I have just set up an install for ETO in CFS2 on Win7 machine, E:\CFS2_ETO, I can add 1 GSL, but that's it when I try and add another one it just hangs and won't complete. I tried running it with admin rights. I only have CFS2 BoB and Battle of France, in it at the moment, which appear to have a few GSL options to add.
I tested on a dummy GSL folder on win10, with just a stock cfs2.gsl file, and added 3 x different GSL's with no issue. Could that be a work around load them in windows 10 and transfer the loaded cfs2.gsl file to the GSL folder on win 7.
Can anyone suggest anything, or point me in the direction of some instructions there doesn't appear to be anything on Martin Wrights site
As an aside I tried sitting in the cockpit of the Fairy Battle in the first RAF - Battle of France mission, and noted while the mission loaded there were scenery missing notices coming up, looked like ordnance specs (cant remember specifics) , have i missed some weapon installs or could that be related to the GSL blobs not loaded correctly or at all.
Kernow
Last edited by Paul_Kernow; January 29th, 2023 at 07:50.
Here's an empty cfs2.gsl file. Try adding GSL scenery to this one. The file you're using might have become corrupted. There shouldn't be any issues caused by the operating system.
Looking at install for Battle of France, and Battle of Britain, associated scenery and objects list I have amassed the following list of GSL's, for this early war BoB/BoF Theatre:
Arnhem
Battle of Britain RAF
Battle of France
Battle of France lite
BENL
CFS2 BoB Gary Burns
CFS2 BoB Gary Burns Orig
CFS2 BoB Gary Burns Rami
DamDerwent
DamMoehne
Denmark
Dover
Germany
JHS France North
Ldm Lon 1
Ldm Lon 2
Ldm Lon 3
Oldeburg
Rami Ports Europe
UK Hawkinge
UK Waddington
V1 Noval
So do I just add the relevant GSL for the campaign I am flying, which means keeping a track of what I've added or do I need to add all the relevant scenery GSL's as well.
The no response message still comes up on GSL man, but I can now see the GSL file carries on growing - so its just a matter of time for it to finish.
The empty GSL was very useful as Battle of France GSL is 9,409 kb, is there a size limit on this for CFS2, I've added BoB RAF 204 kb and Gary Burns_Rami GSL 248 kb, the CFS2.GSL file is 9,469Kb, so I assume it doesn't double up on whatever might already be loaded.
The missing scenery is LDW trees so I am hopping there are now on the GSL - so just off to test the loaded file.
Kernow
Updated: Missing scenery seems I must of missed some objects, now sorted and running, nothing to do with GSL, but question about what to load still stands.
Last edited by Paul_Kernow; January 29th, 2023 at 12:58.
I'm not sure about size limit for GSL, (every file/folder in CFS2 seems to eventually have a limit which causes problems), but I found the the BoB GSL was enough to mess up mission builder. - It seems that if there are too many object s in the GSL file, then whenever Mission Builder saves a mission file, it re-numbers all of the assorted objects (aircraft etc) with much higher (ID) numbers than it would normally reserve for these, and the mission has to be hand edited in order to run. Mission builder itself becomes effectively useless for that install. Removing the vast GSL file by either removing some of the files of by replacing with an smaller GSL file does nothing to repair Mission Builder which seems permanently disrupted. Having experience this, I don't really bother with GSL any more and just add the objects I need for each mission. Apart from destroying Mission Builder, the rest of CFS2 seems to function OK, but you need to keep an install as backup with a small/basic GSL file, and assume that any CFS2 install with a massive GSL file is not going to have a fully functioning Mission Builder.
I am personally not a mission building type person, quite happy to fly them, but no desire to make them.
So if I am just flying, and not mission building, does that mean I don't really need to add GSL blobs or worry about mdlname adding.
Yes, because of this problem, I have a separate install for Mission Builder which contains only the aircraft needed for building a particular mission and the empty GSL.
My ETO install's GSL is 19MB while my PTO's one is 15MB. The file size is not a problem as long as you don't use MB.
When using GSLMan to add scenery, the order in which you add the scenery is critical when more than one GSL covers the same geographical area. The later GSL file will overwrite the earlier one. For example, if you install the latest GSL scenery for London done by Rami and me, then add the Gary Burns aerodromes, urban London GSL scenery will be wiped out around Croydon, Kenley, Hornchurch and Gravesend. When Rami and I have made new GSL scenery, we always incorporated the earlier scenery done by Gary or Achim.
Just saw your latest post Paul. Regarding the mdlnames file, it has a size limit of about 37kb. The vast number of objects we have these days won't fit into a file that size, so it means being selective when adding entries.
I think adding as much GSL scenery as possible adds to the realism of a mission.
If there’s overlapping gobs you can export them and run gob check and that will split them as required. There is an object limit per gob. I’m at work so the exact number alludes me but from memory it’s over 6000.
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