If you have game crashes-Freezes.

[StG77_HaDeS]

Try these Dlls (and .ini), they may fix the problem. Back Up your original files first!

http://www.filefront.com/15026723/Safe-original-dlls.rar

Moreover, do the following:

Graphics: -

Recommended that you enable S3TC compression in your graphics card setup !!!

Launch il2 Setup, select Video tab, Choose Custom. Check ARB texture compression box and then select S3TC compression.

The mods have increased the amount of textures and their sizes considerably and this really helps those with older PC’s and graphics cards to avoid a CTD during mission loading or game launch.

http://il2ultrapack.net46.net/index.php/topic,590.0.html

[neuro]

Graphics: -
Recommended that you enable S3TC compression in your graphics card setup !!!

You must be kidding. You wouldnt be able to tell a P-51 from a pink elephant with that compression enabled.
The way to go is
TexMipFilter=3 
TexCompress=0
(anisotropic, no copmpression)
... provided that you have the resources to handle that. Otherwise, just use 
TexMipFilter=1 
TexCompress=2    <= This is the setting suggested by Hades.
(biliniear, S3TC compression)
which doesnt look as good but does save resources

The thing that bothers me most of S3TC compression is that "dot" planes only become visible at when they are relatively close, and not immediately at 20km as  I set up my game.
With no compression on the other hand, they are very hard to spot at 20km, especially in some particular lighting conditions, but they *are* visible...
(but then again: I can only speak for myself, on my system with my setup etc... maybe it does look good with compression for someone else)

NOTE
If you have TexCompress=2, you must also have TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1
and if you have TexMipFilter=3 you must also have TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1

And besides: never, ever use the in-game GUI or the il2setup.exe to change your settings (video, audio, etc). Always edit conf.ini manually.
Why? Because in-game GUI  and also il2setup.exe have the nasty habit of changing more settings than you tell them to change.
When you have your IL-2 well set up, take a backup of your conf.ini and save it in a safe place, and then you can do any experiments you want (the backup conf.ini saved my ass more times than I can count). Also, with a backup conf.ini  you can use the in-game settings GUI and check the changes against your backup .

A fairly good guide about conf.ini is at Mission4toay.com. There are a couple of blatant mistakes but generally speaking is pretty good.

[Gil-Galad]

Heya guys.
I Got Headache, trying 4 hours to get my 1.8game started but it still freezes at 5%. I tried everything youve written here, new Dll's, searching 3do's, Install in another folder (5 Times!!!), grubed the Forums...  i'm near to cry..  :'(

I Use Vista32, its not installed in ProgFiles, I Patched it to 4.09, then installed UP1.8 via the UP-Installer... all seems to be on its place but the game wont F&%$% start 

I just dont know whats wrong and what else to do. I think i should simply Die.
Please help me!  :'(

[Pappy]

Do you have the download version of the game or a CD version?
If it is the download version you will need the SAS Direct2Drive patch, available at

http://www.acebus.com/sasd2d/sasd2d_patch.exe

[Gil-Galad]

No, got the CD....

[Wandalen]

Dont know if this is the same problem, but my game crached on loading screen. I went into the mod settings and runed the game in 4.09m without modds and it worked just fine. So one of the mod made the crash, not sure witch one yet since i installed the 1.8  1 day ago.
But i guess you already try to disable the mod already Gil-Galad ?

[78thFG_Bulau]

...freezes at 5%.
...I Patched it to 4.09, then installed UP1.8 via the UP-Installer...

Freeze, or CTD? In any case, a 5% CTD is likely a missing or corrupt .SFS file.
Could be a corrupt download of the UP,
or...
you did not apply the 4.08m patch before the 4.09m patch?

[JHartikka]

Hi!

Testing 1.8 on my DF server I found that some bombers like B-29, B-24 and B-17 do not drop bombs when I hit the bomb key. In most other bombers the bomb drop works ok. I tried to solve this by setting a key for bomb bay doors but it did not solve the problem because the bomb bay doors kept closed. The opening key only decreased motor power.

Another curiosity was that when a server visitor took an I-15 bis it was invisible for me. He did not have Ultrapack 1.8 so he saw it and flew it, with ext view of course. The 1.8 appears to make other AI planes without cocpits invisible, too! 

If these bugs have been corrected in the 2.0 then please ignore my report. Good work anyway with the mod packs! I am greatly impressed and grateful that volunteer programmers can do such a fine work - real deeds of culture!


Regards,

- J. Hartikka -

Finland

[CRO_Ante]

...
Another curiosity was that when a server visitor took an I-15 bis it was invisible for me. He did not have Ultrapack 1.8 so he saw it and flew it, with ext view of course. The 1.8 appears to make other AI planes without cocpits invisible, too! 
...

You need to enable CRT=2  checking on server to prevent users with different installations to join. I think it's only solution for such things.

[JHartikka]

Hi!

Testing 1.8 on my DF server I found that some bombers like B-29, B-24 and B-17 do not drop bombs when I hit the bomb key...

Tested today ultrapack 2.0: Just fine with all the new planes and no visible bugs yet spotted!

The in 1.8 ultrapack faulty bombers B29 and B24 and B17 now drop their bombs fine! Even the formerly paralyzed elevator of C-47 now steers as it is supposed to!

Also the DF server pilot list is now complete with the plane types. Fine work, this is the best mod pack this far!


Regards,

- J. Hartikka -

[Spinnetti]

So, UP2.0 is the best mod pack yet.... I do occasionally get random crashes. Not on loading, but just playing along, and suddenly at the desktop... strange eh? I do have a few other planes added, so maybe something else, but this is the first time since mods came out I've had this particular issue. Ideas?

** Edit **
So this is kinda interesting.. Still getting random crashes with "safe" dlls,  but I tested the default UP2.0dlls vs. the "safe" ones, and here's what I got:

Default UP2.0dll
Min 8
Max 149
Avg 52

"Safe" dlls
Min 25
Max 140
Avg 60

Quite a difference!!

My sys: New Quad core i7 2.8/4gig mem/ATI 4850 video.


PS, anybody have the black death track handy? I seem to have deleted it along the way....

[lloyd_61]

My game is halting at 5% also.  I tried everything suggeted and nothing seems to be working.  I compared my .RC file to the .SAS files as suggested and they agree except for that the .RC file did not have anything for "files.sas" in the main folder.  I tried adding the following to the .RC file: "@sfs MOUNT files.sfs".  This did nothing.  So for now I am stuck running 4.09m without UP 2.0.  I am disappointed as I had finally got AAA UI 1.2 to install correctly and now everyone will be switching over to UP 2.0.  Oh well:(  I have the downloaded version of IL-2 1946 which was already patched to 4.08m.  I installed patch 4.09m (not 4.09b1m) correctly.  I followed this with the UP 2.0 install which I checked with winRAR before installing.  Everything went smoothly with the install. I also tried to get the following but found the link is not working:

"If you've check the above known issues and your Game STILL DOES NOT START then Download these DLLs.
It will FIX the Problem!"

Download DLLs!
http://files.filefront.com/DLLs+FIXexe/;11883259;/fileinfo.html     

[Pappy]

If you have the download version of the game you will need the SAS Drirect 2 Drive patch.  You can get it here

http://www.acebus.com/sasd2d/sasd2d_patch.exe

Without this patch your game will get to 5% loaded and then exit.

[lloyd_61]

If you have the download version of the game you will need the SAS Drirect 2 Drive patch.  You can get it here

http://www.acebus.com/sasd2d/sasd2d_patch.exe

Without this patch your game will get to 5% loaded and then exit.

Problem Solved for me   All I have to say is OMG!!!!! I now have widescreen menus.  I had forced the game to run in 1366x768 but menus were always 1024x768.  The black bars are now gone for good.  I am also using the 4GB 64Bit support.  It will take me a while to figure everything out I'm sure.  Thanks a million for keeping this title going and going and going!!!  Runs great on my ASUS G50vt laptop.

[Adri]

I can run 4.09m only with mg_snd.dll  and mg_snd_sse.dll from 4.08m because Athlon, probably...

UP 1.8 did not worked.

+ UP 2.0 it loads until 15% if on directX, on GL it doesnt even start..

Tried no sound, windowed, safe video setings and lot of other things, safe dll-s and conf.ini, sasd2d_patch.exe...

Is there any PC minimum?  What else can I try?  After every load stop at 15% hs_err_pid2224.log is written... 

thx

(P.S. http://files.filefront.com/DLLs+FIXexe/;11883259;/fileinfo.html  didnt try this because I cant dawnload it.., also, dont know is it only for old UP...)