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Unfortunately, that fix dosen't work on all them, been testing it all morning. It does, however, work in Wolf's Mustangs. I haven't check all the others yet (109, 190, Oscar, etc). DAT aircraft are still in 'testing' stages. We've discussed this at great lenght in one of the WoI threads (stickied somewhere around here). Basic consesus: don't patch you WW2 installs of WoE/WoV. Wrench kevin stein

that's a tiliing isssue....I think pull the 'sea1.tga' (or whatever it's called) from the terrain cat you've pointed it to, the 'waternormal.bmp', the 2 .fx files, and drop them in the Greece folder. Also, check if the water and terrain effects are active see if that makes a difference Wrench kevin stein

oppps..I lied...it's only 9 pages, with 174 entries http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=18346 TMF edits are also there too, in a seperate thread Editor: dude, I didn't mean any insult! Really!!! Since those new items ARE stock, they don't need to be added to the 'new' data inis (having extracted all from my 'clean' version of WoE to examine them). But the data inis would still need extraction to edit the AttachmentType= nation's names, and the loadout inis to change the weapons names. (and to change pilot figures, if so desired!) Wrench kevin stein

Gr: only if somebody builds me one, that I can figue out the mapping on...... wonder if I can repaint the USTruck white, and make it an ice cream truk...."we'll hit them where it hurts!!!" hmmm 2....wonder if vehicles can take decals...... Emp: look at the first screenie again....the one on the left IS from an actual painting in Kim Il Sung. They all have a 0 start year, so they'll show up all the time. Too lazy to go and figure out when Kim jong Il took over...and more fun this way. Flagpoles, unfortunately, we're stuck with the one size as previously seen. Unless, again, someone builds me a new one... TO ANY 3D MODLER Listening: I sure could use a large billboard...approx 3x5 meters, approx 1 meter off the ground. I have some nice adverts I'd like to post!!! Wrench kevin stein

the light positions are the same on all versions (excepting the P-51A, A-36, RAF Mustang 1 and 1a) Landing lights are different on those, and Wolf added the actual "headlight" in the port landing gear bay on Ver.3. All the setups are for Ver.3; I have noticed a slight difference in the mapping around the prop and spinner from Ver 2 to Ver.3, but nothing that can't be fiddled with. Having done a butt-load of Mustang skins.....helps I DOES look much better now!! AND..you save ME a load of work too - I was gonna do the SAAF version for Korea at some point. Still might....my template for the 51D is ONLY 70 megs deep... Now, all you need is a better pilot figure! Wrench kevin stein

All covered in the Knowledge Base "Weapons and Loadout Threads"....for a long time. Why does no one bother to read them, I wonder??? Also, some of you'll probably discover the stock Mig-23 and 27 have their drop tanks named incorrectly in the stock data and loadout inis. Never had a problem with LGBs, pre-patch or post.... hmm...noticed the use of Station 7 -- 6 has always been the limit; at least that shows on the loadout screen. I'm asusmed that it creates a 'false station', that dosen't show, but always loads?? Wrench kevin stein

???? Isn't this all covered in my KB thread "Editing weapons for the Bunyap Pak?".....40+ pages with the needed tweeks. Granted, the end user still need to pull BOTH the data and loadout inis (which you forgot to include, btw -- editing the data ini WITHOUT an accompanying edited loadout ini don't work)....but the data has been there for a loooong while now Wrench kevin stein

Linky: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=2845 Wrench kevin stein

Read the "WoI patch" thingy thread...already been discussed. (with my screenies of said bridges in Korea) it's an internal terrain heightmap problem -- they'll probly need a complete overhaul. water shimmering is a tga issue, and is being looked at Wrench kevin stein

Shoot, I just use Moonjumper/Crusader/Otto's tweek make it a DME...at least it gives me a better idea of distance to waypoint! I think I even repainted the associated cockpit gauge bmp, and relettered it "DME" !! Wrench kevin stein

You all should know me better than that....anything I ever show in a screenie, is gauran-dam-teed to be in game!! And usually, several things that never get shown, for you to discover Blackbird, you asked about trees?? You even have battles going on in/around them, and truck routes running through them. Oh, yes...there's trees. Wrench kevin stein

Kuk, take a look at my "generic plane metal" Mustang ... there's some tweeks you're missing. Probably in either the Cold War skins or WW2 skins...can't remember which 1) Pilot Seat!!! that poor sod is probably just sitting on a milk crate! 2) Lighting fixes -- all the correct locatins for ALL the formation/running lights. 3) exhaust shourd now covered (decal--I'm sooo slick!) 4) armour upgrades The roundells look a little ragged around the edges ... there's a pack of roundells fin flashs and stuff over at simmerspaint shop...them make real good looking ones. I'll try to find the url for you, if you can't find them. oh, and with a few data ini tweek, you'll create a 'nation specifc' RAAF bird.... Wrench kevin stein

Also here: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=27492 Wrench kevin stein

It's not the TODs, as far as I can tell; like JSF_Aggie mentione in the Height Map (hm) that are the issue...Brain32 has the full Korea terrain (quite uncomplete, I might add -- even weighing in at 88megs zipped!), to retile a cople of areas, and check/adjust the hms...so that's being taken care of. I haven't actually tested the older maps yet (like Libya, or the WW2 upgrades). I DO have an experimental WW2 WoI install, that has all the relavent maps (MTO, PTO, ETO), but I've had some internal "issues" to deal with... note to everyone DO NOT INSTALL XP'S SP3 -- fouls up the USBPORT.exe, causing a lovely BSOD, and forced reboot. so, after restoring back to just before I installed the patch, I've been trying to restore the rebulid of the WoI WW2 install -- do not believe M$ for one second, that when they say 'a restore will not loose any files' that' BS -- 90% of the aircraft, object and terrain inis vanished after the restore. poop!! Dealing with the Korea issue, and adding the new patches has kept me busy since the weekend. So, if we're looking at somthing like the hm issue with birdges, I still need to check a LOT of things...Burma is the only one of the WW2 maps that has them; the Isreal2 rebuild I still havent' looked at. Mind you, ALL my buiding and testing is done in WoE; when I get a terrain refined to such a point, THEN I swap out the cat pointer line to test using other terrain cats. So, what was the question again???? oh, using the stock hms....yes, you can extract them and drop them into the relevant terrain folder. BUT....(you that was coming!!)...there may still be issues with heights around rivers, coastlines, etc. With my limited TE knowledge, that gives you only a couple of people that can perform the 'repair'. It that's going to be the case now, post patch, can you imagine the work needed to get ALL the aftermarket terrains squared away??? I can...and it frightens me!! Wrench kevin stein

Frame rates took a HUGE hit...sometime down to 9 in the cockpit (with debug on -- a few more with it off) adding the height maps do help... hre's a close up of camp dodge without.... looks like Malibu after one of there yearly floods!!! Here's some shots with the vnsea hms added, camp dodge again, now drained and cleared (courtesy of Army Corps of Engineers) but now causes new problems.... so, Brain...expect a PM with a link to the entire terrain. might as well send you everything that one it, at present. Sometime, I really hate when we get new patches. But then you get something like this: that just looks SOOOOOO cool!! Wrench kevin stein

the mipmap and zbuffer stuff I don't understand, but I"m going to pull the hm out of the VNSEA cat, drop them in the Korea folder, and see what happens. As there aren't any in there... Flattening them didn'd do anything, so it must be that. Oh, I hope so!! (jose jimenez voice, ala "The Right Stuff") Brain: I still gotta send you the targets, types and whatever you need to retile a few sections! I MUST REMEMBER!!! Wrench kevin stein ps: Ed, what can I say? I was the lowest bidder!

I can tell you one thing about terrains...it seem to handle the height field differently (I just posted this at the 3W boards, too) 2 views of the same bridge, taken in an unpatched and patched installs: unpatched: patched: you can still see the flagpole, but the barracks, shack, aaa bunker (and gun!), and the vehicles and bridge itself have 'subsided' below the water line. I guess you can blame earthquake induced liquifaction? Does Korea have quakes like LA gets??? ALL the bridges have done this, so that leads me to belive that the TODs height fields are being 'read' differently. I'll wait for what TK says on the subject. Wrench kevin stein

No probs, brother. I had to ask that very same question a few months ago, which is why I posted the fix!! I figured if I couldn't find it, most others couldn't either. And thanks again to Crusader for giving it to me, so I post it!! Wrench kevin stein

2 months?? I sure HOPE I have Korea done by then!!!! The more I work on it, the more I keep adding! And with the patch, I may have to move those parked Hueys at the airbases. I think you'll be very pleased with the results. Good luck on the studies! We'll be here, waiting for you to get back. Wrench kevin stein

I was wondering when my AEW SPAD was gonna see the light of day.... Lloyd: yes, 90% finished...skinning it with the suez stripes was a fracking nightmare!!! Wrench kevin stein

Have you looked in the objects.cat??? WoV's for sure, possibly in the patched WoE, but not sure Wrench kevin stein

Everyone repeat after me: The Knowledge Base is my Friend. http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showtopic=28344 Wrench kevin stein

Now available at my site, and soon on the DAT's site, the Nakajima A6M2-N 'Rufe' IJN floatplane fighter. Sorry, it will NOT be uploaded here to CA. Even I gotta follow rules... From the Readme: More, fully detailed instructions are in the enclosed readme. READ IT!! Clicky the linky below to go and get it. Click me!! --->Wrench's Toolbox <--- I"m a Link!! Yes, it will take off from land bases. I'm awaiting new jungle tods for the Solomons rebuild, and that map has 2 operational seaplane bases, curteousy of Gepards Midway map Enjoy! Wrench kevin stein

I miss writing those sometimes...they WERE fun!!! Wrench kevin stein

to descrease fuel usage... make sure tires are properly inflated make sure engine ignitors are not fouled; clean/replace as needed air intakes and associated filters are clean and allow adaquate airflow compressor turbine blades are not nicked, bent or otherwise damaged final stage and/or afterburner sections operate as per aircraft maintence manual use proper weight and viscousity of engine lube oil for the climate (switching to a synthetic is very helpfull) use of proper type of fuel; check aircraft's TO and maintence guide for specifics - may also be adjusted for climate reduce external drag; remove unnecessary pylons, weapons and other protrusions that disrupt airflow reduce internal weight; gun ammo, extras like the CD player, microwave oven, beer cooler walnut cockpit trim, tuck & roll upholstured seating, etc KEEP YOUR FOOT OUT OF IT!!! (or in this case, hand) oh, also lower specific fuel consumption statement in data ini. Wrench kevin stein