HOLLYWOOD EXPLOSIONS
 
(Previously announced as "Enhanced Explosions 4")
 
by Stary
 
For Thirdwire series of Flight Simulators
 
both Gen1 and Gen2 titles
 
Note:
This pack was made for, and heavily tested in SF2:Israel merged with all SF2 gen titles. Dec09 patch installation.
No warranty for Gen1 Series/HDR Mod usage!
 
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Hollywood Explosions f/x pack is my 4th edition of effects modding. I decided to name it this way, as a tribute to Longbow/Longbow 2 series of simulators -there was such an option there...
 
And ideology besides, as EE4 sounds kinky, new name for the pack... ok, RAMBO 4 was good, ALIEN Ressu-whatever was not...

Compiled and Cleaned up by Ryan Crierie (MKSheppard)
 
Also available on my website at:
http://www.alternatewars.com/Mods/SF2/SF2.htm
In case you hit your daily download limit
 
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I claim no ownership or creation rights for any of thes effects; I just modded them to make them work in SF2, and then put them together to make it easier for other SF2 Owners.
 
v1.00 circa 12/23/2009.
 
I went through all of my installed effects INIs from all my addons and the various effects packs, like Deuce's, LEXX LUTHOR's Strategic Nuclear Effects™, etc and edited them to make them SF2 shader compatible to fix missing effects like MiG-19 afterburners not appearing, etc.
 
I used the rule of:
 
Materials that have BlendOp=BLEND_SRC_ALPHA
EffectShaderName=effectLightLevel.fx
(aka Volumetric emitters like smoke, groundmist, dust).
 
Materials that have BlendOp=BLEND_INV_SRC_ALPHA_ADD_SRC
EffectShaderName=twColor1.fx
(aka fire, explosion, light, flash, flare, streaks)
 
Found on Combat Ace Knowledge DB.
 
I slightly modified LEXX LUTHOR's Strategic Afterburner files so that you can have both Large and Small versions in use at the same time e.g. J58_Large calls the Large effect and J58_Small calls the Small effect. You can see this in the Screenshot for this mod; the one on the left is J79_Small and the one on the right is J79_Large.
 
I also rewrote some of LEXX's Nuclear Weapons Readme to make it a bit more comprehensible on how to make weapons datafiles call those effects in SF2.

Since I'm not good with vehicle skins I did a cheapie and went with what I have. Template .bmp included.
 
For SF2 but readme has instructions for adapting for SF1 series.
 
Model by Razvan Stanciu
cheap texture by EricJ.

In this package you have two pilots, one with orange and one with green clothes!
 
PilotWP = Orange
PilotWO = Green
 
this Pilot was done by Amokfloo, reworked by me and helped by Ravenclaw find some misstakes :-)
 
I think those informations are enough you need and enjoy!
 
Only freeware!!!!

T-80BV Main Battle Tank:
 
Original Google Sketchup Model by SWS
Ported to SF2 format by BPAo and Fubar512
INI files by Fubar512
Textures by 331Killerbee
 
Beta testers: USAFMTL, Crusader, Private (please don't feel left out if I've forgotten you).
 
to quote from SWS's write up:
 
"The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union. A development of the T-64, it entered service in 1976 and was the first production tank to be equipped with a gas turbine engine for main propulsion (the Stridsvagn 103 only used a supplementary gas turbine by 1971). The T-80U was last produced in a factory in Omsk, Russia, while the T-80UD and further-developed T-84 continue to be produced in Ukraine. The T-80 and its variants are in service in Belarus, Cyprus, Kazakhstan,Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, and Ukraine. The chief designer of the T-80 was the Russian engineer Nikolay Popov"
 
Installation:
 
Simply extract the contents of the zip archive into your SF2 Mod folder. Please back up your default TankGun.wav and TankTrack.wav, as they will otherwise be overwritten.
 
If you wish to use the TankTurbine.wav, you will need to create an entry for it in your soundlist.ini

Original download:
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=7838
 
Not much just added a USER_LIST for Afghanistan
 
EricJ

Modded for SF2, read the readme.

this are the working HAWK for the SF2 series , original HAWK by Pasko
 
JUST DROP THE CONTENT OF THE MAIN FOLDER TO THE NAMESAKE IN YOUR GAMES MOD FOLDER , OVERWRITE IF ASK TO
 
 
have fun
 
ravenclaw_007