31.03.2010, 14:36
Good day,
The Operating System usually has nothing to do with FPS and stutters. One of a few exceptions is when a person allows too much RAM consuming memory to be taken, such as browsing history which can include stored images of websites for faster viewing. Deleting all the RAM using stuff as I instruct in my tech help topic is among the first tasks in preparation for Benchmarking.
Mods have little or nothing to do with the OS, however, many mods are demanding on a computer such as the Fw-190 mods of UltraPack 2.0, though mods are fun and hard to not collect in a mission.
This is about IL-2 that was created before the current Operating System updates. It is a .dll conflict somewhere.
You can try pressing the Windows key and then click on the icon or IL-2 in order to make it disappear. I experience the nuisance, too, and there seems to be no system fix available-at least not an easy one.
This is caused by click bounce. Basically you think that you clicked only once, but in fact there was a momentary bounce in the click action that causes the icon to be opened twice. Many people go through this and it is a typical quirk like the last issue. This is just an annoyance that we must bear. Of course, you can use Task Manager to close one instance of IL-2.
Yes, this is another common quirk that many have to handle. The best way to deal with this is to push the Windows key, which has the symbol of a window on it, and after the IL-2 reduces to the task bar, then click the task bar IL-2 icon to restore the full screen view of IL-2. Sometimes this must be repeated to the second or third attempt.
Here is how you can adjust the sound. Go into the IL-2 Main Menu.
Follow this click path:
Main Menu/ Hardware Setup/ Sound Setup/ Audio Button - Change the 44,100 hz frequency to the more realistic, bassy, beefier, 22,050 hz frequency. Also, experiment with the different Speakers Types there. I usually use headphones, so I have mine set to Headphones to give deeper sound, for example.
The sound card of most computers can be adjusted, often with the use of an equalizer. If you do not have one, there are Freeware and Open Source equalizers which you can download and adjust the sound to the way you like it. This could over ride your system settings and give you what you want.
We are making progress!
db605-A/S Wrote:OK also......Now this may be related to "Stability" but I have had to learn to live with these little inconveniences.
These are old problems that I think are Windows related. They may have started when I began Modding, but IL2 has always had a quirk for me in one form or another. So the relationship between MODS and OS may not be clearly defined. All of these occur even after fresh installs, noting makes them Go Away...
The Operating System usually has nothing to do with FPS and stutters. One of a few exceptions is when a person allows too much RAM consuming memory to be taken, such as browsing history which can include stored images of websites for faster viewing. Deleting all the RAM using stuff as I instruct in my tech help topic is among the first tasks in preparation for Benchmarking.
Mods have little or nothing to do with the OS, however, many mods are demanding on a computer such as the Fw-190 mods of UltraPack 2.0, though mods are fun and hard to not collect in a mission.
db605-A/S Wrote:Problems....
1. When clicking the Icon to boot game and the splash screen pops up, the Windows task bar does not go away until I click the mouse once or twice during the boot. It will stay put like it refuses to go away.
This is about IL-2 that was created before the current Operating System updates. It is a .dll conflict somewhere.
You can try pressing the Windows key and then click on the icon or IL-2 in order to make it disappear. I experience the nuisance, too, and there seems to be no system fix available-at least not an easy one.
db605-A/S Wrote:2. Occasionally the game will boot two instances, I tried to defeat this by right clicking the icon and the left clicking the OPEN selection, this is sketchy. It has only happened once or twice in the last month or so. When it does I usually have to re-boot the computer.
This is caused by click bounce. Basically you think that you clicked only once, but in fact there was a momentary bounce in the click action that causes the icon to be opened twice. Many people go through this and it is a typical quirk like the last issue. This is just an annoyance that we must bear. Of course, you can use Task Manager to close one instance of IL-2.
db605-A/S Wrote:3. When/if #2 does not occur after the the first splash screen the game menu appears but there is NO mouse control, is there a command I can use? I worked around this by hitting Ctrl+alt+del for the Task manager waiting a second or two, make sure there are NOT two instances of the game and then close T.M.
I will then have mouse control.
But recently the game does not come back after closing T.M. it crashes. I will restart it go through all of the above, but I will have mouse control in the game menu this time around...annoying as hell....
Yes, this is another common quirk that many have to handle. The best way to deal with this is to push the Windows key, which has the symbol of a window on it, and after the IL-2 reduces to the task bar, then click the task bar IL-2 icon to restore the full screen view of IL-2. Sometimes this must be repeated to the second or third attempt.
db605-A/S Wrote:4. Sound: This one is real irritating. After a system re-boot, if I do not go into control panel and bring up Sound and Audio Devices>Audio>Advanced>Performance> and bring the slider down one notch for "Hardware Acceleration" Click Apply then OK I will get this terrible re verb effect in game.
Here is how you can adjust the sound. Go into the IL-2 Main Menu.
Follow this click path:
Main Menu/ Hardware Setup/ Sound Setup/ Audio Button - Change the 44,100 hz frequency to the more realistic, bassy, beefier, 22,050 hz frequency. Also, experiment with the different Speakers Types there. I usually use headphones, so I have mine set to Headphones to give deeper sound, for example.
The sound card of most computers can be adjusted, often with the use of an equalizer. If you do not have one, there are Freeware and Open Source equalizers which you can download and adjust the sound to the way you like it. This could over ride your system settings and give you what you want.
We are making progress!