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[whistler]

Very small update in v1.0c. Added to the context menu the option: "Reset QMB last.quick"

benitomuso's Quick Mission Pro prevents the freezes in QMB but sometimes when switching game types / modules it is safer to reset first the last.quick. A more permanent solution has been posted recently for CUP and non-CUP users by SAS~Monty27:

https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,50185.msg547732.html

Since the solution above prevents last.quick from saving the last mission, and the last.quick otherwise has to be deleted manually, I found convenient to have the option added to the Launcher.

First post updated. If you have any issue, please install everything from scratch.

Happy flying 

[SAS~Malone]

hi whistler
i need to ask about v1.0c update -  Added to the context menu the option: "Reset QMB last.quick"
which context menu are you referring to here?
when i run the launcher, it looks exactly the same as the previous version, so visibly i don't see any 'reset QMB' option.
i must admit all the recent 'fixes' for this last.quick problem have not helped me at all yet - each time i change a module, i still have to go in and physically delete the last.quick file - i was wanting to test how this feature works, but i don't know where/how to use it, as i don't see the option anywhere...?
thanks in advance for any assist...

[SAS~Malone]

lo and behold, just after i post about not being able to get the fix working, it now appears to be sorted out.
i've just changed all modules of CUP, and it loaded up properly into QMB each time. happy days!
still, my question remains on where this 'context menu' option is...

[Korrigan]

Malone, you need to right click anywhere in the launcher window to see the context menu 

[SAS~Malone]

hmm...that was the first thing i tried, and i'm sure i saw nothing.
hold on, let me just try again...
ah, okay, i see it now.
when i tried it the first time, i right-clicked while the mouse was over the 'GO!' button, and the context menu doesn't appear there....my bad, all good now, thanks

[spartan18a]

Just a question, If I have installed it in VP and now I want to play a campaign with the weather/sky chosen by the creator of the campaign, what should I choose in the Random Skies menu?

[whistler]

Hi spartan18a

About VP Modpack and Random Skies:

Random Skies works with the majority of the maps included in the VP Modpack. VP kept the default Clouds256.tga skies in most of the maps but he used other sky textures in some cases (in example vp_clouds02b.tga for Slovakia Winter). The sky texture to be loaded is coded into the map load.ini and changing the skies in these maps cannot be (easily) automated.

Now back to your question, you will always get the weather*/sky texture coded into the map load.ini, independently of missions or campaigns. Using the example above, every time you play Slovakia Winter you will always get the vp_clouds02b.tga texture, independently of how you run Random Skies.

On the contrary, you can use Random Skies to alter the skies in any map that uses the Clouds256.tga texture (most of the maps in VP Modpack). Select 'Stock' to use the default IL-2 sky texture.

*Random Skies does not alter weather, only (high) sky textures

Hope it helps

[spartan18a]

Thank you whistler. A very thorough explanation that it's crystal clear now.
By the way, I love your skies. Whenever I`m driving my car now, I can't stop looking at the high clouds and see how alike are to those of yous. A real masterpiece. Congrats!

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[whistler]

Let me stress that I have nothing to do with the sky textures! Please praise Thierry and Istvan, they are the true magicians and deserve all credit:

- tbauchot's New sky textures Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
- vpmedia's Sky textures

[spartan18a]

So be it. Thanks to them too!

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[whistler]

Small update, version 1.0d is out!

I find myself adding and removing mods and changing modules more often than not and the last.quick bug is irritating. I needed a persistent but not permanent solution so I moved the QMB reset option to the main window.

I also found that when using C.U.P. I must always run the IL-2 Selector to know what game type I played last, now the executable reads the SAS selector's ini and informs what module is currently selected: Dawn of Flight, World at War, Modact... nice 

I hope you find these changes as useful as I do. First post updated. Folder and files structure remain the same, just download and overwrite previous versions.

Take care folks

[spartan18a]

So, you mean that this update is just for CUP or is it also for other ModPacks such as VP?
Eager to see updates

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