You can easily have both shipping and billing addresses selection always displayed by editing the file address of the view checkout and removing the code:
if($this->shipping_address==$this->billing_address){
$checked = 'checked="checked" ';
$style = ' style="display:none"';
}
You can also remove the two lines below to remove the checkbox:
<input class="hikashop_checkout_shipping_same_address" <?php echo $checked; ?>type="checkbox" id="same_address" name="same_address" class="inputbox" value="yes" alt="Same address" onclick="return hikashopSameAddress(this.checked);" />
<label for="same_address"><?php echo JText::_('SAME_AS_BILLING');?></label>
Concerning the address step, what is your workflow ? Could you give a link to your shop so that we can have a look ?
I was able to go to the shipping method selection view and I got the message "No shipping methods available to your location". Probably because the country I put in the address isn't in the zone that you set in your shipping methods. So it goes after the address selection on my end.
I changed a shipping method to USA (for your zone), but the problem was in choosing shipping adr different from billing one. I'm receiving screen with the addresses twice (I have to confirm addresses twice), and after that I'm transferred to shipping methods.
