Plots have disappeared...how do I get them back?

[Herodotus]

I have modded my copy of "First Eagles Gold", but after installing many of them, the cockpits of all my aircraft are empty . I have fiddled with several .ini settings to try and get them to reappwar to no avail, and don't really want to go through the whole re-install process again. Does anyone have any ideas?

[Heck]

The data.ini's are probably calling for a pilot lod that isn't in the gold version of the game. Look for the crew section and make sure it calls out one of the four pilots present in the sim now:

 

// Crew ---------------------------------------------------------

 

[Pilot]

SystemType=PILOT_COCKPIT

PilotModelName=wwiPilotNew1 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<

PilotHeadNodeName=head

Position=0.000,-0.555,0.387

MinExtentPosition=-0.289,-0.769,-0.368

MaxExtentPosition= 0.296,-0.263, 0.495

 

[Gunner]

SystemType=GUNNER_STATION

SeatID=2

GunnerID=1

PilotModelName=

GunnerBodyNodeName=gunner <<<<<<<<<

SetCockpitPosition=FALSE

Position=0.000,-1.46,0.66

MinExtentPosition=-0.293,-1.630,-0.368

MaxExtentPosition= 0.293,-1.124, 0.495

PitchModelNodeName=scarff_arm

YawModelNodeName=scarff_ring

GunRange=2000

PitchAngleRate=40

MaxPitch=34

MinPitch=-8

DefaultPitchAngle=20

YawLimited=TRUE

YawAngleRate=60

MaxYaw=270

MinYaw=90

DefaultYawAngle=180

 

They are:

wwiPilotNew1 (British)

wwiPilotNew2 (German)

wwiPilotNew3 (French)

wwiPilotNew4 (USAS)

 

 

The Gunner is always gunner, I think, no matter what the service

 

 

[Herodotus]

I have changed the settings to those you have indicated in the Objects/AIRCRAFTOBJECT configuration settings, but the pilot still does notappear in-game.

These lines are not in that file:

 

PilotHeadNodeName=head

Position=0.000,-0.555,0.387

MinExtentPosition=-0.289,-0.769,-0.368

MaxExtentPosition= 0.296,-0.263, 0.495

 

[Gunner]

SystemType=GUNNER_STATION

SeatID=2

GunnerID=1

PilotModelName=

GunnerBodyNodeName=gunner <<<<<<<<<

SetCockpitPosition=FALSE

Position=0.000,-1.46,0.66

MinExtentPosition=-0.293,-1.630,-0.368

MaxExtentPosition= 0.293,-1.124, 0.495

PitchModelNodeName=scarff_arm

YawModelNodeName=scarff_ring

GunRange=2000

PitchAngleRate=40

MaxPitch=34

MinPitch=-8

DefaultPitchAngle=20

YawLimited=TRUE

YawAngleRate=60

MaxYaw=270

MinYaw=90

DefaultYawAngle=180

 

I have added them, but still no change. The pilot LOD's are in theAircraft folder...should they be elsewehere perhaps, or is there an.ini I have over-looked?

[Heck]

I'm sorry. I wasn't clear. The sections I posted previously are from an aircraft data.ini. Each individual aircraft's data.ini calls for a pilot, with two seaters adding the lines about the gunner. I meant for you to check each aircraft's data.ini to make sure the correct pilot lod is called out in that, not the aircraftobject.ini. Sorry if I made things worse. Can anybody else help here? I don't seem to have identified the problem.

[Guest ansons2]

I have modded my copy of "First Eagles Gold", but after installing many of them, the cockpits of all my aircraft are empty . I have fiddled with several .ini settings to try and get them to reappwar to no avail, and don't really want to go through the whole re-install process again. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

Hi Herodotus,

 

I got the same issue and this is the way I solved it.

To get your pilots back, you must have in the Aircraft directory a .INI file named with the pilot name Ex: wwiPilotNew1.INI

This .ini file contains instructions to indicate the .lod associated with the pilot

 

Here is my wwiPilotNew1.ini

 

[LOD001]

Filename=wwiPilotNew1.LOD

Distance=40

 

[LOD002]

Filename=wwiPilotNew1.lod

Distance=200

 

Now, in the aircraft data.ini file you have to check that the pilot is pointing to the right name

just use Ctrl F to find the [Pilot] block

Here is a sample of my PflazD3_data.ini file

 

// Crew ---------------------------------------------------------

 

[Pilot]

SystemType=PILOT_COCKPIT

PilotModelName=wwiPilotNew2

PilotHeadNodeName=head

Position=0.00,-1.2389,0.65

MinExtentPosition=-0.3,-1.49,-0.1

MaxExtentPosition= 0.3,-0.85, 0.85

 

I hope that will help you

 

Best regards

 

ansons2