Feeling the need to fiddle..... Top Trump Mods?

[KPnutskgwanchos]

Hi Folks ... Im feeling the need to do a bit of fiddling whilst on lockdown and was wondering about trying some IL2 MODs

 

Im quite interested in trying the clouds mods out for example but what would you all suggest are "must have" mods to try

 

I don't want to spend hour and hours trying to get half finished or unstable mods to work though ... I just want to enjoy all the hard work you guys have done, without the hassle

 

is there an easy to find one stop shop where I can get the latest mods without having to plough thru hundreds of pages of WIP posts ?

[CanadaOne]

The improved clouds mod is really good, so is the Kuban winter textures mod.

[KPnutskgwanchos]

2 minutes ago, CanadaOne said:

The improved clouds mod is really good, so is the Kuban winter textures mod.

Yeah that's what got me thinking  ..... is there an easy please to locate the latest version of MODs ?

[CanadaOne]

Go to the mods section/forum, look for the improved clouds thread, and in the first post the guy who made it gives the updated version.

 

Same with the Kuban map mod I think.

[rowdyb00t]

2 hours ago, KPnutskgwanchos said:

..... is there an easy please to locate the latest version of MODs ?

go to the bottom of the first post for the latest version. 
https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/53511-more-realistic-clouds-updated-4-11-20/

 

[Retrofly]

I can't get mods working, the tick box stays forever unticked.

[THERION]

1 hour ago, Retrofly said:

I can't get mods working, the tick box stays forever unticked.

 

You mean the tick box in your game settings? If you select it and confirm, game needs to be restarted.

So, when you check after restart of the game and realize that settings didn't change, then it is almost

100% probable that the file "startup.cfg" located in the subfolder DATA is write-protected.

 

To resolve this, find the mentioned file, right-click it, the select properties - here you will see that the

file's attribute is set to "read only". Change this attribute and apply. Now you should be fine and you

can set "mods on" in your game.

 

Cheerio

[Retrofly]

22 minutes ago, -=-THERION said:

 

You mean the tick box in your game settings? If you select it and confirm, game needs to be restarted.

So, when you check after restart of the game and realize that settings didn't change, then it is almost

100% probable that the file "startup.cfg" located in the subfolder DATA is write-protected.

 

Hi

Thank you, this fixed so many issues I was having, such as view distances and clouds, I was even missing the "extreme" cloud settings up until now. Thanks again!

[THERION]

50 minutes ago, Retrofly said:

Hi

Thank you, this fixed so many issues I was having, such as view distances and clouds, I was even missing the "extreme" cloud settings up until now. Thanks again!

 

No wonder you've missed so many things - most of your game's settings/configuration is stored in this file. But axis assignments, buttons, key mapping is a different

story - they're all stored in your INPUT folder, so be careful. I always make backup manually of this folder and the file, especially before I update my game.

[Nadelbaum]

2 hours ago, Retrofly said:

Hi

Thank you, this fixed so many issues I was having, such as view distances and clouds, I was even missing the "extreme" cloud settings up until now. Thanks again!

 

Please note that with rowdyb00t's cloud mod you need to use High instead of Extreme setting for the clouds. Details you will find in the thread if you're interested.

 

It's an absolutely fabulous mod!