Installation guides for ETO and Rising Sun

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CFS3 has been kept alive (like all MS sims until now) by add-ons developed mainly by enthusiasts. The biggest add-ons for CFS3 are the expansions: Korean Skies, PTO Solomons, Mediterranean Air War (MAW) and now ETO and PTO Rising Sun. The last two are by far the biggest and need some care when installing, so Installation Guides have been written to lead the inexperienced user through the process.

This thread contains links to the written guides and Tailwind's excellent video guides. These condense the findings of many users in previous sticky threads. We hope you find them useful!
 
ETO 1.0 and 1.2 installation guide

A new guide to installing ETO 1.0 and 1.2 is now available in the Warbirds Index, CFS3 Other section. This collaboration between Grizzly50 and myself compiles information from the ETO Expansion Download Links, Comments, Questions sticky and the instructions supplied with ETO and includes many screenshots to guide the user through the process.

I'm not saying the official instructions are faulty - all you need is there - but many of our new visitors are less familiar with file and folder fiddling than some of us. This guide was compiled to help them get up and running more easily with ETO.


The same questions keep cropping up in the sticky thread:-

•I've got lots of add-ons installed to CFS3 - do I have to dump the lot?
•I made a mess of it and reinstalled ETO and it still doesn't work, help!
•Why doesn't ETO work on my Vista system?
•I can't get ETO to run anything but Attack in the West '40!

and I hope this guide will help answer them and lift some of the burden from rbp71854 and Ursa Major himself, Grizzly50, who has worn out several keyboards and his annual PM quota answering cries for help.


Main topics covered are:-

•I want to keep my existing CFS3 (using MultiCFS3)
•Installing ETO
•Editing ETO Batch files
•If it goes wrong
•Deleting a faulty installation
•Updating ETO to version 1.20

Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 are all covered, as are the 64-bit versions. The guide is a single .pdf file - all you need is Acrobat Reader to view.

eto_installation_guide.zip -- http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=13&id=6698

Many thanks to those who contributed to the sticky:-
0-1Driver, Grizzly50, rbp71854, Talon, cristiano103, middle, Tailwind
- and many others.

Should you spot a mistake in this guide - LET ME KNOW PRONTO! Thanks!

The Guide was originally in the Warbirds Archive - CFS3 Other section. It's now in the Warbirds Index file library and the above link is to that copy.
 
Rising Sun installation guide

There is a new, fully illustrated guide to installing the PTO Rising Sun beta expansion for CFS3 in the downloads library, section CFS3 Other.

This reworks the original instructions by rbp71854 and Grizzly50 and adds essential contributions by mrjmaint and Italflyer.

Installation to XP, Vista and Windows 7 are fully covered, both 32-bit and 64-bit, and screenshots from the entire process are included. I hope the community finds this helpful!

If you find any errors, please let me know pronto!

PTO Rising Sun Installation Guide:- http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=13&id=5263
 
Video guides for installing ETO in Windows 7 64 bit

Installing ETO onto Windows 7 64 bit operating system.

Note: Installing ETO 1.0 requires making a small change to security rights on the ETO main game folder. Please review the process and proceed only if you feel this is within your comfort level

ETO v1.0 Windows 64 bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaeCYsrLI2k

ETO upgrade to v1.20 Windows 64 bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jggfk-bytFI

ETO upgrade to v1.40 Windows 64 bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoZzi1YGVao

Cheers
TW

(originally posted by Tailwind)
 
Video guide to ETO multiplayer Windows 7 64 bit fix

Hello
Instructions on how to fix the ETO multi player aircraft miss match error on Windows 7 64 bit operating system

http://youtu.be/XgiEcL_6hmQ

Cheers
TW

(originally posted by Tailwind)
 
Video guide to installing PTO Rising Sun in Windows XP

Hi
This covers a default installation for beta PTO Rising Sun onto Windows XP 32 bit operating system

http://youtu.be/OS7du4f243g

Cheers
TW

(originally posted by Tailwind)
 
Video guide to installing PTO Rising Sun in Windows 7

Hello
Installing PTO Rising Sun onto Windows 7 64 and 32 bit operating system.

Note: Installing PTO-RS requires making a small change to security rights on the PTO-RS main game folder. Please review the process and proceed only if you feel this is within your comfort level

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAA1ROvrP1A

Cheers
TW

(originally posted by Tailwind)
 
you chaps are brilliant, just what was needed! I'm going to have have a look at the instructional videos, great idea.
 
Hi ,
This type of topic will make a nice inclusion in the new magazine I am about to produce for CFS3.
What do you think.
Robert John.
 
For the benefit of those unfamiliar with your CFS2 magazine, perhaps an explanation and link? :salute:
 
Thank you so much for this installation guide! Installed the ETO expansion without any problem! And the planes... Lovely, even for someone like myself coming over from the Dark Side!
 
For some reason I have lost the 7 xxxx_uisel.bat from my AppData>Roaming>Microsoft>Rising Sun_____ file.
How can I get them back without doing a complete reinstall ?
 
ETO install advice for new PC without CFS3 yet.

Hi,
the ETO downloads page says:-
For support for a clean CFS3 please visit the Sim-Outhouse CFS3 forum by clicking here, I click and see the SOH forums page, so I am here and presume this is the thread it refers to, as I see nothing about brand new install.

What do I need to do and in what order please ?

I have downloaded ETO 1.4 cumulative zip.

also 1.0 and 1.2, though in 1.2 it says you also need this, and that takes me nowhere specific, so I am missing whatever that was. Prior to that I ended up at the same general page when selecting the 1.02 link it said to also get when on the 1.0 page.

All a bit confusing..5 downloads and two dead links and a cumulative one.

maybe I just install CFS3 then install the cumulative ETO1.4 one, but it says to come here to find out.

I have a new powerful windows 7 64bit pro PC with latest Nvidia geforce GTX 970 4Gb vid card.

What else do I need ? I wish to run the Bomber Command 1940 missions and have never run CFS2 or 3 before, or even 1 come to that !

Please Help

BOBC
 
BOBC said:
Hi,
the ETO downloads page says:-
For support for a clean CFS3 please visit the Sim-Outhouse CFS3 forum by clicking here, I click and see the SOH forums page, so I am here and presume this is the thread it refers to, as I see nothing about brand new install.

What do I need to do and in what order please ?

I have downloaded ETO 1.4 cumulative zip.

also 1.0 and 1.2, though in 1.2 it says you also need this, and that takes me nowhere specific, so I am missing whatever that was. Prior to that I ended up at the same general page when selecting the 1.02 link it said to also get when on the 1.0 page.

All a bit confusing..5 downloads and two dead links and a cumulative one.

maybe I just install CFS3 then install the cumulative ETO1.4 one, but it says to come here to find out.

I have a new powerful windows 7 64bit pro PC with latest Nvidia geforce GTX 970 4Gb vid card.

What else do I need ? I wish to run the Bomber Command 1940 missions and have never run CFS2 or 3 before, or even 1 come to that !

Please Help

BOBC
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BOBC,

Take a step back, and then a deep breath. It's not as complex as it may seem.

A clean CFS3 install is what we call a vanilla install. It has the 3.1 and 3.1a Updates and Mission Builder in it ONLY. Nothing else.

:D

1. Install CFS3. Then the two updates, 3.1 and 3.1a, and the Mission Builder (optional). This is a vanilla install.

All CFS3 Updates and the Mission Builder are available here at SOH: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=13

ETO is available only at www.aussiex.org. You'll have to register, then locate it all in the Third party downloads section.

2. Install ETO 1.0.

3. Install ETO 1.20.

4. Install ETO 1.40.

5. Install ETO 1.40 Hotfix.

Use the official Installation Guide *.PDF file for installation.

Hope this helps.
 
Hi,
Thanks for the prompt reply, some questions arise...

that 1.02 ETO 'you also need this' link that led me to a dead end, can I ignore that,difficult to do when twice I was led to that same page.

I didnt have to register when I downloaded the ETO files, will they be ok ?

All CFS3 Updates and the Mission Builder are available here at SOH: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...s.php?catid=13
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The page you linked to for CFS3 updates, has 16 add-ons, do I do all of those ? I dont see anyone in particular marked as a must have.

I see there is a pdf in the unzipped 1.4 cumulative ETO pack. quite lengthy .

Its still a question of installing one at a time the ETOs. No one install does all then. Is the cumulative pack just a one download gets all move ?

BOBC
 
BOBC said:
Hi,
Thanks for the prompt reply, some questions arise...

that 1.02 ETO 'you also need this' link that led me to a dead end, can I ignore that,difficult to do when twice I was led to that same page.

I didnt have to register when I downloaded the ETO files, will they be ok ?



The page you linked to for CFS3 updates, has 16 add-ons, do I do all of those ? I dont see anyone in particular marked as a must have.

I see there is a pdf in the unzipped 1.4 cumulative ETO pack. quite lengthy .

Its still a question of installing one at a time the ETOs. No one install does all then. Is the cumulative pack just a one download gets all move ?

BOBC
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BOBC,

Yes, ignore ETO 1.02. It no longer exists. It was incorporated into ETO 1.20.

That PDF is lengthy, and quite correct.

Again, 1.0, 1.20, 1.40, 1.40 Hotfix. In that order. And be very sure to read all installation instructions and follow them EXACTLY. We call one instance of CFS3 or a CFS3-based sim an install. You will only have one install for a complete ETO install. One installation does not do all. You will need all part listed above for one install.
 
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