30.01.2008, 13:55
I've just stepped into this MOD'ing arena recently and having a bit of difficulty getting up to speed before I start trying to enable MODs. There seems to be some confusing, perhaps conflicting, guidance in separate threads. Could someone please help an old man understand how to get started, with a step-by-step instruction?
Here's what I've found so far, which has me a bit confused:
In this thread, it says emphatically to first install wrapper.exe and then Eng_Sound_mod_Version_XXX:
(The link is inoperative)
However, in this thread, it says to first download/install Eng_Sound_mod OR MOD_Activator, and then install wrapper.exe
(The link is inoperative)
In this thread, it seems to say that the MOD Activator is essential to install MODs, but that the basic Eng_Sound_Mod must be installed before MOD Activator:
(The link is inoperative)
The relationship of the "MOD Activator" to the "wrapper.exe" doesn't seem to be addressed in the MOD Activator Sticky thread, but in the "wrapper" Sticky thread it says to install MOD Activator first...
Separately, no one seems to be able to explain the difference (advantage or necessity) between using "wrapper" versus using the very simple and user-friendly "JonesSoft Generic Mod Enabler" application (JSGME) . This thread (The link is inoperative), for example, about a 'sound mod switcher' seems to imply that JSGME can handle/manage every/all MODS, including the basic Eng_Sound_Mod(s); it makes no mention of either the MOD Activator or the "wrapper" application.
Then, however, in this thread in the IL2 MAPMODs Forum, it posts amazingly complex instructions which seems to 'merge' JSGME with..uhh..the "New" wrapper: (The link is inoperative)
I've seen scores upon scores of posts from people who've experienced difficulties getting their desired Mods installed/working. I'm trying to avoid, in advance, as many missteps as I can. There has to be a simper way of laying it all out for the True Newbie/Beginner...right?
Thanks for any help/clarification that can be offerred.
Here's what I've found so far, which has me a bit confused:
In this thread, it says emphatically to first install wrapper.exe and then Eng_Sound_mod_Version_XXX:
(The link is inoperative)
However, in this thread, it says to first download/install Eng_Sound_mod OR MOD_Activator, and then install wrapper.exe
(The link is inoperative)
In this thread, it seems to say that the MOD Activator is essential to install MODs, but that the basic Eng_Sound_Mod must be installed before MOD Activator:
(The link is inoperative)
The relationship of the "MOD Activator" to the "wrapper.exe" doesn't seem to be addressed in the MOD Activator Sticky thread, but in the "wrapper" Sticky thread it says to install MOD Activator first...
Separately, no one seems to be able to explain the difference (advantage or necessity) between using "wrapper" versus using the very simple and user-friendly "JonesSoft Generic Mod Enabler" application (JSGME) . This thread (The link is inoperative), for example, about a 'sound mod switcher' seems to imply that JSGME can handle/manage every/all MODS, including the basic Eng_Sound_Mod(s); it makes no mention of either the MOD Activator or the "wrapper" application.
Then, however, in this thread in the IL2 MAPMODs Forum, it posts amazingly complex instructions which seems to 'merge' JSGME with..uhh..the "New" wrapper: (The link is inoperative)
I've seen scores upon scores of posts from people who've experienced difficulties getting their desired Mods installed/working. I'm trying to avoid, in advance, as many missteps as I can. There has to be a simper way of laying it all out for the True Newbie/Beginner...right?
Thanks for any help/clarification that can be offerred.