IL-2 Random Crashes,ATI video card

[RayVad]

Same problems here with new system P55-G65 and Ati HD5770.
Cat drivers 9.8 supplied on CD and downloaded 9.10.
9.8 random crashes and 9.10 menu/font/colour problems as described before.

Only game i play on this system: IL2
Older system has (and had) NVidia Cards and never had problems with it.
Hope there will be a solution soon.
Ray

[robtek]

But the font problem didn't occur with 9.10, it started after them.

[kimosabi]

Try 10.2 or 10.3. Running 10.2 here on a 5870, on DirectX, works brilliantly.

[Mysticpuma]

I feel like I fell into the trap with ATi. It's really frustrating and completely random the crashes!

I run Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Radeon 4890 Vapor-X, 8GB Corsair Ram in a Gigabyte EP35-DS4 Motherboard and a Quad 6600 G0 stepping O/C to 3Ghz.

I have Catalyst 10.2. I have disabled Vertex options in conf.ini. I dropped the ati dll file into the main IL2 folder. I also have the March 2008 (so long ago) .dll's in there.

FMB still crashes when it feels like it. When flying offline, I have no problems at-all. No graphics glitches, no problems.

As soon as I venture online (Dogfight Server at WC) I start wondering just how-long I will be around before I CTD.

I have noticed that it seems to be Snow or winter maps where I crash out most often, the usual syptom being the clouds start White and flicker to Black, eventually the ground (Snow) turns black or inverted colours and then I CTD.

I flew last-night for an hour over green fields, and not one probelm was encountered.

I bought the 4890 as it is a powerhouse when it comes to shifting graphics, and being the Vapor-X it runs quietly (which I prefer).

However, as IL2 is pretty much all I have on my PC for entertainment, I am seriously considering swapping back to Nvidia (275 or 285...if I can find one that doesn't sound like a hair dryer) as I cannot take much more of the frustration of never knowing if I will be wasting another gaming session with a CTD meaning another Disco to my record and another mission un-completed.

I know my mobo supports Crossfire, so Ati is 'native' to it, but it will run a single Nvidia if necessary.

So is there (unless this can be fixed) a quiet 275 or 285 card out there, and where is the complaints link to raise an issue with the driver at the ATI website?

Frustrated, MP

[BLR_Tonin_fr]

same feeling here MP... same GPU as well !

... BUT I now run the 9.10 ... and it WORKS !!!

[dduff442]

Originally Posted by Mysticpuma

I feel like I fell into the trap with ATi. It's really frustrating and completely random the crashes!

I run Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, Radeon 4890 Vapor-X, 8GB Corsair Ram in a Gigabyte EP35-DS4 Motherboard and a Quad 6600 G0 stepping O/C to 3Ghz.

I have Catalyst 10.2. I have disabled Vertex options in conf.ini. I dropped the ati dll file into the main IL2 folder. I also have the March 2008 (so long ago) .dll's in there.

FMB still crashes when it feels like it. When flying offline, I have no problems at-all. No graphics glitches, no problems.

As soon as I venture online (Dogfight Server at WC) I start wondering just how-long I will be around before I CTD.

I have noticed that it seems to be Snow or winter maps where I crash out most often, the usual syptom being the clouds start White and flicker to Black, eventually the ground (Snow) turns black or inverted colours and then I CTD.

I flew last-night for an hour over green fields, and not one probelm was encountered.

I bought the 4890 as it is a powerhouse when it comes to shifting graphics, and being the Vapor-X it runs quietly (which I prefer).

However, as IL2 is pretty much all I have on my PC for entertainment, I am seriously considering swapping back to Nvidia (275 or 285...if I can find one that doesn't sound like a hair dryer) as I cannot take much more of the frustration of never knowing if I will be wasting another gaming session with a CTD meaning another Disco to my record and another mission un-completed.

I know my mobo supports Crossfire, so Ati is 'native' to it, but it will run a single Nvidia if necessary.

So is there (unless this can be fixed) a quiet 275 or 285 card out there, and where is the complaints link to raise an issue with the driver at the ATI website?

Frustrated, MP

Have you checked your O/C on Prime95? I had an overclock that appeared stable but showed memory errors in stress testing. Strangely, this didn't cause obvious problems but random errors would be sure to result.

Seeing as you have Win-7 ultimate, why don't you try running il-2 in the Win XP virtual machine. It's supposedly much better than standard 'compatibility mode'

dduff

[Mysticpuma]

All tested and stressed. Runs cool and happy. Ran a 12-hour test and no problems. Also it runs fine offline, only online and in FMB I get crashes, whichafter reading lots of posts, seems to be a Memory leak in OpenGL that gives random crashes.

Should be simple to fix, if only ATI can be bothered?

Cheers, MP.

[brando]

I have the same issue with a 4890. The fix is to change to Excellent settings when using the FMB.
As I am a keen mission-builder I have set up a separate installation with a different conf.ini to use exclusively for mission-building. Once completed I just transfer the mission files (.mis & .properties) to the 'Perfect' installation. It only takes a few seconds to swap, and about 10 GB disc space to set up the 2nd installation. Preferably on a separate partition.

Overclocking is not the issue here: it's just IL-2 showing its age. My game runs glitch-free with a 12% system overclock, and so does the mission-builder if used as above

B

[FG28_Kodiak]

I had the same CTD's, but i think i solve it, never had this CTD's again with this workaround.

I use 10.2 in Opengl mode.
First make following changes to the conf.ini (Opengl Section)
Shadows=1 (or 2)
LandShading=3
Effects=1

Then start the Game, go to QMB, fly - crash the plane into ground or water - the font and menu problems disappear. After that your game should work normal.
The only problem you have you must join multiplayer games manually, you can't use hyperlobby etc.