All right il try that so let me get this right il2-patch-modact-up3-dbw-tfm the next level right?
Not really no. Some previous UP3 and DBW *.SFS files are referenced, they need to be in your Il2 root and are listed on page-1
Its more like this: Il2 Clean Install - Patch to 4:12.2m - Install SAS Modact 5.3 - Apply Vanilla #SAS Folder (page 1) - Download and Activate 'SAS AI Flyables' (a Modact 5.3 Option) - Then select 'SAS MODACT' from the selector and go test it for a bit.
Next; install TFM-412, one set at a time into JSGMEMODS, activate and test fly as you go.
At this point a lot of people roll their eyes and cry over lost time. Just remember, this is what I have to do in order to compile each pack. Its solid, deliberately modular, and won't break your install. Take it one step at a time and you will get there sooner than you think.
Last of all, there are a few fixes, a number of folders to REM, nothing game breaking and all listed neatly at the base of the post on good ol' Page-1.
This is intended for Simon, Mad Dog, et al. I have done as you guys have suggested, now for the fourth time. It still will not work. I can get the mods enabled up through ten, and then number eleven does me in each time. I have 4.07m direct from the disk, the 4.12 installed and working, modact 5.3 installed and working, have copied the .sfs files into my main folder, installed the AI aircraft patch, downloaded all the mods and enabled them one at a time and tested the game with each, but then #11 came around. Can't get past it. There is not a doubt in my mind that something I have done was done incorrectly. Too many folks here have gotten it all to work for me to think otherwise. I will try one day to do this again, but I am pulling out what little hair I have left trying to figure what I have/have not done. I wanted to thank, sincerely, you guys for the efforts to try to steer me right, and for putting up with me. I know y'all have other stuff, like families and such, to content with and that your time is better spent doing other than answering my stupid questions. Thanks again, and as I said, I'll give this a try later on. In the meantime I will keep watching this thread in hopes that a light will finally come on and I'll see the error of my ways.