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I'm pretty p**sed off right now. This is the kind of thing you always seem to hear happening to other members; yet you never expect it to happen to you. I turned on my desktop this evening only to be greeted by a blue screen. Within seconds the drive unit started sounding as if it had a case of major indigestion. I then called my brother who teaches courses in computer repairs, and he then broke it to me that my hard drive's probably died. As if this news wasn't bad enough, I end up getting three more blows to my PC misfortunes: Number one; my missus sheepishly admitted to me in the last hour that she dropped the 'box thing' while she was dusting under it earlier. Number two; I found out a while ago that my 12 month warranty is three three months out of date. Number three; I somehow forgot to do my 'weekly' backup last week. To top it off then, I was actually working on something which I don't even know right now if it can be recovered. Anybody got a six pack of beer handy? :suicide2:

Oh?! Dunno where I heard that. Maybe it was in some 'what if' forum

Wasn't some Kurnass variant re-equipped with the 30mm Defa cannon? That might account for the reduction in rounds

Nice one! Thanks Dragon. That's what happens when a guy like me gets too used to using a tool in a certain way.

dragon; how did you manage to extract the INIs for the A-4G? TK said last wkd that he'd have to update the extractor tool to read the DLCs. Just checked the TW site and there's no update for it yet

Hi cocas. Just double checked the aircrafts' 'UserList' INIs and they echo what it says in their respective _DATA.ini files. I'm totally stumped. Perhaps this is a minor bug that needs looking into. Edit - For anybody who's interested I've started a discussion over at TW on this particular issue: http://bbs.thirdwire...&p=52506#p52506

It's got me scratching my head anyway. Yeah, I've got an ArkRoyal.ini and ArkRoyal_DATA.ini in the object folder, and I've also double checked the Campaign_DATA. INI file and it all checks out. The F-4K_Data.INI file states 'CarrierBased=TRUE'. Actually, while I'm at it, I might as well throw the INI files for the ship for anyone who's interested to look over: ArkRoyal_INIs.rar

Cheers for that. I've already got the model but I was asking if it's been updated as I recently added it to an SF2 campaign but it never seems to show up. My F-4Ks start their mission on water

Just a couple of questions for the experts..... 1. Does anyone have a HMS Ark Royal (R09 - decommisioned in 1978) modded for use in SF2? 2. Do any of the modders have ideas as to how I can stop certain friendly aircraft types from showing up in single missions as AI aircraft ALL the time? Take for example the MirageIIIC/5 series which I modded for Dhimari use. Here's how I've edited the Mirage5s _DATA.ini file in an attempt to fix this: NationName=Dhimar ServiceStartYear=1975 ServiceEndYear=1987 AircraftRole=FIGHTER AircraftCapability=DAY_ONLY Availability=RARE Exported=FALSE PrimaryRoles=STRIKE,CAS,ARMED_RECON,RECON,SEAD SecondaryRoles=ANTI_SHIP,INTERCEPT,CAP As you can see I've even changed the aircraft's air to air functions to a secondary role and I've changed their availability to RARE, yet they always seem to show up flying CAP or intercept instead of various F-4 models which I've modded for Dhimari use. Here's a DATA.ini readout from a Dhimari F-4E_72: NationName=Dhimar ServiceStartYear=1973 ServiceEndYear=1984 AircraftRole=FIGHTER AircraftCapability=DAY_AND_NIGHT Availability=COMMON Exported=FALSE PrimaryRoles=SWEEP,CAP,INTERCEPT,ESCORT SecondaryRoles=STRIKE,CAS,SEAD,ARMED_RECON,RECON,ANTI_SHIP This aircraft clearly has air to air defined as it's primary role, yet NEVER shows up. Strange, huh? Any replies and/or suggestions to these queries appreciated.

I hope nobody's caught double parking!!

Just watchin' the game, havin' a bud......

Sorry if I got your wires crossed there bud. What I was talking about was having to do a bit of work to the stock SF2 campaigns that I'd already heavily modified to suit my own SF2 install.

Nice work. Keep up the good tuning!!

Well I think being a Glaswegian should speak for itself on that matter

Just checked it out on the TW site. A-4 with 'winder rails on the outside pylons too! I think I'm gonna like this new feature :yes:

In my experience when using TK's stock mission editor there don't seem to be any problems of that nature with AI aircraft from either side when flying scrpited missions. I'd suggest trying out a simple scripted mission using the editor in SF2V, these will be saved in the 'Missions' folder in .MSN file format. Open the file then with notepad and compare the differences in the setup. Maybe that could answer some questions.

Nice to meet you on CA mate. I may have read the message the wrong way, but what you're saying is that you've attempted to use a scripted mission in SF2V from your WOV install? If so, I think I read somewhere else in the SF2 forum that people have been having problems using missions created by a third party (Kreelin's?) mission editor. You probably know this anyway but all of the SF2 series have a built-in mission editor created by TK, which I've used on a load of occasions to create scripted missions of all kinds. Not a bad little feature either. As regards what I mentioned about third party editors, I'll see if I can locate the discussion and place a shortcut here for you. One more thing about the series two, for me anyway; when you're making the initial switch from series one, some things can be a little confusing at first. But within a short space of time you'll find that it's a lot easier to handle. not to mention the file structure being a lot tidier and a lot easier to navigate. Edit: Here's a shortcut to the discussion I mentioned above. Hope it's of help to you: http://combatace.com/topic/65721-kreelin-mission-editor/

I don't know of the names of any WP bombs types so just to save me looking through the entire add-on weapons pack in my back-up drive; can someone shout out a small list of WP bomb names that I can pick out and install in my weapons folders? Cheers

I've been waiting and hoping for something like that to happen for a looooong time!

Just noticed myself a short while ago that post June 2011 targets are once again visible when you press the F8 key. Things are indeed starting to look up

Makes me wonder if the ends justify the means. Mind you; I often wonder that on the morning after. On the other hand; if you take the right anti-hangover precautions before bedtime, it can help lessen the hangover itself. In my case - a dose of alka seltzer before bed and another first thing when I wake up. Another precaution in my case is to avoid drinking spirits of any kind - period.

This is for me and the rest of us who never spotted that:

And of course.......................PRACTICE......PRACTICE......PRACTICE......PRACTICE.......etc......

Hi bigstone. Dunno if it's any good to you but I released an A-6 skin along with a stock A-6A with some INI tweaks to more closely represent an A-6E. VA-85, USS Forrestal, '72-'73: Click here