Wrench

3rd party terrain needs something called the *terrain-name*_water.bmp. There should be some in the downloads section, although I disremember where exactly. There does, however seem to be some kind of 'glitch', as I read somwheres, about adding ships via the new mission editor. DA -- prolly because somebody forgot to add shipping routes? It's an easy fix!!! (see: Elric, 'The Ship That Sails Over Land and Sea)

(I know this is after the fact...) why not just extract the Borts needed, and drop them in the /Polish/D subfolder? That way you get which ones you want regardless. As long as the numbers.lst has them AND...you can use the new randomizer function in the textureset.ini

Developed by FastCargo.... what the 'fake pilot' method is, in essence, adding an invisible pilot figure at the 0/0 coordinate of the model, and useing whatever the item-to-be-attached is as the pilot's seat. As such, it can be placed anywhere on the aircraft, and depending on the LOD, used for many purposes Several uses come to mind ... the weapons pylons on my "What If" F-79 Manta flying wing fighter (really the Horton), the aformentioned P-38M, early user-made variants of the MiG-17P/PF/PFU, MiG-19P/PM (this is before we got real ones in SF2); all sorts of things. How it works is something like this: you add the {SystemName}***= to the aircraft component (as defined in the data ini...this is rather simplified from the Manta: [Fuselage] ModelNodeName=Fuselage SystemName[001]=LeftEngine SystemName[002]=RightEngine SystemName[003]=Pilot SystemName[004]=FuselageFuelCell SystemName[005]=NoseGear SystemName[006]=LeftMainGear SystemName[007]=RightMainGear SystemName[008]=LandingLight SystemName[009]=F7Pylons1 SystemName[010]=F7Pylons2 SystemName[011]=Canopy then, add the 'pilot and seat' to the cockpit section that declares the crew //leftside// [F7Pylons1] SystemType=PILOT_COCKPIT PilotModelName=FakePilot Position=0,0,0 SeatModelName=F-79pylon SeatPosition=-2.375,1.11,-0.05 SeatID=2 ///rightside// [F7Pylons2] SystemType=PILOT_COCKPIT PilotModelName=FakePilot Position=0,0,0 SeatModelName=F-79pylon SeatPosition=2.375,1.11,-0.05 SeatID=3 In this case, I needed 2 new "pilots" with 2 new "seats". You can see in the screen below, the 2 pylons YOu can place the "seat" pretty much anwhere you want to. One of the downsides, is it WILL be visible from the cockpt with the "no cockpit" view, as the game may think it's a weapon of some sort, or other external aircraft component.

out looking for trouble....

we don't have a fingers crossed smilie, but MY fingers are crossed!! Here's hoping!

Gents, if you HAVE workable fixes, PLEASE post them in the Tips/Tweeks/Tricks thread!! Even down to individual aircraft, if possible (and I know it's a hellava lot work!!) If you think He111s are bad, try B-17/24/29!!! wrench kevin stein

Yes, it'd need to be in lod format, either colored via material or with a skin bmp. Then, it's a fairly easy matter to attach via the fake pilot method. The same thing was done for me by one of the 3d guys for the P-38M NightLightning, to add the 2nd cockpit and radar pod under the nose. wrench kevin stein

now, we just have to wait for Jim to show up and tell us, one way or the other..... Thank you Gentlemen! wrench kevin stein

Ask the Head Terraformer, for he knows damn near all.... no so much the s**tty ww2 libya, but how about the Tunisia map rebuild -- I'd HIGHLY suggest that (yes, shameless plug) http://combatace.com/files/file/10465-ww2-tunisiawestern-med-update-pak/

They still do! Just like truck or ground attack routes The routes also must be defined to run between 'end points' (for lack of a better term) on the same side. (Blue to Blue, REd to Red) *GA routes must run opposite -friendly to enemy-* Obviously, they also need an ocean or a sea to transit on. OTH, large interconnected lakes work as well too (read: US/Canada Great Lakes) You can even limit WHICH side gets to fly them. Example: enemy forces occuping colorado/wyoming/nebraska/kansas can run A-S missions against friendly forces in michigan/illionis/wisconson (sp?)/candae, while friendly forces can't (due to lack of large water featrues) That's set in the AllowedMissionTypes statement in the terrain's main ini (see: VietnamSEA.ini) wrench kevin stein

well, what with the fact that TKs locked the lods away as of the 5/11 update, and given the fact ALL the Migs/Su/IL/Tu etc are designed for AI use only (WE made the flyable --nobody else-- and they weren't meant to be) They were meant to be targets, just as plane and simple as that. The only one that can fix TKs Migs is TK hisself. What with all the other things on his plate, I wouldn't be holding my breath. Again, someone can always take on the task of modeling completly NEW aircraft .... not that that's likely to happen. As mentioned above, all the existing skins go right in circular file. Enjoy them for what they are. OTH, a LOT of detail can be added to existing skins, as the mapping IS pretty well known, either by directly painting or via decals. You'll find the interior of the speed brakes on the _BODY.bmp. Time to break out you image manulipator program and give it wack!! wrench kevin stein

those are GREAT skins Nigel!! Now, we just need a better ww2 Euro map for them to play on!

in the /Controls folder, you'll find a "Default.ini" . That contains all the control/keystroke setting. To move it, is a simply copy/paste to whichever mods folder you'd like (works the same for both 1st and NextGens) wrench kevin stein

just to let you all know, I'm working on a package of destroyed models for a good number of the WW2 birds. They won't be perfect, but you'll have burning, smoking wrecks scattered around. Expect it, and it's HIGHLY detailed you-damn-well-better-read-it readme in a few days. wrench kevin stein

File Name: 3W P-51D, 72nd FS, WW2 PTO File Submitter: Wrench File Submitted: 06 June 2011 File Category: P-51 P-51D Mustang, 72nd Fighter Squadron, WW2 PTO -- For SF2, Full-4 Merged (Prefered), and/or SF2I -both w/ExpansionPak 1 -- (it can be used in any SF2 install that has the access to the stock P-51D) NOTE: you =MUST= have, at minimum, SF2:I Expansion Pak 1, and/or with a full-4 merged w/Exp1 installed. If you don't have these, don't bother downloading this package. Skin represents aircraft of the 72nd FS, 21st FG as based at Ie Shima, Okinawa during mid-1945 through wars end. Included is the most recent data ini (5/11), with the addition of corrected lights (running, formation, landing) and a opening canopy. Use shift/0 to open and close. More importantly, the weapons data for the stock 3rd Wire Mustang drop tank -NOW WORKING!!- For some reason, when NOT in the weapons folder, it wouldn't work. Please note, if you wish to have the tanks on other Mustangs in other installs mod folders (ie: IDF Mustangs, Central American or even post-War USAF), you'll need to use the supplied loadout ini. Drop it into the aircraft folder of the bird lacking tanks. The WW2 era pilot is not supplied; you should have him already in you WW2 game install. As always, READ the enclosed readme for full, detailed instructions. This package has been broken down into the various folders that SF2 needs, to make it a LOT easier to install (read: drag and drop). Good Hunting! wrench kevin stein Click here to download this file

most assuredly ... and major retiling.

Here's one for the plane-jane Ki-61 Tony by the DAT. Just for the 'basic' Tony, with 4 mgs (NOT the other mods available other types) Can easily be adapted for the others with simple edits Based on Charles' work . Still needs some fine tuning ... feels like the tail is stalling before the wings, but will give a good starting point

a newer or even 'close enough' 190 pit is DESPERATELY desired!! (even though I'm more of a PTO-kinda guy -- done plenty of Butcher Bird mods!!!)

just for fun (reusing old decals) ... IJN transport over New Guinea

in the games /Options (off the main title page), open the Graphics tab, and trun OFF Lens flare. just as an experiment to see if it goes away. You haven't added any envriomental mods by chance, and it started after that??? wrench kevin stein

http://combatace.com/topic/12099-basic-ini-editing-weapon-stations/ that'll get you basic information. but it's a lot more than simply changing/adding the weapons types ... there's targeting avionics to consider as well ... are they LGBS? EO bombs/missiles??? Do you need a TV display?? Things to consider. They were probably NOT added to the mod for a reason

for the natural metal version... one words solves it: decals. for the green, you'd need the template. edit: somebody hasn't looked at either their userlist or the nation selection dropdown. Sweden's already there

following recent discussions of 1stGen aircraft conversion to SF2, with respect to DAT WoA, the cockpit/external model canopy framing seems to be the biggest issue (aside from the expected FM issues) So, here's what I had in mind ... when building new aircraft for WW2, cut the fuseleage into several different meshes. As seen below in the screenie. Now, many aircraft HAVE seperate meshes for the nose, fuselage and tail. What I propose is simply cutting an additional mesh around the cockpit section, calling it in the data ini, so it can be removed via the ShowFromCockpit=FALSE line. Along those same lines, as iirc, boostjunky has been experimentatin with, calling the front frame/windscreen/whatever-it's-called in the cockpit ini, and removing it that way. The drawback of that is not having an OUT for some aircraft, thereby forcing one to use a hexeditor (which ain't all that hard, really) to discover the mesh names Having a seperate mid/forward fueselage mesh should make the edit farily easy, and shouldn't effect anything in the FM. Somewhat similiar to what GregoryP was doing with the AvHistory FM -- calling out all the varying parts of the aricraft Thoughts? wrench kevin stein (btw, just used Russo's Jug as an example -- the hide node in the cockpit ini trick works pretty damn good on this one!)