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 🙂 

[thy_]

On 1/1/2026 at 8:00 PM, Stonehouse said:

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7. Start BOS and your selected MODs will be available.
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It's missing the 8th step: make sure your IL2 copy is waiting for mod use (in-game): Settings > Game > Check the option "Enable mods".

[Charlo]

That depends upon the nature of the mod. For example, the various mods that replace the stock cockpit photos with other types of photos or information do not require checking “Enable mods” to be seen and used in game, and also in most multiplayer servers.

But that is an important step for the more significant mods that are not allowed in most multiplayer servers, and thus require “Enable mods” be checked.

[Stonehouse]

2 hours ago, 9od.thy_ said:

It's missing the 8th step: make sure your IL2 copy is waiting for mod use (in-game): Settings > Game > Check the option "Enable mods".

I think CasterTroy (the author of the list in the old forum) assumed that if you were trying to use mods you would have already turned them on in the launcher or menu. IE A prerequisite. You aren't wrong however in thinking it is usually something you have to do. It does catch people out at times.

[taffy2]

Hi Stonehouse, I'm experiencing a problem with My JSGME,  I download a MOD [ Missions ]  into the installer then transfer from left screen to right screen, I then enable MODS in the main game, but the MOD is not showing in the mission screen, I notice in the JSGME manual that you make a note of checking the correct installation path. Which look similar, but only one is correct  

Cheers

[kraut1]

22 minutes ago, taffy2 said:

Hi Stonehouse, I'm experiencing a problem with My JSGME,  I download a MOD [ Missions ]  into the installer then transfer from left screen to right screen, I then enable MODS in the main game, but the MOD is not showing in the mission screen, I notice in the JSGME manual that you make a note of checking the correct installation path. Which look similar, but only one is correct  

Cheers

In general please provide in case of such issues a screenshot of the Mod's folder structure:

Example: 

And just check, if after the installation with JSGME if the folder with the Missions is in your IL-2's data\Missions main folder

[taffy2]

Bit of a novice at all this , but I shall check it out if I can, but thank you for your help

[Stonehouse]

4 hours ago, taffy2 said:

Hi Stonehouse, I'm experiencing a problem with My JSGME,  I download a MOD [ Missions ]  into the installer then transfer from left screen to right screen, I then enable MODS in the main game, but the MOD is not showing in the mission screen, I notice in the JSGME manual that you make a note of checking the correct installation path. Which look similar, but only one is correct  

Cheers

This nearly always means an incorrect path. As Kraut1 suggested, take a screen shot of the mod path of the mod you are trying to install and post it here so we can see what is incorrect.

Edited February 17 by Stonehouse

[Mysticpuma]

Also, watch out for the 'double folder' issue.

Sometimes when you unzip a mod, it can create the same folder inside the unzipped folder....so just make sure that you check the unzipped folder so you only copy the one folder that contains the mod files inside 👍

[JollyJack]

JSGME 2.6.0 seems extremely slow since 7.008. Did anyone notice that?        Running as administrator seems no difference.

Also i tried OvGME 1.7.9 (=1.7.9.8??) to get to work, but it does not with IL2. Latter works fine with DCS. 

Edited July 19 by JollyJack

[taffy2]

Hi ,  I used to use JSGME extensively some years ago and nothing could be easier, but recently I installed again an updated version which how many time I try i can not get to work ?

I downloaded the Papua NG v2 zip [ IL-2 GB/data/Mods] and then watch an on screen panel that shows me that PNG NG v2 is being copied to MODS, I open my JSGME and it is empty ?

And no matter which Mod I try to send to JSGME the result is always the same.   So am I using the correct installation path ?

Cheers

[Stonehouse]

Most likely when you installed JSGME you haven't set up the path to the mods folder correctly or made a typo. Essentially, the window is empty because JSGME can't see your mods folder. 

Either that or you set up the mods folder incorrectly and perhaps you have two? One created by JSGME install and one you perhaps created manually?

Perhaps open JSGME.ini and take a screen shot of the contents and post that. 

Edited October 11 by Stonehouse

[taffy2]

Thanks Stonehouse, If I open up the MODS folder i can see the download [ Papua NG v2 ]  sitting there !  So as you suggested it could be that no path has been created to JSGME, if this be the case how can I rectify this. 

[JollyJack]

your skin modded file sould be here: 

... \IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\MODS\....(NAME SEEN in JSGME)....\data\graphics\skins\Bf109E7.    (for a Bf109E7, the unzipped dds should be within this folder).

You could consider getting Haluter's PRISM tool, you could see all GB installed skinfiles at once that work in the game.

For the Enhanced mod pack v3 it looks like thIs in my MODS folder, starting with a "data" folder:

...... \IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles\MODS\+ Enhanced mod pack V3\(data)

Edited October 11 by JollyJack

[Stonehouse]

15 hours ago, taffy2 said:

if this be the case how can I rectify this. 

You should be able to check the path to your mod folder in JSGME.ini and if this isn't the path you intended then edit the ini to be what is required. Either that or if you have two mod folders (which I think could be likely) move the mods to the folder specified in the ini. 

Make sure you are looking at the right JSGME.ini as well as it is possible you have two. The one you want will have the latest date modified. I suspect you may have one ini in the game root folder and one in the JSGME folder. If that is the case then most likely it will be the ini in the root folder that is controlling things.

Edited October 12 by Stonehouse

[taffy2]

Thank you Stonehouse that is excellent advice so i shall check it out

Cheers

[taffy2]

I think I know where I may be going wrong, and that is that I am not installing JSGME correctly so I shall follow your user guide step by step and try again

Thanks Stonehouse for all your sound advice.