Engine Start??

[Al Capwn]

Originally Posted by binky9

AUS,

Thanks,

I'll give it another try tonight.

Reinstall? Shudder

binky9

There would be no reason to reinstall. At worst you would just need to delete your 1C Softclub folder or do a steam verify.

[badfinger]

Al,

I'll give that a try tonight.

Thanks,

binky9

[Al Capwn]

Originally Posted by binky9

Al,

I'll give that a try tonight.

Thanks,

binky9

Make sure to create proper backups! Unless there's nothing you need in there of course

[aus3620]

Also see the thread "il2 Cliffs of Dover No Start" in the Performance Threads.

[badfinger]

That thread is about starting the game I'm trying to start the plane's engine at the beginning of a mission.

I have tried options/controls/aircraft/select engine and toggle engine with no success.

The manual offers no insight into what select and toggle are even for. Should I be though?

binky9

[badfinger]

Originally Posted by Al Capwn

There would be no reason to reinstall. At worst you would just need to delete your 1C Softclub folder or do a steam verify.

How do I do a Steam Verify?

Sorry,

binky9

[Al Capwn]

Originally Posted by binky9

How do I do a Steam Verify?

Sorry,

binky9

No need to apologize, just right click on your game in the library view -> Properties -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of Game Cache.

Also, it just occurred to me. Have you read the proper start procedure for your plane since enabling CEM? Make sure you turned on both magnetos and put your fuel cock to primary.

[badfinger]

Thanks for the headsup.

I have been using CEM for some time, now, and just the other night started having this problem.

binky9

[Al Capwn]

Originally Posted by binky9

Thanks for the headsup.

I have been using CEM for some time, now, and just the other night started having this problem.

binky9

Oh, OK. Well in that case, I definitely would look in your Documents folder -> 1C SoftClub -> il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover and in there you can clear your cache folder.

The next step I would take is then to rename your confUser.ini to confUser.old (if you can't see extensions, on any explorer window -> Organize -> Folder and search options -> View -> uncheck Hide extensions for known file types) and when you launch the game it will rebuild a fresh one.

It will take a little longer on the first load up, it's just rebuilding the cache.

I hope something in there solves your issue, those planes aren't going to shoot themselves down!

[badfinger]

Originally Posted by Al Capwn

Oh, OK. Well in that case, I definitely would look in your Documents folder -> 1C SoftClub -> il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover and in there you can clear your cache folder.

The next step I would take is then to rename your confUser.ini to confUser.old (if you can't see extensions, on any explorer window -> Organize -> Folder and search options -> View -> uncheck Hide extensions for known file types) and when you launch the game it will rebuild a fresh one.

It will take a little longer on the first load up, it's just rebuilding the cache.

I hope something in there solves your issue, those planes aren't going to shoot themselves down!

I have tried just about everything I can think of, plus all of the suggestions. Nothing has solved the problem. I still can't believe I could go from everything working just fine, to not being able to start the engine, just by finishing one mission, and starting another.

Should I re-install, and how do you do that? Will I lose all of my missions, skins, settings, etc?

Thanks,

binky9