Editing unit names in text file with Vista.

[wheels0132]

I went through a very laborious process of renaming divisions and air wings in the text files. With Vista, I have to remove the text file to my desktop and then start editing the file. When I moved it back, the game wouldn't start saying "excel file missing."

It wasn't missing, just altered. Thank goodness I made a back-up, I switched them around and the game started with no problems. I did remove some rows of redundant units, is this what caused the problem?

I hate Vista.

 

[coreymas]

I went through a very laborious process of renaming divisions and air wings in the text files. With Vista, I have to remove the text file to my desktop and then start editing the file. When I moved it back, the game wouldn't start saying "excel file missing."

It wasn't missing, just altered. Thank goodness I made a back-up, I switched them around and the game started with no problems. I did remove some rows of redundant units, is this what caused the problem?

I hate Vista.

Two things going on here

1. You probably have UAC turned on ... Turn it off

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/wind...nt-control-uac-the-easy-way-on-windows-vista/

2. You have the game installed in c:\program files.... Vista virtualizes this directory and that is what is causing this issue.

Workaround.

Copy the entire contents of the Doomsday/Armageddon folder outside of c:\program files... like c:\games\dd

Create a new shortcut on your desktop to point to the HOI2.exe file in the new location. Run the game using this new shortcut. Delete the old shortcut.

Then you will be able to edit the file and not have the virtualization problem.

And NEVER NEVER install anything in the c:\program files folder in Vista...

 

[wheels0132]

Thanks coreymas, I'll try it tonight!

EDIT:

It worked great! I now have two separate saved game files, since the folder is now in two separate locations. So I can finish the game I'm on now, and when I load it from the new location, I'll have all my new custom unit names! Thanks again!