Downloaded mission and can't "find" it

nutworld · 01-08-07, 11:57 AM

Hey everyone,

I went to Subguru's site and downloaded Richard Manning's "Vladviostok" mission.

When I downloaded the file and attempted to install it in my DW-scenarios folder I got a message saying "file already exists", but when I start DW and access the missions screen it doesn't show up.

Is there a certain place that downloaded missions are supposed to go?

Thanks for answering a stupid question.

Bill Nichols · 01-08-07, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nutworld

Hey everyone,

I went to Subguru's site and downloaded Richard Manning's "Vladviostok" mission.

When I downloaded the file and attempted to install it in my DW-scenarios folder I got a message saying "file already exists", but when I start DW and access the missions screen it doesn't show up.

Is there a certain place that downloaded missions are supposed to go?

Thanks for answering a stupid question.

The missions and any associated files are 'zipped'. They should be unzipped into the DW Scenarios folder.

nutworld · 01-08-07, 12:55 PM

sorry, I guess I should have clarified.

Bill, I did unzip the mission, and installed it to the SCENARIOS folder.

Isn't the 2nd mission in the Russian Rebellion campaign also called "002_Vladviostok.mc" ?

Isn't Richards misson also titled that? - hence the confusion or why I can't find it?

If it is called that, wouldn't that title then over-write the actual campaign mission in the scenarios folder?

Pisces · 01-08-07, 04:57 PM

Your confusion is understandable. *.mc files are part of a campaign. So you won't find that particular 'scenario' among the other single missions, only as part of the campaign list. If this 002_Vladivostok.mc was suppost to be a single mission by the writer (as it seemed being in the single mission list on .subguru.com; i haven't played this one yet) than it may have corrupted the Russian_Rebelion campaign (specifically mission 2) as you overwrote like you said. I hope you have a backup. Sounds like it was given an incorrect file extension, or it really was a campaign patch. The zip doesn't come with a readme to help explain this either. Let the writer come forward to set this one straight.

nutworld · 01-08-07, 05:12 PM

Thanks Pisces for explaining the differences in the naming. (.mc Vs .ms) I wasn't aware.

Hopefully someone will be in contact with the author to clarifiy things, as you stated.

nutworld · 01-12-07, 10:48 AM

Since I'm the only person who's had a problem with this.

What are the rest of you doing when you download missions?

01-08-07, 11:57 AM	#1
nutworld Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flint, Michigan, USA Posts: 200 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Downloaded mission and can't "find" it Hey everyone, I went to Subguru's site and downloaded Richard Manning's "Vladviostok" mission. When I downloaded the file and attempted to install it in my DW-scenarios folder I got a message saying "file already exists", but when I start DW and access the missions screen it doesn't show up. Is there a certain place that downloaded missions are supposed to go? Thanks for answering a stupid question.

01-08-07, 12:55 PM	#3
nutworld Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flint, Michigan, USA Posts: 200 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	sorry, I guess I should have clarified. Bill, I did unzip the mission, and installed it to the SCENARIOS folder. Isn't the 2nd mission in the Russian Rebellion campaign also called "002_Vladviostok.mc" ? Isn't Richards misson also titled that? - hence the confusion or why I can't find it? If it is called that, wouldn't that title then over-write the actual campaign mission in the scenarios folder?

01-08-07, 04:57 PM	#4
Pisces Silent Hunter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: AN9771 Posts: 4,904 Downloads: 304 Uploads: 0	Your confusion is understandable. *.mc files are part of a campaign. So you won't find that particular 'scenario' among the other single missions, only as part of the campaign list. If this 002_Vladivostok.mc was suppost to be a single mission by the writer (as it seemed being in the single mission list on .subguru.com; i haven't played this one yet) than it may have corrupted the Russian_Rebelion campaign (specifically mission 2) as you overwrote like you said. I hope you have a backup. Sounds like it was given an incorrect file extension, or it really was a campaign patch. The zip doesn't come with a readme to help explain this either. Let the writer come forward to set this one straight.

01-08-07, 05:12 PM	#5
nutworld Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flint, Michigan, USA Posts: 200 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Thanks Pisces for explaining the differences in the naming. (.mc Vs .ms) I wasn't aware. Hopefully someone will be in contact with the author to clarifiy things, as you stated.

01-12-07, 10:48 AM	#6
nutworld Engineer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flint, Michigan, USA Posts: 200 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	Since I'm the only person who's had a problem with this. What are the rest of you doing when you download missions?