[WN_Barbarossa]

yes i also had ctd when i brought it new. to prevent this go into steam and verify the games cache and if all the files have not been downloaded the next time you log onto steam it should just download the game again or update the game or if installing from disk try re-installing. i am sure that the black lines are caused by a bug. (i have the same problem in the tiger moth). the 'high' setting is not the best and will downgrade the texture slightly whereas the original setting keeps the maximun textures at the cost of 2-3 fps over water and 5-9 over land. looking at your sys. spec. i dont think you couldnt run the grass option at that resolution as CPU wont be able to load it fast enough.

my advice to you is to run the game at Resolution - 1240x720
Buildings - very low/low
Model Detail - high
Forest - low/medium
Land detail - medium/high
Land shading - high
Grass - on
Shadows - off
SSAO - on
Texture quality - high/original
Buildings amount - very low/low

Thx, I'll give it a try tomorrow. I found the answer for my 3rd question scrolling the 1C Forums, they said land detail set low and/or 8x anisotropic filter solves the problem.
I changed my settings, now the black lines are gone, but the rivers look wierd, like blue squares in a row... :roll: Guess I need more time to optimise the game.

WN_Barbarosso, whats your game version and did you patched it already ?

The game has a lot of bugs and there are already several patches , tomorrow there wil be a new official patch,
the last official patch did wonders for my comp and reading posts at 1C i wasn't the only one,

Currently i'm using the last beta patch v 100.14214, it didnt do much for me so i cross my fingers for tomorrows patch

I think I use the same version, it's the last official patch I could get via Steam.