Launcher.exe crash

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by PatBig

Hello,

I bought a Collector Edition of the game a month ago, but I have never had a chance to play as I always get a launcher.exe crash every time I try to start the game. I tried to uninstall steam + IL2 COD, do a deep cleaning (registery, temp files, deleting all remaining files after uninstall, etc.) before re-install : no change.

I am aware that my system is way bellow minimum specs, but it sounds strange to me that I am not even able to reach the step of the game user interface !
(I am planning to upgrade my system specifically for COD in the coming months).
I tried to close all "useless" processes, but no change.

Here is what happens :
1 - I double-clic on the shortcut to launch the game (steam connection up and running).
2 - Launcher takes 60 to 90% of the (100% busy) CPU for a few seconds (just as it does when I run successfully IL2 1946...).
3 - I get the yellow reticle and plane (picture bellow) for 2 seconds, and then Launcher.exe suddenly vanishes from the task manager's task list, without showing any error message.


This happenned since the beginning (game release) no matter what version of steam or IL2 COD I had.

I have the latest version of steam installed, and the latest official patch of the game distributed by steam (no beta patch).
nVidia display drivers version : 270,61
I did a game files check in steam, and it said all was fine.

Any idea how to at least be able to launch (if not play...) the game ?

I have spent some time searching this forum for posts regarding similar issues and couldn't find the exact same case and a solution.

Were you able to fix this problem with the game?...I got the same problem, you would think that a log file would be written somewhere, explaining the failure.