Installation guides for ETO and Rising Sun

[undood]

You don't put anything in the bat; just change the target file. For example

ahh I see! sorry, I misunderstood. well the issue is that the file remover .bat doesn't actually reference any .exe.. the file removers for all the other updates were .exe themselves and the closest to a solution I found was 1) for windows 7, not 10 and 2) assumed that the compatibility was being set for starting a .exe. I've set everything I can to the correct compatibility setting.

I just know that it's either something trivial or would requiring reformatting the hard drive
isn't there some way to set commands in address lines in shortcuts?? gah I've been thirsting to get this to work for so long, it's so tantalizingly close
when I try to run CFS3 ETO Expansion Update Rev 1.50 File Remover.bat without admin authority it seems to find the things it's supposed to remove and it scrolls by really fast saying "Access denied" after every line. if I run it with admin authority it just says "access denied" a few times and then it says it can't find CFS3 ETO Expansion ORIFs Re-Install Cumulative Rev 1.40.exe in C:\Windows\System32 which seems like the wrong place for it to look, since it's in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\CFS3 ETO Expansion and then it shuts down. the things that flash past in the non-admin start are definitely still there. I just want to play with my cool toys D''''''''''':

 

[mongoose]

ahh I see! sorry, I misunderstood. well the issue is that the file remover .bat doesn't actually reference any .exe.. the file removers for all the other updates were .exe themselves and the closest to a solution I found was 1) for windows 7, not 10 and 2) assumed that the compatibility was being set for starting a .exe. I've set everything I can to the correct compatibility setting.

I just know that it's either something trivial or would requiring reformatting the hard drive
isn't there some way to set commands in address lines in shortcuts?? gah I've been thirsting to get this to work for so long, it's so tantalizingly close
when I try to run CFS3 ETO Expansion Update Rev 1.50 File Remover.bat without admin authority it seems to find the things it's supposed to remove and it scrolls by really fast saying "Access denied" after every line. if I run it with admin authority it just says "access denied" a few times and then it says it can't find CFS3 ETO Expansion ORIFs Re-Install Cumulative Rev 1.40.exe in C:\Windows\System32 which seems like the wrong place for it to look, since it's in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\CFS3 ETO Expansion and then it shuts down. the things that flash past in the non-admin start are definitely still there. I just want to play with my cool toys D''''''''''':

Useful to copy the bat text file here so all can see what's the issue.

 

[undood]

Useful to copy the bat text file here so all can see what's the issue.

.zip as downloaded from sixstring's links including .bat and instructions for use

CFS3 ETO Expansion Update Rev 1.50 File Remover.txt:

Go into the new CFS3 ETO Expansion Update Rev 1.50 File Remover folder and copy the CFS3 ETO Expansion Update Rev 1.50 File Remover.bat directly into your CFS3 ETO Expansion main game folder.


If using Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1, you will then need to right-click on the CFS3 ETO Expansion Update Rev 1.50 File Remover.bat and set Compatibility under Properties to XP (Service Pack 3).


Now right-click on the CFS3 ETO Expansion Update Rev 1.50 File Remover.bat and select Run as administrator.

contents of the .bat:

@ECHO OFF
CLS
REM REMOVE ETO OBSOLETE FILES FROM INSTALL 30-12-2014
ECHO.
ECHO THIS PROGRAM WILL REMOVE OBSOLETE FILES FROM ETO EXPANSION rev 1.40 INSTALL's in prepration for 1.50 installation.
ECHO.

rem ETO Expansion rev 1.40 files to be removed

DEL /s /f /q "aircraft\DR_Engine_Sounds\BR_Engine_Napier_Sabre_24_cylinder_open_pit\Sound\sound\*.*"
RMDIR "aircraft\DR_Engine_Sounds\BR_Engine_Napier_Sabre_24_cylinder_open_pit\Sound\sound"

DEL /s /f /q "aircraft\W40_H75A3\*.*"
RMDIR "aircraft\W40_H75A3"

DEL /s /f /q "vehicles\g_jagdpanzeriv\*.*"
RMDIR "vehicles\g_jagdpanzeriv"


DEL /s /f /q "CFS3 ETO Expansion ORIFs Re-Install Cumulative Rev 1.40.exe"
DEL /s /f /q "CFS3 ETO Expansion Update Rev 1.40 fileremover.bat"

I went ahead and removed the referenced directories manually (see: https://sim-outhouse.org/sohforums/threads/win-10-bat-compatibility-for-eto-1-50.164700/post-1389217). ETO 1.50 installed without issue. Once I discovered that I had apparently forgotten to update the directory reference for 64-bit in one of the swapper files, I've been able to play the 1943 campaign as RAF and US. But it crashed randomly in the 1940 france campaign while on mission, presumably due to broken references as per https://sim-outhouse.org/sohforums/...-on-warp-revisited-in-eto.163547/post-1374166. but now today for no apparent reason it can't load the '43 campaign anymore, it's saying it can't find airbases?? It worked fine an hour ago...

 

[undood]

following the instructions in the readme for reinstalling the ERA files and being careful to select spawn first and then era, the install seems to be in better health - before I only ever saw the attack in the west loading screen, now I saw the 1943 one. but my old save still seems to be broken.. and still CTD in '40 campaign missions.

 

[sixstrings5859]

Still having trouble installing CFS3 PTO Rising Sun. Get a message the it could not find cfs3.exe . What am i missing in the steps. Thought i followed instructions. Been many years since i tried from scratch. Running windows 7 64bit premium OS.