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stingray77: The latest update for the Expansion Pack is September 2011, not April 2011. And before asking folks to walk you through a step-by-step process, go through the KB first on your own and do some checking. For example: http://combatace.com/topic/44026-converting-older-planes-to-work-in-sf2-a-basic-guide-by-migbuster/ And then compare with an aircraft that you know is working. Also, try flying the F-4G from a Rolling Thunder campaign. What happens if you select the F-4G for a campaign? Eric Howes

Ravenclaw_007: I'm sorry, but that is incorrect. The full F-4G was added in the April 2011 Update. The current September 2011 Update (which is a cumulative update) also includes the full F-4G aircraft. The Rolling Thunder campaign makes use of the F-4G. The VF-213 skin was not added to the F-4B_65 folder. Rather the FULL AIRCRAFT was added in the update. The same holds true, btw, for the Gen 1 version of the Expansion Pack. Eric Howes

Stingray77: It's obviously not installed correctly. Check the Knowledge Base for articles on installing aircraft mods in SF2. That should tell you what to check. Eric Howes

Stingray77: It should be listed as: F-4G Phantom II (USN) Eric Howes

DathRaven: Actually, you don't have to edit anything. Just download the attached RAR file, unpack, and drop the new A-6A/B files in the \Aircraft folder of your SF2V mods folder. This update fixes the tanks in the most recent patch levels. Eric Howes A-6AB_Update.rar

Folks: I haven't been participating in Operation Darius, but I have been playing around with the mod package. Attached is a little something that I added to my own installation and thought others might be interested as well: a semi-fictional Su-30MK2 Flanker for the IRIAF based on dubious reports of a sale in the works. See the ReadMe for important notes. Eric Howes Su-30MKM_IRIAF.7z

Wrench: The size of those downloads could be made smaller. There are copies of several aircraft nested inside one another (C-130H, F-7M, and F-4E_IRIAF, for example) plus a large number of un-used decals. Eric Howes

NeverEnough: Thanks for the heads up. From the ReadMe: Nov 2011 -------- * Enemy air defense units sometimes not re-spawning correctly when Reflying a mission is fixed. * Some of the graphics details have been scaled down to improve peformance and eliminate stutter. * The game sometimes starting in very low resolution when running with Windows 7 Aero enabled is fixed. * Hangar screens not showing on third-party aircraft mods is fixed. * RAF Phantom F-4M (75) is no longer equipped with decoy dispensers, they receive the upgrade in 1980 as F-4M (80) instead. Eric Howes

NeverEnough: Actually, the RF-84F was ported over to SF2 quite some time ago. It has appeared in the NF4+ and 48-56 mods since mid-2010. Eric Howes

danwatto: No, that's the way "red side" campaigns work. You can fly for the side designated "enemy." This is a short campaign -- 5 days. That particular unit is set to start 11/1/1956. The campaign ends the next day, 11/2/1956. If you want to extend the campaign for that particular unit, set the start date for it to 10/29/1956. You'll have to edit the entry for that unit in both Kadesh.INI and Kadesh_DATA.INI. Eric Howes

danwatto: Nope, no idea what's wrong. Eric Howes

danwatto: In the \Menu folder for that mod there is a CampaignScreen.INI -- remove it (and the 7 other custom INIs in that folder). Once the INI is removed, the campaign screen should work fine. Eric Howes

Folks: Title says it all: http://bbs.thirdwire.com/phpBB3w/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8707 Eric Howes

Wrench: Even more frustrating is the fact that it didn't need to be implemented this way. I've posted a suggestion over in the 3rdWire thread on the Oct2011 patch: Let's hope this feature will be re-worked. Eric Howes

jager88: Next time you see that happen, save the mission and post it here so we can take a look at it. Eric Howes

Hi: I was curious as to the size of this download -- almost 80 mb. The download package includes: - two different copies of the featured aircraft, one in nested folders; - a host of apparently unrelated files in the cockpit directories of each aircraft, including what looks to be a complete set of files (LODs, BMPs, INIs, texture folders, etc.) for the AV-8A, as well as a large number of INIs, LODs, BMPs, and TGAs from the cockpits of other aircraft including various F-4s, the Harrier3, the Jaguar GR, the A-7E, the A-10A, and the Super Etendard. Two questions: 1. What is the difference between the various copies of the main aircraft featured in this package? 2. Are all these other files really necessary? (I find it difficult to believe, for example, that the cockpit directory really requires a complete copy of the AV-8A, aircraft LODs and all.) Thanks, Eric Howes

Dornil: I just tested (again) with that ENVIRONMENTSYSTEM.INI -- no problems on my system, and no one else has reported problems with it in the several weeks since it was released. Please let me know what you find. Eric Howes

Dornil: Sounds like something went wrong with your install. I would recommend starting from scratch and re-doing it. Most likely cause is that you dropping files/folders in the wrong places or are dropping them in such away that you're left with improperly nested files/folders. Eric Howes

Folks: This update files for teh WOV & SF2V Expansion Packs have been refreshed again. The September 2011 update contains the following changes: UPDATES & ADDITIONS - added optional A-1 cockpits based on the F-8's (by Stary) - updated ground wars for Steel Tiger & Easter Offensive campaigns - added new napalm effect (by Stary) to BLUs - updated NATIONS.INI for May2011 patch level - updated FLIGHTENGINE.INI for May2011 patch level - updated SOUNDLIST.INI for May2011 patch level - updated SQUADRONLIST.INI for May2011 patch level - updated ENVIRONMENTSYSTEM.INI for May2011 patch level - added new 3W VNAF A-1 textures - added VNAF camo texture to B-57B - overhauled Cessna180 & O-1E and added new cockpits to each - added USNGrey5 texture to F-8C & F-8C_66 - added three new textures to O-2A - added updated "Willie Pete" effects for May2011 patch level - updated terrain DATA.INIs for May2011 patch levels to correct visual problems with height maps, water levels, & coast lines FIXES - minor corrections to A-6A, A-6B, EA-6A, EA-6B, B-26K, B-57B, CanberraB20, Canberra20, F-100D, F-100D_64, F-100D_68, F-100D_WW, & O-2A - minor corrections/updates to most post-Dec2009 F-4s to account for model differences from earlier patch versions - minor corrections to most AAA, SAM, and radar ground objects - minor corrections to a number of other ground objects - minor corrections to several tanks & weapons Please see the full ReadMes for more information and installation instructions. Eric Howes

Folks: This update file has been refreshed again. The September 2011 update contains the following changes: UPDATES & ADDITIONS - added optional A-1 cockpits based on the F-8's (by Stary) - updated ground wars for Steel Tiger & Easter Offensive campaigns - added new napalm effect (by Stary) to BLUs - updated NATIONS.INI for May2011 patch level - updated FLIGHTENGINE.INI for May2011 patch level - updated SOUNDLIST.INI for May2011 patch level - updated SQUADRONLIST.INI for May2011 patch level - updated ENVIRONMENTSYSTEM.INI for May2011 patch level - added new 3W VNAF A-1 textures - added VNAF camo texture to B-57B - overhauled Cessna180 & O-1E and added new cockpits to each - added USNGrey5 texture to F-8C & F-8C_66 - added three new textures to O-2A - added updated "Willie Pete" effects for May2011 patch level - updated terrain DATA.INIs for May2011 patch levels to correct visual problems with height maps, water levels, & coast lines FIXES - minor corrections to A-6A, A-6B, EA-6A, EA-6B, B-26K, B-57B, CanberraB20, Canberra20, F-100D, F-100D_64, F-100D_68, F-100D_WW, & O-2A - minor corrections/updates to most post-Dec2009 F-4s to account for model differences from earlier patch versions - minor corrections to most AAA, SAM, and radar ground objects - minor corrections to a number of other ground objects - minor corrections to several tanks & weapons Please see the full ReadMe for more information and installation instructions. Eric Howes

Folks: This update file has been refreshed again. The September 2011 update contains the following changes: UPDATES & ADDITIONS - made minor updates to Steel Tiger & Easter Offensive campaigns - added new napalm effect (by Stary) to BLUs - updated SOUNDLIST.INI - added VNAF camo texture to B-57B - overhauled Cessna180 & O-1E and added new cockpits to each - added USNGrey5 texture to F-8C - added three new textures to O-2A FIXES - minor corrections to A-6A, A-6B, EA-6A, EA-6B, B-26K, B-57B, CanberraB20, F-100D, F-100D_Late, F-100D_WW, & O-2A differences from earlier patch versions - minor corrections to most AAA, SAM, and radar ground objects - minor corrections to a number of other ground objects - minor corrections to several tanks & weapons Please see the full ReadMe for more information and installation instructions. Eric Howes

pyro: I would review your installation steps for starters, because that isn't the VietnamSEA terrain from the Expansion Pack. It looks like the stock SF2V terrain -- with some tiles missing. Eric Howes

Folks: Attached is a Hotfix for the weapons problems. Please note that this Hotfix does require you to remove 33 now obsolete weapons folders from your NF4+Mods Folder. See the included ReadMe for instructions on how to apply this Hotfix. If you encounter problems, please report them here. Eric Howes NF4+_Weapons_HotFix.7z

Folks: Quick update on the weapons situation: I have identified almost 60 weapons that will have to be re-done because of a mismatch between the TypeName and folder name. At this point, I'm leaning towards fixing the weapons by re-naming folders, as opposed to re-naming the TypeNames, then tracking down all the different instances of the affected weapons in aircraft loadouts and re-doing the loadouts. The advantage to this approach is that it preserves the TypeNames that have been traditionally used for these weapons, which could be loaded by multiple aircraft including user-added mods. The downside to this approach is that it becomes more difficult to update an existing NF4+ install, as the newly named folders would be dropped in alongside the existing, misnamed folders. That's why I'm also leaning towards doing a separate NF4+ Weapons Refresh package that would include the entire NF4+ weapons folder as it should be. Installation would involve blowing away your current NF4+ weapons folder and dropping in the new one. Any way we do this, it's a mess with no clean and easy solution. Eric Howes

Slartibartfast: Looks like TK made some changes the handling of weapons in the most recent patch. Those particular weapons were working before (they weren't updated in this release). The problem is that some of the original weapons in NF4+ (back in Sep. 2009) were done such that the folder name matched the MODELNAME in the DATA.INI, not the TYPENAME. This is the same problem that I encountered with the Flash Pods on the RF-4C (which are updated in this release). Looks like I'll have to go through all the original weapons and check the folder name vs. the TypeName. If anyone else spots non-working weapons with the May2011 or later patch level, let me know. Eric Howes