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File Name: French_wings_43_45_v1.zip File Submitter: vtrelut File Submitted: 19 Aug 2007 File Category: Campaigns & Missions Fly with pilots from the French Air Force, over North Africa, the Ardennes and Germany. Between 1943 and 1945, the French Air Force was rearmed and reequipped with American and British aircraft, fighting together with the Allies. They flew many different types of airplanes, with French nationality markings. A series of 5 dynamic campaigns, for IL-2 version 4.08m. Click here to download this file

File Name: DGenbriefingsfixed2.zip File Submitter: vtrelut File Submitted: 8 Jul 2007 File Category: Campaigns & Missions DGen campaigns briefings - All languages except Russian. -------------------------------------------------------- Version 2.0 - July 8th, 2007 As you probably have realized if you play DGen dynamic campaigns, there are many mistakes in current DGen briefings files: 1) Missing campaign briefings and/or debriefings, which result in strange words displayed on the screen, such as "LeningradSummer44DeBr" or "Africa42tGbDb" for instance. 2) Mistakes in briefings, which can make it sometimes impossible to display them in the game, especially when DGen syntax is not properly respected. 3) Wrong or missing aircraft descriptions or city names 4) Spelling and grammar errors There are countless errors in the files, which is unavoidable given the hundreds of possible campaigns and probably thousands of various combinations of missions and campaigns which are available. So I checked each briefing file, in all languages except the Russian language, and compared the contents with each related campaignsXXY.dat file, for all DGen campaigns. Basically all files have had to be corrected, except the Polish briefings and a couple of the RAF briefings over Murmansk. All others are corrected. For spelling and grammar, I corrected only the French briefings. For all languages, I tried to correct as many DGen errors as possible, such as missing briefings or debriefings. There are probably still many mistakes, but at least with these files now the user should be able to start a campaign without seeing something like "Lvov41SkBr", and finish campaigns without seeing something like "KurlandAug44DeDb". Some of the briefings will appear in English even if you use another language in the game, some will be blank, but I added new ones for most campaigns which had no briefings. Thanks a lot to Ljekio ULMAR who provided me with a translation of his Africa campaigns briefings made by Gagarin, which I adapted slightly. Some mission briefings for the Luftwaffe over Africa may look strange, because they refer to Soviets as enemies: this is due to the fact that these files are common with Eastern Front campaigns. TO INSTALL, simply unzip the DGen folder contained in the zip, into the game's main directory, for all versions of installations/add-ons/patches. By default the game's main directory is C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, or C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles. You can also use these files if you have Pacific Fighters only. Allow Windows to overwrite older files. I intend to update these files whenever necessary. If you find mistakes, please let me know what campaign/mission briefing is wrong, and I will do my best to correct further: e-mail to me at vtrelut@yahoo.fr Happy Flying! VTrelut Click here to download this file

File Name: DGen_briefings_corrected_v1.0.zip File Submitter: vtrelut File Submitted: 30 Jun 2007 File Category: Campaigns & Missions DGen campaigns briefings - All languages except Russian. -------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0 - June 30th, 2007 As you probably have realized if you play DGen dynamic campaigns, there are many mistakes in current DGen briefings files: 1) Missing campaign briefings and/or debriefings, which result in strange words displayed on the screen, such as "LeningradSummer44DeBr" or "Africa42tGbDb" for instance. 2) Mistakes in briefings, which can make it sometimes impossible to display them in the game, especially when DGen syntax is not properly respected. 3) Wrong or missing aircraft descriptions or city names 4) Spelling and grammar errors There are countless errors in the files, which is unavoidable given the hundreds of possible campaigns and probably thousands of various combinations of missions and campaigns which are available. So I checked each briefing file, in all languages except Russian, and compared the contents with each related campaignsXXY.dat file, for all DGen campaigns. Basically all files have had to be corrected, except the Polish briefings and a couple of the RAF briefings over Murmansk. All others are corrected. For spelling and grammar, I corrected only the French briefings. For all languages, I tried to correct as many DGen errors as possible, such as missing briefings or debriefings. There are probably still many mistakes, but at least with these files now the user should be able to start a campaign without seeing something like "Lvov41SkBr", and finish campaigns without seeing something like "KurlandAug44DeDb". Some of the briefings will appear in English even if you use another language in the game, some will be blank, but I added new ones for most campaigns which had no briefings. Thanks a lot to Ijekio ULMAR who provided me with a translation of his Africa campaigns briefings made by Gagarin, which I adapted slightly. Some mission briefings for the Luftwaffe over Africa may look strange, because they refer to Soviets as enemies: this is due to the fact that these files are common with Eastern Front campaigns. TO INSTALL, simply unzip the DGen folder contained in the zip, into the game's main directory, for all versions of installations/add-ons/patches. By default the game's main directory is C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946, or C:\Program Files\Ubi Soft\IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles. You can also use these files if you have Pacific Fighters only. Allow Windows to overwrite older files. I intend to update these files whenever necessary. If you find mistakes, please let me know what campaign/mission briefing is wrong, and I will do my best to correct further: e-mail to me at vtrelut@yahoo.fr Happy Flying! VTrelut Click here to download this file

File Name: DGen debugging guide File Submitter: vtrelut File Submitted: 26 Feb 2007 File Category: Campaigns & Missions For players of offline dynamic campaigns with DGen. If you have installed third-party dynamic campaigns DGen add-ons, either freeware (True Pacific, Disaster On the Frontiers, etc) or payware (Battle Over Europe, Ostfront, The Last Days), you certainly faced some minor bugs or compatibility issues. If you want to sort them out and enhance your flying experience with DGen, then this guide may be helpful to you! This is a guide written based on my own experience; of course now the trouble should be minimized thanks to the publication of EnjoyR's patches. This guide may also be of interest to players who wish to modify their DGen campaigns. Basically all DGen files can be manually edited, but it is somewhat of a challenge. Let us share our experience together, to enhance the DGen dynamic campaigns! Click here to download this file

Oui, une campagne dynamique (DGen), c'est certainement plus difficile. Je pensais à une campagne statique ("scripted campaign"). je crois qu'il y a assez peu de différence entre des fichiers de missions pour campagnes COOP et des fichiers de missions pour campagnes statiques, mais je ne connais pas les subtilités de la conversion entre les 2. En tout cas, JOYEUX NOËL! Vincent

Bravo, C'est superbe! (Hey, I am French too!). Oui je suis intéressé par ta campagne et tes skins. Malheureusemnt je n'ai pas de templates. As-tu regardé dans Flying Legends? Est-ce que ta campagne pourra aussi être jouée en mode offline? (campagne statique simple). Bon courage, and Merry Christlmas, Vincent

Hello, I have IL2+AEP+PF version 4.05m installed, plus BOE and OSTFRONT. Can I also install other add-ons, such as FALL BLAU, BANZAI, THE LAST DAYS, REBIRTH OF HONOUR, OPERATION BARBAROSSA, OPERATION OVERLORD, WINGS OVER WAVES, on my current installed version? Is there any conflict/compatibility issue? What precautions should I take? Thank you in advance, Vincent

After many experiments, here are my findings and my recommendations: 1) I installed first IL2 FB + AEP + PF with the latest patches, and got a 4.05m merged "clean" install. This one should be backed up, i.e. entirely copied on a separate hard drive, or on CDs. Especially the DGen, Missions folders should be backed up, because these are the ones modified the most by various add-ons. 2) I installed BOE (Battle Over Europe), and OSFRONT v1.1, and then the DGen update by Skycat. I also replaced my DGen.exe by the latest one, i.e. version 4.0.4.5. I then tried to paly campaigns: BOE campaigns seem to work OK, so do OSTFRONT ones. BUT standard DGen campaigns no longer work! I could not launch a German fighter campaign in the South front (Crimea), I could not launch a Soviet fighter campaign, and I could not even launch a Japanese fighter campaign! 3) I then installed TLD, and started a campaign: I got a CTD once, and then the other time the game hang. These two experiences tell me that clearly TLD is not compatible with OSTFRONT, even if one overwrites the files in DGen with the TLD ones. It also tells me that OSTFRONT is not compatible with the standard DGen campaigns (stock game)! I assume here that BOE is compatible with standard DGen, but I am not sure. Also, TLD should be compatible with BOE if applying the latest patch (v1.1). I do not know about TLD's compatibility with standard DGen. As a first conclusion, unless one modifies the files in DGen (?), it is clearly not possible to play dynamic campaigns with all the add-ons that add some of these installed simultaneously. 4) I also installed Fall Blau, Banzai, COE. These ones add skins (no problem), static (scripted) campaigns (no problems), but also change the various background screens (.tga files in the Missions sub folders), and rewards. Some free add-ons also do this, and sometimes also change sounds. For instance the RAF-Full pack (Battle Over Britain), adds radio sounds during flight. It is OK if you fly a British pilot campaign, but not appropriate when you fly over the Pacific as a Japanese fighter pilot... As a second conclusion, even other add-ons, commercial or free ones, may create difficulties and generate problems with gameplay. I then adopted the following solution after finding it in other forums (SimHQ), and recommend it, because it works very well and does not create conflicts: 1) Use a clean merged 4.04m or 4.05m install as a starting point. Back it up. 2) Replace the DGen.exe file by the latest version, i.e. 4.0.4.5. 3) Install the programme JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler, in your main IL2+AEP+PF folder. Run it once. This will, among other things, add a MODS folder in your main install's root folder. It will not change your progam files. 4) Whenever you install an add-on, create first a sub-folder with the name of the add-on you want to use, such as TLD, Fall Blau, BOE, etc. Then install your add-on not in the main root folder of IL2+AEP+PF, but in the sub-folder you created within the MODS folder. Patch the add-on to the latest version in the same sub-folder. 5) Explore the files added by the add-on in the sub-folder where you installed it. You will find folders such as DGen, Missions, PaintSchemes, etc. Except the files of the DGen folder, which you should leave alone (not all add-ons install some, so this should be an exception), please move the files contained in those add-on folders to the corresponding sub-folders of the main IL2+AEP+PF root folder, such as the files from PaintSchemes, to the main install's PaintSchemes sub-folder. If Windows asks you to replace an existing file, be double careful, and normally click NO, unless you really know what you lose and/or you prefer to replace the standard game file by the add-on's one. You should then have added new files to your game, mainly skins, single mission packs, static campaigns, no problem. Be careful not to add the sound files of the RAF-Full pack if you install it! (leave them in the MOD's folder where you installed this add-on, if applicable). 6) In order to avoid a mess, please have a look at the various sub-folders created within the MODS folder, and make sure that they contain only the files that you did not want to move to the main game install's folders. If you want, you can regroup those sub-folders into a combined one, when/if there is no overlapping or conflict between the various add-ons. BUT ALWAYS respect in any sub-folder of the MODS folder that you create, the basic folder and file structure of the main root install folder of IL2+AEP+PF. I also recommend that instead of having separate sub-folders for BOE and OSTFRONT in the MODS folder, you should have a combined one within the MODS folder, with the DGen update by Skycat, so that you can enjoy this one. 7) THEN PLAY! If you do nothing more, the game will just run the standard DGen campaigns, the new static/scripted campaigns and single missions, the COOP missions, etc. that you added. It will also enable you to apply the new skins of all the add-ons that you install. 8) If you want to play a certain campaign with the special flavour (background screen, music, radio sounds, rewards, etc.) of a given add-on or a dynamic campaign from BOE, OSTFRONT or TLD, then launch JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler (create a shortcut on your desktop), and decide which Mod you want to use. Then you can launch the game and play. After you finish, disable the Mod by running again the JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler. Avoid to enable conflicting MODS simultaneously, such as TLD and BOE+OSTFRONT! Baiscally it seems to work OK, it minimizes the incompatibility problems. Of course it adds to the complexity of operating your game, because you use a separate program (JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler) to enable certain specific add-on files, but if you bought BOE, OSTFRONT and THE LAST DAYS (TLD), you have no other choice in my opinion, other than running completely different installs (which at the end takes more drive space and results in a similar constraint of having to choose which one you want to play before starting the game). Thanks in advance for your comments, corrections, questions. Vincent

OK, Thank you very much. I made an extensive search on the SimHQ forum. What I understand now is that basically all add-ons are compatible, except OSTFRONT and TLD. So we can install a combination of all add-ons together, as long as TLD and OSTFRONT are not installed together. In fact it is a little bit more subtle: one way is to install BOE and OSTFRONT together, use the patch available at Airwarfare.com from Skycat, patch again using the DGen update for 4.05m available at SimHQ, then: 1) Install TLD in a fake directory, such as TLD, on the desktop (basically what you suggest, in order to check what files are in the add-on). 2) Patch it with the 1.1 update available at X1 software, in the same TLD directory on the desktop. 3) Copy and paste all non-conflicting folders from that directory, in the IL2+AEP+PF 4.05m install root folder (I believe all except the DGen folder, at least the skins and single missions will not conflict). 4) Install the JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler (available to download after making a google search) in the IL2+AEP+PF 4.05m root folder. 5) Run the soft from there. 6) Create a TLD folder with the DGen folder of TLD in the MODS folder created by the MOD enabler. 7) Run the MOD enabler and switch from TLD to Ostfront or vice versa, when it suits you. This is my assumption. I am going to experiment during the week-end and report back. Please let me know if you believe I missed something. Thanks a lot, Vince