Wulf i'm using windows 7 and it runs great..I don't know if it's just me, but seems to look much better visually too.
Yes!!! On my Win 7 64-bit it's just perfect!
Windows 7 Ultimate - 64bit
Works great.
A couple of points to bear in mind though:
1. Don't install it into the "default" path, stick it somewhere else.
2. When you run any updates, mod packs etc, right click and install as administrator.
I think it runs better and looks better also
Working perfectly here. 64bits.
Bob,
Install it using "a.exe" off the DVD. Right click and run as administrator.
You're right you DO need a clean install to try UP2.0
I can only think that either:
a) your DVD disk is damged/scratched/dirty
or
b) your DVD drive is not reading the disk correctly
You know Geoff, I was thinking the very same thing about my DVD player/burner. I don't know how long I've had it, I think I have used it for my last two builds at least, and I have noticed it has gotten very slow reading a DVD, and the process it goes through (autorun?) when my IL2 '46 was in it took forever for anything to come up. I guess maybe I'll have to break down and buy me another one. Maybe that's it.
Thank you for your patience. I'll let you know what happens.
Does Il-2 1946 work in Direct X 10 mode under Windows 7? I doubt because Il-2 was developed when Direct X10 didn't exist...
But apparently the game looks better under Windows 7 than under Windows XP (and Vista too?)
So it's worth trying...
Will SOW exploit Direct X 10 technology under Windows 7 or Vista??
I wish Windows XP could use Direct X 10, but that's not possible apparently. Even with XP SP3?
mavyalex,
It's generally accepted that the best way to run IL2 regardless of the OS is to run it in OpenGL mode.
As far as I'm aware, OpenGL is THE only way to get perfect textures.
My game looks great, but that's more to do with the excellent texture mods that are available to install. The "normal" textures look ok as do the "perfect map textures" in UP2.0 but for the me, the biggest improvement was the addition of "VP map textures" - it looks stunning now.
I would have thought that SOW will stick with DX10, prob not DX11 but who knows in future patches.