First Eagles - WWI and Early Years 1914 - 1920

Fokker D.VII 6-Pack
 
Marine-FeldJagdstaffeln I, II, III (September 1918)
 
MFJ.I:
 
a) Ltn.z.S Gothard Sachsenberg - Yellow and Black checkered fuselage
Commander of all Marine-FeldJadgstaffeln
 
b) One generic MFJ.I D.VII with single black stripe on both elevators
 
MFJ.II:
 
a) One generic MFJ.II D.VII with two black stripes on each elevator
 
MFJ.III:
 
a) Oblt. Franz Mayer - White fuselage with black diagonal bars along fuselage and three black stripes on elevators.
 
b) Ltn. Hans Goerth - White fuselage band with large black heart. Three black bands on elevators.
 
c) One generic MFJ.III D.VII with three black stripes on elevators.
 
MFJ.I - One black stripe on each elevator.
MFJ.II - Two Black stripes on each elevator.
MFJ.III - Three black Stripes on each elevator.
 
Enjoy, quack74
 
 

Horse mounted cavalry were an important part of all armies in World War I. There weren't as many open field charges as in the 19th Century, but there were some. The biggest advantage of cavalry was that they could move into position quickly to reinforce a weak spot or exploit a breakthrough.
 
I have created 6 new cavalry units for First Eagles. They are all similar to the cavalry I made for the Palestine and Galicia terrains. Each is a three man squad. There are two versions of each nationality - a "Charging" group which will function as a tank in Army Co-operation missions, and a "Patroling" group which will function as a truck in Armed Reconnaissance missions.
 
On the Western Front, there were very few horse mounted charges across no-mans land after 1915. They happened more often on the other fronts, especially on the Eastern Front and in Palestine. But having cavalry patrol units moving behind the lines is very realistic for all the fronts in First Eagles.
 
Some of the charging groups have pistols, but I have used the infantry rifle data for them. There is also a dust emitter used for both versions. The dust emitter and rifle data are the same as those used in the infantry units I made some time ago.
 
This download includes cavalry units (two each) for: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Turkey.
 
I couldn't bring myself to kill the poor guys, so they just disappear when they get shot up.
 
Credits
Thanks to Peter01 for his original rifle data files.
 

Installation Instructions
Unzip the file and copy the units you want from my GroundObjects folder into your FirstEagles/Objects/GroundObjects folder. If you have already installed any of the infantry units, then you are done.
 
If not, you must install the gun data and dust emitter:
Copy the sound file "InfantryRifle.wav" from my Sounds folder into your FirstEagles/Sounds folder. Copy the dust effect "RunningInfantryEmitter.ini" from my Effects folder into your FirstEagles/Effects folder.
 
Follow the instructions for installing the guns in the file named "InstructionsForInstallingGuns" included with the download.

RNAS Nieuport 11
 
This is simply the Monty CZ Nieuport 11, modified to have British roundels on all surfaces, plus serials and individual letters.
 
Thanks to Monty for permitting this upload.

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is 1/Lt Eddy Rickenbacker’s N 28 May 1918.
 
 
Special thank you to the EmlD for giving me permission to do this skin
And for helping me out when I had problems with it.
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

hello
this is the SPAD XIII of Francesco Baracca the Italian ace in June 1918
to see more on him:CLICK HERE

The Albatros W.4 was a float plane version of the D.II. It used the same fuselage, engine, and armament as the D.II, but had a wider wingspan and tail. The W.4 was used for recon and spotting missions in the North Sea, the Baltic, and by Austria-Hungary in the Adriatic Sea.
 
This is a late version of the W.4 with the radiator mounted on the upper wing. I have included a complete set of number decals, and two skins - a blue hex camo skin for Germany and one for Austria-Hungary. I have also included my skinning templates. The skins for the late Albatros W.4 are interchangeable with the early version skins.
 
My version includes a loadout for a light bomb load, even though the W.4 was not used for bombing. You can delete the loadout file if you want more historical accuracy.
 
Since it's a float plane, the W.4 works best in the Flanders, Gibraltar or other terrain that has a lot of water. The plane will actually take off and land from a conventional airfield, but it looks strange to see the floats going under the ground. It would be best to start the missions in the air. The plane will show up occassionally parked on an airfield, but its availability is listed as "Rare" so it shouldn't happen too often.
 
Credits
Thanks to Ojcar for making the data file for the Albatros W.4.
Thanks to Nix for providing the sound for the Mercedes engine.
And thanks to Quack74 for giving me the idea for a float plane.
 
Installation Instructions
For FE1 - Unzip the file and move the folder named "AlbatrosW4Late" into the FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. You also need to move the sound file "mercedes160m2.wav" into the FirstEagles/Sounds folder.
 
For FE2 - Unzip the file and move the folder named "AlbatrosW4Late" into the FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. Then in the FirstEagles/Objects/Decals folder, create new folder named "AlbatrosW4Late". Move the folder named "D" from the Aircraft/AlbatrosW4Late folder into the Decals/AlbatrosW4Late folder you just made. You also need to move the sound file "mercedes160m2.wav" into the FirstEagles/Sounds folder.

These are simply three of the stock SPAD missions, reworked to give SE pilots something more to do.

Bien, creo que los edificios que cree para el terreno del estrecho
de Gibraltar tenian un aspecto demasiado "centroeuropeo". Por esta
razon he creado un nuevo set de texturas para edificios con aspecto
mas andaluz/arabe.
 
De paso he aprovechado para sustituir los arboles por palmeras en
algunos puntos. Un toque exotico...
 
Tambien pense poner unas bailarinas haciendo la danza del vientre,
el "descanso de guerrero"... pero me parecio excesivo... ; )
 
Creo que el conjunto ahora ofrece una ambientacion mas apropiada (por
supuesto, nada es perfecto... ).
 
RECUERDA: debes tener instalado El terreno "Gibraltar" y para que esto
funcione tambien debes tener instalado "Gibraltar Buildings&Trees".
 
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Well, I think the buildings that I did for Gibraltar looks too "European center".
For this reason I created a new set of textures for better-looking Andalusian/Arab
buildings.
 
By the way, I have replaced the trees with palms, in Some points..
 
I think the set now offers a more appropriate look (Of course, nothing
is perfect ... .)
 
REMEMBER: You must have installed "Gibraltar" terrain and also must be
installed "Gibraltar Buildings & Trees".
 
(Seriously: I hate the google translator.)
 
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This is a 3-Pack of different generic Pfalz D.III's.
 
This skin pack is of Jasta 20, 21, and 29 Sometime in Late 1917-1918.
 
These are skin ONLY add-ons to the Pfalz D.III created by the
SFP1 Dev A-Team's Skunkworks.
 
Thanks to Capun1950 for permission to use the skin template.
And thanks to the entire SFP1 A-Team for providing the Pfalz model.
 
These skins and decals were created by quack74. Not for profit nor intent to sell. Only as a download for those who are registered at SFP1 A-Teams Skunkworks site,(http://cplengineeringllc.com/SFP1/) and have downloaded the Pfalz D.III.
 
1. Jasta 20 (brown fuselage and wings with white rudder, wheels and struts)
2. Jasta 21 ( Silver grey fuselage and wings with black and white band aft of cockpit)
3. Jasta 29 ( Green fuselage with yellow nose and wheels)
 
Enjoy, quack74
 
 

GREY SKY MOD FOR FIRST EAGLES
 
CHANGES THE DEFAULT SKY COLUR TO GREY
GIVING A LESS "SUNNY" OUT LOOK TO THE GAME...
 
EARLY MORNING MISSIONS WILL STILL BE SUNNY AND BLUE SKYS SLOWLY CHANGING TO GREY AS TIME GOES BY
 
install to the flight folder
 
bortdafarm

These FMs were developed prior to the Expansion Pack. They won't work well, some won't work at all, with the Expansion pack.
 
Sorry, some problems with the files. Fixed 10:21am 27th July. Thanks to Tailspin for pointing this out.
 
EWS V1.0, July 2007, peter01
 
Flight Models for Latons 3D Models.
 
Thankyou to Laton for producing these great early war models, hopefully there will be many more! And its been a real pleasure working with Laton and v.Deutschmark as a team.
 
EWS "Early War Set" as they are "consistent" in terms of plane performance with themselves and the other EWS FMs I have done - as I see it, at least, with gameplay also a factor, and in Hard FM Mode only. There are quite a few differences between Normal and Hard Modes, impossible to have the planes consistent for both modes. However having said that they are certainly flyable in Normal.
 
The pack includes 16 FMs - PfalzEI, PfalzEIII, PfalzEIV, PfalzEV, PfalzEIIIAO, PfalzEIIILO, MSTypeH, MSTypeL, MSTypeLAO, MSTypeLO, FokkerEI, FokkerEIa, FokkerEII, FokkerEIIa, FokkerEIII, FokkerEIIIa.
 
Please contact me on the CombatAce forum if there are any issues.
 
See Readme for installation instructions - but its as simple as one drag and drop!

Near Clear is a minor tweak that eliminates the puffy little cotton ball clouds nearby. The horizon clouds are unaffected. Simply drop the Cloud1 file into your Flight folder. If you want the cotton balls back, remove it. There will be no enduring effect on the game.
 
I have tested it in First Eagles with and without the Expansion Pack, but I see no reason it wont work in other games in this series.
 
Enjoy flying without the cotton balls.
 
sinbad

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is a Fokker E II Vzfw Eduard Böhme jasta Fl.Abt 9, around 1915.
 
 
 
Special thank you to Laton for giving me the opportunity to work
With him again on this plane its been a great working with you.
 
 
 
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

(S!) ALL hi ;-)
 
This is the Blue Max Fokker Dr1 .
Special thank you to the A Team for giving me permission to do this skin.
 
Enjoy!!! ;-)
 
your friend in the FE sky
von Deutschmark

This is a mod to add sandbag pits to the AAMG gunners provided in both my AAMG mod and the Bridges for Verdun mod. This will work for both the original and Expansion Pack 1 versions of First Eagles. Please read and follow the enclosed read-me. I apologize in advance for the lengthy installation method but I cannot think of a way to do this without re-writing (and thus "breaking") any mods you may alread have done to your Targets .ini.
 
If you have any problems please contact me at CombatACE.com and I will help you out.
 
Have fun,
 
TS
 
A BIG THANKS to geo of www.geos-aircraft.com for providing the 3d model and the original skin, which I used as a basis for the one provided.
 
NO PAYWARE!!!

Flanders Seasonal Coastal Tiles
 
This is a small add-on to previous third-party terrain packs, providing a set of new seasonal coastal tiles to allow the user to enjoy Stary's seasonal tiles with Edward's Flanders terrain. Installation is a simple 5-stage process, just follow the steps set out in the ReadMe file.
 
My part in this pack has been only to build upon other people's excellent preceding work. Major acknowledgements are due to Edward for filling an important gap by bringing us his comprehensive Flanders front in the first place, and to Stary for his wonderful seasonal upgrade which has brought a new dimension to First Eagles.
 
Serious personal acknowledgements go to B Bandy RFC and NathanKell for all of their advice, encouragement and coaching through the challenges of first-time tile editing. Thanks chaps, it was a long haul but you never let me give up!
 
Any errors or omissions are of course mine and nobody else's (though if someone can figure out a way of extending Stary's new-style buildings and trees onto the coastal terrain that would be great).
 
 
Mike

This skin represents the Fokker DVII flown by Hans Jeschonnek of Jasta 40. Jeschonnek went on to become technical director of the Luftwaffe in WWII suceeding another WWI veteran Ernst Udet. Jeschonnek shared Udet's fate by commiting suicide after Goering blamed him for the Lufwaffe's failures.

-------------- Jagdgeschwader II ---------------
 
Summer, 1918
 
 
 
Jasta's 12,13,15, and 19 Fokker D.VII's.
 
White, green, red, and yellow respectively.
 
 
This download contains all the the known skins of JG.II's fokker D.VII's
during the Summer and Fall of 1918. Each skin folder uses the pilots name or a destiguishing feature. So there really is no need for me to include a description in this readme. The skin folders are self explanatory.
 
 
Enjoy,
 
Quack74
 
 
 

Jasta 5 Josef Mai's Albatros D.V 5284/17, circa late 1917-early 1918. This skin features 5-color irregular polygon wing camouflage, gray tires, Axial propeller, and Mai's personal star and crescent insignia.
 
Please see READ ME for notes and installation instructions.
 
(Updated only to correct truncated website title. Actual skin unchanged.)

When World War I began, airplanes were designed strictly for reconnaissance. They were unarmed and built for stable flight rather than maneuverability. Within a very short time air crews began to carry weapons. Observers with pistols or rifles became common until armed aircraft were produced.
 
I have made a set of armed observers for First Eagles. The observer carries a rifle "at the ready." He moves his head, but does not shoot the gun. There is one for each stock pilot color, and one for each of the helmeted pilots I made before. A total of six observers.
 
You will need to install the observers into the game, then make a change to the data.ini for each plane to make them appear in the game. The center point matches the center point of the FE Gold and FE2 stock pilot, so they should swap into your plane without any adjustment. If the plane uses the old style FE1 pilot, some minor tweaking may be required.
 
Note that this only replaces the stock pilot and will not replace a gunner built into the 3D model.
 
My thanks to Whiteknight06604 for suggesting the idea and for beta-testing the observers.
 

Installing the observers into the game:
For FE1 - Open my folder named "FE1" and copy all twelve files into your "Aircraft" folder. Don't put them into any of the other folder. The LOD names are the names of the new "pilot." The numbers match the FE pilot numbers so uniform colors will match.
 
For FE2 - Open my folder named "FE2" and copy all six folders into your Objects/Pilots folder. The folder names are the names of the new "pilot." The numbers match the FE pilot numbers so uniform colors will match.
 

Putting the observers into a plane:
For both FE1 and FE2 - Open the plane's data.ini file. Find the section for crew (about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way down). The Observer should be in SeatID=2. Change the PilotModelName to the name of one of the new observer. Save the file and fly. (You might want to comment out the original name and type in a new line, like in my example, in case you want to change back.)
 

Example:
 
// Crew ---------------------------------------------------------
 
[Pilot]
SystemType=PILOT_COCKPIT
SeatID=1
PilotModelName=WWIpilotNew2
PilotHeadNodeName=head
Position=0.0,-0.2,0.70
MinExtentPosition=-0.32,-0.41,-0.26
MaxExtentPosition= 0.32,0.36, 0.82
 
[Observer]
SystemType=PILOT_COCKPIT
SeatID=2
//PilotModelName=WWIpilotNew2 <--old pilot name
PilotModelName=WWIObserver2 <--new pilot name
PilotHeadNodeName=head
Position=0.0,-1.0,0.70
MinExtentPosition=-0.32,-1.28,-0.26
MaxExtentPosition= 0.32,-0.50, 0.82

This skin depicts the camo and markings on Albatros D.Va flown by Leutnant Walter Böning commanding Royal Bavarian Jasta 76b in October 1917. After scoring a total of 17 victories, while flying an Albatross with different markings on 31 May 1918, he collided with another member of his squadron and was then attacked and wounded by 70 Sq RAF. He managed to land safely but never flew in combat again.
 
There is some uncertainty regarding the details. The result you see is entirely my own, and my time machine is no longer operational. This is an interpretation, a well-grounded interpretation, but certainly a mix of accuracy and flaws.
 
There are no decals for this skin set.
 
Enjoy.
 
sinbad

SE5a 56 Sqn, RFC, 1917
 
56 Squadron used a white fuselage band as the squadron marking from mid 1917 until March 1918, when it was replaced with the marking included as standard in First Eagles.
 
Thanks to 'Hector' for his encouragement, and for doing the difficult part.
 
Installation instructions and necessary files are included for both numbered and lettered versions.
 
To keep the download to a minimum, I have not included unaltered files.

Sopwith Camel, 28 Sqn, RFC, Italian Front
 
NOW UPDATED: apologies if it didn't work before.
 
This is simply the original skin modified. It's not very ambitious, but it makes a change, and I could manage a simple square!
 
Just drop it into the Camel folder.
 
Thanks to the SPF1 A-Team (Capun, Richard, Charles, Kesselbrut & The Wrench) for the original, and for permitting this upload.

This is a bit much I know. But if you like the Pfalz D.III types then this will be good for you. I've created a way to utilize the game generated National marking system (with marking changes for the Germans in March 1918) while using new "Pfalz" markings without the white boarders (for some Jasta's anyway).
 
I had to create new "Nations" for each Pfalz Jasta that uses different markings. Ex: Plain Silver Grey will use the "Germany_Pfalz" nation which will create black iron crosses (no white boarders). And for instance Jasta 77b will use the "Gemany_Pfalz_Lozenge_White" nation which will have white boarders on the wings but not on the fuselage and tail. All in all I think I made 4 new "Nations" for the Pfalz. You have to use the new decals that are in my "Decals" folder for this to work. Drop them into your "Decals" folder.
 
It just sounds complicated.... because it was :)
 
Anyway I've included folders with all the files you'll need. Really all it is is a copy and paste task for you. Just follow the folder structure thats in my download and follow the readme files. Ex: Create the new "Nations" folder. And put the new "Nations.ini" into it. Thats all.
 
*** Staaken & HP400 Formation ***
 
I've also created a "WWI_AIRFIELD1.ini" for the Staakens and HP400.
Their wingspan is too big to use the GothaGIV formations that I posted at CombatAce. I've created a new "Nation" for the Staaken called "Germany_Bombers" for the Staaken only. And I also created a new "RAF_Bombers" nation for the HP400. In the HP 400 and Staaken's DATA.ini and each of their skins' "TextureSet" the nation name should be changed from "Germany" to "Germany_Bombers" or "RAF" to "RAF_Bombers". This way the game will find the new formation setup (thats included in this download), for these particular bombers.
 
 
Enjoy, quack74
 
Edit: 9/11/10:
 
I added an "Italy2" to the Nations.ini and the Decals folder. It will make Italian markings with a green outer and red inner roundel. Any aircraft you want to use for ITALY just change the texture folder's TextureSet.ini to Nation=ITALY2. Now you have two Italian markings.
 
 

Greetings:
 
This skin, depicts the camo and markings on a Albatros D.Va with a wood finish fuselage flown by Lt Hans Udet, of Jasta 37. Udet flew many aircraft, and this appears to be one of at least three D.Va types he used at Jasta 37. I relied most heavily on superb computer renderings by Mark Miller, as well as other information generally relevant to the aircraft
 
Of course, I began this project with the general release skins provided by TK and Third Wire. The result you see is entirely my own, and my time machine is no longer operational. This is an interpretation, a well-grounded interpretation, but certainly a mix of accuracy and flaws.
 
Have fun with it. I’d appreciate any comments, especially with links to source material. Although I included a serial number, the tail markings on the images available to me are not clear. Hence the “D. 5876/17” is speculative. Nevertheless, the number is in correct form, and yes, that is why the individual numbers do not accurately line up. This is consistent with the form of the numbers on the reconstructed D.Va in the Smithsonian. If you have more information regarding the SN, please pass it along. The Albatros rudder logo is correct, despite the fact that it does not appear in the Mark Miller rendering.
 
Just drop the folder in your AlbatrosD5a folder and select Hans Udet Woody in the loadout screen. There is another J 37 Hans Udet D.Va skin, depicting the black fuselage aircraft that was released shortly before this version. A third silver version may be released later.
 
There is no need to edit the AlbD5a ini.
 
Please no distribution or republication of any part of these files. There is a lot of unique detail that took a lot a time to research, compile and work into the skin. For that reason, these parts are not available for further use.
 
sinbad © 2007