Wrench

Thanks Streak! The only thing I'm really having trouble with for the D (and the J I built off it), is a constant slow pitch up. Been tweeking the CG position, it seems to help, but I think Monty's old bird neds more help!! I just need better pictures for the J.....(both versions, with rocket pod tips and with fuel tanks) Wrench Kevin Stein

If you're talking about Edwards MTO map (for the easten Med) there's a major problem... Cyprus is probably on the other side of "The Wall". I can't remember if it's 10 or 50 km inside the map edges that are unsuable -- it may even be more like 100 km. You can add targets on the other side; I did it by mistake on the Darwin map, but you can't get there....you hit this invisible wall that you can't fly through, or around (something about the edges of the Discworld...the Great A'tuin don't want nobody to see him) If you look at hte planningmaps, and targets ini, there isn't anything over there, east of Greece. We might be able to add stuff in, what is it, Western Anatolia?? and maybe the far west end of Cyprus, but I honestly don't think it would work. Sorry to through a wet blanket on things... but it really looks like an entire new map would be needed, covering Turkey at least to the Bosporous, parts of Israel/Syria/Lebanon/Jordan, northern Egypt just to get the needed buffer zone for the areas needed. As to the 60% thingy, it's actualy 63%, or the difference between and mile and kilometer. Wrench kevin stein

File Name: MiG-19 New 1024x Natural Metal Skin File Submitter: Wrench File Submitted: 30 Nov 2007 File Category: Mig-19 MiG-19 Farmer New 1024x1024 Natural Metal Skin This is simply a re-do of the stock 3rd Wire MiG-19S Farmer-C skin into a larger, higher resolution unit. This is a simple replacement for you stock, itty-bitty ones. I call them 'semi-hirez', as they're only the 1024, which is a pretty good size for 98.6% of all the machines out there. All the panel and rivet lines have been redrawn, and it's painted a generic 'natural metal' color. Please see the enclosed readme for simple install instructions (nothing complicated this time!!! ) Enjoy! Wrench kevin stein Click here to download this file

Ok...got the PM from Mab about the targets, got the so-called "Cyprus Campaign"...and looked them over. That original thing is unfortunately built around the stock SF desert map...viturally unusable for what's wanted. The only map even remotely close would be Gepard's Israel 2...but still lacks mainland Turkey. The only thing that may be able to be done, is have Turkish AF bases in Syria or Lebanon. I can add target areas, with no real problems...but I can't flatten the ground for an airfield. A Master Terrain Guru would be needed for that, I'm just an acolyte! Which means, of course, the entire campaign ini would need rebuilding from scratch, as NOTHING that exists now is usable. Wrench kevin stein

I forgot to mention, this was made with Major Lee's DBS mod in mind. Next Up: upgraded 75th FIS F-89D Scorpion, with WORKING A-A unguided rockets!!! It's a repaint of the original skin, with new decals and inis. Weapons editor work will be necessary, so get ready... Time Frame: Less than 2 weeks!! Wrench kevin stein

Along the lines of 'lighted radio towers'....how about lighting up the oil drilling towers??? And.... you know you can define someplace as a runway, even without the airfield, as in having the 'runway' as a terrain object.... Now, I'm wondering if we could do that in reverse....have an airfield set to non-usage; ie, as in the comment out sections "NumSquadrons=0" I do remember something like this being done in the orignal DRV map, and it had to be eliminated, due to planes trying to take off from inside warehouses and the like. Or....modifying the airfield ini, to remove references to aircraft, and just allow it to 'be' there, so the lights can come on. This could be something interestering to explore....have a lighted oil field and refinery complex would look pretty damn good in the Iran/Irag, DS, and those I added to the ANW series.... Just some thoughts I'm not sure how to impliment... Wrench kevin stein

Avionics Fix for F3H-2M "Demon" (by Fox Montor) This actually came about accidentely, as I was looking at this cockpit for possible use on some of the Red Air birds badly needing some kind of radar-equiped cockpit -- we're still lacking a decent twin-engined one, btw (other than my repainted Phantom pits) At any rate, I was testing the radar on intercept mission, and noticed there wasno way to lock up targets for the Sparrows!!! The radar was simply acting ONLY in search mode, even though TRACK was listed. So, after comparing it with some other contemporay aircraft, I made the following changes.... It should be noted here, that I claim NO historicaly accuracy for this fix -- it is simply done to allow the missiles to work. First off, backup your original F3H-2M_avionics.ini. The simplest way to do this is, is open it in notepad and do a "save as..." and re-title it "ori-F3H-2M_avionics ini" Now, reopen the original, and copy/paste ALL the data below OVER all the existing data: You'll also want to activate the audio-only rwr (which was in the original), by copy/pasting the "F-4J_RWR.bmp" into the /cabina folder. What I had discovered was the "TrackCapabilities=" section was blank!!! Without this, the game engine couldn't use the radar lock-on bits in the avionics dll, so you couldn't lock a target, making your Sparrow's worse than useless (well, moreso than normal! ) The addition of the "BORESIGHT" mode is a guess on my part, but it is available on all the other USN/USAF radar equiped fighters from the same era (F-86D, F-94, F-89, possibly early F-8s), to say nothing of the birds on the other side of the fence; in fact the 17PF/19P/19PM seemed to only have search and borsight mods for the RP-1 and RP-5s. Happy Hunting! Wrench kevin stein

1) convert bmp to jpg, and upload to the Gallery here or a) to a free picture hosting site -- using those HUGE bmps costs bandwidth...let's try and keep it resonable, please? 2) weren't Bullpups retired in early 1980s???? I'd personally go with Hellfire, to be closer to the Dreamland versions, adding the needed internal laser designator (and possibly in internal bay ala Hammerheads), but that's just me. Also, I seem to remember The Great and Powerful Zur saying he'd be doing a better armed version. Wrench kevin stein

I stand corrected...and looking at mine own installs, it IS a ground object, and set as a static AAA BUT.... I only have the Flak DD, and no Flak CA (and still can't find the chickens...) Perhaps there's a Krieg Cruiser floating around out there...that's set as a warship, and will definatley still shoot at you You can still make it a terrain object, like having it docked at Le Harve or Bremerhaven or wherever...you just add it to the types.ini, with the "UseGroundObject=" set to TRUE Set the "TargetType=" to MISC; it'll still shoot at you, and it'll show up when the game selects targets for strikes (did this in the WW2 Lybia mod and my now defucnt Modern Darwin.) Naval warships, while 'parked' will engage you with either their guns or in later years, SAMs (if equiped) Capun's got a Giant Eagle, he made for his kids...something could be done with that. Hmm..."The Giant Claw", anyone?? As for the ship story, I was still waiting for something to come up out the sea....The Great Behemouth, Godzilla, Nessie, whatever.... I think I've figured out what' wrong with this game....it needs more monsters. Wrench kevin stein

Hmm..then you'd have to add the 'fakewinders' Ok, it took longer to get the aircraft down, than it did to fix it....there is definately something going on with our d/l speeds...and I'm on cable. First off, lets fix the fuel tank weapons data itself... Use the text below to replace Frature's data (only the names have been changed to protect the JP-4) Where **** is the next number is sequence, Since it IS essentially a stock 300 gallon Scooter tank, this keeps the naming conventions similiar. in the data ini, this will fix your weapons stations (note the changed name of the drop tank). And like Florian said, the drop tank type name HAS to be specified in the data ini; which should be noted is the TypeName=, not the FullName=. The FullName is what's displayed on the loadout screen, the TypeName is what tells the game engine what to load (and btw, this is covered somewhere in my thread in the KB): The only thing I haven't done yet is add the landing light to the starboard outer gear door...I'll get that later. As to the mission types: Notice what's missing???? All the Air-to-Air roles! The TA-4 are NOT the same as Kahu, and therefore not used the same (unless, as Typhoid said, in DACT) Also, the use of ATTACK means the aircraft will use a different formation type, say, from those set as FIGHTER. And there you have it...it took me less than 10 minutes (not counting d/l time) to fix it. Note to Fracture -- I dig the cockpit mod! That's cleaver!!! I'd have never thought of dropping something over the radar screen. Well done on this aircraft....she's a beaut!!! Enjoy! Wrench kevin stein

It's in the terrain folder in Edwards WW2 maps (Europe, MTO, etc) Wrench kevin stein

The KFC is a AAA item, not a ship per se. (or fried chicken, depending...) Perhaps a different ship should be used...I offer the one seen in the top of the picture....also, very easy to switch over the flag to the KM one...simple bmp Placing them on the map, is jus the same as any other object. Below, Bremerhaven from 'modern' WoE: nothing to it, really!!! Wrench kevin stein

I like that skyscraper...and we WILL need a big monkey for (also I guess we'll need some Vought OSU-1s, too) An object placer would be a superb tool...whilst updating the DS and Iran/Iraq maps (to say nothing of some fo the target areas I added to the updated Range and ANW terrains)...one can go quite mad trying to get proper placements, even with hud debug on. The continious need to go back in game, and then find the target area again....check position, back out, move it, back in, find it again....aaaaarrrrGGGGHHHH!!!! As to measuring object 'footprints', I've been using this little jpg, from either Gepard or Polak.... Unfortunately, it's only the stock Strike Fighters items, and dosen't include the newer objects from WoV and WoE. But it's still very helpfull!! Wrench kevin stein

Well...lets see.... First off, it's an ATTACK aircraft, not a fighter, so having an A-A loadout is sort of superflous (sp?). It shouldn't have any of the fighter mission statements (CAP, SWEEP, INTERCEPT, ESCORT) defined in the data ini. Guess I"ll have to download it (which I've forgotten to do in any case), and do a little hand holding to see what you all are talking about btw: you DO notice you're standard A-A load is missing the pointers for the winders, right???? Wrench kevin stein

Yup, been up there for a while. I think it was Capun that discovered it, somewhere around patch 3's release... In fact, this works for ANY terrain in ANY of the 3 game (SF, WoV, WoE). Haven't tried it in FE, since there's only like 2 addons, and none of the other SF/WoV/WoE terrains work as yet in it. In fact, last night I went through a couple of my 17 installs, and cleaned out the old cats...got back 150+ megs of HD space doncha just love quick and easy fixes???? And ain't it amazing what's in the KB???? Wrench kevin stein

File Name: MiG-17F Fresco 1024x Skin Templates File Submitter: Wrench File Submitted: 2 Dec 2007 File Category: Skin Templates / Decal Sets MiG-17 Fresco 1024x Skin template: These are new templates, based off and resized from the original little itty bity ones as originally issued by 3rd Wire. I call these "semi-HiRez, as they are now resized to 1024x1024...to me HiRez is anything OVER 2048!! This set is designed to allow you to create new skins, either natural metal or camoflague types. I have NOT plotted out the overlaps for camos, but this can easily be done in you imaging program (Photoshop, Gimp, PSP, etc) by enlarging the camo skin bmps, and adding them as another layer. Repainting should be relatively easy after that. I've redrawn, as best I can, all the panel, rivet lines, inspection plates, etc. Some of the rivet placement is a 'best guess', as the original size of the bmp was ONLY 256x256, and are badly blurred. (apparantly, the original builders like to add a lot of "noise" to the skin map) Please read the enclosed readme for more note from General Interest (an fascinating sort of fellow!!) Happy SKinning! Wrench kevin stein Click here to download this file

File Name: Su-7BM Fitter-C 1024x-1024 skin templates File Submitter: Wrench File Submitted: 2 Dec 2007 File Category: Skin Templates / Decal Sets Su-7BM Fitter-C 1024x Skin template: These are new templates, based off and resized from the original little itty bity skins as originally issued by 3rd Wire. I call these "semi-HiRez, as they are only resized to 1024x1024...to me HiRez is anything OVER 2048!! This set is designed to allow you to create new skins, either natural metal or camoflague types. I have NOT plotted out the overlaps for camos, but this can easily be done in you imaging program (Photoshop, Gimp, PSP, etc) by enlarging the camo skin bmps, and adding them as another layer. Repainting should be relatively easy after that. I've redrawn, as best I can, all the panel, rivet lines, inspection plates, etc. Some of the rivet placement is a 'best guess', as the original size of the bmp was ONLY 256x256, and are badly blurred. The base skin color is a 10-15% gray. Please read the enclose readme for more notes of general interest! Happy Skinning!! Wrench kevin stein Click here to download this file

I plan on uploading the 17's templates, along with new ones for the Su-7 sometime later tonight. Wrench kevin stein

Didn't we just cover this in the recent past???? I quote meself: "The thing you downloaded is probably just a skin and ini update. The aircraft itself is ONLY available in WoV, so without the lod files, you won't have anything to fly" Hence, also, the necessity of conscise, fully informative readmes...... Wrench kevin stein

I'd say so... Why would you be fiddling with the prop tgas??? There's nothing wrong with the one it has.. It just has the wrong nose (and can't be fixed) As for skinning, well...let's just say my 109G template is over 75 megs....lots of layers Wrench kevin stein

My site only, on the "new aircraft & skins' page. Please remember, that it's still using the 109G10 body, so we don't have the correct nose and propeller. Also, since Capun posted the beta models....there's this in the works too. This is just the first pass on painting it...it'll need to be totall redone as I've now got the correct colors and patterns from 'a friend' Wrench kevin stein (link down here in my sig)

Pulls out 'Work in Progress' list...better update that Arctic skin for the Scorpion.... Wrench kevin stein