[Alighieri]

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]

Hi!

Dont panic!

just rename the file from weapons_ru.DOC to weapons_ru.
That should work

[Jaypack44]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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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]

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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: