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Compatabilty issues with older games. IL-2 Sturmovik 1946

Anonymous
2015-10-05T11:12:59+00:00

I have had this game since the original came out in out. Still has a huge following. Game has worked in EVERY version of windows EXCEPT 10. It will not install. It starts the install process and stops as soon as it starts. I have a lot of older games that I still enjoy, (most of them are off line) And that's why I still play them. There needs to be something done so that older soft wear compatibility isn't an issue. If anyone has a work around please let me know.

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****System Specs****

ime of this report: 10/5/2015, 06:08:47

             Machine name: 

         Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 10240) (10240.th1.150819-1946)

                 Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

      System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

             System Model: G751JL

                     BIOS: G751JL.202

                Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4720HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz

                   Memory: 8192MB RAM

      Available OS Memory: 8142MB RAM

                Page File: 2326MB used, 8247MB available

              Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

          DirectX Version: 12

      DX Setup Parameters: Not found

         User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

       System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

          DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

                 Miracast: Available, with HDCP

Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported

           DxDiag Version: 10.00.10240.16384 64bit Unicode

DxDiag Notes

      Display Tab 1: No problems found.

        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.

        Sound Tab 2: No problems found.

        Sound Tab 3: No problems found.

          Input Tab: No problems found.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-10-05T15:44:20+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

    We regret the inconvenience caused to you.

    This seems to be an issue with compatibility on Windows 10.

    I suggest you to install the game in compatibility mode on Windows 10 and check.

    Compatibility mode provides an environment for running programs that closely reflects the behavior of earlier Windows operating systems.

    Follow the steps:

    • Right click on the game installation file and select Properties then click the Compatibility tab.
    • Place a check in the Run this program in compatibility mode for: box.
    • Tap the drop down box and select a previous operating system, then click OK.
    • Try installing the game and check.

    Hope it helps.

    Let us know the status, we are glad to assist you further.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-11-27T20:03:21+00:00

    Here's what I have had to do to get it to work for me.

    Install the game as normal. install on an older computer (XP/VISTA/WINN 7)

    Open the installation drive, find the main IL@ folder, drag and drop on to

    a large capacity thumb drive (I used a 16gb from best buy)

    Plug thumb into your new pc, open thumb drive. Open installation drive on win10

    pc, Create folder for install:

    C:\Games\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946

    Drag and drop entire il2 folder from thumb drive. Click the exe to install.

    Make sure you have the dvd in the drive as it will not work with out it.

    Problem: Windows 10 is not backwards compatible with  the Older versions of

    DirectX.

    This bypasses the check from IL2 for DirectX 10.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-11-21T00:39:28+00:00

    I also have this same problem. I have IL2 complete edition and it worked perfect with windows 7 but after updating to windows 10 it no longer opened. I uninstalled it and tried to reinstall and it wont run setup. I tried run as administrator, and compatibility modes for every combination possible. I shut down all background programs and deleted all temporary files, made sure Direct x was updated and windows was updated. I still cant get setup to run.

    Please Help!

    Colt

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-12-17T14:26:26+00:00

    The suggestion to use compatibility is a cut and paste response that does not address the issue

    of Win10's DRM Blocking. I don't think anyone posting here marked it as an answer, unless by accident,

    but marking a non-answer as an answer is not uncommon on these forums.

    I'm using an older re-release version of the original stand alone IL2 with no compatibility settings.

    I have not tried installing to Win10 though. My game was installed on Win7 prior to a Win10 'upgrade'.

    • Note that the game will sometimes stop after the initial load. If this happens you can try

    Alt - TAB in and out, or just wait a bit for it to come together.

    • If the game is not installing, you don't necessarily have to install to Win7 first.

    I reinstalled another game that uses SafeDisk DRM recently  and it would not install (some games that

    use SafeDisk install but don't run, some don't do either).

    I copied the full contents of the disk to a folder on my desktop (this gets deleted after installing) and

    ran the games Setup from there (disk in the drive just in case), and it installed without a hitch.

    • With the early releases you still need to use a noCD to launch the game, but I don't have data on the

    Complete Edition. If the release is recent enough they may have removed SafeDisk.

    If not, you may need a noCD fix for each component of the game.

    • Those using the Russian version face a different challenge. This version uses the dread StarForce DRM

    Some versions (all ? ) of StarForce do not recognise 64bit OS's, but this can also be circumvented

    with a noCD fix.

    .

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-02T09:08:49+00:00

    I have the same problem with Microsoft Flight Simulators. After seeing Boss Dweebe super informative reply, it seems he is right on track. After 7 attempts to get through to M/S help desk. and finally to a "gaming specialist" I was told that I needed the "key license" to run the game. Since I bought them from a store as discs, there were no key licenses, AND Windows 10 did not ask for them either. The "game tech" basically accused me of trying to run pirated games on my computer. I would like to have strangled him....but he was most likely in India or some such place where M/S outsources our jobs. Grrrrrr

    YouTube has some tutorials on how to delete Direct X (10,11,12 on Windows 10) and reinstall Direct X 9 which these CD based games require. Also for $29.99 or 39.99 various 3 rd party Driver update services will "Install them for you via down load"

    Has anyone tried either of these solutions?

    This is a new computer which I purchased specifically for the Flight Sims as it is part of my job, so maybe the solution is return this H/P Windows 10 and get a MAC to run M/S flight Sims ?? Has any one tried that?

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