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[LukelearMissile]

I've been flying a rather obscure version of 4.09 (4.09b1m) for a long, long time. Recently, I got a new computer, so I reinstalled the game from the IL-2 1946 disc and then transferred all the game files from my old computer to my new one. I've had one or two issue I've been able to deal with, for the most part - but there's one that completely confounds me: I am unable to edit or even locate certain missions I've created in the full mission builder. Looking in mission builder's directory comes up with some of the older missions that were created before I patched the game in the first place, but missions I've created since are nowhere to be seen. Looking at the relevant folders outside of the game, there are no .mis files for the missions in question. But then, there are no .mis files for the same missions on my old pc, yet when I run the game on my old pc, those missions can still be located and opened from the full mission builder. It would seem that any time I've created a mission in FMB it's not created a .mis file, even though it still appears in the FMB's mission file directory within the game on my old pc. So, the crux of the matter is I want to be able to open, edit and fly those missions from my new computer. I'm completely stumped.

[SAS~Malone]

you might very well be one of maybe two people in the world who still use that 409b1m version, lol
no idea - hope you can solve it, but i certainly recommend installing a newer, more contemporary version

[Epervier]

If you like 409b1m release then you'll love the 409m Version!
And UP201 is the logical next step. Then the 410 and higher versions have no interest! 


For your problem, and if I understood your exotic language, I think of a parameterization of Windows.
We must ask Windows (file browser) to show file extensions!

[LukelearMissile]

Okay, so, time for me to give a bit of an update. I was able to resolve the issue. What I had to do was go back onto my old computer, create a new folder in the missions game directory, open up all of the files I can't find on my new computer and re-save them in the new directory, and hey presto, suddenly there were .mis files. I then transferred them into the missions file directory on my new pc and they work fine!

However, at the same time as I got these files to work in the game on my new computer, a new problem appeared. Even though the game was running absolutely perfectly just two days prior to solving the mission files issue, the game has now developed a bug that I have no idea how to fix:
Basically, when I open the game, the Windows cursor is not replaced by the in-game cursor. The Windows cursor still allows me to navigate the game's menus no problem, but when I load any mission into the FMB I cannot click on any objects that are on the map, it simply won't let me select anything. Additionally, when I launch a mission from the QMB, the cursor doesn't disappear at the start of the mission. This limits my ability to pan/tilt the camera, as the cursor moves around the screen when I use the mouse to look around, and when the cursor reaches the edge of the screen, it won't let me move the camera any further. Lastly, the esc key on my keyboard also does not work during missions, but works fine on the game's menu screens. It's truly bizarre. I have checked the [rts] section of the conf.ini file and mouseUse is set to 2 as it should be, so that's not the cause of the problem, either.

If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this new problem, I'd be so, so grateful.

[Epervier]

When the game is loaded and you have the first menu table, try this:
- Simultaneously press the ALT + TAB keys
You return to the Windows desktop.
- Click on the game icon in the Windows taskbar.
You will come back in the game and your problem should be gone ... I hope ! 

[LukelearMissile]

When the game is loaded and you have the first menu table, try this:
- Simultaneously press the ALT + TAB keys
You return to the Windows desktop.
- Click on the game icon in the Windows taskbar.
You will come back in the game and your problem should be gone ... I hope ! 

Yeah, I've already tried it. I've known about that trick for a long time :/
I think this is a different kind of problem

[LukelearMissile]

Is it possible that this new issue I'm encountering could be a driver problem? I've noticed that whatever settings I change on the IL2set.exe keep changing back to what they were originally every time I launch the game. So, if I open IL2set.exe and change the driver to DirectX & click 'ok', then launch the game, when I quit and open IL2set.exe again, the settings have changed back to not having a driver selected. I'm so frustrated.