Strike Fighters 2 Series by Thirdwire

Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant")
 
The Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Me 321 military glider and was the largest land-based transport aircraft of the war. A total of 213 are recorded as having been made, a few being converted from the Me 321.
 
 
CREDITS:
Model: Veltro2k
Textures and FM: Charles
Cockpit:Kesselbrut
Truck: GEO
 
 
Unzip and install folders in their proper place...enjoy :)
 
THIS MODEL IS ONLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FREEWARE AND IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL IT BE USED, EVEN IN PART OF ANYTHING THAT IS PAYWARE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMBAT ACE MODDERS AGREEMENT

Export version for the Kenyan Air Force. Fitted with braking parachute. Twelve ordered 9 February 1978, with deliveries from 1980 to 1981. Retired in 2012.
 
What's in:
 
- a new plane;
- 1 new skin;
- Historical decalset;
- open canopy 10 key auto closing at take off;
- weapons
- "real" sound;
- New screens;
- loadout.tga;
 
Notes:
 
- This plane uses as stand in Harrier1 cockpit
- Coupi tweak (harrier's frame removed) is inside the pack
 
Credits:
 
- RussoUK - plane model 2.0;
- Ndicki- original Templates;
- Coupi pit tweak;
- Spillone104 - RR Adour sound
- Paulopanz - Skins, Decals, pilots, edits;
 
 
Install:
 
 
- all mod folder content in your mod install
- overwrite
- if you haven't SF-2EU or dislike Harrier1 pit open Hawk52.ini
[AircraftData]
AircraftFullName=Hawk Mk.52
AircraftShortName=Hawk
AircraftDataFile=Hawk52_data.ini
//CockpitDataFile=Hawk_cockpit.ini
CockpitDataFile=Harrier1_cockpit.ini <---- delete this
HangarScreen=Hawk_Hangar.jpg
LoadingScreen=Hawk_Loading.jpg
LoadoutImage=Hawk_Loadout.tga
LoadoutFile=Hawk_loadout.ini
//AvionicsDLL=Avionics60.dll
AvionicsDLL=Avionics70.dll <---- delete this
//AvionicsDataFilename=HAWK_AVIONICS.INI
AvionicsDataFilename=Harrier1_avionics.ini <---- delete this
UserList=Hawk_UserList.ini
 
 
---> delete all "//" too and you will use the F-100 cockpit
 
 
Extras:
 
- simply drag and drop HARRIER1_COCKPIT.ini file copy in previous Mk. 51, 60, 66 to apply Coupi's pit tweak
 
 
That's all
 
 
Enjoy
 
@ paulopanz
 
 

SF2 WW2 FAA Seafire Mk.IIIC Pak by Cocas Aircraft Factory & Co 9/25/2014
 
-- Something for the WW2 Fleet Air Arm players --
 
= For SF2, Full-5 Merged (Reccomended/Preferred) =
 
*Note: this is designed for use in a PTO mods folder built from the SF2NA exe, as it has the proper carrier coding.*
 
The package contains a =NEW= Seafire Mk.IIIC as issued to Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadrons in WW2.
Skin(s) included with the package are:
 
Royal Navy
 
No. 894 NAS, BPF, embarked on HMS Indefatigable in 1945
 
All markings are decals and Decal Randomization is TRUE. Damage textures are in DDS format.
The canopy operates via the Standard Animation Keystroke ™, Shift/0. Wingfold is operated also with the SAK, Shift/9. Guns also grouped, MGs in Group 1, the cannon in Group 2.
Pilot figure, engine sound, and a 'new' drop tank are included, as are "box art" style Hangar and Loading Screens. Guns and bombs are not included, as these are the standard WW2 British types.
The template is included for other Texture Artists ™ to use (and to correct any of my mistakes) You'll find it in the folder marked "extras". This template also works on the CAF Spitfire Mk.Vs & Seafire Mk.II as well.
 
When in game, you'll see:
 
Seafire Mk.IIIC (CAF)
 
on the aircraft selection dropdown menu. This will diferentiate =THIS= Seafire from any others you may (or may not) have.
 
As always, fairly easy to follow, yet detailed install instructions are included. So, please read them.
 
Good Hunting!
Wrench
Kevin Stein
-for Cocas Aircraft Factory, Prop Works Division-
 
with extra special thanks to Cocas and RussoUK!!
 
EDIT:
new version with corrected squadron number, and all ini corrections uploaded.
Those that have download the first version, may want to use this or follow the editing instructions below

Fictional mod of the stock Hunter FGA.9 to make it look like a fictional fighter plane for the german Luftwaffe.
 
YOU WILL NEED SF2:E AT LEAST TO GET THIS PLANE RUNNING!
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS
 
1. Drop the folders into your Objects folder. If asked to overwrite, click yes.
 
 
CREDITS
 
Big Thanks to Thirdwire for the games and the superb models they have.
 
Big thanks to Sundowner for the outstanding templates!
 
To Volker (ravenclaw_007) for the PilotGAF6 and
 
Finally to Soulfreak for the german stencil markings.
 
 
Have fun!
 
ValAstur

“The Senkaku Conflict” is a set of 11 single player missions in which you fly as a member of the JASDF (Japanese Air Self Defense Force) against the Chinese in a limited, regional conflict. The missions form a 'linear' style campaign experience with the aid of an included briefing book. I've been frustrated by SF2's campaign mechanism and wanted to put out mission packs that tell a bit more story and are a bit more immersive in nature, rather than letting the game's campaign code just generate mission after mission with no real sense of continuity or panache.
 
The premise of the missions is a gradually escalating dispute between Japan and China in October of 2014. While the conflict is fictional of course, the dispute over the Senkaku Islands is quite real and has the potential to turn into an actual flashpoint in the eastern Pacific. Some of the facts behind the conflict are mentioned in the Intelligence Overviews in the Mission Brief Book.
A full explanation of all facets of the mod is included in the README file in the zip file. That is the place to start for a full description of the mission pack, as well as information on required mods needed to play.
 
The Senkaku Conflict Mission Brief Book is included in the zip file in .pdf format. You'll need adobe acrobat reader in order to use the briefing book- I don't expect that will be a big issue for anyone here. The briefing book for this mission pack is what ties the missions together and tells the 'story' of what is happening and why. Unlike some of my other mission packs this 'campaign' does not branch, so the briefing book is somewhat simpler than in other mods where I've used the concept. A full explanation on the use and purpose of the briefing book is included in the README file.
 
Enjoy!

Canopyglass updated,and added explosive charge lines to canopy glass.
better lights tga..
and fixed small mapping error.
Put LOD in main hawk folder and rename if needed,drop the 2 glass tga`s and light.tga into same folder...
also if your data.ini is different from contained txt just alter it with the new entry..
this is for the old hawk T1a...until I complete the new ones.
CA rules apply...
cheers.

F-16N of NFWS "Top Gun" as seen in 1989.
 
Skin for Thirdwire F-16A.
All files are modified -or not- Thirdwire stock files.

In the 1980s, 12 BAE Hawk T.Mk. 60/60As were purchased for the Air Force of Zimbabwe; the purchase was supported by a GB £35 million loan from the UK to Zimbabwe. The Hawk deal also included the transfer of a number of second-hand Hawker Hunters. In July 1982, at least one Hawk was destroyed on the ground and three more heavily damaged during a dissident attack on Thornhill air base, Gweru.
Zimbabwe's Hawks were used during the Second Congo War. Numerous airstrikes were conducted in support of the Congolese Army against Rwandan, Ugandan and rebel forces in 1998–2000. In 2000, the controversy over Zimbabwe's military intervention in the Congo and poor human rights record led to Britain imposing a total arms embargo on the nation, including spare parts for the Hawk. Due to the embargo, Zimbabwe has purchased six Chinese Hongdu K-8s as a substitute.
 
What's in:
 
 
- a new plane;
- 3 new skins(3 camo);
- Historical decalsets;
- 2 new pilots;
- Weapons including Export Chinese PL-7
- open canopy 10 key auto closing at take off;
- "real" sound;
- new screens;
- loadout.tga;
 
 
Notes:
 
- This plane uses as stand in Harrier1 cockpit
 
Credits:
 
- RussoUK - plane model;
- Ndicki- original Templates;
- SF1 skin Matthew Ouellette;
- Spillone104 - RR Adour sound
- Paulopanz - Skins, Decals, pilots, edits;
 
Install:
 
- all mod folder content in your mod install
- overwrite
- if you haven't SF-2EU or dislike Harrier1 pit open Hawk60.ini
 
[AircraftData]
AircraftFullName=Hawk Mk.60
AircraftShortName=Hawk
AircraftDataFile=Hawk60_data.ini
//CockpitDataFile=Hawk_cockpit.ini
CockpitDataFile=Harrier1_cockpit.ini <---- delete this
HangarScreen=Hawk_Hangar.jpg
LoadingScreen=Hawk_Loading.jpg
LoadoutImage=Hawk_Loadout.tga
LoadoutFile=Hawk_loadout.ini
//AvionicsDLL=Avionics60.dll
AvionicsDLL=Avionics70.dll <---- delete this
//AvionicsDataFilename=HAWK_AVIONICS.INI
AvionicsDataFilename=Harrier1_avionics.ini <---- delete this
UserList=Hawk_UserList.ini
---> delete all "//" too and you will use the F-100 cockpit
 
That's all
 
Enjoy
 

 
@ paulopanz
 
I hope that at last we will have a South African terrain to play with .....

A companion mod to Operation Nordic Storm (Nordic Storm is not required to play this). This is a pack of 19 single missions designed and written to form a slightly branching campaign experience with the aid of an included briefing book to guide you through the process. I've been frustrated by SF2's campaign mechanism and wanted to put out mission packs that tell a bit more story and are a bit more immersive in nature, rather than letting the game's campaign code just generate mission after mission with no real sense of continuity or panache.
 
The mission pack is basically the land war happening in Germany before, during, and slightly after the events of Operation Nordic Storm. It's still WWIII in Europe, essentially, set in 1991. The premise is based on Tom Clancy's "Red Storm Rising", and although it doesn't follow it exactly, much of the scenario driven verbage in the briefing book will be familiar to fans of the novel.
 
A full explanation of all facets of the mod is included in the 'README first!' file in the zip file. That is the place to start for a full description of the mission pack, as well as information on required and recommended mods needed to play. None of the required mods were altered in any way by me, and all credit and kudos go to the mod authors for their work.
 
The War Plan Tripwire Briefing Book is included in the zip file in .pdf format. You'll need adobe acrobat reader in order to use the briefing book- I don't expect that will be a big issue for anyone here. The briefing book is what allows you to play a string of 'single missions' as a branching 'campaign,' as well as go beyond the game's often-simplistic definitions of success and failure for various mission types. A full explanation on the use and purpose of the briefing book is included in the WPT README file.
 
Upcoming projects similar to this one will include a short conflict fought between China and Japan over some territorial rights, and a fictional future conflict involving the US and an Iran deeply in cahoots with the Russians. Enjoy!

In January 1978, Britain and Finland announced a deal to in which the Finnish Air Force was to receive 50 Hawk Mk. 51s in 1980; these aircraft were built in Finland under licence by Valtion lentokonetehdas. The Finnish Air Force was limited to 60 first-line fighter aircraft by the Paris Peace Treaty of 1947; by acquiring Hawks, which counted as trainers rather than fighters, capacity could be increased while continuing treaty compliance. These conditions were nullified at the break-up of the Soviet Union.
Seven additional Mk. 51As were delivered in 1993–94 to make up for losses. In June 2007, Finland arranged to purchase 18 used Hawk Mk. 66s from the Swiss Air Force for 41 million euros; they were delivered in 2009–2010. Finnish Hawks have reportedly been armed with Russian Molniya R-60/AA-8 air-to-air missiles. The Finnish Air Force aerobatics team, the Midnight Hawks, also uses the aircraft.
Due to rising levels of metal fatigue, 41 out of 67 in Finland's total Hawk fleet will be taken out of service between 2012–2016; the remaining aircraft are younger and thus are expected to be flying into the 2030s.In 2011, Finnish Mk. 51s and Mk. 66s underwent upgrades, including a new Patria Cockpit 2000 glass cockpit and new software.
 
 
 
What's in:
 
- a new plane (1.1 new lod);
- 6 new skins(3 camo; 1 grey; 2 "Midnight Hawks" camo & grey)
- Historical decalsets;
- open canopy 10 key auto closing at take off;
- "real" sound;
- two new Finn pilots;
- new screens;
- loadout.tga;
 
Notes:
 
- This plane uses as stand in Harrier1 cockpit
 
Credits:
 
- RussoUK - plane model;
- Ndicki- original Templates;
- Florian - original pilots;
- Spillone104 - RR Adour sound
- Paulopanz - Skins, Decals, pilots, edits;
 
 
 
Install:
 
- all mod folder content in your mod install
- overwrite
- if you haven't SF-2EU or dislike Harrier1 pit open Hawk51.ini
 
[AircraftData]
AircraftFullName=Hawk Mk.51
AircraftShortName=Hawk
AircraftDataFile=Hawk51_data.ini
//CockpitDataFile=Hawk_cockpit.ini
CockpitDataFile=Harrier1_cockpit.ini <---- delete this
HangarScreen=Hawk_Hangar.jpg
LoadingScreen=Hawk_Loading.jpg
LoadoutImage=Hawk_Loadout.tga
LoadoutFile=Hawk_loadout.ini
//AvionicsDLL=Avionics60.dll
AvionicsDLL=Avionics70.dll <---- delete this
//AvionicsDataFilename=HAWK_AVIONICS.INI
AvionicsDataFilename=Harrier1_avionics.ini <---- delete this
UserList=Hawk_UserList.ini
 
---> delete all "//" too and you will use the F-100 cockpit
 
V. 1.1 : new lods inside by russouk2004 !!!!
 
My wishes are for an heavy tour of duty on the scandinavian front. Ok Jon?
 
That's all
 
Enjoy
 

 
@ paulopanz
 
PS: Make a proper cockpit, please.

Kfir C.10 de la fuerza aerea colombiana con el skin actual, cockpit correspondiente y arreglado las posiciones del pod litening III del original posteado por denissoliveira
 
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Kfir C.10 of Colombia Air Force, with actual skin, cockpit and fixed litening III pod position, original posted of denissoliveira

Canadair Sabre Mk.6 AMI NM Skinpak 9/21/2014
 
= For SF2 (Any & All, Full-5 Merged Prefered) =
 
This package is designed for use on the Sabre 6 Pak available at the following URL:
 
http://combatace.com/files/file/13497-sf2-canadair-sabre-mk6-rcaf-and-ami/
 
You'll need to have the above listed aircraft to add this skin pak to.
 
This package contains 2 new skins, in Natural Metal ™, representing the following units as first delivered to the AMI:
 
2 Aerobrigata (8 Gruppo)
 
4 Aerobrigata (Cavallino Rampante)
 
Included are updated texture set inis for the 2 AMI Euro camo skins, adding the "Start Default Date" SF2 switch, that will (hopefully!) turn on the camo skins in 1959 (best guess date). They have also had the "displayed name" changed, so you'll see, for example, either
 
2 AeB (NM)
or
2 Aeb (Camo)
 
Making it easier to select.
 
As always, fairly easy to follow, detailed install instructions are included. So, please read them ....
 
Happy Landings!
Wrench
Kevin Stein

Hi pilot!
 
For your Cold War games I have remade (original was for SF1)
two skins representing 9aircraft of the Luftstreitkräfte (of the DDR);
a silver one (standard) and a camouflaged one. The serials are the
correct ones for the normal bomber version.
Note! The included camouflage skin was only applied on ONE
LSK Il-28, being number 208. Nonetheless I have included it
with ability to carry all numbers.
Drag and drop in your SF folder.... ready!
 
Hope you like it!
 
 
 
Muesli
 
 
PS Thanks TW for an excellent Soviet dump truck!

Skin of a Tupolev Tu-22P Blinder-E of the 341st TBAD, Strategic Air Force.
Particular aircraft flew in this livery in Afghanistan between
October 1988 and January 1989.
 
This skin is meant for the standard TW Tu-22, although with a bit of renaming it
can easily be used for all variants except the swingwing Ms.
 
I hope this skin gives the boring silver Blinders a bit more oomph. Just drop the
objects folder in your standard SF2 folder.
 
Enjoy!
 
Muesli

Skin of a Tupolev Tu-22K Blinder-B of the 341st TBAP, Strategic Air Force in the late 80s.
 
This skin is meant for the standard TW Tu-22, although with a bit of renaming it
can easily be used for all variants except the swingwing Ms.
 
I hope this skin gives the boring silver Blinders a bit more oomph. Just drop the
objects folder in your standard SF2 folder.
 
Enjoy!
 
Muesli

Skin of a Tupolev Tu-22P Blinder-E of the 203rd "Orlovsky" GvTBAP,
Strategic Air Force. Particular aircraft flew in this livery in Afghanistan
in November 1988.
 
This skin is meant for the standard TW Tu-22, although with a bit of renaming it
can easily be used for all variants except the swingwing Ms.
 
I hope this skin gives the boring silver Blinders a bit more oomph. Just drop the
objects folder in your standard SF2 folder.
 
Enjoy!
 
Muesli

Added fixes for T45 tumbling on T\O from cat...
Fixed COG entries.
Steering ok
No shadow artifacts.
uses new shadow method.no shd file needed.
includes fixes by e to model...and kevs pak called"t45_goshawk_pak."
Tested and it will now take off properly...
Thanks kev for the tweaks..

S.O. 4050 Vautour IIB IDF package
 
To make the wing tanks match the aircraft i decided to separate the two paint schemes...I am no artist these are temp skins.
 
3D Model (Veltro2k)
Cockpit Ordway
IAF 50s/60s Pilot& V2nav bombadier: Wrench & PappyCheckSix
FM ?
and anyone I forgot to mention
uses same Maps as N model
unzip ad folders to their appropriate places...have fun
 
THIS MODEL IS ONLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FREEWARE AND IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL IT BE USED, EVEN IN PART OF ANYTHING THAT IS PAYWARE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMBAT ACE MODDERS AGREEMENT

S.O. 4050 Vautour IIA IDF package
 
To make the wing tanks match the aircraft i decided to separate the two paint schemes...I am no artist these are temp skins.
 
3D Model (Veltro2k)
Cockpit Ordway
IAF 50s/60s Pilot: Wrench & PappyCheckSix
FM ?
and anyone I forgot to mention
uses same Maps as N model
unzip ad folders to their appropriate places...have fun
 
THIS MODEL IS ONLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FREEWARE AND IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL IT BE USED, EVEN IN PART OF ANYTHING THAT IS PAYWARE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMBAT ACE MODDERS AGREEMENT

Fictional mod of the stock A-6A Intruder and EA-6J Prowler to make them look like fictional attacker planes for the japanese air self defense force. These planes use an aliased A-7E-Cockpit.
 
YOU WILL NEED SF2:V AND SF2:NA AT LEAST TO GET THESE PLANES RUNNING!
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS
 
1. Drop the folders into your Objects folder. If asked to overwrite, click yes.
 
 
CREDITS
 
Big Thanks to Thirdwire for the games and the superb models they have.
Also big thanks to Wrench for the great templates used!
 
 
Have fun!
 
ValAstur

Fictional mod the stock A-4E_65 Seahawk from SFP:V to make it look like a fictional attacker plane for the spanish navy.
 
 
INSTRUCTIONS
 
1. Drop the Folders into your Strike Fighters Mod Folder.
 
 
CREDITS
 
Big Thanks to Thirdwire for the games and the superb models they have.
 
Also thanks to Spinners from whom I borrowed some of the decals.
 
 
Have fun!
 
ValAstur

This is a mod of Bobrocks Av-8B+ to make it look like a plane from the japanese air self defense force.
 
A skin for the 8th Hikotai is included sporting the two-tone blue scheme.
 
 
INSTALLATION:
Simply drop the Folders into your Strike Fighters Mods Folder.
 
You will need WhiteBoySamurai's JASDF Weapon Pack which you get here:
 
http://combatace.com/files/file/12726-jasdf-weapon-pack/
 
for some of the loadouts.
To enable the plane to take off vertically, you have to adjust the thrust of the four engines by changing the SLThrustDry value from 25000 to at least 33000. But then, the plane will be able to fly more than Mach 1.
 
 
CREDITS:
Many thanks to bobrock and all the others involved in this great model!
Also special thanks to Brain32 for adapting it to SF2-Standards.
 
Enjoy.
 
ValAstur

To make the wing tanks match the aircraft I decided to separate the two paint schemes...I am no artist these are temp skins.
 
 
3D Model Veltro2k
FM Charles
Cockpit Ordway
IAF 50s/60s Pilot: Wrench & PappyCheckSix
and anyone I forgot to mention ( old age is a beeeaaach)
 
unzip ad folders to their appropriate places...have fun
 
THIS MODEL IS ONLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FREEWARE AND IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL IT BE USED, EVEN IN PART OF ANYTHING THAT IS PAYWARE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMBAT ACE MODDERS AGREEMENT

Green Hell 3.5 Enhancement Package
for the
SF2V Air & Ground Expansion Pack
 
This package contains a set of enhancements for CA_Stary's Green Hell 3.5 (GH 3.5) replacement tile set for the ThirdWire VietnamSEA terrain. It is primarily designed for users who are using GH 3.5 in conjunction with the SF2V Air & Ground Expansion Pack.
 
This mod package makes the following enhancements to Green Hell 3.5 with the SF2V Expansion Pack:
 
1. Replaces the main air base tile with a new one designed to better belend into the surrounding terrain -- i.e., no more expansive green lawns surrounding all the air bases. The "jungle" air base tile is unchanged.
 
2. Replaces the ground TGAs used for many barracks areas in the lower Route Packs of North Vietnam with new TGAs that allow the barracks areas to more naturally blend in with the surrounding terrain.
 
3. Replaces the bright, aqua blue water tiles of GH 3.5 with a darker, greyer set of water tiles, which (at least to my eyes) look more natural.
 
4. Replaces the default WaterNormal.BMP used in GH 3.5 with a new WaterNormal that produces more pronounced wave effects.
 
If you are not using Green Hell 3.5 (the SF2V Expansion Pack by default uses an enhanced version of CA_Stary's Green Hell 2.0 tile set), there is no purpose in installing this enhancement package. It is designed strictly for Green Hell 3.5, not any earlier version (including 3.0).
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
Installation is simple: copy all of the files in the \ForVietnamTerrains folder to the \Terrains\VietnamSEA terrain folder in your Mods directory. Allow Windows to overwrite files as prompted.
 
If you have also installed GH 3.5 to the SouthVietnam terrain included with the SF2V Expansion Pack, copy the same files to the \Terrains\SouthVietnam folder in your Mods directory.
 
That's it.
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Notes on GH 3.5 w/ the SF2V Expansion Pack
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
As noted above, the SF2V Expansion Pack ships with an enhanced version of Green Hell 2.0 tile set. The numerous custom target areas in the Expansion Pack were hand-placed with an eye towards exploiting the particular visual features of the GH 2.0 tile set in order to make buildings, vehicles look as though they "belonged" in the places you find them.
 
As the GH 3.5 tile set is a complete departure from (not a mere revision of) the GH 2.0 tile set, some of the ground target items might look a bit oddly placed in some target areas with GH 3.5. Thankfully, the GH 3.5 tile set is quite forgiving visually speaking (much more than the earlier GH 3.0) -- so much so that in most cases the worst you'll see is trees crowding buildings just a bit too much.
 
~~~~~~~
Credits
~~~~~~~
 
CA_Stary ............... Green Hell 3.5 Replacement Tile Set for VietnamSEA
 
------------------
Eric Howes
eburger68
9 Dec. 2013

SF2V Air & Ground Expansion Pack v. 2.1
** End Game, 1974-1975 **
 
This is an add-on package for the "Strike Fighters 2: Vietnam Air & Ground Expansion Pack v. 2.1" available at CombatAce. This add-on includes three new campaigns, all based on the events of late-1974 and early 1975, when North Vietnam launched its final campaign to conquer South Vietnam and re-unify the country. Also included are a number of new aircraft and other items to fill out these new campaigns.
 
This add-on package is designed to be applied over the top of an existing installation of version 2.1 of the Expansion Pack with the latest update package applied as well as the VPAF Add-on Pack. You can download the four main Expansion Pack files here:
 
Part 1:
http://combatace.com/files/file/10189-sf2v-air-ground-war-expansion-pack-v20-gold-part-1/
 
Part 2:
http://combatace.com/files/file/10190-sf2v-air-ground-war-expansion-pack-v20-gold-part-2/
 
Part 3:
http://combatace.com/files/file/10192-sf2v-air-ground-war-expansion-pack-v20-gold-part-3/
 
Part 4:
http://combatace.com/files/file/10193-sf2v-air-ground-war-expansion-pack-v20-gold-part-4/
 
The VPAF Add-on for the SF2V Expansion Pack was released in Feb. 2011 as a separate download:
 
http://combatace.com/files/file/11794-sf2v-air-ground-war-expansion-pack-v20-vpaf-add-on/
 
The latest update package for the Expansion Pack can be found here:
 
Sept. 2013 Update:
http://combatace.com/files/file/10466-sf2v-air-ground-war-expansion-pack-v20-sep-2013-update/
 
Please take a look over the remainder of this ReadMe before installing this add-on.
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
The minimum requirements for this add-on package are the same as for the latest cumulative update for the Sf2V Expansion Pack.
 
** Minimum Requirements: SF2V + SF2 + SF2E
 
In addition to SF2V you must also have "Strike Fighters 2" (SF2, with the Desert terrain) as well as "Strike Fighters 2: Europe" (SF2E) as part of your base install of Strike Fighters 2. SF2 and SF2E are required in order to provide several aircraft that are not included in SF2V.
 
** Support for SF2NA
 
This update adds support for installations that include SF2NA, but SF2NA is not required.
 
** Patch Levels
 
This update supports several different patch levels:
 
1. Jun2009b: the last patch level before Dec2009, which introduced support for DX10. The first phase of the install process for this update provides all the files necessary for the Jun2009b patch level. Those on later patch levels will need to proceed with the additional install steps in order to pick up the updated files for later patch levels.
 
2. post-Mar2012: any patch level from Mar2012 through the most recent patches in 2013 is also supported. Files unique to these patch levels are installed in later steps during the install process described below.
 
** VPAF Add-on
 
The VPAF Add-on for the SF2V Expansion Pack was released in Feb. 2011 as a separate download:
 
http://combatace.com/files/file/11794-sf2v-air-ground-war-expansion-pack-v20-vpaf-add-on/
 
This Add-on is now required in order to install this update package. The update process has been built on the assumption that the VPAF Add-on package is installed (with its alternate campaigns and several aircraft updates). If you have not already downloaded and installed the VPAF Add-on package, please do so before trying to install this update.
 
** Latest Cumulative Update for the SF2V Expansion Pack
 
You should have the latest cumulative update for the Expansion Pack installed before applying this add-on package. Currently the latest update is the Sept. 2013 Update:
 
http://combatace.com/files/file/10466-sf2v-air-ground-war-expansion-pack-v20-sep-2013-update/
 
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
The installation process has three phases: one for the main add-on files; a second for users with the Mar2012 or later patch levels of SF2V; a third for users with SF2NA merged into their SF2V installs.
 
Here's how to apply this update package:
 
1. Ensure that SF2V, SF2, and SF2E are all properly installed & updated as part of a
merged install.
 
2. Ensure that the Expansion Pack v. 2.1 (Mar. 2010) is installed to your SF2V Mod Folder,
that the VPAF Add-on in installed, and that the latest update package for the Expansion
Pack is applied. (See above for links to all components mentioned here.)
 
3. Unpack SF2V_AG-XP_v2_74-75.7z to a safe place on your drive.
 
4. Open the \1_All_Patch_Levels folder. Drag and drop all the files and folders from within
the \To_Mod_Folder sub-folder to your SF2V Mod Folder, overwriting as prompted.
 
5. If you are running SF2V at the Mar2012 or later patch level, open the \2_Mar2012_Patch
folder. Drag and drop all the files and folders from within the \To_Mod_Folder sub-folder
to your SF2V Mod Folder, overwriting as prompted.
 
6. If your SF2V installation includes SF2NA, open the \3_SF2NA folder. Drag and drop all the
files and folders from within the \To_Mod_Folder sub-folder to your SF2V Mod Folder,
overwriting as prompted.
 
At this point the main add-on is installed and you're ready to play the new campaigns. If you would like to install the optional A-37A/B Dragonfly or DLC F-4N aircraft, please read the next sections.
 
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Installing the A-37A/B Dragonfly
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One important aircraft in the inventory of the VNAF (South Vietnamese Air Force) was the A-37B Dragonfly, which first went through a combat evaluation program ("Combat Dragon") conducted by the USAF in the late '60's. A number of "Super Tweets" found their way into the inventory of the VPAF (Vietnamese People's Air Force) after the collapse of South Vietnam in April 1975 and were used by the newly unified Vietnam when it intervened in Cambodia against the Khmer Rouge.
 
Unfortunately, we are not allowed to distribute the LODs (3D model files) for the A-37A and A-37B. Thus, by default, the South Vietnam campaigns substitute the B-57B Canberra in the ground-attack role for the VNAF. (The VNAF actually did briefly fly the Canberra in 1965-66, but eventually abandoned the aircraft after numerous problems cropped up in the training program for VNAF pilots.)
 
In the \Optional directory, however, you will find all the files you need (minus the LODs) to add the A-37s to the game. In order to use the A-37s, though, you must first procure the LODs from the A-Team Skunkworks site (in the "3rd Party Mods" section):
 
http://cplengineeringllc.com/SFP1/3rd_Party.html
 
Download the A-37A and A-37B packages, unzip the files, and copy the .LOD files from each aircraft to the corresponding aircraft folders in the \Optional\A-37s directory. Don't forget to copy the cockpit LODs to the \Cockpit folder in each aircraft.
 
Once you've added the LOD files to the aircraft folders, you may install the aircraft to \Objects\Aircraft directory in your Mod Folder.
 
The South Vietnam campaigns are set up so that they will automatically use the A-37Bs in lieu of the B-57Bs.
 
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Installing the DLC F-4N Phantom II
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Also included as an optional aircraft is the ThirdWire DLC F-4N Phantom II. If the DLC F-4N is included in your base install, you may install the supporting files from \Optional\DLC\F-4N. To install it in lieu of the F-4N that is installed by default (and which is a mod of the F-4B_67):
 
1. Remove the existing F-4N from the \Objects\Aircraft directory in your Mods folder.
(Leave the decals for the F-4N in \Objects\Decals.)
 
2. Move the F-4N folder from \Optional\DLC to \Objects\Aircraft in your Mods folder.
 
Once installed, the DLC F-4N will be automatically used by the game.
 
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Summary of New Campaigns
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This add-on supplies three new campaigns set in 1974-75 for the Expansion Pack. Two of these campaigns are based on counterfactual history -- namely, an imagined alternate history in which President Richard Nixon somehow survives the Watergate scandal and intervenes once again in Southeast Asia as South Vietnam buckles in the face of North Vietnam's "Ho Chi Minh Campaign." The third campaign is an updated version of MiGBuster's "The Last Stand '75" campaign, based on the actual historical circumstances of South Vietnam's collapse and eventual defeat.
 
The three new campaigns are as follows:
 
- Linebacker '75: a counterfactual historical campaign -- Nixon survives Watergate and goes on the war path when the Democratic Republic of Vietnam appears to have Republic of Vietnam on the ropes in early 1975. (Note: This campaign should not be confused with the "Linebacker III" campaign released for WOV by Malibu43 and set in the '80's.)
 
- The Last Stand '75: an update of MiGBuster's historical 1974-75 VNAF campaign for SF2V.
 
- Ho Chi Minh Campaign: essentially an alternate version of "The Last Stand," but with the counterfactual historical background of Linebacker '75, allowing the player to fly U.S. aircraft in support of South Vietnam from bases in Thailand, Yankee Station, and Dixie Station.
 
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A Note on the New SouthVietnam75 Terrain
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This add-on installs an alternate version of SouthVietnam terrain (SouthVietnam75). This alternate terrain incorporates many (but not all) of the additions made by MiGBuster to the southernmost regions of North Vietnam (Route Packs I and II) as well as South Vietnam.
 
Although this alternate terrain should be compatible with earlier campaigns set in 1965-1972, we have nonetheless elected to offer this modified South Vietnam terrain as a separate terrain instead of just folding in the changes and updates to the existing South Vietnam terrain.
 
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Historical Notes
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Although all three campaigns are rooted to some extent in actual historical events, we necessarily worked from incomplete, limited historical data. In particular, the two "counterfactual" or "fictional" campaigns required us to speculate on how a U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia during 1974-1975 might have unfolded. Moreover, we have taken some liberties in constructing these campaigns in order to enhance game play.
 
- U.S. units/squadrons are based on data we were able to scrounge on the internet from various sources. We looked at WestPac carrier deployments for '74-75 and what squadrons were on those cruises with what aircraft. USMC squadrons are all either West Coast squadrons or squadrons that were visiting or based in the Pacific (Australia, Japan, the Phillipines) during that time period. USAF squadrons are pretty close to those in Linebacker II, with some exceptions based (again) on data we were able to find about those units.
 
- The VNAF is much more active and aggressive in the South Vietnam campaigns than it was historically. Although nominally the 4th largest air force in the world (following the transfer of large numbers of aircraft from the U.S. in the "Operation Enhance" and "Enhance Plus" programs of 1972-1973), the VNAF lacked the training and equipment to employ this large inventory of aircraft effectively against invading PAVN (North Vietnamese) forces.
 
- VPAF aircraft do appear in both South Vietnam campaigns. This is not historically correct. The VPAF played almost no role in the '75 Ho Chi Minh campaign, and the few air-to-ground sorties conducted against targets in the South were actually flown by VNAF defectors in F-5s and A-37s. We have included the VPAF, flying from airfields in Route Packs I and II, as this makes the campaigns more interesting, esp. with the addition of Il-28s (which the VPAF received from the Soviet Union in late 1965).
 
We have included MiGBuster's documentation for his original "The Last Stand '75" campaign in the \OriginalDocs folder. These files contain more information about the original VNAF campaign was created.
 
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What's Included
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This add-on includes the following new fixes & updates for the Expansion Pack:
 
NEW AIRCRAFT
- A-37A/B Dragonfly (optional, see note above)
- A-4F_74 Skyhawk
- A-4M_73 Skyhawk
- A-6E Intruder
- A-7D_75 Corsair II
- A-7E_74 Corsair II
- F-4D_75 Phantom II
- F-4E_75 Phantom II
- F-4J_74 Phantom II
- F-4N Phantom II
- F-14A Tomcat
- F-111D Aardvark
 
MISC UPDATES & ADDITIONS
- added three new campaigns set in 1974-1975 (see summary above)
- added medals pack for North & South Vietnam
- added new skins for the USAF F-4D_75 & and F-4E_75
- added drop tanks for new aircraft
- added alternate version of SouthVietnam terrain (SouthVietnam75)
that includes new target areas for the 1974-75 time period (see
note above)
- added SA-6 launcher and radar
- added VNAF pilots for A-37B Dragonfly
- added several new engine sounds
 
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Credits
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This update contains a number of new items from the following modders who generously allowed their use:
 
MiGBuster .......................... original Last Stand '75 campaign
dtmdragon .......................... A-4M_73 Skyhawk
HomeFries .......................... A-6 Superpack for SF2
Column5, USAFTML, & Storm .......... F-4N Phantom II
Mirage Factory ..................... F-14A Tomcat
FastCargo & team ................... F-111D Aardvark
Sundowner .......................... new skins for F-4D_75 & F-4E_75
Sundowner .......................... F-4N VF-111 skin
Column5 ............................ F-4N VF-151 skin
ChampionsVA56 ...................... A-37A/B Dragonfly skins
MiGBuster .......................... SouthVietnam75 target additions
 
If we have neglected to credit anyone here, please let us know. We will get it fixed ASAP.
 
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Legal Stuff
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We have signed onto the freeware "list" on combatace.com. As such, the original work here can be included or used in other mods as along as they aren't payware and credit is given to the creator(s).
 
Thanks,
 
 
Malibu43 & eburger68
 
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malibu43 & eburger68
18 Mar. 2014