Strike Fighters by Thirdwire

R08 HMS Bulwark of the Centaur Class - Beta Release
 
The model represents the ship as she appeared in the late 50's, before her conversion into a commando carrier. The Albion model has been used, with a later flightdeck texture. Not perfect, but seems worth releasing. Working AA and radar to be developed.
 
Model/texture: Hinchinbrooke
Loads of help: Gramps
 
"This class was an improvement over the war-built light fleet carriers of the "Colossus" and "Majestic" classes with double the power for an additional 5 knots of speed, accompanied by increased dimensions which resulted in more hangar space and a lightly armoured flight deck.
 
Construction was arrested by the termination of hostilities and four units (including the original Hermes) were cancelled. Three of the remaining units - Albion, Bulwark, and Centaur - were completed to a modified design, which considerably increased their original displacement of 18,300 tons and resulted in a 2-knot loss of speed, and included a 5 3/4-degree angled deck; while the final unit - the second Hermes - had further extensive modifications worked in placing her in a sub-class of her own.
 
The Albion and Bulwark were later converted to commando carriers during 1959-62, leaving only the Centaur able to operate fixed wing aircraft, and she had steam catapults installed in 1957. Owing to her relatively small size and limited hangar space, the Centaur does not now meet modern requirements, but is nevertheless, still capable of active employment although laid-up in reserve."
 
H. T. Lenton, Warships of the British and Commonwealth Navies, Ian Allan, 1971
 
All files should sit in an "Albion" sub-directory within the "Objects" directory. The data.ini file should be moved to the main "Objects" directory. Extract the groundobjectsdata.ini file and add lines for Albion.
 
 
 
 
Please do not distribute or post without previous consent.
All copyrights reserved and no modifications are to be made without prior consent.
 
 
Complaints, reference books, beer, send to:
Hinchinbrooke1963(AT)yahooDOTcom

Here are the CV60 USS Saratoga, CV61 USS Ranger, and CV62 USS Indepedence. They are repaints of Beers CV59 USS Forrestal, and are packaged so that they show up as diffren't objects.
 
Original Model and Texture:
Beer
 
SP3/WOV and Data.ini modified by Capun
 
New Textures/Hex editing by me
 
To Install, follow the Installation Instructions.

The RN carrier HMS Ark Royal (1955-1979). File version 2.

HMS Vindictive, a "what if" Royal Navy large carrier, inspired by The Wrench's RN Tomcat repaint.

A generic, WWII, British Merchant Aircraft Carrier (loosely based on the "Rapana").

A member of the Falklands Taskforce: HMS Plymouth.

Another member of the Taskforce and HMS Plymouth's sister.

Japanese light carrier from WWII.

A request for this skin. Here ya go Mannie.
 
Thanks and credit to serverandenforcer for the F-16D. From his original readme, FM done by Team Viper.
 
Read Me file included in zip... so read it!!! hehe
 
Edit: Added the patch.bmp to see on the loadout screen

Everything you need is in this 215MB file.
 
*******YOU MUST INSTALL EACH FOLDER INDIVIDUALLY. BE SURE TO CHECK THAT THE OBJECTS FOLDER INSTALLED PROPERLY WITH THE SUB FOLDERS and files. THE OBJECTS FOLDER INCLUDES THE AIRCRAFT FOLDER, WEAPONS FOLDER AND 5 OTHER FILES. SOME AIRCRAFT MIGHT NOT SHOW UP IF YOU SIMPLY SLIDE IN THE OBJECTS FOLDER, BE SURE TO CHECK THE ZIP FILE IF YOU HAVE ISSUES, THEY ARE ALL THERE, INSTALL EACH AIRCRAFT INDIVIDUALLY IF YOU ECOUNTER ISSUES. *******
 
 
*******Make sure to double check all aircraft installed (as an exmaple the MIG-21MF can fool you as it is already part of the regular WOV install, make sure the MIG-21MF inlcuded in the zip file installs properly ETC)*******
 
 
 
Vietnam 1984:
The Vietnam War ended in a stalemate a decade ago. North Vietnam has taken the opportunity, of the prolonged cease fire, to build up its ground and air forces.
The Soviet Union has recently taken an active role in mobilizing fighter regiments for the VPAF and the potential of the Soviet union adding actual ground troops to the area is now a reality.
The uneasy temporary peace comes to an end. The Reagan administration Withdraws the United States from the decade long diplomatic process. On December 18th 1984 the coalition starts a 2 week air offensive against North Vietnamese targets.
 
 
To install the mod simply place the folders that are inside the zip file in your WOV directory and say yes to overwrite the files.
 
 
Campaign Contributors:
 
MK2:campaign mod designer ,Pilot Photos, Music and sound file, cockpit repaints.
 
Kout : In game screens
 
Wrench: Hangar screens
 
Fubar512 : specific MIg FM tweaks
 
Ghostrider883: Mig-19S skins for the 925th.
 
ATR-Driver: Supply and flight size suggestions.
 
Roolnloop: Vietnam target file
 
 
A big special thanks to the following campaign testers and researchers, this campaign would not have happened without them:
 
Spectre-USA (Blitzpig)
Viper29_CA
 
 
A very special thanks to all the teams that created the planes (including the skins and cockpits). Wihtout them , this campaign mod would not be possible:
 
USAFMTL, C5, Marcelo,WPNSSGT,Moonjumper,331 Killerbee, deacon 211, Kreelin, Mirage Factory,Sony Tuckson, Flying V,Manetsim, Tom Venom,Swede, BPAO,Fuba_512, Badger, Howling,Boopidoo,OKB MIG, Rafael,Armourdave,Sal, Gramps, Phantuam,Crab_02,LoLOgrames, Oxitom,Kovy, Paul Nortress Anthony Beardmore,Amwarr,Corktip14,Deuces,Actarus,Thomas,Axel,Sundowner,F-15 Team, Vark team, Tiwaz,Flying Toaster,Diego,Camflouge,Kesselbrut, Polaski and anyone else that worked on the following planes.
 
A-6E_TRAM
A-7E
AV-8C
F-4SL
F-4J_RAF1
F-5E Tiger II
F-14A
F-15C
F-16C_B30
F-111F
FA-18a
MIG-19(IRM)
MIG-21MF
Mig-23M
Mig-29A
MIrageIIIC
SU-15F.
 
 
Also a thanks to Ronald Regan and the movie Top Gun which both served as inspiration.
 
 
This Vietnam 1984 campaign mod requires a separate install of WOV. It Includes over 20 different flyable planes and units for the following (proper skins included when possible):
 
USAF
94th TFS 'Hat in the Ring' F-15C
53rd TFS 'NATO Tigers' F-15C
4th TFS 'Fightin' Fujins'F-16A
34th TFS 'Fighting Rams' F-16A
561st TFS 'Wild Weasels' F-4E
77th TFS 'Gamblers' F-111F
 
USN
VF-2 'Bounty Hunters' F-14A
VA-75 'Sunday Punchers' A-6E
VA-87 'Golden Warriors' A-7E
VFA-113 'Stingers' F-18A
VF-301 'Devil's Disciples' F-4SL
VF-143 'Pukin Dogs' F-14A
 
USMC
VMFA-542 'Tigers' AV-8C
VMFA-314 "Black Knights" F-18A
 
RAF
NO 74 Squadron 'Tigers' F-4J
 
RAAF
3rd Squadron RAAF Mirage III
 
VNAF
522nd Fighter Squadron F-5E Tiger II
 
Soviet
238th IAP Mig-29A
241st IAP Mig-23M
243rd IAP SU-15F
 
VPAF
1/921st "Sao Do" FR Mig-21MF
1/925th "Lam Son"FR Mig-19 (IRM)
1/923rd "Yen The"FR Mig-17F
 
 
This campaign was tested using NORMAL settings for campaign difficulty. Single misisons should work but all of them are not guaranteed as the campaign is what has been tested.

Thanks and credit to the makers of the aircraft.
 
Camo skin of an F-15I ( using the F-15E skin)
 
Instructions in the Read Me First file included in the zip.

Cockpits for MiG-21F, MiG-21PFM (for SFP1 and WOV) and MiG-21PF (for WOV only).
 
Only cockpit files are icnluded

Got this idea from EAW days...Playboy had a huge following during the Vietnam era...thought it would be fitting to have one of its covers in the cockpit. Place files into F-4B cockpit folder and thats it.
 
NOTE: F-4C uses the same cockpit no renaming is needed just copy from F-4B and paste into F-4C cockpit folder.
 
If you don't like this mod just delete from folder and game will use defaults.

Drop contents into flight folder...this is my first tweak. Radar in upper right corner removed...text size reduced, Icons reduced to a dot reference. Background shade removed on Target, comm, and Aircraft Info. May work in Strike fighters but I don't own that game...this is for WOV. Screen shot is not as good as I hoped...in game you will see a major difference...less text clutter.

UPDATE: This now includes all A-4 cockpits.
A-4B
A-4C
A-4E
A-4F
 
Subtle sharpening of gauges. Place files in respective folders.
 
NOTE: In the picture it shows modified attitude indicator. This is no longer included as there are better ones available elsewhere.

This campaign allows you to fly for the Soviet and Cuban Air Forces in the Operation Tainted Cigar campaign. You must have the Operation Tainted Cigar all inlcusive campaign mod (available at www.combatace.com ) to use this add on.
 
 
First a special thanks to:
David USAFMTL, Killer Bee,Gunny,Polak,Fubar,wpnssgt,deuces,saganauy82,column5,pasko,gecko,kout,majlee,JSF aggie,Paul Nortness,mytai,phantuam,vince-16,armourdave,capun, and all who helped create the wonderful OTC Mod!
 
This Soviet & Cuban add on will leave the original installation undisturbed . It will include :
 
New Soviet Campaign for the MIG-21F
New Cuban Campaign for the MIg-17F
Soviet Anthems (if you choose the appropriate campaign)
Cuban Anthems (if you choose the appropriate campaign)
New hangar sounds of Pilots talking
MIG 17F cockpit repaint with Russian lettering.
The latest version of mago, Fubar512 and Badger's cockpit as place holder for the MIg-21F (with disabled radar)
New add on Cuban and Soviet Pilot Photos
 
To install the mod simply place the folders in your corresponding Strike Fighters directory and say yes to overwrite the files.
 
 
This campaign was tested using NORMAL settings for campaign difficulty.
 
Contributors:
 
MK2: Soviet and Cuban campaign mod ,Pilot Photos, Anthems, MiG 17F cockpit repaint.
 
Wrench: Hangar screens
 
Mago, Fubar512 and Badger 343rd Fighter Regiment :Mig-21 Cockpit

UPDATE: Equalized all wav. files volume level was uneven throughout. Changed HangarRadio1 to general AFVN radio broadcasts.
 
New John Phillip Sousa's
USN
USMC
USAF
 
New menu sounds for WOV also includes pilotscreen comical interview with fictional Air Force pilot during that era. Mix of Vietnam era music from my personal collection.
 
Unzip into sounds folder and thats it. Backup originals in case you don't like this selection.
 
NOTE: Air Force interview is colorful to say the least.

Let's you swap files in & out as required

This icon pack contains 7 new aircraft for your WOV/SFP1 installs...
 
The icons are: F-106A,TU-16A,F-15C,TornadoFMK3,Mig-25PD,F/A-18A,Mig-29A
 
Installation instructions included....

This is a cockpit repaint for F-4 E Phantom II with textures taken from pics of real aircraft-pits to make it look more realistic.

More simple SF missions set in the Falklands - this time flying for Argentina. Requires A4P or A4Q, Sea Harrier, HMS Bristol, HMS Hermes. Desert or EAWEuro terrain.

Three versions of the same mission for the Sea harrier FRS1, HMS Hermes and Argentine A4P Skyhawk.

F-14 Tomcat of VX-9 Vampires

This file represents 2 minutes and 33 seconds of chatter between a flight of Soviet fighters and their controller as they are vectored in to engage a flight of enemy aircraft (dodging SAMs in the process ). It should add a least a smidgen of immersion to your SF experience while you're out tearing around in your favorite MiG or Sukhoi product.

TopGun Aggressor skin for the mirage factory's F-5E.
 
This skin was designed in WOV and uses VPAF decals. If you want to use it in SFP1 it will work, your just not going to get the nose numbers.
 
Zip includes:
ReadMe txt
.bmp's
.ini's
.jpg's
 
EDIT: Added a set of decals for use with SFP1 or WOV. Big thanks and credit to Saguanay for the decals