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Just a couple of questions for the experts.....

 

1. Does anyone have a HMS Ark Royal (R09 - decommisioned in 1978) modded for use in SF2?

 

2. Do any of the modders have ideas as to how I can stop certain friendly aircraft types from showing up in single missions as AI aircraft ALL the time? Take for example the MirageIIIC/5 series which I modded for Dhimari use. Here's how I've edited the Mirage5s _DATA.ini file in an attempt to fix this:

 

NationName=Dhimar

ServiceStartYear=1975

ServiceEndYear=1987

AircraftRole=FIGHTER

AircraftCapability=DAY_ONLY

Availability=RARE

Exported=FALSE

PrimaryRoles=STRIKE,CAS,ARMED_RECON,RECON,SEAD

SecondaryRoles=ANTI_SHIP,INTERCEPT,CAP

 

As you can see I've even changed the aircraft's air to air functions to a secondary role and I've changed their availability to RARE, yet they always seem to show up flying CAP or intercept instead of various F-4 models which I've modded for Dhimari use. Here's a DATA.ini readout from a Dhimari F-4E_72:

 

NationName=Dhimar

ServiceStartYear=1973

ServiceEndYear=1984

AircraftRole=FIGHTER

AircraftCapability=DAY_AND_NIGHT

Availability=COMMON

Exported=FALSE

PrimaryRoles=SWEEP,CAP,INTERCEPT,ESCORT

SecondaryRoles=STRIKE,CAS,SEAD,ARMED_RECON,RECON,ANTI_SHIP

 

This aircraft clearly has air to air defined as it's primary role, yet NEVER shows up. Strange, huh? :dntknw:

 

Any replies and/or suggestions to these queries appreciated.

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as to ship availablity the MOD has plenty of equipment that has recently become surplus :lol:

sorry couldn't help myself.

http://combatace.com...-hms-ark-royal/

its not Gen2 ready but it takes minimal effort to convert.

 

Cheers for that. I've already got the model but I was asking if it's been updated as I recently added it to an SF2 campaign but it never seems to show up. My F-4Ks start their mission on water

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Cheers for that. I've already got the model but I was asking if it's been updated as I recently added it to an SF2 campaign but it never seems to show up. My F-4Ks start their mission on water

 

I have the above file and just extracted ArkRoyal to my Groundobjects.. Plus copied the V1_to_V2 files on top.. Works like a charm.

Looking at the data.ini, not much is missing for SF2, except maybe some RadarFamily callouts and the sound definitions..

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dunno why you start on water, all i had to do to mine was make an ArkRoyal.ini, oddly it didnt have one when i originally d/l'd it but after that fix all my RN takes off from it now.

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It's got me scratching my head anyway. Yeah, I've got an ArkRoyal.ini and ArkRoyal_DATA.ini in the object folder, and I've also double checked the Campaign_DATA. INI file and it all checks out. The F-4K_Data.INI file states 'CarrierBased=TRUE'.

 

Actually, while I'm at it, I might as well throw the INI files for the ship for anyone who's interested to look over:

 

ArkRoyal_INIs.rar

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Just a couple of questions for the experts.....

 

2. Do any of the modders have ideas as to how I can stop certain friendly aircraft types from showing up in single missions as AI aircraft ALL the time? Take for example the MirageIIIC/5 series which I modded for Dhimari use. Here's how I've edited the Mirage5s _DATA.ini file in an attempt to fix this:

 

NationName=Dhimar

ServiceStartYear=1975

ServiceEndYear=1987

AircraftRole=FIGHTER

AircraftCapability=DAY_ONLY

Availability=RARE

Exported=FALSE

PrimaryRoles=STRIKE,CAS,ARMED_RECON,RECON,SEAD

SecondaryRoles=ANTI_SHIP,INTERCEPT,CAP

 

As you can see I've even changed the aircraft's air to air functions to a secondary role and I've changed their availability to RARE, yet they always seem to show up flying CAP or intercept instead of various F-4 models which I've modded for Dhimari use. Here's a DATA.ini readout from a Dhimari F-4E_72:

 

NationName=Dhimar

ServiceStartYear=1973

ServiceEndYear=1984

AircraftRole=FIGHTER

AircraftCapability=DAY_AND_NIGHT

Availability=COMMON

Exported=FALSE

PrimaryRoles=SWEEP,CAP,INTERCEPT,ESCORT

SecondaryRoles=STRIKE,CAS,SEAD,ARMED_RECON,RECON,ANTI_SHIP

 

This aircraft clearly has air to air defined as it's primary role, yet NEVER shows up. Strange, huh? :dntknw:

 

Any replies and/or suggestions to these queries appreciated.

did you edit the userlist i think that plays a role too?

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did you edit the userlist i think that plays a role too?

 

Hi cocas. Just double checked the aircrafts' 'UserList' INIs and they echo what it says in their respective _DATA.ini files. I'm totally stumped. :dntknw:

 

Perhaps this is a minor bug that needs looking into.

 

Edit - For anybody who's interested I've started a discussion over at TW on this particular issue:

 

http://bbs.thirdwire...&p=52506#p52506

Edited by Piecemeal

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I've been using the Ark Royal as a subtitute for another carrier(HMS Victorious) in a kuwait1961 test campaign. I added some radar entries and a userlist, not much else was needed. I've included the entries from the campaign data ini if it helps.

Note the carrier has to be defined and the CarrierNumber= line has to match.

The carrier will only appear for player squadron, ai squadrons will still do the waterbound take-off.

Hope this helps,

Alan

 

[AirUnit014]

AircraftType=Scimitar

UnitName=803NAS FAA

StartDate=06/30/1961

ForceID=1

Nation=RoyalNavy

DefaultTexture=803Sqn

StartNumber=

BaseArea=Yankee Station

CarrierBased=TRUE

CarrierNumber=05

BaseMoveChance=0

RandomChance=100

MaxAircraft=12

StartAircraft=12

MaxPilots=16

StartPilots=16

Experience=100

Morale=100

Supply=100

UpgradeType=NEVER

MissionChance[sWEEP]=80

MissionChance[CAP]=50

MissionChance[iNTERCEPT]=50

MissionChance[ESCORT]=0

MissionChance=60

MissionChance[CAS]=30

MissionChance[sEAD]=0

MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=20

MissionChance[ANTI_SHIP]=0

MissionChance[RECON]=0

UpgradeType=NEVER

 

 

[CarrierUnit001]

CarrierType=ArkRoyal

CarrierNumber=05

UnitName=R05 Victorious

ForceID=1

Nation=RoyalNavy

BaseArea=Yankee Station

NumSquadron=5

BaseSize=MEDIUM

Experience=100

Morale=100

Supply=100

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Sparky there is an actual Victorious around somewhere (the one with the big radar tub right?), also done by Hinchinbrooke. I can't seem to find it for download, I'm pretty sure I have a copy somewhere, not sure what condition it is in though.

 

JB5

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