Help: Need to force-quit 50% of the time after mission restart

[Pea_Shooter]

Game freezes (black screen when expecting to see cockpit view)  when restarting  mission. I need to force-quit (To Task manager then 'end task') about 50% of the time.

 

Is it my PC or is it IL 2 (1C games)?

 

My specs: 

Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Memory: 8192MB RAM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor

Intel(R) Z77 Express Chipset LPC Controller

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU

Display Memory: 6063 MB

Shared Memory: 4073 MB

Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)

CH Combat stick and pedals

Lots of free space on Hard Drive

(Am I missing something in my specs?)

 

Have latest graphic drivers

 

Any ideas?

 

 

Edited January 6, 2019 by Pea_Shooter

[Sgt_Joch]

I have that issue sometimes. Seems to happen when playing too many QMBs in a row while switching parameters between missions. Not sure what causes it, but retstarting the game and/or rebooting the computer solves the issue for me.

Edited January 5, 2019 by Sgt_Joch

[Pea_Shooter]

Thanks for your reply Sgt_Joch.

It's just one of those little quarky things that is annoying enough...

[Pea_Shooter]

So maybe I need a new graphics card.. ? Should I be playing in 64bit mod instead of 32bit? (don't know enough about pc's) Must learn....

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

@Pea_Shooter You could get a bit more powerful card. My guess for best choice is in range of nVidia 1060 or AMD RX480/580, depending on preference and budget. Personally have no issues running AMD, have been using both brands over the years. The game is 64-bit already, nothing to be done there. I would add 8Gb more RAM to your system to get 16Gb. Even 8Gb is not bad, 16Gb is better.

 

In game disable SSAO and HDR, they eat FPS for no real benefit. Set Shadows to low or medium, any higher eats FPS. I run the game in Full screen, even it is hinted you do not need to if desktop resolution is same as in game. But you lose a few % in performance in windowed mode. Grass to Normal also in game settings. Eats FPS and you do not see it anyway when screaming 500km/h+ at altitude. Nice for screenshots though. Fiddle with visibility range setting, has an impact as well. Same goes with object detail, Normal should suffice or 2x. Turn off FPS limiter, using Vsync is better + use Fast Vsync in nVidia control panel.

 

I hope those give a start. I am sure more tips and tricks will come :)

[Pea_Shooter]

Thank you LLv34_Flanker. Good advice all around!