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[Uzin]

Successfully installed both BAT 4.0 and 4.1 this night.
Introductory screen shows  BAT 4.1 version - Blue Edge with module  WAW,
Il2 runs, but only WAW is offered by Il2 Selector.
Help, please.
Escuse if anywhere answered.

[Frankiek]

BAT 4.0 is only WAW now just proceed with installing 4.2 and  choose the option to install the additional modules everything will be there actually there was no need for 4.1 you could have installed directly 4.2

[Uzin]

BAT 4.0 is only WAW now just proceed with installing 4.2 and  choose the option to install the additional modules everything will be there actually there was no need for 4.1 you could have installed directly 4.2

Thanks, but I strictly followed the install order given by the authors.
Are you sure with your advice, please ?

Ah I see, yes.

[Vampire_pilot]

Frankiek, you misunderstand him.
He *wants* 4.1 for the additional era modules but can't see any in his selector apparently?

Uzin, can you make 1) a screenshot for the option in your selector?  ("Change settings" -> "Game type" -> the list)

And also 2) please provide the contents of your il2fb.ini here in #code tags (This file defines what is shown in the selector)  and 3) tell if you have folders #DOF3, #TGA3, #JTW3 in your main IL-2 directory.


If you did everything according to instructions (simple as that is), the other modules must be there.

[Uzin]

Here is the screen. Meantime I installed 4.2, but still the same picture.



and here is the file il2fb.ini :

Code: [Select]

; Modtype setting. Set the number of different Mod Types here.
[Modtypes]
Types=3

; Mod Type No.1 (Zero-based Index = 0).
; Set short Name, Help text, Files folder name and Mods folder name.
[Modtype_00]
Name=Stock Game
Help=Unmodded, untouched 'stock' game version.
Files=none
Mods=none

; Mod Type No.2 (Zero-based Index = 1).
[Modtype_01]
Name=SAS MODACT 5.3
Help=SAS MODACT 5.3, mods reside in '#SAS' folder
Files=none
Mods=#SAS

; Mod Type No.3 (Zero-based Index = 2).
[Modtype_02]
Name=B.A.T. World at War 1936-1946
Help=World at War 1936-1946, mods reside in '#WAW3' folder
Files=none
Mods=#WAW3


; Startup Settings for the SAS / UltraPack IL-2 1946 Game Launcher
[Settings]

; Mod Type Setting:
;
; 0 = No Mods, Stock IL-2 1946 Server
; 1 = "Classic" Mod Style, i.e. modded files reside in "FILES" and "MODS" folder
; 2 = SAS Modact Modded game, i.e. modded files reside in "#SAS" folder
; 3 = UltraPack Modded game, i.e. modded files reside in "#UP#" folder
; 4 = Dark Blue World Modded game, i.e. modded files reside in "#DBW" folder
; 5 = Dark Blue World Modded game, i.e. modded files reside in "#DBW" folder

; default setting: 0
ModType=1

; Ram Size Setting in Megabytes.
; Be careful not to select too big size here.
; Above 512MB is risky.
; Above 1024MB is critical.
; Above 1800MB will most likely cause startup errors.
;
; default setting: 512
RamSize=512

; Expert Mode Setting
; With Expert Mode enabled, the selector offers more setting options than
; than with default setting
;
; default setting: 0 (Expert Mode disabled)
ExpertMode=0

; Memory Strategy setting
; This setting affects the way memory is being allocated for the Java
; virtual Machine. Balanced means that memory will be allocated in a
; blanced manner for heap, stack and objects.
; Heap only is the "old fashioned" way of binary edited il2fb.exe files
; where only the heap memory size is getting increased while all other
; memory areas remain untouched.
; Conservative is a setting right between Balanced and Heap only.
;
; default setting: 0 (Balanced Mode)
MemoryStrategy=0

; Cached File Lists setting
; When this setting is enabled, IL-2 on startup does not scan the modded files
; folder anymore, but uses a filelist cache file for this folder if it exists.
; The filename for this cache file is "~wrapper.cache".
; Every time when you change something inside your modded files folder, you
; have to wipe this file for the game to recreate it with updated contents.
;
; default setting: 0 (Cached File Lists disabled)
UseCachedFileLists=0

; Multiple Instances setting
; Usually you can run only one single IL-2 instance at a time.
; When you enable this setting, you can run IL-2 multiple times in parallel.
; This is particularly useful for developing and debugging tasks.
;
; default setting: 0 (Multiple Instances disabled)
MultipleInstances=0

; Exit With IL-2 setting
; When enabled, IL-2 selector will quit when you exit the game.
; When disabled, you'll get back to the selector when you exit the game, in
; case you started it through the selector.
;
; default setting: 0 (Exit With IL-2 disabled)
ExitWithIL2=1
SplashScreenMode=1
DumpMode=0

; The following section holds additional parameters for the JVM,
; one parameter per line. Check Java 2 SE documents for applicable parameters.
[JVM]

And yes I  have folders #DOF3, #TGA3, #JTW3 in the main IL-2 directory

[Frankiek]

It seems that your Il2fb.ini was not updated you should have something like that (this is from my BAT) if you want you just try to cut and paste this text in to your Il2fb.ini (after making a copy) overwriting whatever is there

Code: [Select]

; Modtype setting. Set the number of different Mod Types here.
[Modtypes]
Types=6

; Mod Type No.1 (Zero-based Index = 0).
; Set short Name, Help text, Files folder name and Mods folder name.
[Modtype_00]
Name=Stock Game
Help=Unmodded, untouched 'stock' game version.
Files=none
Mods=none

; Mod Type No.2 (Zero-based Index = 1).
[Modtype_01]
Name=SAS MODACT 5.3
Help=SAS MODACT 5.3, mods reside in '#SAS' folder
Files=none
Mods=#SAS

; Mod Type No.3 (Zero-based Index = 2).
[Modtype_02]
Name=B.A.T. Dawn of Flight 1906-1926
Help=Dawn of Flight 1906-1926, mods reside in '#DOF3' folder
Files=none
Mods=#DOF3

; Mod Type No.4 (Zero-based Index = 3).
[Modtype_03]
Name=B.A.T. The Golden Age 1926-1936
Help=The Golden Age 1926-1936, mods reside in '#TGA3' folder
Files=none
Mods=#TGA3

; Mod Type No.5 (Zero-based Index = 4).
[Modtype_04]
Name=B.A.T. World at War 1936-1946
Help=World at War 1936-1946, mods reside in '#WAW3' folder
Files=none
Mods=#WAW3

; Mod Type No.6 (Zero-based Index = 5).
[Modtype_05]
Name=B.A.T. The Jet Age 1946-Present Day
Help=The Jet Age 1946-Present Day, mods reside in '#JTW3' folder
Files=none
Mods=#JTW3


; Startup Settings for the SAS / UltraPack IL-2 1946 Game Launcher
[Settings]

; Mod Type Setting:
;
; 0 = No Mods, Stock IL-2 1946 Server
; 1 = "Classic" Mod Style, i.e. modded files reside in "FILES" and "MODS" folder
; 2 = SAS Modact Modded game, i.e. modded files reside in "#SAS" folder
; 3 = UltraPack Modded game, i.e. modded files reside in "#UP#" folder
; 4 = Dark Blue World Modded game, i.e. modded files reside in "#DBW" folder
; 5 = Dark Blue World Modded game, i.e. modded files reside in "#DBW" folder

; default setting: 0
ModType=4

; Ram Size Setting in Megabytes.
; Be careful not to select too big size here.
; Above 512MB is risky.
; Above 1024MB is critical.
; Above 1800MB will most likely cause startup errors.
;
; default setting: 512
RamSize=512

; Expert Mode Setting
; With Expert Mode enabled, the selector offers more setting options than
; than with default setting
;
; default setting: 0 (Expert Mode disabled)
ExpertMode=0

; Memory Strategy setting
; This setting affects the way memory is being allocated for the Java
; virtual Machine. Balanced means that memory will be allocated in a
; blanced manner for heap, stack and objects.
; Heap only is the "old fashioned" way of binary edited il2fb.exe files
; where only the heap memory size is getting increased while all other
; memory areas remain untouched.
; Conservative is a setting right between Balanced and Heap only.
;
; default setting: 0 (Balanced Mode)
MemoryStrategy=0

; Cached File Lists setting
; When this setting is enabled, IL-2 on startup does not scan the modded files
; folder anymore, but uses a filelist cache file for this folder if it exists.
; The filename for this cache file is "~wrapper.cache".
; Every time when you change something inside your modded files folder, you
; have to wipe this file for the game to recreate it with updated contents.
;
; default setting: 0 (Cached File Lists disabled)
UseCachedFileLists=0

; Multiple Instances setting
; Usually you can run only one single IL-2 instance at a time.
; When you enable this setting, you can run IL-2 multiple times in parallel.
; This is particularly useful for developing and debugging tasks.
;
; default setting: 0 (Multiple Instances disabled)
MultipleInstances=0

; Exit With IL-2 setting
; When enabled, IL-2 selector will quit when you exit the game.
; When disabled, you'll get back to the selector when you exit the game, in
; case you started it through the selector.
;
; default setting: 0 (Exit With IL-2 disabled)
ExitWithIL2=1
SplashScreenMode=1
DumpMode=0

; The following section holds additional parameters for the JVM,
; one parameter per line. Check Java 2 SE documents for applicable parameters.
[JVM]

[Uzin]

Still no success.

[Frankiek]

This is kind of strange as I have manually edited the Il2fb.ini file to adapt it to my set up and the selector was always responsive.  The only thing that I can suggest is to download the copy of the Il2fb.ini file from the BAT 4.1 blue edge update and overwrite the one in your folder. No arm for your install as this is just a simple text file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/w9dowarf2uvmpmt/il2fb.ini/file

[Vampire_pilot]

Uzin, what did you do to get there?
Your 4.1 install is not correct.

Looks like you did not run the exe an copied files manually without overwriting. That is the only way you can get to this state of things.

What is your folder path to your BAT install? Any protected path?

What color is your BAT launch image after starting from selector? Red or blue frame?

4.2 install was a bad move. You need to get 4.1 right first.

[Uzin]

Well, I shall reinstall 4.1 from the beginning -first 4.0 to 4.122, then 4.1. Fortunately, I have files downloaded okey.
I shall report results later.
Thank you for your time.

[Uzin]

Heureka !!!¨
After reinstalling 4.0 and 4.1 all works okey, all modules are selectable by Selector.¨
As usual, the mistake was between the chair and the keyboard: new file Il2fb.ini was overlooked and omited when copying 4.1 version to Sturmovik 1946 folder.
Many thanks for great patience with me.

[SAS~Storebror]

It's generally not a good idea to copy BAT files manually to the target folder.
We're not TD. We've shipped BAT with installers for a reason.
The BAT installers do more than just copying files around. Sometimes much more.


Mike