JSGME Guide and manual

[Stonehouse]

Courtesy of CasterTroy in the old forum:

1. Download JSGME (Jones Generic Mod Enabler)

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Miscellaneous/Generic-Mod-Enabler.shtml

2. Unzip JSGME to your main BOS folder...

3. Run JSGME.exe that was placed in that folder. (You can right click the JSGME exe icon and place a shortcut to your desktop for easy access.)

4. JSGME will start and a screen will display.

5. Now close JSGME. This sets up the proper location for the JSGME MODs folder for your BOS install.

6. JSGME is now properly installed.

Now for your MODs that work with JSGME....

1. Download desired MOD zip file or files

2. Unzip your selected mod to the MOD folder that JSGME set up in the BOS main directory.....

3. Start JSGME....a new screen will open.

4. On the left side of the JSGME screen will be the list of MODs you have available.

5. Move the MOD you want to the right side of the JSGME screen. JSGME will install it.

6. Close JSGME

7. Start BOS and your selected MODs will be available.

JSGME backs-up your original installation. If you don't like a mod, then simply move the MOD back to the left side of the screen and JSGME will uninstall it AND put BOS back to its original configuration....

Note that when you unzip your mod into your mod folder be careful to check the resulting folder structure. It should be \MODs folder name\mod folder name\data\mod folder contents and not \MODs folder name\mod folder name\mod folder name\data\mod folder contents. If you accidentally have the latter, then mod will enable ok in JSGME, but the game will not recognise the mod and will ignore it. 

EG MODS\AAAmod\data\luascripts etc is correct. However, MODS\AAAmod\AAAmod\data\luascripts etc is not correct and will not work.

 

Also, from my collection of documents below is the JSGME manual. A suggestion for those people using multiple mods, take a look at mod profiles on page 14. They make your life much easier

@LukeFF Could you please make this a sticky post as it is a useful reference for anyone using mods.

 

 

JSGME.pdf

[Iorwerth]

Sorry if being a dumb here, but which is the main folder in Il-2? Is it the the game folder contained in the bin folder? That one has the game exe file, so I presume that is where this should go, but wanted to double check before doing anything.

 

[Stonehouse]

51 minutes ago, Iorwerth said:

Sorry if being a dumb here, but which is the main folder in Il-2? Is it the the game folder contained in the bin folder? That one has the game exe file, so I presume that is where this should go, but wanted to double check before doing anything.

 

So, for me for example it is E:\games\IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles

IE the top-level folder for Il2

[Iorwerth]

Ah 0k. Thanks. What was confusing me was that I thought it had to be in the exact subfolder within il-2 that had housed the il-2 exe file. Thanks again 🙂