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[Messcaster]

Hi,
I’m using UP3 - DBW 1.3 installation. I’m using for the first time #DBW_MissionPro Combo by PAL.
When I want to run EastFront_Kiew map or Pacific_Philipines map I have the following error:

Mission loading failed: Mesh3do/humans/Paratroopers/Russia/mono.sim not created

How to solve this problem???

[pierre1946]

In general this is a memory problem.

Try inserting different RAM values in the Selector, for instance 512 or 1024......

[SAS~Storebror]

Edit your conf.ini file (you can find it in your IL-2 game folder).
Scroll down to section [Render_OpenGL] and set the following two parameters as follows (the parameters are already in that section, just change them to these values):
TexCompress=2
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

Best regards - Mike

[Messcaster]

Thanks for your answers!
Storebror you were right! TexCompress was the problem.
Everything working fine now
Do you know btw if there is a link to optimize me video card' settings for il2? (I've got a NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT)

[MR_G]

"Edit your conf.ini file (you can find it in your IL-2 game folder).
Scroll down to section [Render_OpenGL] and set the following two parameters as follows (the parameters are already in that section, just change them to these values):
TexCompress=2
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

Best regards - Mike"

I had the same problem. My TexFlags was already 1, but my TexCompress was 0. I changed it to 2 and BINGO, campaign loads fine.

My question is.....Why does this work????.....My tiny brain does not understand.
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[SAS~Storebror]

Why does this work????

Okay, let's split the answer:

• Why does setting the two TexCompress Flags in conf.ini solve the famous Paratroopers mission load error issue?
  This error ("Mission loading failed: Mesh3do/humans/Paratroopers/Russia/mono.sim not created") occurs while textures are loaded into your graphics card's memory. When the size of these textures exceeds the memory limits of your graphics card, mission loading stops with this error message.
• Why is it always the Paratroopers causing this error?
  It isn't. Forget about the error message contents, it's plain bullshit.
• So what exactly do these parameters do?
  They let your system compress the textures with a so called "S3TC" texture compression algorithm, which gives a very good performance and much reduced texture size with just a slightly loss of texture quality (regarding quality however the implementation of S3TC, depending on your graphics driver, might cause slightly frayed texture edges).
• Why do I need to set two parameters for just one thing?
  Good question. Maybe just to confuse the russians
  Joking aside, one parameter would logically do, but things are like they are, don't waste time worrying about it.
• What happens if I set just one of the two parameters?
  Simply said, it just won't do the trick. You need to set both in order to get the texture compression to work correctly.
• Okay, got it. But now I forgot the right flag parameter's names and settings...
  No problem, here you go:
  In your IL-2 game folder you'll find a file "conf.ini". Open this in notepad (or your favourite text editor) and set these two parameters in the section [Render_OpenGL] accordingly:
  TexCompress=2
  TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

Hope that helps...

Best regards - Mike

[MR_G]

Thank you. The basic idea makes sense, but the details are beyond me.
I don't understand why this never happened with my old computer that only had 512 MB of RAM.It only started with UP3 and DBW.

[HundertzehnGustav]

"like" "+1" encountered the thing numerous times over the last 72 hours, never found a solution
thank you, gentlemen.

[MR_G]

"You must not have ever had Canons new English Channel map installed then"

With my old computer, the map would load, but it would produce an unflyable slide show.
(1 fps)

[pierre1946]

Thanks, Storebror!

For the first time a clear explanation.

I put a .txt-file with your text in my install, to remember....

[tomoose]

Thanks to all.  This should be a sticky somewhere.  My group and I are new to the Modded version and a couple of the guys were getting this error whereas the rest of us were just fine.
I've taken this info and passed it to them and it should do the trick.
 

[Ivan-le-Rouge]

Thank you very much! From one month I could'n play to my favorite game cause to this problem