SFP1mission loading hangs and crashes at 60% after updating to October 2008 patch

[Guest]

Hi,

After updating to October 2008 patch, the game hangs and then crashes at 60% while loading an instant or single mission.

[+Muesli]

There's more than one question to be asked to you before one can even proceed to answer, me thinks:

-What is your OS?
-Is the install an vanilla or a modded one?
-Have you tried doing a new fresh install of the game?
-Is the game on disc or a Thirdwire  site download?

And I am afraid there's not much more to be done, now...

Good luck!

[Guest]

I'm using Wine on Ubuntu.

The installation is vanilla installed from the game on disc's iso.

I have tried a new fresh installation of game every time and on installing the update the game hangs.

 

[+Gepard]

Perhaps SFP1 does not like Ubuntu. It was written for Windows XP.

Do you have tried to choose an other plane or an other terrain? Sometimes mods can cause such a problem as you descripe.

[Guest]

SFP1 is running fine. It is 2008 update that is causing the problem.

No, other planes are also causing the same problem. As far as I know, there is only desert terrain.

I want to fly Mig-21. Knowledge base says that one can fly it in multi-player. But multi-player hangs and crashes with reduced resolution (big icons). I have to change resolution from system settings back to 1360x768.

Edited December 19, 2021 by Guest

[+Gepard]

Multi-player was always a problem. Thatswhy it does not exist anymore in SF2 world.

Try to fly only single missions with a stock plane. Lets say F-4 Phantom. If this works you can download a flyable MiG-21 from this site. There a lots of them available. You dont need Multi-player.

[Guest]

SFP1 update October 2008 is needed in order to install Mig-21. And it is causing the problem of hanging at 60%.

[+Gepard]

You can fly a MiG-21 in every version of SFP1, You dont need Oct2008 patch.

[Guest]

SFP1 doesn't contain MiG sound files in the sound directory. 2008 Update contains though. I installed Mig-21 https://combatace.com/files/file/7596-mig-21-complete-pack-13-for-sf1-line/

in updated SFP1 and it got hanged and crashed at 60%. Though in original SFP1, installing the same Mig-21 got loaded to 100% and then got hanged on a black screen. I had to restart the computer.

[+Gepard]

If you want to fly a MiG-21 there is a quick and dirty solution

Open the file

MiG-21MF.ini

with Notepadeditor

The lines should be:

[AircraftData]
AircraftFullName=MiG-21MF "Fishbed-J"
AircraftDataFile=MiG-21MF_data.ini
LoadoutFile=MiG-21MF_loadout.ini

Then add the line

CockpitDataFile=F-4E_cockpit.ini

save the file

Now you can fly the MiG with a F-4E cockpit

[Guest]

I liked MiG-21 external views but want cockpit of the same aircraft. No Radar in F-4E's.

Plus the game engine of SFP1 is not that good as seen in il2 Sturmovik 1946. I flew Mig-9 (I-300) and its default engine and graphics are ... you will know when you play.