Thanks for the quick reply Charlie Chap. As you can imagine I have no idea who is who in the world of mods teams so I just say what I say as diplomatically as possible.

It is very encouraging though that you guys are all talking to eachother. If you are all to remain separate entities but you make it so that we can play a mods server using AAA or HSFX that would be great. Its also good to know AAA are thinking of moving to a SFS structure. (I'm afraid I don't know what C6 is.) I was talking to someone last night who explained the SEOW focus of HSFX. The problem I have is one or two of our guys are mod-shy and many of the rest see yet another mods package (HSFX) as being just too much to have to deal with. Personally I have both AAA and HSFX in separate game folders with a 'Swapper' (as opposed to a 'switcher') which renames the main game folders to give me whichever mods pack I want to use on the day. I just have to remember to run it before I play because it tells me which set is enabled and 'do I want to swap?' Running the AAA 'switcher' with HSFX enabled could be disastrous and vice-versa!

I understand that AAA have brought out patch 1.2a which is 4.09m compatible. Whether that means their switcher now simply gives you 4.09m options instead of 4.08m and that their mods are still 4.09b1 based I don't know. I read somewhere they are working on making the mods 4.09m based.

Question: I have a sound bug, the same as with AAA (which led me to re-install stock sounds). When I have been in the cockpit for about ten minutes I get full power engine noise regardless of throttle setting. Also when I next go to the cockpit it is there from the start even before I start the engine. I can stop it by disabling sound extensions but that ruins those superb HSFX sounds. Is this the place to post such a bug or should I post it elsewhere?

My Rig:
ASUS A8N32SLi using on-board Sound and Ethernet
AMD 64x2 3800+ o/c to 2.5GHz
2Gb Corsair low latency 2-2-2-5 RAM
2 x XFX 7800GT in SLi split frame mode
450w PSU
Windows XP 32bit
TrackIR4 & ProClip with TIR5 software
Saitek X52 Pro and rudders

A good move IMO but I believe the UI will be 4.09 compatible very soon.. Eventually there wull just be 4.09 & 4.09m.. which is how it should be.

'Question: I have a sound bug, the same as with AAA (which led me to re-install stock sounds). When I have been in the cockpit for about ten minutes I get full power engine noise regardless of throttle setting. Also when I next go to the cockpit it is there from the start even before I start the engine. I can stop it by disabling sound extensions but that ruins those superb HSFX sounds. Is this the place to post such a bug or should I post it elsewhere?'

Run IL2Setup and try some other sound settings, you may find that your sound card cannot process EAX2 that well if it is an onboard card (so try EAX1 only). Worth a try anyhow.

No, that patch just fixes a problem with the skin of one of the new B-25s. 1.2.5 will be 4.09m compatible, but it is not out.

95%.
Downloaded this mod for the torrent activated in MOD enabler but sticking at 95% on load up screen (IL2 1946 Load up screen) Do I need a fresh install of 1946 and 4.08 and the new 4.09 and nothing else to make this mod work??

Peter for best results first patch Il2 46 upto Full 4.09m.

Then click on the HSFX installer and let it install. Enable with JSGME and you should be good to go. If you still get this problem, check the CRC of the seven parts that you downloaded and make sure that none of them have corrupted (and will give a different value in that case.)

So good job, thanks all !

One of the best pack ever made.

But, I regret graphics mods are automatically on... cockpit, clouds.. so i lose 25fps... !

ONe question : How get these mods off ??.. cockpit, clouds, planeshine..etc...<?

Do you release a lighter version, for lighter computer.. ?

have you turned on ST3C compression ?

there is no way to turn off these mods without modding HSFX itself...

cheers

thanks for your answer, yes S3TC is on, I think the clouds are hiting fps a lot.. ! When i pull them off, i gain 25 fps, but online we cant do it.. !

7600GT, AMD4000+, 2 Go RAM

So people like me, with a light computer, cant use this modpack ? It becomes hard for us !

With AAA modpack or ultrapack, or C6 pack, it works fine when i disable all graphical mod.. about 50 fps.. now im about 25-30 fps....

I really dont understand why all these mods are inside and are not switchable ... !

When the moders and modpackers will give us an universal modpack ? For all of us,.. At least people just want to play together, not alone...! Leave well alone ?

Please, give us a version without secondary mods off.. !

I created & tested this on a single core AMD 3700. I have a ATIX1900... (so a slightly better Graphics card but a weaker processor).

Its an old PC and I get 30- Refresh rate FPS constantly which is very acceptable for me online in some very large missions. This is a very Old computer as is yours.
(so I created it on hardware that is 5+ years old...and it works fine for me and all of the beta testers, many of whom have much weaker PC's. )

You could not even consider running Rise of Flight or newer sims on your PC.

We made this for ourselves and the groups that we play with. That its become public was never really an intention.

When the moders and modpackers will give us an universal modpack ? For all of us


We all do this in our freetime for nothing. Nobody is forcing anybody to use anything....


This may help with the clouds :-

http://specialaircraftservice.com/main/index.php/topic,1679.0.html