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Hi Ravenclaw / community, Even though I have downloaded your excellent F-4 and weapons packages, and even though I have a reasonable quality PC and excellent tweaking skills, I cannot seem to get anywhere near the amount of detailing on my aircraft as you get (such as stencilling's). Do you do any manual tweaking's of the ini's to obtain this? Thanks to all in advance, Andrew.

So, I've patched the sim up to the latest version, and I have modded nothing at all yet. I decided to play the default 1979 campaign, flying the A-10A. I'm into about my fifth mission flying CAS, and I get alerted that there are a couple of MiG-27's in the area. (I was using labels on) anyway, I despatch the first one easy, but then when I target the next one, rather than come up with 'MiG-27' on the dialogue box, it has the pilots name........Gernady something. I quickly despatch him too with my last 9-Lima. End of the game, and the debrief only says that I despatched a MiG; nothing about the name or anything. Seems a bit weird; has anybody else seen this? Thanks, AJ.

This one really has me baffled.......... I have been playing single missions for practice before I lauch my campaign, but in a lot of cases just prior to mission end, I am being bounced by the likes of late model MiG-23's. So, my question is, where are these Floggers etc coming from? They are certainly not carrier capable, and they would not have the range to strike at me, even if they did get through defended NATO airspace. Has anybody else seen this, or is it just a glitch in the sim? Thanks all, AJ.

Thanks I'll start doing a few strike missions and put an end to them all! LOL AJ.

Hi community, I've recently had time to have a go at my sims again, and I currently have a merged copy of SFP2E, and SFP2NA. On the weekend I downloaded and installed the beautiful F-4N and F-4S from this site and installed them; however I appear to be missing textures in the cockpits. This is for both aircraft; the instrument panels are black. I'm guessing I'm gonna have to be doing some file extracting here. Can somebody help please? Many thanks as usual, Andrew.

Thanks guys, and especially Wrench. All fixed up now. :-)

Thanks Wrench, but that was a no go for me. :-( I ran your edits, and when I relaunched the game, both F-4's were gone from the selection list, so I reversed things. What I do have is the F-4N and the F-4S folders, with their own 'Cockpit' sub folders, but within that Cockpit folder, there is a single file which in both cases is called: F-4N_sight.tga. That is why I am wondering if I can alias a cockpit from one of the SF2 Europe F-4's, if I extract them? Thanks again, Andrew.

Finish what?

Not sure why, but I ALWAYS manage to ace any mission in the F-4D. Love the lines of that beast as well. Andrew.

Hmmm, I seem to have an unusual issue with mine........ I applied the app to all areas as suggested (I have Win7-64-bit) but when I launch my flight / mission, the loading screen has another smaller loading screen within it, as does the aircraft in game. It's the same as what you get in the FSX 'mini view' when you hit the [ ]'s key. Removed all of the files from the game last night and that fixed it. Would like to get it working though, because those shots DO look considerably better. Thanks, Andrew.

Russ, What's the scenery in that shot please? Looks great. Andrew.

Hi community, I've made the F-104G flyable with the superb new pit, thanks to Wrench's awesome instructions. However, I am finding one unusual issue: In all cases, the aircraft is fitted with wingtip and under-wing fuel tanks. I can still load AIM-9's etc, but the models are underneath the tanks. Is there a fix for this please? Also, I seem to recall seeing a skin that was for a lo-viz F-104G, similar to 'Lizard' camouflage. Is this available for WoE2 please? Many thanks, Andrew.

All fixed up now. Thanks for all your help guys. Andrew.

Transforms the sim! Thanks for all of your work on this.

Hi community, Always a pleasure to drop in here. Hope I'm not too much of a PITA at the moment; every time I learn something, it seems to raise more questions......LOL. Anyway, I have heavily modded my install. Looks brilliant I must say, but the sim locks up when I try to start a campaign. I know why; it is because I have removed and replaced some aircraft, but I believe I can work around this? I want to have a mid-late 80's campaign scenario, so I have removed a lot of the aircraft that are in the sim that would have been used in the 50's and 60's. It's logical that the campaign is crashing because it's making calls to aircraft that I have removed, so, my questions are: 1. I know there are a number of campaign folders in the sim; can I removed the older ones? 2. If I want to fly a campaign between say, 1985-1989, which folders must I keep and edit? 3. I assume that with said editing, I can assign aircraft type? (I want to use Harrier GR3, Bucanner, and F-4 FGR2). 4. I once saw files in the library for newer tanks etc (T80's etc) but I cannot seem to find those - are they still all in the SFP1 download section? 5. I know that there was a way in WoV to increase the number of SAM's that were launched at you.....can you do the same in SF2 Europe? (I get no more than 4 SAM's launched at me in single missions usually). 6. Can somebody direct me to an F-4E Europe 1 cam skin please? 7. (Finally) is there a way to increase the number of targets that must be destroyed in single missions for you to achieve your goals? Thank you all again, as usual. Andrew.

Hi community, I am endevouring to customise this sim to my liking, almost there, but I seem to have another issue. I have downloaded the very nice SF2 style Hangar screens from this site, but I am damned if I can get them to work with default aircraft! All of my add on aircraft are fine. I extract the .ini files from the CAT and place those in the aircrafts folder within my Mods section. Also edit the .ini file to point to the new JPEG. Am I missing something here? Thanks, AJ.

Thank you to everybody once again. Awesome community we have here!

Hi community, I've already done a search and looked through the knowledgebase, but I could not find........I thought some months ago there were some .ini edits to tweak the graphics of the sim? Also, been having button issues with the latest patch and my X-52 in WOE2, but I found a solution for that today. Thanks all, Andrew.

Very nice Wrench!

Soulfreak, As I recall, it may have been an ini edit that was relating to DirectX 10 or 11. I am even more confused now since Russo showed the beautiful bump mapping in use on his Sukhoi. Also, I'm not sure, but is there also a Nvidia Enhancer preset available for this sim? Thanks again, Andrew.

Got to ask..... Can we get Russo's Su, and Stary's beautiful watermaps yet? Thanks, Andrew.

Sorry community, just a few more questions: 1. Can somebody point me in the right direction for British Phantom Skins (hi-rez if possible). I've imported the SFP1 FGR2 into the sim, but the default grey schemes seem to lack a little 'depth'. 2. I've noticed that with the Series one aircraft I have downloaded, there do not appear to be any coordiantes for pilots and seats in the .ini files. Can this be fixed? 3. A darker skin for the A-10B would be awesome :-) 4 (Finally) - I've removed a number of the older default aircraft; the Hunter and the Harrier GR1 series. Can anybody tell me what I need to modify to get the campaigns working again? (I would like to fly some campaigns with British F-4's. Thanks to all once again. :-) Andrew.

Hi community, apologies if this question has been asked before. I've played all of the Thirdwire sims, and like alot of the people here, have found myself saying 'yeah, enough', mostly because of file locking etc, but I am not here to gripe. Over the years, I have mostly enjoyed SF2 Euroupe (modded of course) and I am about to install again, but I would like to know what is the best service pack to go to please? I will just be doing some 'standard' mods; weapons, terrains etc, but will also be installing accurate aircraft for the 1981 - 1985 period. Lastly, can the new UK terrain be integrated with the CEGermany terrain at all? (I would like to fly long range strikes from England). Once again, thanks to all here who mod etc..........TK really does not appreciate what he has in you guys. Cheers, Andrew.

LOL....That is Priceless!!!!!

When I read a subject like this, it makes me hate myself even more for not being able to mod. You guys are so right on so many aspects here. When SFP1 was first released, yeah, it was acceptable. But even back then I was a little dissapointed with the ground detail, but I imersed myself, in the sense of "how much would a pilot at high speed and low level see, anyway?" So, after the initial one series, we get Series 2. I started to hope that things were going to look better, as computer hardware was getting better, and so were rendering techniques, but no, we just got the same old thing. When I purchased SFNA, I was nothing short of disgusted by the quality of the water. I mean, FFS, TK appears to have not even tried. Same goes for things like the opening screen, music etc. Outside of the Strike Fighters series, I fly FSX, and I tell you, some of my unedited screen shots are light years ahead of this SF series. And then, we get the talented people here, who I believe are the real people who have kept this game alive for so long. Whenever I see updates by people like Stary, I just jump on it and download them right away, because I already know the quality I am going to get from it. I'm sure TK has made SOME money from this series, and his piss-poor excuses will not wash with me any more. What will the next release be? more F-4's over a different coloured "new" terrain tile set? I will wait and see, but until I see MAJOR graphical improvements, I will purchase no more. I feel for all of the modders here at CombatAce. Yes, it may be true that you may want to model a particular aircraft/terrain for yourself, or even for the satisfaction of being able to do it, but also, indirectly, you are keeping TK's sim alive for him, probably much longer than it would have been. Also, nobody is being rewarded, or even getting a thank you. I often wonder if TK lurks around this forum. If this sim ever does come crashing down, and people lose interest, I know it will be only TK to blame. As a Network Engineer, I do not now work with the same tools and skills that I was ten years ago. Thanks Stary; thanks Dave et al. This is and will also be a great community, but at this stage, if any or all of you decided to pack up your tents, I would certainly understand why. Regards, Andrew.