Limit single mission years for an SF2 install

[malibu43]

Hey guys. Long time no see. 
 

I’ve just re-installed my big, modded, combined SF2 install that I backed up several years ago, as my 15 yr old son has taken an interest in flying around and shooting at things. 
 

My combined install was always focussed on limiting things up to the early 80’s as that’s where I think this sim is best suited. I noticed that the F-5E he asked me to install (as well as some stock aircraft) allow you to select single mission dates well past that, depending on service years for that particular aircraft.  This gets weird if you elect to fly a mission in the mid 2000’s in the F-5E with no red opposition installed that covers that date range.  
 

Remind me what’s the easiest way to limit the available years for an entire SF2 install?  Is it to go into each terrain and adjust the available years?  Or is there one .ini somewhere that dictates flyable years for the entire install?
 

 

[malibu43]

Interesting... I've found this in options.ini.  But the end year seems to not have any effect...?

 

Quote

[SingleMission]
AircraftType=F-15A
Service=USAF
MissionMap=VIETNAMSEA
MissionType=ESCORT
MissionTime=RANDOM
MissionWeather=RANDOM
AirActivity=RANDOM
AirDefenseActivity=RANDOM
FlyAll=FALSE
LoadMission=FALSE
LoadMissionFilename=C:\Users\gregg_000\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2\Missions\A-6A Intruder Air Defense Suppression 1.MSN
MissionDate=1995
StartYear=1948
EndYear=1982
EditMission=FALSE

 

[daddyairplanes]

the end year there affects aircraft iirc and stock terrains that dont normally have inis in the public

you do need to adjust the terrains for each install as well, or they can shoot past your main limit

[malibu43]

3 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

the end year there affects aircraft iirc and stock terrains that dont normally have inis in the public

you do need to adjust the terrains for each install as well, or they can shoot past your main limit

Got it.  I only have 4 terrains installed, so no big deal to edit those 4 files.

Thanks!

[Flanker562]

35 minutes ago, malibu43 said:

Got it.  I only have 4 terrains installed, so no big deal to edit those 4 files.

Thanks!

As long as you've been on here and only four? Do you not play SF2? 

Seriously I have to agree, it's not that bad with only four terrains though. I got like a lot and yeah I'd be like "Damn... Gotta do it."

[daddyairplanes]

now now, dont judge him for only 4 terrains. my vietnam install only has two, north and south vietnam

the shortest of my 15 installs

you do at least have a dozen installs, right malibu? 

[malibu43]

4 hours ago, Flanker562 said:

As long as you've been on here and only four? Do you not play SF2? 

Seriously I have to agree, it's not that bad with only four terrains though. I got like a lot and yeah I'd be like "Damn... Gotta do it."

 

31 minutes ago, daddyairplanes said:

now now, dont judge him for only 4 terrains. my vietnam install only has two, north and south vietnam

the shortest of my 15 installs

you do at least have a dozen installs, right malibu? 

Over the years, I have had so many installs and gone through so many iterations of what I wanted to get out of SF2!   I've had SF2 uninstalled completely for several years and have not been simming at all.  I took my son and two other teenage boys to the Miramar Air Show last weekend, and he came home asking for me to set up all my old flight sim stuff.  So I've reinstalled a backed-up generic "SF2 plus" install I had that tries to keep the spirit and simple content of the base game with mostly terrain/environment/effect updates for immersion.  For now, I'm going to try to stick with just that one install (famous last words...).  I got track my old trackIR 4 working and setup a profile for the T-Flight HOTAS One we have for the XBOX...  It's been a fun trip down memory lane for sure! 

And also somehow my son came home from the airshow declaring that the F-5 is his "favorite plane".  Not sure how that happened after watching F-35's and F-18's rip holes in the sky all day.  But I'll take it.

Edited 9 hours ago by malibu43

[Flanker562]

I had a Hotas X then graduated to the HOTAS One myself, it's a good stick, if a little clunky, but I'm sold on it.