Long time no fly + aged user = please help!!

[Cloyd]

IL2 doesn't make any registry entries. You can move it or copy it anywhere you'd like without problems.

[TheGrunch]

Originally Posted by Cloyd

IL2 doesn't make any registry entries. You can move it or copy it anywhere you'd like without problems.

Ah, nice to know! Learn something new every day.

[Conte Zero]

Originally Posted by Cloyd

IL2 doesn't make any registry entries. You can move it or copy it anywhere you'd like without problems.

yes , actually I did it meanwhile, works just fine
I created a C: Games folder and put my sturmo folder in there

conf.ini now works fine, keeps my settings so the wide sreen issue was fixed

My major problem remains the graphic glitch, I ma posting two pics to give the idea. Clouds are ruined and planes are subject to sudden polygons "explosions" from certain angles in external views

[nic727]

Hi,

I have the same problem with clouds in OpenGL but not with the planes... I have texture flickering on the ground and forest. It's why I play in DirectX mode, but I think it's because you don't have a great graphic card or Il2 1946 doesn't support laptop card.

I run Il2 1946 on laptop too ---> Intel HD Graphics lol

I hope Daidalos will make a patch for laptop support.

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by Conte Zero

yes , actually I did it meanwhile, works just fine
I created a C: Games folder and put my sturmo folder in there

conf.ini now works fine, keeps my settings so the wide sreen issue was fixed

My major problem remains the graphic glitch, I ma posting two pics to give the idea. Clouds are ruined and planes are subject to sudden polygons "explosions" from certain angles in external views

It looks like either you have a driver compatibility problem or some sort of memory issue (VRAM). Do other 3D applications have any unusual flickering or problems like that or just IL-2? IL-2 is the only one to use OpenGL (regardless of if you select D3D or OpenGL, it's ultimately running OpenGL) but the GT 555m does support OpenGL 4.0 so it should be ok from a featureset point of view.

Running in Perfect Mode may actually solve this problem (I can't tell if you are or not). I recently went back to Excellent to test something and I have giant blocky terrain texture issues. In Perfect mode I have no problems.

[Conte Zero]

guys thank you

yes, at the moment I am in excellent, not perfect

there's a line in the conf.ini that grants access to the perfect mode, right? I have some tutorial saved and will give it a try tonight

the strange thing is that this game has already been on this machine. months ago I played with no problems but then I uninstalled due to the famous "paratroopers" error. I didn't know it was a known and solved problem

[Conte Zero]

update: NO problems at all on the plane geometry if I fly the Midway map (only water, no land polygons)
clouds are still strang, but maybe this new elements makes a clue (?)

[nic727]

I think that Daidalos just have to put in the patch a way to put perfect setting without writing in conf.ini, because sometimes it's doesn't work.
For exemple, I know that my graphic card is noob (Intel HD Graphic) for laptop, but I have OpenGL 2.3 and for the game I need 1.2 or something like that.
I have the same problem as you with the cloud and I don't understand that. I did test with OpenGL with GLViewer and I have all feature enable... I just don't understand

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by nic727

I think that Daidalos just have to put in the patch a way to put perfect setting without writing in conf.ini, because sometimes it's doesn't work.
For exemple, I know that my graphic card is noob (Intel HD Graphic) for laptop, but I have OpenGL 2.3 and for the game I need 1.2 or something like that.
I have the same problem as you with the cloud and I don't understand that. I did test with OpenGL with GLViewer and I have all feature enable... I just don't understand

You could always make the change in the game. You go to the graphics settings and select the landscape details as Perfect instead of Excellent.

If it's greyed out it means that you haven't enabled all of the graphics features in the IL-2 setup application. I believe it's stencil buffering that has to be on before Perfect mode becomes available.

Intel HD Graphic's may or may not work in Perfect mode. They support OpenGL yes, but they don't fully support all of the pixel shader features (if memory serves) and therefore still remains inadequate. Conte Zero has a step up as the nVidia mobile cards are more fully featured in the 3D arena and tend to be more powerful anyways. Intels GMA are most suitable to HD video decoding for basic content viewing and sufficient hardware acceleration for Windows and Office (i.e. it can do smooth 3D transitions for PowerPoint). It's not a great gaming option... although I have played StarCraft II (at super low detail) successfully on my laptop. So it works. Just not well.