Hangars / Loadouts / Menus

When Edward's Korean War mod for SF1 had filled a gap in the world of combat air simulations, I had then participated with a dedicated Medals Pack. Now the range of available models for SF2 expands at lightspeed, a new all-inclusive KAW mod for SF2 may soon be laid, and I'd want to be a part of it too. A former work of mine had proposed new counters and screens for SF2, now I'm delivering a Korean War Medals Pack that is a largely expanded version from my former set of national awards for SF1 (also including anthems and musics). The decorations sources are: stock SF2:E, stock First Eagles, Charles' Medals Pack v2.0 for SF1, my own works for Wings Over Vietnam, and many new personal creations devoted to that mod. The complete lists of now available awards are displayed below. You will notice that North Korea and Communist China are still missing, I could try to update in a later future...
 
 

US Air Force :



Medal of Honor (Army model)



Distinguished Service Cross (Army)



Silver Star Medal



Distinguished Service Medal (Army)



Legion of Merit



Distinguished Flying Cross



Soldier's Medal (Army)



Bronze Star Medal



Air Medal



Purple Heart



ROK Eulji Medal



ROK Hwarang Medal



UK Distinguished Flying Cross



Korean Service Medal



United Nations Service Medal


 

US Navy & US Marine Corps :



Medal of Honor (Navy model)



Navy Cross



Silver Star Medal



Navy Distinguished Service Medal



Legion of Merit



Distinguished Flying Cross



Navy and Marine Corps Medal



Bronze Star Medal



Air Medal



Purple Heart



ROK Eulji Medal



ROK Hwarang Medal



UK Distinguished Flying Cross



Korean Service Medal



United Nations Service Medal


 

RAF/RCAF pilots on exchange duty in USAF F-86 units :



US Distinguished Service Cross (Army)



US Silver Star Medal



US Legion of Merit



US Distinguished Flying Cross



US Soldier's Medal



US Bronze Star Medal



US Air Medal



US Purple Heart



Distinguished Flying Cross



Order of the British Empire, Member



ROK Hwarang Medal



US Korean Service Medal



Korea Medal (Canadian version available)



United Nations Service Medal


 

Royal Australian Air Force (No.77 Sqn, first attached to USAF 8th FBW, later 4th FIW )



& South African Air Force (No.2 Sqn, attached to USAF 18th FBW) :



Victoria Cross



Distinguished Service Order



Distinguished Flying Cross



Air Force Cross



Order of the British Empire, Member



Mentioned in Despatches badge (Australians only)



US Silver Star Medal



US Legion of Merit



US Distinguished Flying Cross



US Air Medal



ROK Hwarang Medal



Korea Medal (South African version available)



United Nations Service Medal


 

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (TF 77 & 95) :



Victoria Cross



Distinguished Service Order



Distinguished Service Cross



Air Force Cross



Order of the British Empire, Member



Mentioned in Despatches badge



US Legion of Merit



US Distinguished Flying Cross



US Air Medal



ROK Hwarang Medal



Korea Medal



United Nations Service Medal


 

Republic of Korea Air Force :



Taegeug Medal (Military Merit 1st Class)



Eulji Medal (Military Merit 2nd Class)



Chungmu Medal (Military Merit 3rd Class)



Hwarang Medal (Military Merit 4th Class)



US Legion of Merit



US Distinguished Flying Cross



US Air Medal



Standard Wound Medal



War Service Medal


 

Soviet air forces in Manchuria :



Gold Star Medal of Hero of the Soviet Union



Order of Lenin



Order of Suvorov, 3rd Class



Order of Alexander Nevskiy



Order of the Red Banner



Order of the Red Star



Medal for Valor



Medal for Battle Merit



Membership of the Communist Party



Wound Stripe



DPRK Order of Freedom and Independence, 2nd Class



DPRK Fatherland Liberation War Participation Medal



PRC Chinese-Soviet Friendship Medal

SF2 WW2 ETO, Hangar and Loading Screens for Tempest Mk.V (by Veltro2K) 6/10/2014
 
These are NEW SF2 versions of the original "Box Art" 1stGen screens I made a long time ago. They are in jpg format.
 
Install is simple:
 
unzip to a temp folder or location, copy/paste the 2 jpgs
 
TempestV_Hangar.jpg
TempestV_Loading.jpg
 
into the main /TempestV_v2k folder.
 
Open the TempestV_v2k.ini, and copy/paste the text below directly OVER the existing (blank) lines for the hangar and loading screen callouts
 
HangarScreen=TempestV_Hangar.jpg
LoadingScreen=TempestV_Loading.jpg
 
Save and Close.
 
there you go!
 
Enjoy!
 
Wrench
Kevin Stein
 
(since screenies are required, I thought the one above was nice one!)

F-14 Menu Screens, Speech and Menu Music Mod. v1.0
For SF2:(Any) Series and or Mods addons.
By Spectre8750
 
This is a set of F-14 Screens plus Navy Speech edited to sound
as through a Radio set. Music is Chopped and looped Ace Combat 6
Themed selections.
 
Install:
Just drop the Folders into any SF2 Series Stock or Modded Game
root Directory. Choose one of three Mainscreens and rename to
Mainscreen.jpg.
 
Hope you Enjoy
Regards
Spectre8750

I had once worked on a campaign for SF1, set in the Marianas, June 1944 (using Wrench's map). I had let it aside, then discovered that The Dev A-Team had perfectly completed this project within its free mod for SF2 full-5 merged: WW2Pacific, and its Expansion Pack 1 (available as usual at Capun Skunkworks). Yet, I'd like to provide here some recyclable marginal works I had designed for this campaign, updated and complemented for an SF2 release, which could be a fine graphical addition to The Dev A-Team's mod:
A batch of colorful, reduced-size counters, devoted to each of the nationalities significantly present during the War in the Pacific – but also expanding to the CBI Theater (China-Burma-India). Besides having a more attractive map and less confused stacks, you can also find more easily the units you're after. As a rule, the counters with rectangular national flags and regimental/divisional devices show the ground units, while the counters with roundels concern the air units. For several nations, alternative counters are included to cover the different periods of The War when the aircraft skins or roundels changed.
Lot of screens and related texts, initially intended to be linked to my own Marianas 1944 campaign (screens are converted to .jpg format, and includes some alternative screens). Screens and texts cover: openings, daily missions briefings, and campaign victory/draw/defeat/KIA debriefings, for each side.

Bon appétit !

Menu screens for Strike Fighters 2 (1024 x 768), created for myself!!!
 
 
This is a set of images only, no ini files or changes.
 
 
Just drag and drop, copy or paste, the files into your mod folder structure, as defined.
 
 
Default location, for Vista and Seven is: C:\Users\<YOU>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 NorthAtlantic
 
 
Any errors or mistakes are entirely mine.
 
 
This is FREEWARE only, NO money is allowed to be made on the contents of these files, in whole or in part.
 
 
Feel free to redistribute, as long as the original authors are given appropriate credit.
 
 
Questions? Contact me at Combatace.
 
 
Anything I forgot to mention is purely unintentional!!!
 
 
AGOSTINO
 
10 Nov 2013

SF2 WW2 ETO Bf-109E Hangar and Loading Screens
 
-- Something for the WW2 ETO players --
 
= For SF2 ONLY =
 
This pack contains 2 new hangar and loading screens for RussoUK Messerschmitt Bf-109E-3, as
seen in Western/Northern Europe approximatley 1940-41.
This is for ETO 109Es only! The artwork depicts them in the Battle of Britain time frame.
 
These are in the famous "Box Art" style, and will replace the originals Russ did. I created
these as the old Hangar screen didn't quite fit SF2 formatting, and I got tired of looking
at the old ones! (Sorry Russ -grin- !!!).
 
As always, fairly easy to follow, yet detailed install instructions are included. PLEASE
read them!!!
 
Enjoy!!
Wrench
Kevin Stein

-SF2 Menu screens and icons-
This pack includes all the menu screens and icons you need to turn SF2, or any version of Strike Fighters into a WW2 Pacific air war install. What it DOES NOT include are campaign or instant action inis, or the icons for the in-game map. I decided this pack was enough as there are already some excellent files of that nature available on CombatAce website. I highly recommend Baltikas' campaigns for a start. Also check out Dfangs' in-flight map icon packs located here... http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=1829
To install, simply un-pack the menu and flight folder into your SF2 mods located here for WinXP...
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2.
If You are running Vista or Win7, then this is the File Format.This is where you should find your "Mods" folder.
<User Name>/Saved Games/ThirdWire/StrikeFighters2 PAW/Menu
Also, for the initscreen, you need to do this...Go to your main install of the game. Mine is here...C:\Program Files (x86)\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2 PAW. Place the INITSCREEN.bmp in the Menu folder. Then, go back out of the menu folder and rename your StrikeFighters2.ini to whatever you have called your exe for your PAW install. Mine is StrikeFighters2 PAW.ini. I then opened the ini and added the following line under the [sTARTUP] heading...LoadingScreen=Menu\INITSCREEN.BMP. It should look like this...
[startup]
IntroMovieList=
LoadingScreen=Menu\INITSCREEN.BMP
StartupScreen=MainScreen
 
Keep in mind this isn't all the screens in the pack, just a sample. Hope ya like 'em. These files are released under the CombatAce Freeware Licensing agreement. You are free to modify these files and use them as you wish as long as the files are not used in payware of any kind. If you use them, please remeber to give credit. These files are released to a great community of simmers at CombatAce and SimHq. Have fun and God bless.
Jeff "pcpilot" Gerald
Version Notes:
Ver.1.1 Changed file format to jpg. Also added initscreen.
Ver.1.2 Added Campaign screen, loadingscreen, and loading wav.

I had once worked on several annual campaigns for the mythic Korean Air War Complete Mod for SF1, uploaded at CombatAce by Edward in 2005. I planned one campaign for each of the years 1951, 1952 and 1953, with actually one UN-sided and one Red-sided campaign for each year, six campaigns in all. Though the R&D work was very advanced, I have given up since long, and for the moment, I don't plan to reinvest time in this project before long. Yet there were many related works that I could deliver here for SF2:KAW after a swift conversion in picture format:

A batch of colorful, reduced-size counters, devoted to each of the nationalities significantly present during the Korean War, 1950-53. Besides having a more attractive map and less confused stacks, you can also find more easily the units you're after. As a rule, the counters with rectangular national flags and brigade/division/corps/army devices show the ground units, while the counters with roundels concern the air units.
Lots of screens initially intended to be linked to the campaigns I planned, now converted to jpg format (start screens, daily missions briefings, or campaign victory/ draw/defeat debriefings).
For each of the six planned campaigns, a briefing synopsis, and three end-of-campaign debriefings in case of victory/draw/defeat.

There is no notice about installation. Just consider everything graciously given here as raw materials to be renamed at will for building your own campaigns. Some new materials could also be uploaded in a next future.

This is a menu screen project for North Atlantic that replaces the default (4:3) menu screens (loading screens and icons) w/ widescreen (16:9) photographic alternatives. It's still a work in progress but I'm almost done.
 
The file contains a small program by the name of JSGME (JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler) which can enable or disable the mod when used correctly. It's optional but highly recommended.
 
The Saved Games folder should be extracted to "C:\Users\(Your User Name)". If you don't wish to use the JSGME program simply copy the various folders from the folder "MODS" and move them to "C:\Users\(Your User Name)\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 NorthAtlantic".
 
Also, I've included both an alternative shortcut icon and a PNG for those that use a dock program. Both can be found in the Desktop directory.

HD 16:9 menu screens for Strike Fighters 2 (1920 x 1080) created for myself
 
 
This is a set of Images only - no ini files or changes
 
 
 
Just drag and drop copy/paste etc the files into your mod folder structure as defined.
 
 
Default location for Vista / 7 is C:\Users\<YOU>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2

HD 16:9 menu screens for Strike Fighters 2 Vietnam (1920 x 1080) created for myself
 
 
This is a set of Images only - no ini files or changes
 
 
 
Just drag and drop copy/paste etc the files into your mod folder structure as defined.
 
 
Default location for Vista / 7 is C:\Users\<YOU>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Vietnam

HD 16:9 menu screens for Strike Fighters 2 Europe (1920 x 1080) created for myself
 
 
This is a set of Images only - no ini files or changes
 
 
 
Just drag and drop copy/paste etc the files into your mod folder structure as defined.
 
 
Default location for Vista / 7 is C:\Users\<YOU>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Europe

HD 16:9 menu screens for Strike Fighters 2 Israel (1920 x 1080) created for myself
 
 
This is a set of Images only - no ini files or changes
 
 
 
Just drag and drop copy/paste etc the files into your mod folder structure as defined.
 
 
Default location for Vista / 7 is C:\Users\<YOU>\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Israel

SF2E A-10A Loadout Mod Readme
 
by Malibu43
 
This mod contains some alternative loadouts for the two A-10A variants in SF2E, as well as a modified LAU-88 rack that allows 2 AGM-65's to be carried vs 3 (Based on images and forums I've read through, this seems to be more accurate. From what I understand, A-10's are never loaded with 3 AGM-65's on one rack). In addition to hopefully being a little more accurate, it also makes CAS a little more fun as it will require you to use something other than guided, stand-off weapons to complete the mission (they put that big gun on the front for a reason!). Strike, Recon, and SEAD loadouts have been tweaked as well.
 
New loadouts are as follows:
 
Attack:
2 x AIM-9
1 x ALQ-131
4 x AGM-65
4 x MK20
 
Strike:
2 x AIM-9
1 x ALQ-131
2 x AGM-65
4 x MK82
 
SEAD:
2 x AIM-9
1 x ALQ-131
4 x AGM-65
4 x CBU-24B
 
Anti-ship:
2 x AIM-9
1 x ALQ-131
2 x MK84
 
FAC:
2 x AIM-9
1 x ALQ-131
2 x LAU-32A
 
Recon:
2 x AIM-9
1 x ALQ-131
2 x LAU-32A
2 x AGM-65
2 x MK82
2 x CBU-24B
 
 
1. Requirements:
 
- SF2E
- You have the LAU-32A rocket pod installed (included in Nato Fighters 4+). If you don't have the LAU-32A installed, you can do a find and replace for "LAU_32A" in both of the included loadout files and replace that with "LAU-3A", which is a stock weapon.
 
2. Installation:
 
a. Extract the contents of this .rar file somewhere temporary.
b. Drop the folder named "2_LAU-88A" into *SF2E Mod Folder*/Objects/Weapons
c. Drop the two *_loadout.ini files into their respective aircraft folders (A-10A, A-10A_78) in the *SF2E Mod Folder*/Objects/Aircraft directory.
 
3. Enjoy!
 
If there are any questions or problems, please PM me at Combatace.com.
 
This mod may not be used in any payware. It can be used for free as long as appropriate credit is given.
 
Thanks,
 
Malibu43
 
Note: updated 9-29-10 to correct LAU-32A entries.
Note: updated again on 9-30 to correct... LAU-32A entries
Note: updated 3-13-11 to correct LAU-32A entries and change some loadouts
Note: updated 7-8-11 to correct an error in naming the new LAU-88 rack. Don't know how that wasn't missed before...
Note: Jeez.. Updated 7/11/11 to account for a change with the July '11 patch.

If you have the Skunk Works (DAT) Wings Over Africa and/or Wings Over Russia you can use this to enjoy all those beautiful SF1 style Menu Screens.
 
By SupGen
 
5/1/2013

SF2 WW2 PTO "Generic" Menu Screens Pak
 
= For SF2, Any and All, PTO-Centric Based Mods Folders
 
This is just a simple pak of Menu Screens for use in Pacific Theatre based mods folders. These will
replace a11 of the stock ones, while keeping the same layout for all the clickable hot-spots. (as
the templates I made to make them, keep all the same setups.
 
You get:
 
Loadingscreen
Debriefscreen
LoadoutScreen
Mainscreen
MedalListScreen
OptionsScreen
PilotRecordsScreen
PlanningMapScreen
RosterScreen
SingleMissionScreen.
 
All are in jpg format, and are already divided into the 2 folders where they'll reside (/Flight and
/Menu) for simple drag/drop into your Mod Folder ™.
 
Also included are WW2-themed in-game map icons from 1stGen WW2 mods, that change the 'jet' shapes to prop planes. I can't find any info on who made them, so I canNOT any take credit for something
that isn't mine. These are usable in any WW2 Era install.
 
As always, easy to follow instuctions are in the 'To Install' section.
 
Enjoy
wrench
kevin stein

A new MainScreen for you to view on SF2V. This features the F-105 Thunderchief and some colorful images. Readme file includes simple installation details. Image size is 1920x1080 for widescreen monitors. ENJOY...!!!

A small file that updates the FA_18F Loadout.ini with a few historical loadouts that I found and setup from various reference pictures I have on my hard drive. Some are by squadron as it seemed they all had their own ideas as far as what was used in the referenced period of time. The PDF readme has a graphical representation of the loadouts for easy reference.
 
If you have any other pictures PM me and I can add it, along with the time the photo was taken. Note an E version is in the works and will be included when I update this file.
 
EricJ, 2011

Menu X (ODS) is a menu screen project for Operation Desert Storm that replaces the default (4:3) menu screens (loading screens and icons) w/ widescreen (16:9) photographic alternatives.
 
The file contains a small program by the name JSGME (JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler) which can enable or disable the mod when used correctly. It's optional but highly recommended.
 
The Saved Games folder should be extracted to "C:\Users\(Your User Name)". If you don't wish to use the JSGME program simply copy the various folders from the folder MODS and move them to "C:\Users\(Your User Name)\Saved Games\ThirdWire\Operation Desert Storm".
 
The Fonts folder contains the required fonts used by the GUI. Simply drag/drop the respective files to your Windows fonts library.
 
Also, I've included both an alternative Windows shortcut icon and a PNG for those that use a dock program. Both can be found in the Desktop folder.

Menu X (EU) is a menu screen project for Strike Fighters 2: Europe that replaces the default (4:3) menu screens (loading screens and icons) w/ widescreen (16:9) photographic alternatives.
 
The file contains a small program by the name JSGME (JoneSoft Generic Mod Enabler) which can enable or disable the mod when used correctly. It's optional but highly recommended.
 
The Saved Games folder should be extracted to "C:\Users\(Your User Name)". If you don't wish to use the JSGME program simply copy the various folders from the folder MODS and move them to "C:\Users\(Your User Name)\Saved Games\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2 Europe".
 
The Fonts folder contains the required fonts used by the GUI. Simply drag/drop the respective files to your Windows fonts library.
 
I've also included both an alternative Windows shortcut icon and a PNG for those that use a dock program. Both can be found in the Desktop folder.

Strike Fighters - North Atlantic
 
 
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Replacement Menu - 1680x1050 - v0.9
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Contains replacement menu screens, systemicon, briefing texts* for widescreen (16:10) displays.
 
 
Notices________________________________________
 
(1) May overwrite files - back up first if this bothers you.
(2) Provided "as is" - use at your own risk.
 
Installation Instructions______________________
 
Copy the folders inside the "To Mod Folder" directory to your mod folder, overwriting when prompted.
 
> For more information on the mods folder, please see:
http://combatace.com/topic/62302-what-is-the-mod-folder/
 
That's it.
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© 2012, Kout
 
These files are made available under the Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license.
 
This basically means you are allowed to modify and redistribute these files, but that you should
 
(1) give fair credit to me;
(2) distribute work based on these files under the same conditions as I did; and
(3) you may not use these files or works based on them for commercial purposes.
 
For details: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
_______________________________________________
 
* Based on SFP1Ace's SF2 Briefing Retrofit
http://combatace.com/files/file/12415-sf2-briefings-retrofit-mod/

1680 x 1050 Mainscreen modification for SF2 North Atlantic
 
Main screen only for NA to add to my series of SF2 main screens as i like standardization .
Currently working on some quick mod idea for the rest of the NA screens. Will see if there will be enough time and energy
 
The other SF2 mainscreens
- SF2 Generic : (although more Europe oriented) and its Photoshop template to possibly alter it to your taste, here : http://combatace.com...exp2b-dec-2010/
- SF2 Vietnam : http://combatace.com...or-sf2-vietnam/
- SF2 Europe : http://combatace.com...for-sf2-europe/
- SF2 Israel : http://combatace.com...for-sf2-israel/
 
You can consider also the Splash Screen replacement in graphics accordance with the template of the above Main Screens : http://combatace.com...2-splashscreen/
 
- Installation :
Extract the 'Menu' folder and place it in your mods folder (eg C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2NorthAtlantic\ (or if theres already a 'Menu' folder in your mods directory , place the 'Menu' contents in the 'Menu' folder of the mods directory)
 
 
 
Nick 'Squid' D.

This bmp replaces the stock TW "Initializing system... Please wait..." splash screen. Just drop it in the folder "Menu" found in the folder where your Strike Fighters 2 is installed. (eg "C:\Program Files\Strike Fighters 2\Menu\")
 
Nick "Squid" D.

Strike Fighters - North Atlantic
 
 
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New Mainscreens - The "I don't want to change anything else" Edition
____________________________________________________________________
 
 
 
Notices_____________________________________________________________
 
(1) May overwrite files - back up first if this bothers you.
(2) Provided "as is" - use at your own risk.
 
 
 
Installation Instructions___________________________________________
 
The Strike Fighters 2 automatically scales the background image of
the menu's to fill your screen at its native/desktop resolution.
This distorts the image if you have a widescreen monitor.
 
This mod therefore includes to variants -- one for regular screens
with a 4:3 aspect ratio (e.g. 1024x768px or 1600x1200)which should
also work on screens with a 5:4 aspect ratio (1280x1024).
 
There is also a widescreen variant for screens with an aspect ratio
of 16:10 or 16:9 (e.g. 1920x1200 or 1920x1080).
 
> The regular aspect mainscreens are located in the folder "Normal"
> The widescreen mainscreens are located in the folder "Widescreen"
 
Each folder contains two subfolders, "A-6" and "F-14".
 
> Decide whether you want an A-6 or a F-14 themed mainscreen and
copy the relevant "mainscreen.bmp" file to the MENU folder in
your Strike Fighters North Atlantic mods folder.
 
> For more information on the mods folder, please see:
http://combatace.com/topic/62302-what-is-the-mod-folder/
 
> If you don't have a MENU folder, create one by selecting File >
New > Folder in the explorer menu.
 
> Copy the file named MAINSCREEN.INI to your MENU folder as well.
 
That's it.
 
 
____________________________________________________________________
 
© 2012, Kout
 
These files are made available under the Creative Commons -
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license.
 
This basically means you are allowed to modify and redistribute these
files, but that you should
 
(1) give fair credit to me;
(2) distribute work based on these files under the same conditions as
I did; and
(3) you may not use these files or works based on them for commercial
purposes.
 
For details: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
____________________________________________________________________

To Install
 
Make a folder in your SF2:NA mods folder called menu and put these in there.
 
Based of Kouts and Wrench's templates.
 
Enjoy
 
Dave