SFP1Ace

SF2 BRIEFINGS RETROFIT MOD 1.0
 
This small mod does exactly that - it retrofits the SF1/WoV/WoE series style missions briefings to the current Gen 2 SF2 series!
 
INSTALLATION:
 
Very easy. Unpack the archive somewhere safe and the copy the CONTENT of a GAME SPECIFIC folder to its's corresponding MOD directory. I.e. content of "To SF2_Europe mod folder" in most cases should end up in "c:\Username\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Europe\" and so on.
 
Enjoy the wind of nostalgia! ^_^
 
CREDITS:
 
TK, CA & whoever made CatPack utility for Gen1 games

Alternative Armour Pack
 
This armour pack is my humble attempt to make ground war somewhat more "accurate". It's been created with SF2:E/NF4+ in mind, but it should be easy to adapt it to other mods/installs. Several "new" tanks have been created, but due to my lack of modelling skills they're only ini edits. Other tanks (both TW and community ones) have been tweaked.
 
"New" stuff:
 
- Chieftain mk2, mk5 & mk11 (edited stock Centurions);
- 120MM L11 gun for Chieftain, parameters optimized for the L15 APDS round;
- Leopard 1 (edited stock Leopard 1A1);
- M1 IP (edited M1 Abrams from NF4+);
- M60A1 AOS (edited stock M60A1);
- M60A3 (edited Pasko's & Kesselbrut's M60A3)
- T-80B (edited T-80BV by SWS, BPAo, Fubar512 & 331Killerbee)
 
Modified stuff:
 
- 120MM L44 customized for '80s M829 APFSDS round);
- Centurions (mk5,6,8,10,13), Leopard (1A1-1A5), Leopard 2A4, M1, M1A1, M48 (A2 & A3), M60A1, T-54, T-55, T-62A, T-72A, T-80BV;
 
Modifications inlclude following changes/corrections:
 
- tank's weight;
- armor values have been changed to RHA equivalents against Kinetic Energy rounds. Angled plates have been taken into account whenever possible. Late tanks (T-72, T-80, Abrams, Leo 2) armor RHA values have been greatly influenced by data presented in "Armor Basics" created by Paul Lasowski & included in Steel Beasts;
- number of gun rounds carried;
- presence (or lack thereof) of nightsight, gun stabilization;
- rangefinder & ballistic computer values;
- service entry dates.
 
I "hope" all this changes enhance accuracy but please bear in mind that:
 
- SF series is about flying and the ground war aspect is kind off limited;
- I'm no guru, I pulled the data from the Internet, therefore it might not be actually accurate, lol;
- there's no easy way to calculate RHA values, info on the net can vary significantly from source to source; if you have some good/reliable literature where these are well/reliably documented for many cold war tanks and their variants/sub-types you're welcome to share ;)
 
If you find any bugs/errors, please let me know so I can correct it.
 
INSTALLATION:
 
Back up your stuff first, so you can revert changes if you don't like them! Unzip archive and copy Objects folder to your mod directory (usually "C:\Users\Username\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Europe\" when using Vista/7). If you want M60A3 & T-80B\BV to show up you'll need to download them from CA (I didn't include lod files or textures). M60A3 is included in US Armour Pack, T-80BV is, well T-80BV. For T-80B copy T-80BV lod files into it's directory. If you don't have NF4+ installed you'll have to get the M1 Abrams from the US Armour Pack as well. And obviously if you want all the "new" stuff to show up in a campaign, you'll have to modify campaign data file. For starters I suggest replacing British Division's Leos with Chieftains in 1979 & 1986 campaigns.
If you're still lost PM me :).
 
Enjoy!
 
SFP1Ace
 
CREDITS:
 
Pasko & Kesselbrut (M60A3)
SWS, BPAo, Fubar512 & 331Killerbee (T-80BV)
NF4+ Team/Kesselbrut (M1 Abrams)

This is a ThirdWire WoE AV-8A Harrier converted for SF2. This package includes 331Killerbee's Enhanced Pack.
 
INSTALLATION:
 
Unpack the archive and drop the AV-8A folder to your MOD /Objects/Aircraft directory. You'll also have to extract original lod files from WoE ObjectData.cat using the CAT extractor. Following lods: AV-8A.LOD, AV-8A_LOD2.LOD,AV-8A_LOD3.LOD,AV-8A_LOD4.LOD & AV-8A_LOD5.LOD once extracted should go to the AV-8A folder. The AV-8A_cockpit.LOD needs placing in AV-8A/Cockpit folder.
 
This is my first conversion so if messed something up, you let me know ;).
 
Enjoy!
 
CREDITS:
 
ThirdWire - original WoE AV-8A Harrier
331Killerbee - WoE Harrier Enhanced Pack
MigBuster - SF2 Knowledgebase conversion guide :D

These are enhanced planning/navigation maps for NF4+. I corrected Husum airfield icon to better indicate its runway orientation, enhanced the in-flight navigation map for better immersion and stuff.
 
Installation:
 
1.Unpack the archive and copy both *.BMP files to your Terrains/GermanyCE folder in MOD directorywhere you have NF4+ installed.Overwrite when asked.
 
2. Enjoy!
 
Credits:
 
NF4+ Team!

These are enhanced planning/navigation maps for Piecemeal's Desert3 terrain. I've added missing airfields descriptions, missing airfield icons, made all airfield icons indicate N-S runway orientation, enhanced the look of the in-flight moving map for better immersion and stuff.
 
Installation:
 
1.Unpack the archive and copy all 3 *.BMP files to your Terrains/DESERT3 folder in MOD directory and overwrite files if asked.
 
2. Enjoy!
 
Credits:
 
Piecemeal!

512x512 Tiles for CA_Stary's HR SF2E GermanyCE terrain update.
 
Originally created by Stary, resized for your convinience. This should help any of you with weaker
 
computers. Looks almost as good as original ;)
 
Installation:
 
Unpack and copy GermanyCE folder to your SF2E Terrains folder and allow for overwrite.
 
Ennnnjoy :)
 
SFP1Ace
 
 
Credits:
Stary for original tiles (hey, have I mentioned that you've done a superb (again!) job yet? ;) )

Optimised Tiles for Updated Default SF2 Terrain by Piecemeal V 1.1
 
These tiles are for Piecemeal's excellent Updated Default SF2 Terrain v 1.1. They have been optimised for a 8-bit color pallette for a 66.6% reduction in size and memory consumption - just for you folks with them older graphic cards! And they look 99.9% as good as the original ones so you won't be compromising on quality!
 
INSTALLATION:
 
Unpack the archives and drop BMP files to your Terrains/DESERT3 folder and allow for overwrite.
 
Enjoy!
 
SFP1Ace
 
CREDITS:
 
Piecemal for his Desert3 terrrain
 
ODS Team and various others for the original tiles,
 
see included readme file.

Optimised Tiles for SF2V Air & Ground War Expansion Pack v2.0 Gold
 
These tiles are for malibu43 & eburger68's excellent SF2V Air & Ground War Expansion Pack v2.0 Gold. They have been optimised for a 8-bit color pallette for a 66.6% reduction in size and memory consumption - just for you folks with them older graphic cards! And they look 99.9% as good as the original ones so you won't be compromising on quality!
 
INSTALLATION:
 
Unpack the archives and drop BMP & TGA files to your Terrains/VietnamSEA & Terrains/SouthVietnam folders and allow for overwrite.
 
Enjoy!
 
SFP1Ace
 
CREDITS:
 
malibu43 & eburger68 for their awesome expansion pack
CA_Stary for "Green Hell 2" Terrain Mod
Brain32 for "Re-painted VietnamSEA Tiles"
Pappa Goat for re-painted versions of the GH2/Brain32 tiles
 
and many other, see included original readme file.

512x512 Tweaked Tiles for CA_Stary's Enhanced SF2:Israel terrain.
 
Originally created by CA_Stary, resized by Dave, optimised by me. Note: these *.bmp tiles are 512x512 in size with 8 bit color pallete.Includes TGA tiles from Dave's effort. This should help any of you with even very weak computers.Looks almost as good as Dave's resize but you get even bigger performance increase.
 
Installation:
 
Drop the bitmaps and TGA files in IsraelME folder and allow for overwrite.
 
Now go and down some pesky MIGs :)
 
SFP1Ace
 
 
Credits:
CA_Stary for original tiles
USAFMTL for resizing those tiles