27.09.2009, 02:31
When 1946 was released I treated it as was originally intended and installed it as an add on over Forgotten Battles.
It has worked fine with no problems that some others seemed to encounter.
However, with 4.09 imminent I thought I would do a clean install of 1946, retaining my original (the folder is still named Forgotten Battles) that has numerous Mods.
When I inserted the 1946 disc it did not give me the option to install, just Uninstall, Read Me and Exit.
I have tried renaming the folder , putting a minus in front of it and still cannot install a second copy.
Advice from other forums is to delete all registry entries of IL2 as this will allow the game to reinstall. Other advice is unless you know what you are doing don't touch the registry. I don't know how to access the registry so I thought I would tackle it from another angle.
I copied the entire IL2 FB folder and renamed it Modded IL2 FB.
I then removed the Mods folder from the original and started the game, The splash screen came up in Russian, the game loaded but then froze and I was unable to access it. I replaced the Mods folder and its working again.
I then tried renaming the Mods folder but the outcome was the same.
Is there anyway I can get the original to work as an un-modded version without un-installing it?
It has worked fine with no problems that some others seemed to encounter.
However, with 4.09 imminent I thought I would do a clean install of 1946, retaining my original (the folder is still named Forgotten Battles) that has numerous Mods.
When I inserted the 1946 disc it did not give me the option to install, just Uninstall, Read Me and Exit.
I have tried renaming the folder , putting a minus in front of it and still cannot install a second copy.
Advice from other forums is to delete all registry entries of IL2 as this will allow the game to reinstall. Other advice is unless you know what you are doing don't touch the registry. I don't know how to access the registry so I thought I would tackle it from another angle.
I copied the entire IL2 FB folder and renamed it Modded IL2 FB.
I then removed the Mods folder from the original and started the game, The splash screen came up in Russian, the game loaded but then froze and I was unable to access it. I replaced the Mods folder and its working again.
I then tried renaming the Mods folder but the outcome was the same.
Is there anyway I can get the original to work as an un-modded version without un-installing it?