Somewhere Out There...

[sc7500]

I'm looking for an "UnObtanium" program - CfsMe2 Beta.

It's not here, and the Simviation link is dead.

Any kind souls out there with a working ZIP copy care to share ?

Thanks in Advance
SC
:kilroy:

[leroy10]

Hi SC,

You can get it below:

link removed came up with illegal back link warning. sorry had to pull it


Cheers:ernae:
Lindsay

[leroy10]

If you google it comes up with simnetwork.com maybe you need to be a member to download it.

Cheers :ernae:
Lindsay

[EC_ILO]

P.M. me with your address...:salute:

[sc7500]

Thanks to EC's generosity, I received and installed CfsMe2.

However, it refuses to run [I have a Dell 1525 with Win XP SP3].

I've read the instructions until the electrons shredded, installed the necessary peripheral DLLs and VBasic stuff, redirected the INI file, etc, to no avail... is there a trick to making it go ?

Or Do I need to have an installation of CFS2 in C:\Program Files\MicroSoft Games ?

ARGH !

TIA
SC
:kilroy:

[EC_ILO]

Hello SC,

as I told you, I had never tried this addon. Now, on reading your post, I have looked at the files and found this:

1- You need the vbrun300.dll in your system

2- On opening with notepad the cfsme.ini you can find

[CfsMe]
; This is the folder where you store your missions
cfsdir=c:\Fs\Cfs2
missiondir=c:\Fs\Cfs2\Missions
map=c:\cfswork\LoWorld.dat
printfile=c:\cfswork\print.txt
; Example alternatives
;cfsdir=c:\Progra~1\CombatFS

You should change the blue lines to point to your Cfs2 path
You could change the red lines to poin to a path you should be comfortable with: maybe under your Cfs2 install.

Both the cfsme.dll and vbasm.dll I don't know if them should be placed in the MODULES folder of Cfs2, in the System32 folder under the WINDOWS one, or left in the work folder for this addon: I suspect the good one is the last option. Anyway you can try all of them.

Good luck, and let us know

EC_ILO

Just installed it, leaving the dlls in the cfsme folder and creating a folder under a Cfs2 install to put in the LoWorld.dat modifying accordingly the paths and it works (at least, it lets create a new mission...). I had to install the vbrun300.dll in the Sytem32 folder.

[sc7500]

I set up a new CFS2 install as noted below, but no work:

[CfsMe]
; This is the folder where you store your missions
cfsdir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 2\
missiondir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 2\Missions\
map=E:\Program Files\Abacus\CFS2_ME\LoWorld.dat
printfile=E:\Program Files\Abacus\CFS2_ME\print.txt
; Example alternatives
;cfsdir=E:\Program Files\Abacus\CFS2_ME\

Where did you install the LOWORLD.DAT file ?

SC
:kilroy:

[EC_ILO]

I made a folder under J:\Fly\CFS2_Doa\ and named it Workmis. Then moved the LoWorld.dat file to it. The cfsme2.exe, and Cfsme.ini, the help files and the cfsme.dll and vbasm.dll I left in a folder in the desktop, outside CFS2. Then changed the lines in Cfsme.ini to:

[CfsMe]
cfsdir=j:\Fly\Cfs2_Doa
missiondir=j:\Fly\Cfs2_Doa\Missions
map=j:\Fly\Cfs2_Doa\workmis\LoWorld.dat
printfile=j:\Fly\Cfs2_Doa\workmis\print.txt

BTW, J is an external drive where I run all my CFS2 installs.

Hope it helps

EC_ILO