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deadstick88

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My problem is fairly simple but I have no clue how to fix it because, sadly, I am about as computer illiterate as they come and I didn't follow simple instructions.  I had C.U.P. on my last install until my computer bit the dust.  I took it to the shop and they replaced the hard drive and when I got it back I found out that I would not be able to replace the (literally) thousands of dollars worth of games I had installed through Steam because my email account that I used for Steam has been deactivated.  So, after months of being too pissed off to bother with any of it, I decided I'd open a new Steam account, drop $5 on another IL-2 and start from scratch.  Except that it didn't start from scratch.

C.U.P. was no longer activated and the game ran in stock mode but upon going into the game files I see that JSGME and a bunch of C.U.P. folders are still present.  I have no idea how or why that is, but it is.  I'm not savvy enough to know exactly which files are original and which aren't and because I had also mishmashed a bunch of other mods during my last IL-2 spree, it's even more confusing than it should be.  So, I uninstalled the game, reinstalled it, and they are all still there.  I deleted some of the stuff that I KNEW wasn't vanilla but this time around I want to do things right, start with a real clean install, and make a back up before I go meddling in the world of black magic called modding.  So, how do I get the game to revert back to the original, clean, vanilla 4.12 so that I can join in on the fun with BAT?
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Re: How to get a clean install when you've already screwed the pooch
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2017, 03:35:11 PM »

I think you could revert to a clean install by finding your steamapps/common/IL-2 folder and deleting everything, and then reinstalling the game from Steam. This should remove any remnants of previous installations.

I hope this helps.

Thrawn
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Re: How to get a clean install when you've already screwed the pooch
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2017, 09:40:39 AM »

And after that copy the IL2 1946 folder and paste it to another location as a safe backup using one of the tools provided in the (non BAT) help section to make it work. You may have as may iterations of the game as you have space for on your HDDs!
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