NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 26 Posted January 26 So I just bought the P-51 Blue Nose Bastards Campaign , and it will not start . ( says missing module Caucasus ) ??? but campaign says Normandy 44 or 2.0 is required ?? I uninstalled Caucasus map to save space a long time ago and have no intention of reinstalling it as i don't use it , tried the slow DCS repair = No Joy == uninstalled Campaign and reinstalled = No Joy .. Help Please
Flappie Posted January 26 Posted January 26 I checked the mission files: two missions happen over Caucasus (13 and 14), and one happens over the Channel ("Channel bonus"), but this last one is not "listed" in the campaign, which means it won't cause you any trouble in case you don't have the Channel terrain installed. In case you won't or can't install the Caucasus terrain, here's what you need to do: 1. Move these two files away from the campaign folder (.\DCS World\Mods\campaigns\P-51D The Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney): BNBOB - 13.miz BNBOB - 14.miz 2. Now, make two copies of "BNBOB - 01.miz" and rename them using these names: BNBOB - 13.miz BNBOB - 14.miz 1 ---
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 Thank You Flappie : I will give that a try later in the day when i have some time .. ED /DCS should have listed Caucasus was required , if so i would have passed and saved the Aggravation ... I do have the Channel map + Normandy 2.0 + Marianas and Syria .. If your trick works that will be all Good ... but if every time DCS updates it changes everything back ?? I will be wanting a refund ... hopefully they can make some type of fix / patch for this in next update ? but thanks again for the Info .. Much Appreciated ..
Flappie Posted January 26 Posted January 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, NIAGARA MOHAWK said: If your trick works that will be all Good ... but if every time DCS updates it changes everything back ?? I will be wanting a refund ... hopefully they can make some type of fix / patch for this in next update ? but thanks again for the Info .. Much Appreciated .. The trick will work: I tested it. But you are right: these files might get replaced by a future update. Since the Caucasus terrain is free of charge, I'm not sure why you would want a refund, but you are free to try. Why not install the Caucasus terrain? Edited January 26 by Flappie ---
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 Thanks Again Flappie : That did the Trick = (fixed) You taught an old Dog a new Trick .. it was pretty easy , i copied your fix to a note pad in case i need it again .. Don't want to reinstall Caucasus , saving the space in case they " EVER " Release WWII Marianas and other WWII Birds .. then i would also delete Modern Marianas if its not needed to run the WWII version .. DCS is such a GB Hog , gotta trim what is not used , fill up the SSD too much and it will slow down Im told ? , now if they ever remake Caucasus to WWII ? then it will be reinstalled .. this fix was easy enough , Not going to ask for a refund ( for the Campaign BNBOB )...but they should update the buy page stating you need Caucasus map ).. Now I wonder if other Modules have the same mis information ... Not even gonna mention what happened with the release of those other maps with the Crap low level res . Oops I did , didn't I ... Must be more Careful next time . Thank you Flappie = Mr Fix it ... 1
silverdevil Posted January 27 Posted January 27 2 hours ago, NIAGARA MOHAWK said: Don't want to reinstall Caucasus , saving the space in case they " EVER " Release WWII Marianas and other WWII Birds .. then i would also delete Modern Marianas if its not needed to run the WWII version .. DCS is such a GB Hog , gotta trim what is not used , fill up the SSD too much and it will slow down Im told ? , now if they ever remake Caucasus to WWII ? then it will be reinstalled .. if you have another SSD, why not just put the maps on that drive and do symbolic links? 1 AKA_SilverDevil Join AKA Wardogs Email Address My YouTube “The MIGS came up, the MIGS were aggressive, we tangled, they lost.” - Robin Olds - An American fighter pilot. He was a triple ace. The only man to ever record a confirmed kill while in glide mode.
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 On 1/26/2025 at 8:24 PM, silverdevil said: if you have another SSD, why not just put the maps on that drive and do symbolic links? Thanks Silver Devil : I would like to try that if there is an EASY way ? all i have looked up is very long drawn out process with command prompts and such , sounds dangerous for the not so tech savvy ? -- i have win 10 home with 1 "C" drive NVMe 1 tb and a second "D" drive SSD 2 TB . if you might have an easy link you cold share ? === would be appreciated . would just move some terrains there .. Thanks ....
silverdevil Posted January 28 Posted January 28 20 minutes ago, NIAGARA MOHAWK said: Thanks Silver Devil : I would like to try that if there is an EASY way ? all i have looked up is very long drawn out process with command prompts and such , sounds dangerous for the not so tech savvy ? -- i have win 10 home with 1 "C" drive NVMe 1 tb and a second "D" drive SSD 2 TB . if you might have an easy link you cold share ? === would be appreciated . would just move some terrains there .. Thanks .... only way i know how is likely what instructions you have found. sorry. is DCS on C? how much space left? also what is space left on D? you can also move the entire DCS install folder to another drive if there is space. now back to a symbolic link. someone did a doc for it especially for DCS. https://forum.dcs.world/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=232380&key=08ba65db6bc435f2b85d397e67228f47 AKA_SilverDevil Join AKA Wardogs Email Address My YouTube “The MIGS came up, the MIGS were aggressive, we tangled, they lost.” - Robin Olds - An American fighter pilot. He was a triple ace. The only man to ever record a confirmed kill while in glide mode.
MAXsenna Posted January 28 Posted January 28 1 hour ago, NIAGARA MOHAWK said: if you might have an easy link you cold share ? === would be appreciated . Hey! In the link below, you will find those drawn out processes. BUT when you've read through those, to get a better understanding, (you probably already know), of what the process and goal is. Further down the page, there IS a graphical tool. If you have questions, just say so! Cheers! https://www.howtogeek.com/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 copy that : and thanks to both of you .. I will give it a read and try in a few days or so .. C drive is about 1/2 full . and B drive only about 5 or 10% full . don't want to move DCS to the SSD as I believe the NVMe drive is faster then the SSD ? even though the C drive still has a bit over 500 GB free , As Foolish as it sounds !!! I want to keep it free for IF or WHEN or EVER , DCS releases WWII Marianas and some new warbirds or Maps ?? ---I know , I know -- Keep Dreaming and Good Luck with That .. Thanks again
silverdevil Posted January 29 Posted January 29 14 hours ago, NIAGARA MOHAWK said: copy that : and thanks to both of you .. I will give it a read and try in a few days or so .. C drive is about 1/2 full . and B drive only about 5 or 10% full . don't want to move DCS to the SSD as I believe the NVMe drive is faster then the SSD ? even though the C drive still has a bit over 500 GB free , As Foolish as it sounds !!! I want to keep it free for IF or WHEN or EVER , DCS releases WWII Marianas and some new warbirds or Maps ?? ---I know , I know -- Keep Dreaming and Good Luck with That .. Thanks again the other choice is cloning C to a new drive. i just personally went through this. i had a 2 TB nvme that was nearly full. i purchased a new 4 TB nvme, a cloning software, and a drive cradle. i connected the drive and cradle via USB C to the computer. it took about 45 minutes to clone. then replaced the original drive inside the computer with the cloned drive. computer booted without issue. if you have the means, it's another option. AKA_SilverDevil Join AKA Wardogs Email Address My YouTube “The MIGS came up, the MIGS were aggressive, we tangled, they lost.” - Robin Olds - An American fighter pilot. He was a triple ace. The only man to ever record a confirmed kill while in glide mode.
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 3 hours ago, silverdevil said: the other choice is cloning C to a new drive. i just personally went through this. i had a 2 TB nvme that was nearly full. i purchased a new 4 TB nvme, a cloning software, and a drive cradle. i connected the drive and cradle via USB C to the computer. it took about 45 minutes to clone. then replaced the original drive inside the computer with the cloned drive. computer booted without issue. if you have the means, it's another option. Thanks : that sounds like an option worth looking into ..
MAXsenna Posted January 29 Posted January 29 copy that : and thanks to both of you .. I will give it a read and try in a few days or so .. C drive is about 1/2 full . and B drive only about 5 or 10% full . don't want to move DCS to the SSD as I believe the NVMe drive is faster then the SSD ? even though the C drive still has a bit over 500 GB free , As Foolish as it sounds !!! I want to keep it free for IF or WHEN or EVER , DCS releases WWII Marianas and some new warbirds or Maps ?? ---I know , I know -- Keep Dreaming and Good Luck with That .. Thanks again You can choose exactly what you want to move with symlinks, so can move only the Caucasus if you want to. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 4 hours ago, silverdevil said: if you have the means, it's another option. 10 minutes ago, MAXsenna said: You can choose exactly what you want to move Hey guys what do you think of this other option ? I did look into the cloning of the M2 NVMe drive and that seems doable for me .. but now i think there might be a faster and easier option with a portability capability ( If there is No Downside and Would it Work ? ) to hook up Via a USB C port an external 2 TB NVMe drive , and then just transfer or copy / paste the entire DCS folder to the external ? it would then be portable to a future new computer the whole DCS folder complete with all setting / bindings and no need to re download . and it would keep the operator sys on a separate drive .. what do you think ?? or is it just opening a new can of worms ?.
MAXsenna Posted January 29 Posted January 29 18 minutes ago, NIAGARA MOHAWK said: what do you think ?? or is it just opening a new can of worms ?. Depends. An external drive might be slower than your internal SSD. While it's an excellent choice to port to a new system. Beware though, that all the settings/bindings are stored in Saved Games. And even if you transfer all your binding files, each one needs to be renamed to the new GUID, the new system gives your peripherals, in the file name. Now, that's actually very easy to do, and just beep me later when the time comes. Personally, right now, I would use symlinks and move the Caucasus, if you think the external drive is too slow. You will probably only notice it when loading DCS/missions.
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 21 minutes ago, MAXsenna said: Depends. An external drive might be slower than your internal SSD. While it's an excellent choice to port to a new system. Beware though, that all the settings/bindings are stored in Saved Games. And even if you transfer all your binding files, each one needs to be renamed to the new GUID, the new system gives your peripherals, in the file name. Now, that's actually very easy to do, and just beep me later when the time comes. Personally, right now, I would use symlinks and move the Caucasus, if you think the external drive is too slow. You will probably only notice it when loading DCS/missions. Copy That : Thanks ... 1
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 2 hours ago, MAXsenna said: Personally, right now, I would use symlinks and move the Caucasus, Bit confused here , so i just did a Symbolic link with one map as a test from C to D . but C drive still shows same amount of used space , so if it does not free up GB space ? what is the point of doing this , I thought it was to free up disk space ? should i maybe have done the Hard link instead ?
MAXsenna Posted January 29 Posted January 29 (edited) 9 hours ago, NIAGARA MOHAWK said: Bit confused here , so i just did a Symbolic link with one map as a test from C to D . but C drive still shows same amount of used space , so if it does not free up GB space ? what is the point of doing this , I thought it was to free up disk space ? should i maybe have done the Hard link instead ? Did you move tbe the files? Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk Edited January 30 by MAXsenna
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 3 hours ago, MAXsenna said: Did you move tbe files? and just what , pray tell are "tbe" files?? i just used the Link Shell Extension tool and made symbolic links of all my terrain files from the DCS Mod folder in "C" to the "D" drive ....
MAXsenna Posted January 30 Posted January 30 (edited) 4 minutes ago, NIAGARA MOHAWK said: and just what , pray tell are "tbe" files?? i just used the Link Shell Extension tool and made symbolic links of all my terrain files from the DCS Mod folder in "C" to the "D" drive .... Frigging auto correct. Should have been THE files. Great, you have made the links. But you need to move the files manually too. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk Edited January 30 by MAXsenna
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 Just now, MAXsenna said: Frigging auto correct. Should have been THE files. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk Yes .. from the DCS / MODS/TERRAIN folder , all the terrain files but not the folder . I see the terrain files in both C and D drives , and the ones in D have the little symbolic link symbol at the edge of the files.. everything works , but I saved No GB space at all ...
MAXsenna Posted January 30 Posted January 30 Yes .. from the DCS / MODS/TERRAIN folder , all the terrain files but not the folder . I see the terrain files in both C and D drives , and the ones in D have the little symbolic link symbol at the edge of the files.. everything works , but I saved No GB space at all ...Because you kept the files in C. Delete them, and you save the space. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 3 minutes ago, MAXsenna said: Because you kept the files in C. Delete them, and you save the space. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk i tried that and the i lost the terrain ... I just rt clicked and deleted a terrain file from C , and when i started the game could not fly anything related to that map ... I will check back in the morning ..
MAXsenna Posted January 30 Posted January 30 i tried that and the i lost the terrain ... I just rt clicked and deleted a terrain file from C , and when i started the game could not fly anything related to that map ... I will check back in the morning ..Right. This is how I do it. I move the folder to where I want it. Then I create a link form it back to the original place. Then it works.Best of luck! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
NIAGARA MOHAWK Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 so as a test .. you say delete the original terrain file from C , then just copy and paste the symbolic link file from D back to C ... == Or use that tool again to send it back ?? 5 minutes ago, MAXsenna said: Then I create a link form it back to the original place. Then it works. how do you create the link back to C
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