[Loku]

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[Thrud]

Bump. for Q-tim

[FA_Cheech]

Man, do we ever...until we get a 4.09 dedicated server we cannot use new maps like The Slot for online play.

We need some help on this one.

[zaelu]

Loku, I have all the files in place as I switch from 4.08mod - 4.08clean -4.09clean -4.09mod with ease but your mod is not working as you say.

If I put the files.sfs of 4.09 (which is not required by your mod I know) game loads... but without it (with the 4.08 modded) game crashes at 5%

without your mod active games loads 4.09 or 4.08 no matter version without problems and it shows Slovakia in quick mission builder because of the QMB mod that is not working unless in 4.09mbeta.

Are you saying that you can load Slovakia and fly in it with the game showing 4.08 at start?

[Loku]

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[zaelu]

I see,

I think I have the 20b renamed as 20 or something... is the one from the archive with the new default skins?

I'm going to check it out

I have the 4.09m beta in 2 archives both have fb_3do20.sfs file. There is a difference however between them.

the one from the normal patch is 2MB big and the one from the new default skins addon to patch has around 240MB.

What is the 20b in your case?

Thanks for help!


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It works!! Hurey!!

I have now the "fb_3do20.SFS" the file that is just 1.9MB and the "fb_3do20b.SFS" the one that has 226MB and contains the new default skins. Is this correct or should they be the other way around? Or it doesn't really matter?

[zaelu]

The smaller fb_3do20.sfs file appears to have the same hash-files inside it and with the same sizes as the bigger one that came with the "new default skins pack". Can someone else check that this is true? Cause if it is then the 5% crash problem can be easily solved by removing the entry referring to fb_3do20b.sfs file from the modded .rc file .

I think Maddox Games just added to the fb_3do20.sfs originally only 1.9MB in size the new skins and kept its name just because it was too small in original size and wouldn't make sense to waste a whole file number for just few files.

I say that because my original 4.09m beta1 archives don't have a fb_3do20b.sfs file just those two overlapping different in size fb_3do20.sfs files.

[Guest]

The smaller fb_3do20.sfs file appears to have the same hash-files inside it and with the same sizes as the bigger one that came with the "new default skins pack". Can someone else check that this is true? Cause if it is then the 5% crash problem can be easily solved by removing the entry referring to fb_3do20b.sfs file from the modded .rc file .

I think Maddox Games just added to the fb_3do20.sfs originally only 1.9MB in size the new skins and kept its name just because it was too small in original size and wouldn't make sense to waste a whole file number for just few files.

I say that because my original 4.09m beta1 archives don't have a fb_3do20b.sfs file just those two overlapping different in size fb_3do20.sfs files.

Has this been done yet? I still get the 5% crash even with the sfs files present.

[JAMF]

Has this been done yet? I still get the 5% crash even with the sfs files present.

Someone replied to your earlier post, but you might not have seen it, so...:

Did you run IL2setup.exe and set the sound quality to 44100 Hz?

[Guest]

Has this been done yet? I still get the 5% crash even with the sfs files present.

Someone replied to your earlier post, but you might not have seen it, so...:

Did you run IL2setup.exe and set the sound quality to 44100 Hz?

Yes but it makes no difference.

[JudgeMingus]

Is it possible to make the download available from somewhere other than RapidShare?

I am on a network behind a proxy farm with a single external IP address, so if any of the other ~30,000 people behind the same proxies has downloaded from RapidShare in the previous hour (ie: always!), I can't get to the download...

EDIT (5 minutes later): Actually, I just managed to get it!
Of course, RapidShare let me get it just to make me feel stupid.

[zaelu]

Just tried this and crashed to desk top at 5% loading screen

Most probably you are missing FB_3DO18P.SFS, a file that comes with patch 4.071m and has only 512kB. I don't know if Oleg dropped it from final 4.08 on purpose or he thought everybody has it already. Fact is 4.08m replaces all other 4.071m files but this one.

Maybe someone with better understanding can tell us if that file there is "droppable" as not having any influence to the game or not.

If you want to play without it you can edit the .rc file within this mod and place a \ in front of the line that says to mount the fb_3do18p.sfs, is somewhere at the end of the file in the middle of the mounting list.

The 20p I was talking above I think was just a file I created from one archive that comes with 4.09 but gets replaced with a bigger one that come with the skin pack of 4.09.

P.S. Sorry for this late answer Killerwatt

[Birdman]

At least I managed to fly over Slovakia with v4.08m after I commented out the mounting of 3do18p and 3do20b archives. Earlier I just didn't notice that 3do18p was missing. So if someone has problems with the game crashing at 5%, try to comment out those two archives. That can fix this awesome mod!!

I think it's time to install the great AAA-made maps now that all version conflicts are gone.

[Decon]

At least I managed to fly over Slovakia with v4.08m after I commented out the mounting of 3do18p and 3do20b archives. Earlier I just didn't notice that 3do18p was missing. So if someone has problems with the game crashing at 5%, try to comment out those two archives. That can fix this awesome mod!!

I think it's time to install the great AAA-made maps now that all version conflicts are gone.

Same here Birdman! I think there needs to be a bit more research here. I'm betting it's doable but the exact files need to be better identified.

Here's my setup...I am running soundmod .93. I replaced the fb_3do20.sfs and the fb_maps15.sfs . I commented out 3do18p and 3do20b. The game starts as 4.08m and I can fly the "Slot" map and Slovakia! To join a 4.09 campaign I still have to use the switcher.

I sure hope this develops further.

Decon

[zaelu]

Deacon, that is normal. Your version is set in files.sfs file and is OK that the game doesn't allow you to join a 4.09 server while using 408 (even if you are using all the archives). That is something the game was programmed from the start.

As for 18p and 20p

18p as I said is coming with 4.071m patch and is not included anymore in 4.08m and 20p I think is just a rename of a smaller 20 archive because it doesn't have the new default skins.