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I just installed Lost Victories. BTW, the installation routine leaves alot to be desired.. anyway, i installed it and followed the directions on where to place the MC in my program directory structure, and i've confirmed its there. ive also rebooted after installation. when i started SPWAW, and go to MEga Campaign choice, i only see Desert Fox... What gives? can anyone help???

Are you sure that you didn't nest it when you installed?

SP: WaW has a tendency to add an additional /Steel Panthers World at War layer to the directory you install it in, which nests the new install. If you missed that, then what you have is a new SP: WaW folder, with LV in it, inside your current one.

Alex

i had the same problem. the lost victories is in your SPWAW folder . now just open it and place the files in the mega camp. folder and works fine. It took me a few mins to figure out, i have xp , its alot better then previous vers. but still its not Apple lol
that was the best computer i ever had too bad the game selection is so limited. Way easier to use though. hope this helps

I had the same problem with MCLV. What i did was to carefully study the configuration of the Watchtower folder and files(which was working fine). I then went into the MCLV folder and moved things around so that the arrangement of files and folders was identical to the Watchtower arrangement of files and folders. MCLV now works....at least at present. I suppose if i did something wrong it will ultimately come back to bite.....hope not.

One other thing you may check is to make sure the lost victories.cfg folder is in the first megacampaign folder. I had the same problem with watchtower and moved things around and it still didn't work until the cfg folder was in the right place. Hope this helps.

Greetings

I had the same issue with my installation. I also noticed in the Lost Victories folder that there is an additional SND and SHP directory. Do I leave those nested in the Mega Campaign directory or should I move them into the main SND and SHP folders? I am sure they are for special icons and sounds related to the MCLV but I dont't want to move them until I am sure.

AlvinS

Originally posted by AlvinS:
Greetings

I had the same issue with my installation. I also noticed in the Lost Victories folder that there is an additional SND and SHP directory. Do I leave those nested in the Mega Campaign directory or should I move them into the main SND and SHP folders? I am sure they are for special icons and sounds related to the MCLV but I dont't want to move them until I am sure.

AlvinS

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I left them alone and had no problems...so far.

Let me add a few points to help out here.

There must be a file folder for each campaign in the MegaCam directory.

There must be a *.cfg file in the MegaCam directory for each campaign. If you have all three you should have three folders, each one a Mega Campaign.

The Desert Fox-41
Lost Victories
Operation Watchtower-41

You can actually change those names if you wish. Whatever you do, you must have three *.cfg files that have the exact same name as the file folder.
These three cfg files are what the game looks for to find the Mega Campaign.

For example, let me take Watchtower as an example.

Your file folder should read:

Operation Watchtower 42

The Cfg file should also be named Operation Watchtower 42. It should be EXACTLY the same as the name of the file folder.

The Operation Watchtower cfg file is actually a text file so you can open it with notepad.

Inside it should read:

Operation Watchtower 42

In other words, the name must be exactly the same in all cases.

Folder: Operation Watchtower 42
CFG file: Operation Watchtower 42.cfg
Content of CFG File: Operation Watchtower 42

So if you don't see three cfg files in your megacam directory, one corrsponding to each file folder, that may be the reason you are not seeing it in the list.

If not, look for it inside the appropriate megacam folder. If you can't find it, you can make your own.

Simply open notepad.
Type in the name of the file folder.
Save as "Operation Watchtower 42.cfg"

Remember, you MUST put a .cfg extension on it. Otherwise, it appears as only a text file and won't work.

I hope this helps.

Wild Bill

Everything is working fine now. I left the SND and SHP alone and just move the items suggested. Thanks for the help.

AlvinS <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Thanks for all the help on the issue. It solved my problem...