BOB2 wings of Victory

[UK_Widowmaker 571]

Sorry guys, I know this is in the wrong section, but couldnt find a BOB section..please move if necessary

 

Just wondered if anyone has this running properly on W7 64?

 

Seemed to work ok for me...but is now crashing...with an 'Unable to read English Text' error..whatever that is!

 

Patched to 2.10

 

any help most appreciated

[Dave63 13]

From the tech support area over at A2A:

First thing is for you to double check the basics:

 

I assume you are running the 2.11 Update and I see you are running windows 7. If true them check the following:

 

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

 

Did you implement Note #6 (Imporant)?

 

Is you DirectX 9c update to the latest? If unsure run the Microsoft Web installer here(it will update only what is needed):

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

 

If you are running a wide screen monitor check this thread and implement:

 

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=12695

[UK_Widowmaker 571]

"disable desktop composition"

 

that did it Dave!...many thanks m8

[Dave63 13]

NP!