TOW Pt. I 1940-42 is released!

**demile** · February 27th, 2022, 22:36

Nice! I installed it via readme and cant get it to work. I clcik on cfs 3.exe and the splash screen starts goes away and nothing happens. My other cfs 3 east front modded works. I use an older pc with Vista OS. I did the config file and my drivers are updated. Any ideas?

***Threedp*** · February 28th, 2022, 04:12

I'm having pretty much the same problem, although at first I got the message that aac_city_block_6 was "corrupted or otherwise invalid". I open the file to find a missing close tag and fixed it and then ended up in the splash screen only situation too. :-(

**mongoose** · February 28th, 2022, 06:28

I will look into this again this afternoon Central time. I have no problem on my PC, and I can re upload it to mediafire later today.

OS: Win10 Professional 64 bit

Intel(R) Core(TM) 17-2600 CPU 2 3.40GHz 3.70GHz

RAM 16Gb DDD3 (2 X 8Gb)
MB: Asus M4N68T-MV2
Vid Card: NVidia Gforce GTX 970
C Drive 1Tb SSD
D Drive 500Gb SSD

E 1Tb HD

F Drive: 2 x Seagate BarracudaGreen 2TB Hds in RAID
G 3 Tb HD
Power: PSU Seasonic X750 Gold 750W

Monitor: 55” Samsung TU7000 + 2 27"Acer Monitors

Track IR5.

**mongoose** · February 28th, 2022, 11:43

OK I did the following
1. Downloaded the install from mediafire
2. Unzipped it on my desktop
3.Moved it to C:\ NOT program files
4. Copied in
-cfs3.exe
-MultiCFS3.exe
-shaders30 folder
-various d3d8 files, or rather all in my other install(s)

4. Ran cfs3config.exe AFTER changing comparability to XP SP3, not SP2

5. Ran cfs3.exe AFTER changing comparability to XP SP3, not SP2

Install worked on a mission straight away.

Now there was an issue with QC, in that I have changed what the P47 is; the name is the same but the aircraft is a Douglas Boston MkIII medium bomber masquerading as a P47. So the xdp shows Category="tactical_bomber" Country="britain" .
This means it CTD on QC missions as a fighter!

So don't do QC missions using the so called P47 as a fighter. It does ground attack and free flight fine.

So I have no problems with the uploaded install after following those procedures. Are these the ones that you guys followed?

Having said that, I might tidy up one or 2 small things that I have noticed and upload a new version tonight or tomorrow night.

Also the ViewUI.xml from TOW required or alternative files folders is much better, IMHO.

Report back on your exact procedure if there is still an issue and we will try and go from there.

***Threedp*** · February 28th, 2022, 12:34

I actually had some success:

When running cfs3config.exe, I originally just ran it until it said CFS3 had been configured (figuring I would adjust things within the game or by modifying the config overrides by hand). That didn't work. However, if I run cfs3config.exe, set the resolution in it, and turn off dual pass render in it, it ran! Not sure the latter is necessary. But I am up and running.

Question: Is the WOFF scenery compatible with TOW? My cursory examination suggests not.

**mongoose** · February 28th, 2022, 13:24

Originally Posted by Threedp

I actually had some success:

When running cfs3config.exe, I originally just ran it until it said CFS3 had been configured (figuring I would adjust things within the game or by modifying the config overrides by hand). That didn't work. However, if I run cfs3config.exe, set the resolution in it, and turn off dual pass render in it, it ran! Not sure the latter is necessary. But I am up and running.

Question: Is the WOFF scenery compatible with TOW? My cursory examination suggests not.

1. Glad to hear that! I always do cfs3config.exe first as I want to alter the ConfigOverrides.xml in the appdata folder to update its features from <TextureLimits> linr to the end.

2. Re WOFF; possibly. I have not tried as all the action is in the dark! I see no reason why not though.

**mongoose** · February 28th, 2022, 13:25

Deleted a few unneeded files from facilities folder and re uploaded.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/swqng...-1942.zip/file

**demile** · March 3rd, 2022, 03:13

Hi, got it working. I had renamed the multi based on the readme since it said to copy multi.exe and rename but I guess thats the main folder name. However, it is very sluggish to the point of not being able to navigate at the selection screen when you start or plane selection and flight type etc. Any way to spped it up? I changed my resolution to the 1600x32 as my modded install but the modded one is fluid and does not lag.