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No executable in INI Editor[message #342665]

Sun, 04 October 2015 15:23

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Registered:October 2015
Location: Germany

Hello everyone,

The last 2 days I spent approximately 8 hours trying to get mods to work properly.
Since I encounter the same problem everytime I decided to ask you guys for help.

I used a fresh installation of Ja2 Gold 1.12 that i modded with the latest official 1.13 release in combination with the summer release/september update version since its the oldest I could find.

The problem is that after copying all the files, I am not able to choose an executable in the INI Editor. The drop down menu is simply empty.

How can I fix this?

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342689 is a reply to message #342665]

Tue, 06 October 2015 00:58

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Registered:November 2014

Hello there.
When you unzip the core.rar all the content is unzipped in a core folder. Get the content out of it into the main game folder.
I hope this helps,
Cheers.

[Updated on: Tue, 06 October 2015 01:04]

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342691 is a reply to message #342689]

Tue, 06 October 2015 02:23

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Thanks, but I can't find a core.rar archive.
All I have is the Data-Aim, Data-Bigmaps and Profiles folder.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342692 is a reply to message #342691]

Tue, 06 October 2015 02:48

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Here it is:

https://github.com/aimnas/core

I downloaded the .zip.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342699 is a reply to message #342692]

Tue, 06 October 2015 15:26

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Thanks a lot!
One last thing: It states that I need Build 7885 of 1.13 but it seems that its an unstable/unofficial release.
I wasn't able to find a download link neither here on the forums nor on the official 1.13 page.

Where do I get this version?

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342701 is a reply to message #342699]

Tue, 06 October 2015 16:11

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Hi there.
I must say the following page is a bit hidden in the posts:

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=013a6926eac52083&id=13A6926EAC52083%21583

This is a list of unstable releases. The most recent are at the bottom of the list. I simply randomly chose a suitable version higher than 7885. Good news: with the stable release you had to tinker/add .dlls from wine3d and similar.. I'm on Win 8.1 and I didn't need that, the game runs smoothly just the same. Please let me know if everyting goes fine,
Cheers.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342715 is a reply to message #342701]

Wed, 07 October 2015 16:49

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Alright, so far it's looking good!
There are some crashes here and there but nothing fatal that I can't deal with (yet).
I read that you are not able to play a full campain because of the unfinished Big Maps expansion, is that correct?
Also, can I look up the new features from the unstable version that are not in the official one? For example the small numbers next to an enemy when you shoot them.

Thanks a lot for your help. Couldn't have done it without you!

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342716 is a reply to message #342715]

Wed, 07 October 2015 18:10

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Ok, lets go in order:
Bugs: Aimnas tends to be rather stable, there are also vanilla Ja2 and 1.13 bugs involved. I played some 6 hours and I experienced only one bug: I had a constant crash during a battle, some enemy cried and than BANG, crash! I think the guy had no room to fall down, I can't remember if this is vanilla or 1.13. Anyway, old game, new operating system, unstable 1.13 version, unfinished mod.. You can still play half a campaign!
Campaign: yes, it's correct. The mod is still unfinished. You'll see crosses on sectors on the strategic map: those are the ready maps.
Features: I'm afraid I haven't the faintest idea about where to find the unstable versions logs, sorry. You should try the development subforum for that. Small numbers when you shoot an enemy refere to morale, breath, APs, suppression, you name it you get it.. I think I read it once and forgot it soon after.
Anyway, I'm happy I was helpful, have fun!

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342722 is a reply to message #342716]

Wed, 07 October 2015 23:30

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Alright, think I got everything I need now.
Thanks again for the awesome help.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342728 is a reply to message #342722]

Thu, 08 October 2015 14:26

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Okay, there is one more thing I couldn't figure out yet.
How do you disguise in this version of the game?
When using a knife with a corpse, I am able to take clothes but I am only getting "Tan Pants" that I can neither use on my merc nor wear.
When playing AR I just had to use the shirt and pants on my merc and I'd be disguised.

How does it work?

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342737 is a reply to message #342728]

Fri, 09 October 2015 16:18

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I see nobody answers your question, and I'm afraid I can't be too helpfull here: I never used disguises in Ja2.
The fact you can't use the pants you retreive sounds like an incomplete feature, concerning either Aimnas or 1.13. Smeagle could clarify this.
Anyway, remember that in Aimnas you can buy civilian clothing for infiltration, either at Bobby Ray's or in Chitzena (I think). Oh, and disguise camo kit too!!

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342771 is a reply to message #342737]

Sun, 11 October 2015 11:44

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I think you need the Spy trait on your merc to use civilian clothing and disguises. I also never use this feature, preferring Night Ops experts. Different strokes for different okes I guess.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342793 is a reply to message #342771]

Mon, 12 October 2015 17:02

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I have the Spy trait. Did it on AR but on AIMNAS you get different clothes from soldiers.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342831 is a reply to message #342793]

Wed, 14 October 2015 21:59

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Registered:September 2009
Location: Canada

I'm having the same problem as Veritas...and had it a few months ago too. I've used AIMNAS in the past successfully but something is going wrong with the installation and I never get an exe in the drop down menu of the editor. I tried downloading the JA2.exe from Dbot's page and I'm sure it's getting overwritten but the problem remains. Tried three or four installs from scratch.

I'm using Win 8.1 and I think it has some issues too. When I try running the vanlla JA2, it crashes, but I can get 1.13 to load (thought he mouse is sluggish).

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342838 is a reply to message #342831]

Thu, 15 October 2015 08:55

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Location: Canada

OK...another installation and I have it running fine on windows 8 using the fixes outlined in the DOCS folder. I know I have a valid 7805 exe from the SCI but again there's no exe available to choose in the editor. Just to be double sure, I again downloaded the 7805 exe itself from the 'Builds' Onedrive. Unzipped it is named JA 2_7805.exe. If I click on it directly I can get 1.13 running but not AIMNAS, since it isn't using the editor and doesn't know to call the other stuff I presume. I tried editing JA2.ini since there was no exe in the default exe line, and even if I manually added JA2 or JA2_7805 with or without .exe in the line, still the ini editor didn't show any exe's to choose in the drop down.

I spent a day or two months ago doing all this and it didn't work then either. What am I doing wrong? It seems not many others (sounds like Veritas is having exactly the same problem though) are having this trouble, and I know an older AIMNAS release worked just fine for me.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342839 is a reply to message #342838]

Thu, 15 October 2015 13:20

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Hello NDJ. Can you currently see AIMNAS in the drop down menu? Remember that the latest AIMNAS release simply creates a "core" folder in JA2 folder, in a way it does not install itself so to speak.. You have to manually grab the core folder content and put it outside that folder in the main JA2 folder. Please let me know if this helps or I'm saying crap once more ;)

[Updated on: Thu, 15 October 2015 13:22]

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342844 is a reply to message #342839]

Thu, 15 October 2015 22:56

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Registered:September 2009
Location: Canada

Thanks Marcus,

No, I can't see anything at all in the drop down menu where you select an .exe...it's just a blank window. In the .ini file, there's no default set for the exe selection and even if I edit it in manually, it still doesn't show anything in the menu. It's like the editor doesn't work right. I seem to remember someone saying something once about the ini editor being outdated and not working sometimes, but I can't see any other way to launch AIMNAS.

I saw your other remarks about a core.rar, and like Veritas, I can't see a core anything anywhere. I did extract the three parts (it takes a double extraction basically) from Smeagol's Onedrive into a sub folder, after downloading all three parts, (which seems to create a single .zip file of the three parts which has to be extracted first) then I copied the files and folders after the three parts were eventually extracted into the root installation directory, overwriting when prompted.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342845 is a reply to message #342844]

Thu, 15 October 2015 23:04

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Registered:September 2009
Location: Canada

Hmm...reviewing the 'core' page of Smeagol's I see it says in the readme to use at least r7885, though in the Bear Pit thread around the Easter release it says to use r7805. I wonder if a typo crept in somewhere. I'll try 7885 and also replace the other files that came from the three parts of the AIMNAS download with the files on the 'core' download page and see if that works. Thanks for the link you gave Veritas. I'll see if those changes help.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342846 is a reply to message #342845]

Thu, 15 October 2015 23:34

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Make sure you check out Agrippa911's thread "curing diseases", a bit lower in this forum: in a few builds you can edit files to turn diseases off, but you must do it in more than one file. You risk to see your entire team wiped out by the Arulcan plague even if you deactivated that feature. Currently I'm using build 7898 and it works charm smoothly on Win 8.1. I can't say nothing about diseases with this build, I'm still at day 9 after I was forced to begin a new campaign..

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342848 is a reply to message #342845]

Thu, 15 October 2015 23:57

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NDJ wrote on Thu, 15 October 2015 22:04

Hmm...reviewing the 'core' page of Smeagol's I see it says in the readme to use at least r7885, though in the Bear Pit thread around the Easter release it says to use r7805. I wonder if a typo crept in somewhere. I'll try 7885 and also replace the other files that came from the three parts of the AIMNAS download with the files on the 'core' download page and see if that works. Thanks for the link you gave Veritas. I'll see if those changes help.

Everything pre github (x-mas, easter releases) is outdated, https://github.com/aimnas/core/ is now the leading download location, if you want to get aimnas, get it from here.

r7885 is a minimum requirement for aimnas at this moment, older versions obviously have different requirements, there are no typos in this

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342851 is a reply to message #342848]

Fri, 16 October 2015 05:23

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Registered:September 2009
Location: Canada

Got it...I've been out of the loop for a bit and clearly things have moved on, and I didn't see anything in a thread that meant the Easter release wasn't current. Thanks Tais.

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Re: No executable in INI Editor[message #342852 is a reply to message #342848]

Fri, 16 October 2015 05:57

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Registered:September 2009
Location: Canada

Ah..that's better. It runs, and not a problem at all to install it compared to what I was trying. Thanks Marcus and Tais for pointing out where to get the right version. It isn't easy to find that information.

The Windows 8 compatibility fix seems completely necessary too. The only problem I have now is graphical glitching..black and white strategic map instead of colour. No doubt that's about the 16 bit colour setting but though I chose it in Properties of JA2 I get a message saying "can't switch automatically to 16 bit" when it starts up. I am running it as an administrator and have selected a single CPU affinity in task Manager when it is running in a window, then closing TM and restarting JA 2

Still working on it...

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