Wrench

Done We now have a Screenshot Thread stickied! Enjoy my brothers! wrench kevin stein

you mean open the canopy? (also assuming the stock 3W ones...) no. no animation slots are left to assign. been there, done that

Happy Birthdays to Firehawkordy (who really has forgiven me for putting an Occupation Force SAM battery in his backyard on the SoCal map) and Fatman; whom we haven't seen for a while -another of our dedicated PropHeads ™ Gentlemen; congrats!! wrench kevin stein

experimentating with the new decal number block randomizer, while harrasing enemy aircraft over the Home Islands

also just noticed we're still missing the Mustang drop tanks ... there's the nodes called out, and fueltanktupe= in the data ini, they'e listed in the loadout ini, exist (the parts; bmp, ini) in objectdata001cat, and is listed in the weaponsdata ini. but a no-show on the bird using the old (and I do mean old!) ones, with the node commented out, makes them unjettisonable the WEP is COOL feature!!

It sure does work... Look at my OzMirages ... the NM skins start, and then switch to the camo example: 75 Squadron, NM: [TextureSet] Name=75 Sqdn (Silver) Nation=Australia Squadron=76 Squadron StartDefaultDate=1964 Specular=1.000000 Glossiness=0.500000 Reflection=0.600000 75 Squadron, Gray/Green camo: [TextureSet] Name=75 Sqdn Camo Nation=Australia Squadron=75 Squadron StartDefaultDate=1970 Specular=0.400000 Glossiness=0.400000 Reflection=0.000000 you pick 1969 to fly in, you get NM. YOu pick 1970, it's camo works a charm, as they say

sounds like we needs us the 'magic 8-ball'.

defense of The 'Canal, Sept, 1942

There's never been ANY other crew figures in either Betty (the 2 or 3) since its original release in 2004 .. no waist, topturret or tail gunner, no bombadier or navigator aft of the pilots. The 'figure' (ie: lod) for the tail gunner would have to have been built facing aft, like the USGunner or LuftGunner figures. Or, built into the aircrft lod itself. the issues with the physical placement (or pointing in this case) of the tail gun may be able to be tweeked with data ini edits to to the tailgunner station have it point more aft (but it sure as hell shoots correctly!) I screwed around with that for a long time on the G4M3 mod, before giving up. My personal opinion is, it's an issue internal to the lod. And without ArmorDave and Max files .... well..... btw, G4M2s didn't have waist or nose guns ... those came on the G4M3 Personally, I wouldn't even bother with it ... it shoots, and hits.

have you checked the terrain nations ini??? RCAF, I know for a fact is NOT on the LimitedNations list. RAF is, so the Brits should have no issues with loading things (drop tanks should show up, no matter what). Isn't 56 a bit early for the 9Bs??? Check the weapons data, exportation date wrench kevin stein

credit TK for the original CVW tag; I just painted stuff out! LOOKING GOOD BABEEE!!! wrench kevin stein

this should do it... positioning will be EXACTLY the same here's how it was done extract the decals. open image manulipator program in alpha channel paint Red Ripper crest black in the RGB channel, paint Red Ripper crest black save

ah, the GVG code. Can you getme a better close up? OTH, once the color is established, it's a farily easy job to "paint under the layer" (the alpha) and change the AA colors What SQTail number is it?

try this. see if it's the one you want it's 256x265, adjust decal size accordingly.

you just need to black eagle marking? s**t, that's a nothing bro!! gimme 10 minutes... wrench kevin stein

as for guns, just use the gun package that comes in Gunny's Pak. They're all there. Unless they used the AvHIstroy guns, and even then it's a simple conversion using TKs gun editor. Weapons conversion is bitch... you'll need to move each called for lod to their respective folders, open each lod with a hex editor to find the skin names (the **.bmp) the major PIA is decals conversion .... the simplest, easiets (and it DO entail a s**t-load of work), is copy ALL the aircraft folder -in their entirety!!!!- into the /Decals folder. Then, open each aircraft folder and delete everything in the folder EXCEPT the skin folder. Then, open the skin folder and delete everything EXCEPT the /D subfolder. this keeps the pathways intact in the decals ini. should take a couple hours, depending on how many aircraft you have. (and number of WW2 installs, and it'll need to be done for ALL of them) Terrain conversion to SF2 takes less than 30 seconds. See the KB for my tutorial wrench kevin stein

they almost look like the WW2 500 pounders; too fat for Mk82s (well, to my eyes) wrench kevin stein

they're already set up in the data inis, why would you need to fiddle with it? As for the Vindicator, you mean that craptastic stand-in I built some time ago? in fact, if you get one of my SBD packs (don't remember which one), I even added the correct # of rear MGs (to say nothing of corrected running/formation lights an all sorts of little tweeks

That's the Bridge of the Americas*, and the Port of Balboa, Panama If you look at the cruise ship VERRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYY closely, you can see my mom waving (she's made the Transit) *bridge 'liberated' from pureblue's Anatolia terrain -- the is just superb!!

recenter the CG???

They were green (???) from the Falklands, repainted yellow for Port of Miami (OTC Cuba), now repainted blue for Balboa, just like in the picture. Yah, I sure could use container stacks; both here and Coco Solo Any 3D guy want to take it on? wrench kevin stein

I'm ganna buzz that cruise ship, and fly under the bridge!!! (fubar: as per our conversation yesturday!!! )

as to Carlo's question on the Zippers ... yes, the data ini on the old mods will need editing, to add the 'node name sections' for the mid-wing and tip tanks. The tank skins will also have to be placed in the respective skin folders, and in some cases, be modified (read: repainted or rotated to fit) as the tanks seem to have been remapped as well data ini edits (snipped some stations for bevity. these are from my 104-ASA-M mod) [LeftWingtipStation2] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=4 StationGroupID=2 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=-3.539,-0.154,-0.263 AttachmentAngles=0.0,-2.0,-11.0 LoadLimit=650.0 AllowedWeaponClass=FT AttachmentType=NATO,USAF ModelNodeName= PylonMass= FuelTankName=Tank170_F104 <-- FuelTankNodeName=droptank_f-104_TL <-- [RightWingtipStation2] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=5 StationGroupID=2 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=3.539,-0.154,-0.263 AttachmentAngles=0.0,-2.0,11.0 LoadLimit=650.0 AllowedWeaponClass=FT AttachmentType=NATO,USAF ModelNodeName= PylonMass= FuelTankName=Tank170_F104 FuelTankNodeName=droptank_f-104_TR <--- --snip-- [LeftWingStation] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=10 StationGroupID=5 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=-1.883,0.400,-0.675 AttachmentAngles=0.0,-3.0,0.0 EjectVelocity=0.0,0.0,-2.0 LoadLimit=500 AllowedWeaponClass=FT,IRM AttachmentType=NATO,USAF ModelNodeName=pylon_left_inner PylonMass=72.58 PylonDragArea=0.02 FuelTankName=Tank195_F104 FuelTankNodeName=droptank_f-104_WL <--- [RightWingStation] SystemType=WEAPON_STATION StationID=11 StationGroupID=5 StationType=EXTERNAL AttachmentPosition=1.883,0.400,-0.675 AttachmentAngles=0.0,-3.0,0.0 EjectVelocity=0.0,0.0,-2.0 LoadLimit=500 AllowedWeaponClass=FT,IRM AttachmentType=NATO,USAF ModelNodeName=pylon_right_inner PylonMass=72.58 PylonDragArea=0.02 FuelTankName=Tank195_F104 FuelTankNodeName=droptank_f-104_WR <--- not the name changes to the tank lods wrench kevin stein

why not just 'film' it over Isreal, and call it Vietnam (just like any/all of the Iron Eagle movies)??? --- I must say, Baltika's post is one of the most conscise and well written one I've seen in a loooooooooooooooooooong time. As one of the 'terraformers' involved, I agree, the TOD fade makes it a bit more diffucult to locate/place those pesky terrain object buildings. You find a spot that looks clear, and all of a sudden, a building pops into existence. We WILL adapt, however. Like many old-time users, I've got them all, and well keep getting them. wrench kevin stein

"find and replace" RUULLZZZZ!!! (over)use it all the time! it's exactly the same issue we had when the 08 patch came out for 1stGens, too (well, some stuff 'sunk', whilst other stuff rose)