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? I looked it up on Wiki and went to the Richard Bong Memorial site. Just can't find any pics with USAF on the tail or wings. When Wrench sees this thread, I'm sure he'll share the facts. Seems right up his alley. I've got the DAT P-38 and it comes with a nice basic silver skin. Got this from Joe Baugher's website; "With the end of the war, large numbers of Lightnings were scrapped. A few were sold off as surplus. Some of these were used for aerial surveys and some were flown in postwar National Air Races. There were still a few P-38Js and P-38Ls still around when the USAF was formed, and in June 1948 they were redesignated F-38J and F-38L. By 1949, all of these F-38s were out of service. Sources: Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913, Rene J. Francillon, Naval Institute Press, 1987 The P-38J-M Lockheed Lightning, Profile Publications, Le Roy Weber Profile Publications, Ltd, 1965. War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, Volume Four, William Green, Doubleday, 1964. Famous Fighters of the Second World War, William Green, Doubleday, 1967. The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion Books, 1987. Wings of the Weird and Wonderful, Captain Eric Brown, Airlife, 1985. United States Military Aircraft since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989.

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So I know we can set decals to random, but can it be done with skins? I was thinking, in the original WOV and in SF2V they include multiple skins for AI aircraft. If you dont make them flyable or have the mission editor, how would you ever see the skins that aren't listed first in the ini? Why even include other skins? You can't select them otherwise. Did I miss something, did the game randomly pick different skins for the MiG 17 and I didn't notice it? How would you even know there were other skins if you didn't mod the game?

That makes sense Cliff, thanks. Wrench I was referring to AI aircraft without cockpits in a stock game where you can't select skins without the mission editor. I've never done a stock campaign in Vietnam so I didn't notice if the game assigned different skins to different units flying the same aircraft types.

Its been my experience that if it hangs up that early in the loading process, it could by the cat file pointer or a missing ini in the terrain. usually other issues such as wrong min base size and the like happen after at least 30% loading. might be a good place to start by pointing to a different cat?

For those who don't have NA, does it come with the Avionics dll? Radar funcionality?

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Not quite what you're refering to but definitely try the newest Invader packs. Pressing the hook key brings up a neat bombsight.

VooDoo with a Genie, one and done!

Elephant its from the last version of Widesky. Flying in Iceland so I don't know if the latitude has anything to do with it. Here's the other side of the globe with clouds the way I like them.

Yeah. Oct 11 is very stable and I won't update my main install from that until another no issue patch comes along. Shame about the DLC, I'd like to support thirdwire more. Whenever I feel the need for a new plane, I just recheck the files archives here at Combat Ace. I always find something.

Wrench, to answer your question, YES. I like those clouds. I never really felt immersed with Sarcasm's current clouds. And I like immersion....

I am a "quiver" with anticipation for the what if skins this is sure to inspire! You hit a "bullseye" with this one.

Specificaly,how does the game know which squadrons fly which planes decal wise? For instance if I select an F-4B to fly and then select VA-37 Bulls as the squadron, the Phantom will have no tail art as the game "knows" the Bulls flew A-7s. If it's hardcoded and invisible, are there any instances where a squadron changes to a different aircraft type after a certain year? Is there a handy list anywhere?

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Funny Stary, but if the rest of the crew is as disinterested as the controller sounds, its highly possible! BTW is that flogger skin available anywhere?

OMG! Stary has exclusive shots of the new android game "angry fighters", for your tablet and phone. comming too soon. cause thats what it will look like...Actually, it has a simplistic,artsy quality that kind of makes it intriguing.

Yes, that makes sense.Wondering though,is there a list that the game references that I could reference as well? Something easier than referencing Wiki before I select a squadron before a mission.There are so many decals TK included, I wanted to make sure I try as many as I can so I don't always fly the same squadron.Its not something the game picks randomly, so its like a neat surprise to see the different tails when you pick different squadrons.Not so fun when you guess wrong and a particular attack squadron is flying A4s so your A6 has a blank tail. I guess Im bein kinda lazy lol! hopin some bored individual will post a list....ok the game has decals for F4s in these squadrons:..... A4s in these squadrons:.... etc.

This may be a touchy bag of beans I'm about to spill so first a little background.I have supported Thirdwire since 2004 and have purchased SF1,WOV,SF2E,SF2I and Expansion pack 2.I also bought Razbams entire SF collection so I have no problems paying for things I enjoy and spend so much time playing with. O.k. so I was wandering through the downloads here and I came across a Swedish vampire I assumed was for Pasco's old model which I have.I was tired when I installed it and didn't realize at the time that there were no LODs included.I fired up the game and there it was on the runway.Only it wasn't pascos model,it was thirdwires.Im not supposed to have that model as I dont have EXP1.So I then downloaded Spinner's fictional skyraider.Again, the plane showed up. I don't have SF2V.Same with a Spanish A-7B. Long story short, I found a variant of EVERY stock aircraft and they all show up in my game as long as I have the folder set up correctly with an ini and a skin. Better yet, for instance the A-7 I installed was returned back to USN service by manipulation of the decal ini.Meaning not only were the LODs available in a CAT somewhere but the decals for it too. I don't have SF2V and yet I have all the squadron decals. My install is a merged one with a patch level of Oct 11. Now I wonder if other patch levels are allowing this or its specific to Oct 11.Please support Thirdwire when you can but I felt I had to pass this along to this community. If this is unscrupulous in any way,Mods please delete this post and it will not be brought up again.

wouldn't surprise me if ships were in there, especially after NA era patches. I do know the meteor pit is available without EXP1 but the textures for it don't show up.Since LODs dont show up in the list when you open a CAT with the extractor, you can't tell until you try to play it.Probably just a random grab bag of goodies depending on what you have installed.

Well Im glad you enjoyed it....

I Shoulda been a pilot..... Whatever..Ok we've got 3 hours to goof off till they get back.Wanna grab a burger?

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hey guys, just read the A-3 was actually in Desert storm. I can find only one pic of a lo-vis whale from 89. In 88, thers a pic of an A-3 trapping next to other types which are all apinted typical lo vis, but the whale still has a subdued gull gray- sea gray finish. What is the official name for the scheme that followed the early 70s high vis(is that the right term?) and preceded the current lo vis (all markings gray shades scheme)?