SF2 Vietnam Expansion Pack Install help

[daddario76]

Hi All,

I am an old armchair pilot started with C64 Ace. My favourites are Corsair, Crusader, Intruder. I recently heard about SF2 and I just bought SF2 Complete so I am a newbie to this game. I would like to add all Vietnam related updates so I guess the Expansion Pack. However I am not sure in what order I need to add the parts and updates. Assuming I should start with the 4 parts of Air&Ground Expansion Pack but then I lost. I found the following Vietnam related updates as per the below screenshot:

 

Could someone please help with the full list of updates I should download and the correct order of install?

Thank you for your help.

 

[+yakarov79]

Hello. Welcome. And hold your horses.

I am sure you will find a lot of joy in messing around with the game. But I can only give you some advice based on my experience.

See those updates. And release dates. Quite old. But it does not mean they are bad. Just old, and over time, we had many extras that were better than the old updates.  First example. Many weapons are already overhauled by our dear Ravenclaw. You see his work, and you do not want to drop those bombs. Many ground objects were updated, and most importantly, many aircraft were overhauled from time to time by modders. So this is where everything is getting crazy. 

I know that all this modding might be a scary thing, but the truth is, it is not. I would like to recommend some packages to install, but I am not going to do that. Because honestly, as for Vietnam era packs, we had many, and possibly we will have at least one more. 

But I can recommend one thing. Know the game, get into it, understand game structure, and how mods are living their own life within the game. And then, one step to build your own game mod. Yes, older users here might have a different opinion, but this is just my way of looking at the mods here. And this is how i have my mods installed - I download the mod, unpack, I examine the whole content, and then I pick stuff that I want to have in-game. I played some role in creating Desert Storm mod...yet, my ODS mod was built from zero, based on a mod that was uploaded here. 

 

But the Air and Ground Expansions packs are quite impressive mods. Just quite old. Download. And if you know how to mod a game, just pick what is interesting from it and play. One more advice - lot of weapons are updated in WeaponPack v2 by ravenclaw. And More weapons are updated but never officially uploaded in his weapon pack thread. So you got the Air and ground expansion pack. While many things were updated, but never uploaded in the download section. 

But we are here. ready to help...

Even if they are saying that we are close-minded guys on the old forum, and we do not like new users, we are arrogant, and we have problems tolerating piracy

it is still fun being part of this forum. 

46 minutes ago, daddario76 said:

My favourites are Corsair, Crusader, Intruder

I understand and approve your choices 

If that 76 in your nickname is your birthdate...you are not that old armchair pilot. Imagine, some guys here claim they were playing flight sim while Orville and Wilbur were tinkering in the barn

[+Wrench]

My reccomendation, which I always give to new SF users, is 'play the stock, unmodded game first'. This is give you a feel for the playability. Study the file structure, get familiar with the various 'mods folder' ideas (this is explained in our Knowledge Base -- please read the goodies in there!!)

Other than that, have fun with it, ask questions, and so forth. We're here to help.

Welcome!!

[daddario76]

Hi Team, Thank you for your kind replies and sharing your recommendations!

[+Muesli]

Welcome to the nuthouse!

[+Flanker562]

The only thing you need to worry about is Wrench, he's old and ornery on the forums. Other than that he's a pretty good guy though.

[+daddyairplanes]

8 minutes ago, Flanker562 said:

The only thing you need to worry about is Wrench, he's old and ornery on the forums. Other than that he's a pretty good guy though.

Mean Kevin may bite your head off, but in 90% of cases it will be deserved

try to search the answer to your questions (theres a vast knowledge base on SF2 modding and the Wings over series before that), and dont complain about download restrictions (theres a long story behind it, and its not about hiding mods behind a paywall) and you'll be good.

so says Nice Kevin 

[+Flanker562]

2 minutes ago, daddyairplanes said:

Mean Kevin may bite your head off, but in 90% of cases it will be deserved

try to search the answer to your questions (theres a vast knowledge base on SF2 modding and the Wings over series before that), and dont complain about download restrictions (theres a long story behind it, and its not about hiding mods behind a paywall) and you'll be good.

so says Nice Kevin 

Fair enough, but you never know sometimes, necrothreading will definitely set him off though.

[+daddyairplanes]

true, but not as bad these days as complaining about download restrictions.

folks dont realize it could have been much, much worse

[+Wrench]

Yeah, I could have been acting like Dave!!! 

[+daddyairplanes]

ya know, all the more reason to get fearless leader back in here

fire up the  popcorn and read away.....