Quick mission, career, and single missions

[Pennix_LeGaulois]

@-DED-Rapidus With my posts relative to this bug, you should have 4 example missions :

• CZ_initial_firing_bug_demo.zip :
  • example_CZ_not_working -> bug demonstration. I reproduced the bug on 3 different computers using this mission file, so you should be experiencing the bug as well.
  • example_CZ_working -> no bug demonstration (as explain in my first post, I had to delete and re-create the spawner trigger)
  • => my point was to present the bug, and show how inconsistent it was
• CZ_initial_firing_bug_no_spawner : this time there is no trigger spawner, I just activate the planes and they flight through the CZ
  • example_CZ_not_working_no_spawner -> I didn't experience the bug either (so the mission file name is not accurate, apologies)
  • example_CZ_working_no_spawner -> no bug experienced
  • => my point was to show that the bug is related to some weird interaction between the CZ and the trigger spawner, not the CZ themselves. If you don't have spawner, you don't experience the bug.

I hope this clarifies what I was trying to demonstrate... You should experience the bug with the first of my example missions, but not with the 3 others.

Thanks for taking the time to follow up on this issue by the way, it's great to see devs as involved as your team !

[Azdack]

Hello. Newbie in career mod. I plaid two missions with Spit Mk.XIV and both missions had the same waypoints with all spits of my squad turning above the target for several minutes without bandits coming...I guess this is possible for one mission but two successive is this still normal? Thanks for answers.

[Noisemaker]

7 hours ago, Azdack said:

Hello. Newbie in career mod. I plaid two missions with Spit Mk.XIV and both missions had the same waypoints with all spits of my squad turning above the target for several minutes without bandits coming...I guess this is possible for one mission but two successive is this still normal? Thanks for answers.

Were they a troops or river crossing cover mission?  If so, yes, that's normal.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Hi Folks,

twice times I had the same problem:

In Havocs over the Kuban‘s 5th mission the game crashes. After about 30 minutes playtime the game always crashes in the middle of combat situation.

Picture freeze, I still can open menu and chose restart or finish mission but nothing happens.

Finally only can fix this problem with restart the computer because I can start the task manager but can not open the window.

In no other game mode or scripted campaign I had problems like that.

So I assume only in fifth mission “Dawn patrol” seems a big problem.

Please please fix because I want continue this fantastic scripted - and by the way extra payed- campaign.

[-DED-Rapidus]

@JG4_Moltke1871, we are aware of the problem, thank you. while we are investigating it.

[Noisemaker]

On 7/3/2021 at 5:48 PM, Noisemaker said:

Brief description:  U2/Po2 Campaign mode still unusable
Detailed description, conditions:  Upon entering the flight, the entire wing of AI planes begins to RTB before the second waypoint is reached.
Additional assets (videos, screenshots, logs): Mission file attached
Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software): Irrelevant.

_gen.zip 474.22 kB · 1 download

Appears to be resolved now.  Thanks -DED_!

[Noisemaker]

Brief description:  IL-2 Sturmovik Kuban Campaign.  In flight start begins with a majority of friendly aircraft (including player's) crashed.
Detailed description, conditions:  Upon entering the flight, the majority of the flight of IL-2s are crashed (Including mine) due to what I can only assume is an inappropriate waypoint height setting.
Additional assets (videos, screenshots, logs): Mission file attached
Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software): Irrelevant.

_gen.zip

[2/JG26_rudidlo]

_gen.zip

Brief description:  Pilot dies in career, but is marked as wounded in the debriefing

Detailed description, conditions: I've tried to generate a new Typhon Mark V career in IronMan mode
Additional assets (videos, screenshots, logs):

Mission file attached.
Recorded in following video - at the beginning my pilot has been killed, but in debriefing at 2 : 10 pilot is reported as wounded 

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1114340156

Edited August 11, 2021 by 1stCL/rudidlo
Video link updated

[MajorMagee]

This update appears to have broken the Tank Crew Single Player Quick Missions. The missions try to start and then after a period of the loading bar progressing across the bottom of the screen it kicks you back to the mission selection screen but the buttons to exit/start along the bottom are now missing, and it won't take you to the main screen either. Ctrl+Alt+Del is the only way out.

[-DED-Rapidus]

@MajorMagee, a game without modifications?(I'm clarifying)

[MajorMagee]

Yes, no mods were installed when the game updated. Happens with the mods allowed switch either on or off.

[354thFG_Panda_]

Brief description: 

• Can not choose any options/ click any buttons on the quick missions page.
• Also the exit button disappears when I click it to go to the main hanger so I am left with this screen. 
• Screens are transparent when choosing options

Your PC config data (OS, drivers, specific software):

 

AMD FX-6300

Nvidea GTX 750TI FTW 2 GB VRAM

8gb RAM

1tb harddrive and 250GB SSD (Game on SSD)

Latest drivers

 

I have provided a video link of my experience for a better portrayal:

screenshot 1: exit function not working

screenshot 2: I choose a dogfight scenario with many planes but after loading it takes me to this screen I can not exit

 

 

Quick missions for me is unusable currently, this is what it looks like:

 

Edited August 12, 2021 by LR.TheRedPanda

[354thFG_Panda_]

Update to situation, I have validated files on steam and it fixed most of the problems. The transparency bug still persists...

[RNAS10_Oliver]

29 minutes ago, LR.TheRedPanda said:

Update to situation, I have validated files on steam and it fixed most of the problems. The transparency bug still persists...

The transparency thing is already known to the devs apparently. I posted about in in “graphics, models and maps” as it’s an graphical problem that also impacts the in flight map.

 

 

[MajorMagee]

Here's a different attempt after reloading the update again. Different mission location, different vehicle, different settings (no mods, no fullscreen window), different video drivers, etc., same result. It was not possible to capture a track, but I did include an image of the screen it dumps you back to when the mission fails to finish loading.

Tank_Crew_Quick_Mission_4603.zip

[MajorMagee]

I tried uninstalling, and reinstalling the entire game (onto a different drive just to be sure), and I still have the same problem with the Quick Missions crashing out. The default training missions do start successfully so at least I know that the underlying game engine still works, but the Quick Missions are broken by something in 4.603.

[Thad]

Salutations,

 

I have the latest game update. As a test... I just created a quick mission with a P-38 and experienced absolutely no problems. The mission ran fine.

 

Sorry, but If you are experiencing difficulties... it's probably caused by something on your end.  

[MajorMagee]

9 hours ago, Thad said:

Salutations,

 

I have the latest game update. As a test... I just created a quick mission with a P-38 and experienced absolutely no problems. The mission ran fine.

 

Sorry, but If you are experiencing difficulties... it's probably caused by something on your end.  

I only have the stock version of Tank Crew, so it's probably related to that since this update added provisions for the new German Half Track AA gun. Perhaps the prescripted Tank Crew Quick Missions are looking for something I don't own. I've never tried to create my own missions.

Edited August 14, 2021 by MajorMagee

[Thad]

Yes, if the QM builder can't find a specific vehicle or craft, it could cause problems. 

[lwalter]

Even when I don't check the "iron man" option, when I'm captured by ejecting over ennemy side, I don't see a way to restart that mission, unless I restart it right away.

If I come back to the last day of that career during another IL2 session, I have no button to replay that day.

I'm wondering what I'm missing.

[MajorMagee]

7 hours ago, Thad said:

Yes, if the QM builder can't find a specific vehicle or craft, it could cause problems. 

I'm just trying to run the build in Quick Mission, so it would be strange for it to not be able to find the proper vehicles. I only own Prokhorovka, so that may have something to do with it.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

Single Mission Battle of Kuban:

Attack on Gelendzhik with Heinkel 111 H16:

The AI Bomber squad mates not climb with me on altitude. They just follow on deck.

This Problem was already there before the last patch.

When I played this mission some months ago everything was fine.

[-DED-Rapidus]

@JG4_Moltke1871, I have them flying at the same altitude.

[JG4_Moltke1871]

10 minutes ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

@JG4_Moltke1871, I have them flying at the same altitude.

Hmmmmm, Strange.

What may the different? 
If I do nothing they continue fly on Deck…

If I order them follow my they continue fly on deck…

Did you give em any orders?

However, thanks for check it , good service ??????

[-DED-Rapidus]

1 minute ago, JG4_Moltke1871 said:

Did you give em any orders?

Nothing, just took off and flew along the route.

On 8/13/2021 at 6:36 PM, MajorMagee said:

Here's a different attempt after reloading the update again. Different mission location, different vehicle, different settings (no mods, no fullscreen window), different video drivers, etc., same result. It was not possible to capture a track, but I did include an image of the screen it dumps you back to when the mission fails to finish loading.

Tank_Crew_Quick_Mission_4603.zip 302.93 kB · 3 downloads

Thank you for the material provided, but I have no problems

 

[MajorMagee]

8 hours ago, -DED-Rapidus said:

Nothing, just took off and flew along the route.

Thank you for the material provided, but I have no problems

 

My growing suspicion is that it's because I only own Tank Crew, and something that the built in quick mission generator is looking for is missing, so it fails to run on my install. The other user report I've seen with the exact same symptoms also only owns Tank Crew.

[-DED-Rapidus]

@MajorMagee, do you only have a TC purchased? can you take a screenshot of the main menu in the game?

Update: We found the problem, there will be a fix soon, thank you for your perseverance.

[ITAF_Artiglio]

On the other hand, since the last update made, 
the scripted campaign no longer works for me, 
practically every campaign 
I would like to face gives me the 
home screen and brings me back to the start button, 
both for aerial campaigns and for tanks ... some help

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 24, 2021 by ITAF_Artiglio

[-DED-Rapidus]

@ITAF_Artiglio,I need to know more details.

[ITAF_Artiglio]

I am attaching the link to download the video so that you can better understand what I mean. Unfortunately I realize that from the google translator some words from Italian to English change and I apologize for this.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/1ri4e3qxtb6qq5w/IL-2__Sturmovik__Battle_of_Stalingrad_2021.09.04_-_20.00.13.01.rar/file

[wiscstar]

Help!  I can't access my scripted campaigns or missions.  I only get the page with the missions greyed out and the message "Mission description is loading".  I have tried using the "Resave all mmissions to folder" and "Convert to binary" options in the tools menu of the mission editor to no avail.  Also, Zeev's download site for his utility is inaccessible.  Can anyone help me?

[-DED-Rapidus]

@wiscstar, please share the missions that you are having problems with.

[wiscstar]

On 9/5/2021 at 10:09 PM, -DED-Rapidus said:

@wiscstar, please share the missions that you are having problems with.

Campaigns:  Operation Buffel, Taman bridgehead, I/jg51 over the rzhev salient,I'jg51 over Veliki luki,Chir front, Platzsh. Pitomnik,Panzerknacker, Lions of Kalinin, NF over theKuban, Kerch-Eltigen , Exile, Fritz Life, Albert's Life, Ivan's war, the butcher, from England with Love, Cold winter, Allmost, Moscow sky, Fortress Stalingrad,10 days of autumn, Blazing steppe, Fortress on the volga, sea dragons, havocs over the Kuban, all flight schools.

Missions:  AAA scenariios, battle of britain revival, battle of kuban scen., battle of Oscow scen., battle of stalingrad scen., Bloody skies of kuban, Mig-3 Peshka escort, Spitfire 5b BoB revival,FW-190 air superiority, Gzhatsk, JM version 19, Ju-53 mission pack,KG-55, Massive attack ver.1.0, Rocket training, Sturmoviks, Fast tank battle, Attack-bf110g2 tank busters, Attack- Hs-129 tank buster practice, Attack-Il-2 1943 Panzer column attack, Attack-Ju-87 Bridges over the Tma massive attack ver.1.0, Ratas and Stukas.

[-DED-Rapidus]

4 hours ago, wiscstar said:

10 days of autumn

@wiscstar, for example, let's take this script campaign. Have you purchased the BoM?

I wrote to you on a PM.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

On 9/5/2021 at 6:52 PM, wiscstar said:

Help!  I can't access my scripted campaigns or missions.  I only get the page with the missions greyed out and the message "Mission description is loading".  I have tried using the "Resave all mmissions to folder" and "Convert to binary" options in the tools menu of the mission editor to no avail.  Also, Zeev's download site for his utility is inaccessible.  Can anyone help me?

Do you use the Steam version or the version bought from the official store? If you use Steam, can you validate the game files: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB?

 

If you use the store-bought version, did you try a re-install yet?

[wiscstar]

On 9/13/2021 at 4:24 AM, AEthelraedUnraed said:

Do you use the Steam version or the version bought from the official store? If you use Steam, can you validate the game files: https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB?

 

If you use the store-bought version, did you try a re-install yet?

I use the Steam version.  What do you mean "validate"?

On 9/12/2021 at 2:54 PM, -DED-Rapidus said:

@wiscstar, for example, let's take this script campaign. Have you purchased the BoM?

I wrote to you on a PM.

Yes.  I have BOS,BOM and BOK.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

3 minutes ago, wiscstar said:

I use the Steam version.  What do you mean "validate"?

See the link that I posted, and follow the steps.

[wiscstar]

15 minutes ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

See the link that I posted, and follow the steps.

I did, andit seems that everything that I paid for is working again.  All of the freebies(3rd party campaigns and missions) that I got from the forums are still not working.  At the end of the operation the utility said"7 files were not vaildated.  They will be reacquired."  What does that mean?

[AEthelraedUnraed]

14 hours ago, wiscstar said:

I did, andit seems that everything that I paid for is working again.  All of the freebies(3rd party campaigns and missions) that I got from the forums are still not working.

Glad to hear your paid content works again! To be able to play the free content, you should be able to resave the mission files. To do so, open the mission editor: [IL2 installation directory]\bin\editor\STeditor.exe and then, in the top bar, click Tools->Resave All Missions in Folder. Select the Missions and Campaigns folders. Running this operation will take a couple of minutes, but afterwards everything should work again.

14 hours ago, wiscstar said:

At the end of the operation the utility said"7 files were not vaildated.  They will be reacquired."  What does that mean?

It means that, for whatever reason, some of the files were not what they're supposed to be. The reason can be a harddisk error or bit flip, Windows doing strange stuff, a bug or crash in IL2, a failed update, you name it. With the file validation process, Steam checks if the contents of all files are what they're supposed to be, and if not, re-downloads the bugged files.

[wiscstar]

4 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

Glad to hear your paid content works again! To be able to play the free content, you should be able to resave the mission files. To do so, open the mission editor: [IL2 installation directory]\bin\editor\STeditor.exe and then, in the top bar, click Tools->Resave All Missions in Folder. Select the Missions and Campaigns folders. Running this operation will take a couple of minutes, but afterwards everything should work again.

It means that, for whatever reason, some of the files were not what they're supposed to be. The reason can be a harddisk error or bit flip, Windows doing strange stuff, a bug or crash in IL2, a failed update, you name it. With the file validation process, Steam checks if the contents of all files are what they're supposed to be, and if not, re-downloads the bugged files.

 

4 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

Glad to hear your paid content works again! To be able to play the free content, you should be able to resave the mission files. To do so, open the mission editor: [IL2 installation directory]\bin\editor\STeditor.exe and then, in the top bar, click Tools->Resave All Missions in Folder. Select the Missions and Campaigns folders. Running this operation will take a couple of minutes, but afterwards everything should work again.

It means that, for whatever reason, some of the files were not what they're supposed to be. The reason can be a harddisk error or bit flip, Windows doing strange stuff, a bug or crash in IL2, a failed update, you name it. With the file validation process, Steam checks if the contents of all files are what they're supposed to be, and if not, re-downloads the bugged files.

Tried the ST editor, didn't work.