[REPORTED]Cannot see Fw 190 campaign in 1.5.3

[Redglyph]

Hello,

 

I just bought and installed the Fw 190 in 1.5.3.50487.22, and activated it.

 

I don't see the aircraft in the Campaign menu, though I see there are campaign files in the module directory. The training, instant mission and missions are visible, just not the campaign since the Fw 190 is not in the list.

 

I also installed in in 2.0.1 (2.0.1.50747.33). There I can see the Fw 190 in the campaign aircraft list, but it's empty since (I suppose) the campaign is for the Caucasian terrain.

 

The other modules are visible normally in 1.5.3.

 

Did someone else have this problem?

 

Is there a way to work around this and make a specific version of DCS aware it should look for campaign aircraft (or training, for the other L-39 bug)?

 

Any help appreciated :)

Edited February 28, 2016 by Redglyph

[NeilWillis]

It is a strange behaviour indeed. I can see missions within the mods/aircraft/FW-190D9/missions/campaigns folder, so I should see a campaign option in the GUI, but it is missing.

 

It is probably a file structure change that is causing it, but I can't see the solution. You can access the missions singly using the missions browser though.

 

Without knowing how the new file structure works, I don't know how to resolve it.

[Redglyph]

I have found out, after a bit of looking into the files. You're not far from the truth, NeilWillis :)

 

The Campaigns directory was incorrectly in Mods\aircraft\FW-190D9\Missions instead of Mods\aircraft\FW-190D9\Missions\EN, and in the Fw 190D-9 Challenge Campaign.cmp file, I found lines like

 

directory = "C:\\Program Files\\Eagle Dynamics\\DCS World\\mods\\aircrafts\\FW-190D9\\Missions\\en\\Campaigns\\",

Now I'm not sure why they store absolute paths that are bound to be wrong, my guess is that they're either ignored, or made relative at run-time. But seeing the hint here, and given that all the other campaigns are under the EN subdirectory, I have moved it there and now I can see it!

 

So if anyone wants to run the challenge campaign for the Dora in 1.5.3, just move this directory

 

Mods\aircraft\FW-190D9\Missions\Campaigns

 

to

 

Mods\aircraft\FW-190D9\Missions\EN\Campaigns

 

(you have to create the Mods\aircraft\FW-190D9\Missions\EN directory)

Edited February 28, 2016 by Redglyph
wrong directory name

[Racoon]

Thanks for the report. Will be fixed asap.