Wrench

well, that came out a LOT better than I'd hoped for!!! Had to make the red a lot darker so it wouldn't fade under the clouds layer and the texture set's settings

it would just be a mass of craters....

geary, can you point me to the original 21st FBW skins? (72nd FBS, with the red nose and with stars) Can't seem to find them want to try something... edit -- never mind! I found it. It was hiding in plane site (sort of)

fast and low over the German countryside

'struth!! LOL!!

it's a GH *something*. Maybe just plane 3.0. Yes, it's obviously a VN tile set -- the tile names give that away right off. you should have seen the original set -- even worse, just awfull!! the problem is, there exists NO tile set by anyone that can accurately represent the nightmare forests of the SoWePac*. I know this from first hand stories from relatives and people that were there during the war (my main auto instructor at school was Pappy Gunn's mechanic in PNG, and Joe told us of that horrid jungle, with all it's ills. My Dad was in the Philipines in 44/45) The only things that come close would be the MS CFS series, and even that ain't perfect! *or most anywhere for that matter -- take Spain/Portugal at one end of the Med, and Greece/Turkey at the other for examples; the Germany tiles can't represent that properly at all. The closest would be the Israel set, and even those aren't perfect. We make due with the "best we have" Part of my (over)reacting is I've had my work, -well let's just call it what it is- stolen/pirated/misused by "other parties". I put hundreds of hours into the research* to try and get it as close to Reality ™ as possible. Within the (very) confined limits of the game and terrain engines. So, yeah, I'm a bit overprotective. *hundreds of megs of period maps/charts -real ww2 stuff!

I don't want to take over the whole thing!!! After all, it was YOUR idea!!! tail is decals, unfortunately, I had to paint on the nose bands. The decals just stretched too oddly..

tgas work on everything! Gimme a day or 2 I can also whip out a 'gerneric' set that won't exactly match the skin mapping -- in seconds! (yes, extract and rename stock ones!!)

ok, that's better!!! if you want, Geary, I'll take care of the 50th FBW, you can do the others <gr>. I have to update the 461 FDS skin as well; forgot the dielectric panel on the fin top on the old skin! also corrected the color on the serials and buzz numbers -- now they'r the right blue

let me see what I can do do you want tga or dds, or both?

Then, you create them That's pretty obvious! In fact, I know some readme state "if the folder does not exist, simply create one" (of course, that assumes the mod creator actually wrote that INTO his readme!! Sometimes, it gets forgotten!)

please, do NOT fuck with my terrains btw, that tileset is a GreenHell, just don't remember which one. the 'holes' you describe are because I use custom made "specials"

THIS is a great idea! And Welcome to CombatAce! I know for modes Track While Scan Single Target Track Air Combat Mode (possibly "boresight") TV (optical scanner -- TV/IR guided weapons) also GM (in SF2, Ground Map - in sf1, was Ground_Map in detect system, types that I know of..off the top of my head Air_Intercept Nav/Attack *(may have been replaced wit the following..) Surface Attack Ranging (ala Sabre gun ranging radar) the visual blind and limited arc may be for the AI to use, but am not sure

not liking the nose stars at all!! trying to find a better way of doing them... 10th FBS

that's why you do them underneath the weathering (always the topmost layer) and the panels/rivets (somewhere in the middle). The actual skin surface is at the bottom. just look at the Ravenclaw templates for the Sabres I uploaded -- all the layers I added are under the lines.

one never just "blows up the skin" to the new size without repainting the stripes. It's just another layer. I've done it countless times making decals is nothing...getting them the right size is the trick (look to my F-89 Scorpion for an example) the books are available on pdf off the net, if one knows where to look.

and more importantly, information about you machine, system specs (ram, processor, graphic card & it's ram), and which terrains (one or all?) need MUCH more information before we can even begin to asses the issue

also important to realize, using FU-900 as an example, 2nd image, that paint job represents the wing commander's aircraft ONLY. As only he would have a ship with all 3 colors of the wing's squadrons. Each squadron is assigned it's own color. Finding out which is the real trick One can make are argument, based on the stars on the tail stripes (1st squadron, red, 2nd squadron yellow, 3rd squadron blue). This would fit with color markings carried over from WW2, as that same pattern was used Of each of the three squadrons ONLY the squadron commander carried the color on the fuselage band; all the rest carried them on the tail only. (sometimes the deputy squadron command had a fuse stripe as well, but I can't remember the pattern - full or partial?) as to the Euro camo, iirc (and may be stated in the readme) only used by one squadron as a experiment, and only for a short time. what you'll probably want to find are the Squadron Signal books " Fighting Colors: USAF in Europe 1948-1965" vols 1 & 2. (although 2 deals more with bombers and transports and such) what's sad is the painted on fues stripes really show the non-smoothing of model's meshes. Considering the lod's age -- that's not too (there are MUCH worse ones out there). It might best be done as a decal, set at either level 1 or level 2. If there's enough "space" remaining on the fues mesh as to which variant, yes indeed, mostly F models -- with all it's variations too

File Name: XvT/BoP Imperial Operation: Tatooine Patrol File Submitter: Wrench File Submitted: 06 February 2016 File Category: Star Wars Games XvT/BoP Imperial Operation: Tatooine Patrol 1/25/2016 For XvT =WITH= BoP addon (original CD) or the new GoG version This is the first of 20 full battles for Imperial players, covering the time frame from before the Battle of Yavin, to after the Fall of the Empire. In this set, you are a newly graduated pilot, and are assigned to the Tatooine Patrol Fleet, monitoring commerce to and from this desert planet. It's a very quiet duty, almost boring, with little action with the exception of the occasiional smuggler or other scoundrel violating Imperial Law. As has been said, "if there's a bright center to the universe, this place could be the farthest from it". But as always, things beyond your control are happening... These are to be used/placed into your ...Balance of Power/Combat folder. All missions have been edited for fairness & balance (hopefully!), due the the enhanced AI and weapons effectivness in XvT/BoP. All have new briefings and descriptions. I've added radio messages to act as "in game hints" and to further plot lines. Please pay attention to them, as some may save your life or your mission critcal craft. As always, =PLEASE= read the install instructions. Of course, the usual "Notes" and other nonesense. Wrench Kevin Stein original set for TFCD by Michael Raven, circa 2000 Click here to download this file

in particular, for the hot dog stand, represent grease/oil from the fryers and the dogs themselves exploding & burning. sort of a joke! nobody REALLY knows what goes into a hot dog (and really don't want to!!)

love it!! here's the types entry: [TargetType***] Name=Stand FullName=Hot Dog Stand ModelName=HotDog_Stand.lod TargetType=COMMAND_BUILDING ActiveYear=0 TargetValue=300 UseGroundObject=FALSE DamagePoint=100.0 ArmorValue=0.0 ArmorType=0 RepairRate=0 StartDetectChance=0 StartIdentifiedChance=0 IncreaseDetectChanceKey=0 MaxVisibleDist=2000.0 DamagedModel= DestroyedEffect=VeryLargeBombExplosionEffect DestroyedModel=fueltank2_destroyed.lod SecondaryChance=100 SecondaryEffect=LargeOilFireEffect Effect=SmokeStackEffect ExhaustOffset=0,0,3.0 you can change the FullName= to whatever you like attached is the lod, skin and ini origination is from Major Lee's DBS terrain circa 2004-ish??

parked aircraft are generated automatically by the game engine, based on the 'parking slots' set in the various airfield inis. How many show up is set in your /Options -> Graphics --> Ground Objects --> Unlimited (for the most showing) physical, "static aircraft", as listed in a _types and _targets ini have to be specifically built as such. The physical models (lods), and their skins all have to reside inside the terrain folder in question. There are very few of those. Off the top of my head, C-130, CH-47, a Mirage, F-16 and one or two others. Other than the equipment found in the airfield development packs, there isn't much else, that's usable Freeware they work on all terrains, because as mentioned above, they reside WITHIN the specific terrain folder. why they don't show up is most likely one of several things: listed improperly in _types.ini placement (X/Y) is "off" due to airfield facing inability of Mue's target editor to read or "see" certain objects -- this is a known issue that I've encountered, and reported it as such to Mue

you know, I've done that for other people, but this is the first time it's been done for me!! (don't forget to put a hot dog stand there, too!!) (mr. burns voice) Excellent!!