Help with launching Il-2 Sturmovik BOS and various utilities with a single batch file...

[carve_gybe1]

Hi All

 

I feel that my experience with Il-2 Sturmovik has been 90% figuring out how things work and 10% gameplay. Please help me rebalance this, because during the 10% gameplay I'm realizing my bombing and dogfighting skills are pretty bad and that will be a whole new onion...

 

My current problem is starting Il-2 with a batch file in a way where various utilities (XRneckSafer, VoiceAttack etc) are launched first and then the game starts in VR mode. I am running Quest 2 in OpenXR with OpenComposite and attempting to launch the game not in Steam but by referencing my local il-2.exe file in the batch file.

 

The batch file starts all the utilities but fails to start the game. If I use exactly the same start prompt that I have in the batch file but in my Command Prompt, the game is launched.

 

I find launching the game locally is the only way to launch in VR. If I launch the game in Steam, the game starts on the monitor and I need to go to graphics settings, turn on VR and restart the game. This VR setting seems to be forgotten each time when I launch in Steam.

 

The annoying thing about launching the game using local il-2.exe file is that I have to enter my 1C Games account info.

 

Has anyone using my approach figured out how to launch everything using a single batch file? Do you run everything as administrator?

 

I have some many more layers to the onion, but I'll stop there for now.

 

Thanks!

Edited September 13, 2024 by carve_gybe1

[Stonehouse]

On 9/13/2024 at 11:20 AM, carve_gybe1 said:

The annoying thing about launching the game using local il-2.exe file is that I have to enter my 1C Games account info.

If you have the remember me box ticked from a normal start that shouldn't happen........well it does not for me. All I have to do is hit the usual "enter" button on the initial hangar screen (where you would enter credentials) ......... possibly you have multiple window user profiles and are starting it with the wrong one? Not sure how you get around that although I am sure it's possible.

 

For what it is worth, my bat file looks like below,  

 

@echo off
start /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\NaturalPoint\TrackIR5" TrackIR5.exe
start /d "E:\Games\IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles" GreatBattlesRecorder.exe
start /d "E:\Games\IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\bin\game" Il-2.exe
exit

Edited September 16, 2024 by Stonehouse