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Fritz, ChkMods should have put IL2.exe in there, but it did not. My bad. I left it out somehow... I do not think with modding like you did removed the il2.exe, I'm pretty sure it was not there from the start. What I meant by my sentence "(And, for sure, that's not the case after using ChkMods.)" is that I knew for sure ChkMods would leave you with an IL2.exe and an IL2fb.exe which are not identical. In the end, that was not true, due to mistake I made. So basically, ignore that one sentence... Did some googling on the Stab thing, check these threads on the issue: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3226041/all/IL_2_Shturmovik_Stab_6_3_help.html If you now have both an il2.exe and an il2fb.exe that are equal, then ... I do not know what is wrong with ILStab, why it won't run...

If I remember correctly, you need to have file named il2.exe which is identical to il2fb.exe file ... (And, for sure, that's not the case after using ChkMods.) Try and delete the il2.exe file, then copy/paste il2fb.exe, then rename 'copy of il2fb.exe' to il2.exe and try again!

What Fruitbat said. If you'd ever run that risk, by applying a fix, I would state that loud and clear, and would ask you first if you wanted to continue fixing this issue Installing a separate version of IL2 for offline play may not be a bad idea for you. As you may find out, there are a lot more mods for IL2 than just HSFX, you might like them... but the downside is, some of them will indeed make online play with us impossible. Make a backup copy of your installation of IL2 now, so you can use it now for offline play, or use it later on for the installation of other mods / modsets.

This appears to be what you need: EnjoyrPatchForNoAddons I have tested it to a clean install of mine, and it does change the text from Russian to English. Whether it really works and will generate your campaign correctly, over the entire run of the campaign, I do not know! (This one was created for v.4.09m, and as we're now on 4.12.2m.... well, I dunno what will happen!) I've attached the zip to this message. It will at loads of files to your installation, including some Jsgme mods contents. (Better not use chkmods afterwards, you can be pretty sure it will make a lot of the added stuff go disappear) Inside the zip is a self extracting executable, if run will result in an executable (PatchA_forNoAddons_v5.2_eng.exe) that you can then run to install it to your game folder. Good Luck! EnjoyrPatch_forNoAddons_v5.2.zip

Sorry, I cannot help you here. Even in my stock installation I cannot start any campaign... all the listboxes of Rank and stuff are empty! (Yeah, you get that once you get too much involved in squad play, online play... I haven't used the off line stuff in ages!)

Your Dgen and Ngen folders are currently empty / missing, probably Attached are mine. Put them in your game folder, try starting the campaign a new... NgenDgen.zip

You can't, they lost the war ya know, better start studying the Russian language! Oh my... had I known you were going to use all this offline stuff, I'd never ever have advised you to use Chkmods!

Yeah, that sums it up alright, very recognizable...

What Crash said ...

That snow will make it land nice and soft, without any damage ...

Brilliant! Will you be controlling it remotely? (I'd like to do something like that some time in the future.... )

Hill, you only need to download those if you want to host the missions, you do not need them if you're gonna connect to someone else whose doing the hosting... (Unless.. you would want to prepare, and download all the missions - all 2000+ -, and study them? )

lol !

Cool, I could see your house from up there! "the air where I use to go for a ride on my bicycle" What kind of bicycle is that? A highcycle maybe?

Guys, your ideas and coding are good, and nearly solid, but do make sure is says 'kick DD_FT"... Believe me, I do know, as it took me forever to get Swep kicked at the appropriate times! JB, if that Tab has some movement sensor in it, you could just put it up on a swivel, put yer feet on it, and there ya go, rudders!

(Missing a button 'emergency re-start engines @ low level' ) Looks good! So, you no longer need that Bodnar board? Cool solution! Your Tab being used as a touch screen and computer terminal!

DCS World was very quickly deleted from my SSD... lightnin' fast! (It's just... I won't/don't/can't handle more than two of them simu-things)

What Jabo said ...

It does something cosmetically

If I remember correctly, pressing Shift-F1, the gunsight view will give you the sight for the Schraegemusik ...

Okay, ChkMods now has those missing files in it, run it again, have it verify the stuff, and fix issues...

Maybe the slovakia map will bring you close to Bavaria?

Yeah, well... the QuickMission builder stuff kinda fits in this part that I wrote earlier: "(It may lack in some skins, speech files or mission files. If you also want to do offline campaigns and do not want to miss any content, then you'll have to take a different route... I have tried it, starting with 1946 4.07m, then ran ChkMods, it works)" as in... I decided not to put it in ChkMods, just to limit the load a bit. However, I have created a zip file, attached it here, with a number of files that you must place in the Missions\Quick folder of the game. Once the contents are in there, you can select a map in the QMB screen, somewhere in the lower right part... Quick.zip (I will try and have them added to ChkMods...)

Isn't this what Kevin does for a living, well kinda ....

The succesfull running of ChkMods does depend a lot on what your Internet connection to the dd's server is like. Its progress of 0.2% may not say much, as initially it will probably download some large files, which will take a long time (staying at 0.2%), it may even time out... But, it will add the missed file to the download list, at the end of it.... it will get it in the end... Just keep it running like that, in the end.... (You could also download each and every patch needed, and the HSFX stuff separately...that might be faster in the end, but it takes so many different steps, so many ways where it can go wrong... indeed, just let it do its thing...)