Game no longer starts

[ghostlenin]

Everything was working fine last week or so - perhaps before the December 28 patch. I bought several of the campaigns that were on sale direct from the IL-2 website. I have Battle of Stalingrad through Steam, then I linked my account and got the other campaigns through the website. I started the game once to make sure all the new content was there, then I stopped for a bit until my new Gladiator NXT arrived yesterday.

Now when I try to start, I just get a black/blank screen. It drops the resolution of my monitor which I don't think happened before. Task Manager says IL-2 is not responding, and all I can do is kill the process. I've updated my graphics drivers (RTX 3060), verified file integrity (it updated 2 files), uninstalled and reinstalled through Steam, and starting without my new joystick plugged in. Nothing worked, same result every time. I don't see any error message displayed, are there log files to look at somewhere?

Everything was working fine before. Nothing's changed on my computer except for what I noted above (updated drivers, got a new joystick). Other games like Enlisted continue to work without issue. Any information that might help resolve this issue is appreciated.

Thanks

Edited January 8, 2022 by ghostlenin
Clarified my game is a mix of Steam and website purchases.