Depede Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 Hi, oh wizards in the tech corner I'm no novice in either Lock-on or WinXP - but I need some help, that the search-function wont give and my feeble brain wont give. Since the patch - which is nice and working like a charm - I can't change any settings except my grapichs-setting. For example new default settings is something like this: Missile-effectiveness-slider is all to the left - no external views on, no labels, no mapview - no nothing. When I change the setting to my preference, I press "save" to custom (not ace) (global setting is on) and then press OK in the bottom. I do a test flight and... no labels, no external views. I look in Options and... All is back to (un)normal. I think: "AHA. I guess the settingfiles are writeprotected, simple enough" - shut down LOON - and correct - the write protection box is ticked on the LOON folder. I un-tick - press apply and refresh... and STILL ticked. Actually the whole C-drive is unchangeable writeprotected. As I write, I begin to think this is prbly an XP-error ;-) - but the only install I've done in three days is the 1.11. Which to me still seems unlogical that the 1.11 can change something strictly XP? Have any of you experienced the same probl? And is there a workaround to unprotect the c-drive (am googling it right now) Thx in advance. Depede
Depede Posted October 26, 2005 Author Posted October 26, 2005 Aaarghh Still no go. I've unwrite-protected the LOON folder. And everything seemed dandy on the folder-level. But LOON still doesn't let me change anything. So problem persists :-(
bflagg Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 For example new default settings is something like this: Missile-effectiveness-slider is all to the left - no external views on, no labels, no mapview - no nothing. [/Quote] That's wierd.. using the CD to install, everything is turned and slider is 50% When I change the setting to my preference, I press "save" to custom (not ace) (global setting is on) and then press OK in the bottom. I do a test flight and... no labels, no external views. I look in Options and... All is back to (un)normal. [/Quote] If I understand you right you doing it correctly.. -enable/disable what you will- click save at the bottom before clicking to next options... (you probably did this too) I think: "AHA. I guess the settingfiles are writeprotected, simple enough" - shut down LOON - and correct - the write protection box is ticked on the LOON folder. I un-tick - press apply and refresh... and STILL ticked. Actually the whole C-drive is unchangeable writeprotected. [/Quote] This is normal behavior for XP. Just enter the lockon folder, select all, untick the read only attribue And is there a workaround to unprotect the c-drive (am googling it right now) Thx in advance. [/Quote] You have admin rights to your machine? (i'm guessing so....) Thanks, Brett
Gazehound Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 Are you flying classified missions? VVS504 Red Hammers
Depede Posted October 26, 2005 Author Posted October 26, 2005 Still "no-go" Hi Bflagg and Gazehound I do have admin-rights ;-) And the setting problem is unrelated to missions - problem is the same on startup. Between my first and second post I went to the Lock-On folder and marked all files and folders and un-write-protected the lot. Everything should be fine. But I still can't change any settings. Can anyone point me to a specific .cfg og lua-file in where the settings are located, so I can change them manually.
504 Wolverine Posted October 26, 2005 Posted October 26, 2005 1, Does this happen when you are flying the campaigns that came with lock-on? 2, Have you ever declassified these campaigns before? [/url]
Depede Posted October 27, 2005 Author Posted October 27, 2005 Hi Wolverine 1. Yes - the locked settings is "Global" in standard campaigns, dl'ed campaigns, single missions, my own missions homebuild missions and between missions ;) 2. Yes - "eagle" etc. But fact is: I can't change any settings under "Options"; ANY except graphics-settings since I patched to 1.11. I have no external views, no g-effects etc. When I change these options, and start a mission/campaign - nothing has changed. I go back to options re-do my changes - with no result - in the next mission/camp - again nothing has changed. This can't be right? Am I the only one with this problem? I have no technical issues whatsoever with my comp: AMD 64-3000, 1 GB Kingston PCI3200 RAM (I think), ATI-9800XT, 2*120GB IDE Seagate, XP Pro SP2 - pretty ok, and LO runs fine with the basic ModMan tweaks - better water FPS, Tekas seat fix - better lights - Tekas moon-mod and thats it - Note that these were installed and worked fine before I installed the 1.11.
Han Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 2 Depede: There is a bug that you can't change the dificulty options after repaying the track. Try to tune options right after LockOn started and check it works on any default (but not quick start) missions. With Best Regards! Daniel Tuseyev Il-2: Battle of Stalingrad and Rise Of Flight projects manager
JaBoG32_Viper Posted October 27, 2005 Posted October 27, 2005 Tried with a fresh install? Maybe that one of the mods geting u in this trouble? Try a fresh install, look if everything works, than install mod after mod with an eye to the settings after every installed mod. I think that not all of the mods are really tested under 1.11.
Depede Posted October 27, 2005 Author Posted October 27, 2005 Thanks Han and JaBoG32_Viper @ Han: I didn't know that bug. But I haven't tried to play any track in weeks :( I tried yesterday to go direct to "Options" and change settings before anything, but no luck - thanks for the advice, though. Nice to hear from you :) @JaBoG32_Viper: Yeah, that reinstall-thought did lurk somewhere in my mind. Damn, it is a hassle with all the lua-editing i have done. But OK, if that is the way to go. I will try the reinstall (shudder) and sloooow mod-installing on a vanilla 1.11.
Depede Posted October 27, 2005 Author Posted October 27, 2005 Problem Solved! I did the reinstall, JaBoG32_Viper. It took more than 3 hours - backing up old lua-files, keyboard-files, uninstalling ModMan and reinstalling everything from the old Lockon-disk (did the uninstall - and THEN tried to find the old disc - biiiig mistake. Took ½ hour of frantic activity before I found it) After the install of 1.1 - test - no problem. Install of 1.11 - test - no problem. Install of old lua-files - one at a time - no problem Install of ModMan - test - no problem Install of my six mods - one at a time - tested options and framerates on A-10 quick mission and custom graphic test mission - two times did Lock-On CTD. Both times when trying to load the graphictest miss w/ normal unmodded overcast (???) After everything done (and one pissed off pregnant GF in living room), I think I can conclude that I only have a small clue why, but problem solved. In the recommendations of ModMan it clearly states that it is best to install MM on a vanilla installation - I didn't do that - and I reckon that is my mistake. But all the testing helped me to squeeze an extra 15-20 FPS when flying over Sevastopol - before I had 9-10 and now from 25-30 just by lowering the Visible Range from High to Medium (together with the mods of course) :) Thanks to all of you - and now it is time to bring GF a cup of tea and some comfort ;)
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