ODS Warbirds: F-15C\D\E Eagle ODS30 Squadrons

[+Viper63a 667]

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ODS Warbirds: F-15C\D\E Eagle ODS30 Squadrons

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SF2 F-15C\D\E Eagle ODS30 Squadrons

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This pack contains the stand-alone version of the F-15C\D\E Eagle aircrafts from "Operation Desert Storm: 30th Anniversary". This mod contains accurate ODS livery, nose art and serial numbers from ODS. This is just a sample of what you will find in the expansive "Operation Desert Storm: 30th Anniversary" pack. If you like this mod and want (much much) more! Please check out the "Operation Desert Storm: 30th Anniversary" mod here...

https://combatace.com/files/file/17521-operation-desert-storm-30th-anniversary-edition/

!! DO NOT INSTALL THIS MOD into the "Operation Desert Storm: 30th Anniversary" pack. That pack already has these aircrafts, customized for the ODS30 theater!

* Source: 
https://dstorm.eu/pages/en/usa/f-15.html

* Included Jets: 
F-15C Eagle
F-15D Eagle
F-15E Strike Eagle

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Installation...
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1) Copy the contents of the "To_Mod_Folder" folder into your mod folder and over-write if required.

2) Update your "...\Flight\SOUNDLIST.INI" with the contents of the "Add F15 SoundList.txt". Please don't forget to maintain the number sequence in the sound list.

3) Check, ensure (or update) all the squadrons in this pack is in your "SQUADRONLIST.INI" file. Once you look at that file, you will know what to do. 

* Please note that some squadrons may have multiple CO planes, this is not a mistake. Rather than just picking one CO, I am representing all the COs for that squardon during the period. So both COs could pop up in given scenario. I rather have them than cut them so...it's only a game...

* Tweaked and Tested by the ODS30 team!
* Mod Direction and Optimization - Menrva
* Additional Data and Weapons improvements - Yakarov79.
* Additional Sound tweaks and updates - Guuruu.
* Accurate Skins and Decals - Viper63a

Thanks and Enjoy!

=Viper63a=

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Previous versions....This mod is a ODS specific subset of these other mods...

Updated Mod Pack: SF2 F-15 Eagle Super Pack Redux 2020 & F-15 Strike Eagle Super Pack Redux 2018 - The Mudhen Team (Viper63a, Spudknocker, Fanatic Modder, RavenClaw_007, JAT81500, Hi Ho Silvers)

Original Mod Packs: FastCargo's Eagle Pack...
Thanks to the following folks:

TK - For the ThirdWire series of sims.
The Mirage Factory - For the nice F-15D MSIP aircraft...in particular Flying Toaster, wpnssgt, and Dave for making the F-15 MAX files available for me to play with.
Kei Nagase - For the awesome skins for the F-15 ACTIVE.
AleDucat - For the nice ACES II ejection seat models.
Deuces - For the F-15 Afterburner and weapon effects.
Diego - For the Modern USAF Pilot skins.
Fubar512 - For the FM work.
JimmyBib - For the F-15C cockpit flight control textures.
MoonJumper - Avionics work.
Sundowner - Textures.
USAFMTL/Dave - Decals.
Wpnssgt - Models, Textures.
Kesselburt - Original F-15C cockpit.
Kout - Loading and Hanger Screens.
Kct - Textures and decals for the F-15SG.
Brain32 - Improved/new textures for F-15C cockpit.
Mago - F-15E Cockpit.
331KillerBee - SF2 Weapons Pack (basis for some of the weapons included).
Lexx Luthor - Siberian Sky Experimental 3-D Rocket Exhaust
JAT81500 - F-15E Cockpit avionics and HUD work and new Sniper Pod skin.
To my fellows at Combatace for helping me beta test and work out bugs.

Any errors or mistakes are entirely mine.

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* Please see the "~Original Readme" folder for original credits and previous contributors. All credit goes to those who came before me. Without them, this pack would not be possible. 

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• Submitter
  Viper63a
• Submitted
  06/28/2021
• Category
  F-15

 

[AcariaPlainum 35]

Maybe the updated F15s from recent ODS?

[Wrench 9,842]

The very 1st line of the announcement say so ...

read:

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This pack contains the stand-alone version of the F-15C\D\E Eagle aircrafts from "Operation Desert Storm: 30th Anniversary".

 

[+Menrva 4,198]

3 hours ago, Wrench said:

The very 1st line of the announcement say so ...

Yes, but that announcement applied to 2021. These standalone aircraft are much outdated now. ODS 30AE received many updated since the first release in 2021, with aircraft getting much reworked data over time. Moreover, the F-15C and F-15D now got proper Compass Grey Ghost skins by @daddyairplanes instead of using the Mod Eagle scheme colors of this package which are anachronistic for the Gulf War. The F-15E also got reworked skins by daddyairplanes.

7 hours ago, AcariaPlainum said:

Maybe the updated F15s from recent ODS?

The new skins are by daddyairplanes, so I guess this standalone package will be updated if Viper63a asks daddyairplanes permission to include his work in place of the old skins of the package.

Given that ODS 30AE is still updated to this day, these standalone packages by Viper63a are currently two (almost three) years of updates behind.

Edited February 6 by Menrva

[+daddyairplanes 10,219]

5 hours ago, Menrva said:

The new skins are by daddyairplanes, so I guess this standalone package will be updated if Viper63a asks daddyairplanes permission to include his work in place of the old skins of the package.

those skins were made with viper63s templates, i would give him credit for 50% of how mine are. there were some corrections, and some improvements over the original

but the permission's out there if he wants to touch his up. as a modder i will understand perfectly if he choses to maintain what he did (i often do the same with my own mods vs somebody else's of the same thing)

[+Sundowner 4,818]

1 hour ago, daddyairplanes said:

those skins were made with viper63s templates, i would give him credit for 50% of how mine are. there were some corrections, and some improvements over the original

but the permission's out there if he wants to touch his up. as a modder i will understand perfectly if he choses to maintain what he did (i often do the same with my own mods vs somebody else's of the same thing)

Which were made from my originals.......lol, it's amazing just how much of this old stuff is being reused over and over.

I dont have a problem with it, but it's about time some-one did a "complete" redraw of of all these old birds.

[+Soulfreak 6,522]

16 hours ago, Sundowner said:

Which were made from my originals.......lol, it's amazing just how much of this old stuff is being reused over and over.

I it's about time some-one did a "complete" redraw of of all these old birds.

exactly what I think too. 

Not only the F-15s, also the (original TMF) F-16s.

[+daddyairplanes 10,219]

21 hours ago, Sundowner said:

I dont have a problem with it, but it's about time some-one did a "complete" redraw of of all these old birds.

the original work is quite good as the basis. i did the improvements i could. i very much think my bare metal areas are better esp on that wierdly mapped piece on the right side, and ive got the feeling (sure i'll be corrected if wrong) that color picker feature off a photo was used years ago rather than hunting down the hex or RGB values for the listed Federal Standard paint numbers. 

and "3 rivets and a serial " feels kind of personal. i do 4 rivets and historically accurate serials   in all seriousness, my main thing bringing to the table is the research. all the really good modders here spend dozens if not hundreds of hours on their projects. i just spend alot of my time hunting down the serials that were assigned or the proper unit markings rather than a "such and such Fighter Squadron" back in the Tactical Fighter Squadron era.  theres a chunk of it in the old ODS and its been a big part of why i do my mods the way i do

do i use the same templates as before? yes. why not if its out there. do i copy and paste from joe baughers site? no, because often its not the right info. thats just my little quirk (for the most part)

5 hours ago, Soulfreak said:

exactly what I think too. Not only the F-15s, also the (original TMF) F-16s.

problem there is that the old stuff is still quite good.

there are  few current modelers on BPAOs level or skinners on ravenclaw007s level. the ones that are active dont feel the need to reinvent that wheel at this time, they have their own wheels they're inventing.

 my biggest pet peeve is all the stuff that was done in 2006-2009, is in the markings of either that time or the 1970s, and with a grab bag of 100 serials for a unit of 24.

maybe the reference materials are better in the last decade than when these were all made. maybe i have more time on my hands than they did. but theres alot of good work out there with minor flaws that scream to those that do pay attention to those details. call it number counting rather than rivet counting.

 

[+Viper63a 667]

Pretty awesome process... :)

Edited February 10 by Viper63a