Problems installing LOMAC 1.1

[Victorious1]

I have made 4 unsuccessful attempts at installing LOMAC 1.1 On the very first attempt everything seemed fine it read 1.1 up next to the logo and it displayed seven planes on the right hand side but when I shut down and reopened it only showed six planes and it displayed version 1.02 in one of the gauges in the lower right but inside the game it showed Flaming Cliffs logo on the promo/wait pages. The planes and the bullets and missile graphics were very terribly poor also. I made a clean install on each attempt, I have a strong computer and I redid the download just in case but nothing helped. I did read the installation sticky but nothing there is related to my problem. Can anyone help or offer advice?

[S77th-konkussion]

FC is made to install into an existing LOMAC installation- it's not a complete sim itself.

 

Install- 1. your original LOMAC >> FC >> 1.12 patch

 

IIRC- each update will place another icon on your desktop- get rid of the older ones.

 

Does the problem occur with the FC install itself or the 1.12 patch install?

 

In what form did you pick up FC? (a cd or a download?)

 

PICK YOUR 1.12 PATCH CAREFULLY!! There are 3 versions of it for the various media (cd, Euro-cd, download) Installing the wrong one will cause all kinds of havoc.

[Victorious1]

Here's how I did the installation: uninstalled LOMAC 1.02 from my computer then installed a fresh copy of 1.02 from CD and removed the desktop icon, then I downloaded and installed and activated FC 1.1 and then downloaded and installed 1.12b for Web version.

 

I just uninstaled everything again this morning and tried just installing a fresh copy of LOMAC 1.02 then I installed the downloaded FC 1.1 over it and I still get the same results. It's a mix of 1.02 and 1.1. I get the opening screen of FC then it goes to the old screen of 1.02 and when I try to fly the planes the graphics are terrible but the FC logos are displayed and when I check my program files the file indicates that the program is version 1.1 but the screen say's it's version 1.02 and I don't even have 1.12b loaded yet. What gives? I've tried this 6 times and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

[Ironhand]

Here's how I did the installation: uninstalled LOMAC 1.02 from my computer then installed a fresh copy of 1.02 from CD and removed the desktop icon, then I downloaded and installed and activated FC 1.1 and then downloaded and installed 1.12b for Web version.

 

I just uninstaled everything again this morning and tried just installing a fresh copy of LOMAC 1.02 then I installed the downloaded FC 1.1 over it and I still get the same results. It's a mix of 1.02 and 1.1. I get the opening screen of FC then it goes to the old screen of 1.02 and when I try to fly the planes the graphics are terrible but the FC logos are displayed and when I check my program files the file indicates that the program is version 1.1 but the screen say's it's version 1.02 and I don't even have 1.12b loaded yet. What gives? I've tried this 6 times and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

A couple of things to make sure of:

 

1) When you uninstall, make sure EVERYTHING is deleted from the LockOn directory, including the directory itself. Check the Registry as well to make sure all references to the sim are gone from there as well. Reinstall only after everything is gone.

 

2) Are you using the right 1.1 add-on? Make sure that you have downloaded the add-on for the CD version of the sim.

 

Rich

[Danja]

I had the same problem when installing my copy of FC. I ended up uninstalling everything, deleting the entire LOMAC direcory, and installing LOmac - LOMAC FC - 1.12a into a new directory in a different location. That fixed it for me.

[Victorious1]

Well I just uninstalled everything plus wiped the registry clean and tried again and ended up with the exact same problem so I guess I'll have to clean it all off again and try an install in a different directory. Don't know what'll happen now as I've used up all four of my activations. The game sure seems to be worth the effort but does it have to be this darn hard.:cry:

[Victorious1]

I had the same problem when installing my copy of FC. I ended up uninstalling everything, deleting the entire LOMAC direcory, and installing LOmac - LOMAC FC - 1.12a into a new directory in a different location. That fixed it for me.

 

Thank you very much Danja. Your information was spot on and now I am up and flying with version 1.12b How you ever arrived at your solution to your problem is beyond me but I'm glad you figured it out. Now I have to go learn to fly all the new and complex machinery. Thanks again I was beginning to lose my cool until you came along.:thumbup:

[Victorious1]

There is no doubt about it, FC 1.12 is the most awesome version and it works great. My thanks to all who contributed to getting it working on my computer.:thumbup: