Cannon's Chanel Map Finally Done!!

[JG26_Badger]

S~ all JG26 Pilots:

Cannons Channel Map is finally done, so now we can have some great air battles over the channel and on the French Coast. Funny Without we were just talking about this and it appears. You are good luck buddy!

Check the AAA site for information www.allaircraftarcade.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19663 Below I have provided a links with very fast download speeds for me it was 2MB/s You must download each part (4 parts total).

www.megaupload.com/?d=980LE9I9

www.megaupload.com/?d=PWYP0OUS

www.megaupload.com/?d=Z2H5R0QX

www.megaupload.com/?d=LRYL4T0P

This was copied from Readme file

Installation


Requirements

Firstly, you must be running 4.09. The map does not work with 4.08 or anything earlier.

Make sure you have the following third-party mods installed (I believe Hangar 2 comes with U.I. 1.1)

LAL_Rone’s Hangar 2

allaircraftarcade.com/forum/downloader.php?file=Skins/Buildings/LAL_HANGAR.rar

LAL_Rone’s Fortification Mod

allaircraftarcade.com/forum/downloader.php?file=/Skins/Buildings/MOD_LAL-Fortification.rar

MadToc TOW Objects

allaircraftarcade.com/forum/downloader.php?file=BranToc_objets_ToW.rar

KevinP Road Plates

www.4shared.com/file/113197852/f82de3ec/ROAD_MOD.html

or

www.mediafire.com/?ljtwmtzw2nm


To do:

1) Extract the contents of all files to one folder.
2) The folder should contain a readme (this one), and 2 folders – one named ‘To Install’ and one named ‘Text to Add’
3) Open ‘To Install’ and double-click on the ‘install.exe’. Follow the instructions in the installer and it should put all the necessary files in your MODS folder.
4) Now open the ‘Text to Add’ folder.
5) The ‘Add To Static.txt’ file contains the entries for new objects, and the information needs to be pasted into your existing static.ini file. Search your MODS folder for …\com\maddox\il2\objects\static.ini
6) The ‘Add to All.txt’ contains the entries for the FMB listing. Copy the entries to ...\MODS\MAPMODS\Maps\all.ini.
7) If you have QMB+ installed, you can install a set of QMB missions for the 1940-41 summer and winter maps. I haven’t made any for the 1942-45 version because I’d rather just release the maps and let you make your own  . The ‘QMBPlus’ folder contains entries for your standard conf.ini file.

If you’ve followed all those steps correctly you should be able to load up the game now and all four maps should appear in FMB and QMB, and you should be able to fly and save missions.

That’s it – all done!

Joe

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www.canons-skins.com




If you have a low-end PC, or you’re getting memory issues (because it’s quite a demanding map), I’ve also included 2 actors.static files that only contain the airfields (no towns or cities). Rename them and overwrite the original actors.static (backup first!) if you want to use them. You can find these in the folder called Airfields_Only.




S~JG26_Badger

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FA_Bong wrote:
After working on this for 2 days, backing up all the pertinent files and keeping a record of what I was doing (thankfully I have a secondary install) I have figured out what the best way to install this map with the fewest headaches. It goes without saying that for this map to be included with any update it would have to self-install (without having to add anything to the static.ini) and for those people who really don't know how to do this manually that would create the least amount of headaches.

1. Start with UI_1.1.1 , this is best for everybody, it's not that hard to have multiple installs of this game for trying out new Mods.
You holdouts who haven't got it need to get on the bus.

2. If you already have 1.1.1 you Do Not need to install the Hanger Mod or the Fortification Mod, this will simplify things a little.

3. You need to have winrar you can get it here and use the trial forever www.rarlab.com/download.htm
or here download.cnet.com/WinRAR-32-bit/3000-2250_4-10007677.html

4. If you have all the above covered put the 4 parts in a folder on your Desktop and left drag a box around all 4 parts and right click,
extract all 4 parts to English_Channel/ (that means hold the left mouse button down and drag the cursor over the 4 files) if it asks if its okay to overwrite say yes

5. Open the folder after you've extracted it and find the read me and get these 2 mods:
MadToc TOW Objects:
allaircraftarcade.com/forum/downloader.php?file=BranToc_objets_ToW.rar
KevinP Road Plates:
www.mediafire.com/?ljtwmtzw2nm
Once you have them you can drop the Road Plates Mod in your Mod folder Located in: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946
You will have to open them with winrar also and you must open them to find the root folder of each before dropping The Road Mod in, inside there will be an add to ini list for each. For the ToW objects you will have to create a Folder called Buildings and a Folder called 3do then you must drop the folder called ToW into Buildings, Buildings into 3do, and then 3do into STD in your Mods folder so that the end result looks like this: C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\MODS\STD\3do\Buildings\ToW
(again this should really be in the installer so that everybody who hasn't done this before isn't not going crazy)

6. I bet you thought you were done, right? Not quite, you still have to locate your static .ini found in
C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946\MODS\STD\com\maddox\il2\objects
make a copy of it and put it in a folder and call it Origstatic, you can zip it up and keep it outside your game like in the Ubisoft folder if you like just in case your game goes wonky on you. Add the text from the add to static to the bottom of the static .ini
at the bottom right above the line that looks like this:

//===========================================================================
// eof
do the same thing with the RoadMod insertini.txt and the BranToc Tow objects static_ini.txt
go look at the last line of text above that that looks like this:
3do/airfield/bbitumenearth/Turn/mono.sim
and remove the extra b that I underlined,

Now Canon's Read Me has some of this already but this is for those of you that have not had the experience or are not sure I thought that this would clarify things and answer most of the questions all at once
I have a 32bit AMD2800+ on a PC Chips MB with 1.5 Gb Ram and an Nvidia GS7600 OC 512Mb agp card
I can get solid 35fps in a Spit or Hurri over London. I haven't had any Paratroop error so I cant speak to that and I have no problems with creating DF's or Coops and saving them in fact I already made a coop with 32 planes with little loss in framerates
I hope this helps someone sorry about the long post Good Luck and Good Hunting

FA_Bong

Now I was going to go Bong's route and after looking at step #4, I have to wonder.. where is "English_Channel" file located...
Any idea?