wasteboy

Thanks Muesli. That did it. The User file was full of ol games (Black Sea, Korea, Scandinavia, etc, etc) that must have been interfering.

Thanks. I guess I'll have to do that as TW has no record of my name or email etc. Too much to hope for after so many years.........

I had installed what was a fairly complete SF2 collection but had to remove it to another disk for various reasons but was not able to get it going again for unknown reasons (my ineptitude no doubt....) Today I found tucked away in a folder a zip file I bought 5 or so years ago: SF2_Complete_Setup so I thought I'd give it a shot. It contains Europe, Exp1, Exp2, Israel, Vietnam, North Atlantic and SF2. It all works pretty well but there's a problem with Europe and Israel in that the mission and campaign screens give no option to select an aircaft. That slot is empty and is "unclickable". All the rest of those pages work fine. I've looked into the background docs and everything seems to be there and in order. Thoughs appreciated. Thanks

Thanks to all for your help on this. I uninstalled most of the games and reinstalled all on an external drive. I went through the process of getting the Mod folders on that same drive, too. It seems to have solved nearly all my problems. Took the better part of a day. But what's an old retired guy got to do on a rainy day anyway?

Thanks Wrench. Love your stuff....

Thanks again UllyB. Coincidentally that was my plan for today after reading a fairly recent forum post on the subject from Bazillius.....

Thanks. I'm doing a reinstall per Ully and MigBuster below and I'll keep that in mind when I do.

Thanks for your help above. I appreciate the input. I think I'm getting closer to a complete solution. I don't know how they got in two different places since the bundle from Thirdwire was downloaded all at once. Delete the direct Saved Games folder and made sure all the games are saved to the C:\users file now. Of course in doing so the games all lost touch with the saved games file so I had to rebuild 5 games based on SF2 NA. Still can't get fames based on SF2V or SF2I to recognize the new Campaign files. I'll keep at that.......

Thanks Wrench. Love your stuff....

Ully: Thanks in advance. I've seen your help with others on the forum and found several to be helpful to me also. I think there is something basically wrong in my setup for it not to be working the way it used to as described above. I have what to me is an odd situation and I have not seen anything like it on the forum. I recently purchased the Combo Pack from Thirdwire - probably not necessary but I got a new computer and I thought a clean start might simplify rebuilding SF2 (It has not!!!!) When adding mods to SFNA I found that the new mod folders were being established directly in "C:\Saved Games\Thirdwire" and NOT in "C:\users\myname\ Saved Games\Thirdwire" as they should. However, all other games mod files are established in the "C:\users" file as they are supposed to. I have also found that addons to the SFNA game like SFNA Expansion, North Cape and Black Sea Crisis work fine and the new campaigns are recognized and playable. On the other hand addons to other games where the mod files are established in the "C:\users\ file" like SFV Expansion to plain SFV the game does not recognize the new campaigns. Again, in no instance of any game is there an ".ini/Installations Settings" file established in the game root directory other than those for the initially downloaded games. The whole thing is baffling to me....... I am ready at this point to be happy with what I have and not touch anything for fear I'll make a mess of it.

Yes. I went through all the old usual steps: copy, paste, rename and run. When I come back still only the renamed application file.

I surrender, too! Maybe I'll try ODS 30th Anniversary......

I am working with a brand new version of SF2 Complete from Thirdwire ($99.99). So I don't think age is the issue. I recognize the your files and the fact that you haven't had my issue. This may be a very limited issue relating to only a few downloads. I do remember having to edit the .ini files in a couple of download in the past especially in the "Campaigns" and/or "Missions" files so they would load or be recognized. Start dates and end dates in particular. I'm My problem right now is with only one campaign download: Wings Over Korea. The installation process is standard except it asks for the following (Copied from the instructions): 5. Mod specific .ini configs a. In your SF2 installation directory where all the game .exe resides, make a copy of StrikeFighters2 Israel.ini (or any other similar ini) and rename it StrikeFighters2 Korea.ini. Open the newly created .ini and find the following: [Directory] ... CampaignsDirectory=Campaigns ... And change it to: CampaignsDirectory=C:\Users\[username]\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Korea\Campaigns\ *Please do not just copy paste this line but replace [username] with whatever’s set on your PC. This step is to prevent stock campaigns from displaying which can sometimes cause problems. b. In your Mod folder (C:\Users\[username]\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Korea\), open up the file Options.ini, find the [instantAction] section, and replace it with the following: [instantAction] AircraftType=F-86E-10 MissionMap=Korea3 StartTime=15:30:00 StartDate=09/18/1951 StartTimeDeviation=120 TextureSet=0 NationalMarking=0 SquadronMarking=0 AircraftNumber=0 KillMarking=0 This would get InstantAction working spawning F-86s, Mig-15s etc.

I've never had SF1. I do think the .ini file labeled "Configuration" which is just below the "Application" file in the main installation directory is necessary because the games that have this file work and those that don't do not. I don't think I'm wrong in remembering that when I created a copy of a game/file in the main installation file and ran the game that it created a Mod folder in the saved games file (which they do for me now) AND when I returned to the main installation directory there was the "Application" file I created but also right under that a "Configuration/.ini" file. When installing the Korea Campaign files the directions are to make changes to that Configuration/.ini file and not the "Objects" file in the "Mods" file under saved game. I guess my question remains: Why is SF2 not creating this file?