Well after yesterday's problems it appears the patch has been pulled. Lucky you if you never had to deal with the fallout.
In the wake of the patch I have decided to post a small review of what it is probably easiest to do if your game is completely wrecked and a way to preserve your patched version once completed.
FIRST AND IMPORTANT STEP:
Go into MyDocumens/1CSoftClub/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover and copy the "conf.ini and confUser.ini files somewhere safe (desktop would be fine). These files contain all your key-bindings and screen resolution etc, etc.
Go to Steam and click on Library.
Find IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
Click Properties
Click Local Files
Click Delete Local Game Content.
Wait for the program to be uninstalled.
Go into your folder here C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common
and delete any Cliffs of Dover files/folders
Go into your MyDocuments\1C SoftClub folder and delete the il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover folder (NOTE. DO NOT REMOVE your "il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover - MOD" folder if it is there!)
Now go back to Steam
Click on Library
Find the greyed out "IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover"
Right-click on it and choose "Install Game"
Once installed right-click on IL2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover in your Steam Library and choose Properties. Then click Updates.
Once that window opens make sure that "Enable Steam Cloud Synchronisation" is UNTICKED
Steam up to date setting.jpg
Now go back to your folder here C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common
and find the IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Folder.
Copy that entire folder somewhere else. If you have another drive attached, copy it there, if you don't create a new folder on your hard drive and maybe call it "Cliffs of Dover TF 4.312"
Paste the IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Folder you just copied into it.
Now download the patches (if you don't already have them) from here:
http://teamfusion.theairtacticalassaultgroup.com/
and install them to the IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Folder inside the "Cliffs of Dover TF 4.312" you just created.
Here's a video tutorial:
Follow the instructions of running the game between each patch install (by launching the game via the 'Launcher.exe' inside the "Cliffs of Dover TF 4.312" you just created NOT by launching it in Steam!!!!
Once finished you will have a fully working version of v4.312 and it wont be updated by Steam updates if another beta patch is released. Your modded Team Fusion version will work as it did before and this folder is the only one that needs to be updated with Team Fusion future patches. You can leave Steam to mess around with the Vanilla folder on your C drive should any future updates become available.
Hope that helps, cheers, MP
Windows 8 and upwards users. Important!!!
If you have Windows 8 or 10 and want to run CloD (Vanilla) you will have to use the Cloder.exe file.
https://www.mediafire.com/?6td6vxnr0aensa5
Download it, unzip it. Copy the files into your C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover (or wherever your default steam Cliffs of Dover is installed)
Right- Click on the Launcher.exe in the same folder and choose "Properties". Click on the "compatibility tab", tick the box next to "Run as Administrator". Do the same for the Cloder.exe file you just copied into the same folder.
I had issues running the vanilla version again. This works fine now.
Cheers, MP
Also for those of you who have installed the update:
Great info. from ATAG_Lewis.
Hows this?
1) Back up your game folder in the STEAM folder on your hard drive...Keep it somewhere else on your PC until you know you have configured this update successfully..
2) Copy your 'confUser' and your 'user' files from your game folder in '1C Softclub'....paste them somewhere for safe keeping again until you know this update has been configured successfully..
3) Start STEAM
4) STEAM will download the update....At the bottom you should see a downloading bar filling....
5) Once it has downloaded.....Click on LIBRARY....then..Click on GAMES
6) Right click 'IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover'
7) Click Properties
8) You now have a new tab at the end of the tabs called 'BETAS'...Click on BETAS
9) Select the beta you would like to opt into:....SELECT......NONE-Opt out of all beta programs
10) Close STEAM (and reboot PC)
11) Start your game to test that the update has not been installed....Game should run as usual
and finally:
Just out of curiosity I deleted my entire CloD install (I have the modded version on a separate drive so no issues as they work fine)
I then deleted local content, and downloaded CloD 'fresh' again.
When clicking on the game tab there is no Beta's option listed. I believe this is due to the new update not being downloaded anymore so the tab is not required?
Beta-1.jpg
However clicking on the Steam menu, Properties opens up the following where opting out is available for any game:
Beta 2.jpg
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