Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

junk2drive,
Thanks for helping me out of my "brain" cramp...LOL:D

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

Great, thank you.

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

I have a question regarding maps which I have made. Will the new maps over write the maps which I have made? Or will the new maps be added after the maps which I created? Thanks

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

NLAW works like it does now, thanks!

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

Any of your existing maps that use the same slot number as a new ones will be overwitten. 306 is the last number of the new maps. Anything you have numbered higher than that is safe. Anything lower than 306 will be overwritten

Don

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

Don thanks for that good information. I didn't want to loose those maps I made, and I also want to have the maps that you guys made. Thanks again

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

A safe place for personal maps would be 600+

Don

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

Maybe a bit late, but thank you very much to everyone involved for this new upgrade patch.

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I don't know about the others but since I spend most my time designing I create another folder in each of the scenarios, campaigns and maps folder, then copy all the originals there. I keep a custom folder in those folders as well and regularly any custom maps to that folder to avoid any accidental overwriting.

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

Quick question. The new scenarios (200+) overwrote some edited scenarios I had in those slots, but didn't change the names. Anyone know a quick way to to overwrite my titles with the proper new ones?
Thanks
Will

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Remember not to move the firer > 1-2 hexes or it won't do anything much over a LAW. An inertial LAW needs the firer to stop and track the target.

Andy

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Don & Andy,
STOP IT! I'm trying to "kick the habbit" and you won't let me!!!:eek:
Many thanks guys to you and all the people who contribute in keeping the game alive and well!:up::up::up:

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

It's all part of "a plan so cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel"

Edmund Blackadder

:D

Don

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

I must say thanks for the improvements in the iraqi OOB. With this patch it has become usable.

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

Thank YOU for providing the information Marcello.

Don

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

Need help here! The new scenarios won't overwrite my edited scenarios in slots 200-219. Apparently I can't manually delete them, either. DOes anyone have an idea as to what folders I should be looking in besides the scenario folder?

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

What operating system are you using ???

Do you have your old scenarios set up as read only ?

Don

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

I am using windows vista home, with whatever patches have been pushed out. I have never set attributes as read only, and I have deleted the files numbered 200-218 out of the scenario folder. When I pull up the scenario list, my names are still in the slots for the edited scenarios, the description is there for the new ones, but the scenario loads as my edited scenarios. It reads as 4.5 CD, but I am missing something.

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It looks like we need a thread on " dumbassed things VISTA can do to your files" but I don't use vista and can only go by what others have said about it. Read through the VISTA thread, I seem to recal somone mentioning Vista can save your files in places you don't always want it to so it sounds like it's decided to put the scenario files someplace other than where we want them to be. Do a seach for ( as an example--- ) spscn212.cmt and spscn212.dat see if it will tell you where it put the damn things

Also. Is " Vista Home" the 32 or 64 bit version ??

When you "deleted the files numbered 200-218 out of the scenario folder" did you delete the CMT and DAT files for each one ?? YOu say the text is for the new ones so the TXT files are OK

Don

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I appreciate your time, and look forward to sharing my fix, if it is easier than uninstall/reinstall.
Thanks
Will

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Also, it is the 32 bit version.

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Interesting, this is in the spscn201 properties:
Created: Monday, March 09, 2009, 8:25:43 PM
Modified: Saturday, July 05, 2008, 4:41:00 PM
Accessed: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:09:26 PM

Are my edits overwriting the new scenarios from somewhere in the editor?

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

It would have helped to know which spscn201 file you were refering to.... DAT, CMT or TXT but no matter for now but the master game's CMT is

Created: Monday, March 09, 2009, 8:25:43 PM
Modified: Sunday, June 29, 2008, 8:37:18 AM

and DAT is

Created:Monday, March 09, 2009, 8:25:43 PM
Modified: Sunday, June 29, 2008, 8:37:18 AM


I'm hoping someone else with Vista experience will jump in here becasue I'm betting this isn't going to be an isolated incident and others with VISTA are going to have trouble. It almost looks like it's reading files from somewhere else so one thing you might try is searching for that file and see if it's anywhere else.

In your case you know you had personal scenarios and knew right off there were problems. Right now becasue Vista seems to have a mind of it's own on this issue we REALLY do not know if the corrected scenarios were installed correctly either and I don't have any specific examples for any of those scenarios for you to check so here's what I suggest

Re-run the patch but install it in a TEMP folder. Name it winspmbtv5 temp of something like that. When it's done putting all the files there check the scenarios folder it created. It should report there are 213 objects. Copy every file in that folder to your actual game Scenarios folder.

That should solve your problem but doesn't answer the question WHY this happened. Hopefully we'll find out soon

Don

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

I would gladly help, but I have no problem with my Vista 64 installation (this or any other game).

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

I have to say, the change with the airborne troops/crews was a stroke of genius.

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

Never too late, so thanks for the update! Great work (again)!

And thanks for the 8383-4697=3686 new icon slots! Now we're talking!

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Just downloaded the new 4.5 patch and was really pleased to see the new scenarios by Ulf Lundstrom.His scenarios have been my favorite ones and I am really looking forward to playing these new ones.Don & Andy,you all have done a fine job on this and SPWW2.I love these games.Thank You very much.It is the best money I've spent on any game:up:

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Thank you.

Don

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

I like the unexploded cluster rounds showing up as mines. It means you can't blithely zip across areas where the enemy wasted their cluster any more.

troopie

Re: WinSPMBT version 4.5 Upgrade patch
 

Thanks especially for the new icon space!

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Don,
I found where Vista was hiding my edited scenarios, plus the auto save 999 files from the editor. There is a very elusive hidden file called:
C:\Users\Will\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Shrapnel Games\The CamoWorkshop\WinSPMBT\Scenarios,
me being Will. Once I removed all the spscn200.cmt/ spscn200.dat and above files, my game read the new scenarios as it should.
Thanks
Will