masternick201 said:
I did it the 2nd way it didnt work. If it was in interface/pics on the zip I put it in that in the HoI/interface/pics folder and it didnt work =\
There are several ways to do the unzipping for 1.05c, but try do exactly like this:
(Winzip is used)
1. Right click on the Start button in Windows. Choose Explore to start Windows Explorer.
2. Use Windows Explorer to put a copy of the zip file in the Hearts of Iron folder. Meaning the same folder on your disk system as the hoi.exe.
3. Double click on the zip file. This should open WinZip if Winzip is your current tool for dealing with zip files. Agree on everything with regards to licences or whatever (press the I Agree button if it shows up in WinZip).
4. When WinZip has started it has started with all the files loaded from the zip file used. Now comes the important stuff. Click on the Extract button in WinZip to show the Extract dialogue.
5. In the Extract dialogue, be sure that the following settings are used:
- All files
- Overwrite existing files
- Use folder names
- Extract to set to \Paradox Entertainment\Hearts of Iron or if any other folder is used for the game installation folder (and hoi.exe!)
6. Press the Extract button in the Extract dialogue. The status bar in the bottom of the WinZip main form starts moving and there is a round red symbol to the bottom right. When the status bar is complete, a green symbol is showed. Close WinZip.
7. Start Hoi as usual. Be aware of that the version number is not showed while loading the game.
I am not completely sure I understood your situation, but if you do it like described above, it really should work. If I have missed something, please tell.
Yeah, when I have done this I have allways done it on a clean Hoi 1.05.
I am not experienced with Hoi at all, but I think a good advice would be to sort out the trouble (that is possible to sort out) with the basic Hoi installation and its own patches before adding anything else. That would be a sound strategy
