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Same color issues in Photoshop too, as the 'export as bmp', comes out in Index, not RGB. The only other suggestion would be to pull the _HM.bmps from ther germanyce cat, and paint them all black, and drop them into (and leave them!) in the Anatolia terrain folder*. That makes them 'flat' and hard, so things don' t tend to sink into the ground. Also setting the HeightMapScale= to 2.0000 helps a lot. We ran into a LOT of these issues with pre-08 maps when the patches came out, and these are some of best fixes we could find. I had to do that for several maps, some using the Desert set, some the Vietnam set. It seems to work fairly well!! All the sea/land tiles SHOULD have a HM listing in the terrain's data ini: I'd start checking the terrain data ini, and your cat pointer line (although THAT shouldn't effect anything!!) I know the TE, when it 'generates' the _data.ini, DOSEN'T use all the data for each of tiles; especially for the Solid & Alpha objects, so I use a 'stock one', freshly extracted, and if I've added custom tiles, stick them at the bottom of the listing -and make sure the Texturelist.ini matches EXACTLY!!! Or weird s**t happens!! (and I DO know my weird s**t!! ) wrench kevin stein *=you'll notice they're in a LOT of my recent map mods/upgrades/fixes and whatnot!

Ok Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fix For the Missing Loadouts .... meaning NOTHING shows up on the in-game loadout screen- is the simple fact the reference line for the loadout ini is missing (!!) from the F-4E_2020.ini. Open it in you text editor of choice, and add the following line: LoadoutFile=F-4E_2020_LOADOUT.ini making sure it case sensitive, for use in SF2 (ie: NextGen Series) With many thanks to PureBlue for finding this!! Wrench kevin stein

Yah, I couldn't get anything to load either....and NEVER looked into the main ini!!! What a n00b mistake!!!!! Damn, don't I feel dumb!!! Some expert I turned out to be!!! PB, righteous call!!! we can clown on Dave for forgetting that!!! Sundowners skins are amazing ... if I had 1/10 his skills... well, you know the rest wrench kevin stein EDIT: release announcement edited to contain the needed fix

Yup, what Storm said. Nationalized aircraft should ALWAYS have the exported= set to FALSE, even if untrue in the Real World ™ (example: RAAF Sabres eventually wound up in Malaya, etc, but my 'nationalized' versions have specifice start/end dates, with NO exportation) This forces a narrowed "window of operations" for the specific country of use. S0, when they hit their expiration date, they get removed from the shelves, so to speak wrench kevin stein

stupid time-warner cable...lost the connection when posting the reply *&^%$#@! ok, did you actually CREATE new nationalized weapons for Turkey?? Meaning, in teh WepEd, "create copy of weapon", then edit it to fit. Changing the NationName= to Turkey, and AttachmentType= to WP?? (unfortunately, this also gives eh Soviet Air Force access to our late model Sidwinders and Sparrows....) Just like in the old BunyPak, that's how it would have to be done. Now, I'd have to look and see how the old -06 leve does it, but you SHOULD be able to load FRIENDLY weapons on ENEMY aircraft (example: WoI Arab Hunters, carry UK bombs/rocket pods.) The EXPORTED box would probably need to be checked (ie: Exported=YES) I've got ONE 06 level modern install left, (all ww2 are 06, everything else is 08!) and can see what's happening. The problem MAY be releated to the Nations ini, changing Turkey to enemy, but it shouldn't make too much of a difference. wrench kevin stein

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sssswwwwwweeeeetttt!!! Like 617 WOULDN'T have gotten them!!! looking forward to it! wrench kevin stein

it works hellacool, once you get the hang of it. I REALLY do like the "things in seperate folders" structure, makes for a MUCH cleaner, easier to manage install. My AT-6G mod uses it for the DF blade antenna and pitot tube ... works damn good!! Mike, I really dislike the decals thing too, but it only DOES take a few seconds to remove the /D from the pathway, and create the folder. Wish I know just WHY TK wanted it that way!! Now, if I could just get framerates that are BETTER than the Classic Series ™ .... sigh.... wrench kevin stein

oopppsss...forgot to attach this to the previous message. Turkish flag for your airbases, army camps, amusement parks, naval bases, shopping malls, etc. Types ini listing included wrench kevin stein

One can expect that the moment a new, very cool aircraft arrives, Spinners will find a way to "Anglicize" (sp??) it. Well, hell, ANY airplane that catches his fancy!!! but you know what?? I LIKE IT!!!!! wrench kevin stein

Be carefull with those too close to the sea!!! I had some issues with some airfields like that in SoCal - runways would dispapear like they hadn't been flattened ... wound up using repainted HM_bmps for all the sea/land transition tiles. Of course, it may be different with a WoE based terrain, built in the late-model TE, as opposed to the early Desert version... I also see the 'grassfield' that I 'borrowed' from Gepard is making a reappearence!! Don't forget the transition tiles .. grassfield25/50/75. I think I repainted them for the Indo-Pak mod, so they fit together better (the 75 was wonky in the upper right, and lower left corners) Of course, a MYRIAD of other grassfeild tend to be needed as well....hate making tiles!!! wrench kevin stein

Good to see you back at it, Ed!!! wrench kevin stein

I would assume, one would need to transfer over the cockpit folder (and all the little bits therein), avionics and cockpit ini to the SuperBug, then double check the F/A-18F.ini to make sure the pointers are correct. Haven't done it myself, so I'm just guessing mind you! wrench kevin stein

I'll do better than that, I'll upload all the inis, as I've activated the GM radar (albeit with the ww2 bomber pit -that don't have a scope ...maybe I'll test some other pits to what works better.....), adjusted/tweeked some loadouts (trying to give Silverbolt his paras!) and some other small changes. I'd considered adding a dull red light to the cargo compartment, for the night drops ... but changed my mind Want to repaint the fuselage, and switch over the painted-on star for a decal, clean up a few lines -- I REALLY want to do something with the MATS tag & Flag on the tail...some experimentation IS required! wrench kevin stein

hmmmm.... Yeup, you're right! I forgot to include that step!!! ADDENDUM to the Above Install Instructions: "Take the Mig19_avionics.ini, and toss a copy into each folder you want to activate the audio-RWR. It's reccomended for the MiG-17F and MiG-19S only, as I could find no data if the MiG-17 Fresco-A had any type of warning device" Ok, 1 oppsy and 1 almost oopsy (the range counter) wrench kevin stein

Which city TODs are those?? Those are GREAT!!! There's a new 'army base' layout in the Modern Darwin map ... totally rebuild, it's centered now with the 0,0 point ACTUALLY at the 0,0 point. Feel free to use it's layout. If you need any country flags, iirc, there's a Greece one in Libya, and I can whip out the Turkish one in like 2 minutes... position offsets can be found for the varying airfields in most of my terrain mods. For the Stock ones or just ask .. I've got them plotted in a text file around here somwheres....; for Gepards you'll have to figure those out yourself! EDIT: and don't forget all those funny signs/billboards I keep coming with wrench kevin stein

Thanks Storm! btw, you wouldn't happen to know what COLOR those formation lights would be, would you??? I came across some 141 crew training manuals on pdf, so I pretty much know WHERE they go .... I should maybe check with Jug too... wrench kevin stein

The REAL fun begins when they're displaced by several 10s of meters, or don't exist at all (Pakso's Yak-2* series -25/28, etc) Had to research and guestimate a LOT for those.. Here's Veltro's C-141 with the adjusted lights (coming soon). The only ones I didn't add are the formation lights that run down the upper wing surface. Just didn't want to fiddle with them (mostly because I couldn't find info on WHAT color to use) or the air-refuling light along the top of fuselage. I alos didn't add the 'fuselage lights' at the wing root, that point out to illuminate the engine pylons. too much work!!! wrench kevin stein

For those that may not have noticed, Ordway's Early MiG Pits (15,17,19) have been rebuilt and are now available in the /Cockpits Downloads section. http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=9178 Rebuild especially for the SF2 "NextGen" series, they also work quite well in the SF/Wo* "Classic Series" too. Congratulations to snapper_21!!! This is how it's supposed to work, brothers and sisters!!! wrench kevin stein

Oppps!!! Well, missing one entry ain't so bad!! Actualy, I really didn't DO anything, other than simply copy/paste the bmps over existing A-4B ones! Same for the cockpit inis, just a little clean up (and looks like I missed a spot...where's my Windex and shop rag????) If you look further down, into the "moved items", you'll see the range counter moved away, so it really isn't even there!! wrench kevin stein

Only in 1960's TV shows!!!! (those old enough may remember "Combat", I vaguelly recall a Luftwaffe painted Piper Cub) wrench kevin stein

Actually the correct statement would be "these lights are out of postition with the aircraft", and they're the forward ID/Recognition lights. The skin has nothing to do with it. And here's how you fix it .... I should know I've added/adjusted/replaced the lighting on oh, IDK... a few hundred aircraft. I'm assuming it's the OLD Wpnsgt/Team Viper F-16, and not TMF (which don't need nothing...) These may be the lights in question; if not, the instructions to follow will help guide you in 'screwing in the light bulbs' [LowLeftLight] SystemType=LIGHT Position=-0.683, 4.518,-0.295 <---- LightSrcOffset=-0.0,0.00,0.00 Color=0.88,0.25,0.25 Brightness=0.03 LightSrcRange=0.5 CanFlash=FALSE [LowRightLight] SystemType=LIGHT Position= 0.683, 4.518,-0.295 <--- LightSrcOffset=0.00,0.00,0.00 Color=0.25,0.88,0.25 Brightness=0.03 LightSrcRange=0.5 CanFlash=FALSE The 2 statements I've indicated are the, well like it says, the position of the light relative to the 0,0 or World Center position of the model (lod). The measurments used, like everything eles in the 3W sims, is in meters. The order of what the number indicate are: Right or Left of center right is indicated with a minus (-) sign Fore or Aft of center aft is incidated with a minus (-) sign Vertical distance, or Up or Down from center down is indicated with a minus (-) sign So, loooking at the position statement 0.683, 4.518,-0.295 We have a light that 0.683 meters OUT from center, 4.158 meters FORWARD of center, and 0.295 meters DOWN from center. So, going by the pic, the lights are too far OUT, and need to be tucked IN a bit. So, you'd reduce the distance for THE FIRST UNIT DISPLAYED, usually I do it in increments of 1 cm (0.10), go into the game, turn on the lights, and using the F12 free camera view, see where they sit. Repeat as many times as necessary to get them positioned into their 'sockets' It's time consuming, but it gets the job done wrench kevin stein

Thanks! I can't wait for the New Flogger pits!!! wrench kevin stein

Just uploaded the updated, rebuildified Ver 2 of Edward's Darwin terrain. Like my orignal mod of it, it's designed for 'modern' times (read: 1950-2050) Updated to post-08 standards, tested in TOS and NextGen series. enjoy! wrench kevin stein

Yeah, I may have mentioned it in the readme, those are some of "unavailable for General Usage ™" ships. I've left them listed in the types ini, simply for those that have, or can get them, and you can easily swap out the patrol boats on the Indonesian side for Osa, or Nunchakas or whatever. Some Spruance class DDGs would be good for USN/SEATO ships at the 2 Darwin convoy stations. They should still be available over at Capun's site. Anyone notice that Darwin Convoy 1 has the ships NOT all facing the same way?? I tried to 'simulate' them caught in a zig-zag maunver. Yup, there are some SERIOUSLY long distnaces to fly on this map!!! RAAF 'varks would be a good choice for Strike and Anti-ship missions (hint-hint) wrench kevin stein