SH2 and Pacific Aces

[Salty Dog]

Thanks for Pacific Aces which I installed easily and is great !
But if I try to reinstall SH2, the option to install is not in the box, presumably because PA is installed.
Can one of you experts please tell me if I can have both SH2 and Pacific Aces installed at the same time ? If so how ? ( I'm a newbie at this stuff !!)

[Hitman]

You can have multiple installs of SH2 in the HDD, but they all will share just one registry entry. If you have already PA installed and do not want to deinstall it (Which would be the best procedure), the easiest way to go is as follows:

1.- Create a new folder and name it f.e. "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install", or anything different to what you had already

2.- Copy the whole content of your current PA folder into this new "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install" folder (Right click, Select all, copy, paste)

3.- Deinstall from your Windows control panel the SH2 and PA install. It will kill the old install, but since you have copied everything to your "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install", nothing is lost in reality

4.- Now reinstall SH2 from your CD, of course elsewhere of your "Pacific Aces Dedicated Install". The registry key created by this install will already work for PA, but note that you will not be able to select 1024 res in PA now unless you install the hi-res kit also to Sh2. The reason? In the registry key there is an entry for the available resolutions, and stock SH2 does not have that 1024. Also remember that using 1024 in PA and then starting stock SH2 will result in a crash, because SH2 will not be able to find a 1024 res when playing SH2.

Hope that helps

[Salty Dog]

Thanks Hitman, all done OK first time , Sir ,you are a gentleman and a scholar !

[Heer Kapitain]

Were do you get Pacific Aces from as I am considering it.

[Hitman]

Here at subsim; Look at the BONUS MODS in the main page

[Onkel Neal]

It's a great mod, gives SH2 a new flavor and your donations help support this website

Neal