Strike Fighters 2 Series by Thirdwire

This is the newest version of the LODViewer.
New features:
-decal support
-display of collision and pivot points
-added transparency and wireframe display mode
-user definable background color
-view manipulation via keyboard
-64 bit application
-uses the OpenSceneGraph library and Qt 5.9.5
 
Install instructions:
Extract the content of the zip package to a convenient location.
The LODViewer depends on the Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 C++ libraries. If not already installed on the computer (e.g. by other applications) it has to be installed by running vcredist_x64.exe (you can find it in the redist subfolder of this package).
 
Have fun! And report bugs
Mue

Fictional desert camo skin for the Su-57 Felon. 

J-5  (Jianjiji – fighter 5)
Chinese production Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F (NATO reporting name: "Fresco-C") single-seat fighter.
Inside this 5th PLAAF pack:
- 1 new plane, for China / Taiwan / Vietnam / Korean scenery;
- 25 High Rez skin new, tweaked or polished;
- historical decals made using new fonts too;
- all data tweaked;
- pilots, sounds:
- screens;
Operations:
- Openable canopy (key 10) closing at take off;
Credits:
- TW/TK for the stock plane model
- Stary for the long awaited great pit;
- Spillone104 for sounds
- Y.Gordon for his Red Star "bible" book;
- Geary for new Temps;
- paulopanz (me) for skin, decals, hangars and edits.

Install:
- Copy all in your mod folder and overwrite
Enjoy.
 

 
@ paulopanz

(5. to be continued ......)

J-5A  (Jianjiji – fighter 5A).
Chinese production Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17PF (NATO reporting name: "Fresco-D") all wheater single-seat fighter.
Inside this 4th PLAAF pack:
- 1 new plane, for China / Taiwan / Vietnam scenery;
- 4 High Rez skin tweaked and polished;
- historical decals made using new fonts;
- all data tweaked;
- pilots, sounds:
- screens;
Operations:
- Openable canopy (key 10) closing at take off;
Credits:
- TW/TK for the stock plane model
- Stary for the long awaited great pit;
- Spillone104 for sounds
- Y.Gordon for his Red Star "bible" book;
- Geary for new Temps;
- paulopanz (me) for skin, decals and edits.
Install:
- Copy all in your mod folder and overwrite
Note:
- albanian skin is included even if Y.Gordon says that's a fake report

Enjoy.

@ paulopanz

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J-4  (Jianjiji – fighter 4).
Chinese designation of USSR production Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 sans suffix (NATO reporting name: "Fresco-A") single-seat fighter.
Inside this 3rd PLAAF pack:
- 1 new dedicated PLAAF plane, for China / Taiwan scenery;
- 1 PLAAF High Rez skin tweaked and polished;
- historical PLAAF decals made using new fonts;
- all data tweaked;
- pilots, sounds:
- screens;
Operations:
- Openable canopy (key 10) closing at take off;
Credits:
- TW/TK for the stock plane model
- Stary for the long awaited great pit;
- Spillone104 for sounds
- Y.Gordon for his Red Star "bible" book;
- Geary for new Temps;
- paulopanz (me) for skin, decals and edits.
Install:
- Copy all in your mod folder and overwrite

Enjoy.

@ paulopanz

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JJ-2  (Jianjiji Jiaolianji – fighter trainer 2).
Chinese  production of MiG-15UTI two-seat jet trainers (NATO reporting name: "Midget") two-seater. Exported as Shenyang FT-2
Inside this 2nd PLAAF pack:
- 1 new dedicated PLAAF plane, for China / Taiwan scenery;
- 3 PLAAF skins tweaked and polished;
- historical PLAAF decals made using new fonts too;
- all data tweaked;
- pilots, sounds:
- screens;
Operations:
- Openable canopy (key 10) closing at take off;
Credits:
- Pasko for the plane model
- Stary for the long awaited great pit;
- Spillone104 for sounds
- Y.Gordon for his Aerofax "bible" book;
- Suhsjake for Temps;
- paulopanz (me) for skins, decals and edits.
Install:
- Copy all in your mod folder and overwrite

Enjoy.
@ paulopanz
 


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J-2  (Jianjiji – fighter 2)  Chinese designation of USSR production Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15/15 bis (NATO reporting name: "Fagot A/B") single-seat fighter.

Inside this 1st PLAAF pack:
- 2 new dedicated PLAAF planes, for China / Taiwan scenery;
- 10 PLAAF skins tweaked;
- historical PLAAF decals made using new fonts too;
- all data tweaked;
- pilots, sounds:
- screens;
Operations:
- Openable canopy (key 10) closing at take off;
- N-37 gun flagged as secondary gun for better ammunitions sparing;
Credits:
- Tk (aka Tw) for the underated Exp. 2;
- Stary for the long awaited great pit;
- Spillone104 for sounds
- Y.Gordon for his Aerofax "bible" book;
- paulopanz (me) for skins, decals and edits
Install:
- Exp. 2 needed
- Copy all in your mod folder and overwrite
- remember to configure from control options panel the secondary guns key

Enjoy.
@ paulopanz
 


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As these don't seem to be found, I've uploaded my copy, fulfilling a request
These are standard PSD files. All layers, including any I added are intact.
Happy Skinning!!

Mercenary Sand Skin for Spitfire 22 (fictional)
by Gerwin 24-04-2019
 
DESCRIPTION:
Made for the 'DLC' Spitfire 22 model. For use by the nation of Paran.
This skin is part of a Skin set, all in the same style, by the same author.
This work is based on existing skins.
INSTALLATION:
Copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains
the Spitfire 22 files, for example:
My Documents\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2 Israel\Objects\Aircraft\Spitfire22
When in the game select the skin in the loadout screen.
THANKS TO:
Third Wire for the Strike Fighters Based Games,
 
 

Here's my new F-35A skin representing the latest livery of Vermont ANG fighters belonging to the 134th FS, 158th FW.
The skin was made with my latest template. I encourage you to use it with my slightly reworked F-35 which you can find here: 
All the credits for the aircraft model go to FastCargo and other guys involved in the project.
This skin and any other content of this mod cannot be used in any commercial project. Use it under Combatace Freeware License.
To install, simply copy the contents of "to mod folder" folder into your game's  mod folder. Read the Knowledge Base for more information.
Enjoy!
Chris

SF2 P-47D-40 Thunderbolt Upgrade/Update Pack       2/5/2020
-For SF2, Any and All (Full 5 Merged Reccomended)
This is a small update for the P-47D-40 Thunderbolts used in the last year of WW2, and into the Post-War Era. It is designed for use on the -40 Jug that Cocas and I built. You can find the full aircraft at the following URL:
https://combatace.com/files/file/16542-sf2-ww2-eto-p-47d-40-late/
The package is built to just "drop in" over the existing inis (overwrite), and included updated data, loadout and user lists to futher reflect the P-47Ds use in the Post-War world. Loadout changes add "date switched" CAS/AR loads from WW2s 'Triple Bazooka' to HVAR rockets. All weapons are included. It has been tested in both the WW2 and Post-War environments. 
Several new or updated skins are also included:
525th FBS ~1947/49 as part of the Occupation Forces in Germany
1º Grupo de Caca, Brazilian AF, in their post-war (1946-57) scheme 
GC II/20 "Ouarsenis" Armée de l'Air as seen/used in Algeria in the late 1950s
All aircraft are in NMF and With the exception of painted on special squadron or national markings, all others are decals. Decal Randomization is TRUE. The Serials on the FAB Jug are 100% historically correct. The AdA skin can be used as a basis for other units that served in Algeria (or France) during the post-war timeframe.  All 3 new skins have their own Hangar Screens.
As is always reccomended, unzip to a temp folder or your desktop to give easy access to the rest of this readme for it's install instructions. The "Notes" section has more information on proper usage of these Post-War skins. Please =READ= them!!
Happy Landings!
Wrench
Kevin Stein

    The Pak Fa (Su-57) for Strike Fighters 2 Series by "Thirdwire"
  
    This is a freewere mod, can't be sell...
  - Skin
    Pak Fa T-50 model, Ace Combat ''The Shark'' skin.
    Painting "Skin by Dariam  (...27/01/2020)
  - Decals by ThridWire
    Thanks: ThridWire, emresukhoi !!!

This is a set of skins for Cocas' Kestrel GR3 depicting possible skins for the aircraft while in japanese service.
Installation:
Simply drop the folders into your "Objects"-Folder and you're ready to go.
Credits
Thanks to Cocas and the other people involved in the creation of this aircraft.
In case I forgot someone, please advice and I change that ASAP.
Have fun!
ValAstur

This is a fictional skin for ArmorDave's Republic F-105F/EF-105F Thunderchief Pak.
It depicts the Thud in a Norm 83-Camoflage which the aircraft could have shown if it had entered westgerman service.
Installation:
Simply drop the folders into your "Objects"-Folder and you're ready to go.
Credits
Thanks to ArmorDave and the other people involved in the creation of this aircraft
To Sundowner for the great templates!
In case I forgot someone, please advice and I change that ASAP.
Have fun!
ValAstur

Hello SF2 flyers,
For several late 1930s and early WW2 prop aircraft, tweaks have been applied to the data inis, ranging from lift values for wings and wing tips to the engine section, prop rpms, flight control section, gears section, flaps, also empty weight, inertia values, ceilings, engine sounds, rudder reversal effect fix, aileron/elevator/rudder sensitivity and movement, etc., depending on the type tweaked. Tweaks are not as extensive as for my FE2 work - but I've tried to get them into the "90% realistic enough" category for SF2 since these higher performing types are difficult to precision peg to within a km or two of historical stats., in contrast to the slower-moving FE2 types.
Many thanks to the original FM modders for these prop types, including Baffmeister, Wrench, Cocas, MontyCZ, Charles of A-Team, Coupi, Paulopanz, and others I may not have mentioned here. The data inis are for SF2 installs only, tested at hard FM settings (no guarantees that the AI can land them nicely, although they fly them just fine). Please read the included "Read Me" file for more thorough information and also to access the links to the aircraft that have been tweaked.
Happy flying,
Von S 
 
DISCLAIMER: All Von S mods, for FE2, SF2, also WOFFue, are subject to the CombatAce "freeware" terms of agreement. Mods may be shared with others, included on other media devices, also modded further, providing that original documentation and/or credit is included, and providing that the mods remain free to use. Von S mods shall not be sold, resold, etc., and Von S takes no responsibility for injuries or fixations that may result from flying heavily tweaked FMs or from attempts to enjoy real flying without aid or instruction from a qualified flight instructor. 

To be used on SF2 CF-116D included in the Northrup 2 seaters that can be found here :
https://combatace.com/files/file/11128-northrop-2-seaters-for-sf2-version-20/
*** You must have installed the decals from the CF-116D in order for it to show correctly. You will also have to get the F-5N Tiger II v1 SF2 that can be found here as the agressor decals will be needed for skins to work :
https://combatace.com/files/file/13780-f-5n-tiger-ii-aggressor-sf2/
You will get the following CF-116D skins in this package :
419 Sqn Variagated
419 Sqn Variagated 2 ***Grey underside***
419 Sqn Agressor (Faux Pas)
419 Sqn Agressor (Grape)
419 Sqn Agressor (Lizard)
419 Sqn Agressor (Ghost)
419 Sqn Agressor (Two Tone)
Installation:
Copy the current pack objects/aircraft folder in your game CF-116D aircraft folder.
Copy the CF-116D.ini content in the CF-116D.ini file. Change the textureset number accordingly. 

Credits:
- Thirdwire for creating the Strike Fighters series.
- Those involved in the work of original aircrafts from which i'm using some work from.
- Me for the paint work + new skins :).

(Northrop 2 Seaters)- FastCargo
TK - For the ThirdWire series of sims.
PappyChkSix - For the original skins, which unfortunately were lost when the model was remapped.
The Mirage Factory - For allowing me to use the cockpit, effects, damage textures and sounds from the F-5A.  FM based off of Mirage Factory F-5A.
331KillerBee - For the skins, additional information and hanger/loadout/loading screens.
USAFMTL - For beta testing and advice.
To my fellow Combatace moderators - For helping me beta test and work out bugs.
Any errors or mistakes are entirely mine.
(F-5N Tiger II v1 SF2) - Crusader
3d - BPAo , Northrop Seat by FastCargo
skin - Sony Tuckson, paulopanz (see extra *Readme, please.txt* file)
data ini FM - column5, kreelin, eburger68, paulopanz
further work,testing etc - all of The Mirage Factory back in the days..

Happy flights!
Mario C.
Frenchie1977

 

To be used on SF2 CF-116D included in the Northrup 2 seaters that can be found here :
https://combatace.com/files/file/11128-northrop-2-seaters-for-sf2-version-20/
*** You must have installed the decals from the CF-116D in order for it to show correctly.
You will get the following CF-116D skins (SILVER) in this package :
RCAF DEMONSTRATOR
419 Sqn
419 Sqn (with black tail sign)
419 Sqn (with red tail sign)
434 Sqn
COLD LAKE
GENERIC 68-73
GENERIC 73-83
GENERIC 83-88
AETE
Installation:
Copy the current pack objects/aircraft folder in your game CF-116D aircraft folder.
Copy the CF-116D.ini content in the CF-116D.ini file. Change the textureset number accordingly. 

Credits:
- Thirdwire for creating the Strike Fighters series.
- Those involved in the work of original aircrafts from which i'm using some work from.
- Me for the paint work + new skins :).

(Northrop 2 Seaters)- FastCargo
TK - For the ThirdWire series of sims.
PappyChkSix - For the original skins, which unfortunately were lost when the model was remapped.
The Mirage Factory - For allowing me to use the cockpit, effects, damage textures and sounds from the F-5A.  FM based off of Mirage Factory F-5A.
331KillerBee - For the skins, additional information and hanger/loadout/loading screens.
USAFMTL - For beta testing and advice.
To my fellow Combatace moderators - For helping me beta test and work out bugs.
Any errors or mistakes are entirely mine.
(F-5N Tiger II v1 SF2) - Crusader
3d - BPAo , Northrop Seat by FastCargo
skin - Sony Tuckson, paulopanz (see extra *Readme, please.txt* file)
data ini FM - column5, kreelin, eburger68, paulopanz
further work,testing etc - all of The Mirage Factory back in the days..

Happy flights!
Mario C.
Frenchie1977

 

*******MiG-31 Foxhound M/BM for Strike Fighters 2 Series*******

1.NOTE, original BM came without the creators ReadMe so I included the 
ReadMe from latest mod version and that's MiG-31M since creators are basically the same. 
I see no problem

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2.CREDITS:
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MiG-31M - BM

Model - Jv44kt, Erwin_Hans
FM by Lindr2, Erwin_Hans
Sound by MarcFighter, Erwin_Hans
Cockpit by - Jv44kt, YEYEYE, Erwin_Hans
HUD by Lindr2, Erwin_Hans
Radar Screen by Lindr2, Erwin_Hans
Skin by Jv44kt, Dariam
Decals by ThirdWire, Dariam,
Also,special thanks to Lindr2's datebase, .ini work "Updated by Dariam"
And Thanks to all CAer's help!

*** EVERYONE CAN USE THESE MODELS for all Third Wire projects, as you want.***
Erwin_Hans and jv44kt.

---Inksy Group 2009

3.INSTALLATION
Simply uncompress the file into your MOD's folder :)
If you are new to the series then your MOD folder is either;
C:\Documents and Settings\<Name>\My Documents\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters XXXXX
if you are using WinXP or;

C:\Users\<Name>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\
if you are using Vista/''Win7(...)

4.NOTHING REALLY
I think that's it, did I forget anything?
*Good Hunted, enjoy!  _(16/01/2020)

    The Pak Fa (Su-57) for Strike Fighters 2 Series by "Thirdwire"
  
    This is a freewere mod, can't be sell...
    Sukhoi T-50-LL Flying Laboratory _ ''Pak Fa'' Prototype T-50-2
    Painting "Skin and Decals by Dariam  (...15/01/2020)
     Enjoy!!!

Hi there everyone, I joined combatace almost 10 years ago and, after several attempts I finally managed to make this monstrosity. The mighty BC-304 Daedalus-Class battlecruiser from the Stargate franchise.
It is the second generation of interstellar Earth warships made integrating alien reverse engineered technology obtained in the operations of the Stargate Command during the previous 8 years. It includes:
- 28 automatic railgun turrets around the ship.
- 16 VLS missile in the front deck silos, armed with conventional HE warheads or tactical nuclear ones. The range of this missiles are 150+ km. Since there is no name for these missiles I made it up as SSM (Standard Space Missile).
- Advanced Trinium-Naquadah alloy armour (Steel with lots of hitpoints).
- Reverse engineered sublight engines (that uses this naquadah as fuel, making the TSFC=0.01 as it possess a huge amount of energy so don't worry about consumption :) ).
- Antigravity drive which substitutes the landing gear allowing you to hover at about 300 meters above the ground. Now you can stay above the tanks shooting down Beagles, watching how enemy AAAs fail trying to shoot you down muahahaha.
- Shield generator that covers the entire ship, "theoretically" absorbing the damage before it reaches the ship itself.
For those who are also like stargate franchise, no, I haven't made the also mighty Asgard Plasma Beam upgrade, but I will try to do something in future releases.
I also included several skins of the different ships that appeared in the franchise:
U.S.S. Daedalus - The first to be commissioned for USAF which is assigned to assist Atlantis expedition in Pegasus Galaxy.
U.S.S. Odyssey  - The second to be finished which remains in Earth.
B.F.R. Korolev  - Commissioned almost simultaneously with the Odyssey, given to the Russian Federation in exchange for the operations of the stargate.
U.S.S. Apollo   - The second to be assigned to Pegasus Galaxy.
C.N.S. Sun Tzu  - The first ship to be given to People's Republic of China.
U.S.S. Hammond  - The last known to be commissioned for United States, originally was going to be called Phoenix but they changed the name to honour the first General in charge of Stargate Command, George Hammond, after passing away.
U.S.S. Phoenix  - The name given to that ship in alternate realities.
 
Some notes about this model:
I don't fully understand the damage mechanics in this game, so despite of the fact that this ship
have "advanced force fields" that withstand several tactical nukes, sometimes you can get shot
down by the rear gun of a Tu-95.
Since it is a very big ship (650m long) all the 28 railguns have difficulties aiming at small targets due to
the offset of the guns. But they still hit big targets such as other spaceships of the same size, and
sometimes big bombers like Tu-95. Anyways, if someone knows how to improve this, suggestions and ideas are
very welcomed!
The flight mechanics have been "developed" from FastCargo's F-35B, my goal was to have vertical
takeoff and landing functioning but I have not managed to achieve that properly.
This "plane" is quite special to fly, it has a 100+ times bigger inertias than the F-35 so don't
expect to dogfight with fighter jets, just wait until they crash in your force fields :)
Also, take into account that the size of this aircraft is such that you can not fly in regular squadron
formations as it crashes with the other ships. It is ment to fly alone in air combat missions (however
I would like to implement air to ground warfare in next versions).
It has no cockpit, I just put it in the place of the bridge. I will try to do my own cockpit in the future.
If you are wondering where I took these F-302 of the screenshots, they are from the A-Team Skunkworks. They
also have the Death Glider so if you get it from there you can recreate some pretty good stargate battles!
********Any commercial use of this mod is CLEARLY FORBIDDEN!!!
 
CREDITS for the material that made this possible:
- FastCargo's F-35 that I used as a base for the INIs.
- Effects included in Stary's EE3 for SF2 series used for the nuclear explosions in both ground and air.
I know that this material also involve more people who put their best effort on it, I want to thank them sincerely, and also the people involved on the Viper afterburner effect that I was unable to track. I hope I haven't missed anybody!
Also I would like to thank the modding knowledge in combatace which helped me to make this possible.
 
And finally!
The model itself is incomplete, I still have to add some parts like the communication deck and the sensors array and many more things, but Christmass time is over so I decided to upload what I have made.
It is my first serius mod after having joined Combatace 10 years ago, after several attempts of doing sci-fi stuff, and now I finally managed to make this "living insult to aerodynamics".
I really hope you enjoy it and of course I am opened to suggestions and feedback as this model is not perfect by far (a lot of things are not adjusted, it lacks more testing, it is like flying two carriers in a simulator not ment to do that, etc.).
All things said, have fun! :)
 

Hello and thank you for downloading my work.
https://gkabs.net
What's included:
Collection of 2 hangars with 12 skins one with open doors and the other closed.
For SF2 only
All my files should include the Strike Fighters 2 Series game file (.old) and the texture required.
Installation:
Copy the files to Objects folder and the falowing to _TYPES.ini file
[TargetTypeXXX]
Name=GK-CHangar1
FullName=GK-CHangar1
ModelName=GK-CHanger1.LOD <---- change the number for the skin name you need
TargetType=HANGAR
ActiveYear=0
TargetValue=50
UseGroundObject=FALSE
DamagePoint=140.0
ArmorValue=24516080.0
ArmorType=2
RepairRate=0.150
StartDetectChance=20
StartIdentifiedChance=0
IncreaseDetectChanceKey=0
MaxVisibleDist=8000.0
CollisionMesh=Shelter_Hardened1_col.LOD
DamagedModel=
DestroyedEffect=MediumShortStructureCollapse
DestroyedModel=
SecondaryChance=100
SecondaryEffect=LargeFire

If you need any further help please read the Knowledge Base at:
 
https://combatace.com/forums/forum/268-thirdwire-strike-fighters-2-series-knowledge-base/

LICENSE:
You are allowed to use this model and everything included with it for personal non-profit use for Strike fighters 1 and 2. For use outside of this scope, you need to contact me for permission.
gkabs@gkabs.net
Software used:
3d Max 2009
UVLayout v2 Pro
Substance Painter
Adobe Photoshop

If you need any assistance please contact me at 
gkabs@gkabs.net

Hello and thank you for downloading my work.
https://gkabs.net
What's included:
New Pilot model
All my files should include the Strike Fighters 2 Series game file (.old) and the texture required.
This is for Strike Fighters 2 Series ONLY.
Installation:
Copy the files to Objects\pilot folder
Add these lines to the _DATA.INI file to any jet you would like to add the new pilot to.
[Pilot]
PilotModelName=GK-Pilot     <----
PilotHeadNodeName=GK-Head    <----
if you have a two-seater add the Copilot as well.
[CoPilot]
PilotModelName=GK-Pilot1    <----
PilotHeadNodeName=GK-Head    <----

If you need any further help please read the Knowledge Base at:
 
https://combatace.com/forums/forum/268-thirdwire-strike-fighters-2-series-knowledge-base/

LICENSE:
You are allowed to use this model and everything included with it for personal non-profit use for Strike fighters 1 and 2. For use outside of this scope, you need to contact me for permission.
gkabs@gkabs.net
Software used:
3d Max 2009
UVLayout v2 Pro
Substance Painter
Adobe Photoshop
Fuse
FaceGen
If you need any assistance please contact me at 
gkabs@gkabs.net

PlanningMap for Wrench's EuroWW2 Strike Fighters 2.
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I did two versions of the Planning maps for Wrench's "EuroWW2" Terrain usefull for WW2 Strike Fighters 2 installations.
You will be able to choice between a Grey & blue version and other in colors.
There is also a optional versions for DAT (A-Team) installations with the two colors choices.  
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS :
To install this Map, copy or drop the three JPG figures named "PlanningMap" in your EuroWW2 Terrain folder. 
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*ATTENTION*
First make a backup of your original PlanningMap textures just in case you wish return to it. 
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Credits:
- Julio Junqueira Map Texture
- Wrench EuroWW2 Terrain. 
- special thanks to CombatAce.com hosting the files.
This is freeware; you are allowed to use it as you wish, but The names of all contributors listed here, must be added in any new released readmes. 
This file may not in any way, be used in any payware additions.
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SF2 SA-14 Gremlin / 9K34 Strela-3 MANPADS Pack 1.0
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This pack features the SA-14 Gremlin. It is a man-portable, shoulder-fired, low-altitude, 
infrared guided surface-to-air missile system (MANPADS) developed as a response to 
the limited performance of the earlier SA-7 Grail. The missile was largely based on the 
earlier Strela-2 and thus development proceeded rapidly. 
The most significant change over the Strela-2 was the introduction of an all-new infra-red 
homing seeker head. The new seeker worked on FM modulation (con-scan) principle, 
which is less vulnerable to jamming and decoy flares than the earlier AM (spin-scan) seekers,
which were easily fooled by flares and even the most primitive infrared jammers. The 
new seeker also introduced detector element cooling in the form of a pressurized nitrogen 
bottle attached to the launcher.
The effect of cooling was to expand the seeker's lead sulphide detector element's 
sensitivity range to longer wavelengths (slightly over 4 µm as opposed to 2.8 µm of 
uncooled PbS elements). In practice this made possible the tracking of cooler targets 
over longer ranges, and enabled forward-hemisphere engagement of jets under favourable 
circumstances. The seeker also had better tracking rate, enabling the missile to track 
maneuvering of fast and approaching targets.
A negative side effect from the aforementioned improvements was increased missile 
weight, which caused a slight decrease in the kinematic performance compared with
Strela-2M (SA-7B). Against relatively slow, low-altitude battlefield air threats the overall 
effectiveness was much improved.
The new system was accepted into service in 1974. Strela-3 missiles have been exported 
to over 30 countries. 
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Known issues:
- System has limited all aspect capability mostly against slow, low-altitude targets.
 
- Helicopters have higher survival rate per hit because in some cases missiles hit the tail rotor 
  without causing significant damage. I guess this is another game engine characteristic.
- Low altitude (lower than 500 meters) performance is downgraded for current missile values. 
  By increasing noise rejection the missile becomes capable of hitting targets in lower altitude 
  but at the same time the single shot hit/kill probability is being increased to an unrealistic level. 
- Fuze distances are longer compared with the actual lethal and damage radius of the system. 
  In SF2 world the real high explosive warhead quantity is big enough to destroy a fighter size 
  target even in 10 meters! 
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As always open readme.txt first to see installation instructions and credits.
Lot of research and hard work was made to make this SAM as realistic as possible.
More than 2000 launches took place during testing!
Enjoy as much as you can this mod and leave comments with your in-game experience
in the support topic!
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License:
This is a freeware; yet it can be redistributed only in other CombatACE mod packages. 
You are free to make further modifications for own use but if you plan to release a modified
version of this package you must request permission first. In that case you must include original
read me file. This mod may not in any way, shape or form be used in any payware additions.
 
 

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Hi there!
This is a simplified P-38J mod for WW2 buffs.
Disclaimer: This mod is intended for DAT's P-38J.  No serial numbers are provided in this mod.
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*** What you need for this mod to work:
From A-Team website,
 P-38J-R1.LOD
 P-38J-R1.OUT
 P-38-Dest.LOD
Have fun!