Hi Mike,
let's see here, I'll start with:
-Intell 2 core e8400, 6 GB Ram, vista x64
- I can't guarantee the exact installation order, but I think it was stock/4.08-4.10.1/UP3/SAS/DBW. Whatever the order was, each version ran after I installed it (and I removed the selector exe from the UP3 folder)
- jsgme mods activated:all SAS and DbW trackir, forgotten cos., and fx. both versions ran
-selector mods activated:launch after 3 sec, quit when IL2 quits, trackir files, expert mode(!) & 4GB address. Ram usage 1024 MB
everything was OK so far. (and I also ran it w/out the expert/4 GB, in case I didn't "qualify"!)
-now, I want to use the WWI stuff, so in the #SAS folder I added the WWI Somme map. the game ran, and the map loads in FMB
-when I tried to add some WWI planes, SAS crashed at 60%, so I put back the air file(that I had backed up!), and added only one plane., and got it to fly. (nice job on the WWI planes, Beowolf and all others!)
I also followed the directions to add WI tanks, changing the chief, static, and technics files in the SAS/STD folder. and it ran.
Again, I checked, and everything including DBW is still OK.
soooo, since I am only offline, I'm thinking that DBW will be my primary go-to version, so I want to get the WWI stuff running in it. I copy the map folder, add the right line to the all.ini, and DBW is good.
-BUT: I copied the SAS/STD foldr, minus the .rc file, into the DBW folder (since I had made all the necessary changes for the WWI tanks), That's when DBW stops. The selector runs, I choose DBW, and in a few seconds, I get the error message that IL@ selector exe has sotpped working. Try again, no go. Try again, change to SAS Modact, and it works. Try back to DBW, no go.
OK, no biggie, I'll just put back the original DBW STD file, that I had backed up like a good boy. But it still stops even with the original files back in there! And that's where I'm pulling out my hair.
(while I've been typing this, I renamed that whole install folder, and the did an entire new install, as described above. with this, I have DBW working, as I did before, which is nice. But I'm afraid to touch it!)
I hope all this helps, although I am at least glad that I can get at least something to work, and it seems like it's only something that I'm screwing up along the way, and not some kind of program issue.