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ETO Expansion Download Links, Comments, Questions"

The swap file was already set to twice my physical memory (2046-4092). I did obviously not read enough to know that I should do the spawn selector first, but that seemed to have done the trick!! Thanks a bunch for clearing that up!!

I have a new one though. I seem to not be able to change my armament for my mission. Even when I select a ground attack mission the only option I have is a "clean" setup. I will read and mess around some more, but in the meantime wanted to ask you this question as you may have heard the issue before.
 
Donkey said:
I have a new one though. I seem to not be able to change my armament for my mission. Even when I select a ground attack mission the only option I have is a "clean" setup. I will read and mess around some more, but in the meantime wanted to ask you this question as you may have heard the issue before.
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Hi Donkey,

are you playing a proper mission or selecting ground attack from the Quick Combat menu?

if selecting from the QC menu the plane you have selected may not have any extra ordanance available.

some planes like the spitfire Mk1 only have guns. the fact your seeing only clean as an option suggests to me your using a plane that only has guns.

what plane are you using during the mission?

regards Rob.
 
Thanks for your prompt response! I do believe it is the Mk1 I am using. I will edit this post after I made sure.

**EDIT**
Indeed, it is the Hurricane Mk1. Had no idea it only carried guns. I will just make sure to select the appropriate missions for that.
Thank you all for helping me out!!

CFS3/ETO noob salutes you!!


Capt. Winters said:
Hi Donkey,

are you playing a proper mission or selecting ground attack from the Quick Combat menu?

if selecting from the QC menu the plane you have selected may not have any extra ordanance available.

some planes like the spitfire Mk1 only have guns. the fact your seeing only clean as an option suggests to me your using a plane that only has guns.

what plane are you using during the mission?

regards Rob.
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rbp71854 said:
Do you have your UAC turned off? Try that, but before you go back onto the internet turn the UAC back on.
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I reinstalled everything last evening while I was watching a movie. It all works fine and looks really great!

I think the problem was I didn't let the install program actually install everything. Being a typical American, I jumped on things when I THOUGHT it was finished instead of being sure. After this last install I knew it would work because all of the links were on the desktop...which hadn't happened before. Patience isn't one of my best qualities.

Thanks for all the input and all the worj you guys did to get ETO out there! It's awesome!

Jack
 
call me a stupid or what

i have download the ETO exspansion
but must i start with a clean cfs3
and well it work with the ubisoft exclusive CFS3?
 
Can I add new planes to ETO? I want to replace the FW-190 and P-51 with something better.
 
bad rooster said:
call me a stupid or what

i have download the ETO exspansion
but must i start with a clean cfs3
and well it work with the ubisoft exclusive CFS3?
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:kilroy:Bad Rooster, yes, you do. A clean, unmodded, vanilla install (with CFS3 Updates 3.1 and 3.1a) of CFS3 is highly recommended and necessary for successful installation of CFS3 ETO Expansion 1.0. I can't say about the Ubisoft CFS3. Isn't the Ubisoft version already updated to 3.1? Someone else here may know the answer to that one. If you have any problems or questions, please post here again. Good luck.:d
 
Grumpy123 said:
Can I add new planes to ETO? I want to replace the FW-190 and P-51 with something better.
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:kilroy:Grumpy123, you sure can! Just make sure you get and install anything and everything noted by the author(s) of the add-on aircraft that is required for the operation of that add-on aircraft.

I would recommend that you not remove the stock CFS3 ETO aircraft from your install, especially if you intend to play online. Be sure to post here if you have any other questions or problems. Good luck and have fun.:d
 
I'm having crashes with the new ETO expansion. I choose the spawns for the Attack on the West campaign Axis side, then choose the same in the era selector (1939-1940). I choose the Attack in the West in the campaign mode.

Shortly after takeoff the game crashes to the Vista desktop. There is no error message. I do not have the same problems if I choose a different campaign (i.e. the 1943 campaign).

Is there any help for me? Do you need some more details to diagnose the problem?

Something interesting I have also noticed is that when I select the spawn type there is a long string of Access Denied after I choose. I tried the same thing but running it as the administrator. As the administrator I didn't recieve that message. I'm totally new to Vista so am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.
 
Grumpy123 said:
I'm having crashes with the new ETO expansion. I choose the spawns for the Attack on the West campaign Axis side, then choose the same in the era selector (1939-1940). I choose the Attack in the West in the campaign mode.

Shortly after takeoff the game crashes to the Vista desktop. There is no error message. I do not have the same problems if I choose a different campaign (i.e. the 1943 campaign).

Is there any help for me? Do you need some more details to diagnose the problem?

Something interesting I have also noticed is that when I select the spawn type there is a long string of Access Denied after I choose. I tried the same thing but running it as the administrator. As the administrator I didn't recieve that message. I'm totally new to Vista so am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.
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I reinstalled ETO and these problems went away.
 
ETO Spawn Selector

I can't get it to run properly. I select a spawn era and (if I am reading it right because it's going so fast) it states that the system cannot find the file,.."I think"

Anyway, all ERA's run fine/change out preoperly but the spawn selector doesn't. Does any one have any idea?

Is this what it's supposed to look like?

ECHO 2. RANDOM SPAWN DISABLE
ECHO.
ECHO 3. ALLIED SIDE ETO CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 4. AXIS SIDE ETO CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 5. ALLIED SIDE ATTACK IN THE WEST CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 6. AXIS SIDE ATTACK IN THE WEST CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 7. ALLIED SIDE PHONEY WAR CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 8. AXIS SIDE PHONEY WAR CAMPAIGN
SET CHOICE=
ECHO.
SET /p choice=PLEASE SELECT THE SPAWNS DESIRED BY TYPING THE NUMBER AND THEN ENTER
ECHO.
ECHO.
IF NOT '%choice%'=='' SET CHOICE=%choice:~0,1%
IF '%choice%'=='1' GOTO SPAWNS
IF '%choice%'=='2' GOTO NOSPAWNS
IF '%choice%'=='3' GOTO ALETO
IF '%choice%'=='4' GOTO AXETO
IF '%choice%'=='5' GOTO ALWEST
IF '%choice%'=='6' GOTO AXWEST
IF '%choice%'=='7' GOTO ALPW
IF '%choice%'=='8' GOTO AXPW
ECHO.
ECHO "%choice%" IS NOT VALID CHOICE PLEASE TRY AGAIN
ECHO.
:SPAWNS
CALL "01 Legacy Mode.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:NOSPAWNS
CALL "02 No spawns.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:ALETO
CALL "05 ETO Campaign ALLIED Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:AXETO
CALL "05 ETO Campaign AXIS Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:ALWEST
CALL "04 Attack in the West ALLIED Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:AXWEST
CALL "04 Attack in the West AXIS Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:ALPW
CALL "03 Phoney War ALLIED Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:AXPW
CALL "03 Phoney War AXIS Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:SUCCESS

Please?

Trucker out:
 
It appears that something has happened and you have a corrupted spawn set.

Did you utilize the Backup utility to save your original era files? If you did then you have the complete spawn folder in your ETO Backup files and you can follow the readme directions and re-install the original spawn files.

If you did not backup up the ETO Era files then you have a couple of options.
1.Reinstall the ETO.

2. Extract the eto install files to a dummy folder and then remove your existing spawn folder and copy and paste the spawn folder to your ETO Theater install.

In both cases you will have to run the ETO update(s) to also install any additional spawns included in subsequent add ons to the ETO.

trucker said:
I can't get it to run properly. I select a spawn era and (if I am reading it right because it's going so fast) it states that the system cannot find the file,.."I think"

Anyway, all ERA's run fine/change out preoperly but the spawn selector doesn't. Does any one have any idea?

Is this what it's supposed to look like?

ECHO 2. RANDOM SPAWN DISABLE
ECHO.
ECHO 3. ALLIED SIDE ETO CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 4. AXIS SIDE ETO CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 5. ALLIED SIDE ATTACK IN THE WEST CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 6. AXIS SIDE ATTACK IN THE WEST CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 7. ALLIED SIDE PHONEY WAR CAMPAIGN
ECHO.
ECHO 8. AXIS SIDE PHONEY WAR CAMPAIGN
SET CHOICE=
ECHO.
SET /p choice=PLEASE SELECT THE SPAWNS DESIRED BY TYPING THE NUMBER AND THEN ENTER
ECHO.
ECHO.
IF NOT '%choice%'=='' SET CHOICE=%choice:~0,1%
IF '%choice%'=='1' GOTO SPAWNS
IF '%choice%'=='2' GOTO NOSPAWNS
IF '%choice%'=='3' GOTO ALETO
IF '%choice%'=='4' GOTO AXETO
IF '%choice%'=='5' GOTO ALWEST
IF '%choice%'=='6' GOTO AXWEST
IF '%choice%'=='7' GOTO ALPW
IF '%choice%'=='8' GOTO AXPW
ECHO.
ECHO "%choice%" IS NOT VALID CHOICE PLEASE TRY AGAIN
ECHO.
:SPAWNS
CALL "01 Legacy Mode.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:NOSPAWNS
CALL "02 No spawns.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:ALETO
CALL "05 ETO Campaign ALLIED Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:AXETO
CALL "05 ETO Campaign AXIS Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:ALWEST
CALL "04 Attack in the West ALLIED Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:AXWEST
CALL "04 Attack in the West AXIS Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:ALPW
CALL "03 Phoney War ALLIED Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:AXPW
CALL "03 Phoney War AXIS Side.bat"
GOTO :SUCCESS
:SUCCESS

Please?

Trucker out:
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Stuck in the mud?

In any of the campaigns, one of the two aircraft on the base screen appears to be stuck under ground level, like it's partially buried in the ground. What's hapening here? Can this be fixed?
 
GeorgeRibeiro60 said:
In any of the campaigns, one of the two aircraft on the base screen appears to be stuck under ground level, like it's partially buried in the ground. What's hapening here? Can this be fixed?
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Hi George

This is known as "mole" and it is probably due to some problems with the contact points of on the .xpd file of a particular model . There is a thread somewhere for fixing some of them but not all.

Cheers

Nonato
 
Nonato said:
Hi George

This is known as "mole" and it is probably due to some problems with the contact points of on the .xpd file of a particular model . There is a thread somewhere for fixing some of them but not all.

Cheers

Nonato
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Thanks. I figured this must have been discussed here before. I'm a "noobie" to this forum and there's so many thousands of posts. I found a fix when searching "mole" but the links all give expired url's.
 
What "Spawn" what "Start" modes?

I'm having a bit of trouble selecting "Spawn Selector" and "ETO Start" modes for the several campaigns that are available.

I've figured out for the "Battle in the West 1940" campaign to press:
Spawn selection number = 5 or 6
ETO start selection number = 1

Also the "Phoney War" is self explanatory. Having trouble with the others, so can anyone fill in the blanks for me?

Campaign "1943"
Spawn selector # = ___
ETO Start number = ___

Campaign "1944"
Spawn selector # = ___
ETO Start number = ___

Campaign "1945"
Spawn selector # = ___
ETO Start number = ___

Campaign "La forteresse europa"
Spawn selector # = ___
ETO Start number = ___

Campaign "NEK Redux ETO Edition"
Spawn selector # = ___
ETO Start number = ___

I would like to thank all who made this fine upgrade possible and anyone else here that's so gracious to answer
these "noobie" questions. I'm now in the process of re-learning how to fly at less than 100% power all the time, to
prevent engine damage. It seems that in the original CFS3 you could fly and fight all day long at 100% without
penalty.
 
ETO 1.2 not working

HI,

I installed MAW 1 1/2 months ago after installing a fresh copy of CFS3.1a and MAW has been working fine.
About a month ago i added a 3g aircraft to CFS3.1a to test it, that worked ok and still does as well as MAW.
Yesterday I installed ETO 1.2 by installing 1.0 first. I placed it on the same directory as MAW and CFS3.1a, I also changed the path in master eto st.bat and etoglswopper.bat to suite the new ETO install. I also typed in the dir. for ETO multiCFS3 in my documents.
After install was finished I zapped the BGL zapper.
I them started ETO 1.0 until it was running in era 1.
I then installed ETO 1.2 update in the same way.

The problem is when i start ETO 1.2 it runs ok then when i try to do a free flight to test it, it loads and the the screen goes black and terminates and goes back to my desktop.

So what have I done wrong, should i of installed CFS3.1a again from fresh?
I also am using "no cd" in CFS3.1a, oh and before installing ETO i removed the 3g aircraft from CFS3.1a

I hope someone can help and sorry if it is something stupidly simple that i haven't done right.
 
WOOOFFF Vista ????

Ok I have Vista and got CFS3 working by changing .exe name

But ETO won't work, which file or files should I rename to work with the above.
 
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