solus Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Hi! Updated to 4.162 and was surprised that the default version doesn't include any maps (almost). How do I download them and install? Do I have to download all those 10 (!) parts archive? Whats the purpose of Map Tool? So many questions and confusion, really (and everything for $30). Edited February 13, 2020 by solus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Yes the 10 parts are the “usual” maps. If some makes a new map, or modifies an existing map, you use the download manager to get it. New maps are no longer posted complete to the “Downloads” section. For example: The article includes a description of the map and the code needed to get it. The map itself is not attached. Edited February 13, 2020 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solus Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 1 minute ago, Gibsonm said: Yes the 10 parts are the “usual” maps. If some makes a new map, or modifies an existing map, you use the download manager to get it. New maps are no longer posted complete to the “Downloads” section. Where should I put them after downloading? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) If you mean the 10 parts - the installer should put them in the right place (“right” depends on where you installed the basic maps). Note: You can now elect to store the maps on a different drive (not everything has to go into C:\ where you install the game). The map tool puts the ones from the “Downloads“ in the right place. All of this and more is in the documentation (i.e the Manual). Edited February 13, 2020 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solus Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gibsonm said: The map tool puts them in the right place. Ok thx I'll give it a try. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solus Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Gibsonm said: If you mean the 10 parts - the installer should put them in the right place (“right” depends on where you installed the basic maps). Note: You can now elect to store the maps on a different drive (not everything has to go into C:\ where you install the game). The map tool puts the ones from the “Downloads“ in the right place. All of this and more is in the documentation (i.e the Manual). I downloaded the packages, installed them, but game doesn't pick them up. When I start the game the path to the directory with the maps appears in the menu , but when I click OK nothing happens (game tries to launch the main menu, but fails). So no Steel Beasts for me yet. Any tips? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Your clicking on “OK” just confirms that the path information is correct (only you will know if it is or not, since you know where you installed the maps), it doesn’t load any maps. I’m not quite sure what you are expecting / hoping? You only really get to “choose” a map in the Mission Editor when you are creating a new mission, or in the Map Editor when you want to edit a map. If you can chose a scenario (select one from “offline sessions”), the underlying maps will be used. Again I’m pretty sure how to start an offline session is described in the Manual. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solus Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Gibsonm said: Your clicking on “OK” just confirms that the path information is correct (only you will know if it is or not, since you know where you installed the maps), it doesn’t load any maps. I’m not quite sure what you are expecting / hoping? You only really get to “choose” a map in the Mission Editor when you are creating a new mission, or in the Map Editor when you want to edit a map. If you can chose a scenario (select one from “offline sessions”), the underlying maps will be used. Again I’m pretty sure how to start an offline session is described in the Manual. Maybe I described it incorrectly, but the main problem is that games doesn't start. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, solus said: Maybe I described it incorrectly, but the main problem is that games doesn't start. OK so can you define that a little better? Do you get the initial menu screen (grey with choices like “Tutorial” and “Instant Action”)? If you don’t see that, then the location of the maps is the least of your problems. If you do see that, what happens if you select “offline session” and then pick a scenario? Edited February 13, 2020 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solus Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, Gibsonm said: OK so can you define that a little better? Do you get the initial menu screen (grey with choices like “Tutorial”and “Instant Action”)? If you don’t see that then the location of the maps is the least of your problems. If you do see that what happens if you select “offline session” and then pick a scenario? Thank you for help. I figured out what was wrong - I had to install the maps first, and the game second. Now it works... but pretty slowly. Btw, are there any ways to make loading times less? It takes forever to load the map and forever to quit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted February 13, 2020 Members Share Posted February 13, 2020 With fast disks - such as SSDs - loading times are much less of an issue. Then there may be an issue with insufficient RAM, forcing WIndows to swap memory (at which point it's basically game over). If you have less than 16 GByte of RAM, the first step would be to open the Alt+D dialog box for terrain detail settings, and to move the slider at the bottom (about terrain caching) all the way to the left. If that helps - hooray, it's the lack of RAM that causes the slowdown. If the problem persists and if you're using a slow harddisk, maybe defragmentation can help. If it doesn't get better, it may be time to consider a faster disk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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