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Isreal 2 Terrain Upgrade for WoI -- Version 2.5 This update/rebuild is designed to REPLACE the one I released in March, 2008. This is an extensive expansion of Gepard's "Isreal 2" full-scale map he made several years ago for Strike Fighters. What this will do, is allow its usage in WoI (or any of the other games, for that matter). There has also been a massive 'cleanup' of several of the additonal airfields as originally issued. I've removed, for the most part, all but one runway where there were mulitples. Several new items have been added to the types ini, allowing the 1948-1967 timeframe for Historical missions and Campaigns in the Middle East region. This IS the full terrain =complete with tiles, tods, hm bmps in short, everything needed to correct pre-patch errors, and is designed to replace to earlier version, dated March 2008. This is updated to the latest standards, post 8/28/08 patch for WoI and WoV/WoE. This build repairs the sinking into the terrain, odd elevations and other funny business. Those still using SF will not benefit from this upgrade, and will not get the game generated parked aircraft. It has been extensively upgraded, with new movement, targets and types ins. Water effects are active, so Vista users take note...more information for you is below in the Install Instructions. See "Notes for Vista Users" below. Contraindicated: post-patch, the water effects for Vista users seem to be working. It is reccomended (read: REQUIRED) that you have Pasko's SAMs and Vehicles Pak installed in your GroundObject folder; expecially the Desert skinned vehicles, plus any additional vehicles such as Kesselbrut's ZIL truck pak, Infantry paks, Moonjumper's fix for the BM-14-16 (adds working Kytusha rockets) and any other SAMS or AAA, vehicles or whatever strikes your fancy. The SAMs are pretty important, as there are several batteries that call out for the SA-3 specifically, and the stock in-game SA-2s along the "SAM Fence" at the Suez Canal (although, they should be outside the historical year range I've designed it for this; call it a "backdated map"). As such, this map should be usable in the timeframes of 1948-2050. Please note: the ground objects included in the March 2008 build are NOT included with this version. It is designed to use either the Bunyap or Mirage Factory Weapons Pak; some of the names for the IDF air defenses (ie: the HAWKs and their associated radars) and their 'arranements', are taken from Nick Bell's 'NATO Air Defense Mod'; these are the names used for the 2 HAWK radars. As stated above, it is =specifically= designed for use with Wings Over Isreal. It has -also- been tested in SF, WoE and WoV, but to have the proper feel, use it in WoI only. Remember: this terrain IS designed with the 1948-1966 timeframe in mind; although there ARE many target areas still active for later years (ie: Canal SAM Fence, possibly the Cyprus airfields), but the WoI IsraelME terrain works best for 1967 and later years. As it was designed to. As always, there's an extensive, highly detailed readme with step-by-step instructions. You all should know what to do by this point. A (hopefully) full listing of contributors is in the readme...with my thanks for all their help. Happy Landings!!! Wrench kevin stein -
SF2 TORNADO AMI
Wrench replied to dsawan's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
Same for me (except for the HUD stuff). No external oddities right out of the box, other than the rolling radius needs some tweeking on the nose gear (ALL 1st Gen aircrft need them adjusted for NextGens), and the Sidewinder mountings are off a bit (rails are 'flipped' -- right is outboard, left is inboard, missiles are both inboard) Screenie, with "the frightening Mt. Etna" (to quote Jules Verne/Rick Wakeman), in the background. Note the nose is still there! wrench kevin stein -
Help for a new modder
Wrench replied to Shoot2maim's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - Mods/Skinning Discussion
in the "Things You Need To Update" Thread in the KB, in releation to the 08 patch, the BunyPak should be mentioned. Basiclly, you just open any weapon with the 08 editor, save it, and it'll rebuild the weapondata.ini and weapondata.dat to the 'newer' standard. Mind you, it WON'T have all the new paramaters usable, as each individual weapon will need some editing to bring them up fully to date, but it WILL make the usable. wrench kevin stein -
SAM, bam, thank you ma'am!
Wrench replied to harryleith's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
We've had SA-3/7/8/9/14 since around 2003. FastCargo gave us SA-5s in 07 (irrc). SA-6 has been stock in the game since WoE/WoI was released... There's never really been a problem with not having enough Red SAMs ... it's the Blue side that's always a little lacking. What with only HAWKs, Chapparells, Stingers and the occasional NIKE. This thread might be of some interest, albeit not updated for a year or so... check out the 4th post down, it's GroundObjects http://combatace.com/topic/21870-the-mods-thread-a-listing-of-whats-available/ wrench kevin stein -
Is the A.I. cheating when dogfighting ?
Wrench replied to a topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Yes, they do. Always have, always will. nature of the beast wrench kevin stein -
SF2 TORNADO AMI
Wrench replied to dsawan's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
i was gonna say Godzilla, but it being Italian, maybe the Ymir got hungry after beating up that elephant?? This only problem I've had with it is missing HUD bits (along with almost all other modern aircraft.) seems to be a referencing issue in the avionics ini, fixed by using bits and bobs from the stokc F-15/F-16s Perhaps something to do with the 'moved' compentents in the data ini???? wrench kevin stein -
How to remove door window frames in cockpit view - UH-1H?
Wrench replied to Kulbit80's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
the cockpit OUT file, if available, should help ID those nodes, then you can use the 'move' statements to drop them out of sight. Be adivsed, there is the possibiliy to leaving odd holes when looking out of the cockpit wrench kevin stein -
A-6E USMC
Wrench replied to allenjb42's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - File Announcements
switch canopy operations to a manual animation key. that'll close it and the boarding step wrench kevin stein -
SF2 Screenshot Thread
Wrench replied to Stary's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
judging by the position of the lighthouse, the fishing boats, and the large shed, I'll say Palermo Glad you're enjoying it, Spinners! It's soooooooo much more accuarate now, than my other versions wrench kevin stein -
rebel_ryder BRDM SA-9
Wrench replied to EricJ's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - File Announcements
I take it this is for SF2???? if so, I'll try and get one of the Admins to move it to the right spot! wrench kevin stein -
Gun depression?
Wrench replied to xclusiv8's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
I've been waiting for someone to make a comment about drooping gun barrels.... afaik, gun depressoin, in the game as real life , is measure in Mils. What exactly those are, I've never learned. Degrees of arc? anyway, here's the section from the F-4E_78's cockpit ini that speaks to it: [GunsightFront] HasGunsight=TRUE GunsightMilSize=50 GunsightName=F-4e_sight.tga GunsightRollTabsName=F-4e_rolltabs.tga GunsightRangeBarName=F-4e_rangebar.tga RangeBarOrientation=6TO12 RangeBarHasGunRange=TRUE RangeBarUseWeaponRange=FALSE RangeBarMax=6096.0 RangeBarMin=914.4 RangeBarMaxGun=2032.1 a colored rangebar on thegunsight, it 'flows around the reticle RangeBarMinGun=304.8 LeadComputing=TRUE MinLeadRange=300 <-- MaxLeadRange=1300<-- DefaultLeadRange=500 <-- these 3 speak to gunsight lead, probably in meters MaxDepression=245 <-- drop down for better sight picture when bombing DefaultDepression=50 <--gunsight more or less center on bullet stream rule of thumb: when enemy a/c's wingspan fills the reticle side-to-side, SHOOT!!! No real difference from WW2 stuff. (well, bombers WILL be bigger than fighters, obviously! <gr>) hope that helps! wrench kevin stein -
Next Major Update...
Wrench replied to Slartibartfast's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
I guess I can say that Korea is proceeding apace; Stary is going to re-do ALL 4 seasons tile sets (they'll look more theatre appropriate, and just plane better. Several months away still. We'll shoot for an Octember release, just for you Slarti! After I get finished with that, it's finally back to the Indo-Pak mod. It's been so long, i've completly forgotten where I left off.... to say nothing of Panama/Central America. Don't know if I'll ever get back to Morocco/Western North Africa for Torch (includes parts of Protugal, Spain -have to Gib!-, etc).... EDIT: oppsy, totally forgot about the Iran/Iraq rebuild, too. Maybe next year... wrench kevin stein -
1948 War for Independence/1956 Suez Crisis
Wrench replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - File Announcements
The dreaded "readme" ... contains all the info necessary, reproduced here to save d/l time! wrench kevin stein -
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Lybia Terrain; Updates, Fixes and Clean-Up For SF2 Series (& SF/Wo*, too!) What started out as a simple, quick "Limited Nations" fix, turned into a semi-major overhaul. This includes some retiling, and some fairly major targeting fixes. It has NOT been completly rebuilt; there might still be a few cities in Libya that might need re-working, but I just didn't want to futz around with them. Also, several of the NATO side targets have been vastly improved upon and expanded. Since I totally lost track of WHAT I added, I've chosen to re-release this as a FULL terrain. It is designed to replace any and all other originals or mods, as everything has been incoporated to this version, plus some additiional stuff and thingys, including some GroundObject tweeks. As stated above, this is the FULL terrain, with all internal objects needed. You simply need to unzip and install. This terrain mod, while designed for SF2 merged installs, is easily back-dated for use in all 1st Gen SF/SFG/Wo* game installs at the 08 Patch Level. You'll just need to change the shader statments; instructions are below. Information on the GroundObjects are in the "Notes" section. Also added are several new tiles, updating of some other tiles (to make them fit and look better), and LOTS of custom TODs for buildings and trees and such. For those that expect them, the 'Easter Eggs' on this terrian a the same as before, with the addition of a new billboard or 2..... It is also reccomened you have the Pasko's Ground Objects, Kesselbrut's Vehicles Pak, Fast Cargo's SA-5s; in short any and all add-on SAMs, AAA, vehicles, ships, and whatnot from any and all other terrain mods. They are NOT all included. See "Notes" below for information about Stock & 3rd Party Ships. However, some modified data inis for stock and 3rd party AAA units are included, as they are now networked to a search/track/fire control radar. Be advised, however, of the use of the "LimitedNations=TRUE" statement, thereby limiting WHO gets to play in this sandbox. It is ALSO highly reccomended you READ this entire document through before installing this mod. If you don't, you're SURE to run into problems. And then, we WILL clown on you. Good Hunting! Wrench kevin stein -
HMS Belfast?
Wrench replied to warthog64's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
Ok, scouring the archives (meaning the pile of CD and one of the externals), the Belfast came inside the original EAW Euro WW2 terrain. I still don't know who built it, but it looks more and more like it might be Hinchbrooke. I doubt the original terrain (from 2005) is still availabe here; I know the small ugrade I uploaded dosn't have it, but maybe Avsim might. Although that's kinda doubtfull. Then, you'd just need to assemble the parts into a new GO folder, update the main ini to latest standards, upgrade the data ini to include gunners and the 6 inch gun (although I'm pretty sure only 1 turret moves), and off you go wrench kevin stein -
Gepard's Formosa Strait visual update
Wrench replied to Stary's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
I have a complaint ... My FPS won't drop below 60. No matter how much 'stuff' is in the air/ground/ocean. Is there a tweek for that??? The 512x tiles are BIG help in upping FPS, methinks. Seem to render them faster, at least on this rig. Although I did catch some water creeping up the shoreline mountains on the east/central coast of Formosa... wrench kevin stein -
SF2 Series Range
Wrench replied to JSF_Aggie's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - File Announcements
To be able to use ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, at ANY TIME, one must have a full-4 merged install. Otherwise, you're trapped with the StartService/EndService dates of the Vietnam War. Not a good idea to go messing around with those in the various aircrft's data inis. like JSF said, I've been flying it as far back as 1950 with Mustangs, etc, with no problems. wrench kevin stein -
J-10A final version
Wrench replied to Svetlin's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - Mods/Skinning Discussion
Save you the trouble ... it Dosen't! The airbrakes work, due to their vitural nature (ie: existing only in the data ini), but the drag rudders don't move unless you're yawing the aircraft. wrench kevin stein -
HMS Belfast?
Wrench replied to warthog64's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - General Discussion
One's been available for years ... the lod is dated 2005. Unfortunately, as I can't locate a readme for it, and until such time a determination is made as to WHO made it (meaning: Hinch, DAT, Geo???) uploading is not an option. I'd more suspect Hinchbrook or Geo, as it uses 3 skin maps, and the 'pattern' is very similiar to other WW2 items they've done. (judging by the lack of guns and gunners in the data ini -dated 2007-, I'd go with Hinch first, simply because it's so old. We've learned a LOT since then! No slight to either Hinch or Geo is meant that statement) wrench kevin stein -
Strike Fighters 2 Israel Exp 1 Menus + Music
Wrench replied to Spectre8750's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - File Announcements
Whoopss!!! Wrong Forum. I'll see if I can't get one of the Admins to move this thread, and file, into the SF2 section wrench kevin stein -
Libya - Ver 3.75
Wrench replied to Wrench's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - File Announcements
People! Found a small typo in the Libya_Nation.ini Algeria reads like this: EnemyNationpp5=Algeria when it should read as: EnemyNation005=Algeria Please make the correction in you Libya_Nations.ini!!! sorry about that!! wrench kevin stein -
SF-2I after expansion and patch problem
Wrench replied to X RAY's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
well, using Libya as an example... in the main ini, you need to add this line: Then in the Nation.ini (again, using Libya for the example...) List the Friendly and Enema nations... (I accitendly left off things, like Spain and SpanishNavy, since this theatre is a bit farther east and found a typo!!! Algeria should be005, NOT pp5!!) The VietnamSEA already HAS a limited nations statemen in the VietnamSEA.ini, and the 'allowed nations' listed in the VietnamSEA_Nations.ini Why IDF/AF birds are showing up in SEA, I don't know .. they SHOULDN'T!!! For GermanyCE, the list seems a bit shorter... and it's set to TRUE. Again, why they're showing up is just plane wrong. Mabye a mention to TK??? When I was testing Libya, I had no problems with 'odd-ball' nations showing up in SingleMissions; just the ones I'd listed. Same with Israel, I've not seen any 'theatre inappropriate' nations showing up. This IS an odd one!! wrench kevin stein -
J-10A final version
Wrench replied to Svetlin's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - Mods/Skinning Discussion
so, things like SecondaryInputName=AIRBRAKES_TOGGLE on, for example, the F-79 flying wing where I want the 4 drag rudders to 'pop' out as airbrakes can't/won't work with out that having been set in MAX to start with?? wrench kevin stein -
SF-2I after expansion and patch problem
Wrench replied to X RAY's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
LimitedNations=TRUE for the various and sundry terrains, then list said nations in each terrain's _Nations.ini (you think that's bad????? I had Cuban Daks parked all over the Lybian airfields!!!) I think the major problem with the C-47 is that everyone and their brother-in-law has used them at one time or another! Not to insult Donald Douglas (as I'm sitting a mile east of where the first one was built), but they're like airborne cockroachs!! They're everywhere!!! Worse than eels!!! just look at the users list!! It also needs a Natural Metal skin BADLY!!!! wrench kevin stein -
J-10A final version
Wrench replied to Svetlin's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 1 Series - Mods/Skinning Discussion
Prolly needs the 3d guy to rework the animations in MAX for the control surfaces, and then rebuild the data ini to match (or so says my best guess!! <grin>) Dosen't the Hornet also used droopy ailerons for flaps? wrench kevin stein