malibu43

Over the years, I have had so many installs and gone through so many iterations of what I wanted to get out of SF2! I've had SF2 uninstalled completely for several years and have not been simming at all. I took my son and two other teenage boys to the Miramar Air Show last weekend, and he came home asking for me to set up all my old flight sim stuff. So I've reinstalled a backed-up generic "SF2 plus" install I had that tries to keep the spirit and simple content of the base game with mostly terrain/environment/effect updates for immersion. For now, I'm going to try to stick with just that one install (famous last words...). I got track my old trackIR 4 working and setup a profile for the T-Flight HOTAS One we have for the XBOX... It's been a fun trip down memory lane for sure! And also somehow my son came home from the airshow declaring that the F-5 is his "favorite plane". Not sure how that happened after watching F-35's and F-18's rip holes in the sky all day. But I'll take it.

I figured it would be something easy like that. Thanks!

Got it. I only have 4 terrains installed, so no big deal to edit those 4 files. Thanks!

It's me again. The F-5E Early Versions Pack 1.0 (see below) seems to be missing "F5eAfterburnerEmitter" as called out in the ...data.ini file and the aircraft does not display an after burner. However, "F5Effects.ini" that's installed as part of the package does include "F5AfterburnerEmitter" entries. Effects were never my bag. How do I properly fix this?

Interesting... I've found this in options.ini. But the end year seems to not have any effect...?

Hey guys. Long time no see. I’ve just re-installed my big, modded, combined SF2 install that I backed up several years ago, as my 15 yr old son has taken an interest in flying around and shooting at things. My combined install was always focussed on limiting things up to the early 80’s as that’s where I think this sim is best suited. I noticed that the F-5E he asked me to install (as well as some stock aircraft) allow you to select single mission dates well past that, depending on service years for that particular aircraft. This gets weird if you elect to fly a mission in the mid 2000’s in the F-5E with no red opposition installed that covers that date range. Remind me what’s the easiest way to limit the available years for an entire SF2 install? Is it to go into each terrain and adjust the available years? Or is there one .ini somewhere that dictates flyable years for the entire install?

It's a laptop, so no unplugging possible. Since it only happens with SF2, I'm guessing it's not a driving or device related issue. I'll experiment with the Windows key theory later when I get a chance.

I'm not 100% sure but I feel like maybe it's happened when I've tried to pause (ALT+P). I wonder if I'm hitting Windows key by accident...

I'm hoping this has come up somewhere already and someone knows if there's a cause/fix... Just reinstalled SF2 after not having it installed or playing for several years. I had my installation folder and mod folders backed up on a hard drive and simply drag and dropped them back into place. Occasionally during flight the keyboard will stop responding altogether. I can't pause, I can't change views, I can't alt-D to change HUD, and hitting ESC does not exit the mission. Sometimes if I mash keys furiously, I get keyboard input back, but sometimes I then lose them again. Most of the time this has happened, I have to alt-TAB and close the SF2 window from there. Upon restarting the game, everything works fine. This seems to happen maybe once every 5-8 flights. Anyone else experienced this? I'm running on Win10.

Awesome! I'll check it out!

Hey - sorry to bump an old thread. Were the consolidated .ini fixes for the Razbam A-6 pits ever made available anywhere?

Ya, I saw that one. He might stress me out sitting next to me with that excited look in his eyes, but I could give it a try. I also saw the Top Gun Jester model in the downloads section. That could be fun also... Would prefer more of a generic USN pilot look, but if not, the two options above should work.

Does anyone know if there's a hi-res USN pilot model available? I've reinstalled SF2, and would like to put a higher resolution pilot in the BN seats of the A-6 and F-111. Looking over and seeing that blury helmet kind of kills the immersion...

I always felt that IL-2 did a much better job at flight models and capturing the feel of flying WWII era prop aircraft. So the WWII mods for SF1/SF2 that did exist were never really any interest to me.

It's not about whether it can be done in general. It depends on what campaign mods you are trying to install. There are some files or objects that are edited to specifically reflect that object in that particular campaign or theater. And if that same file or object was edited to be specific for that campaign in more than one of the campaigns you are installing, whichever one you install last will overwrite the others, and that could break things. It's entirely possible that the combination of campaigns your are installing could work fine together. Or it's entirely possible that the campaigns you install will completely break each other and be FUBAR. In general, if the creator of a mod has suggested a dedicated mod folder, it's best to do it that way. PS - it's not campaign files that usually interfere with each other. It's more when the mod is creating a "conflict/theater specific" mod or install, where aircraft, weapons, and objects have been tailored to suit that scenario. edit - I just re-read the list of mods you want to install, and I'm pretty sure some files will conflict. There were talks and threads a looonnngggg time ago about creating one mod pack that covered all the theaters, but I dont think it ever happened. I created one for myself, but it wasnt nearly as in depth as all the ones you listed on their own.