Hi

I´m plan to upgrade my PC to Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and a GTX580 card.

Will the BoB II with patch 2.11 run on windows 7 64-bit ?

Best Regard
DennyBoy

Yes, we have 1000's of players running win7 64 bit including me (PC specs in sig).

Here is a list of things to do before running BOBII on win 7 (note this data is presented on the A2A BobII forums in tha sticky thread along with other hints and suggestions):

First, BOBII requires a screen print size of 96. If you have change your DPI to a higher number (example 120 DPI or medium) then BOBII will crash to disk on a Menu Screen. To change your DPI to 96 in windows7 in desktop right click. Select screen Resolution and at the bottom click on "Make Text or Other Items larger or smaller". Then select smaller 100% (default).

In Options->GFX try 1024x768 for your Campaign resolution as a test.

Second, I assume you will be running the 2.11 Update. The 2.11 update is here:

http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=21865

Below are the 2.11 release notes:

Note1: this update will bring *any* previous version up to 2.11. You do not need any previous patches at all.

Note2: You will need the latest DirectX to run 2.11.
You will get a missing .dll error if you do not. When you run the 2.11 self-installer it will point you to the Microsoft DirectX update page. Update to DirectX9.0c (June version). Unfortunately, there are multiple versions of 9.0c so if in any doubt, update.

Note3: The MultiSkin patch should go ON TOP OF Battle of Britain 2: Wings of Victory v2.11 Patch (English) OR Battle of Britain 2: Wings of Victory v2.11 Patch (International)
You should have a 256M gfx card to be sure to run without issues.

Note4: How to back up your existing settings from earlier BoBII updates.
Buddye's installation guide HERE-> http://www.a2asimulations.com/forum/vie ... 0&t=19368B
Back up your Bdg.txt and \savegame, \2dGauge, and \keyboard folders (these folders contain all your settings and joystick buttons)

Note5: If you have a low end system and experience a crash once into 3D, go to your bdg.txt file and set LANDSCAPE_TEXTURE_SIZE = 1024 (the default is 2048). This will reduce the landscape texture resolution by a factor of 4 and should help users with low system memory.

Note6: Windows Vista and Window 7 users. All Vista and Windows 7 users will need to apply the 'Vista/Windows 7 fix' to your desktop shortcut as a fresh 2.11 install will overwrite the previous shortcut.
Right click on shortcut and go to properties. Go to the compatibility tab. Check "disable desktop composition" and check the privilege level, run this program as an administrator.

Note7: Forcing VSync with ATI card
There is a known issue with the latest ATI cards and VSync. See http://www.a2asimulations.com/forum/vie ... 10&t=21660
In short, you need to right click your ATI tray icon and enable through that (Wait for vertical refresh->Always on).

Note8: Framerates over densely populated areas of 3D objects
See the section later in this thread. Object rendering is not as efficient as we hope to make it in the future. Be prepared to check your Ground Object Density settings in densely populated urban areas. See below

Check all the notes and implement Note #6 (Imporant)?

Third, is you DirectX 9c update to the latest? Remember that Direct X 9c is seperate from DirwectX 10 and 11. If unsure what DirectX 9c you have then run the Microsoft Web installer here(it will update only what is needed):

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...;displaylang=en

Fourth, if you are running a wide screen monitor check this thread and implement:

http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=12695

We mostly hang out at the A2A BOBII forums where all the above information is located with many more hits, how too's, and other BOBII information.