Hi all,

I just built a new system. i7 920 GTX260 sli, 3 gig ram, and vista home premium 32.

When I install IL2 1946 and the update to 4.08 and start up the program I'm not sure what settings to use. Old program so my video card is not there to select. When I run the program it runs fine but the graphics are terrible.

So there must be some settings that work. I've been doing some searches here and see good looking screen shots.

I'm sure there is a thread that addresses this but I have not been able to find it.

Any help would be great

Get the beta dlls of march 2008. (Mission4Today downloads section). That will update the video cards for il2setup, but don't expect the GTX260 to show up.

First select the nVidia card s entry with all the type numbers, select your settings, then run a track to check. Run IL-2setup again, select custom, fine tune the settings, run a track, edit the conf.ini entries using notepad. Make sure HardwareShaders=1. Run IL-2 with 4xAA 4xAF. It is optimized for that. Search this forum for gtx260 there are multiple conf.ini files posted. You can use those too by cutting-pasting.

Update to the latest drivers from nvidia.com. You do not need to remove old drivers first.

I hope you got a Windows 7 upgrade voucher with that Vista. Upgrade ASAP 7 is a LOT better than Vista.
good luck!

[b] GTX260 conf.ini for 4.09b1m+:

[il2]

title=Il2-Sturmovik Forgotten Battles

hotkeys=HotKey game



[window]

width=2048

height=1152

ColourBits=32

DepthBits=24

StencilBits=8

ChangeScreenRes=0

FullScreen=0

DrawIfNotFocused=0

EnableResize=0

EnableClose=0

SaveAspect=0

Use3Renders=0



[GLPROVIDER]

GL=Opengl32.dll



[GLPROVIDERS]

Open GL=Opengl32.dll

DirectX=dx8wrap.dll



[NET]

speed=5000

routeChannels=0

serverChannels=31

localPort=21000

remotePort=21000

SkinDownload=1

serverName=Test409

serverDescription=

remoteHost=

localHost=

socksHost=

checkServerTimeSpeed=1

checkClientTimeSpeed=0



[MaxLag]

farMaxLagTime=10.0

nearMaxLagTime=2.0

cheaterWarningDelay=5.0

cheaterWarningNum=-1



[chat]

region=(dx=0.6925,dy=0.071666665,x=0.0,y=0.0)



[game]

Arcade=0

HighGore=1

mapPadX=0.6686198

mapPadY=-0.046875

viewSet=41

Intro=0

NoSubTitles=0

NoChatter=0

NoHudLog=0

NoLensFlare=0

iconTypes=3

eventlog=eventlog.lst

eventlogkeep=0

3dgunners=0

SubTitlesLines=4

ClearCache=0

TypeClouds=1



[HotKey game]

PrintScreen=ScreenShot

P=pause

Pause=pause



[HotKey gui]

Escape=activate



[HookViewFly Config]

timeFirstStep=2.0

deltaZ=10.0



[HookView]

MouseLeft=Len



[HookView Config]

AzimutSpeed=0.1

TangageSpeed=0.1

LenSpeed=1.0

MinLen=1.0

DefaultLen=20.0

MaxLen=3000.0

Speed=6



[HotKey builder]

MouseLeft=objectMove

MouseRight=popupmenu

Enter=freeView

Shift MouseLeft=worldZoom

Alt MouseLeft=select+

Alt MouseRight=select-

Alt Ctrl=unselect

PageDown=change+

PageUp=change-

End=change++

Home=change--

Ctrl MouseLeft=insert+

Insert=insert+

NumPad-0=insert+

F=fill

Ctrl MouseRight=delete+

NumPad.=delete+

Delete=delete+

Backspace=cursor

Tab=cursor

F10=land

F11=onLand

NumPad-=normalLand

NumPad+=toLand

NumPad-5=resetAngles

NumPad-8=resetTangage90

NumPad-7=stepAzimut-5

NumPad-4=stepAzimut-15

NumPad-1=stepAzimut-30

NumPad-9=stepAzimut5

NumPad-6=stepAzimut15

NumPad-3=stepAzimut30



[MouseXYZ]

F1=SpeedSlow

F2=SpeedNormal

F3=SpeedFast

MouseRight=XYmove

F4 MouseRight=Zmove

MouseMiddle=Amove

F5 MouseRight=Amove

F6 MouseRight=Tmove

F7 MouseRight=Kmove



[MouseXYZ Config]

RealTime=1



[HotKey Console]

Shift Tab=Activate



[Console]

HISTORY=1024

HISTORYCMD=1024

LOAD=console.cmd

SAVE=console.cmd

LOG=0

LOGTIME=0

LOGFILE=log.lst

LOGKEEP=0



[sound]

SoundUse=1

SoundEngine=1

Speakers=0

Placement=0

SoundFlags.reversestereo=0

RadioFlags.Enabled=1

RadioEngine=2

MusicVolume=8

ObjectVolume=14

MusState.takeoff=1

MusState.inflight=1

MusState.crash=1

MusFlags.play=0

MasterVolume=14

Attenuation=7

SoundMode=1

SamplingRate=2

NumChannels=2

SoundExt.occlusions=0

SoundFlags.hardware=0

SoundFlags.streams=1

SoundFlags.duplex=1

SoundExt.acoustics=0

SoundExt.volumefx=0

SoundFlags.voicemgr=0

SoundFlags.static=1

VoiceVolume=12

Channels=2

SoundExt.extrender=0

SoundFlags.bugscorrect=0

SoundSetupId=8

ActivationLevel=0.02

Preemphasis=0.85

RadioLatency=0.5

AGC=1

PTTMode=1

SoundFlags.UseRadioChatter=1

SoundFlags.AutoActivation=0

RadioFlags.PTTMode=0

RadioFlags.PlayClicks=0

ActLevel=0

MicLevel=0

SoundFlags.forceEAX1=0



[rts]

;ProcessAffinityMask=1

mouseUse=2

joyUse=1

trackIRUse=1

DisableIME=0

locale=



[rts_mouse]

SensitivityX=1.0

SensitivityY=1.0

Invert=0

SensitivityZ=1.0



[rts_joystick]

X=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0

Y=0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 0

Z=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

RZ=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0

FF=0

U=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0

V=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0

1X=0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0

1Y=0 1 2 3 15 30 41 58 70 81 100 0

1Z=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0

1RZ=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0

1X1=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0

1Y1=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0

1RX1=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0

1RZ1=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0

1U1=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0

1V1=0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0



[Render_DirectX]

TexQual=3

TexMipFilter=2

TexCompress=0

TexFlags.UseDither=1

TexFlags.UseAlpha=0

TexFlags.UseIndex=0

TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1

TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0

TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1

TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1

TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0

TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1

TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1

TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1

TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0

TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0

TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1

TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0

TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1

TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1

TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=0

TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2

Specular=2

SpecularLight=2

DiffuseLight=2

DynamicalLights=1

MeshDetail=2

VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2

Forest=3

LandShading=3

LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2

TexLarge=1

TexLandQual=3

TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=4

ForceShaders1x=0

PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15

PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0



[Render_OpenGL]

TexQual=3

TexMipFilter=2

TexCompress=0

TexFlags.UseDither=1

TexFlags.UseAlpha=0

TexFlags.UseIndex=0

TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1

TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0

TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1

TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1

TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0

TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1

TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1

TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1

TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0

TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0

TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1

TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1

TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1

TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1

TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2

Specular=2

SpecularLight=2

DiffuseLight=2

DynamicalLights=1

MeshDetail=2

VisibilityDistance=3

TypeClouds=1

Sky=2

Forest=3

Water=3

Effects=21

LandShading=2

LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2

TexLarge=1

TexLandQual=3

TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17

ForceShaders1x=0

PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15

PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

This thread is still ongoing but it might help you.

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/foru...9310655/m/1861048597

Thanks, I'll check that thread also.

Max, when you say run a track what does that mean?

Thank for the suggestion on win 7. I've had this copy of vista for awhile. I've loaded it and unloaded it, dual booted with xp a bunch of times. Keep trying to like it.

I'll check out the gamers reviews on 7 and see how it is doing.

Will upgrading to 4.09m help this problem. I had only patched to 4.08