Where is First Strike 1.6 installed?   Because I thought I'd check it out, what you folks of client side modders had made.  I ran the latest installer, and it went through its paces, validated the downloaded file, decompressed a bunch of files, went through its paces, and completed without incident.  Asked me at the end if I wanted to launch it, with a X checkbox, and I said yes, and nothing happened.

Ok, so ...   I need a launcher.  But it says the launcher comes with 1.6.  So I go looking... for First Strike....

But there are no folders in my Electronic Arts/BF2142/mods directory related to First Strike...   there is no launcher... there are no shortcuts on the desktop to First Strike, or under the Start Button programs group... or in the Program Files Folder...

In short, I have no idea where the First Strike Installer installed its gigabytes of files, under my Windows XP 32 bit  on my legit copy of BF2142 patched up to 1.51

I ran it twice, just to make sure it was installing in the right place...  where it asks you in the installer, where you want to install it...   same deal.   After completion, No shortcuts, no icons, no folders in the mods folder... or in the Levels folder...     what the hey!

If a Battlefield 2 / 2142 modder with 6 years experience inside and out of BF2142 and its files, can't find where your mod got installed...  I'm wondering... how will any other player?  Let alone, launch it.  It should be right beside the "Red Zone" client side mod folder and "FFolks" modfoler I installed, inside my mods folder...

I thought... well, lets try to join a First Strike server from with inside 2142... no dice either...  they are still "red"... as in, unavailable.

Sincerely,

CHOPPERGIRL  / AIRWAR    http://air-war.org
http://choppergirl.air-war.org

AIRWAR is a massive Server Side Only Mod for Battlefield 2142 
developed by independent game developer, CHOPPERGIRL.

If you have Battlefield 2142 installed and updated, 
there is nothing further you need to install. 
Just connect to the AIRWAR Server and enjoy.

Hi Choppergirl, many thanks for trying out our mod, I've followed a few of your posts on the BFEditor forum.

FirstStrike should be installing to bf2142/mods. I am assuming here that you used the full 1.6 installer? I can't explain why it isn't installing correctly, but at the moment it does not install the auto patcher/launcher program for you, that is a seperate download at the moment.

The servers maybe appearing red as we launched a couple of fixes for overlooked items after the major 1.6 launch. This means without the patcher you will be appearing as a different version to the servers.

Bite my shiny metal Tie Fighter!