okay, if i'm expecting any help with this, i'd better try and explain what my difficulties are in trying to install the 5.1 updated pack.
my existing pack is 3.2, by the looks of it, and the instructions that come with 5.1 are extremely confusing to me, as i don't have the entries it's telling me i should have.
for the record, the 3.2 pack i have is working just fine, but i've about given up trying to follow the instructions for 5.1.
the 5.1 pack asks me to delete certain entries from the previous pack before adding in the new entries.
let me give an example:
the file that comes with 5.1 called _delete_chief.ini - first entry it asks me to remove is:
1-T34_100_LB1 ai.ground.ChiefGround 1 icons/tank.mat
that's fine, i can do that, no problem.
the second part of the entry for this tank that it asks me to delete is:
[Armor.1-T34_100_LB1]
com.maddox.il2.objects.vehicles.tanks.NewArmorPackTank$T34_100_LB1
now here my problems start.
my second entry for this tank in my chief.ini is not the same as the one it asks me to delete.
my entry in chief.ini looks as follows:
[Armor.1-T34_100_LB1]
com.maddox.il2.objects.vehicles.tanks.RadgeArmor2Tank$T34_100_LB1
so, a very different looking entry, but it's all i have in my chief file.
the same issue exists for pretty much every other entry it asks me to delete.
and then, on top of that, of the remaining entries that it makes no mention of me having to remove, those also have a different entry from the others, so i am guaranteed a 70% ctd here, without even bothering to start making any changes.
so here i am lost at sea, i'm afraid..... a not unusual situation for me lately, admittedly, but still it would be nice if i could get some help on figuring this all out.