Piecemeal

Hi all.Just a little prolem I'd like to share with you. I added Crab02's F-4S Phantom II TO SF2 and paired it with the stock SF2 F-4J cockpit which has worked really well except for the total lack of canopy glass which includes the canopies and the windshield. It's most noticeable when viewing the aircraft in F6 mode and the absence of glass makes it look as if both pilots popped their canopies for a bit of fresh air. Seriously though, its absence makes the aircraft look incomplete. If theres anyone who can assist with this problem I'd be grateful. :yes: BTW, If anyone would like to have a visual idea of what I'm on about, they can click on the gallery link I've left below: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...si&img=7883

SF2 also has low-viz decals for all squadrons of all armed forces departments. I'm not 100% sure if this is how the system recognises it but when I was doing up that blank skin I entered InsigniaLV instead of 'InsigniaWingL' or whatever it states. Low-viz tail designs started showing up after that. The above mentioned low-viz VMFA-531 tail decals aint half bad. Different but not bad

I've uploaded 7 or 8 screenshots of various aircraft types that I'm planning to employ in this campaign. Unfortunately for some reason I'm not able to add photos to these messages. For those interested, check out the Members Gallery.

And of course this (as well as the stock campaigns) will be SO much better when a new Weapons Editor is released. The power went in my area here a while ago. Just reading all the recent replies now. It's good to know that there's interest in this. Remember guys, opinions and suggestions are welcome. For those who are interested, here's the aircraft list (off the top of my head): Dhimar: *F-16A (imported F-16A Nesher and its cockpit from WOI - kept the Israeli skin but designed a different decal scheme for Dhimar) *F-4E_75 (d/loaded the 'Desert2' skin from this site and added Dhimari decal scheme) *Mirage 5D (I thought it was wasted in Libyan hands. Imported the Nesher cockpit from WOI) Paran: *MiG-23MF and MS (used the Syrian skins and added Parani markings) *MiG-23BN (as above) *MiG-23MLD (d/loaded from C5 and added Parani markings) *MiG-21bis (imported from WOI and added Parani markings to the Syrian skin) *Su-22M (d/loaded from CA - I think - and added Parani markings) USAF: *F-4ES - 174th TFS Iowa ANG (is in SF2 squadronlist) USN: *IAI F-21 Kfir - VF-43 Aggressor squadron *F-4S - VF-151 USS Midway

Hey, the more the merrier, bud. I've chosen the eighties myself cos I think that period has always been overlooked in this game. I got my hopes up a little when I heard there were two new campaigns. So when there no 80s campaigns I decided to try and make up for the deficit myself

Keep 'em coming.

I guess I'm just a little eager. I'm putting together an 80s campaign for SF2 at the moment. I'm planning to put the F-4S into carrier deployment off Dhimar. The last USN F-4 ever was catapulted off USS Midway in 1986 with VF-151 - hence the 'template skin I've created from a mish-mash of BMPs off the F-4J and F-4S. I'm planning on deploying VF-151 on Midway in this campaign....... ......hence my earlier eagerness. :rapage: I'll be putting more details of this campaign on forum here when I'm more certain of the direction I'd like the campaign to go in, but I have a general idea: *There's war in Europe between NATO and the Warsaw Pact - the US can only spare one or two Reserve units for deployment. *The supply situation in Dhimar will be critical due to heavy weapon expenditure in Europe. *etc, etc, etc, etc .............. To go back to the subject of the F-4S (and of course the F-4N), it's good to see some interest on a brilliant model that been left alone for too long :yes:

I apologise fully and unreservedly if I've offended you my friend. :blush2: Trust me; offending people is not the name of my game

OK, one more question for those "in the know", as Wrench calls you: How does one get rid of the slimers? I can't speak for everyone of course, but they really start to f**king irritate me after a while. Are they part of the LOD files? Is there a key combination I can use to switch them off during flight?

At last, the glass company have made a house call: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...si&img=7901 Wrench; nice work on the data.ini files. Definite improvement in overall performance. Check out the above screenshot; you'll see what I was talking about earlier in regard to the chaff/flare ejection port positions being copied from the SF2 F-4J. Did a quick paint job at that location on the skin to try and make it more realistic. I know, it could be neater but it'll do for the moment. If anyone's interested I'll upload the skin. Guys, if there's anybody out there planning a re-vamp of the F-4S for SF2/latest patches, here's some helpful webpages that I've used over the last few days for tweaking the current model: http://www.f-4.nl/f4_27.html http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/an-alq-126.htm http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Electr...ted-States.html Thanks for your help again lads. Wil Keep the Phantom phires burning.

Sorry for the late reply guys. I posted my problems before I went to bed last night. Wrench; looking forward to trying out your zip. With regard to the chaff/flare dispensers, I've already added them by copying the same chaff data text from the stock SF2 F-4J data.ini file and have pasted chaff dispensers onto the extaction area of the new template skin that I've edited (stock SF2 F-4J and salvatorestupido's F-4S USMC Late skin). BTW, I definitely think the N and S models could do with a post-patch/SF2 level re-make (hint to TK for future patches/updates ). I think these models of the phabulous Phantom have been seriously overlooked by SF2. Will let you know how I get on with your zip. Thanks again for your replies lads

Just an idea, but I was thinking of trying to find which details of the SF2 stock F-4J cockpit glass I could enter into the F-4S's files but I wouldn't know where to start. Am I thinking in the right direction