Digital Combat Simulator Series

Training day in the team of the "Charognards"
 
to Grizzly from 504th-Red Hammers

Su-25T “Ferris Scheme 4”



This is a completely fictional scheme that uses the same FT markings from my previous European 1 scheme. It’s loosely based off an F-15C scheme that was developed by Heather Ferris during the 1980s when researching various schemes to confuse enemy opponents for future camouflage use.

NOTE: as this is a tutorial, there are no useable files for download.
 
It's a fact that using fog can give huge FPS savings. This is because objects do not need to be rendered nearly as far away.
 
The main purpose of this "mod" is to be able to fly with all buildings and trees, with maximum FPS gain in fog with no pop-ups.
 
This is tested for 1.02 but should work in 1.11
 
I was trying to get my rig to fly in fog without popups a while back. The problem was that trees and powerlines would still popup in the "soup."
Here's a trick I used for my rig. I'm sporting an ATI 9800SE, so your mileage may vary depending on your card. And it's important to note that I have advanced haze ON and VISIB RNG (in options) must be set to high!
 
NOTE: Remember to backup all files before you move them!
 
In the mission you want fog in, set haze distance to max (80 kilometers). This is necessary because popup IS effected by haze distance. Next, set Fog Thickness to 1000m and Density to 1000m. Again, for some reason, the amount of fog effects pop up.
 
OK, for the trees popping up, that's an easy fix. Use LoMan (or equivalent) to change the advanced graphics setting (graphics.cfg file). Set trees density to 10000 and trees clipping to 1500.
 
As for the powerline cables popping up, we remove them entirely. Here's how.
Open LockOn > Bazar > Terrain > Scenes and move the ETL.FSC file to a backup folder.
 
Voila! Lots of fog and no pop ups.
 
As always, remember to "alt-tab" out of lockon after the first mission loads. Otherwise, some objects will continue to pop-up.

This mission is based on the
modern sailors' biggest fear other than subs...the Russian Tupelov TU-22, NATO codenamed "Blinder". This platform could carry up to 3 of the devastating anti-ship AS-4 "kitchen" missiles, representing a huge and direct threat against US naval aircraft carriers.

Flaming Cliffs 3 F-15C Skin Add On Pack by Dave USAFMTL Slavens
 
This skin packs contains 3 F-15C skins covering the 18th FW out of Kadena AB, Okinawa in the MOD Eagle paint scheme. I used the ED templates and parts of other templates made by Tom Weiss. Thank you both.
 
To install:
 
Just install to your DCS World directory and let it overwrite the folder names. It will not replace anything, just add.
 
Example:
X:\xxxxxxx\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Bazar

This is a collection of five skins representing the Second Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam (1969). The skins included represent five Troops (the cavalry name for "companies"):
Headquarters Troop (has a guidon by the pilot's door)
A Troop (Identified by the red band on the tail boom)
B Troop (White band)
C Troop (Blue Band)
F Troop (Orange Band)

Note: The B Troop skin in this pack is slightly different from the 2/17 B Troop skin in my Medal of Honor Skin Pack. Be sure to get that pack as well if you want even more varied skins for the 101st Airborne Division.
 
All reference imagery was taken from
http://vietnam-hueys.tripod.com/2-17th%20Cav%20page.htm
 
 
 
Skinner's Philosophy:
 
Because the 3D models used for the aircrew utilize modern flight gear I have chosen to model the skins as "modern aircraft with nostalgic patterns", as opposed to actual Vietnam era skins.. The significance of this is that I have chosen to skin the aircrew in contemporary flight uniforms, including ACUs for the door gunners. I felt that this was more fitting in a setting that involves modern orders of battle, and is also less of an immersion-killer than seeing Vietnam era "uniforms" on clearly modern equipment.
 
A note about the Crew Chiefs & Door Gunners:
 
Since enlisted US troops don't wear rank/rate insignia on flightsuits, their rank/rate is displayed on their nametag. Since there are no specific nametag textures for the crew chief/door gunner texture, I have added a nametag to the velcro on the chest armor (as is standard practice).
 
In choosing names for the textures, I opted for US servicemembers who received the Medal of Honor. SFC Paul Smith received the Medal of Honor posthumously in the Global War on Terror, and represents the United States Army in these skins. Here is his Medal of Honor Citation:
 
Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy near Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq on April 4, 2003. On that day, Sergeant First Class Smith was engaged in the construction of a prisoner of war holding area when his Task Force was violently attacked by a company-sized enemy force. Realizing the vulnerability of over 100 soldiers, Sergeant First Class Smith quickly organized a hasty defense consisting of two platoons of soldiers, one Bradley Fighting Vehicle and three armored personnel carriers. As the fight developed, Sergeant First Class Smith braved hostile enemy fire to personally engage the enemy with hand grenades and anti-tank weapons, and organized the evacuation of three wounded soldiers from an armored personnel carrier struck by a rocket propelled grenade and a 60 mm mortar round. Fearing the enemy would overrun their defenses, Sergeant First Class Smith moved under withering enemy fire to man a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a damaged armored personnel carrier. In total disregard for his own life, he maintained his exposed position in order to engage the attacking enemy force. During this action, he was mortally wounded. His courageous actions helped defeat the enemy attack, and resulted in as many as 50 enemy soldiers killed, while allowing the safe withdrawal of numerous wounded soldiers. Sergeant First Class Smith's extraordinary heroism and uncommon valor are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the Third Infantry Division 'Rock of the Marne,' and the United States Army.
 
 
Updating from Version 1.01 or earlier:
 
DCS World 1.2.7 changes the pilot and gunner texture files, so the textures have been updated accordingly in this file. In order to clear out the obsolete files, go to the individual folders and remove the following files:
Gunner_UH1_*.dds

Installation Instructions:
Copy the folders (except for TempTextures; see below) to your Liveries\uh-1h folder (either in DCS World\Bazar or Saved Games\DCS).
 
Optional:
I have included files that have (IMHO) improved the textures of the pilots and door gunners. They now wear the standard green and grey nomex flight gloves and have pencil pockets on their left sleeves, similar to my USN and USMC uniform textures.
 
To enable these textures, just copy the contents of the _Optional\TempTextures folder to your DCS World\Bazar\TempTextures folder. To disable the textures, just delete them from TempTextures and the default textures will be used instead.
 
Optional:
The release of DCS World 1.2.4 added the ability to add texture paths using the file "autoexec.cfg" in your Saved Games\DCS\Config folder. This will allow you to save hard drive space as long as the skin filenames are unique. My skins support this, so any DDS file with the same name will be identical.
 
In order to enable this feature, add the following line to autoexec.cfg (be sure to create the file if it doesn't exist):

table.insert(options.graphics.VFSTexturePaths, "C:/Users/<username>/Saved Games/DCS/Textures")
You can use any path (even a different drive), but you must use forward slashes for your path. Backslashes won't work here.
 
Then, you can move all of the DDS files from each of the skin folders to this new folder you've added to your path. Allowing overwrites is not a problem, as I use unique names for each file. Finally, be sure to go into each description.lua file and change all "false" entries to "true."
 
 
 
Special thanks to upuaut for assistance with the more "exotic" material names, as well as the assistance with custom rotor colors.
 
You are free to use any of the textures (e.g. 101st door gunner) in other skins or projects as long as proper credit is provided in the readme file.
 
 
 
 
-Home Fries

My first vidéo!
Enjoy...............i hope so

335th Assault Helicopter Company Vietnam Skin Pack
 
"A" Company of the 82nd Aviation Battalion (82nd Airborne Division) deployed to Vietnam in April 1965 in support of the 173rd Airborne Brigade. In September 1966, A Company was decommissioned and recommissioned as the 335th Aviation Company (months later redesignated the 335th Assault Helicopter Company). The 335th AHC was returned stateside and decommissioned in November 1971.
 
This is a collection of eight skins representing the 335th AHC in Vietnam (1966-70) as well as A Co., 82nd AvBn in 1965-66.
Glossy black of A Co. 82nd AvBn in 1965 (#648)
Two Tone camouflage of A Co. 82nd AvBn in 1965-66 (#625)
Two Tone camouflage of the 335th AHC in 1966 (#561)
Two Tone camouflage of the Gunship Platoon "Falcons" in 1966-67 (#928)
"Horse Thief", a designated recovery helicopter used by the Maintenance Platoon (1966-67). The four-color camouflage scheme was unique.
1st Platoon "Ramrods" green paint scheme in 1968-70 (#373)
1st Platoon "Ramrods" green paint scheme in 1968-70 (#572)
2nd Platoon "Mustangs" green paint scheme in 1969-70 (#252)

 
 
 
All reference imagery was taken from
http://vietnam-hueys.tripod.com/335th%20AHC%20home%20page.htm
 
 
Skinner's Philosophy:
 
Because the 3D models used for the aircrew utilize modern flight gear I have chosen to model the skins as "modern aircraft with nostalgic patterns", as opposed to actual Vietnam era skins.. The significance of this is that I have chosen to skin the aircrew in contemporary flight uniforms. I felt that this was more fitting in a setting that involves modern orders of battle, and is also less of an immersion-killer than seeing Vietnam era "uniforms" on clearly modern objects.
 
Note: the camouflage patterns are not historically accurate, but rather are based on the US DOS pattern by Belsimtek. If anybody can provide me with the patterns for the two tone scheme and/or "Horse Thief" I would be happy to redo the camouflage pattern to historical accuracy. That said, in this case I would rather use an existing pattern rather than "make up" 3/4 of the pattern in both cases.
 
 
A note about the Crew Chiefs & Door Gunners:
 
Since enlisted US troops don't wear rank/rate insignia on flightsuits, their rank/rate is displayed on their nametag. Since there are no specific nametag textures for the crew chief/door gunner texture, I have added a nametag to the velcro on the chest armor (as is standard practice).
 
In choosing names for the textures, I opted for US servicemembers who received the Medal of Honor. SFC Paul Smith received the Medal of Honor posthumously in the Global War on Terror, and represents the United States Army in these skins. Here is his Medal of Honor Citation:
 
Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy near Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq on April 4, 2003. On that day, Sergeant First Class Smith was engaged in the construction of a prisoner of war holding area when his Task Force was violently attacked by a company-sized enemy force. Realizing the vulnerability of over 100 soldiers, Sergeant First Class Smith quickly organized a hasty defense consisting of two platoons of soldiers, one Bradley Fighting Vehicle and three armored personnel carriers. As the fight developed, Sergeant First Class Smith braved hostile enemy fire to personally engage the enemy with hand grenades and anti-tank weapons, and organized the evacuation of three wounded soldiers from an armored personnel carrier struck by a rocket propelled grenade and a 60 mm mortar round. Fearing the enemy would overrun their defenses, Sergeant First Class Smith moved under withering enemy fire to man a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a damaged armored personnel carrier. In total disregard for his own life, he maintained his exposed position in order to engage the attacking enemy force. During this action, he was mortally wounded. His courageous actions helped defeat the enemy attack, and resulted in as many as 50 enemy soldiers killed, while allowing the safe withdrawal of numerous wounded soldiers. Sergeant First Class Smith's extraordinary heroism and uncommon valor are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the Third Infantry Division 'Rock of the Marne,' and the United States Army.
 
 
Installation:
Copy the folders (except for TempTextures; see below) to your Liveries\uh-1h folder (either in DCS World\Bazar or Saved Games\DCS).
 
 
Optional:
I have included files that have (IMHO) improved the default textures of the pilots and door gunners. They now wear the standard green and grey nomex flight gloves and have pencil pockets on their left sleeves, similar to my USN and USMC uniform textures. Additionally, I included a 1st Cavalry patch that blocks the alpha channel for the First Sergeant rank, which removes sleeve rank insignia from the gunners' flightsuits (enlisted troops in the US services don't wear rank insignia on flightsuits).
 
To enable these textures, just copy the contents of the _Optional\TempTextures folder to your DCS World\Bazar\TempTextures folder. To disable the textures, just delete them from TempTextures and the default textures will be used instead. As of version 1.21, the US Army skins no longer use the default aircrew textures, but they are still improvements over the defaults. In either case, using the revised default 1st Cavalry texture is highly recommended.
 
 
Optional:
The release of DCS World 1.2.4 added the ability to add texture paths using the file "autoexec.cfg" in your Saved Games\DCS\Config folder. This will allow you to save hard drive space as long as the skin filenames are unique. My skins support this, so any DDS file with the same name will be identical.
 
In order to enable this feature, add the following line to autoexec.cfg (be sure to create the file if it doesn't exist):
 
table.insert(options.graphics.VFSTexturePaths, "C:/Users/<username>/Saved Games/DCS/Textures")
 
You can use any path (even a different drive), but you must use forward slashes for your path. Backslashes won't work here.
 
Then, you can move all of the DDS files from each of the skin folders to this new folder you've added to your path. Allowing overwrites is not a problem, as I use unique names for each file. Finally, be sure to go into each description.lua file and change all "false" entries to "true."
 
 
 
 
Special thanks to upuaut for assistance with the more "exotic" material names, as well as the assistance with custom rotor colors.
 
You are free to use any of the textures in other skins or projects as long as proper credit is provided in the readme file.
 
 
 
 
-Home Fries

Su-27 Flanker for DCS-World (based on 3GO Su-27 v1.5 model) v.098e-7570
 
How to "install":
(probaly you will need to "reinstall" if the Auto-updater touched your program)
 
Put all files into DCS World folder
and
Please edit manually the following two files: Graphics.cfg and PlaneConst.lua
(Step 2., 3., 4. is not essential)
 
1.
Open graphics.cfg file with an editor in DCS World\Config folder and search for these rows:
...
path = ".\\Bazar\\World\\textures\\WorldTexturesTGA3";
path = ".\\Bazar\\World\\textures\\WorldTexturesTGA2";
path = ".\\Bazar\\World\\textures\\WorldTexturesTGA";
...
copy and paste this row into graphics.cfg at VFSTexturePaths section near ...WorldTexturesTGA...rows
path = ".\\Bazar\\World\\textures\\Su-27-3GO";
 
2.
Make a backup/copy of your original PlaneConst.lua file in DCS World\Scripts\Database folder
 
3.
you will need to edit PlaneConst.lua file in DCS World\Scripts\Database folder ...search for row ~214 and edit gear position rows:
it should be look like after you edited:
-- main_gear_pos = {-0.537, -2.186, 2.168},
main_gear_pos = {-0.587, -2.16, 2.168},
radar_can_see_ground = true,
-- nose_gear_pos = {5.221, -2.186, 0},
nose_gear_pos = {4.021, -2.175, 0},
(Nose Wheel and Main Wheel corrections - More real: "nose lowering" movement when braking, tyre "compression" and turning on ground)...known small bug: AI nose tyre touchdown
 
4.
Delete original Su-27 liveries from ...Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Bazar\Liveries\su-27
Backup folders and files included here...Backup-Old-CMD-Su-27
(original 3D model files will not overwritten, except broken wings and seperated canopy model but these files are also in "Backup-Old-CMD-Su-27" folder)
 
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That's all
 
Cheers
HungaroJET
 
If you like this and my other addons/mods please donate me here:
 
https://www.paypal.c...d=YXMCXZA3KTFY6
 
Thank You
 
Please write comments, problems, ideas, suggestions here:
http://forum.lockon....ead.php?t=98113
 
 
If you downloaded please read the "Read_Me.txt" file - if you are a skin maker

Campaign by David "USAFMTL" Slavens* more info to comeUpdated for 1.02

A-10A Warthog 77-234


 

This aircraft (given model configuration) represents an aircraft assigned to the 81st TFW (no particular squadron mentioned as the reference was from Airliners.net), tailcode “WR” from 1990.


 
Installation: Simply unzip the folder and extract the file into your Bazar\Liveries\A-10A (or optionally the C, though the only oddity noticed is the antenna behind the cockpit, otherwise it’s identical mapping) directory and go into the simulation go to the Payload section and for the Liveries drop down menu select “77-234 81st TFW” and go fly.
 

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Eric Johnson, 2014

This is LOMAC skin for 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Strigon".
 
The Estovakian Central Military District Air Force 370th Air Wing, 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron is featrued in Ace Combat 06: Fires of Liberation. The Strigon Squadron operates multiple Su-33 Sea Flankers. They operate off of the P-1112 Aigaion and act as air cover for the Aigaion and it's escorts.

A-10ii campaign by David "USAFMTL" SlavensUpdated for 1.02

A-10 skin based on the German "Marine Flieger" Blue/grey/green Disclaimer: Install at your own risk - Biohaz will not be held responsible for any harm done due to use of these files

This is the template I used to create the pilot skins for default A-10 aircraft. The template is 2048x2048 to accommodate the higher resolution F-15C pilot skin, though the original A-10 skin is available as background. Since the F/A-18C pilot skins use the same texture (albeit shaded), I have added USN/USMC units as well.
 
The template includes green, desert, and black flightsuits, the SRU-21P survival vest, different unit patches, morale patches, A-10 type patches, and pencil patches. In addition, there is a modular nametag set that allows different colored nametags, different types of warfare badges (e.g. USN Pilot & NFO wings, Jump wings, etc.), and a place to add your name.

defends the city and eliminates the enemy airport.
Multiplayer 5 A-10.

A LMR mission where you are in A-10's trying to destroy the enemys armour.I would use version 1.6a in this pack.I have included 2 random missions created with 1.6 and 1.6aReccomended times for LMR are between 30 and 120 minutes.I hope you enjoy.

A10 SP Mission

A-10 Ferris Splinter [Fictional]


This is a basic Splinter scheme based on an F-15C design modified for the A-10 airframe, and also some artistic liberties as well. While the A-10C is shown, this can also be used on the A-10A, simply copy and paste the folder into the Bazar\Liveries\A-10A or A-10C and select “Ferris Splinter No.1” in the Payload Menu and go fly.

A10 high res dark green

It's a series of linked A-10 missions that span the struggle to control Crimea between the Ukraine and Russia. To string them together to create a story, I created with a briefing of what happened in the previous mission. It also clues people into the effects of their mission successes.
 
Some Missions have been issued before but it's easy to bypass them. There are 20 other missions that are totally new.
 
The missions are for version LOMAC 1.02 and I'll assume they'll work in 1.10.
 
(made by John "ZoomBoy" Thomas)

Heres a in the weather at night A10 Convoy attack mission for online playsetup for 4 playersEnjoy

A-10 Smerch Hunt by Brit_Radar_Dude.
 
A Smerch battery is hiding in the vicinity of Krasnodar and rocket attacks continue to trouble Allied forces. Intel reports that an abandoned Smerch has been repaired and is being escorted South by road along the Western lakeshore to rejoin its parent unit. Locate and follow this Smerch,its final destination may give us the method by which the enemy are hiding these units from us.

A six mission campaign designed to be challenging. -LABELS are OFF. -F-10 map view is ON. -Weather, turbulance, and failures are ON

A-10 tiger sharks attack russian air base! READ THE MISSION BRIEF! v.1.01 and v.1.02 use loman to open zip file