I recently downloaded Crusaders II by Richard Steele and was enjoying playing it until I got to Mission 4, Which equals Cru5 file in the campaign.  I received a message that either the file is corrupt or was not properly formatted.  I used notepad to look at Cru5, and compared it to Cru4, and Cru6, both of which work fine.  However, I do not have the technical know-how to determine if anything is wrong.  Everything I looked at looked ok.  I even tried downloading CrusadersII again and ran it and the same thing happens at Cru5.  Can anybody help?  Many thanks.

Hi Mike,

The wording I get when I try to run Cru5 in either Campaign or as a Single Mission is as follows:
   Error loading mission file.  Either mission file is corrupt
   or formatted improperly.

As I stated when I posted this problem, I could not find anything out of the ordinary when I looked at the specifics of the file.  However, I do not profess to have a
great deal of knowledge in this.  Would it be possible for you to upload me a copy of your Cru5 file and I will try pasting it into my CFS1?

Many thanks,

Ty

Ty. This error message is almost always caused by a missing or incorrectly installed aircraft. You should find a file named Error.LOG in your main CFS1 folder. Open it in Notepad & copy/paste the text into your next post. I'll download the campaign & see if we can fix it. If more than one element is missing this could take some time.

Meanwhile, read the install intructions with the campaign carefully & make sure you have all the aircraft & installed them properly. Some campaigns require you to download aircraft & other elements separately.

Sorry Mike. Our last replies clashed & I didn't mean to interfere. I'm downloading the campaign right now & I'm sure we can soon fix this between us. The most likely cause is a 3rd party aircraft that is used for the first time in mission Cru5. Find that & we have the culprit.

Here's a few tips for installing campaigns or anything else for that matter.
1. If you're using WinZip make sure you have a current version (WinZip 7.0 or later.). Some AI only aircraft have empty Panel & Sound folders which early versions of WinZip will not extract. All aircraft must have Panel/Sound folders to work, even if they're empty.
2. Make sure the WinZip "Use Folder Names" option is checked.
3. Ignore all instructions to unzip files direct to the sim. Unzip the files to a Temp folder & paste them in manually.

In my experience, these are the cause of most installation problems.

Ha ha ha...

Beat me to it again.
I just did the same thing, going through the missions to see which aircraft first appeared in Cru-5.
Ju88gdr.

Mike

Many thanks guys,

I just completed putting the panel folder in the Ju88gdr aircraft and copied the file to Single Missions to see how it worked.  It worked without a hitch!  Thank you for taking the time to help an old novice who loves to fly.

Ty