I have Win 7 set up as a dual boot with XP. I had no problems installing in Win 7 but when I click the IL2.exe the little cd-rom icon comes up for a few seconds and then....nothing.
I have tried running as admin and in XP compatability mode and I get the same thing:-( The funny thing is that I copied my old installation folder(w/4.09mod) and it will load,
but I get no loading screen just whiteout. Then I get to the main screen but my mouse moves very slowly and running any track file is 1-5 FPS. My 1946 IL2 DVD does have SecureROM and I have patched it to 4.08m.

Any help is appreciated.

Quickcord

Phenom II 940@3Ghz
4GB Ram
Asus 9800GTX+

Hi Quickcord,

This might help:

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2876616/Help_clean_install_of_Il2_up_t.html#Post2876616

RedToo.

Thanks RT. Now I can get it to load to 95% then it hangs.

Quickcord

Glad to be of help. The 95% is a bit puzzling though .

RedToo.

Yeah, me too. I patched up to 4.09m just to see if it would work and no dice.


Quickcord

Well just to add more confusion to the mix so sorry in advance, I have a dual boot system XP and windows 7.
I have IL2 installed on XP and patched to ver 4.09m, for me here's the wierd bit, I would have expected windows 7 to spit feathers when I launched IL2fb.exe from the XP installation in windows 7 saying something along the lines of it not being installed but voila it works, all my settings, mods and patches.

I know. I could get my XP installation to load up in Win 7 but its unplayable, still no luck with a new install in Win 7 64 though.

Mmmmm running 32bit here..scratches head

Running Win 7 32 Bit too and worked without any problems ...

That is very odd indeed. My official release is arriving today but I have IL-2 on the RC on another machine and it was working very well. I didn't do a fresh install but just copied my folder over and all was good to go. This was on the 64bit version. Once I have time to install the official release on my gaming computer I'll let you know how it goes. It won't be a fresh install either as I have all my games on a separate HD so I won't have to reinstall them, at least most of them that don't require registry entries. Hope you get it sorted out soon!