[March_Hare009]

Hi All,

I have just downloaded and installed IL2 Mat Manager, but when I go to run the program it tells me I need to specify a path to the executable in my IL2 folder. When I do this, however, the program does not seem to recognize it and won't let me into the program (Mat Manager) to make any changes. It also gets stuck in a kind of loop and will not shut down, so I have to do a CTRL+ALT+DEL. I'm I pathing to the wrong folder? My IL2 folder is on my D: drive, but the Mat Manager is on my C: drive. Do they need to be on the same drive, or do I need to install the Mat Manager program IN my IL2 folder? Any help or ideas on this issue are greatly appreciated. Thanks.

March_Hare

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

if you have IL21946, or the series collection, or forgotten battles, find the file (in the il2 sturmovik folder) il2fb.exe copy it, and rename the copied item to il2.exe ( .exe being the file type) so you now have one of each.

this solves on of your problems, but having solved this one, i still couldn't get mat manager to work, but it means i have at least specified a path to the exectuable that mat manager uses to work (which is the il2.exe file. However, your game needs il2fb.exe to run, hence you need both).

[March_Hare009]

Hi Moggy,

I finally did get it to work. I did what you suggested, and as you said, it got the path specified but did not completely solve my problem. After some more digging around I found out that you have to add the line "ClearCache=0" to the end of the [game] section in your config file. I also found out that there are a couple of buttons in the mibble of the MM interface that are important--Save and Quit. After you make the changes you want, you of course must hit the save button :oops: . Then you must exit MM by hitting the quit button. Before I found these buttons (the MM interface is rather crowded and confusing IMHO) I was just clicking the "x" in the top-right corner of the window, which apparently is not the thing to do with MM. Thanks for the help, and I hope this will help you get yours running properly.

March Hare

[P/O W. 'Moggy' Cattermole]

You didn't launch it directly from Mat manager? cos there's a launch button too. Maybe that's what i was doing wrong! I had the clearcache thingy, i forgot to mention that, still, you found it anyhow.

Thanks for your help!

--edit--

nope, nothing. *cries*

--edit--

drawing to a conclusion my little list of problems with mat manager: I've got it to work. Hooray!!