Flyable Mirage 5F WIP

[+ludo.m54]

I start to improve the stock Mirage 5F :

 

Better decals ; improved data.ini and loadout.ini :

 

a little preview :

 

Camo :

 

 

Silver :

 

 

Camo with RPK bomb rack :

 

 

And silver with RPK bomb rack :

 

 

I'll try to make skins for EC 2/13 Alpes (silver and camo) and EC 3/13 Auvergne (silver and camo).

 

If somebody have informations about the real Mirage 5F loadout, It would be helpful.

 

Thanks

 

Ludo

[Muesli]

Sweet, a nice wannahave!

[+76.IAP-Blackbird]

The silver skin is damn sexy!!!

[+christian59]

un beau plumage pour un bel avion

 

 

[+Crusader]

I start to improve the stock Mirage 5F :

 

Better decals ; improved data.ini and loadout.ini :

 

a little preview :

 

Camo :

 

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/ludo-m/Mirage55.jpg

 

Silver :

 

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/ludo-m/Mirage56.jpg

 

Camo with RPK bomb rack :

 

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/ludo-m/Mirage57.jpg

 

And silver with RPK bomb rack :

 

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii299/ludo-m/Mirage58.jpg]

 

I'll try to make skins for EC 2/13 Alpes (silver and camo) and EC 3/13 Auvergne (silver and camo).

 

If somebody have informations about the real Mirage 5F loadout, It would be helpful.

 

Thanks

 

Ludo

 

 

Great project!

I made the 5F flyable too and have added the RPK-17 but only used the stock skin.

 

Weapons in French service were very basic:

MATRA rocket pods (usually on inboard stations )

LAU-32 rocket pods ( outboard stations, for training )

Slick and retarded bombs, 250 and 400 kg, French SAMP series and Mk82 , two in tandem on centerline and RPK-17 fueltank/bombrack combo which can hold up to 4x 250 kg bombs

The Dassault 5F promo picture also shows AS.30RC , centerline station, but I dont know if this was used operationally

5F never got RWR

A2A missiles.. I cant remember the details, they had none at first ( main mission purely A2G ) but I think they were modified later for AIM-9B/F or even Magic

 

BTW, check the fuel capacity value of the RPK-17 data ini, the BFT-type tank is working correctly since November2009 updates ( or one update earlier, cant remember ) but the old editor always deleted the fuel

 

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edit: changed pics to links

edit 2: some speiling ...

Edited March 31, 2010 by Crusader

[+ludo.m54]

Thanks a lot Crusader

 

And the WIP of the day :

 

data.ini and loadout.ini : done...

 

I started to repaint the silver skin of the EC 3/13 :

 

 

Next episode tomorrow...

 

Ludo

[+Crusader]

:ph34r:

 

The 5F also had no ranging radar, the CSF sight was limited to fixed and gyro mode.

You can delete the avionics ini and the RangingRadar entry in the 5F_data ini

 

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[+ludo.m54]

I use the cockpit of the Mirage 5BA, I think it's the best one for a Mirage 5F (very simple : no avionics and no radar... )

 

Today's update :

 

 

Ludo

[+ludo.m54]

Hello,

 

A little question : does anyone know this meshname (nose gear door)?

 

 

Thanks.

 

Ludo

[+76.IAP-Blackbird]

Mh, have no ideam but you can extract the LOD file of this bird from the catfile and look inside it with a Hexeditor, there are all mesh names inside ;-)

[+Crusader]

its one of those , maybe #1

 

nose_gear_door1

nose_gear_door2

nose_gear_door3

[+ludo.m54]

Great, thanks for your help, I will try that tomorrow

 

Ludo

[Gunrunner]

And the right door is door number... *drum roll* 3.

 

IIRC

nose_gear_door1 is the main door.

nose_gear_door2 is the part attached to the gear.

nose_gear_door3 is the frontmost part, the one we're interested in.

[Stratos]

Wow Ludo, looks like a great mod. Thanks for the effort!!

[Derk]

Looking forward for it (though I have my flyable Mirage V from WOI...)

 

Hou doe,

 

Derk

[+Soulfreak]

Can´t wait!

Are you repainting the skins too?

[+ludo.m54]

Can´t wait!

Are you repainting the skins too?

 

For the EC 3/13 silver skin, I just improved the stock skin. For the camo, I started to make my own templates ( there is a lot of rivets ) and I will paint a brand new skin.

 

You can see more screenshots : Mirage 5F WIP at C6

 

Ludo

[+ludo.m54]

Hello,

 

I need help for the nose gear door decal (again...)

 

I try, try and try again to place my decal on the nose gear door, but unfortunately nothing appear

 

So this is a part of the decals.ini :

 

[Decal005]

MeshName=nose_gear_door3

DecalLevel=2

DecalFacing=Bottom

FilenameFormat=Mirage5F/d/Auvergne Silver/Gearnum

Position=4.25,-0.85

Rotation=0.0

Scale=2

DecalMaxLOD=3

 

If one of the Combatace decals expert see what's wrong, it would be helpful...

 

Ludo

[+Crusader]

Position=4.25,-0.85

 

since the decal facing is bottom, this value means its 4.25 meters to the right and 0.85 aft of model centerline

 

start with 0.0 for left/right to have it on the centerline , then adjust fore/aft

[+Coupi]

Hello,

 

I need help for the nose gear door decal (again...)

 

I try, try and try again to place my decal on the nose gear door, but unfortunately nothing appear

 

So this is a part of the decals.ini :

 

[Decal005]

MeshName=nose_gear_door3

DecalLevel=2

DecalFacing=Bottom

FilenameFormat=Mirage5F/d/Auvergne Silver/Gearnum

Position=4.25,-0.85

Rotation=0.0

Scale=2

DecalMaxLOD=3

 

If one of the Combatace decals expert see what's wrong, it would be helpful...

 

Ludo

 

 

Hi Ludo!

 

Why didn't use your "tailnum" instead of "Gearnum" since you're using "scale=2"?

 

Good stuff

 

Coupi

[+ludo.m54]

Position=4.25,-0.85

 

since the decal facing is bottom, this value means its 4.25 meters to the right and 0.85 aft of model centerline

 

start with 0.0 for left/right to have it on the centerline , then adjust fore/aft

 

Thanks ! The decal appears now !!!

 

Hi Ludo!

 

Why didn't use your "tailnum" instead of "Gearnum" since you're using "scale=2"?

 

Good stuff

 

Coupi

 

Just because this is not the serial number of the airplane on the nose gear door, but the letters : SE for the 13-SE airplane.

 

Ludo

[+sony tuckson]

and the scale value affects the size of the decal, nothing else

[+ludo.m54]

Uploaded, waiting for approval :wink2:

 

Have fun

 

Ludo

[Goblin]

Uploaded, waiting for approval :wink2:

 

Have fun

 

Ludo

 

 

Many thanks!!

 

Goblin

[+ludo.m54]

Hello,

 

Camo Skins pack uploaded, waiting for approval.

 

 

Ludo