Help wanted, can´t get Gepard SPAAG to work.

[olofohrstrom 0]

Hello!

 

I´m running SF2E with NF4+. F-ing excellent mod!

 

I´ve felt that the NATO Air defence is weak and have modded this with Rapiers, Blowpipes, Rolands, m1939s, Chaparrals and Oerlikons (which btw are the s**t!!). The WP have gotten some add-ons as well, most notably the Tunguska. I also tried to add Marder Roland and the Gepard and here is where the problems starts;

 

1: Marder Roland and Gepard wont how up in the game, no matter how much i try. In my latest try i pasted 2S6´s Mission Data And the result is the following;

 

Marder Roland

[MissionData]

NationName=WGermany

ServiceStartYear=1982

ServiceEndYear=2040

GroundObjectRole=MOBILE_AAA

Availability=COMMON

Exported=TRUE

ExportStartYear=1982

ExportAvailability=COMMON

 

[GroundObjectData]

DamagedModel=

DestroyedModel=Tank_Destroyed.LOD

DestroyedEffect=VehicleFireEffect

EmptyMass=32500

Component[001]=Chassis

Component[002]=Turret

Component[003]=GunBarrel

 

[sound]

EngineSoundName=TankEngine

MovementSoundName=TankTrack

 

[DetectSystem]

TargetType=AIR

RadarSearchTime=5.0

RadarSearchRange=16000.0

RadarSearchStrength=85

RadarTrackTime=2.0

RadarTrackRange=10000.0

RadarTrackStrength=70

RadarPosition=0.0, 2.0 ,3.28

DataLink=TRUE

OpticalSight=TRUE

NightSight=TRUE

VisualRange=5000.0

ViewportPosition=0.0, 2.0 ,3.28

MaxVisibleDistance=4800.0

RadarCrossSection=4

 

[WeaponSystem]

TargetType=AIR

MissileRange=6700.000000

MinMissileRange=500.000000

PitchAngleRate=14

MaxPitch=60.0

MinPitch=0.0

DefaultPitchAngle=0.0

YawAngleRate=60

YawLimited=0

MinYaw=

MaxYaw=

DefaultYawAngle=0

MissileLaunchTime=1

YawModelNodeName=Turret

PitchModelNodeName=GunBarrel

 

[MovementSystem]

MaxRoadSpeed=41.7

MaxOffRoadSpeed=18

PowerAvailable=225000

MaxTurnRate=28.0

MaxDeceleration=7.0

SuspensionConstant=11.0

MovementEmitterName=TrackedVehicleDustEmitter

MovementEmitterPosition=0.0,-3.4,0.50

 

[Chassis]

ModelNodeName=Chassis

MaxExtentPosition= 1.623, 3.372, 1,962

MinExtentPosition=-1.623,-3.381, 0.00

HasArmor=TRUE

ArmorMaterial=STEEL

Armor[FRONT].Thickness=45

Armor

.Thickness=41

Armor

.Thickness=41

Armor[REAR].Thickness=33

Armor[TOP].Thickness=44

Armor[bOTTOM].Thickness=29

SystemName[001]=Engine

SystemName[002]=RadarDish

 

[Turret]

ModelNodeName=Turret

DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE

EffectSize=1.0

MaxExtentPosition= 0.813, -0.194, 2.998

MinExtentPosition=-0.813, -1.834, 1.967

HasArmor=FALSE

SystemName[001]=GunBarrel

 

[Engine]

SystemType=ENGINE

MaxExtentPosition= 0.88, 2.70, 1.22

MinExtentPosition=-0.88, 1.27, 0.37

 

[RadarDish]

SystemType=RADAR

MaxExtentPosition=0.9, -1.072, 4.163

MinExtentPosition=-0.9, -2.21, 2.998

HasArmor=FALSE

YawModelNodeName=RadarDish

 

[GunBarrel]

ModelNodeName=GunBarrel

MaxExtentPosition= 2.39, 4.20, 1.72

MinExtentPosition=-2.39,-4.70, 0.00

HasArmor=FALSE

SystemName[001]=Missile1

SystemName[002]=Missile2

 

[Missile1]

SystemType=MISSILE

MissileID=1

WeaponTypeName=roland

WeaponPosition=0.99,-0.356,2.751

ShowMissile=TRUE

IndependentPitchMovement=FALSE

 

[Missile2]

SystemType=MISSILE

MissileID=1

WeaponTypeName=roland

WeaponPosition=-0.99,-0.356,2.751

ShowMissile=TRUE

IndependentPitchMovement=FALSE

 

Gepard

 

[MissionData]

NationName=WGermany

ServiceStartYear=1982

ServiceEndYear=2040

GroundObjectRole=MOBILE_AAA

Availability=COMMON

Exported=TRUE

ExportStartYear=1982

ExportAvailability=COMMON

 

[GroundObjectData]

DamagedModel=

DestroyedModel=Tank_Destroyed.LOD

DestroyedEffect=VehicleFireEffect

EmptyMass=47000

Component[001]=Chassis

Component[002]=Turret

 

[sound]

EngineSoundName=TankEngine

MovementSoundName=TankTrack

 

[DetectSystem]

TargetType=AIR

RadarSearchTime=3.0

RadarSearchRange=15000.0

RadarSearchStrength=79

RadarTrackTime=2.0

RadarTrackRange=13000.0

RadarTrackStrength=76

RadarPosition=0.0,-1.813,3.515

RadarMinimumRange=100.0

RadarMinimumAlt=60.0

DataLink=TRUE

OpticalSight=TRUE

NightSight=TRUE

GunRadarTracking=TRUE

VisualRange=5000.0

ViewportPosition=0.0,0.0,2.909

MaxVisibleDistance=5000.0

RadarCrossSection=5

 

[WeaponSystem]

TargetType=AIR

GunRange=8000.0

PitchAngleRate=40

MaxPitch=92.0

MinPitch=-5.0

DefaultPitchAngle=0.0

YawAngleRate=43

YawLimited=FALSE

ReloadGunAtAngle=FALSE

GunRecoil=23

GunStabilization=TRUE

GunRadarTracking=TRUE

RangeFinder=1

BallisticComputer=1

MinYaw=

MaxYaw=

DefaultYawAngle=0

YawModelNodeName=Turret

PitchModelNodeName=GunBarrel

 

[MovementSystem]

MaxRoadSpeed=35.09

MaxOffRoadSpeed=18

PowerAvailable=830000

MaxTurnRate=26.0

MaxDeceleration=7.0

SuspensionConstant=21.0

MovementEmitterName=TrackedVehicleDustEmitter

MovementEmitterPosition=0.0,-4.0,0.50

 

[Chassis]

ModelNodeName=Chassis

EffectSize=1.0

MaxExtentPosition= 1.702, 3.384 , 1.604

MinExtentPosition=-1.702,-3.734, 0.00

HasArmor=TRUE

ArmorMaterial=STEEL

Armor[FRONT].Thickness=105

Armor

.Thickness=72

Armor

.Thickness=72

Armor[REAR].Thickness=56

Armor[TOP].Thickness=25

Armor[bOTTOM].Thickness=30

SystemName[001]=Engine

SystemName[002]=RadarDish

 

[Turret]

ParentComponentName=Chassis

ModelNodeName=Turret

DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE

MaxExtentPosition= 0.648, 2.197 , 2.632

MinExtentPosition=-0.648,-2.02, 1.494

HasArmor=TRUE

ArmorMaterial=STEEL

Armor[FRONT].Thickness=20

Armor

.Thickness=13

Armor

.Thickness=13

Armor[REAR].Thickness=11

Armor[TOP].Thickness=10

SystemName[001]=Gun1

SystemName[002]=Gun2

 

[Gun1]

SystemType=GUN

GunTypeName=35MM_KDA

MuzzlePosition=-0.81,3.782,2.193

MaxAmmo=340

TracerLoading=2

BurstAmount=15

EjectShells=TRUE

 

[Gun2]

SystemType=GUN

GunTypeName=35MM_KDA

MuzzlePosition=0.81,3.782,2.193

MaxAmmo=340

TracerLoading=2

BurstAmount=15

EjectShells=TRUE

 

[Engine]

SystemType=ENGINE

MaxExtentPosition= 1.06,-0.59, 1.604

MinExtentPosition=-1.06,-2.84, 0.5

 

[RadarDish]

SystemType=Radar

MaxExtentPosition= 0.579, -1.499, 3.783

MinExtentPosition=-0.579, -2.127, 2.384

HasArmor=FALSE

YawModelNodeName=RadarB

HasArmor=FALSE

 

 

 

All guns and missls have been added, the Roland works in the Roland-pit so its not the problems, the servicestartyears are good. How come it wont work?

 

2:

 

The missls on the Chaparral wont show, and i have trecked that to that the .bmp and .lod for the Chaparral missile in the Falklands mod pack (which i used to get modern SAMs)are wrong and in fact are the .bmp and .lods for the vehicle chaparral itself. Anyone know where i can get these files for the Chaparral missile?

 

Thanks and a happy new one to you all

 

Olof

[+hgbn 91]

This is a long shot. But I think the game handle friendly ground forces in germany as US. try change the country code and see it if helps

[+EricJ 4,245]

It could also mean how many friendly units are there too, usually that is a ratio of AAA sites, and how many are setup as "AAA". The more you have, the less some systems will show up, as there are only so many slots available and the game assigns them on it's own whim. So to do this you have to have some as "RARE" and that will hopefully allow the Gepard to show up.

[Wrench 9,848]

I'll bet the problem is NOT in the data.inis at all, but in the main ini.

 

open the gepard.ini, and if it don't look like this (especially noting the highligted section):

 

[GroundObjectData]

ObjectFullName=Gepard

ObjectDataFile=gepard_DATA.INI

 

[LOD001]

Filename=gepard.LOD

Distance=110

 

[LOD002]

Filename=gepard_LOD2.LOD

Distance=250

 

[LOD003]

Filename=gepard_LOD3.LOD

Distance=3500

 

[shadow]

CastShadow=TRUE

ShadowLOD=M48A3_shadow.shd

ShadowType=1

ShadowCastDist=500

MaxVisibleDistance=500

 

it not gonna show up.

 

if you open the 2S6.ini and mroland.ini, you'll see that statement is probably missing as well

 

Knowledge Base links on the subject:

 

http://forum.combatace.com/topic/11815-ground-objects-format-update-no-groundobjectdata-ini-anymore/

 

and at the bottom of this post:

http://forum.combatace.com/topic/21870-the-mods-thread-a-listing-of-whats-available/page__view__findpost__p__113930

 

wrench

kevin stein

Edited December 29, 2009 by Wrench
added links to KB threads

[olofohrstrom 0]

Wrench spot on, no such Groundobjectdata in any of the above. This game and its modding is utterly astounding, and never ceases to baffle me with its complexity!

 

Works fine now!!

 

Now its gonna be a hard time to be a Russkie pilot ;D

 

Olof