19.05.2011, 00:32
Hello all,
I've decided after years and years of CFS2 and 3 to see what IL-2 has finally become, so I got the International DVD version of 1946 (4.07m) which I installed and tested. Runs perfectly, nice sim, although sound is a bit awkward at times. Patched to 4.08m - runs perfectly, good FPS, graphics fine, no troubles.
Then patched to 4.09m, and the trouble begins. The sim runs nicely, good everything all round, but reaction time on pressing loading and quit buttons is slow. OK, I think, there's a bit more stuff in there. Doesn't matter much.
But back in Windows again, and my browsers (FF and IE) are so slow they effectively no longer run at all, my Windows programs are equally sluggish and practically unusable - Windows Navigator takes minutes to open a file it usually handles in a split second, for example; Notepad hangs on even tiny files; basically, nothing really works any more.
In order to uninstall, I have to start the computer again, and get things done without using IL-2 first! Or it's the same things again - everything hangs so badly it's useless.
Uninstalling solves the problem. Reinstalling and patching up to 4.09m, or using the 4.10 Megapack recreates the problem. I've used patches downloaded from numerous different sites so as to ensure that I get one that is not corrupt, and uninstalled/reinstalled several times to no avail.
Does anybody have any suggestions? As I'm a Mediterranean War freak, I really would like to run 4.09 with the new Med maps...
Running Windows XP SP3, P4 2.8c, Nvidia 7600GS and 1.5GB RAM. Should be enough... Thanks!
I've decided after years and years of CFS2 and 3 to see what IL-2 has finally become, so I got the International DVD version of 1946 (4.07m) which I installed and tested. Runs perfectly, nice sim, although sound is a bit awkward at times. Patched to 4.08m - runs perfectly, good FPS, graphics fine, no troubles.
Then patched to 4.09m, and the trouble begins. The sim runs nicely, good everything all round, but reaction time on pressing loading and quit buttons is slow. OK, I think, there's a bit more stuff in there. Doesn't matter much.
But back in Windows again, and my browsers (FF and IE) are so slow they effectively no longer run at all, my Windows programs are equally sluggish and practically unusable - Windows Navigator takes minutes to open a file it usually handles in a split second, for example; Notepad hangs on even tiny files; basically, nothing really works any more.
In order to uninstall, I have to start the computer again, and get things done without using IL-2 first! Or it's the same things again - everything hangs so badly it's useless.
Uninstalling solves the problem. Reinstalling and patching up to 4.09m, or using the 4.10 Megapack recreates the problem. I've used patches downloaded from numerous different sites so as to ensure that I get one that is not corrupt, and uninstalled/reinstalled several times to no avail.
Does anybody have any suggestions? As I'm a Mediterranean War freak, I really would like to run 4.09 with the new Med maps...
Running Windows XP SP3, P4 2.8c, Nvidia 7600GS and 1.5GB RAM. Should be enough... Thanks!
