stingray77 Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 I am far from being a repainter, but shouldn't this be relatively easy to do and a nice addition to the Vietnam Expansion Pack? Quote
Spinners Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 http://www.column5.us/aircraft2.shtml & the knowledge base are all you need. Quote
Spinners Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 I've never tried this one before and it's a nice skin! However the newer SF2 lods being called out for have changes that the original modder could not have anticipated (e.g. built-in tanks) so a bit more work is required. Quote
+Dave Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 http://combatace.com/files/file/11815-f-4-skin-pack/ VF-201..............F-4B VF-213..............F-4B_65 (as USN F-4G) <------------------------- 4th FWg.............F-4E (for TMF F-4E ARN-101) VF-92 CVA-64........F-4J VMFA-235............F-4J Quote
stingray77 Posted March 23, 2011 Author Posted March 23, 2011 Oh, interesting - I should check if it's included in the Expansion Pack...... (Or can somebody tell already?) Quote
stingray77 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 Hi everybody - hope you enjoyed the Christmas days... After being "off" for quite some time (due to trouble with my rig, real word stuff and so on), I just updated my SF2V to Nov 2011 and re-applied the Expansion Pack freshly. ...Guess I never really followed up my F-4G "issue". Over "the process" of updating I saw that the USN-G (VF-213) indeed is included in the XP, but I (still) have difficulty finding/selecting it. When going on "Single Mission" the USN-G does not appear in the list of selectable aircraft.( Even after pre-selecting the mission time to 1965 or 1966 it does not show up.) I took a look into the aircraft folder and compared the G's .ini with one of another F-4 and it appears pretty much okay to me... OR: do I have to select the F-4B (65) first and can "switch" to the G by selecting VF-213 in the Loadout-screen later? Thanks for your guidance. Oliver Quote
+eburger68 Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) Stingray77: It should be listed as: F-4G Phantom II (USN) Eric Howes Edited December 27, 2011 by eburger68 Quote
stingray77 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 Hm, that's what I thought it should - but it's not... What makes a plane get listed in the drop down? What can I check next? ...Thanks again for addressing to this so soon, Eric. Quote
+eburger68 Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 Stingray77: It's obviously not installed correctly. Check the Knowledge Base for articles on installing aircraft mods in SF2. That should tell you what to check. Eric Howes Quote
stingray77 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 Okay - I will... Thanks again Quote
+ravenclaw_007 Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) on the contrary , he installed all correct the reason you can not see any F-4G is that you dont instal a new aircraft you only add the VF-213 skin to the F-4B_65 so there is no way you can find any F-4G if you like to have a F-4G you can simply copy the complete F-B_65 folder and rename it to F-4G , than you have to rename the F-4B_65.ini to F-4G.ini and open the now F-4G.ini and replace this entry F-4B Phantom II (65) with F-4G Phantom II in case you dont have the ini´s in your F-4B_65 folder you have to extract them from the cat.files or you download this here F-4G_USN Edited December 27, 2011 by ravenclaw_007 Quote
+eburger68 Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 Ravenclaw_007: I'm sorry, but that is incorrect. The full F-4G was added in the April 2011 Update. The current September 2011 Update (which is a cumulative update) also includes the full F-4G aircraft. The Rolling Thunder campaign makes use of the F-4G. The VF-213 skin was not added to the F-4B_65 folder. Rather the FULL AIRCRAFT was added in the update. The same holds true, btw, for the Gen 1 version of the Expansion Pack. Eric Howes Quote
+ravenclaw_007 Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) http://combatace.com/files/file/11815-f-4-skin-pack/ VF-201..............F-4B VF-213..............F-4B_65 (as USN F-4G) <------------------------- 4th FWg.............F-4E (for TMF F-4E ARN-101) VF-92 CVA-64........F-4J VMFA-235............F-4J Ravenclaw_007: I'm sorry, but that is incorrect. The full F-4G was added in the April 2011 Update. The current September 2011 Update (which is a cumulative update) also includes the full F-4G aircraft. The Rolling Thunder campaign makes use of the F-4G. The VF-213 skin was not added to the F-4B_65 folder. Rather the FULL AIRCRAFT was added in the update. The same holds true, btw, for the Gen 1 version of the Expansion Pack. Eric Howes i asume that Stingray has not the latest update , the same as me , and therefor installed the skinpack like dave pointed above and in this case there would be no F-4G in the game at least i dont have any other F-4G than the converted F-4B_65 with Vf-213 skin Edited December 27, 2011 by ravenclaw_007 Quote
Spinners Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 F-4G (USN) in a Third Wire update? I don't think so. Quote
+hgbn Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 F-4G (USN) in a Third Wire update? I don't think so. I think eburger is referring to the air&ground expansion pack for SF2V Quote
Wrench Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 should be about 10-20 minutes of ini work to recreate it as a stand alone bird, using Ant's skin. when I get bored of targeting the Central America map, I can whip one out in a day or so Quote
Wrench Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 well, that didn't take no time at all!! Quote
stingray77 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 Hey guys - I'm puzzled now... That's what I did: I reapplied Eric's April-version (latest) Expansion Pack to my freshly updated (Nov 2011) SF2V. I DO have a full F-4G USN-folder (with its set of skins and ini's) in my mod's aircraft-folder - so it's all in there, but doesn't appear in game.... Must admit that I didn't find the time to check out anything else yesterday - so your input/comments are still much appreciated. Thanks Oliver Quote
+eburger68 Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 stingray77: The latest update for the Expansion Pack is September 2011, not April 2011. And before asking folks to walk you through a step-by-step process, go through the KB first on your own and do some checking. For example: http://combatace.com/topic/44026-converting-older-planes-to-work-in-sf2-a-basic-guide-by-migbuster/ And then compare with an aircraft that you know is working. Also, try flying the F-4G from a Rolling Thunder campaign. What happens if you select the F-4G for a campaign? Eric Howes Quote
stingray77 Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 OH! First thing to check now, will be if I really am on Apr oder Sep 11 version of the XP (although there should not be much of a change concerning the F-4G). Thanks for that hint. I will follow the "Converting older Planes..."-guide you pointed me to as a next step then. And maybe I should try out RT-campaign on F-4G before doing both just to make sure. Until now I only tried to select the G for single missions... Thanks for your guidance, Eric. Quote
stingray77 Posted December 29, 2011 Author Posted December 29, 2011 Brief update: - I am on Apr 11 - G is no optional a/c when starting Rolling Thunder - starting F-4B_65 in Single Mission and selecting VF-213 does only bring the grey schemes... I will go on Sep 11 next and check the Converting-guide then... Quote
stingray77 Posted January 5, 2012 Author Posted January 5, 2012 Okay, I finally got this solved - I found out that my back-up of the update-folder was screwed, so there were just incomplete F-4G-Aircraft- and Decal-data copied into the mod folder. As I still had a back-up of an install with a working F-4G, I simply copied back the G's Aircraft and Decals-docs back into the mod-folder and all is well again, now... As always: it was a mistake on the user's (MY) side. But thanks again for your support! Quote
+eburger68 Posted January 6, 2012 Posted January 6, 2012 stingray77: Glad to hear you got it sorted out. Eric Howes Quote
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