SoftClub" folder in your Documents folder, and then turn off the steam cloud (right click on IL-2 in your Steam library -> Properties -> Updates -> uncheck Enable Steam Cloud) just for troubleshooting purposes. Then delete your conf.ini (or the whole 1C SoftClub folder if you would prefer to have everything 'fresh' just to try to get the game running, just absolutely make sure you have your backup somewhere safe!) inside your 1C SoftClub folder. Also, when you copied over the patch files did you make sure that everything got properly overwritten?

[HorrorRoach]

Yup, i extracted the patch to the root directory. tried the 1c softclub thing, didnt work. I noticed that after i apply the patch, verify the cache integrity, it'll say 31 files are junk and redownloads them. obviously doesnt help to open the game though.

[159th_Jester]

But if you're verifying the cache AFTER installing the patch, Steam will be overwriting the patch files with the current release version won't it?

[highness]

i had the similar issue at the very beginning right after applying the patch

i deleted everything inside /cache/ folder and also conf.ini file and the sim started normally,

those are located in:

..\Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\

after some experimentation , i have noticed the sim won't launch when i try to set all graphics settings to max with SSAO and VSYNC to 'on' - i thought with the 680GTX i could afford that, but apparently not.

right now i have it running 'fine' - sort of, using the default preset setting "HIGH" but without ssao and vsync

[HorrorRoach]

since i deleted the 1csoftclub folder, COD won't even open up to make a new one. i figured that verifying the cache is a bad thing after updating, so i reinstalled the patch again afterwards to get the new cache files back in there. nothing really works.


i suppose i could do another fresh install, and set the video settings to low or something and then update. ugh


EJ

[Ataros]

Also try editing conf.ini to launch the game in windowed mode (fullscreen=0 and lower resolution). Start game, change back to fullscreen mode via game menu, restart game.

[HorrorRoach]

i got it to work. this is what i did:


Fresh install, ran game and set settings to low. Patched, THEN, deleted shaders in 1c Softclub folder in my documents before running...I didn't mess with the other cache.


But, I'm getting wierd graphical bugs... Textures with whacked out color scheme's.

[David198502]

Originally Posted by HorrorRoach

since i deleted the 1csoftclub folder, COD won't even open up to make a new one. i figured that verifying the cache is a bad thing after updating, so i reinstalled the patch again afterwards to get the new cache files back in there. nothing really works.


i suppose i could do another fresh install, and set the video settings to low or something and then update. ugh


EJ

how did you extract the patch????
i ask this, because the devs never mentioned how to do correctly, and after the release and the first patch, i was trying to extract the patch with winzip i think, and it didnt work.the game didnt even start anymore.
i have seen such posts with every upcoming patch, and i think it is because some guys are using winzip or other programs which are not capable of extracting those files correctly...try it with 7zip, never had a problem with using this program to extract patches into clod...

ps: ok didnt see your last post, so the above is redundant....for your current problems with colour and textures, look if you have disabled anti epilepsy filter.