4.11 General debugging

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Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

First post on the site, having trouble with the patch.

My game does not seem to want to upgrade from Version 4.10.1m,

Perhaps this is because the files I have are broken or something like that, either way, heres the files and where I got them. I have IL-2 1946 boxed copy with the bonus DVD. I don't know the version it starts at or which version I have, that is if English and International are different.

From my base install I go

-4.09m from Mission4today, a 500mb plus zipped file with an .exe named 4.09m
then
-IL-2_MegaPatch4.10.1m_EN, from mission4today. 1GB plus file with an exe named RunMe
then
-4.11 downloaded from mission4today using the megaupload mirror
and
-4.11.1 using this site.

Have tried multiple approaches, run as administrator, basically everything.
Running Win7 Home Premium 64bit

Hope I've provided enough info!
Thanks!
SH427

Hi Sledgehammer,

Was your game working at 4.10.1 ? If so then it is most likely you have a corrupted download of the 4.11 patch, so try to download it again.

However, you said that you first installed the 4.09 patch. If I remember correctly the DVD boxed version starts at 4.07, and if you have missed the 4.08 patch then that is where your problem lies.
I believe the 4.08 patch is included on the 1946 DVD, but you have to install it over your base installed 4.07.

Your current version can be seen in the bottom left corner of the loading screen when you start the game. The international version is the same as the English version, the alternative being the Russian version.

All the patches must be installed in order.
After installing a patch run the game and check the version number has changed on the loading screen.
If the game is working okay (it would be a good idea to make a backup copy at that point so you don't need to go right back to the beginning if something goes wrong later) then install the next patch, check, test, backup,etc,etc.

As II/JG54_Emil says, it would be a good idea to install the game somewhere other than Program Files. It stops the UAC in Windows 7 from causing problems.

Hope that has been of some help.