Version Switcher 4.08 to 4.09 and back?
 

Any body know of a version switcher out there that will quickly and easily let you go between 4.08 snd 4.09?

Sometimes I get to lazy to do it manually.

Thanks. S!

google this switcher ..it works great and is very easy to settup

' JoneSoft Generic mod enabler '

Yup, i got to work with it while playing silent hunter 3. You have to put the files you need to overwrite to "mod" the game in a special folder UNDER the game's folder. For example, if your path is c:\games\IL2 then you should have a folder with a path of c:\games\IL2\mods. Under that one, you then need to make an additional folder called c:\games\IL2\mods\409beta

Inside that one you'll place the files changed by the patch. Take care to use the EXACT folder structure though. If you need to replace a file in your missions folder for example (i think you don't, i'm just using it as an example), the correct folder structure would be a copy of the game's default one: c:\games\IL2\mods\409beta\mission\filename.mis for example

After that, you can run JSGME (as the tool is called) and you'd see two columns. One is listing the available mods on the left, the one on the right lists the activated mods. From then on it's simply a matter of selecting a mod and enabling it by moving it to the right hand side column.

Here's a link to the subsim forums showing a screenshot of the interface:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=105421

Here's another link with instructions on how to make it work with SH3.
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...2/m/3461029123

Since you know how to do it manually i doubt you'll have any trouble substituting the correct folders to make it work with IL2. Cheers ;)

Sandman posted how to do it with JSGME (link to the tool in his text) complete with images here at SimHQ

http://www.simhq.com/forum/ubbthread...409248&fpart=2

Switch 4.08-4.09-4.08 etc.
 

I found a dead simple solution to this.

In your main IL2FB/PF/46 directory, wherever it is, and whatever it's called, create two zip files. I called them "reassert 408.zip" and "reassert 409.zip"

Into these zips place the following files from each patch:

files.SFS
il2_core.dll
il2_corep4.dll
mg_snd.dll
mg_snd_sse.dll

When you want to play under 4.08, simply 'unzip to here'.
When you want to play under 4.09, simply 'unzip to here'.

A quick and painless switch, endlessly repeatable, as far as I can see.

There are probably complications that I am unaware of, and difficulties for others, but it works for me every time. :)

Regards.

Thanks Bruce. That one seems to be the easiest and the one I will try. Thanks also to every one else for their suggestions