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Firecage Plane Fest Campaign Ver 4.1
By Firecage
THIS IS FOR FE PRE EXPANSION PACK! THIS MAY NOT WORK WELL AFTER THE EXP PACK IS INSTALLED. I HAVE NOT TESTED IT YET..
Firecage Plane Fest 4.0
1st off …. Tip of the Hat to all the plane makers… thank you for the time and effort your putting in so I can have fun
This campaign has about 60 airplanes in it now. (see note above)
I do all the testing on hard FM and all settings to hard. So if things don’t seem even in normal mode that’s why.
All of the plane sets have been done to make room for the newest planes that the mod people have available.
I have moved the start dates back to October 5th 1915 to make more room for so many early planes and still have time to enjoy and learn each one well.
I have redone all the upgrade plane dates so the planes match up as closely as I can. As normal I try and balance what is available. I do my best with what I have.
Bomber squads available for the RAF and Germans. (flyable)
Fixed a few text entries to docs that were showing wrong versions in game.
Please read the installation and Plane Fest Doc for more info.
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Bloody April 1917
By Guest
Bloody April 1917
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A campaign for First Eagles.
This is a historical campaign for the Flanders terrain in First Eagles, to recreate the nadir of the Royal Fying Corps, "Bloody April" 1917. It requires a standard install of First Eagles, plus Edward's Flanders terrain, and a number of extra add-on aircraft. There is a TXT file which explains all that is required.
The campaign uses a variety of early-1917 aircraft, and every mission will provide extensive aerial action, with large numbers of aircraft from different squadrons going about their various missions along the Front.
Historical Background
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A major British offensive was planned to commence in the Arras area in Flanders in April 1917. The First Army (General Horne) and the Fifth Army (General Allenby), comprising British, Australian, Canadian and Indian troops, would make a major push along the River Scarpe, and towards Vimy Ridge. A month of bloody fighting yielded little except heavy casualties on both sides, on the ground and in the air. A brilliant Canadian assault captured Vimy Ridge, and a tenacious Australian attack at Bullecourt penetrated the Hindenurg line for a time, but stubborn German resistance limited the gains to no more than a few miles overall.
In the air, early 1917 was a difficult time for the Royal Flying Corps. The Fokker scourge of early 1916 had been defeated by aircraft such as the DH.2 and the FE.2B, but by early 1917 these aircraft were obsolescent, and were facing newer German machines such as the formidable Albatross D.III. In addition, the German air force was now operating on the Flanders front in larger "Jastas", or "Flying Circuses". Newer British machines such as the Sopwith Pup and Triplane and the Bristol Fighter F2B were becoming available, but in small numbers. The Royal Flying Corps would suffer grievous losses in "Bloody April".
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Second Marne / Hundred Days Offensive Campaign Pack
By Pancho
This pack contains two campaigns for Third Wire Production’s flight simulator First Eagles: “Second Battle of the Marne” and “Hundred Days Offensive.” These campaigns portray events in the Verdun Sector during the German offensive and Allied counteroffensives between 15 July and 12 September 1918. Players can now begin their FE careers in mid-July rather than mid-September, covering the entire period when the USAS was equipped with the SPAD XIII.
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Cambrai 1917
By Guest
Cambrai, November 1917
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A campaign for First Eagles.
This is a historical campaign for the Flanders terrain in First Eagles, to recreate the air battles of late-1917, the time of the debut of the tank, at Cambrai. It follows on from my previous release, "Bloody April" 1917. It requires a standard install of First Eagles, plus Edward's Flanders terrain, and some extra add-on aircraft. There is a TXT file which explains all that is required.
The campaign uses a variety of appropriate late-1917 aircraft, and every mission will provide extensive aerial action, with large numbers of aircraft from different squadrons going about their various missions along the Front.
The aircraft which operate in this campaign are the:
BE.2d
Bristol Fighter F2B
Nieuport 24bis
SE.5a
Spad XIII
Sopwith Camel
Albatros D.III
Albatross D.V
Aviatik C.2
DFW C.V
Fokker Dr.1 triplane
Gotha G.IV
Pfalz D.III
Zeppelin Staaken
Historical Background
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By November 1917 the British Army has been continuously on the offensive in Flanders for four months, in bloody battles at Ypres, Messines and Passchendaele, and most of the German Army reserves have been drawn there. A bold stroke was planned well to the south, in the direction of Cambrai. The Army, spearheaded by a new secret weapon, the tank, would make a major push.
In the air, the start of 1917 had been a difficult time for the Royal Flying Corps, culminating in the disastrous "Bloody April", but by the end of the year, the tide had turned somewhat. Newer machines, such as the Sopwith Camel, SE.5a and Bristol F2B fighter, were coming into service, which were a match for all German machines except for the new and deadly Fokker Triplane.
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Zeppelin Hunters
By dhasdell
Five missions using Hinchinbrooke's splendid Zeppelin, all slightly different as I'm now finding my way with Kreelin's mission builder.
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Firecage - Flanders Plane Fest Ver 1.0
By Firecage
THIS IS FOR FE PRE EXPANSION PACK! THIS MAY NOT WORK WELL AFTER THE EXP PACK IS INSTALLED. I HAVE NOT TESTED IT YET..
Welcome to Flanders !!!
Please read the planesused.txt, the Planefest doc, and the installation.txt files for more info.
1. The Fest is now split into (2) parts to make the campaign work properly.
• One Campaign is RAF vs Germany
• One Campaign isFrance vs Germany.
2. Every Fighter Squadron will start from their own base. No base is shared between squads now. ** see the included .psp file for base locations.
3. There may be bomber and fighter squads at same bases but not as a norm.
4. This campaign uses a large amount of the Flanders Map. The squads are spread out quite a bit so I am hopeful all the squads will see different areas of the map in missions.
5. There are no flyable bomber squads at this time.
6. I have made a very intensive set of ground war paths so this should make for more ground realism in missions.
7. For designing this campaign I used the following:
• Firecage FM for the DR1
• Peter01 FM’s for Bortdafarms Planes
• Rotagen’s FM for Borts DIII
• Ver 3.0 FMs for Latons Pfalz and Morane’s
• Hard FM mode for the flight model
• Flanders Terrain by Edward.
You do not have to use these add-on FM’s at all, it’s your call. This is only information what I used to test and design with since I get asked a lot.
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Albatros Missions for First Eagles
By dhasdell
The default Fokker missions, reworked to use the Albatros. Replacement files to make the Albatros and DFW flyable are included.
790 downloads
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Rotagen's 1916 Flying Circus (German_Defense)
By rotagen
Requires some planes from Here: (combatace.com) See "readme" file. I wanted a Campaign where I didn't have to fly to "egypt" to see an enemy squadron, I wanted to fly some early war planes, and I wanted to see lots of planes in a Random fashion. I liked the result. Hopefully you will too. I think you will get more action flying German, but try both.
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56 Squadron meets the Gothas
By dhasdell
Two missions, one by day and one by night, for 56 Squadron SE5a's to intercept Gotha bombers. These are the SPAD mission from the Gotha pack reworked.
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Cambrai Plane Fest II 1915 - 1918
By Firecage
Cambrai Plane Fest II
By : Firecage
See the readme for installation info
This is for the Exp pack and NO April patch.
This is a list of all planes needed for this campaign to work.
RAF Fighters:
MSTypeH
MSTypeL
moraneN
Avro504D
Fe2B
Dh2
MartinsydeG100
Fe8
Pup
Br14
F2B
Fe2C
Triplane
CamelF1_110
CamelF1_130
SE5a
Dolphin
CamelF1_150
Snipe
French Fighters:
MSTypeH
MSTypeL
moraneN
Fe2B
Nieuport11
Nieuport16
Nieuport17bis
Nieuport17
SPAD7_150
N24bis
Hanriot
Hanriot_CAM
Hanriot_Dual
SPAD7_180
N24
N27
N27_DUAL
N27_FAS
N27_RFC
SPAD13
N28
German Fighters:
PfalzEI
PfalzEIII
FokkerEI
FokkerEIa
FokkerBII
FokkerEIII
PfalzEIV
PfalzEV
FokkerEIIIa
FokkerEIV
Fokker DII
Fokker DIIIL
FokkerEIVa
AlbatrosD1
Fokker DIII
HalbD3
AlbatrosD2
OefAlbatrosDII
AlbatrosD3_160
AlbatrosD3
AlbatrosD3_OAW
AlbatrosD5
AlbatrosD5a
PfalzD3
FokkerDr1
PfalzD8
SchuckertD3
FokkerD7
PfalzD12
FokkerD7F
FokkerD8
As for the bombers these are the planes you will need to get this to work right…
Allied Light Attack Bombers:
MSTypeLAO
BE-2A
BE-2
BE-2D
Re8
Salmson2A
Allied Heavy Attack Bombers:
SP3
Ca3
HP400
German Light Attack Bombers:
PfalzBI
PfalzEIIIO
PfalzEIIIAO
AviatikC2
Fokker BI
Walfisch
AEG G4
German Heavy Attack Bombers:
DFWC1
Staaken
DFWC5
AEG G4
GothaGIV
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"Battle of Caporetto" Ver 1.0 Part 1
By quack74
This is ONLY Part 1 of the "Battle of Caporetto" Campaign, Version 1.0, made by quack74
Part2 is a necessary download for it carries ALL the ENEMY (Austrian) aircraft files
This Campaign takes place in Northern Italy in the Fall of 1917. Austria vs Italy.
All info is in the readme files
The Vogesen terrain ( by Gepard ) is needed to run this campaign.
I highly recommend Jan Tuma's visual upgrade pack as well.
I would like to thank ***** and the skunworks A team for many of the WWI models
I would like to thank sinbad for allowing me to repost some of his Hanriot HD-1 Italian skins
I also would like to thank Gepard for the terrain and the help he gave me
And thanks to JanTuma for the beautiful terrain upgrade.
Thanks especially to all those guys that took the time to build all the aircraft and ground objects.
Without them this campaign wouldnt have come to mind. Actually Laton's Austrian and Italian planes triggered it.
They needed a place to fly. So thanks Laton.
Enjoy, quack74
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Three missions for First Eagles
By dhasdell
These are simply three of the stock SPAD missions, reworked to give SE pilots something more to do.
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Firecage Flying Circus Campaign
By Firecage
Thanks for downloading this campaign.
This release has only been tested in the exp pack and the exp pack +April 2008 versions. They may be interesting results when played in the Orig Release loads
Fly in Jasta 11 squadron against the RAF and the French over Cambrai
Contents of this zip file
The whole “wwiCampFC_J11” folder which can be dropped into the main campaign folder and your ready to go.
I have included my cambrai targets ini file so there are MANY more balloons and AAA nest including every airbase and all main cities. Just drop this file into the cambrai terrain folder.
Planes needed for this campaign to work properly.
AlbatrosD1
AlbatrosD2
AlbatrosD3
PfalzD3
AlbatrosD5a
Dr1
PfalzD12
FokkerD7F
Walfisch
AviatikC2
DFWC5
GothaGIV
Staaken
Nieuport17
SPAD7
SPAD12
N24
N24bis
N28
Avro504C
Avro504D
Fe2B
Pup
Triplane
CamelF1
SE5a
F2B
Salmson2A
BE2
BE-2D
Ca3
HP400
I will release a new update on this as I work out a problem on squad sizes and supplies that’s giving me trouble.
Enjoy
Firecage
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Armchair Aces Redux
By ojcar
Armchair Aces Redux by Ojcar
Welcome WWI buffs! This is a mammoth compilation of a series covering the (mostly) complete air war in Western Front in WWI.
The entire war is divided in mini-campaigns of a month-10 missions. I'm using the two stock maps plus the Vogesen map. You'll have about 39 mini-campaigns and 390 missions per pilot!
New in this compilation:
- In 1.5:
-Roland D.II
-Roland D.IIa
-SPAD 11
-SPAD 16
-Fixed some typhos in campaign files
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First Eagles: Hitting the Zeppelins
By dhasdell
Hitting the Zeppelins
Requires Flanders terrain and A-team Camel, but no other extras. Just drop into the Missions folder of First Eagles.
This mission allows a flight of Camels to take off from St Pol, attack a Zeppelin base near Zeebrugge and return home. Enemy fighters may or may not appear.
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Cambrai Plane Fest
By Firecage
Cambrai France
January 1 1916
The new campaign is now ready to Download as soon as its approved....
This campaign works on FE + Exp pack and FE+Exp+April Patch
The plane sets as follows:
1. Dh2
2. F2B
3. Fe8
4. Pup
5. CamelF1_110
6. Triplane
7. CamelF1_130
8. SE5a
9. CamelF1_150
10. Nieuport11
11. Nieuport17
12. N24
13. N24bis
14. SPAD13
15. N28
16. HalbD3
17. AlbatrosD1
18. AlbatrosD2
19. PfalzD3
20. AlbatrosD3
21. AlbatrosD3OAW
22. AlbatrosD5
23. AlbatrosD5a
24. PfalzD8
25. FokkerD7F
26. Snipe
27. RE8
28. BE2
29. Re8
30. Salmson2A
31. Ca3
32. HP400
33. Walfisch
34. AviatikC2
35. DFWC5
36. AEG_G4
37. Staaken
38. GothaGIV
The are also two additional packs included with the download.
1) The cambrai_targets.ini file to add many extra ground, balloons and AAA nests.
2) A new sound pack for FE planes to add realism for the sound of the game.
As always if there are issues leave me a msg here and I will try and get the problem sorted out.
Enjoy
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"Battle of Caporetto" Ver 1.0 Part 2
By quack74
This is Part2 of the "Battle of Caporetto" campaign, Version 1.0, done by quack74
Part2 contains all the ENEMY (Austrian and German) aircraft files. Except for the Decal folders. They are all in Part1 download.
These files could not be included with Part1 only because of size.
After dowloading both Part1 and Part2 you should merge the two together to keep it all organized before installing. It could be confusing if you dont. Just copy all the aircraft files in the /Objects/ Aircraft/ folder from Part2 and paste them into the / Objects/ Aircraft/ folder in Part1. It's that easy.
Enjoy, quack74
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FE Missions with Static Aircraft
By Guest
This is a small set of four missions for FIRST EAGLES featuring ground attack, and demonstrating the use of Static Aircraft to populate allied and enemy aerodromes.
Instructions for creating the static aircraft, and Mission Notes are included.
Missions by IndioBlack
Static aircraft design by Paul Taylor
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Plane Fest II - Edge of Insanity - Verdun
By Firecage
Release 1.1
06-20-09
Nov-2008 Patch required
This release does not have the added terrain mods, Balloon sets, or MG bunkers. I am waiting on a reply from the orig. designers of those mods to make sure they are good with including them in the Fest.
Take all folders (1915,1916,1917,1918) and add them to your campaign folders.
They will appear as 4 different campaigns in your drop down menu.
I tried to get accurate release dates and hopefully each lane will show up on the dates around the time of actual release.
All of the testing has been with Peter01's FM plane mods on all the planes that he has done. There are also some planes in these campaigns that peter has not done an FM for but, they worked just fine and alot of them are AI and have been tested as much as I could.
There are some planes that are not included at this time and I am looking at releasing a new version soon that may have more planes included. As it stands right now I have around 60 planes in the 4 campaigns. I usualy have some spelling errors and such so a new update should be along very soon to correct those.
Plane List:
ScoutC1
ScoutD1
MSTypeH
Avro504D
MSTypeL
PfalzEI
PfalzEIII
FokkerEI
moraneN
FokkerEIa
FokkerEIII
ScoutD
Fe2B
FokkerEIIIa
ScoutC
Dh2
FokkerEIV
Nieuport11
Nieuport16
FokkerEIVa
AlbatrosD1
Fe2D
Nieuport17
DH-4
HalbD3
Nieuport17bis
AlbatrosD2
Fe8
AlbatrosD3
PhonixKD1
SPAD7_150
OefAlbatrosDII
Pup
F2B
SPAD7_180
Triplane
CamelF1_110
N24bis
AlbatrosD5
CamelF1_130
AlbatrosD3_OAW
AlbatrosD5a
Hanriot_HD1_Cam
FokkerDr1
N24
N27
N27_Dual
N27_FAS
N27_RFC
PfalzD3
SE5a
SPAD13
Dolphin
SVA5
CamelF1_150
N28
PfalzD8
SchuckertD3
FokkerD7
FokkerD7F
PfalzD12
Snipe
FokkerD8
The planes can be found at:
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...&showcat=23
Flight Models from Peter01:
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...amp;showcat=213
Other add on aircraft:
http://cplengineeringllc.com/SFP1/Skunworks1.html
IF you have problems finding certain planes leave me a priv msg at combatace.com and I will try and address any questions.
Firecage....
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The Eastern Front
By Stephen1918
Fighting on the Eastern Front in World War I was much different from the fighting in the west. The Eastern Front was much longer, troops were spread out more, and there were fewer roads and villages than in northern France and Belgium. The front moved back and forth more quickly and more often in Eastern Europe.
In the air, recon, artillery spotting, and ground attack missions were the most common. There weren't as many dogfights, and squadrons rarely went hunting for enemy planes.
The purpose of my campaigns is to capture a sense of the war on the Eastern Front. I am not trying to re-enact any particular battles. I'm just trying to create the correct mix of planes and missions to approximate the way the war was fought.
This download consists of three campaigns in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, near the Russian Ukraine.
1915, takes place in the late spring and roughly corresponds to the German/Austrian Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive in which the Central Powers took back the land they had lost at the start of the war. (Austria on the offensive.)
1916, takes place in the summer and roughly corresponds to the Russian Brusilov Offensive in which Russian forces took back a lot of what they had lost in 1915. (Russia on the offensive.)
1917, takes place in the fall, after the Kerensky offensive and before the October Revolution and represents the closing months of the war in the east.
Notes:
Everything in these campaigns is available at the CombatAce site.
Installation instructions are in a separate file. Please read the notes for special information about some of the planes.
Credits:
Many people have made this project possible. Some of them worked directly with me, and others have made things which found their way into this campaign. In particular, I wish to thank:
ojcar for his continued support, for making all the FMs for all my planes, and for providing the inspiration for this project.
sinbad, who made some planes and several skins for the Russian planes and who beta-tested the whole thing.
quack74, for making skins, providing resource materials, and for beta testing the campaigns.
whiteknight06604, for making skins and providing resource materials for the Eastern Front.
Monty CZ and EmlD, for letting me make skins and mods for their planes.
Laton, Bortdafarm, p10ppy, christian59, and geo for their planes and ground objects.
von Deutschmark, gumpy, Saltfiskur, and gambit168 for their skins.
Peter01 for his FMs.
And thanks to everyone at Combat Ace for their support, suggestions, and inspiration.
Changes in Version 2:
I have corrected the way Squadrons are named and eliminated duplicates so all aircraft should display correctly in the menu screen.
I have replaced some planes and included new planes, skins, and ground objects.
I have adjusted all the Strategic Nodes to get ground units positioned correctly. There should be no more AA guns or troops inside buildings anymore.
I have made changes to the mission parameters for many of the planes.
I have made new start screens for the campaigns which display while the campaign is loading.
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First Eagles: Hitting the Zeppelins (Avro)
By dhasdell
Hitting the Zeppelins (Avro 504D)
Requires Flanders terrain from Combat Ace and Bortdafarm's Avro 504D, Fokker EIII and Fokker DII, all available from http://www.ebort2.co.uk/FE.html. Just drop into the Missions folder of First Eagles.
This mission allows a flight of Avro's to take off from St Pol, attack a Zeppelin base near Zeebrugge and return home. Enemy fighters may or may not appear. I have deliberately kept it simple because when tested, it worked.
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FE Campaigns and Zeppelin FM for Nov 2008 Patch
By peter01
Whats in it
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An FM for Hinchinbrooke's L63 Zeppelin. Mainly for AI, but flyable.
Two 1916 campaigns by me. Simple, mainly so you can fly a number of planes in the 1916 period in a campaign. Update to previous ones I did for Oct 2007 version. These campaigns include Zeppelins (as AI), tanks (yeah, I know, but there is a shortage of targets), infantry.
Two great 1917 campaigns by Charles of the A-team - Bloody April and Cambrai. Modded to include newer models, quite a few heavy bombers and some other things.
Mobile AAA guns by Gr.Viper.
Armed balloons by warlordATF.
MGs based on work by Tailspin in Cambrai terrain.
37mm guns based on work by Tailspin and P10ppy, and models by A-team and P10ppy, in Cambrai and Flanders terrains.
Modded balloons to be somewhat tougher to bring down, and modded some structures so they easier to destroy - Warehouses and bridges, these are seconadry target for the Cambrai Campaigns. AAA is more effective.
There are also modded weaponsdata and gundata files to make it all work.
Installation
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Trying to make this as easy as possible, by linking other downloads and eliminating any need to mod files. But you do need to download work done by modellers such as terrain and guns and infantry from the original downloads. And install these in the following order, but skip the steps not needed if you already have the files.
First backup your current copy of the game, and make sure its patched to Nov 2008 (Lower RHS of main screen in game).
1) Download and install current FMs and other files ("Game Files") from http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=8064 as per instructions. Note that although you do not need all the planes generally, you do need nearly all for the campaigns. You must have the "Game Files" included in that download.
2) Download and install Hinchinbrookes L63 Zeppelin here http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=3617
3) Download and install Edwards Flanders Terrain. Its here http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=4424. A simple install, just install everything as per instructions.
4) Download and install Tailspins Machine Gunners. Its here http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=6202. You only need to place the ParabellumAAA and VickersAAA in the GroundObjects folder, other changes are done in this download.
5) Download and install Tailspins/P10ppy's/A-Teams 37mm models. Its here http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=6165. Just install files, do not mod any files such as sound files or gundata files as described in Readme - this is done for you in this download.
6) Download and install Charles Cambrai and Bloody Appril campaigns. They are here http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=4888 and here http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=4860. A simple install, just install everything as per instructions.
7) Install this download LAST. Four main folders in zip file. Just drop these into your main First Eagles directory, and when prompted allow to overwrite. Note it will change gundata and weapondata files as well as other things, and that is essential.
Sounds a lot. But once you have done this not only will you have several campaigns flying most of the available aircraft, you will also have many mods that will part of your game, missions as well as Campaigns, eg, infantry from the Bloody April/cambrai campaigns, machine gunners and 37mm guns that will be present for all missions as well as these campaigns etc, Mobile AAA and Armed balloons. Makes the groundwar and balloon hunting much more interesting.
Credits
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37mm Guns including data.inis, sound, tracers, models and testing by Tailspin, P10ppy, B Bandy RFC, the A-Team.
Flanders Terrain by Edward.
Machine Gunners by Tailspin using models by the A-Team.
Armed Balloons are by warlordATF.
MobileAAA are by Gr.Viper.
Cambrai and Bloody April Campaigns are by Charles, minor mods by me.
Zeppelin L63 by Hinchinbrooke.
L63 FM and minor mods to all the rest by me.
Any problems, please contact me on Forum or via PM. Peter01 23rd June 2009
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Tridyed_Firecage Winter missions pack 1
By Firecage
Ok a set of mission set for use with our winter terrain packs. Time and conditions already set for you ....
They are mostly 12 v 12 missioon and soem have more bombers included as well. No small dogfights in my house
Install to the missions folder and enjoy....
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Richthofen's Final Two Victories
A mission for First Eagles + Expansion Pack 1 + Nov 08 patch.
UPDATED 22/11/08: This mission has been amended to include the excellent authentic Jasta
11 colour schemes created by Quack74 (See 'Mission requirements' below).
Bucky's Quick Mission No.7: 'Richthofen's Final Two Victories'.
Released 20/4/08. The 90th anniversary of the action depicted in this mission.
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Introduction:
There is no question that Manfred Von Richthofen is THE most famous fighter pilot of all time.
In fact, there's a strong case for saying he's the best known soldier of any war in history, let
alone WW1. He's been, (and will continue to be) the subject of countless books, journalistic
articles and TV documentaries. Indeed, at the time of writing, a new movie; 'The Red Baron',
has just been released in Germany. The lasting interest and fascination with all aspects of his
short life is truly extraordinary.
I created this mission, a re-enactment of an actual aerial combat that took place at
approximately 18:40, on Saturday, 20th April, 1918, to commemorate the 90th anniversary
of Richthofen's death.
Flying his famous red Fokker Dr.I Triplane, serial number 425/17, this was to be the Baron's
penultimate patrol and air combat, during which he achieved his 79th and 80th victories.
This is how Richthofen described the action in his combat report:
"With six planes of Jasta 11, I attacked large enemy squadron. During the fight I observed
that a Triplane was attacked and shot at from below by a Camel. I put myself behind the
adversary and brought him down, burning, with only a few shots. The enemy plane crashed
down near the forest of Hamel where it burned on the ground.
Three minutes after I had brought down the first machine, I attacked a second Camel of the
same enemy squadron. The adversary dived, caught his machine and repeated the
manoeuvre several times. I approached him as near as possible when fighting and fired 50
bullets until the machine began to burn. The body of the machine was burned in the air, the
remnants dashed to the ground, north-east of Villers Bretonneux."
His unfortunate victims that day were; Major Richard Raymond-Barker, who was killed, and
2nd Lt David Greswolde Lewis, who amazingly survived the crash of his burning Camel, and
was taken prisoner.
Less than 24 hours after this combat, Richthofen was dead. Killed by a single .303 bullet (but
that's another long story!). He was just 25 years old.
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To set the scene:
At this time Jasta 11 were based at Cappy airfield, about 20 miles east of Amiens. Richthofen
was experiencing a lean period (mainly due to bad weather), having gained no victories
between 7th-19th April...the weather during that day had been very cloudy, but by the early
evening it was generally clear, allowing the Rittmeister and five other pilots of Jasta 11 to
set off for the early evening patrol.
Airborne at about the same time, and equally keen for a fight were the Sopwith Camels of
3 sqn, RAF...
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Mission guidlines:
When the mission starts you'll be at a little over 6,000 ft (1500m). Initially, you should keep
to a heading of around 250 degrees, flying south-west. Keep formation with your five
wingmen. Looking below and to your right, you'll see the winding Somme river as you pass
over Cerisy, heading toward Villers Bretonneux. To your left you'll see the old Roman road
that stretches from Amiens to St Quentin. Perfect navigational aids should you become
disorientated.
Richthofen shot down the two Camels within three minutes of eachother. Indeed, the two
machines crashed to earth just 50 yards apart. Maybe you can do better?
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Compromises and game limitations:
1. During the spring of 1918 the German offensive had pushed the allies back much further
than the actual front line depicted in the game. Also, the Flanders map is very sparsely
populated around the Villers Bretonneux area where this combat actually took place.
However, although some towns and villages are missing, The action happens in the correct
general area.
2. FE won't allow multiple 'named wingmen' in the players flight. This means the game will
recognise only the players plane. consequently, there will be no record of your wingmen's
actions in the 'stats' screen at end of mission. It also means you can't issue orders via the
'tab' button.
The good news is; this doesn't stop your wingmen from participating in the action.
3. Manfred's brother Lothar, (40 victories) was not involved in the action depicted in this
mission. He was still in hospital and extremely lucky to still be alive after being shot down in
his yellow and red Fokker Triplane on 13th March. It's a nice Jasta 11colour scheme which is
included with the expansion pack, so I've used it anyway...We'll assume that he had another
Dr.I painted the same way, and that another pilot was using it on 20th April!
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Mission requirements:
To fly this mission as intended, you'll need the following mods and skins:
Flanders terrain.
By Edward.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'Maps/Terrains' section.
The following Jasta 11 Fokker Dr.I skins:
All created by Quack74.
To be found in the Combat Ace, Downloads, 'Skins', 'WW1', section.
MvR Last plane.
J11 Blue Tail.
Richard Wenzl.
Werner Steinhauser.
Edgar Scholtz.
Many thanks to the above artists for their most excellent contributions to this great game.
Although not essential, for extra realism and immersion I would recommend the following
mods, available from the Combat Ace, Downloads site:
'Thicker, Fuller Clouds'.
By ShrikeHawk.
Found in: 'Maps/Terrains'. 'Environmental Mods'.
Excellent mod that greatly improves the "cotton wool ball" clouds effect.
'FE Sounds'.
By yours truly.
Found in: 'Sound Mods'.
I've updated this mod with a louder "bullet hit" sample, designed to make you jump when
your plane gets hit!
For maximum realism I would also recommend that this mission be played with all gameplay
settings set to 'Hard'.
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Installation instructions:
Install the mission by unzipping the downloaded file to the following path:
C:/Program Files/Thirdwire/WW1/Missions
Alternatively, you can drag and drop the unzipped MSN file directly into your 'Missions' folder.
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I hope you enjoy flying this mission and find it both challenging and enjoyable enough to play
it more than once. I've tried to make it as historically accurate and authentic as the game will
allow.
Feel free to change any of the parameters as you wish.
I would welcome any suggestions or general feedback, good, bad or indifferent, via any one
of the FE forums.
Viel Glueck!
Bucky. 20/4/08.
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References used in creating this mission:
'The Jasta War Chronology'... N. Franks. F. Bailey & R. Duiven.
'Under The Guns Of The Red Baron'... N. Franks & H. Giblin.
'In The Footsteps Of The Red Baron'... M. O'Connor & N. Franks.
'Above The Lines'... N. Franks. F.W. Bailey & R. Guest.
'The Red Baron. Beyond The Legend'...P Kilduff.
'The Red Baron Combat Wing'...P.Kilduff.
'Richthofen'...A.E. Ferko.
'Von Richthofen's Flying Circus'...G. Van Wyngarden.
'Sopwith Camel Squadrons'...L.A. Rogers.
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19 squadron Dolphin Vs Jasta 6 Fokker D.VIII
A mission for First Eagles.
Bucky's quick mission No.1. 19 squadron Dolphin Vs Jasta 6 Fokker D.VIII.
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This mission, although a 'what if' scenario is quite a plausible aerial engagement that
is accurate regarding geography and timing relating to the two units involved
(19sqn & Jasta 6).
Jasta 6 received the Fokker D.VIII (or the Fokker E.V as it was first called) at the
end of July 1918, Jasta 6 being the first to receive it. However, on August the 16th
they lost a pilot because of wing failure, and again on the 19th...The E.V was then
quickly taken out of service until the weakness was diagnosed and cured.
It was accepted back in service in early October, and by the end of the war a mere
80 had been delivered. There is no record of it being used in combat during the last
weeks of the war.
So to maintain historical accuracy this mission takes place the day before the wing
failure incidents; (15/8/18.) At this time Jasta 6 were based at Bernes, a few miles
north of St Quentin, which in turn, is about 30 miles from Douai
19 Squadron, using the Sopwith Dolphin at this time, were based at Savy, about 20
miles from Douai.
You're flying an offensive patrol with your two 19 sqn wingmen, at 08.25 on Thursday
15/8/18. You have just crossed the German front lines at 12,000 feet near Douai,
looking for trouble. You're mindful of the fact that there have been recent rumours
within the RAF of a new German monoplane fighter in operation on the western front,
reported as being very manoeuvrable... You're about to find out those rumours are
horribly true!....
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To use this mission as intended, you'll need:
Flanders terrain.
By Edward
The Sopwith Dolphin.
By Capun and his team. Available from the Skunkworks site (Registration required).
The Fokker D.VIII.
By Laton. Available from the Combat Ace download section.
The 19 Sqn Blue Nose Dolphin skin.
By Gambit168. Available from the Combat Ace download section.
All three Fokker D.VIII Jasta 6 skins.
By V. Deutschmark. Available from the Combat Ace download section.
A big thank you to all of the above artists for their most excellent contributions to this
great game.
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To install, simply unzip the downloaded file to:
C:/Program Files/Thirdwire/WW1/Missions.
Or unzip to your desktop and drag and drop, or copy, then paste into your missions
folder.
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Feel free to change the mission anyway you like, and should you find anything wrong
with it, please let me know.
EDIT, 11/4/07: One thing I didn't realise when I first put this mission together is that
unless you tell your wingmen to 'Engage Air', they won't fire a single shot!
So remember to hit the TAB button and select '1' if you want some help from your
Squadron comrades...Think of it as firing a flare gun!
Have fun!
Bucky.
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