Don't break tracks with updates or..

[wheelsup_cavu]

If it isn't feasible to maintain the integrity of the tracks with the updated game then how about a separate track viewer module that allows you to watch them?

One of the things I still enjoy immensely about 1946 is that the ntrk's can still be played as long as it was recorded in the current or previous patch version. Finding long forgotten sorties and viewing them again is always a joy, especially when you find an old ntrk that features a comrade in arms who has passed away since you recorded it.

 

Wheels

[Habu]

Agree, but there is a trick to play an old track.

 

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

2 hours ago, Habu said:

but there is a trick to play an old track.

I am willing to listen to how it can be done and try it. 😎

 

Wheels

[Habu]

The problem is when the developer optimizes the binary file which is a part of missions files.

 

A track is composed of a few files.

- A trk file

-A directory that has the same name as the trk file.

In that directory, there are a few files :

- Camera.tc which is the camera of the track.

- All the other files are the files from the mission.

 

1- Delete the msnbin file.

2- Open the mission editor

3- Load the mission from the track directory. The loading will be longer.

4- Save the mission. The msbin file will be regenerated.

This trick is not supported by the developers, but works almost all the time.

 

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

Thanks, I have the folder and the .trk file but I forgot the .acmi file. Either it is something they added since I saved the track in July 2021 or I forgot to put it in the zip file at that time. I am getting a 1000 error but it was trying to load, so I was getting closer but no cigar...

Track file is likely lost permanently now to an HDD crash on a different machine.

Why I was hoping to save it was because i had recovered from an inverted flat spin. It took about 45 seconds to recover and I was certain I was going to bore a new hole in the ground before I could right the plane.

https://forums.mudspike.com/t/il-2-box-screens/5000/351?u=wheelsup_cavu

I had finally found a recording program, other than fraps which killed my frame rates by at least 50%,  that would have allowed me to record it on my Win 7 machine and the HDD failed 2 days after I found it.

 

Wheels

[Habu]

Acmi file are generated when you use the checkbox Tacview. It's not part of the track.

It's an external program that allows you to have a debriefing of your flight.

https://www.tacview.net/

 

For recording, i use Bandicam which works fine, since Fraps is not updated.

https://www.bandicam.com

 

I checked your track file, but there are many files missing. I tried to open it with several versions (even beta version), but i can't. I have an error.

[wheelsup_cavu]

4 hours ago, Habu said:

I checked your track file, but there are many files missing.

I have 11 files in my zip file. 10 in the folder and the .trk file.

Files in folder

Since the .acmi file is irrelevant which files am I missing in the zip file that you downloaded?

 

Wheels

[Habu]

In the zip file, there was only the _gen.mission.

[wheelsup_cavu]

I downloaded the file from Mudspike right before making this post and everything I show in the images in my prior post came in the zip file.

I am guessing it was a corrupted download or your virus software didn't like what was in the zip file and deleted the other files??

 

Wheels

[Habu]

Ok, i tried again, and i have all the files.

I can resave the mission and open it with the mission editor, but it seems the trk files is corrupted. I can't load the track in the game.

 

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

We are getting the same results it seems.

What is confusing to me is that I emailed the zip file to all my squad mates first. Then I uploaded that very same zip file to MediaFire before linking to that file in my post at MudSpike. I know that the file in the email, which I still have, was viewable at that time since I received comments from my squad mates about it. I never heard from anyone at MudSpike so the MediaFire files may have been corrupt all along??

 

Would the fact it was a QMB mission cause any problems with your recovery method?

 

Wheels

[Habu]

20 hours ago, wheelsup_cavu said:

Would the fact it was a QMB mission cause any problems with your recovery method?

 

Wheels

No, Qmb is a single mission. The kind of mission doesn't change for the recovery.

[wheelsup_cavu]

Ok, Then I will download the zip from the email to see if that one works.

 

Wheels

[wheelsup_cavu]

On 6/3/2023 at 10:56 PM, wheelsup_cavu said:

Ok, Then I will download the zip from the email to see if that one works.

 

Wheels

I forgot to get back on this problem. Downloading the file from my email did not work either @Habu.

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Even if there is a difficulty setting that allows for this feature to be disabled please do not limit the range, even in multiplayer mode, that you can view an aircraft. I want to be able to watch and see where an aircraft went that I almost shot down when I view the track later but all too often in a certain sim once the aircraft is about 25 to 30 km away from you it winks out and you do not know what finally happened to it.

Wheels

[Habu]

There are no limits for the host of the mission.

The goal is to save ressource. But i agree that an option where we can choose the limitation would be better.

It's the same things for the track length

[wheelsup_cavu]

As far as I am aware there is not a record function on the GB Dserver?

Wheels