Hoghead,
Read this whole post before you do anything...
Don't delete anything until you are sure that you have tried everything, perhaps after you get a fresh install and all the mods added.
Quote:Luckily I have the original digital downloaded files saved on my D drive.
That is better than nothing!
Just so you know:
The stock IL-2 1946, if it is the digital download version, must have a special modder created patch for digital download version of IL-2 to ensure that all mods work properly - patch installed after IL-2 4.08:
viewtopic.php?f=96&t=31580
http://www.mediafire.com/?sx1y4s0bb5edkas
After the modder created patch mentioned above here, then continue with the stock patches and add mod patches last.
Quote:I am wondering if the root of my bug is the fact that this install is left over from when I reformatted the drive due to a MOBO failure. I notice another bug or glitch is on single missions that were in the missions folder before the reformat, and after, the difference is the missions that were created before the reformat, they cannot be edited or save or modded with Quick mission tuner. Missions that I created or downloaded after the new OS instal can be altered modded and saved in QMT.
That could be the case if there was file fragmentation before the failure. Disk defragmentation should be a task done several times per year for serious modders. Had it been done recently before your motherboard failure, then
maybe you would have a normal IL-2 running now from a system image copy. System data files keep track of file names and paths. With a new system and reformatting, all that data is obsolete in your case. After a hardware failure, the only way to ensure that you get back on track is to use a copy of fully modded IL-2.
Quote:I may be getting off topic but I am wondering if I could 1st try and reinstall IL2 1946 with the original Digital download 4.08 and overwrite a possibly corrupt Conf ini file or something like that
That would overwrite some stock IL-2 data but not restore modded data.
Quote:If I understood you correctly in your reply if all else fails. Reinstall from scratch in a new folder on the C drive. Patch up from there to 4.11. If this works can the old folder just be deleted?
The old folder technically
could be deleted after a new installation, but I would keep it to see if there were mission files and other things which can be salvaged from it. If you get a new installation of IL-2 running, then I recommend copying the old IL-2 to an external storage to search for salvageable parts such as conf.ini file, mission files, and so on.
Stages of Reinstallation
Note:
A) Make a copy of your old modded IL-2 to an external location.
B) Make a copy of your new modded IL-2 to an external location.
1) Be sure to copy the old IL-2 to an external location. See if IL-2 can be installed in another location on your main drive. If it can, then get it all patched and running. Make a copy of it to the old IL-2 location and overwrite all. Test both old and new missions, as well as other modding issues.
2) If IL-2 will not install anywhere else on your hard drive, then copy the old one to an external storage device and disconnect or turn off the storage after that. Try another attempt at installing stock IL-2, preferably in the old location if you want. If a new installation is accepted, then patch it. If the new installation is not accepted and you made a copy of the old IL-2, then delete the old IL-2 main folder with all the contents at the original location. Retry another new installation. Copy from the copy of the old modded IL-2 to the new installation and overwrite all. Test both old and new missions, as well as other modding issues.
3) If IL-2 will still not install after removing the old copy, then you will have to install in an external drive or separate partition, patch it completely, then copy and drag it to the old IL-2 location and overwrite the old IL-2. (Make a copy of the old modded IL-2 for a salvage attempt at mission files and so forth!) Take your copy of the old modded IL-2 and copy to the new installation with all the same mod patches if possible and overwrite all.
Your newer missions should be preserved and maybe old ones restored! Test both old and new missions, as well as other modding issues.
4) Last resort: Having a copy of the old IL-2 in an external location, delete the old IL-2 in the original location. Next try installing stock IL-2 and add all stock and mod patches. Copy the old modded IL-2 to the new installation and overwrite all.
Your newer missions should be preserved and maybe old ones restored! Test both old and new missions, as well as other modding issues.
Important:
For any possibility of restoring old missions and other issues, you must make a copy of the old modded IL-2 and copy from it to the new fully patched modded IL-2 location - the only way to do it in these circumstances. Doing this will transfer previous modding changes to the new modded fully patched IL-2. The new installation which receives the old one must be exactly the same to have the possibility of restoring all previous modding changes such as missions.
These are your only options to the best of my knowledge which I have done successfully in the past. Let us know how it goes, please, and how you fixed it after you do.
Clinton
