ETO in Windows 11

Installed ETO in windows 11. It runs fine but can not get it running in the different eras . Need HELP. Thanks

What file did you use to start up? The MASTERETOSTARTUP?

Hi Mongoose. Yes used MasterETOStarterup. I'm running windows 11. I went into the MASTERETOSTARTERUP and changed the file to read Programfilesx86 and that is what it reads and also the bat files for each era. The game runs fine, the only problem is i do not get to be able to change eras. Any Help would be great. Thanks and have a safe and good day.

This is my win 11 file
@ECHO OFF
CLS
CALL ETOEraSwapper.bat
CD "C:\CFS3 ETO ExpansionC\global_layer"
CALL ETOGLSwapper.bat
CD "C:\CFS3 ETO ExpansionC\sounds"
CALL ETOMusicSwapper.bat
START cfs3.exe -time

then the
ETOEraSwapper.bat

@ECHO OFF
CLS
REM THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO CHANGE MULTIPLE ERAS IN THE CFS3 ETO EXPANSION.
REM IT WILL INSTALL AND REMOVE THE NECESSARY GLOBAL LAYER FILES, MISSION FILES, AND OTHER FILES
REM REQUIRED TO REFLECT THE WAY THE THEATER WAS AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO W E L C O M E T O C F S 3 E T O E X P A N S I O N
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO.
ECHO 1. 1936 - SPRING 1940 SPAIN AND WEST'40
ECHO.
ECHO 2. SUMMER 1940 - YEAR END 1942 BATTLE OF BRITAIN
ECHO.
ECHO 3. EARLY 1943 - SPRING 1944 YANKS OVER GERMANY
ECHO.
ECHO 4. SPRING 1944 - LATE 1944 NORMANDY TO THE RHINE
ECHO.
ECHO 5. LATE 1944 - SUMMER 1945 BATTLE OF THE BULGE TO V-E DAY
ECHO.

SET CHOICE=
ECHO.
SET /p choice=PLEASE SELECT YOUR THEATER ERA BY TYPING THE NUMBER AND THEN ENTER
ECHO.
ECHO.
IF NOT '%choice%'=='' SET CHOICE=%choice:~0,1%
IF '%choice%'=='1' GOTO :1936_ERA
IF '%choice%'=='2' GOTO :BOB_ERA
IF '%choice%'=='3' GOTO :1943_ERA
IF '%choice%'=='4' GOTO :1944_ERA
IF '%choice%'=='5' GOTO :1945_ERA
ECHO.
ECHO "%choice%" IS NOT VALID CHOICE PLEASE TRY AGAIN
ECHO.

:1936_ERA
IF NOT EXIST bob_missions GOTO :BOB_1936
IF NOT EXIST 1943_missions GOTO :1943_1936
IF NOT EXIST 1944_missions GOTO :1944_1936
IF NOT EXIST 1945_missions GOTO :1945_1936
IF NOT EXIST 1936_missions GOTO :SUCCESS
:BOB_ERA
IF NOT EXIST 1936_missions GOTO :1936_BOB
IF NOT EXIST 1943_missions GOTO :1943_BOB
IF NOT EXIST 1944_missions GOTO :1944_BOB
IF NOT EXIST 1945_missions GOTO :1945_BOB
IF NOT EXIST bob_missions GOTO :SUCCESS
:1943_ERA
IF NOT EXIST 1936_missions GOTO :1936_1943
IF NOT EXIST bob_missions GOTO :BOB_1943
IF NOT EXIST 1944_missions GOTO :1944_1943
IF NOT EXIST 1945_missions GOTO :1945_1943
IF NOT EXIST 1943_missions GOTO :SUCCESS
:1944_ERA
IF NOT EXIST 1936_missions GOTO :1936_1944
IF NOT EXIST bob_missions GOTO :BOB_1944
IF NOT EXIST 1943_missions GOTO :1943_1944
IF NOT EXIST 1945_missions GOTO :1945_1944
IF NOT EXIST 1944_missions GOTO :SUCCESS
:1945_ERA
IF NOT EXIST 1936_missions GOTO :1936_1945
IF NOT EXIST bob_missions GOTO :BOB_1945
IF NOT EXIST 1943_missions GOTO :1943_1945
IF NOT EXIST 1944_missions GOTO :1944_1945
IF NOT EXIST 1945_missions GOTO :SUCCESS

:BOB_1936
REN missions bob_missions
REN 1936_missions missions
REN uires bob_uires
REN 1936_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml bob_qclocations.xml
REN 1936_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp bob_splash24b.bmp
REN 1936_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1943_1936
REN missions 1943_missions
REN 1936_missions missions
REN uires 1943_uires
REN 1936_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1943_qclocations.xml
REN 1936_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1943_splash24b.bmp
REN 1936_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1944_1936
REN missions 1944_missions
REN 1936_missions missions
REN uires 1944_uires
REN 1936_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1944_qclocations.xml
REN 1936_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1944_splash24b.bmp
REN 1936_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1945_1936
REN missions 1945_missions
REN 1936_missions missions
REN uires 1945_uires
REN 1936_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1945_qclocations.xml
REN 1936_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1945_splash24b.bmp
REN 1936_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1936_BOB
REN missions 1936_missions
REN bob_missions missions
REN uires 1936_uires
REN bob_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1936_qclocations.xml
REN bob_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1936_splash24b.bmp
REN bob_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1943_BOB
REN missions 1943_missions
REN bob_missions missions
REN uires 1943_uires
REN bob_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1943_qclocations.xml
REN bob_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1943_splash24b.bmp
REN bob_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1944_BOB
REN missions 1944_missions
REN bob_missions missions
REN uires 1944_uires
REN bob_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1944_qclocations.xml
REN bob_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1944_splash24b.bmp
REN bob_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1945_BOB
REN missions 1945_missions
REN bob_missions missions
REN uires 1945_uires
REN bob_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1945_qclocations.xml
REN bob_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1945_splash24b.bmp
REN bob_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1936_1943
REN missions 1936_missions
REN 1943_missions missions
REN uires 1936_uires
REN 1943_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1936_qclocations.xml
REN 1943_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1936_splash24b.bmp
REN 1943_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:BOB_1943
REN missions bob_missions
REN 1943_missions missions
REN uires bob_uires
REN 1943_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml bob_qclocations.xml
REN 1943_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp bob_splash24b.bmp
REN 1943_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1944_1943
REN missions 1944_missions
REN 1943_missions missions
REN uires 1944_uires
REN 1943_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1944_qclocations.xml
REN 1943_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1944_splash24b.bmp
REN 1943_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1945_1943
REN missions 1945_missions
REN 1943_missions missions
REN uires 1945_uires
REN 1943_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1945_qclocations.xml
REN 1943_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1945_splash24b.bmp
REN 1943_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1936_1944
REN missions 1936_missions
REN 1944_missions missions
REN uires 1936_uires
REN 1944_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1936_qclocations.xml
REN 1944_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1936_splash24b.bmp
REN 1944_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:BOB_1944
REN missions bob_missions
REN 1944_missions missions
REN uires bob_uires
REN 1944_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml bob_qclocations.xml
REN 1944_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp bob_splash24b.bmp
REN 1944_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1943_1944
REN missions 1943_missions
REN 1944_missions missions
REN uires 1943_uires
REN 1944_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1943_qclocations.xml
REN 1944_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1943_splash24b.bmp
REN 1944_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1945_1944
REN missions 1945_missions
REN 1944_missions missions
REN uires 1945_uires
REN 1944_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1945_qclocations.xml
REN 1944_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1945_splash24b.bmp
REN 1944_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1936_1945
REN missions 1936_missions
REN 1945_missions missions
REN uires 1936_uires
REN 1945_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1936_qclocations.xml
REN 1945_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1936_splash24b.bmp
REN 1945_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:BOB_1945
REN missions bob_missions
REN 1945_missions missions
REN uires bob_uires
REN 1945_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml bob_qclocations.xml
REN 1945_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp bob_splash24b.bmp
REN 1945_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1943_1945
REN missions 1943_missions
REN 1945_missions missions
REN uires 1943_uires
REN 1945_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1943_qclocations.xml
REN 1945_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1943_splash24b.bmp
REN 1945_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp



GOTO SUCCESS
:1944_1945
REN missions 1944_missions
REN 1945_missions missions
REN uires 1944_uires
REN 1945_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1944_qclocations.xml
REN 1945_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1944_splash24b.bmp
REN 1945_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp
GOTO SUCCESS
:SUCCESS
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Check those out.

The MASTERETOSTARTUP.bat file should look like this. :
STRARTUP@ECHO OFF
CLS
CALL ETOEraSwapper.bat
CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\CFS3 ETO Expansion\global_layer"
CALL ETOGLSwapper.bat
START cfs3.exe

I think mine is the same!

Thank you your for your reply Mongoose. Will get on that.

Hey. I copied your MasterStartUP and Swapper bat files like yours exactly. I did notice when i enter an era number and press enter it looks like the fast scroll down says access denied. Going to try and load a mission download for a certain era and see if it works. right now the ones i have in there work fine. is it possible that its just the splash screens not showing ????????

Without knowing your exact set up, it's hard for me to say. Right now I can't remember the splash screen execution.

JRTHEROD6768 said:

Hey. I copied your MasterStartUP and Swapper bat files like yours exactly. I did notice when i enter an era number and press enter it looks like the fast scroll down says access denied. Going to try and load a mission download for a certain era and see if it works. right now the ones i have in there work fine. is it possible that its just the splash screens not showing ????????

Click to expand...

Do like mine John .

AFAIK, the batch files should be the same, assuming no special changes as in my 10 era install, and assuming loading in C:\ The MASTERETOSTARTUP.bat is basically telling what would happen next as in "CALL ETOEraSwapper.bat" wheres one selects the ERA, Then, based on one's choice, say era 3 it says
:1943_ERA
IF NOT EXIST 1936_missions GOTO :1936_1943
IF NOT EXIST bob_missions GOTO :BOB_1943
IF NOT EXIST 1944_missions GOTO :1944_1943
IF NOT EXIST 1945_missions GOTO :1945_1943
IF NOT EXIST 1943_missions GOTO :SUCCESS
Next, depending what era one WAS in, more commands, as in if from era 1 to era 3
GOTO SUCCESS
:1936_1943
REN missions 1936_missions
REN 1943_missions missions
REN uires 1936_uires
REN 1943_uires uires
REN qclocations.xml 1936_qclocations.xml
REN 1943_qclocations.xml qclocations.xml
REN splash24b.bmp 1936_splash24b.bmp
REN 1943_splash24b.bmp splash24b.bmp

You should see all the spash24b files in the main folder, with the active one called just splash24b.bmp. Check that all 5 splash24b files are there in the main install and correctly labelled.

AFAIK my install is standard ETO, although I have other non standard versions.

I found that i can play downloads for different eras ???? Not all missions because i need to put certain aircraft in. I opened the splash 24b.bmp and the only thing that shows is the splash screen for era1 ?????. Also i tried using six strings MasterStart Up. Still did not work. Don"t understand that i can load missions that the read me says for certain eras, but then they get installed and play able ????

1, You should have 5 splash screens in the main folder. 1936_splash24b, bob_splash24b, 1944_splash24b, 1945_splash24b, and since I am IN 1943, that splash screen is labelled splash24b
2. Mission folders are also by era, 1936_missions, etc. You can only play missions for the era that you are in, for me 1943 which is now just missions. I suggest start in era 1, see those missions, exit, go to era 2 and see those, etc. If YOU are adding missions, put them in the correct era under
historical, training, or whatif.
Aircraft are not era specific, other than any dates mentioned in the xdp, so jsut stick any ac in the aircraft folder and the related mission into the correct era mission folder and sub folder.

global_layer/ETOGLSwapper needs to be modded (edited) (6x) as does MASTERETOSTARTUP
no mods (edits) needed for ETOEraSwapper.bat

Explain what you mean by 'modded' in this case?

Sorry, I meant edited, changed.
You're running in C:\ and they're in
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\

Do you mean change (x86) to (6x) ??????

OK, I put my ETO into the main C:\ folder, but if yours in still in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\ then you have to change it to sixstrings startup, i.e. CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\CFS3 ETO Expansion\global_layer" instead of CD "C:\CFS3 ETO ExpansionC\global_layer" and the same for CD "C:\CFS3 ETO ExpansionC\sounds" I assume to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\CFS3 ETO Expansion\sounds" That's my mistake as I did change it slightly from standard. Frankly I would move the install to C:\ and use CFS3 ETO Expansion instead of my CFS3 ETO ExpansionC in the masterstartup bat. I'm sorry for the confusion.