Yes to all above. Did multi install config. Numbers show correct. Config files are read only. in app data folder. Have 9 installs and all work correctly. Tried modding config by hand and no luck. Do not have my gaming pc anymore. Had to sell it to pay medical bills. Using a HP dv7 laptop. AMD Phenom II N870 cpu and a AMD Radeon HD6370 gpu with 8 gigs ram.Running Win 7 64 bit OS. Run all CFS3 expansions, OFF,and several installs of IL-2 '46 with no problems so i don't know why this is so difficult. Maybe my current pc can't handle this modd ? Thanks for any help...
This upgrade package is installed on top of an existing stock CFS3 install, already upgraded to v 3.1a. Presumably you have run the install once before overwriting the files with the upgrade package? Not sure if that is needed but it might help.
The new configoverrides.xml is installed in the AppData pathway (overwriting the one already there). The readme explains that the file is read only. If that were the only part of the story, it would be difficult to get the install running because CFS3 would say the config is out of date. However, because of Ankors shaders, there is a little entry in the d3d8.ini that says "FakeDriverVersion=1". If I recall correctly, this is the entry which directs CFS3 to overlook the need to run the cfs3config.exe.
If you run the cfs3.exe once after installing the update package, following the readme instructions (which means you will have run multicfs3 to check what the AppData pathway is and the name of the install is unique) then you might still get the message about the configoverrides being out of date. All you need to do is to ignore the message and run cfs3.exe again.
For later versions, Ankor may have set things up differently so there may not need to be that entry in the d3d8.ini, but you can put it in if it isn't there.
Even if the cfs3.exe continues to insist that cfsconfig.exe needs to be run, you can move the read-only version of the configoverrides file into another folder, the run cfsconfig, then copy and paste over parts of the read-only version into the newly-created configoverrides.xml after you have got cfs3 running. Then make the configoverrides file in the AppData pathway "read only", to make sure the changes in the upgrade version "stick".
I've also had a quick browse of the This Could Be Very Interesting thread. Read from post #543, and more relevantly, post #637 onward. Hopefully they will help you get to grips with the issue.
On thinking about it, it is not super important to use the configoverrides.xml that I provided. I place more importance on the uisel.xml. If you read the posts I mention above, you will get to one of Majormagee's configoverrides files,and you can try some of those settings. Although be aware some of his budgets are for a high end computer and may need to be lowered.
Thank you for the advice. Will have a look at mentioned files and do as instructed. Will see if this works. I must be overlooking something for it not to work. Tried starting sim multiple times and keeps coming up config. out of date.Did everything by the book. Tried everything i could think of and followed the advice of others also. Looks like there is hope for me after all! This is the 5th time i've tried to get AnKor's shaders to work and this will hopefully be the last. If this doesn't work will start all over again but it will be the last time i do it ! Heartbreaking ! Thanks for taking the time to help.Will report back and let you know how it turns out. Regards,Scott
Started from scratch again and still showed config out of date no matter how many times i ran the sim. Replaced config files and game tries to start but CTD now. What options do i select and/or deselect in the overides to get it to work ? I know to deselect dual pass render but that is all i know. At a total loss. Would really like to think i'm not the only one to have troubles getting it going. Am i that stupid ? Any help ? Thanks
Hi Scott, it is not clear to me whether you have made sure that configoverrides is made Read-only, and that you than have run cfsconfig.exe. You also need to have a defaultoverrides.xml in your AppData pathway. What happens after you have done these two things? What is the exact message?
One interesting thing I learned/was reminded of/had completely forgotten, when I bought WOTR, was that there are some basic sets of Microsoft files that everyone using CFS3 should have.
The three file sets are C++ Runtimes, DX9Redist (which it sounds like you are trying to install), and VB_Runtimes.
As a mad guess here as I'm blowed if I know why you cant just delete configoverrides.xml and run cfsconfig.exe, perhaps you should try and install all three of these file sets.
The C++ Runtimes installer is called vcredist_x86_2010_SP1.exe, i am sure a quick Google will find it.
The VB_Runtimes installer is called vbrun60sp6.exe.
DX9Redist installer is called directx_Jun2010_redist.exe.
As to install path, How specific does it need to be? I would have assumed C drive would be fine, I don't recall having to be more specific but hopefully someone has done it more recently than I.
If you have any trouble finding these packages, PM me your email address and I will send them to you. I have already zipped them.
It Keeps coming up "The configuration override file is out of date. Please re-run CFS3.CFS3 will now exit." This is what happens after i run the config. exe in the main folder and have your read only files,(including all files you provide), put in the app data folder. (Secondly),The DX 9c exe. asks what folder to direct the files to. That i do not know. Looks as if i have DX9 though. Just don't know if i have version 9C. Shows i have the C++ runtimes programs too but cannot locate the VB runtime program.Downloaded program and installed. Tried running install multiple times with same results,( the config out of date message). When running it without using the read only files it CDT's after the second screen.Still not sure what to set on or off in the config override ,(using the config. exe.). If i can just get it to run by manually entering what i need to get it running then i could reinsert your read only files afterward. At my wits end.
Last edited by sixstrings5859; November 18th, 2018 at 17:38.
Hi Scott, lets just concentrate on getting it to run first, so uncheck "read only" on the configoverrides from the upgrade package. Run cfs3. If it asks you to run cfsconfig, do so. Go through the motions of editing the config and of course, remember after editing the config setup, to use the drop down menu and select exit otherwise the changes won't stick.
my 2c:
the cfs3config.exe (admin mode), once the video card is initialized and "CFS3 has been configured" message appears, needs to save through menu, File - Exit. it saves the settings into the AppData CFS3 path, ConfigOverrides.xml file. it is a text editable file.
instead of to bother with any cfs3config.exe menu item tweaks I would reccomend to solve it directly in the ConfigOverrides.xml file rather.
you also can easy check by the file time/date, if you really are saving the config at the proper path.
I do not have dxgi.dll in the CFS3 folder. Tried to update driver for the Radeon 6370 and pc crashed. Had to do a system repair and restore. Don't think i'll try that again !
If i delete the d3d8.dll and d3d8.ini files the game loads and runs with all the other mods in the package. Can't update the ATI drivers anymore so it seems all is lost. None of my CFS3 installs have the dxgi.dll file.
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