GastonGaston

Hi there. This is a complete redo of my old Swiss campaign, which I made in 2003 or 2004. It is now using correct map and planes.
 
A look to the readme file :
 
 
 
 
Thierry Duruz aka Gaston

Hello !!!
 
As you know it, it is now possible to mod our favourite sim.
 
I also did my small personnal mod, which is available here :
 
http://www.allaircraftarcade.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4110
 
To install it, just follow the indications you will find in its own "readme" file.
 
This mod gives me the idea to "remix" this good old SCW campaign, and here is the final result.
 
Be careful !!! You will need the precedent version to make it work properly, because to maintain this file small, I did NOT enclose the skins !!!
 
So, go and take it there, for example :
 
http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=1797
 
and once its file in unzipped, just throw away the Missions folder.
 
To install this new version, nothing is easier :
 
-unzip in a temporary folder,
-copy-paste the new folders you have in the root of your FB, et voilà !!!
 
Let's go !!! and most of all, do not forget to activate the musical function, because you will have some surprises when reading the briefings...
 
I wish you a good flight !!!
 
For credits and thankyous, see the readme of the precedent version of the campaign.
 
 
 
Gaston, Perroy, april 2008

A20 on Karulha
 
Mission for FB-AEP-PF merged.
 
Here is a mission for a max of 20 players :
 
-8 fighter pilots (escort and CAP) and
-4 A-20G teams (1 pilot and 2 gunners each)
 
The ideal solution :
 
-let no1 A-20 as AI to lead the pack on the right way,
-and have at least 2 pilots (nos 1 and 3) for each fighter group.
 
For the "simili"-historic thing, read the briefing...
 
Skins are coming with the pack (only 6). Big thank you to their authors, even if I have forgotten their names (except Buglords) !!!
 
Install is very simple :
 
-unzip all in a temporary folder and open the obtained folder (A-20 sur Karulha).
 
-copy-paste everything in your FB-root : everything will automatically go to the right place !!! well... that's how it is supposed to work...
 
-Run the game, launch a coop mission,
 
-choose the new A20 pack,
 
-choose "Attack on Karulha" mission.
 
Pay attention to the briefing. Check the directions on the map (those indicated in the briefing are purely approximate indications).
 
And have a good flight !!!
 
BG_Gaston, 18 march 2005

2 missions in this pack :
 
-Flight of the Intruder
 
Take off from a carrier in an Intruder, go to Hanoi and bomb missile sites there.
 
Does it remind you something ???
 
Mission made with SFP1, using sea terrain, HMS Albion, HMS Bulwark (instead of US carriers I do not have... sorry...), Monty's A6-A and MiG21-MF.
 
-Iraq1
 
As an Iraqi pilot, defend the sky from the US jets of Desert Storm back in 1991.
 
Needs the following :
 
-the superb MiG-29 A,
-the F-15e,
-the F16-A_15 and
-the DS terrain.
 
 
 
For the 2 missions, good luck !!!

Here it is!!! The much talked about (OK, somewhat talked about) Spanish campaign.
 
It consists of:
-the campaign missions, edited as well for single mission play
-12 missions adapted for multi-player co-ops
-all neccessary skins!!!
 
To install, simply do the following:
 
-unzip everything into a temporary folder (TEMP, for example), open the folder "Espagne" then cut and paste the folders named "Missions", "Samples" and "Paintschemes" into the Il-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles main folder.
 
And...voila! That's all there is to it!!
 
After taking off it will not be easy to survive all the different missions in this campaign.
To fly it, go to Campaign and, under France, select "Spain 1938".
 
Do not forget to activate the "play music" option, so you will have some ambiance sounds during the briefings.
 
In the skin of a Republican pilot you will take on your Nationalist adversaries (Fascist or Franquistes).
You will have the chance to try many different things: ground attack, reconnaissance, fly a captured enemy plane, escort bombers or secret agents, intercept bombers or enemy reconnaisance planes...
 
You will also encounter different types of planes...you will even find the enemy flying the same type of plane as yours on occasion so be sure about what you are firing at!!!
 
The multiplayer missions are playable from one side for those which take place on small maps, and from two sides for those on large maps.
 
Of course, the game does not provide a map of Spain (sniffff....) so I had to improvise a bit, but if you use your imagination for the names on the map it'll all be fine!!!
 
So, welcome to Spain, and fly well, compañero!!!
 
Oops..almost forgot...the first mission of the Campaign (All or Nothing) is an adaptation from a mission created by Mad_Cat.
 
Have fun!!!
 
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Special dedication:
 
This work is affectionately dedicated to the memory of my grandfather, Paul (nicknamed Popol), who died 5 years ago, and who, in his youth and as a militant syndicalist and avowed Communist, volunteered to go and fight fascism in Spain in the ranks of the International Brigades. I miss you Papy...but
the struggle goes on!!!
 
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Credits
 
My special thanks to all the skinners of our community:
-Tchaika
-Kamikuza
-UF_Josse
-Hoarmurath
-Billis851
-AngelOfMons
-Jutocsa
-Tuckie
-UF_Zargos
-Col. Douglas King
and to the others whose names escape me at the moment...
Without the marvellous talent and hardwork of all these skinners this campaign would never have seen the light of day!!!
 
Thanks in particular to the Spanish Civil War site webcindario (hello Tuckie!!!), in Spain. It had the brilliant idea of reuniting in one place, the skins of all the aircraft that fought in the war in Spain,
a la www.il2skins.com
 
Finally, a big thank you to Jude Simmonds, aka FlatSpinMan, a New Zealander who washed ashore in Japan, and who did what needed to be done to translate this campaign into English for our Anglo-Saxon friends!!!
He also created the bases from which you will take off. Yes, I know... I am quite lazy on this aspect of things... THANKS, man !!! You're the BEST !!!
 
Also special thanks to Jeanba with which I had so many mails about this campaign. Hope his PC is still OK... ;-)
 
Do not forget : switch off the "no instant success" option !!!
 
And... Viva España !!!
 
Campagne Spain by Thierry Duruz
 
gaston.fb.maniak@bluewin.ch
 
Lausanne, 25 november 2005.

Here is a mission for a max of 29 players :
 
-8 A-20G teams (1 pilot and 2 gunners each),
-4 fighter pilots (escort/Mustang MkIII),
-1 reco pilot (SpitMkIXe).
 
For the "simili"-historic thing, read the briefing...
 
Skins are coming with the pack (only 3). Big thank you to
their authors, even if I have forgotten their names (except
vpmedia) !!!
 
Install is very simple :
 
-unzip all in a temporary folder and open the obtained folder
(Mulheim).
 
-copy-paste everything in your FB-root : everything will
automatically go to the right place !!! well... that's how it
should work...
 
-Run the game, launch a coop mission,
 
-choose the new "NorthWest Germany" folder,
 
-choose "The bridge of Mulheim" and that's it !!!
 
Pay attention to the briefing. Check the directions on the map
(those indivated in the briefing are purely approximate indications).
 
And have a good flight !!!
 
BG's_Gaston, 6 november 2005

81st squadron arrives in Murmansk !!!
 
Missions for FB-AEP-PF 4.01merged.
 
Here is a new coop mission for 12 players, also edited for single play.
 
For the "simili-historic" context, just read the briefing...
 
Install is very easy :
 
-unzip this file in a temporary folder and open the newly obtained folder (Murmansk),
 
-copy-paste all the content of the Murmansk folder (there will be 2 folders : Missions and PaintSchemes) directly
in the root of your Forgotten Battles (for example in C:/ProgramFiles/UbiSoft/IL2-Forgotten Batles), everything will automatically go to the right place.
 
To play :
 
-launch the game, select the multiplayer game, create a coop server,
 
-choose "Murmansk",
 
-choose the mission "Arrival in Murmansk" et voilà !!!
 
or if you prefer the single play :
 
-launch the single missions,
 
-choose RAF,
 
-choose "Hurricane",
 
-choose the mission "Arrival in Murmansk".
 
And you are ready to fly...
 
Read briefings carefully, check the directions on the map and do not forget to remember in which direction you will
have to fly.
 
And have a good flight !!!
 
 
 
Thank you to :
 
-the BG's squadron, who first flew this mission,
-to all the skinners' community, because you will find some of their beautiful skins in these missions,
-to Oleg Maddox for this wonderful sim.
 
Gaston, 12 JULY 2005

AtlanticMartlet
 
Mission for FB-AEP-PF merged.
 
Unzip un a temporary folder and copy-paste the content of the "AtlanticMartlet" (content is 2 folders : Missions and PaintSchemes) directly in your FB-AEP-PF merged install upon the
old datas.
 
Content :
 
-1 mission (in 3 different meteo levels to increase difficulty) for a Grumann Martlet fighter,
-all the necessary skins (2).
 
Mission in the middle of the Atlantic to protect a convoy.
 
In the hardest version (bad weather), look out and pay attention !
 
It shakes !!!
 
All for a good ambient...
 
Once this little pack installed, to play :
 
-launch the game in single player mode,
-choose Royal Havy (RN),
-search for the"Martlet"
-choose one of the three versions of the mission "Shoot down the enemy intruder !!!"
 
and voilà !!!
 
Take off and landing in the hardest version (bad weather) are... well... very "sport" !!!
 
Have a good flight !!!
 
 
 
 
Gaston/May 24 2005

2 variants of the same coop mission, one using A20 as bombers, the others with B25 instead.
 
You are ordered to attack the Karulha Finnish Air Force base. Will you do it ???
 
Comes complete, with skins.
 
Thanks to the skinners !!!

In this mission, try to repeat history... with your P-35, take off from Henderson Field, find, intercept and shoot down Admiral Yamamoto's plane.
 
Before to get into action, you will have to do a long and boring flight, just like the guys did in 1943...
 
Addons :
 
P38H
 
G4M2
 
A6M5
 
paw1 Solomon Islands terrain

January 4th, 1989
 
Incident of the Gulf of Sidra
 
 
Flying your F-14 Tomcat, taking off from CV59, intercept and destroy 2 lybian Mig 23s...
 
 
This mission is inspired by real facts, only the map does not fit with it...
 
 
Requested add-ons :
 
 
-F-14 Tomcat,
-MiG-23 MS,
-CV 59 (adapted for carrier ops as described at www.checksix-fr.com).
 
Have a good flight !!!
 
 
 
Install : unzip directly in your .../Strike Fighters/missions folder.

With your unarmed F9F5-P, fly a reconnaissance mission on the bridges of Toko-Ri.
 
Needed add-on :
 
-F9F5-P
-MiG15bis
-H5-Dragonfly
-HMS Albion
 
As there seems to remain a bug, I can not make the plane take off from the carrier... also, the F9F5-P has not been corrected for naval ops, so just make a touchdown on the carrier at the end of the mission, considering you have landed !!!
 
Good luck !!!