Strike Fighters 2 Series by Thirdwire

The sixth and GRAND FINALE skin pack for your F8U-1 Crusader.
 
In February 1958, VF-32 went aboard the newly commissioned USS Saratoga for the carrier's first Mediterranean cruise as part of Carrier Air Wing 3. During that cruise, the Swordsmen took part in the Lebanon Crisis by providing air cover for the landing of 1,800 US Marines at Beruit in July 1958.
 
Included here are the VF-32 'Swordsmen' as they appeared in 1958 during that crisis. The CAG bird (Commander of Air Group) is provided as its own DISTINCT skin.
 
An installation read-me file is included.
 
BONUS!!......a new Loadoutscreen music file!! Can you guess what 1960's era movie and what scene it's from?

The fifth set of skins for your F8U-1. Included here are the following authentic squadrons:
 
VF-154 'Black Knights'
VF-211 'Red Checkertails'- The original VF-211
VF-211(B) 'Fighting Checkmates'- The second VF-211
VMF-334 'Falcons'
VU-2 'Blue Tails'- NAS Oceana, VA
VU-10 'Proud Pelicans'- NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
VT-86 'Sabre Hawks' (TF-8A)- NAS Glynco,GA
 
Of course, an installation read-me file is included along with optional
squadronlist.ini files.

A-4G Skyhawk
(r1 - 1976 - VF-805)
 
 
This mod should ultimately cover the whole VF-805 career of the Australian A-4G, however since it started for a very specific project of mine, it will be released as-is and updated whenever (if ever) the rest is done.
For that reason, if you have an interest on the topic and are willing to correct or complete the set, do feel free to do so, it's a safer bet than waiting for the next release.
 
It has been built with/for SF2, it requires Thirdwire's A-4E and A-4F to work, there should be no other prerequisite.
 
r1 includes only the mid-70's skin, as my project focuses on the year 1976.
The skin and decals are as correct as I'm willing/able to do based on Thirdwire's skin.
All plane and serial numbers are correctly paired and historically correct (all planes crashed before 1976 are not present).
The only inaccuracy is the fact that some of the planes present were affected to VC-724, however, in case of conflict and to cope with attrition they would have been transferred to VF-805, hence their presence in this mod.
 
Gunrunner
 
 
 
Grey areas :
 
- On most pictures the A-4G in '76 had the area surrounding the gun muzzle painted black, on some, a square area on the fuselage was painted black and on other, nothing was painted black at all, no text gives any reason for that or precise reference, therefore it's been left as stock.
- Likewise, most sources claim some A-4G were not fitted with guns, without providing the serial number of those planes or whether this was a temporary or permanent change; Moreover, I couldn't find photographic evidence of a gunless A-4G.
- The current INI is a hybrid of A-4E and A-4F, uses an A-4F cockpit with A-4E avionics, I lack sources and will to do any better at the moment, it will have to do.
 
 
Optionnally, you can add VF-805 "Checkerboards" to your SquadronList.ini, however it is only a nicety and the skin doesn't rely on it.
 
[squadronxxx]
Name=RAN_805
DisplayName=805 Sq. "Checkerboards"
Nation=AustralianNavy
 
 
TO DO :
 
- Replace the antennas by accurate ones.
- Have missile rails for outer pylons use with Sidewinders.
- Add the late 60's VF-805 skin (without checkerboard).
- Add the early 70's VF-805 skin (with checkerboard on the rudder).
- Add the late 70's VF-805 skin (grey camo with knight).
 
 
Licence :
 
See the CA Freeware Licence Agreement : http://combatace.com/topic/55729-freeware-licensing/
 
 
Credits :
 
Thirdwire for the A-4E model, original skin and INI.
Wilco for the angled refueling probe replacement and landing lights.
The CA community for years of fun and great mods.

For the SF2 TuAF F-4ETM_Simsek
 
I was not happy with the numbering on the four new skin.
 
Still not perfect but much better than the one on the v1.0
 
To Install:
 
-COPY and PASTE the content of each respective squadron .tga file
on to the Aircraft "D" folder and Decal "D" Folder. Let it override the old file.
 
-Go fly...
 
 
29 March 2011
 
Ace888

This pack represents the B-57B as it was used during the Vietnam era. I bought the excellent Osprey book "B-57 Canberra units of the Vietnam War" as a reference. C
 
Caution this pack is 695 MB Unzipped!!!!!
 
Thanks to Carlo and Sundowner for the templates....

27 Mar 2011
 
All Modern Warfare Campaigns Weapons Update
Strike Fighters 2: Modern Warfare Campaigns
 
To Install:
Just Run the Installer and point it to the Saved Game folder
of any Spectre8750 Modern Warfare Campaign Mod Directory.
 
Thanks

Spectre8750

Skin Pack number 4 for your F8U-1 Crusader. Included are the following squadrons:
 
VF(AW)-3 'Blue Nemesis' NAS Moffett Field, CA
VF-103 'Sluggers'
VF-191 'Satan's Kittens'
VC-8 'Redtails' NAS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
VMF-312 'Checkertails'

MQ-10A Kodiak – Release Version 4.0
 
Welcome to the Kodiak release version 4.0. This plane was conceived out of my need to find something to effectively kick-start my creative juices and prime me mentally to tackle a few of my languishing projects.
 
The MQ-10A is obviously a fictitious UAV on steroids. I best described it once as the unholy union of an A-10 and a Predator drone. It’s capable of carrying pretty much everything and oh, did I mention it VTOLS? Yeah, I wet myself a little too...
 
Please fly it, enjoy it for what it is and go blow some crap up…
 
NOTES:
 
1. Engine nacelles are rotated via what ever you have mapped for VTOL. Max VTOL weight is around 47,000
2. Do not be bashful in criticism or critique.
3. Installation is easy… decompress and cut/paste it in your aircraft folder. It has been tested on all version 2 games but should work in version 1 as well.
 
CHANGE LOG / FIXES:
 
1. The weird porpoises issue has been fixed. The Kodiak is again a rock-sold weapon platform.
2. Right, wrong, or indifferent, I’ve settled on a very basic if not extremely functional projected cockpit format.
 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
 
1. I pilfered the HUD stuff from Fastcargo’s F-35 bird.
2. I pilfered FM tidbits from a lot of different birds. ** Once I finalize on what will be enclosed in the final product I will include full and complete disclosure.
3. It includes a default Olive Drab scheme and all layered paintshop pro templates to assist in the creation of more.

Tornado F3 For SF2:
 
Installation:
Simply extract the contents of the Tornado F3 folder into your Mods\StrikeFighters2 folder.
 
Tornado Team
Main 3d modelling and programming: bobrock
FM and avionics advisors: Crusader, starfighter2
Sounds: Spillone104
Pilots: Aleks, Canadair, Erikgen, NGHENGO, Silverbolt, Spillone104, triplethr3at
Loading screen photo: David Cenciotti
TornadoIDS_Destroyed LOD from NF4+
G-55EUR Pilot Skin by X-RAY
Weapon Models: HiRes AIM-9L skin by ChrisBV
SkyFlash by Mirage Factory
SkyFlash6000 Data by Syrinx
43 Squadron 90th Anniversary Skin by Syrinx
43 Squadron Special Colors Skin by Syrinx
Afterburner TGA by dfang
SF2 Updates and Loading Screens by NeverEnough
 
This is a complete SF2 installation package for the beautiful Tornado F3 by Bobrock and the many talented modders listed above. The Effect Emitters have been updated to January 2011 patch level. The Wingtip Vortices have been changed so they move properly with the swingwing position. The new TorAfterBurnerEmitter utilizes the January 2011 Particle System combined with one of dfang's afterburner tga's to give the model an afterburner plume similar to photos I've found of the Tornado F3 in warp drive. Also included are two additional loading screens of the 43 Squadron Special Colors Tornado F3.
 
To use the additional 43 Squadron Loading Screens, change the line in the Tornado_F3.INI as shown below:
 
[AircraftData]
AircraftFullName=Tornado F3
AircraftShortName=Tornado
AircraftDataFile=Tornado_F3_data.ini
CockpitDataFile=Tornado_F3_cockpit.ini
HangarScreen=F3_HANGARSCREEN.bmp
LoadingScreen=F3_Loading.bmp<<<<Change this to TorF3_Loading.bmp or TornF3_Loading.bmp
 
 
For those of you who have not installed Bobrock's Tornado F3 in the Second Generation Thirdwire sims because there was no SF2 conversion, you owe it to yourselves to take this opportunity to correct that omission. Bobrock's Tornado F3 is really absolutely stunning!

Spitfire MkIXc, No.303 (Kosciuszko Polish) Sqn RAF, 1943-44
 
For use ONLY with SF2 including the Israel Expansion Pack. This will NOT work if you do not have the stock TW Spitfires installed and working.
 
Credits:
 
Model and flight dynamics by Third Wire
Cockpit by Kesselbrut
DEcals and placement by ndicki

This file contains the major gun types used by the combatant nations (UK, USA, Germany, Japan, Italy, USSR, France) in World War Two, along with effects for the specific types of tracer colour used by each nationality.
 
All the credit here goes to gregoryp and Bear of AvHistory
 
As I have had to recompile the original file, please let me know IMMEDIATELY if anything appears incorrect or absent. Thanks!

This goes under the double header since VFA-195 is currently transitioning to the F/A-18E but so far no newe on what the CAG jet may look like so after a request made this based on one of the current schemes (or last one).
 
Eric Johnson 2011
 
Simply drop in your FA-18E folder and go fly. Can work for SF1 except for drop tank textures.

The G 91Y was a tactical fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft capable of carrying out direct support, close interdiction, photographic reconnaissance and air combat missions.
 
Instructions:
This aircraft is for SF2, SF2V, SF2I and SF2E last patch.
1) Unzip the file G91Y.rar
2) Copy Object and Sounds folders into your mods folder (for example: C:\Documents and Settings\MyAccount\Documents\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Europe\...).
For people with 4/3 monitors : remember to change the entries into G91Y.ini for Loading / HangarScreen.
Animation 1: canopy open
In order to open the drag-chute land with the airbrakes open.
As the real one this model can reach speed over the airframe limit , be careful with the afterburner.
 
README file included
Credits:



kreelin for the great FM; thanks a lot Andriam



Spillone104 for the jet sound, photos and suggestions during beta testing



Steve S for the invaluable infos about the cockpit , grazie Stefano



bobrock, Soulfreak, Dave, Canadair, 76.IAP-Blackbird, Veltro2k and Nghengo as beta testers



myself ... 3D, skins, pit, blood and tears.




Thank you very much guys.


Last UpDate 14/03/2011 – Ver.2.0


Various improvements; now compatible with Expansion2


Thank you to Veltro2k, Spillone104, X-RAY, "the test pilot", paulopanz and suhsjake for the kind support as beta tester.


Every part of this mod can be used into others mods only if the final product is free of charge for the community and proper credits are listed into the product itself.


Enrico "ErikGen" Gennari
 

Bf109g-10/U4, I./JG 11, Germany, Early 1945.
 
By this date, JG 11 was equipped essentially with Bf109g-10 and g-14 aircraft.The yellow JG 11 Reich Defence fuselage band should not be confused with the narrower Eastern Front markings. THe yellow rudder should theoretically be accompanied by a yellow band around the nose - the final type of quick recognition markings introduced in early 1945. Needless to say, by this stage, official directives were not always scrupulously respected!
 
Despite the fact that MG151/20 gondolas were rarely if ever fitted to g-10 type 109s, this aircraft has them fitted as standard for all air defence missions.
 
For SF2 only.
 
Credits:
Visual model, flight dynamics and original skin template: Monty_CZ
Cockpit including original paintwork: Kesselbrut
Skin, decals, partial cockpit repaint, ini tweaks and loading screen: ndicki

Bf109g-10/U4, 2./JG 300, Borkheide, September 1944.
 
JG 300 was originally created in July 1943 as a Wilde Sau free-range night-fighter Geschwader, but owing to the high accident rate and the relative lack of success, was
transferred at the very beginning of 1944 to daylight operations.
 
For SF2 only.
 
Credits:
Visual model, flight dynamics and original skin template: Monty_CZ
Cockpit including original paintwork: Kesselbrut
Skin, decals, partial cockpit repaint, ini tweaks and loading screen: ndicki
 
UPDATED! Now includes modified ini files for the Dev A-Team WGr.21 mortar!
Thanks to Capun and Company!
 
For those who downloaded the original version, the necessary inis are also available separately in the Weapons section.

Modified ini files for the Dev A Team WGr21 weapons add-on.
 
You will need to download the original files here:
http://cplengineeringllc.com/SFP1/
Under "Weapons and Vehicles"
 
This will modify the WGr21 projectiles into IRMs, but without the growl or ability to manoeuvre. Use as unguided rockets from a distance of about 800+ metres. Too close and you will find that your probability of missing actually gets higher - we have cheated a bit, in order to try and get as close as possible to the
originals, which detonated automatically between 1000 and 1500 metres after launch, according to fuzing.
 
These are anti-aircraft projectiles, and were not used against ground targets.
 
For use with the JG 300 Bf109g-10 to be found here:
 
http://combatace.com/files/file/11838-bf109g-10-jg300/
 
Many thanks to Cesar 'Capun' Pun and the Dev A-Team for the visual models and skins, and for thinking up the initial idea!

The second of five skin packs for your F8U-1 Crusader. Included in this set are the following squadrons:
 
FAGU- Fleet Air Gunnery Unit Pacific, NAS El Centro,Calif.
VF-124 'Crusader College'
VF-174 'HellRazors'
VMF(AW)-323 'Death Rattlers'
VMF-215 'Fighting Corsairs'
 
A read-me file with installation steps is included.

Bf109g-10/U4, JG 53, Kirrlach, February 1945.
 
By this date, JG 53 was equipped essentially with Bf109g-10 and k-4 aircraft, and had been absorbed completely into the Reich Defence organisation. The black fuselage band was attributed on 20/02/1945 in replacement of the earlier rust-red one.
 
For SF2 only.
 
Credits:
Visual model, flight dynamics and original skin template: Monty_CZ
Cockpit including original paintwork: Kesselbrut
Skin, decals, partial cockpit repaint, ini tweaks and loading screen: ndicki

Here is my cockpit re-paint for the F-111A that comes with the SF2V Ground War Expansion Pack. I don't know the creator of the cockpit as he left the community some years ago. But I give him credit for the beautiful job on the 3D part.
 
Directions:
 
Drop into your F-111A folder and overwrite when asked.
 
Enjoy!

Another collection of various hangars/walls etc aimed mainly at desert type terrain although they can be used in any you like.

Spitfire MkIXc, No.312 (Czech) Squadron RAF, June-July 1944
 
For use ONLY with SF2 including the Israel Expansion Pack. This will NOT work if you do not have the stock TW Spitfires installed and working.
 
Credits:
Model and flight dynamics by Third Wire
Cockpit by Kesselbrut
DEcals and placement by ndicki

Simply drop in the FA-18E folder and go fly
 
March 2011
 
Eric Johnson

Modern RAF Smart Bombs.
 
Includes:
 
-Enhanced Paveway II
 
-Enhanced Paveway III
 
-Paveway IV
 
In order to simulate the fact that these weapons can be either GPS or laser guided depending on what the aircrew decide before dropping them I have included two of each type. One is GPS guided and the other is laser guided. On my RAF aircraft (GR4, GR7, GR9 and Typhoon) that use these bombs I have used the loadout.ini file to load a mix of GPS and laser guided versions of the same bomb to imitate that flexability in the air.
Credit goes to 331KillerBee for his Ordnance Shop II where these weapons have been modified from.
 
Drop the files into your weapons folder to install, easy as that.

Ara ALOUETTE III For SF2 By Tracker
 
This pack contains a conversion to SF2 of the Beautiful Alouette III made by Tracker.
All credits goes to the author, i'm just the man who made the conversion.
 
Installation : decompress rar file in a temporary location then put everything in your Mod Folder. After you can go flying !
Warning ! ArgentineNavy must be declared in your terrain's limitednation so as to your chopper's weapons work !
 
Best Regards
Galoub

 
 

This is a "What If" nation missile system based off of the real SA-18 Grouse (or what I could find though internets sources).
 
It is set for the "Taliban" nation for my Afghanistan install but can be adapted of course for any map or nation:
 
[Nationxxx]
Name=Taliban
DisplayName=Taliban
Alignment=ENEMY
Mercenary=TRUE
PilotNameList=NamesMercs.lst
RankList=RanksUSAF.lst
CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst
Formation.Fighter=USFighter
Formation.Attack=USFighter
Formation.Bomber=USBomber
Formation.Transport=USBomber
Formation.Tank=USTank
Formation.MobileAD=USAD
PilotTrainingStandard=EXCELLENT
GenderRatio=0
DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav
DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav
DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav
SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat
SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str
StartDate=1994
 
It uses Pasko's "SAM Gunner" since I have no modeling skills and is setup for SF2. It can be of course adapted for SF1 but that requires a bit of work that can be found in the SF2 Knowledge Base and is a drag and drop as all files and folders are already organized.
 
Afghanistan rules of thumb:
 
Kandahar-Shindand-Herat-Qala I Naw "ring" stay above 24,000ft MSL + for traveling. When you break that (usually 23,000 ft) you may get shot at. Other areas roughly 22,000 ft MSL + is a good altitude to stay above but again use flares conservatively. It's not very accurate but if enough are fired you will get shot down. I've seen earlier versions of this shred SEAD flights.
 
This is strictly for What If scenarios or installs rather than real world setups as so far there is no heavy use of SAMs in-country.