Eraser

Thanks FoolTrottel, I'll print that out to follow those steps !!!!!!!!!!!

Howdy Mayhem..... well I tried everything under the sun and IL2 1946 would not let me install a 2nd copy of the game. I renamed my 1st game to a new name/folder/rebooted, heck even moved it to my C: drive instead of the E: drive and still no go. Every time I clicked the install button a box would open for me to uninstall the previous version. I even tried installing from the directory of the CD, but again no go. I even tried the "a." setup in the CD, again no go. Needless to say I was very aggravated about this time. So I ended up uninstalling my original version of 4.12.1 and started from scratch. What a pain. But I managed to get everything installed up to the 4.11.1 as well as the almost 5 GB d/l of the HSFX patches. Talk about slow DSL, man it took forrrrrreeeevvvvveeeerrrr So over this weekend I'll be going through the game to setup my flight controls of the Saitek X52 Pros as well as tweaking the Trackir 5 for smooth performance. I knew I had a bumpy task in front of me to get this game up and running, but it's a game that is well worth the "scratching of the head" a few times. Couldn't pull any hair out as I don't have much Now if I can get find my old headset mic, so far I have tore this house completely apart and can't find them anywhere. But this will be my #1 priority later this evening to do a complete search of every nick & corner for them. Otherwise I'll have to order another mic off ebay/amazon. Anyway, want to say THANKS Again for steering me to the places & patches I needed to get up and running. Once I get things tweaked out & refresh a tad more, I'll come join some missions with you guys. I'm not that great of a combat flyer, but I can hit a target, and takeoff & land the plane on Realistic Modes. ps...I've never flown a real plane. I did order a book & just received 2 weeks ago called Air Combat Manoeuvres this is one killer book. Awesome color pictures/illustrations throughout. his should get my combat flying skills up to par.

Thanks Guys, Yep I already have the IL2 installed directly on my E: drive & not in a Programs Files folder. Great answers by the way (wish I'd thought of it) but I'll leave my stand alone version 4.12.1 as is and reinstall IL2 to a new folder for the "mod version" and run from there. Having two versions of the game installed is no biggy. I'll get started on the reinstall later this evening as well as d/l'ing all the HSFX stuff. Thanks a million for y'alls quick response/answers !!!!!!!!!!!! Robert

Never mind, I read the FAQ on that website/forum and it has to be at 4.11.1 which means I got to delete & reinstall all over again. Is there a way to remove an patch after it's installed, whereas that would save me loads of work & time ?

Thanks, But I'm already updated to 4.12.1 which is two updates above the 4.11.1 well actually the 4.12.0 includes the 4.11.1 anyway, will this make a difference or can I go ahead and start installing HSFX stuff or do I have to reinstall all over again and stop at the 4.11.1 ?

Thanks Crash, I just scoured the vault and either I'm blind (most likely) or I could not find the HSFX 6.17 expert mode download file. I did d/l the 6.0 readme file for instructions on installation. Could you post me a link for the file I need. I do thank you in advance.

Hi guys, I'm back, user name Eraser. I was playing this game and a DD member way back in 2008-2009. I had to sell all my equipment for unforeseen reasons back in 2009. Well, now things have changed and I just built me a new gaming machine and bought all new flying gear. Aerocool Strike X case (wicked looking case) Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z motherboard AMD FX 4130 3.8 GHz processor overclocked to 4.5 GHz (waiting on more $$ to upgrade to FX 8350) 8 GB Corsair Vengence Ram Corsair 100i Watercooler 800 watt CoolerMaster Silent Pro Gold Power Supply 60 GB Kingston SSD V300 main bootup/windows 7 64bit hard drive (I hate windows 120 GB Samsung SSD 840 gaming hard drive ATI Radeon 6750 1 GB Memory Video card TrackIR 5 Saitek X52 Pro Joystick & Throttle Saitek Pro Rudders, coming very soon, but ran out of money for the moment 27" Acer Monitor - wall mounted Klipsch THK Speakers with Subwoofer Installed :: Teamspeak FSX IL2 1946 Sturmovik with Forgotten Battles/Ace Expansion Pack/Pacific Fighters included also loaded/installed all patches for IL2 1946 4.08 4.09 4.09 skins 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.12.1 I remember from before, having to install some Mods or something from the Vault to be able to fly with you guys, but I forgot what I need as it's been 4 years ago since being on the forum. Please let me know what I need to get up and running again. I just finished building this machine last week. So needless to say tweaking it is still an everyday event, for awhile. Let alone fine tuning all the settings for the controls. After not playing this game in 4 years I was still able to land on the runway using a Zero A6M5 without crashing. I have the settings on 1980x1080, everything is on MAX as either High/Excellent/Perfect. My only downside is that I'm on ATT DSL 6.0 their fastest DSL availble in Augusta GA. Not so sure how this will be compared to my old Comcast cable connection I used to have. I know it's a lot slower for d/l's, that's for sure. Oh well, hopefully it will not be laggy. Oh yea, is this still the current game that you guys are flying for missions ? If not, what game should I be buying ? I reloaded this game as this was my most favorite to fly back in 2009. Being out of the loop for so long, not sure if newer/better games have come about. Thanks Robert aka Eraser

Thanks everyone.....just wanted to post an update.....I have sold these on ebay for $125 as Buy-Now with Free Shipping.....they shipped out today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Jabo........ But.....I can only ship to the USA....as I'm not in a position to being able to go to the post office 22 miles away to fill out all the custom's paperwork.....sorry for any confusion........also I really prefer to keep them as a set if all possible Eraser

Thanks Jabo........ But.....I can only ship to the USA....as I'm not in a position to being able to go to the post office 22 miles away to fill out all the custom's paperwork.....sorry for any confusion........also I really prefer to keep them as a set if all possible Eraser

Hi guys....I'm sorry to post that due to untold reasons I will not be able to fly anymore....so I'm selling my toys real cheap....I already sold my TrackIR Pro 3....so all I have left are my joystick....throttle....rudders.....they are in Excellent Condition...I have both original cd's that came with each set...one for the joystick/throttle and one for the rudders....I also have the manual and the original box for the joystick/throttle....I thought I'd offer them on here before I put them on ebay as all of you guys were great fun to fly with this past winter....I really had a ball....but things have changed and these toys have got to go....so I'm gonna sell them for $100 total for all including Free Shipping.....if you are interested please email at rew2424@comcast.net

Hi guys....I'm sorry to post that due to untold reasons I will not be able to fly anymore....so I'm selling my toys real cheap....I already sold my TrackIR Pro 3....so all I have left are my joystick....throttle....rudders.....they are in Excellent Condition...I have both original cd's that came with each set...one for the joystick/throttle and one for the rudders....I also have the manual and the original box for the joystick/throttle....I thought I'd offer them on here before I put them on ebay as all of you guys were great fun to fly with this past winter....I really had a ball....but things have changed and these toys have got to go....so I'm gonna sell them for $100 total for all including Free Shipping.....if you are interested please email at rew2424@comcast.net

that is a bummer for sure........

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Simply Awesome...........you are surely one lucky dude......I would love to be able to go do that.......those pictures are outstanding.......that had/has to be a thrill of a lifetime.....thanks for posting the story & extra pctures......I'll stop typing now as I'll go cry with envy......

I just finished building this new rig last week........ AMD Phenom II X4 940 Asus Motherboard 4 gigs Corsair Gaming Memory BFG nvidia 9800 GTX+ video card Raptor hard drives 10,000 rpms I have 4 items running in the background.....Nortons Antivirus...usb computer phone.....skype....trackir I managed to score nicely on this Windows XP Pro 32 bit.....I'm very happy with this score..... http://dangerdogz.com/forums.old.old/download/file.php?id=4161&t=1

awesome......sounds like you had a great day for sure......wish you had more pictures..... ;D ;D

B16Enk............You Are Da Man.........THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU........I have only installed & reinstalled about 4 times and redownloaded those Mods several times thinking mine were bad somehow......and all I needed was that stupid file.....once I installed that file it worked like a charm.....during the new build of this machine I didn't get that file as an update from MS....I skipped over it.....too bad the glue wont look too cool holding my hair back in.....now all I have to do is reset up my joystick buttons.......Again Thanks as I was about to give up......I have that file now save with the file name "Required for the switcher" in the name so I'll never forget that file again.....

ok.....I just finished uninstalling the entire game....rebooted.....reinstalled the game from dvd.....install all 3 mods in order and the switcher still will not open and work....I still get the same error....failed to initialize properly.....all this worked like a charm the first time I did it....now it refuses to work....almost about ready to give up.....I'l try redownloading the Mod Files again....maybe mine saved on my computer got corrupt somehow....

yep thats the exact files I installed and I have them in that order......guess I'll uninstall the entire game and totally reinstall everything......bummer

Ok....it was all working fine until I built this new gaming machine and switched hard drives.....now I can not get the Switch to work at all.....I have these Mods installed......I even installed the game again under a new directory and install these Mods in this order and I still get an error when trying to open the switcher.....I'm scratching my head over here....almost bald now....

Ok guys.....I have my new computer built......during the building I ended up moving....so I was away a lot longer than I counted on.....but I do have a question.....I copied/pasted my 1946 from one hard drive to another and all seems to be working fine Except the Switch for the Mod Version.....I get an error when I try to load it.....so which d/l is it that has the switch in it so I can redownload it and reinstall it.....otherwise I'll have to uninstall everything and start over with a fresh install of the game.....and I don't want to do all that....Thanks in advance for the help....

Sorry guys....I haven't been flying lately.....I got tired of my current machine giving me troubles.....so I decided to build a new gaming rig....I have all my parts except the motherboard and it should be delivered this week.....so I will be back up in the air very very soon.....if all goes well...this weekend.....I hope....loads of installing to do and transferring data form this machine to the new one..... my new rig will be..... Asus M3A78-CM motherboard AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 ghz 4gb Corsair Dominator ram w/fans 150gb Raptor 10,000 rpm main harddrive 36gb Raptor 10,000 rom gaming harddrive BFG 9800 GTX+ video card BFG 650 watt power supply NZXT Rogue case Windows XP Pro 32 bit.......too many driver issues to run XP 64.....I'll wait on Windows 7 I want to be able to fly in 1680x1050 Full Max Settings with no hiccups.......water & trees on 3 so hopefully this rig will do that for me.......

I stand corrected....I thought they had to be setup the same way....I never tried it using different settings on each monitor.....kewl......sorry for the wrong advice I offered....