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Installing & Patching Red Baron 3D

There's been some confusion and difficulties in installing the wide variety of enhancements available .. even when the mod maker has made the installation *easy* , often uninstalling to restore the stock game and/or add a different enhancement can prove problematic. Conflicts can occur between SinglePlay mod and MultiPlay files

Thankfully , harddrive size has grown, and multiple installs of Red Baron 3D are feasible as a solution.

First , make a new folder on your computer for files you will be downloading , on my computer , it's "C:\GameArchives\RedBaronArchives", with subfolders categorizing "UOPs" , "PaintZips" and such . as you acquire them.

If you already have RedBaron3D installed, and want to start *fresh* ( yet preserve custom files for possible reinstall and use ) , you can simply rename your 'SIERRA' folder. As you can see, I have an older "SIERRAb"

Renaming folders is the easy *secret* to swapping from one enhanced RedBaron3D mod to another.

Red Baron II CD needs rb3d_spr.exe to upgrade to Red Baron 3D, however like many software upgrades, the full RB3D CD version is preferred. For the rest of this install section, "RedBaron3D" = "RedBaronII" for Red Baron II CD owners.

For Red Baron 3D CD , download rb3d1078.exe , the official patch for the latest version, essential for MMP play.

If when you insert the CD, it doesn't autorun , browse in Windows Explorer to your CD reader , and double-click the SETUP.EXE shown, to start the installation.

When you get to the "Select Setup Size" screen , choose Large install.
When finished , Start SinglePlay , set your Graphics Preferences (be sure to check "Custom" textures) , then Fly Now to be sure the stock game is running , do the same with Multiplay , setting Graphics Preferences separately , and fly Solo.
Exit the game , REBOOT your computer before proceeding

Browse again to your RedBaron3D CD, and COPY the Video folder

...then browse up to your new install and PASTE the Video folder into 'Data'

Now , COPY the Server folder

and PASTE into RedBaron3D folder

If you have RedBaronII CD installed, now is the time to install rb3d_spr.exe and reboot your computer . Then download and install rb3d_svr.exe , being sure the Server folder ends up as shown above (except) in your RedBaronII folder. For either RedBaronII or RedBaron3D installs:

Now find your copy of rb3d_1078.exe and install it .. reboot your computer
You may want to test MMP online at this point as well.

You now have a *clean* and full RedBaron3D install

COPY your RedBaron3D folder,
and PASTE a few copies back into your SIERRA folder.

RENAME the RedBaron3D folder copies for each custom set-up you are planning to install. I name the original with a '0(zero)' in front , and make future copies from that.

To install any UOP or other custom files , you'll rename the designated folder back to "RedBaron3D", then install the mod(s).

In this example , I'm taking my *clean* "RedBaron3DFCJ" folder , renaming back to "RedBaron3D" , and installing Full Canvas Jacket CD. When I'm done flying around in Full Canvas Jacket , I can just rename to "RedBaron3DFCJ" again , rename another set up to "RedBaron3D" and play that mod. Switching between any set-up can now be done in seconds !