Help! IL2GB Has Stopped Running!

[Trek64Trek64]

I try to keep up with the updates even though they are a pain because there appears to be an update every time I log on to play which is about once every couple of months.   Wit this latest update, the sim won't run at all!  Here is what happens.   I click on the desktop icon and the usual window opens  and says "Play" at the bottom bar.  I click on Play.  The screen goes black except for IL2 Sturmovik in the middle of the dark screen (as usual) with "Loading- Please wait" at the top of the screen.  The problem is it stays locked in that state--forever.   Normally, I would see loading progress at the bottom of the screen, and in seconds the game screen appears.    What do I do to fix this?  Why won't the sim load? 

 

I have a normal desktop PC.  i7 4000 something, tons of RAM, and an RTX 2080 GPU.  Very normal.  I've been running this sim for over a year with the same PC.  The only change was updating the GPU a few months ago, but I've played the sim with the RTX a few times without a problem so it can't be that.   Please help!

[FlyingH]

My advice is you go into the "IL2 Sturmovic..\bin\game" folder and create a shortcut for the il2.exe file to your desctop. Only use the launcher for updating!

[-332FG-Gordon200]

The latest update changed the pathway for the launcher and IL2.exe. Previously the path was to Battle of Stalingrad (Moscow or Kuban). Now it is called Great Battles.

 

Right click the desktop icon and check that the Properties tab links to > "C:\Program Files (x86)\1C Game Studios\IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\bin\game\Launcher.exe". If not go to bin\game and right click both exe files and Send the icons to your desktop as shortcuts.