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Enhanced Explosions 3 effects pack
By Stary
My third approach at modyfying explosions to give them that familiar hollywood-style exaggerated look: new graphics, new emitters, brand new look for the series. And YES, they are best looking when combined with the HDR/Bloom plugin.
New for the series are generic nuclear effects.
6,826 downloads
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Enhanced Explosions 2
By Stary
UPDATE 8.03.2008
v2.01
-included missing 23mm.tga and pinky.tga used by 23mmobjecthiteffect -thanks to Canadair for finding it
-included flareflash.tga, available in separate fix download
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This is a major update and extension of my "Enhanced Explosions" effects pack.
If you've been using original Enhanced Explosions, you know what to expect -Hollywood style cinematic explosions, created to give TK's sims
a blast. Also I still enjoy old "Jane's ATF" very much, and I missed some of it's spectacular fire in the sky lately.
New stuff included is mostly about ground strikes and various air2ground weapons effects.
6,153 downloads
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Ejecting pilots mod v1.0 update
By Stary
Ejecting pilots mod update.
Includes new great parachute graphics by Luk1978. Thank you! Also thanks to Epizikl for additional info. Wish we could use 3D chutes.
Now you can chose one from three aircraft fire effect versions:
1 -stock Thirdwire one, with original fire and smoke materials
2 -"Enhanced Explosions 3" version
3 -napalm-like one from beta release
Also the size of chute scaled to fit the new graphics.
3,554 downloads
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Deuces Effects Pack #2
By Deuces
Part II of the effects packs
Includes:
Re-released aricraft explosion
New small, medium, large bobm effects
New SAM launch effect
New Napalm effect
New 20mm gun hits
Some new sounds included.
All files get extracted to the Effects folder except for sound files. Those go into sound folder.
4,281 downloads
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Enhanced Explosions
By Stary
Enhanced Explosions
by CA_Stary
For SF, WoV and WoE.
This mini-pack uses some graphics from my guns_fx, which were in turn based on some .tga files created by Deuces.
In this mini-pack you will find some reworked original effects. Since i've switched from close range WW2 and Korea dogfighting
to more modern medium range missile engagements (WoE rules!) i started working on some enhancements to stock effects. This is not a complete effect pack
(Deuces is best at that), rather an addition.
Reworked effects include:
Aircraft explosions -with new big hot fireballs and lots of burning parts thrown randomly into air, now ground crashes look more realistic
Aircraft fuel fire -new longer fire trail than in original, fueltanks blow, random bursts of fuel
Small/medium/large missile air explosions -different from original, now with more intense fireballs, smoke clouds, sparks
Small/medium/large bomb effects (beta) -differ by size and look, i'm not fully satisfied with those, but I decided to throw them in. Think of those as of beta
Also included are some .tga files from my previous guns_fx pack, as some of the new materials definitions use them
3,197 downloads
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*update* v1.11 Siberian Sky -- Experimental 3-D Rocket Exhaust
By Lexx_Luthor
*** Note added August 2013: Decrease the particle generation rate in case of slow flying launching platforms, such as helicoptors or WW2 fighter bombers, to avoid too high density of smoke particles which look bad.
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June 2010. Updated to include the ancient Smoke3.tga. I had always thought this was game stock. I was wrong. Somebody, I don't know who, made the Smoke3.tga for the old Weapons Pack but that pack seems not used much today. So I include it now, finally.
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I'm using 7zip as file compression. I first saw it at Column5's Cold War downloads pages, so I tried it and love it.
7zip ~> http://www.7zip.com/
This project is part of a planned series of grafix effects that may be used in an attempt to simulate classical era strategic strike/interception (Siberian Sky).
In 3D Rocket Exhaust, large numbers of 2D images combine to form 3D flame and smoke trails. The goal is immersive smoke/flame seen from the cockpit, and long range visibility of flame (night) and smoke (day). There can be a cpu performance hit with large numbers of missiles firing off within the defined MaxVisibility distances. Description, development, limitations, and possible employment or improvements of this and future grafix effects are at the ThirdWire webboard thread below...
ThirdWire thread ~> http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4964
PROJECT USE PRE-REQUISITES:
(1) Know how to work the sim's weapons and the Weapon Editor. This editor and some basic tutorials are found here at the CombatAce.
(2) Know how to work the Cat Extractor to extract encrypted text files for editing. This extractor is found here at the CombatAce.
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V 1.11 has Smoke3.tga included.
V 1.1 has...
(1) One additional step smaller rocket exhaust effect, and two effects for smaller unguided rockets -- U1 and U2 are made with greatly reduced particle density in expectation of large rocket volleys.
(2) Better naming system .... R1 (the new smallest effect) to R8 (the old R7 of v1.0).... also U1 and U2.
(3) Hopefully better instructions.
2,108 downloads
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New guns hit effects
By Stary
After playing Wings over Vietnam for a while i found original plane/object hit fx rather unrealistic.
Since i love both PAW and KAW mods i started working on something more resembling WWII guncamera footages.
In this pack are remade *objecthiteffect.ini for most guntypes as per bulletobject.ini descriptions.
So for lmg, hmg, 20mm, 23mm, 30mm and 37mm there are 6 new distinctive types of effects.
2,489 downloads
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**UPDATE 1.3** 300t -- 30Mt Nuclear Weapon Effects
By Lexx_Luthor
Update 1.3 fixes a titanic blunder in 300kt late cloud effects -- the flat clouds spread across the map at weapon detonation, which is badly wrong. More in the update details section below. The B-47 screenshot shows 300kt late cloud effect as it should be.
Updates 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 are listed at the bottom of this page.
Included are nuclear weapon grafix effects from the initial double peak pulse to simplified late cloud development, and most major things in between, spanning a time of about 1/20 second to several hours, depending on yield. No weapons are included, but only visual grafix to be set up for use by your weapons.
Surface targeted warhead effects (for bombs, ASMs) are modelled for 3kt, 30kt, 300kt, 3Mt, and 30Mt. Low airburst only -- see the weapondata "Add To" file.
AAM and SAM airburst effects are modelled for 300t, 3kt, 30kt, 300kt, and 3Mt.
** The latest Bunyap Weapons Pack is required for the use of two grafix files contained in that pack -- the SMOKE3 and SMOKE4 tga files . This pack is found here at the CombatAce.
As the sim does not yet support physical nuclear explosive effects, use conventional high explosives and experiment with very high warhead powers. The Weapon Editor can use exponential notation, and 1E+11 is a good start for experimenting with physical yields.
PROJECT USE PRE-REQUISITES:
(1) Know how to work the sim's conventional weapons and the Weapon Editor. This editor and some basic tutorials are found here at the CombatAce.
(2) Know how to work the Cat Extractor to extract several encrypted text files for editing. This extractor is found here at the CombatAce.
This project is designed and optimized for gameplay of hypothetical early Cold War era strategic strike and air defence operations on a massive scale, and will require a few simple, but very profound, adjustments to the sim to work well. One example why: Visible ranges to grafix effects can approach 1000 kilometers, and in one effect, far beyond.
This project works with the stock original game fully patched. However, this project was designed with the author's personal Environmentsystem file and a CRT monitor. I have no clue what this project's effects look like on LCD monitors during day or night missions.
Possible future tweaks, possible bugg fixxes, discussion of modeling methods, answers to questions, improving the effects and their ease of use for others, and discussion of what is being modelled can be found at the ThirdWire webboard at the link below.
ThirdWire thread ~> http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=3970
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*UPDATE 1.1 CONTENTS*
Fixed some faults in the KT/MT FireBall to HighCloud-1 transitions, especially for KT030.
All Pulse and SkyGlow emitters are set to 50% larger in the effects text files (no changes were made to any tga grafix files).
Tweaked some Visibility Distances.
Tweaked some later HighClouds for KT/MT effects.
Made FireBall particles turn a more deep red near the end of their lifetime. Too red? Tell at the ThirdWire thread.
Set the FlightEngine.ini's FarClipDistance to 5000000.0. This fixes bad flickering of large yield SkyGlows seen from very long distances.
Doubled the rate of GroundCloud emission.
And, a few other minor tweaks I don't recall right now.
Additional modding tips in the Install text file.
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**UPDATE 1.2 CONTENTS**
Removed all files for my personal Enviro mods, as the New Sun effect did not seem to work properly when I recently patched up to the latest
Patch (new sun caused black hole in the sky for example). Enviro mod and *new* new sun and star effects will have to be offered seperately
for better download support. This has taught me a lesson to be fully Patched with everybody else before releacing any mods.
I seemed to have found that the sim's custom Effects Details grafix option must be set to MEDIUM or HIGH. At the LOW setting, some
important nucular effects will not show.
Fixed a minor but potentially confusing Flight Engine file instruction regarding FarClip distances.
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**UPDATE 1.3 CONTENTS**
Fixed a devastating error in the KT300 flat clouds that I failed to catch. I had it working fine, but used the KT300 flatclouds to "experiment" with the flat layers as general weather clouds spread wide across the map, and becoming visible just after weapon detonation. I "forgot" to change it back to normal before uploading at CombatAce. This was sloppy. It works correctly now...I think.
1,790 downloads
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Siberian Sky -- The VOLCANO MOD (for strategic air warfare)
By Lexx_Luthor
<< "I spotted an afterburner plume at twenty miles." >>
This is the only quote I recall from a Vietnam War air combat book I read back in hi~school and I forgot the title and author. The author spotted the afterburner at night, against the stars if I recall, and said it was a MiG-21. They (F-4 crew) locked it up and downed it with a Sparrow.
The VOLCANO MOD attempts to address, or bring attention to, a long missing feature in all combat jetsims: long distance visibility of afterburners especially at night. To do this, we oversize the afterburners as the sim, along with every jetsim it seems, does not model the brightness intensity of afterburner plumes. The same philosophy was used in sizing the recent 3D Rocket Exhaust effects, making larger flame plumes optional for missiles on a sliding scale of selectable effects sizes.
With the smaller of two oversized afterburner systems here, I can just see a MiG-21's pixel sized R-13 afterburner flickering from a little over 20 miles using 30 degree field of view (FOV) and 1280x1024 screen resolution. I believe that higher resolution would allow longer visible distance for any given FOV. The full size screenshot shows very late twilight F-106 AI squadron takeoff to the South, using the smaller size afterburner system. The yellow arrows point to aircraft in full afterburner following the AI leader.
The VOLCANO MOD uses specific engine names in aircraft DATA files. Any engine afterburner can be done at any time with a simple calculation. A list of engines currently modelled here and simple formulae for calculating their afterburner data are in the instruction file. These are some of the engines that will be of use in a mythological strategic strike/intercept campaign (Siberian Sky), and include engines that were used, or could be used, by Strategic Air Command (SAC) and manned Soviet Air Defense (IA-PVO) from the 1940s to the 1960s.
ThirdWire thread discussing grafix for classical era strategic air warfare: Volcanos erupt on page 3 ~> http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=4964
"VOLCANO" was a name used by one or two of our Old Timer SF simmers some time ago who poked fun at an early experimental closeup cameo screenshot that I poasted (it looked pretty bad). The name stuck.
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*** ADDED TO INSTRUCTION FILE, but the replacement Zip file does not seem to upload here. So...
Grafix position of the afterburner may need to be changed to taste. This is done by changing the vector ExhaustPosition=[x,y,z], where...
-x is left, x is right.
-y is back, y is forward.
-z is down, z is up.
The numbers are in meters. I prefer the burner flame as close to the nozzle as possible, but without interacting to cause flickering of nozzle/flame.
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495 downloads
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Enhanced Explosions 2 -FIXED FLARES
By Stary
UPDATE 8.03.2008
v2.01
-included missing 23mm.tga and pinky.tga used by 23mmobjecthiteffect -thanks to Canadair for finding it
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This is full package with missing flareflash.tga included. If you already downloaded the EE2 pack, you can find the fix alone here:
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=22684
2,420 downloads
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Ejecting pilots beta
By Stary
This little mod adds "fake' bailed out pilots ejecting from heavily damaged burning planes, that fall slowly on their parachutes into ground.
Just unzip to your Effects folder, and please read the readme.
1,557 downloads
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SmokeFX
By Fubar512
SMOKE EFFECTS for Strike Fighters: Project 1 and Wings Over Vietnam
Authors:
Saganuay82...Oil Fire effect concept & initial testing
Fubar512.....Oil Fire effect & steamship smoke effect *.ini files
Deuces.......TGA Files & Effects "consulting" : )
Installation:
Place or Extract the follwing files into your SF or WoV Effects folder.
LargeOilFire.ini
MediumOilFire.ini
ShipSmoke.ini
Smoke1.tga
And that's it!
The Oil Fire Effects produce 3-4,000 foot tall pillars of thick, black "oil" smoke, while the enhanced Shipsmoke effect produces a fuller, darker cloud of smoke, such as an oil-fired steam ship might produce.
To Uninstall, simply remove the "offending" file(s) from your effects folder, and the game will revert back to using the original effects.
775 downloads
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Deuces Effects Pack #1
By BUFF
Extract all of the zip files into your Effects folder with the exception of any sound files, those go into the Sounds folder...tricky eh?
Included:
Afterburner Effect
Dirty Exhaust Effect
Missile Fire Effect
Cluster Bomb Effect (new)
Flak Effect (new)
1,503 downloads
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damage pack
By christian59
damage pack for
B-47,MI-24,MIG-25,MIG-29,SU-9,SU-11,SU-27,TU-95A,VAILLANT,VAUTOUR,VICTOR,VULCAN,YAK-25
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Installation:
Extract everything to the Aircraft folder
in the ini of the plane
add manually
[DamageTexture]
DamagedPostFix=_holes.tga
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This is freeware addon package, free to distribute non-commercially.
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Have fun :)!
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625 downloads
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Deuces Dirty Exhaust Effect
By Deuces
Reworked and retextured dirty exhaust emitter. Eliminates the \"flat ribbon\" exhaust look.
1,820 downloads
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Afterburner Buffet
By dfang
Some 31 different afterburner effects to play with..
Thanks to Deuces for his help with info..
Readme instructions included...
1,906 downloads
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Alternate F-14 Wing Vapor Effects
By gbreuder
Just a new version of the wing vapor for the F-14.
Also included are a new:
loadout.bmp
landing lights
cockpit alignment with the external model
The fuselage vortex emitter can be easily adapted for use on other aircraft.
Feel free.
Thanks to Mirage Factory and all those involved in putting the original model together.
gbreuder
562 downloads
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Desert Storm effects beta
By Stary
Operation Desert Storm effects pack beta
This is a quick compilation of my current "realistic effects pack" WIP to give you some fresh, balanced effects for excellent ODS mod
1,520 downloads
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smoking crashing plane
By christian59
this effect come from First eagles effect by stary
when a plane explose it will create a trail of smoke
work with SF1 serie
Christian
551 downloads
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AERO L-39 BIELE ALBATROSY (AIR SHOW MOD)
By vrkuboy
This mod is modifi of SAINT AJ´s mod AERO L-39 ZA
In this mod you can fly only with acrobatic squad BIELE ALBATROSY from Slovakia and in this mod you can enjoy red color smoke ;)
PLEASE RATE AND COMENT
393 downloads
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Debris Gone!
By Spinners
Are you fed up of debris flying up in the air and spoiling your screenshot, or not matching your paint scheme (or your navigator's eyes)?
Then use 'Debris Gone' and banish debris today!
OK. As an unexpected request, here is a simple replacement for the stock DEBRIS.tga which you can put into your Flight folder and remove flying debris. The original DEBRIS.tga will remain safe and snug in your CAT files so if you don't like you can just delete it and your game is back to normal. If you haven't got a flight folder then just put my Flight folder into your main folder (not in your Objects folder - go up one level).
Special thanks to Migbuster for giving me the idea.
Regards
Spinners
206 downloads
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World War 2 effects pack
By Stary
"WW2 Effects" Pack
v 0.9 (final beta)
For Strike Fighters family (including First Eagles)
This is a compilation of various new effects designed with WW2 combat experience in mind. Included new version of mine "new guns hit effects".
Detailed effects list and infos in ww2_effects_readme.txt
Hope you'll like it.
908 downloads
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Enhanced SAM trails
By Fubar512
As per post: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?s=&am...st&p=270301
Enhanced SAM Trails
by Fubar512
This mod attempts to give the user a bit more situational awareness, by adding an enhanced flare and exhaust flame effect to large SAMs, making them visible for miles, during both day and night missions. It also replaces the default exhaust trail with a whispier, more prominent trail (which should allow for a slight improvement in frame rate when multiple SAMs are in the air)
To install: Simply drop the LargeSAMTrailEffect.ini into your effects folder. That's all that's required.
To uninstal: Just delete the LargeSAMTrailEffect.ini, and the game will revert to using the original.
Known issues: The "rocketflare" effect may appear larger on all objects that use it, though this is not necessarily objectionable. To test that, launch an air to air missile, and see if you find the flare effect too prominent.
If you do find it to be an issue, open the LargeSAMTrailEffect.ini in Windows Notepad, and edit the following lines:
[EffectType001]
Element[03].ElementName=RocketFlareEmitter<----edit to RocketFlareEmitter2
[EmitterType003]
Name=RocketFlareEmitter<------edit to RocketFlareEmitter2
Save the edits when prompted, and the LargeSAMTraileffect will continue to use the enhanced rocketflare by itself, with absolutely no impact on other files.
863 downloads
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Deuces Effects Pack #2
By BUFF
The next installment of my effects updates are ready for d/l.
Included is:
-Re-released Aircraft explosion
-SAM Launch Effect
-Small,medium,large bomb effect (Very large bomb effect coming next)
-Naplam effect
-An updated 20mm gun hit effect that I always like to look like HE hits...I like em, if you don't then just get rid of the ini.
-I've also included some sounds I like to use, up to you if you want to use em or not. I noticed that some were missing in the Soundlist.ini, like the cbu explosion, text file shows what needs to be added.
If you are prompted to overwrite any textures, say yes. You did back up your stuff first right?
Note 1:
Some effects might affect you framerate, sorry bout that but they run fine for me so if you get hits, guess it's time to pry open your wallet and buy some current hardware
Note 2:
The WilliePete bomb effect is with Bunyap and should be included once he releases the next weapon pack.
1,210 downloads
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SU-27 Engine-mod
By hi ho silver
Hi all sent a copy of this marc and he liked it and said i could share it ..So here you go just unzip files drop them in skin folder
Hi Ho Silver
832 downloads
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