Wrench

what are your horizon settings, and do you have Fade turned on in the options.ini??

Those that notice such things, perhaps will have seen the 'grayed out' Nation or Service name on various and sundry loadout screens. This is caused by NOT using a 'insignia' decal on the aircraft. In other words, those with painted-on-the-skin insignia. There's a real quick and easy fix for that. Open up the decals ini of the aircraft in question, and copy/paste the text below into the decals ini, at the bottom. Where XXX is the next number in sequence.... [Decalxxx] MeshName=Left_Outer_Wing DecalLevel=0 DecalFacing=TOP FilenameFormat=Insignia Position=0,0 Scale=0.000001 DecalMaxLOD=3 save and close. It dosen't matter even if said aircraft dosen't have that exact mesh name; all that matters to the Game Engine™ is that it "sees" a Level=0 decal. The will 'reactivate' the national/service name on the loadout screen.

are you using the latest versions that Paulo released in 2010? Baffmeister (re)did some FM work. Still needs some tweeking, says so in Baff's readme. You can always try adding this to the data ini: [AIData] TakeOffRotationAngle=20.0 AileronDeltaRoll=1.2 AileronRollRate=-1.0 ElevatorDeltaPitch=1.0 ElevatorPitchRate=-0.1 ThrottleDeltaSpeed=0.05 ThrottleVelocity=-0.01 DeltaSpeedForAfterburner= DeltaSpeedForAirbrakes=-50 MaxPitchForAltitude=30.0 MinPitchForAltitude=-20.0 PitchForThrottle=0.005 PitchForAltitude=0.001 PitchForVerticalVelocity=-0.001 RollForHeading=15.0 RollForHeadingRate=-0.5 MinRollHeading=15.0 MaxRollForHeading=65.0 PitchForRoll=0.23 FormationSpeedForPosition=0.8 FormationSpeedForRate=0.5 worked (well, reduced at least) on the Corsairs and Thunderbolts...

Just the Avenger??? (I should also ask which version -- I have 3; -1, -1C, -3, not including the FAA Tarpon) What type of missions are you flying, and which map??? That can be quite important! Mission statements for the TBF-1, -1C should be: PrimaryRoles=ANTI_SHIP,STRIKE SecondaryRoles=ARMED_RECON,CAS,RECON TBM-3 PrimaryRoles=ANTI_SHIP,STRIKE SecondaryRoles=ARMED_RECON,CAS try this nations ini....it's got some changes back up the old one first (CYA baby!!) see how that works.

the SF2NA terrain is LOD-driven; no more TE. That terrain is build in MAX.

remember, the alpha channel acts like a 'hold-out matte', that blocks all but the image in the center... i've zoomed up the image, so you can see it little better.... (yes, that's Rose from Dr. Who). Now, when I did these these for the P-61, the actual size of the working image was huge .... 2048 or above, then resized down to 256 or so for the actualy decal (some were even larger, with 10+ layers) this is the nose art decal, with just the background image. you can see the white background this is JUST the alpha channel, without anything else and this is all 4 channels, RGB plus the alpha I picked a nose art to show, as they usually are oddly shaped, and multi-colored. I type in the lettering in black, then block it off with one of the marquee tools (usually the rectangular), then use the paint bucket on the lettering to change the colors. This is done BEFORE adding/creating the alpha, and any color other than black with change the opacity down and not show as 'bright' as it should be. To get the image centered, I cut the lettering/image out and then paste it back into the background layer. For some reason, PS automatically centers the image; then merge it down flat. Then, copy the background (with the image), create the new alpha, the paste the image into the alpha channel. But there's still more to do... For LRRH Herself, to keep her quite visible, no changes in opacity on the RGB layer are attempted ... we want her to shine!!!. After creating the alpha, I had to 'paint out' or remove any of the alpha INSIDE the figure (as can be see in the alpha-only image) - it's pure white, to allow her to come through in all her glory. The edges are painted using a 1 pixel hard round brush, following the outline of the body. Then, the interior gets painted out. It can take some time, but the end product is well worth it.

I'm assuming you have all the proper Bad Guys ™ installed for the time frame (I know, dumb question ... but...) I've never had that happen, all the way back to 2004, when we built the first WW2 installs. Have you tried this, on the SingleMission statement, in the Options.ini... StartYear=0 EndYear=0 That's what's in mine, and seems to work OK. I only have a PTO WW2 atm, so can't check the other theatres (btw, didn't notice this before, but MTO IS North Africa! Unless its' the DAT one)

JRL's video's are worth the watching!!

you WON'T be sorry!!

You mean the Gilbert XF-120???? try brake_R brake_L that's what I found

yes, it called "copy/paste", and "allow the Overwrite" So.... thusly... Unzipped, NF4+/Objects ---> copy/paste /Objects OVER the existing /SF2:E/Objects folder. When asked "Overwrite?" click the "Yes" box. it don't get any simpler than that! You'll do that for ALL the new addon folders, allowing the Overwrite each time.

actually, by fiddiling with the x/y/z of the cockpit position, on could even 'hide in plane sight' (as you can see, I'm not quite dialed in yet....)

no, it shouldn't do anything but remove it from sight in the cockpit. Do that, and look at the extrnal model. if the probe remains ... if not, it can be done by the HideExternalNode= line added to cockpit ini (unless, of course, that remove the Raz one -which it shouldn't with luck) or... in the Nose section: ShowFromCockpit=FALSE and the odds of us getting AFR are so close to Zero ™ that makes no difference

per target area, in theory, the max number is 999 objects listed. The game only recognizes 3-digits - XXX. Remember, too, that's 3 lines/entries for each target area object ... so if one creates a 999 object target area, that's 2997 individual lines/entries. Total target areas, also in theory, is 999. The most I've ever built has run into the 400s. As to populating, see my other post about the spawn/de-spawn of GroundObjects. Terrain objects (those from the terrain cats) are a completly different animal; they seem to be permanent fixtures well beyond the 50km Bubble ™. Hence, the reason I keep them to the minimum amount necessary (prefering to use custom TODs for cities), to hold processing cycles down, and (hopefully) keep framerates in mid-20s or above (you do know the human eye can only see 25 FPS?)

with very few exceptions (Col. Scotts fer isntance, USAFE) they're all Korean Era i think that missing tank might be a mass hallucination ... I don't ever remember seeing it!

on the physical map, or listed in the _types ini??. There IS a difference....................

I'd reccomend (yes, shameless plug!) my SF2 versions of the G T-Jet ... in fact there's 3 different 84s recently (well, last year/early this year) released for SF2 that should work pretty damn well in 08 levels (with minor tweeks) Also, if you d/l those, you'll see I used the Sabre drop tanks ... they're about the correct size and shape (see below)

might be in the 06 weapons pak ???

Oh! for the heady days of open cockpits and silk scarves!!! try canopy_front that's all I could find that seemed close

File Name: MiG-21UM Mongol by AmokFloo File Submitter: Wrench File Submitted: 12 February 2012 File Category: MiG-21 MiG-21Um "Mongol" by AmokFloo = For SF2, Any and All* = *Reccomended for Full-4 merged, as it references some decals from SF2:E and SF2:I* Fairly Complete SF2 package of the MiG-21UM "Mongol", with a collection of skins (well, those that I had ... feel free to add others!). 10 skins/decal sets are included in this package. Looking through the 1stGen downloads shows several more skins that can be easily added. You have these skins in this package: 4 Indian AF (24 Sq, 101 Sq, HAL, IAF Gray) 2 Czech 1 East German 2 Soviet (NM & Camo) 1 "Generic" overall Desert (tagged for EAF) A new "Userlist.ini" is included (may not be fully accurate, and changes/updates are welcomed!). Minor tweeks to data, loadout and avionics inis. The avionics ini now as a gun-rangine radar and an audio-only RWR. A new Hangar screen is also included. All lighting has been adjusted to fit the aircraft, however, a landing light was NOT added. It also references the 'MiGEngine.wav' from TMFs MiGs (not included) Decal randomization is set to true, for the most part. With a little luck, I got them all dialed in correctly!!! Feel free to make any/all adjustments and correction. Weapons, with the exception of the MG pod are NOT included, as they use all stock in-game items. The KV-1 seat is also included in the /Pilots folder. As always, fairly easy to follow, yet detailed install instructions are included. Please read them! Happy Landings! wrench kevin stein Click here to download this file