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SFS files redundant? - Plantoid 1 - 15.02.2009

Hi all:

If I use the SFS extractor and then copy those files and folders into another folder for the game, can I then remove the SFS file?

The reason I ask is, my computer is now taking so long to load IL2 with all the mods I have I'm thinking some of the time must be spent by it going over stuff twice.

For instance, I extracted the files.SFS and lo and behold there's all the stuff that is in the UI folder marked files at the top of the root folder. Now, if the computer hits this stuff first and ignores the rest after, why have the SFS file there?

I haven't taken the time, yet, to go through all the SFS files although I have extracted them for future perusal, so consquently don't know what all is in all the folders.

Has anyone ditched an SFS file? Can someone make an educated guess as to whether it can even be done?

Great days all.

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- madcat - 15.02.2009

In theory yes but I wouldn't...

For one the SFS extractor doesn't extract every thing, but if you did manage to get every file from the game your looking at over 10Gb of files + mods & skins for the wrapper.dll to sift through and I don't know if it would really speed things up.

Also adding mod could be problematic, if you don't back up the original files or put the mod files in the wrong place or the mods don't work then when you go to sort it out it will be a nightmare going though all them files unless you remember exactly what you did.

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- IAF.116~Jagr - 15.02.2009

you can do a test. extract on sfs file only, move the sfs file out of Il2 folder, run the game. let us know your results.

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