[delvpier]

Fly_zo,

Thanks for your suggestion. You are correct, the installer does put in an all.ini file at \Mods\MapMods\maps. The file does refer to all maps, new and old. However, when I delete the other all.ini file at \IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\Users, the program just creates another one. As a result, only the old maps show up in the mission builder menu. It seems to me that something else must be changed or I've had the misfortune of purchasing a "mod-proof" copy of IL-2.

Best regards,

Riptide

Try this :

Open \Mods\MapMods\maps\all.ini and paste this line to the end :

Philippines dlv_Philippines/load.ini

it should fix your problem.

[PIPS04]

Great work Delvpier !!!!!!!

All my congratulaions !!!!! what so cool flying over the Manilla bay and discovering Coregidor !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks a lot !!!! :wink: :wink:

[Cavtanker]

I just installed this map without any problems. Thanks so much!

[Riptide_One]

delvpier,

I opened the all.ini file in \Mods\MapMods\maps and found that it already has a "Philippines dlv_Philippine/load.ini" line. However, I added another such line at the end of that file as you suggested. I ran IL-2 1946 and opened the mission builder. The map menu did not include the Philippines or The Slot, which is also installed. I shut off IL-2 and looked in the directories. I found that a new all.ini had been created in \IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\Users\ and that a new \users\doe\ subdirectory with a new settings.ini inside has also been created. It seems that there is an instruction somewhere that insists on there being a all.ini in the \users directory. Maybe those instructions are coming from another configuration file somewhere or maybe they are written in the code of the IL-2 program itself. I don't know, but my IL-2 1946 V4.09m remains "mod-proof".

Best regards,

Riptide

[fabianfred]

Riptide...are you using Vista?
Have you got authority to make changes...is the il2 folder Read only?
is it installed in program files?

[Riptide_One]

fabianfred,

I am using MS XP Home Edition. IL-2 is in the \Program Files directory. I have set the IL-2 directory and subdirectories to not be read only.

In your IL-2 directory, did you originally have the all.ini file in the \users subdirectory? When you installed your mods, you renamed the original all.ini, right? The only all.ini you have now is in the \Mods\MapMods\maps subdirectory, right?

When I move the all.ini. to \Mods\MapMods\maps\, the program creates a new all.ini in the \users subdirectory. That all.ini contains the following code:

• doe1 John Mad Doe
  [current]
  0
  
  It also creates a new \users\doe1\ subdirectory with a settings.ini that contains the default key settings. When I modify the all.ini to include the instructions on loading the maps, including the mod-maps, and leave it in the \users subdirectory, I get only the old maps.
  
  How do you modify the mods all.ini file to include your settings subdirectory, i.e. \doe?
  
  Best regards,
  
  Riptide

[delvpier]

Riptide, I don't understand quite well your problem...

Yes there are two files with same name "all.ini"... but they are absolutely different...

First all.ini in Users folder is created at installation by original game, it is related to settings of... user

Leave it in peace in his folder !

Second all.ini is created by Mod installation in Mapmods\maps\ , whatever the way you used, Mod Activator, Sound Pack, AAA unified installer. This one gets the name of maps, with, for each one :

name_of_map name_of_folder_map/load.ini

If you used AAA installer for Philippines, it has added one line to this file for Philippines...

So what's your problem ?

In case you lost your Mapmods\maps\all.ini :

(The link is inoperative)

[Frequent_Flyer]

Delvpier, Installed no problem. The inclusions of the various towns/villiages and harbors looks great. The blending of colors and textures is really attractive.

Great Job

[Riptide_One]

delvpier,

I have followed your instructions. I reinstated the original all.ini in \users. I have confirmed that the all.ini in \MODS\MAPMODS\maps includes the "Philippines dlv_Philippines/load.ini" line. The problem is that when I run IL-2 and go to the mission builder, the Philippines Map does not show up as an option on the map menu. I really would like to get your map to work on my computer. Do you have any other suggestions?

Best regards,

Riptide

[delvpier]

delvpier,

I have followed your instructions. I reinstated the original all.ini in \users. I have confirmed that the all.ini in \MODS\MAPMODS\maps includes the "Philippines dlv_Philippines/load.ini" line. The problem is that when I run IL-2 and go to the mission builder, the Philippines Map does not show up as an option on the map menu. I really would like to get your map to work on my computer. Do you have any other suggestions?

Best regards,

Riptide

Let's start with basic things

Could you post here :

1/ content of Mapmods\maps\all.ini

2/ a screenshot with content of folder Mapmods\maps\

3/ a screenshot of ingame FMB with Load Map menu developped

[GilB57]

Only ONE maps/all.ini is allowed by the game. The first it finds, is the one used.

Maybe, another maps/all.ini (without the line concerning the Philippines) is somewhere in your MODS folder to mess it up ?

It happend a few times to me so I deleted all copies of this file expect the one with the complete list

NB: this map has no problem for me too thx for the work !

[Riptide_One]

delvpier,

Thank you for taking an interest in my problem. Below is the information you requested.

1) Content of MapMods\maps\all.ini


[all]
Ardennes_S Ardennes/sload.ini
Ardennes_W Ardennes/wload.ini
Balaton Balaton/load.ini
Balaton_winter Balaton/load_w.ini
Basserabia Bessarabia/load.ini
Berlin Berlin/load.ini
Burma Burma/load.ini
Chichi Chichi/load.ini
CoralSea CoralSea/load.ini
CoralSeaOnline CoralSea/Online_load.ini
CoralSeaOnline2 CoralSea/2_load.ini
Crimea Crimea/load.ini
Empty1a Empty1a/load.ini
Empty1a_Winter Empty1a_Winter/load.ini
Empty1b Empty1b/load.ini
Empty1b_Winter Empty1b_Winter/load.ini
Empty2a Empty2a/load.ini
Empty2a_Winter Empty2a_Winter/load.ini
Empty2b Empty2b/load.ini
Empty2b_Winter Empty2b_Winter/load.ini
Empty4a Empty4a/load.ini
Empty4b Empty4b/load.ini
FinsGulf FinsGulf/load.ini
Guadal Guadal/load.ini
GuadalE Guadal/eload.ini
Hawaii Hawaii/load.ini
IasiOnline Bessarabia/load_Iasi.ini
Iwo Iwo/load.ini
IwoOnine Iwo/Online_load.ini
KhalkhinGol KhalkhinGol/load.ini
Kiev Kiev/load.ini
Kuban Kuban/load.ini
Kurland_Autumn Kurland/load.ini
Kurland_Autumn_online Kurland/load_online.ini
Kurland_Winter Kurland/wload.ini
Kurland_Winter_online Kurland/wload_online.ini
Kursk Kursk/load.ini
Kyushu Japan1/load.ini
Lvov Lviv/load.ini
Manchuria Manchuria/load.ini
Marianas Marianas/load.ini
MarianasOnline Marianas/Online_load.ini
Midway Midway/load.ini
Moscow Moscow/load.ini
MTO MTO/load.ini
Murmansk murmansk/load.ini
MurmanskSummer MurmanskS/load.ini
Net1Summer Net1Summer/load.ini
Net1Winter Net1Winter/load.ini
Net2Summer Net2Summer/load.ini
Net2Winter Net2Winter/load.ini
Net3Summer Net3Summer/load.ini
Net5Summer Net5Summer/load.ini
Net6Island Net6Island/load.ini
Net7Islands Net7Islands/load.ini
Net8Islands Net8Islands/load.ini
Net8Islands_v2 Net8Islands/load_v2.ini
NetIslands NetIslands/load.ini
NetMountains Netmountains/load.ini
NewGuinea NewGuinea/load.ini
Normandy1 Normandy/load2.ini
Normandy2 Normandy/load.ini
Normandy3 Normandy/load1.ini
Norway Norway/load.ini
NWEurope NWEurope/load.ini
OdessaOnline Bessarabia/load_Odessa.ini
Okinawa Okinawa/load.ini
OkinawaOnline Okinawa/Online_load.ini
OnlineDesert desert/load.ini
OnlineItaly Italy_DF/load.ini
Palau Palau/load.ini
PalauOnline Palau/Online_load.ini
Philippines dlv_Philippines/load.ini
Prokhorovka Prokhorovka/load.ini
SandsOfTime SandsOfTime/load.ini
Singapore singapore/load.ini
Singapore2 singapore/load2.ini
Slovakia Slovakia/load.ini
SlovakiaOnline Slovakia/load_Online.ini
Smolensk Smolensk/load.ini
Stgrad Stgrad/load.ini
SummerMoscow Moscow/sload.ini
SummerStgrad Stgrad/sload.ini
Tarawa Tarawa/load.ini
The_Slot_01-44 Slot/load_0144.ini
The_Slot_07-43 Slot/load_0743.ini
The_Slot_08-42 Slot/load_0842.ini
The_Slot_10-42 Slot/load_1042.ini
The_Slot_10-43 Slot/load_1043.ini
The_Slot_12-42 Slot/load_1242.ini
Wake Wake/load.ini
WinterFinsGulf FinsGulf/load_w.ini
It_new_italy_DF It_new_italy_DF/It_load.ini


2) Screenshot of contents in Mapmods\maps directory

Unable to attach my screenshots. I found this statement in Aircraft Arcade's FAQ:
"Can I post Images?
Images can indeed be shown in your posts. However, there is no facility at present for uploading images directly to this board. Therefore you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.some-unknown-place.net/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor to images stored behind authentication mechanisms such as Hotmail or Yahoo mailboxes, password-protected sites, etc. To display the image use either the BBCode [img] tag or appropriate HTML (if allowed)."

However, the contents of the Mapmods\maps directory is as follows:
_Tex
dlv_Philippines
It_new_italy_DF
Slot
all.ini
Leggimi.txt
Readme.txt
TheSlotInsertini.txt

3) Screenshot of in game Full Mission Builder with Load Map Menu

Once again, I can't post screenshots. However, I have mapmods installed for the Philippines, The Slot and Italy, but none of those maps are offered on the FMB Load Map Menu. Ofcourse, "Italy Online" does appear, but that came from Ubi Soft.

Best regards,

Riptide

[fabianfred]

Your MAPMODS folder IS in your MODS folder isn't it....not in the il2 root folder

C:/Program Files/Ubisoft/il2 Sturmovik/MODS/MAPMODS/maps/dlv_Phillipines :?:

[delvpier]

Your MAPMODS folder IS in your MODS folder isn't it....not in the il2 root folder

C:/Program Files/Ubisoft/il2 Sturmovik/MODS/MAPMODS/maps/dlv_Phillipines :?:

... same question

if yes, make a search for all "all.ini" in C:/Program Files/Ubisoft/il2 Sturmovik/ including subfolders

[Riptide_One]

delvpier, fabianfred,

My mod files are in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\Mods\MapMods\maps\dlv_Philippines

Best regards,

Riptide