Geary

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It doesn't install. Create a folder, drop the catpack.exe file in the folder. Put a .cat file in the folder with it. Drop the .cat file on the catpack.exe file and hit enter. It should create a folder of the .cat file and open the .cat file in the folder. Read the readme file carefully.

Are you using the CatPack Utility here? http://combatace.com/files/file/7933-catpack-archiving-utility/ It works best for SF1.

Before I plop down more money on airplanes than most games cost, I was wondering if it's better to buy the DSC: Official Site planes that are NOT Steam compatible or buy those that are? Any opinions with reason are appreciated.

Thanks all for your input. I'm leaning toward NO Steam, much for reasons some of you gave. But at the cost of the planes and the limited inventory I need to explore a bit. You see I think I'm in love with MilViz's F-4E and F-100D with TACPACKS for FSX. I visit their site so much I have an icon to it on my desktop. I feel like a voyeur; like I'm stocking their planes. Don't think I've seen many as beautiful as theirs. I got their F-86F a couple years back. Took me half a day to get it off the ground. Bought some cheap weapons pack for it. It's crap. When I pulled the trigger on my joystick, got very disappointed. I prefer combat sims. Just that FSX has such beautiful planes. But all eunuchs. So... can only currently afford DCS or FSX and need to decide although I'm leaning more toward DCS so I can shoot stuff. BUT MAN, I LOVE those MilViz planes.

I might be able to do both. I have boxed sets of Lock-On Modern Combat; Lock-on Gold; Lock-On Platinum; Lock-On Flaming Cliffs 3; A-10 Warthog; DCS Blackshark. I also have some DLC on my server for the Lock-On series. Don't remember what most of it is. So, I wonder if I load these on my computer and crank up Steam and load Steam's DCS World if it will recognize my old boxed version games and incorporate them into the Steam DCS World? Then I can get the WWII and Korean War era planes from ED's site and play them separately off Steam. Guess I won't know unless I try. Or I can ask at Steam before I go through all the loading, etc.

I like the idea of Steam being automatically updated and keeping track of my games for me but what concerns me is that, 1 - The planes I want for DCS, WWII and Korean War era, don't seem to be available on Steam (unless I just can't find them) and 2 - The same planes I want at the DCS site are Steam incompatible. So, there's my quandary.

They're all nice but I especially like the blue and white striped ones.

How many graphics adapters does your laptop have? Mine has 2; an Intel HD gpu and an Nvidia gpu. I use the Nvidia for SF2 but I have to set it to be the default adapter.

Gepard, Using the desert.cat file worked for me. I had originally used the IsraelME.cat file and had the white squares. Changing to the desert.cat file fixed that problem in both the Suez2 and Persischer Golf terrains. Thanks for the terrains and fix.

I have a CH Products Multi Functional Panel but can't seem to get it recognized by SF2. I use a CH Products Fighterstick, Throttle and Pedals and they are recognized by the game and easily set up in the games control options. I'm using CH Control Manager v4.55. How do I get the MFP recognized so I can program it to use in the game? Thanks,

USAF OV-10A Bronco, Vietnam, 1967

Flying home. The last act of a one year tour of duty in Vietnam, 1967.

B-45A Tornado, 1952.

EF-10B Skyknight of VMCJ-1 'Golden Hawks' over Vietnam, 1967

Nice find, Coupi. But you need to remove the dashes after the equal signs in the instrument entries, ie., From this: Instrument[048]=-----Move1 Instrument[049]=-----Move2 Instrument[050]=-----Move3 To this: Instrument[048]=Move1 Instrument[049]=Move2 Instrument[050]=Move3

Wrench, I know there are much better models available. I'm just practicing skinning on Wolf257's old planes to see what they 'could' look like and as they are in some of my SF1 installs and look pretty bad in their original skins. These recent re-skins are for my SF1 installs. A-20B Havoc, North Africa 1943

Wolf257's F4U-1C After. Wolf257's F4U-1C Before.

File Name: MD-450 Ouragan Template Redrawn Lines & Rivets File Submitter: Geary File Submitted: 14 February 2017 File Category: Skin Templates Semi-HiRez 1024 Templates for Pasko's MD-450 Ouragan For SF1 and SF2. Based on Wrench's original MD-450 template . Redrawn Panel Lines and Rivets at 1024 pixels in layered PSD format. You must have a program that recognizes and works with PSD layers to work with this template. Two free programs, Gimp and Paint.net work with PSD layers. Opacity adjustable for both lines and rivets layers. It's and old plane and has a couple of lod inconsistencies such as the lower right aileron isn't mapped correctly but it's the only Ourgan we have. I have no references for this plane so there's not a lot of detail in the templates. Add your own paint, dirt and weathering. I've left Wrench's original skins in the template to make it easier to repaint them. Thanks to Pasko for this great little plane and to Wrench for the original template . I'm releasing this under the Combat Ace Fair Use Agreement. Use it anyway you wish for personal use. For any other use, please contact me first. If you find any problems with it, please PM me. If you improve it please share with the community. If I forget or miss anyone who deserves credit for anything I release, I apologize. I have no intent to abuse or misuse anyone's property or claim it as my own. Please contact me to correct any error. Geary Click here to download this file

I would like to skin the Boston as a US A-20 Havoc for the USAAF in the MTO. BUT I have no references for the USAAF Havoc in the MTO. I can find some pics and WIKI info on the web not nothing definitive on USAAF MTO A-20's; at least nothing that I can see well enough to skin from. Any pictures, units, or direction to find this information will be helpful and appreciated. Thanks, Geary

Also try removing the flightengine.ini file from your flight folder if there's one in there.

OK, I think I'll try the sand and green on the Boston with the azure blue bottom and the yellow ringed rondel. I'll keep the G model the OD/Neutral gray with the star and bar. I need to straighten out the line where the top and bottom paints meet. Would also love to have the G model with the 20mm guns. I agree we could use a new model as this is a great plane. Gee, all this started because I didn't have a US skin to fly in the MTO and turns out the G model is the same skin as your ETO skins. Thanks for the info. Will get on these ASAP.

charlielima, WOW!! and thanks. That big one in the center looks like German desert camo. Those will be bitches to paint. Just got this one done.

charlielima, You might be right about the insignia. That's why I was hoping for definitive references. In the meantime, I think I'll go with the OD/Neutral Gray paint scheme of the A-20G model. I prefer more guns than the A-20B had.