F-4D Phantoms Cockpits

[+ravenclaw_007 7,859]

i just got informed by Lex2Limit that there are 2 problems with the F-4D_78 cockpit , problem 1 - only the No.1 throttle is working , problem 2- the F-4D_Cockpit07 texture has a problem with the Reticle Depression lettering i uploaded the fixed F-4D Cockpit Pack , F-4D Cockpit Fix and i added the F-4D_78 Cockpit Fix for everybody who has the latest cockpits already

this is the F-4D_78 Cockpit Fix , just drop the F-4D_Cockpit07 texture and the backup folder in to the F-4D_78 cockpit folder and the F-4D_78_Cockpit.ini in to the F-4D_78 aircraft folder and let overwrite if ask to 

F-4D_78 Cockpit Fix.7z

i realy hope that this is the last fix i have to upload     

 

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Maybe I'm a little greedy, but do you have any plans to make a series of F-4E cockpits?

[+daddyairplanes 10,807]

1 hour ago, SUDNAVY said:

Maybe I'm a little greedy, but do you have any plans to make a series of F-4E cockpits?

sorry had to laugh react on that one.  im pretty sure he's working on the whole bird, not just the pit

but these might have to sustain you until the latest and greatest come along

as well as a few foreign operators to boot

some one once said, there's gold in that there d/l section......

 

 

 

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21 hours ago, daddyairplanes said:

sorry had to laugh react on that one.  im pretty sure he's working on the whole bird, not just the pit

but these might have to sustain you until the latest and greatest come along

as well as a few foreign operators to boot

some one once said, there's gold in that there d/l section......

 

 

 

Please forgive my poor English, it is hard for me to express my excitement in English, I could accept TW's Phantoms cockpit in the past, but after I used ravenclaw's new F-4D cockpit, I felt that TW's cockpit was so crude compared to ravenclaw's great work. So I am looking forward to F-4E, B, J cockpits. After I actually used ravenclaw's F-4D cockpit, I felt it was an outstanding work, i mean, wow!

[+daddyairplanes 10,807]

8 hours ago, SUDNAVY said:

. After I actually used ravenclaw's F-4D cockpit, I felt it was an outstanding work, i mean, wow!

the man is SF2 Davinci,  this is true

and i was just pointing out theres better gun nosed Phantoms out there already, as we wait for the newer ones he's workin on

[+ravenclaw_007 7,859]

On 6.2.2025 at 1:56 PM, SUDNAVY said:

Please forgive my poor English, it is hard for me to express my excitement in English, I could accept TW's Phantoms cockpit in the past, but after I used ravenclaw's new F-4D cockpit, I felt that TW's cockpit was so crude compared to ravenclaw's great work. So I am looking forward to F-4E, B, J cockpits. After I actually used ravenclaw's F-4D cockpit, I felt it was an outstanding work, i mean, wow!

Thanks i appreciate that you like my F-4D cockpits and your english is ok for me ( i´m from Germany and my english is not that good either)

about future F-4 cockpits the F-4E/F/G cockpits are almost done i just have to add some more changes , cockpits for the F-4C or F-4B/J/N/S will be something that i can do but not in the near future first i have to get the NEW  F-4E/F/G aircraft and cockpits done and an other problem will be the available Flight and Tactical manuals for the Navy Phantoms with out this manuals it will be very difficult to get this cockpits done

for the late F-4F ICE cockpit i still have to make a trip to the JG74 at Neuburg/Donau to get in the F-4F they have there and take some pictures and hopfully get some informations from former F-4F pilots or mechanics , there are some lights left and right from the HUD ( below the AOA indicator lights ) that i have no clue what they are for and there is no manual for the F-4F from that time periode available , i called varius GAF offices and even the Ministry of Defence to get my hands on one of this late manuals but no luck , it seams that they got all destroyed

making this cockpits is more or less the easy part , getting the manuals , pictures and infos is the hard part and sometimes the reason i have to stop a project , you have no idea how long it took me to get good pictures for the JASDF F-4E cockpits or the Turkish Air Force F-4E cockpits ( for the Turkish F-4E´s i´m still searching more pictures and infos )

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7 minutes ago, ravenclaw_007 said:

making this cockpits is more or less the easy part , getting the manuals , pictures and infos is the hard part and sometimes the reason i have to stop a project , you have no idea how long it took me to get good pictures for the JASDF F-4E cockpits or the Turkish Air Force F-4E cockpits ( for the Turkish F-4E´s i´m still searching more pictures and infos )

I am learning that the hardest way, with a more "simple" cockpit...

[citizen67 59]

20 hours ago, ravenclaw_007 said:

Thanks i appreciate that you like my F-4D cockpits and your english is ok for me ( i´m from Germany and my english is not that good either)

about future F-4 cockpits the F-4E/F/G cockpits are almost done i just have to add some more changes , cockpits for the F-4C or F-4B/J/N/S will be something that i can do but not in the near future first i have to get the NEW  F-4E/F/G aircraft and cockpits done and an other problem will be the available Flight and Tactical manuals for the Navy Phantoms with out this manuals it will be very difficult to get this cockpits done

for the late F-4F ICE cockpit i still have to make a trip to the JG74 at Neuburg/Donau to get in the F-4F they have there and take some pictures and hopfully get some informations from former F-4F pilots or mechanics , there are some lights left and right from the HUD ( below the AOA indicator lights ) that i have no clue what they are for and there is no manual for the F-4F from that time periode available , i called varius GAF offices and even the Ministry of Defence to get my hands on one of this late manuals but no luck , it seams that they got all destroyed

making this cockpits is more or less the easy part , getting the manuals , pictures and infos is the hard part and sometimes the reason i have to stop a project , you have no idea how long it took me to get good pictures for the JASDF F-4E cockpits or the Turkish Air Force F-4E cockpits ( for the Turkish F-4E´s i´m still searching more pictures and infos )

Awesome. It's incredible the effort you put into making cockpits. I look forward for the releases. Thanks

[+ravenclaw_007 7,859]

i´m currently working to finish all the F-4E cockpits and upload them as soon as im done with it ( will only work with F-4E´s made by me ) 

there is something with the F-4D and early F-4E radar that i like to fix , first there is no extra PPI screen in this radars the PPI screen came with the DSCG display (F-4E Block60 up ) about 1974 before that there was only the radar screen as in the F-4D even for the PPI display , next is the Radar display itself for the F-4D i added the lines on the display in green for a better contrast but that is wrong this lines where not part of the Radar display itself they where incraved in to the glas in front ( for the rear cockpit ) and in to a lense ( front cockpit ) therfor this lines should not look green at all they should be more grey or white

the PPI mistake happen because i use a F-4E cockpit to make the F-4D cockpit and did not think about the early radar display , as i mention befor i´m getting old 

this is how it looks right now in the F-4D cockpit

and this is how it will look after the update i'm preparing

this is how it is going to look in game

and the correct PPI display

 

the F-4E radars will look exactly like that , the first with the more modern DSCG display will be the F-4E_75 

something i dont know is if the late F-4D`s (after1984 ) did get the more modern display as well but all infos so far say no the latest manual i have for the F-4D  is the Weapons Delivery Manual from 1976 / 1977 and this one is still showing the old standard radar display

an other change happen with the Gun Sight Mode Selector Knob , currently it works as a Radar Mode Selector Knob but i set it back to the HUD_MODE_INDIDCATOR funktion so it will work as it should if you select the Cage mod

 

so there is an other update coming soon 

 

 

[+ravenclaw_007 7,859]

somebody told me a while ago that the radar texture in SF2 is hardcoded to 256 x256 that is not true , i simply changed the value below

[RadarDisplay]
ViewportTextureSize=1024

and now i have a very clear and sharp radar texture and i cult even add some small details to it that would not show up with a texture size of 256 x 256

final radar texture based a the F-4D weapons delivery manual from 1976

Edited February 13 by ravenclaw_007

[+daddyairplanes 10,807]

7 hours ago, ravenclaw_007 said:

something i dont know is if the late F-4D`s (after1984 ) did get the more modern display as well but all infos so far say no the latest manual i have for the F-4D  is the Weapons Delivery Manual from 1976 / 1977 and this one is still showing the old standard radar display

 

i would venture to say no, as almost all were in training units or ANG units by 1984, and the focus was more on getting the next generation in, not upgrading the older one.

[+CSomers611 58]

8 hours ago, ravenclaw_007 said:

something i dont know is if the late F-4D`s (after1984 ) did get the more modern display as well but all infos so far say no the latest manual i have for the F-4D  is the Weapons Delivery Manual from 1976 / 1977 and this one is still showing the old standard radar display

From what my father was able to recall, no. He was with the 184th TFG Kansas Air National Guard during the Phantom days and he advised during the mid to late 80's no modifications/upgrades were funded for the D's as they had all but left the Active-Duty Air Force. He stated anything done would have had to be funded by the AF Reserves or Air National Guard, which was focusing on the F-15's and F-16's coming into their inventory.

[+ravenclaw_007 7,859]

i´m uploading F-4D Cockpit Pack version 1.0.3 right now

what is new 

• F-4D Cockpit Pack is updated
• F-4D Cockpit Fix updated
• F-4D_Radar_PPI removed from cockpit folder
• New F-4D_Radar texture
• Radar and TV Display texture size is set to1024 x 1024 in Avionics.ini
• Gunsight Depression optimised
• Gun Sight Mode Selector Knob is set to HUD_MODE_INDIDCATOR , to work with CAGE mode
• F-4D_IRIAF and F-4D_IRIAF_76 cockpits are added

F-4D Cockpit Pack  =  F-4D cockpits and ini´s , Weapons Pack and Nuclear Effects for B61 and Walleye Mk6 ( no need to add the Effects if you have this Effects already )

F-4D Cockpit Fix  =  F-4D cockpits and ini´s , for everybody whop has the latest F-4D cockpits

NOTE:  i added a F-4D Cockpit Fix for everybody who has already downloaded the F-4D Cockpit pack , Please REMOVE the existing Cockpit folder before adding the new one in to the respective aircraft folder ,  copy and drop the new ini´s  in to the respective aircraft folder and let overwrite if ask to 

i have tested all cockpits and could not find any problems , if you find something wrong Please inform me so i can fix it

regards ravenclaw_007

 

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On 2025/2/7 at 10:42 PM, ravenclaw_007 said:

 i´m from Germany and my english is not that good either

I am a worker in a cigarette factory. I used to work with a German. At that time, our factory imported a batch of packaging machines from FOCKE&CO in Germany. The German company sent a German and two Malaysians to our factory to assemble and debug the machines. The German only speak German and English and can't understand Chinese. Because I‘m’ a college graduate and could speak simple English, my superiors sent me to cooperate with their work. The German was 35 years old and come from a small village on the border between Germany and the Netherlands. He has a Chinese wife. After work, we used to talk about life, favorite movies, toy guns, etc. He is a friendly person. I felt that ordinary people in China and Germany were not much different. Maybe people around the world need more communication, so that the world can become more peaceful.

[+ravenclaw_007 7,859]

4 hours ago, SUDNAVY said:

I felt that ordinary people in China and Germany were not much different. Maybe people around the world need more communication, so that the world can become more peaceful.

i worked 10 years in the Philippines and i have now a large Filipino family there and in the USA and yes people should talk more to each other and find out who else lives on this planet and try to understand them , unfortunatley we live in a time where lies and deception is used to rule the world 

[+daddyairplanes 10,807]

On 2/18/2025 at 9:14 PM, SUDNAVY said:

 After work, we used to talk about life, favorite movies, toy guns, etc. He is a friendly person. I felt that ordinary people in China and Germany were not much different. Maybe people around the world need more communication, so that the world can become more peaceful.

95% of people on this planet period are just trying to get along and make life a little bit better for themselves and thier families

its the noisy 5% of the others that screw it up for the rest of us