[Bearcat]

I see I have 2 folders for the visibility mod.. one is on the other is off.. and there are a few other folders there that seem to be duplicated. The file size is the same.. Is that normal or should I delete the duplicates? Out of curiosity which folder will the sim see.. say there are two.. and one is turned on and one is turned off.. which one will the sim see..?

[fly_zo]

ahhhh.... for 109874589992nd time :

wrapper has been designed to:

1 loads any file only once ( if there are two or more same files in any mod folder game will load only first one and rest of them will get disregarded )

2 loads files from MODS folder first .... and from FILES folder secondly ( only files that aren't present in MODS folder)

3 loads/reads folders/files alphabetically ( if same file has been present in "A" folder and in "B" folder ...it loads only file from "A" folder )

4 disregards any folder /file with "-" as prefix in its name

regards
Z

p.s if that "1Basic" folder is moved "FILES" folder .... it must be the last one (not the first one ) so rename it ZZBasic or similar .

[Bearcat]

No it isnt I never had a files folder.. There is one there now.. but I dont remember if it was inthere before or not. This is the only mod install I did.

Hey bear with me.. I know some of this stuff may be old hat to you guys who have been here from the beginning... but I am still relatively new at this in this sim.. and just about anywhere actually becuase even in CFS which was the only other sim I spent a substantial amount of time in, I never was much for mods.. To expect newcomers here to just know these things or to do a search for every question that they may have is unrealistic.. We still get "Whats up with the 109 gunsight " & "Why cant I take off from a carrier " posts @ UBI.. and although thye answer is sinmple enough and yes RTFM will do it... some folks dont do it.. for whatever reason.. and they are still entitled to just an answer..

So anyway.. can I delete the other folders? That is my other question.. I am trying to find out why I lost @ 30% on my frame rates... I tried turning off certain mods.. but then the sim wouldnt launch with some of them.. like the 6DoF mod....

I actually figured that one out.. I had my switcher set to 4.09b1 M w 6DoF.. when I put it to just plain 4.09b1 it didnt crash,.

[Bearcat]

I am also trying to understand why the dupes are there ...... I have removed them and the sim still works... so I guess I figured out my answer.. also apparently it was the visability mod.. I turned that off and got my old frames back....

[fly_zo]

...ok, since game doesn't load any file if "-" is present as prefix in folder name , just put "-" to folder names of mods you think you don't need .... test the game , if all is well you can delete those folders .

but , having too many folders isn't cosing fps loss ... try to disable any mod that has something to do with visibility ...effects ... etc . Disable one at the time to find out which mod is cosing fps loss

cheers
Z

[Fisneaky]

- and you can use "winmerge" or similar* to compare files etc to see whether they are duplicates or "versions".

* I've a copy of "Swift Compare" (from GOTD) which will compare folders and note any differences.