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the issue with the missing pilot in ALL the Fishbeds is well known and documented (there's even several posts about it in the Knowledge Base) What it comes down to, is TK changed some things between the 06 and 08 patches. Extract the 21MF's data ini from the Object.cat, and look at the positioning lines for the pilot. All the Fishbeds use the same position, so you'll need to fix ALL of them. not haveing a figure pointed to is a nothing thing ... that just means it uses the stock pilot figure. As to the Flogger issues, again, it's a pre-08 data ini, and is probably porked in 08. wrench kevin stein

ya know, ya only get 3 per week.... another way to guestimate, is using the aircraft light positions. As these are stated in the data ini (fore/aft, right/left, up/down) they make a decent starting point. With a 'known' given size of an aircraft (wingspan, lenght, height), it narrows things down a bit. The hardest part, is determining the mesh name to attach the decal too. Like FC said, similiar aircraft's decal inis, and if needed (and available) the OUT file for 3rd Party birds. If not, then it's into the Hex Editor. And THAT is a bit harder, having to guess at the mesh names. Fortunately, for stock 3rd Wire birds, TK's got them pretty much listing in existing decals inis. wrench kevin stein

I was going to suggest upgrading the shielding (either magnetic bottle field strength or physicaly adding more Impervium) around the plasma coils/plasma generator of the cloaking device.... or a larger Faraday cage? wrench kevin stein

the gun editor is the same for 06 AND 06 levels. only the weapons editor changed wrench kevin stein

Becasue it wasn't built for WoI. Each seperate game in the 1stGens either has something or lacks something from each other (although, WoE is the most flexible). A quick comparison chart... Things built for WoI are for WoI ONLY Things built for SF are for SF ONLY Things built for WoE are for WoE ONLY Things built for WoV are for WoV ONLY see the trend?? it keeps things nice and simple. wrench kevin stein

one needs to find out EXCACTLY where the light on the real aircrft are located, 'guestimate' said location on the LOD, test, adjust, test, adjust, ad infinitum. Having done it several hundred times, I should know (and not just landing light, all the running/formation, marker, beacons, etc) wrench kevin stein

look in the SF2 Knowledge Base ... I wrote a tutorial for the Zipper a coupla months or so back. Basically, it's the 1stGen F-104G, and all you really need from it is the cockpit folder, avionics ini and something that I forget; with that, you can make all the (now) AI F-104 (including the CF-104s in sf2E flyable) The aircraft (it's TKs from a free addon for SF), and its here at CA. IIRC, the link is in the tutorial And yes, it's still mapped the same, so all the old 1stGen skins will still work on it wrench kevin stein EDIT: link to KB post http://combatace.com/topic/57393-flyable-f-104s-for-sf2/ follow my instructions in there EXACTLY!! And don't forget to get BAtmam's hi-rez pit!

the readme is a pdf. called, strangely enough "ODS_README.pdf", so make sure you have adobe or some other pdf reader. Also, what you'll probably want to do, if you're going to be downloand any given number of mods, is simply create a NEW folder, somwhere at the root of C/ called "Downloads", and put all the stuff you download in there. On the flip side, you'll probably want to create another folder (also at the root of C/), called "Unzip", where you point you unzipper tool to place the decompressed files. Can't get much easier than that! then, you can unzip the files, and read the associated readmes to get the install instrucitons. wrench kevin stein

see above wrench kevin stein

with notepad you just start typing in the numbers, and "save as..." numbers.lst exmaple: just make sure it's in a veritcal column, like above (the lazy man's way, is to take an existing one, and just replace THOSE numbers with the one's you're using) wrench kevin stein

hell yes! I just did 115's Skyraider skins ... be cool to keep the historical progression intact! wrench kevin stein

about halfway down in this thread: http://combatace.com/topic/53913-canopy-operations/ your canopy animation ID will be listed in the /Pilot section of the aircraft's data ini wrench kevin stein

rolling radius needs some adjustment.... more pics please!!! wrench kevin stein

canopy, no problem wingfold, not possible ... all 10 animation slots are being used for other things on the aircraft (a detailed study of the A-6A data ini will confirm this). To say nothing of having to rebuild the wingstation mounting points, as if/when the statements for 'movingpylon' and 'rotatingpylon' are added, the weapons move in "odd" ways wrench kevin stein

fixed gunnery targets (albeit without damage textures and the like) have been on The Range Terrain from it's initial release. But, as they'r fixed, static Terrain Objects (don' think they're part of a TOD, but can't check without the TOD inis...), creating and assignging a damaged lod, destroyed lod would just be a matter of building one, and calling them out in the terrain's _types ini Modeling a towed banner would be an interesting excersize ... I wonder if it could be animated, like the terrain flags we have? They're blowing in the wind... wrench kevin stein

they just need converting to jpg; you can use irfanview, photoshop, paint.net, any good image manipulation program that'll do the conversion wrench kevin stein

And the recently re-released Himilaya map rebuild (originally by Major Lee) 80% mountains, 20% valley around Katmandu when I finally get Indo=Pak done ... lottsa nice mountains, too wrench kevin stein

File Name: 3rdW A-1J Skyraider, Skins and Ini Update Pak File Submitter: Wrench File Submitted: 22 August 2010 File Category: A-1 A-1J "Skyraider" Skin and Ini Update Pak -- For FULL-4 Merged SF2 (Prefered) and/or SF2:V =ONLY=!!! This package contains inis, full skin and decals sets, a few weapons and a complete cockpit, to make the stock AI-only A-1J "Skyraider" flyable. While the cockpit is not 100% correct (or, more truthfully, close), it does have all the gauges working as they would be in a propeller aircraft. Until such time a a proper AD-7/A-1J pit arrives, this WILL have to suffice. Ini edits include some enhanced AI statements, corrected ammo counts, fuel quantity, on-board countermeasures (chaff and flares for Vietnam era usage) the addition of the running/formation lights on the tail, a landing light, and a working canopy (use Shift/0 to open and close). Wingfold is NOT activated, due to odd movement and placement issues with the outer wing stores locations. At some point in the future, I'll try and get them dailed in properlly, so the wingfold will work and the weapons follow the wing. A new 300 gallon drop tank has also been included, as the LOD lacks the nodes for built-in drop tanks as seen on other SF2 aircraft (even though called out in the data ini, it just ain't there!). And just for extra added enjoyment, the "Special Weapon", as used by VA-25 is also included. Yup, the world (in)famous Toilet Bomb. A new SF2-style hangar screen, and a new loading screen are also included. All decals are new, with correct Modex, squadron codes and BuNums. It should be noted, that in Vietnam era squadrons (and possibly before) most Skyraider units used a mix of AD-6/7 (or A-1H/J after 1961), so these may not be fully historical, as the BuNums reflect only the one type (AD-6 or A-1H) per squadron. But the BuNums ARE 100% accurate for the models they indicate; and in the cases where photos or profile were available, the actual aircraft represented. Skins included in this set are: VA-25 "Fist of the Fleet", USS Coral Sea, 11/1966 VA-115 "Arabs", USS Kitty Hawk, 3/1966 VA-145 "Swordsmen",USS Intrepid 9/1967 VA-152 "Wild Aces", USS Oriskany, 8/1965 The new "A-1J.INI" has been edited to move these new skins to the top, and the original 3W "USNGray1" and "USAFCAmo1" to the bottom, making it easier to select the USN/USMC marked skins. As always, READ the enclosed readme for full, detailed instructions. This package has been broken down into the various folders that SF2 needs/requires, to make it a LOT easier to install. Good Hunting! Wrench Kevin Stein oppsy edit! I had H, when I meant J!!! Sorry! -w Click here to download this file

yeah, in the south near the Alps. Just look at the planning map .. it shows the mountains wrench kevin stein

are you using the right weapons editor?? For post-08 games, it requires the post-08 WepEditor Or, are you NOT able to open the editor? There's a LOT of threads on this very subject in the Knowledge Base... wrench kevin stein

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those are probably not player flyable. Only aircraft with cockpits (that are player flyable) will show in the selection drop-down box wrench kevin stein

one thing to remember about the new system ... SF2 does NOT like spaces in the names of the folder, inis, or even inside the ini.. Example: Toilet Bomb dosent work but, ToiletBomb does & in the main ini [WeaponData] ObjectFullName=Toilet Bomb ObjectDataFile=ToiletBomb_DATA.INI <--notice no spacing, just the _underline [LOD001] Filename=TB.LOD Distance=200 [shadow] CastShadow=TRUE ShadowCastDist=4000 MaxVisibleDistance=100 so, double check and make sure all the namings match wrench kevinstein

Off to lay some hurt on the Reds.... wrench kevin stein

File Name: 3rdW A-1H Skin and Ini Update Pak File Submitter: Wrench File Submitted: 22 August 2010 File Category: A-1 A-1H "Skyraider" Skin and Ini Update Pak -- For FULL-4 Merged SF2 (Prefered) and/or SF2:V =ONLY!!! -- This package contains inis, full skin and decals sets, a few weapons and a complete cockpit, to make the stock AI-only A-1H "Skyraider" flyable. While the cockpit is not 100% correct (or, more truthfully, close), it does have all the gauges working as they would be in a propeller aircraft. Until such time a a proper AD-6/7 (or A-1H/A-1J) pit arrives, this WILL have to suffice. Ini edits include some enhanced AI statements, corrected ammo counts, fuel quantity, on-board countermeasures (chaff and flares for Vietnam era usage) the addition of the running/formation lights on the tail, a landing light, and a working canopy (use Shift/0 to open and close). Wingfold is NOT activated, due to odd movement and placement issues with the outer wing stores locations. At some point in the future, I'll try and get them dailed in properlly, so the wingfold will work and the weapons follow the wing. A new 300 gallon drop tank has also been included, as the LOD lacks the nodes for built-in drop tanks as seen on other SF2 aircraft (even though called out in the data ini, it just ain't there!). A new SF2-style hangar screen, and an new loading screen are also included. Almost all decals are new, with correct Modex, squadron codes and BuNums. It should be noted, that in Vietnam era squadrons (and possibly before) most Skyraider units used a mix of AD-6/7 (or A-1H/J after 1961), so these may not be fully historical, as the BuNums reflect only the one type (AD-6 or A-1H) per squadron. But the BuNums ARE 100% accurate for the models they indicate; and in the cases where photos or profile were available, the actual aircraft represented. Skins included in this set are: VA-35 "Black Panthers",USS Saratoga, Med Cruise, 7/1958 (possibly during the Beirut Crisis) VA-85 "Black Falcons", USS Forrestal, 1962 (also possibly on a Med Cruise) VA-176 "Thunderbolts", USS Intrepid, Vietnam War (1st SEA cruise, before the famous "bee and lightning bolt" added) VMA-331 "Killer Bees", circa 1956-59, before transfering to Skyhawks. This one's for Gunny! The new "A-1H.ini" has been edited to move these new skins to the top, and the original 3W "USNGray1" and "USAFCAmo1" to the bottom, making it easier to select these USN/USMC marked skins. As always, READ the enclosed readme for full, detailed instructions. This package has been broken down into the various folders that SF2 needs/uses, to make it a LOT easier to install. Good Hunting! Wrench Kevin Stein Click here to download this file