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i messed up the weapons_ru file, what now? - Alighieri - 17.06.2009
i accedentaly put the 'open with' when i was opening the file on 'always open with', so now i cant run IL2 anymore, because weapons_ru has become a notepad doc...please help! it'll take ages if i have to re-install all planes, the game and the AAA installer again
- blackbird - 17.06.2009
Hi!
Dont panic!
just rename the file from weapons_ru.DOC to weapons_ru.
That should work
- Jaypack44 - 17.06.2009
just open the file in notepad, do file>save as, and then just save the file in the appropriate folder with the name "weapons_ru.properties" (including the quotation marks) that should solve the problem.
hope that helps
- Alighieri - 17.06.2009
thx guys, i'll try that =P
EDIT: hmm, removing the .DOC extension doesnt work since it doesnt show any extensions, and saving it under "weapons_ru.properties" doesnt work either...my comp keeps reading em as a notepad document, and the same with that entire folder
- walter_solito - 17.06.2009
Hi mate!
Try this:
Open in the desktop a new blank notepad file;
Copy and paste here all the lines in your old weapons_ru file;
Save the new one with the correct name: weapons_ru (without any extension);
Delete the old one;
Launch the game (it should CTD);
Copy and paste the new weapons_ru from desktop to the STD/i18 folder;
Launch the game again!
Let me know if this work!!!
cheers
walter
- Guest - 17.06.2009
If nothing works then do a system restore to a time when you had IL-2 running perfectly, ie beofre you buggered the files around
- asheshouse - 17.06.2009
Don't panic ---- These notes are based on WinXP
Vista maybe slightly different but the principal is the same.
Open Windows Explorer
Go to Tools/Folder Options
Click View Tab and scroll down
Unselect -- Hide extensions for known file types.
Now you should see the full file name, including the file extension.
Right Click the weapons_ru.doc file and rename to weapons_ru.properties
Check that this is the only file in the i18n folder which has been altered.
Thats it --- I think.
- Alighieri - 17.06.2009
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...the most simple thing i should've thought about fixed it: restarting the pc...i didnt need to re-install IL2...crap...ah well, ty very much for all the help, its good to know taht i can always get some help here =P
and now i gotta waste another hour installing AAA UI again and all the planes etc
- Guest - 17.06.2009
Alighieri Wrote:o
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...the most simple thing i should've thought about fixed it: restarting the pc...i didnt need to re-install IL2...crap...ah well, ty very much for all the help, its good to know taht i can always get some help here =P
and now i gotta waste another hour installing AAA UI again and all the planes etc
If you revert back to a week or so ago, won't the files still be there? :wink: