Due to popular demand I gave repacking WiF2 (World in Flames 2) another try. I tryed it already last month, posted it, messed it up, deleted the post to avoid confusion, had no time for a retry, then forgot about it... so here we are again:
Mediafire:
WiF2-complete-incl-Graphic-Pack-DH1.04_repacked-by-Altruist-1.04.7z (239.59 MB, unpacked 862 MB)
This is packed together:
# Darkest Hour Full 1.05.2 (from a clean reinstall of DH, then updated to 1.05.2)
# Official Graphic Pack for DH 1.04 (as far as I know no newer version available)
# World in Flames 2 (June 2019) for DH 1.05.1
in a form that you can just unpack it and are ready to play (without further copying etc.).
Installation (short):
1) Copy the file into ...\Darkest Hour\ (NOT into ..\mods)
2) Rightclick on file and order it to "Extract here"
3) Start Darkest Hour Launcher and choose (bottom right: Load a mod): WiF2
4) Ready to go... or rather choose one of the following scenarios:
a) World in Flames - Day of Decision (1933)
or
b) Guns of August (1914)
Successful: Now you should have ..\Darkest Hour\Mods\Wif2\ReadMe_fromAltruist.txt
Otherwise: Very probably you have misdirected the target for unpacking, try again.
Not included: WiF2 Music Pack
If you want to... download:
Wif2_Music.7z (410 MB), unpack directly into ..\Darkest Hour\Mods\WiF2\
Installation (longer description):
1) Copy the file into ...\Darkest Hour\ (NOT into ..\mods)
2) Rightclick on it and order it to "Extract here"
Notice:
a) In the rare case your compression program can't handle .7z-files, download the free and good compression program
7-zip
b) Within ...\Darkest Hour\Mods\ a subdirectory will be established called \Wif2
c) Additionally the included Graphic Pack overwrites also several already existing files in directories within Darkest Hour other than in \mods, so you will be asked wether to copy/integrate/overwrite them, click "yes to all" (be aware this might overwrite other graphical gimmicks you had installed previously)
3) Start Darkest Hour Launcher and choose (bottom right: Load a mod): WiF2
4) Ready to go... or rather choose one of the 2 WiF2-scenarios:
a) World in Flames - Day of Decision (1933)
or
b) Guns of August (1914)
5) Choose a country and... well, going into the options before pressing "Start" might be a good idea to set your prefered settings and if you play with (NATO-)counters instead of sprites, make sure to choose "Use Counters = ON", accept... now you are ready to start and play.
Problems (perhaps):
You might have noticed that no version number fits with the next one. The package was put together in the following order:
# DH Full updated to 1.05.2, see also
Darkest Hour Patch 1.05.2 (hot-fix release)
# Official Graphic Pack for DH 1.04 (
DH_Graphic-Pack-DH1.04.7z, 66.98 MB)
# World in Flames 2 (for DH 1.05.1) as of June 2019 (
WiF2_June-1019.rar, 47.52 MB)
The result worked for me (
short 5min test of playing) but don't ask me wether some files of 1.05.2 were perhaps overwritten by older files by the graphics pack or WiF2. The DH screen showed "Darkest Hour v. 1.05.2 (OWRO) - WiF2.