Hey Dave

[savagkc]

I got the dirX installed.

Re-installed SFP1 (Pre-2008).

 

Works good under the 32-bit folder. Dont work at all under

64-bit. No biggie here, vista 32-bit is fine.

 

But, (there's always a "But") installing the latest patch will

lockup system.

 

New weapons program - does it go inside the SFP1\Objects\

Weapons folder? Where does the Guns program reside?

 

Thanks for the help Dave,

savagcl

[+Dave]

Hey Clif. how are you?

 

Put the weapon editor in your Windows/System folder and put a short cut on your desktop.

 

Take your install of SF, patch it all the way to Oct2008. then I made folder in my windows/documents folder, cut and pasted it in there. You should have no problems running it. I am running all of them in the 64 Bit Vista version.

[savagkc]

OK Dave,

 

I'll try that this evening..... Standby.

 

clif

[+Dave]

I will be waiting.

[savagkc]

Dave,

 

I did a cleal install of SFP1 applied the latest update. I installed to drive "M".

Un zipped the weapons/guns to C:\Windows\system folder.

 

NOTE: the clean install without doing weapons or the update works good.

 

Ran the weapons program, opening the SFP1 weapondata.ini and saved it

into the SFP1 folder.

 

Ran the game and it locked up tight, could only stop the program using

the task manager.

 

When i install, vista picks it up as a 32-bit app and places it into the

Start>Programs under the 32-bit apps area. I didnt check where it is after the update

is applied. Will check tonight when i try again.

 

If i read correctly, you placed the entire SFP1 folder into the Documents folder?

Why would it need to be in the Documents folder instead of where you want to place it?

 

??????

savagcl

Edited January 30, 2009 by savagkc

[+Dave]

Check where the update installed and get it out of that folder. Even better re-install it to a folder on your desktop. Then put it in your My Documents folder or a folder in your Vista namesake folder. Here is what mine looks like. See the 3rd Wire folder? All my stuff is in there. I don't put any of that stuff in any program folder.

[savagkc]

Check where the update installed and get it out of that folder. Even better re-install it to a folder on your desktop. Then put it in your My Documents folder or a folder in your Vista namesake folder. Here is what mine looks like. See the 3rd Wire folder? All my stuff is in there. I don't put any of that stuff in any program folder.

 

The update was installed to the M:\SFP1 folder . The placement of the "Strike Fighters" in Start Programs didnt change.

 

OK, I'll re-install to the desktop then apply the update to the desktop version. Of course, removing the current

install first.

 

Thanks,

savagcl

[savagkc]

I got the 2008 update working in drive "M" from a clean install then the

update.

 

Only changes made so far:

1. Replaced the Control.ini mainly for the views.

2. Put the weapons editor in C:\windows\system.

 

Cannot find any weapons (data or ini) in the updated, new install so

the weapons editor don't find any either.

 

Do i copy my backed-up (from previous versions) weapon data/ini

into the new SFP1\Objects folder?

 

I see in the 2008 readme that not all mods will work in latest version.

Have we lost all the modded aircraft, terrains, effects and weapons????

 

Hope not..

 

Thanks Dave,

savagcl

 

PS: Dont like the blue ID tags. Got to be a way to turn them off....

[+Dave]

I got the 2008 update working in drive "M" from a clean install then the

update.

 

Only changes made so far:

1. Replaced the Control.ini mainly for the views.

2. Put the weapons editor in C:\windows\system.

 

Cannot find any weapons (data or ini) in the updated, new install so

the weapons editor don't find any either.

 

Do i copy my backed-up (from previous versions) weapon data/ini

into the new SFP1\Objects folder?

 

I see in the 2008 readme that not all mods will work in latest version.

Have we lost all the modded aircraft, terrains, effects and weapons????

 

Hope not..

 

Thanks Dave,

savagcl

 

PS: Dont like the blue ID tags. Got to be a way to turn them off....

 

You either have to extract the weaponsdata.ini from the objects.cat in the objects folder, or install one of the weapons packs which makes a folder and cotains said data.

 

So far all the effects have worked, most aircraft have worked and weapons work just fine. Most aircraft just need FM tweaks and old terrain might need a tweak here and there.

 

You turn off the tags by setting the hud difficulty IIRC.

[savagkc]

OK, New home, new PC = missing stuff, like the program

to extract a file from a .cat. Dont know where i could find a

file extractor do you?

 

So, I can't just copy the old weapons folder to the new install and run the new

weapon editor against it?

 

For the effects and aircraft - can i just copy those folders from old to new?

Hope they dont have to be re-installed......

 

Dave, Thanks for all the help and your time,

savagcl

[+Dave]

OK, New home, new PC = missing stuff, like the program

to extract a file from a .cat. Dont know where i could find a

file extractor do you?

 

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...mp;showfile=343

 

 

So, I can't just copy the old weapons folder to the new install and run the new

weapon editor against it?

 

Yes you can.

 

For the effects and aircraft - can i just copy those folders from old to new?

Hope they dont have to be re-installed......

 

Just drag and drop.

 

Dave, Thanks for all the help and your time,

 

 

No problem