O.K...I just reinstalled my dvd 1946 again. Patched up to 4.08m..worked dandy...
then I added:
1) Mod_Activator_v5_1_4_08.exe
2) English_Career_Language_fix.rar extracted & cut/pasted files into DGen folder in game.
3) AC nstaller v2_1.exe
4) I think the wrapper dll came next.
5) the 4.09b1b came next & it shows up on the launch screen which is all in russian...the qmb & single seem to be in english though.
Next is the Mods_4_409b1m_New.zip. This has a folder called il2 Sturmovik 1946 which has a MODS folder and in the mods folder are 27 other folders.
Where do I put them?
see what mods from that folder you want to use and drop it into your MODS folder
just drag it to the main mods folder or do I have to put them in one of the other folders within the mods folder?
If you are using the mods wrapper, you should only need to move each individual mod's folder into the main "MODS" folder in the game's main folder.
The only exception is maps- you need to have a folder called "MAPMODS" inside the MODS folder. Within that folder is another called simply "MAPS". New or modified maps go in there.
Most final release maps come with a self installer anyways, just point it to your MODS folder.
Hi Murph...just moving around eh...
Perhaps you can shed some light on this for me..
I finely got things to work .. Anyway it loads up with the new map textures & looks very good. however, I can not get the below listed maps to work even though I put that [Quick] string of map names in my conf.ini files at the bottom of the conf.ini file...
any ideas what I could do to get the Slovikia etc maps to work in QMB at least?
[quick]
Custom0=NWEurope
Custom1=Balaton
Custom2=Singapore
Custom3=Net5Summer
Custom4=BoB
Custom5=Slovakia
Custom6=Bessarabia
Custom7=MTO
In QMB when I click on several maps...Slovakia for instance...I either get: load.ini loading error or data file corrupt or loading failed NULL
In FMB I don't have the Slovakia map.
also, the Kiev maps loads in russian text while the other russian maps load in english text.
When I run the il2 game the initial screen shows 4.08m on the left and shows 4.08m version mods enabled on the right side, however I have a new screen (Quick Ver) with scramble etc.
Is the initial screen which shows 4.08m just in error while I actually have the 4.09b1m running?
How can I get these maps working correctly. I am computer challenged so I just can't figure out where to put all the pieces or ef something is wrong I won't know it.
kI have followed so many different (how to) threads that I know that things are a bit jumbled.
I have downloaded & installed wrappers, but I don't even know what they are for much less what they do..
If you have 4.08m coming up as the version number at boot, you can't use the Slovakia map as it contains 4.09b1m objects.
So it looks like you need to reinstall 4.09b1m.
Your next step is to kiss life as you know it goodbye.. What these guys are doing here should be illegal it's so fricckin good....
My next step was to install 409 mod & mod switcher...Now everything works just dandy..
I don't know about "friccking good", but it is a dang good change...especially those sounds and the map graphics....Those washed out green maps never were to my liking...
These mods have brought the game back to me anyway...
Kinda like a kid-in-a-candy store...what good stuff will pop up next..
Papa, check out the threads here for QMB+ and FMB+. These are the modded versions of quick mission builder and full mission builder. You need at least QMB+ in order to use new or non-standard maps in quick mission builder.
You will also need a set of default missions for each of the new maps- those can be found here as well.
