IL-2:Cliffs of Dover

Bubblehead1980 · 01-04-12, 05:16 PM

I saw the game IL-2 cliffs of dover in best buy, used gift card to purchase it.Seems like could be pretty awseome flight sim but having issues.In the pilot and aircraft selection they refuse to show, its just black but can see the sides.Once I start the game, the screen goes to my desk top but can hear it and if hit controls such as firing the guns, can hear it happening but cant see anything as its on the desktop but cant move mouse of anything until I exit the game via shortcuts or pause menu.

Desktop is barely 4 months old, seems to have the proper specs but not sure.Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Penguin · 01-04-12, 05:55 PM

I don't own the game myself, but this could be a gfx card driver problem.
Besides the obvious, installing the newest driver, you can also try to roll back one ore more driver generations; you can find old stuff at http://www.oldversion.com/

Another possibility could be a faulty RAM. I had this problem that I sometimes had a ctd with an announcement that the driver was restored. I found out that it was my computer's memory. The dealer who sold the RAM bars states he had a return rate of 40% of those certain bars.

So you should also let your comp run memtest overnight.

Bubblehead1980 · 01-04-12, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin

I don't own the game myself, but this could be a gfx card driver problem.
Besides the obvious, installing the newest driver, you can also try to roll back one ore more driver generations; you can find old stuff at http://www.oldversion.com/

Another possibility could be a faulty RAM. I had this problem that I sometimes had a ctd with an announcement that the driver was restored. I found out that it was my computer's memory. The dealer who sold the RAM bars states he had a return rate of 40% of those certain bars.

So you should also let your comp run memtest overnight.

hmm ill check that out.

Video card is an ATI AMD 760G i'm somehwat clueless about video cards, just run a DirextX diagnostic in windows.

Dowly · 01-04-12, 07:48 PM

AFAIK, ATI 760G is a chipset with integrated ATI 3000 graphics.

Which, in other words means: You're not going to be playing IL2:CloD with that I'm afraid.

It's not exactly a GPU mean't for gaming.

0rpheus · 01-04-12, 08:29 PM

Dowly has it, CloD is a massive GPU & CPU hog and is still horribly unoptimised. IL2:1946 would be a better bet for a card like that.

Bubblehead1980 · 01-05-12, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

AFAIK, ATI 760G is a chipset with integrated ATI 3000 graphics.

Which, in other words means: You're not going to be playing IL2:CloD with that I'm afraid.

It's not exactly a GPU mean't for gaming.

I figured that, so what card would you suggest?

seaniam81 · 01-05-12, 04:16 PM

I would suggest a Nvidia 550 Ti. It's a great mid-range card, and it's cheap. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...565&CatId=3669 this is the card I'm using.

01-04-12, 05:16 PM	#1
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,103 Downloads: 605 Uploads: 44	IL-2:Cliffs of Dover I saw the game IL-2 cliffs of dover in best buy, used gift card to purchase it.Seems like could be pretty awseome flight sim but having issues.In the pilot and aircraft selection they refuse to show, its just black but can see the sides.Once I start the game, the screen goes to my desk top but can hear it and if hit controls such as firing the guns, can hear it happening but cant see anything as its on the desktop but cant move mouse of anything until I exit the game via shortcuts or pause menu. Desktop is barely 4 months old, seems to have the proper specs but not sure.Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

01-05-12, 04:16 PM	#7
seaniam81 Commodore Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 624 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 0	I would suggest a Nvidia 550 Ti. It's a great mid-range card, and it's cheap. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...565&CatId=3669 this is the card I'm using. __________________ Ultima ratio regum. (The final argument of kings) - Inscription on french cannons, on order of Louis XIV

01-04-12, 05:55 PM	#2
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	I don't own the game myself, but this could be a gfx card driver problem. Besides the obvious, installing the newest driver, you can also try to roll back one ore more driver generations; you can find old stuff at http://www.oldversion.com/ Another possibility could be a faulty RAM. I had this problem that I sometimes had a ctd with an announcement that the driver was restored. I found out that it was my computer's memory. The dealer who sold the RAM bars states he had a return rate of 40% of those certain bars. So you should also let your comp run memtest overnight.

01-04-12, 07:48 PM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	AFAIK, ATI 760G is a chipset with integrated ATI 3000 graphics. Which, in other words means: You're not going to be playing IL2:CloD with that I'm afraid. It's not exactly a GPU mean't for gaming.

01-04-12, 08:29 PM	#5
0rpheus Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 857 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 3	Dowly has it, CloD is a massive GPU & CPU hog and is still horribly unoptimised. IL2:1946 would be a better bet for a card like that.