treadhead46 Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 I have CMBB special edition version...A lot of the scenarios I have downloaded to the scenarios folder dont show up when I want to play them.. Any ideas on how to fix this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellros Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Are the scenarios in the correct folder? And are they unzipped? (many scenarios come compressed to save space and bandwidth when downloading). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadhead46 Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share Posted July 30, 2006 Hello, Yes to both of your replies... Any other ideas? This has got me stummped JJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 When the scenarios are "in the folder" are they in subfolders ? If so, then this won't work and the scenario files themselves (.CME & .CMF) need to be in the 'root' of the Scenarios folder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dook Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 How many scenarios have you downloaded? In CMBO, there was a limit to how many scenarios would be displayed from your scenarios folder. Not sure if that is true for CMBB and CMAK, but I would expect so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadhead46 Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 Reply to Schrullenhaft I download the scenarios to the scenario folder. I dont put them in any sub folders of anywhere else..... Any other ideas? Thanks for the reply 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Where are you getting these scenarios and which particular ones are they ? From what you're saying it seems that the files are not compressed and that they're in their native format when you download them directly into the Scenarios folder. Some scenarios come zipped with several files and when unzipped they will unzip into their own subfolder. So this is definitely not happening and the respective .CME or .CMF file is appearing in the root of the Scenarios folder ? Do these files have the correct size (i.e. - they're not zero (0) bytes in size, etc.) ? Do you know which particular version of CMBB these scenarios were made for (i.e. - 1.0, 1.01, 1.02 or 1.03) ? I can't recall if there were version differences in CMBB for the scenario files. I believe in CMBO that the file format changed enough that if the scenario was created with an older and/or newer version of CMBO than the version attempting to play it, it wouldn't appear in the scenario list. If you go to edit the battles (instead of play them), do they appear in the file listing there (which is, in this case, a Windows file dialog box) ? I assume that you only have one installation of CMBB on this computer, is that correct ? To my knowledge there shouldn't be any differences in the scenario file compatibility between the 'Special Edition' version of CMBB (CDV's version) and the BFC/Internet version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadhead46 Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 Reply to Dook, Have quite a few downloaded....I have never heard of a limit on them... I have never run into this problem before and I have been playing CM games since they were first released. Anyone else heard of this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadhead46 Posted July 31, 2006 Author Share Posted July 31, 2006 Reply to Schrullenhaft I am downloading scenarios from The proving Grounds, Boots and saddles and the new Scenario Depot 2 mostly. The zipped ones I unzip into the scenario folder. and some just install without a zip file. Its weird but some work fine and others dont. How do I find out if they are zero bytes in size? No I dont know which versions they are made for? Yes I have the newer versions of all 3 games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Finding the version that the scenario was created with is pretty much limited to what is reported on the download site. A majority of scenarios have probably been created by the latest versions so a version incompatibility should be a fairly rare occurance. To check the size of a file, with the Windows Explorer File Manager go to your Scenarios directory and you can do a few things. Often you can "hover" your mouse over a file and a light yellow pop-up window will give you some of the file details, including size. Another method is to right-click on a file and select Properties from the pop-up menu. This will bring up a Properties tabbed dialog box with the file size listed on the first tab. Is there a difference in the way or format of the files that you download that do work compared to the ones that don't ? In other words are some of the non-functioning scenarios files that we're downloaded directly without being zipped (in their native .cme/.cmf format) ? Do you have an example of a particular scenario that isn't working for you (the scenario name and site that you've downloaded it from) ? I could check to see how it works with my CMBB install (BFC version). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadhead46 Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 Schrullenhaft........ I have sent you an email with one scenario that works and one that does not.. Thanks for helping and LMK what you see if anything... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 treadhead - I haven't received the email, did you have problems sending it ? I'll check it out as soon as I receive it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadhead46 Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 Yes I sent the email..July 31st 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Sorry, I never received it. Could you please sent it again to ian_straw@hotmail.com. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 OK, I got the files (Hotmail classified it as Junk Mail, so I may have unintentionally deleted the first email). I downloaded the two attached files directly to my CMBB Scenarios folder and both of them appeared in my BFC CMBB 1.03 scenario listing. Both games also loaded up without problem. Perhaps editing the name of "Zerstören Sie den Feind.cme" to something else (without the "o with diaresis" for example). Are you running Windows XP or another version ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 TH46- Did you scroll through all the scenarios? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treadhead46 Posted August 2, 2006 Author Share Posted August 2, 2006 I am running windows XP professional 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 I'll have to dig out my CMBB Special Edition (CDV) and install it and see if I come up with the same issue. Right now with the BFC/Internet version, the scenario displays in the list and loads up fine. It will probably be a few days before I can do this though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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