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Reinstalling

AndyG43

AndyG43

SOH-CM-2023
OK, I should know all of this stuff and I have tried reading through the various threads, but please look at this as my belt and braces* approach and treat me kindly.

I lost my previous PC due to an accident, so I'm reinstalling from scratch. I now have a stock install, patched to 3.1a, which will form the basis of some of the wonderful expansion packs that people cleverer than I have developed. But before I leap in, I would like to clear up a couple of things:

1) Ankor's Shaders, one of those clever people. Can I, should I, install them into this vanilla install, thereby ensuring their presence in any expansion installs?
2) Firepower. Can I install this into the "Upgrade v2" without any issues?
3) Will Shaders cause any issues with the earlier expansions, Korea for example?
4) Do I still need to install the NEK packs, or do the expansions remove the need?
And 5) There used to be a mod for getting rid of those awful white wing tips on the stock aircraft, is it still around & cannot somebody point me toward it?

Thank you. Be gentle. šŸ˜



* suspenders, for those across the Pond.
 
Hi Andy, I always leave a completely vanilla 3.1a install. I usually rename it to "Don't touch this one"
That is then copied to make any other installs.
Don't forget to run the multi-cfs3 utility from the root of each new install.
Also, dont use the programme files directories to install into. I have a folder on the c drive where all my installs live. It saves all that administrator nonsense.

Ankors stuff is a must have but best to put that in once you know an install is working properly.

Firepower or indeed any of the commercial expansions are best put into their own installs. With the ETO install there is a Firepower update for it so it can be used safely there.

The NEK packs should already be in any of the user created installs.

Most of the stock aircraft have been replaced or updated with better textures so I don't think that you need to anything mod-wise to them these days.
 
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