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The way I see it working currently, serials only show if you have the numbers.lst in the skin folder. Of course I can be wrong.

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the drop down box, "Individual Markings" are level 2s. And yes, a number.lst is required

 

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Thanks.

 

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On 15.9.2019 at 10:17 PM, StoneAxe1492 said:

it no workee rite for me. it does start to a blank window. But, i discorered i can access the menu functions by clicking whee the menu or too bar would be. I tried to open a LOD and it crashed.  Oh, i did install the redistributables. (I believe have visual c++ on here anyway...maybe that's code blocks anyway...no luck.

Am running windows 7 pro, and will use the compatibility feature to see if it will work that way.

Thanks tho, will be useful.

I've never experienced anything like that yet. Have you updated your graphics card driver? What are your system specs?

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i guess the only option is to see if the driver is out of date. Of course, everyhing else seems to work. If it ain't broke....

anyway i atached system prop pics and what the lod viewer is doing. The menu or tool bar is missing, but i can access the menu anyway. I believe it failed to open a lod file. Bu, i only tried maybe one examp.

it's okay, i'll live

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