ndicki

Already existed in the AvHistory FMs pack...

Try this instead: Component[011]=Move1 Component[012]=Move2 Component[013]=Move3 Component[014]=Move4 Component[015]=Move5 Component[016]=Move6 [Move1] ParentComponentName=fuselage ModelNodeName=20mm_R DestroyedNodeName=20mm_R DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE [Move2] ParentComponentName=fuselage ModelNodeName=20mm_L DestroyedNodeName=20mm_L DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE [Move3] ParentComponentName=fuselage ModelNodeName=cannon_bump_R DestroyedNodeName=cannon_bump_R DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE [Move4] ParentComponentName=fuselage ModelNodeName=cannon_bump_L DestroyedNodeName=cannon_bump_L DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE [Move5] ParentComponentName=fuselage ModelNodeName=cap_L DestroyedNodeName=cap_L DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE [Move6] ParentComponentName=fuselage ModelNodeName=cap_R DestroyedNodeName=cap_R DetachWhenDestroyed=TRUE HasAeroCoefficients=FALSE Running a search for _L in case sensitive mode seems to yield results! Now I expect I'd better think about painting it...

OK..... Let me try this out.

Interesting. I had no idea even where to start with this. Where do you add these lines to the data.ini? Once I know that... It won't make much of a MkI/II unless you're half blind, but still. The oil coolers and exhaust stubs will give it away, even if for an AI you could do worse. It WILL make a PR.Mk XI. Of sorts.

Ran into that with the CFS3 ones, which are originally the same model anyway - I got them remapped. Things are often a bit easier in the world of CFS3! While we're on Spitfires, apparently there's a trick by which you can remove/hide model meshes; I'd be interested to see if the stock Spit IXc can be modified so it no longer has the cannon/cannon stubs and wing bulges. Any ideas?

Scan the data.ini and run a search for "ModelNode" - I think you'll find it is actually called 'nose', logically enough. If that doesn't work (for future reference here) use a hex editor to work through the model LOD file. Long job, but if you can guess the name, it helps! Final possibility is to contact the model-maker. They're all very helpful people and will be happy to advise. Another way to place the decal is to make it extra-big - say Scale=10.00 - and see where it appears. You can then estimate the size and placements needed more easily.

I'd agree with Spinners here - I've had more than 2 decals per mesh without any trouble. Get one of my Bf109g skins, or my D-Day Spitfire and check it out!

I wonder if you can assign days and months to skins - think of early Spitfires. From September 1939 to December 1940, you have some five or six significant and noticeable changes in appearance - black and white undersides without roundels, black and white undersides with roundels, 'Sky' undersides using other similar colours with no roundels, true MAP Sky undersides with no roundels, then with roundels, then finally, Sky undersides with port wing black distemper, roundels and MAP Sky-Blue band and spinner...... It gets a bit complicated, even if you allow for there being a certain time lag between the AMO and its implementation. Not easy to juggle, but if you're a purist, it needs to be addressed.

Just in case this has slipped through the net, it's possible to set service start and end dates more precisely than is usually done. GregoryP found this one - use the mm/dd/yyyy format and you get this: ServiceStartDATE=12/01/1943 ServiceEndDATE=01/01/1955 It may not be so important in post-war simming, as the rate of introduction of new types has slowed down considerably, but for WW2, it's a must!

Actually, I'd love to see a Supermarine S.6B... No real reason why, in a combat sim, but I'd just like to see one. At this rate, I'll end up doing FSX...

I was going to say, don't forget to add the weld lines, where they've stuck it back together! Seriously though, it's looking good.

I'd be grateful for almost anything as long as the model is of high visual accuracy, and it has well-stepped, progressive LODs. Think of the aircraft Monty_CZ does, or the stock Spitfire, Mustang, etc, and you've got it. And let's have some light/medium two-engined jobs, not just fighters all the time! And cockpits...

View File Hawk template, PSD format Layered PSD template for Russo_UK's BAe Hawk Submitter ndicki Submitted 04/17/2011 Category Skin Templates

View File Seafire MkIII, Irish Air Corps Seafire MkIII (Modified), No.1 Sqn, Irish Air Corps, 1947 - 1955 The Irish Air Corps bought 12 Seafires in 1947; these were denavalised by removing the 'hook' and at least in most cases, locking the wing-fold joints. They were numbered from 146 to 157. There is still considerable debate among the Irish aviation historians as to the precise colour used; they were clearly painted overall with a greenish-grey shade, possibly MAP Light Slate Grey. No detailled information is available. I have simply used one of the stock TW skins, slightly modified, although it is not single colour as it should be. For use ONLY with SF2 including the Israel Expansion Pack. This will NOT work if you do not have the stock TW Spitfires installed and working. Credits: Model and flight dynamics by Third Wire Cockpit by Kesselbrut DEcals and placement by ndicki Submitter ndicki Submitted 04/17/2011 Category Spitfire

I've got one for the Hawk - it isn't the most detailled I've ever done, but it'll get you started. I'll upload this afternoon.

I DID look at that, and didn't have the courage... It is outside the time frame specified, as it's in fact during the very early 1980s, I think, isn't it? If you can supply the marking in white on black, for example, I can make the decal easily. But if I had to draw each letter by hand, it would take days.......

View File F-4D, ROKAF 1969 MDD F-4D Phantom II, 110th TFS, 11th TFW, Republic of Korea Air Force, Taegu, from beginning 1969 After some hard negotiating during 1968, ROKAF was given 18 F-4D aircraft in return for agreeing to transfer 36 on-loan F-5A/B aircraft (which ROKAF did not greatly appreciate in any case) to RVNAF. These aircraft were used by 110 Tactical Fighter Squadron, and supplemented by further deliveries over the years, remained in service with 110 and 151 TFS, 11th TFW until 2010. They retained their SEA camouflage at least into the 1980s. Serial numbers were simply based on the USAF serials, with the initial '6' removed - so the first aircraft delivered, USAF 64-0931, became ROKAF 40-931 and so forth. To the best of my knowledge, they did not participate in the Vietnam War, although given the Republic of Korea's considerable contribution to supporting South Vietnam, it is a reasonable what-if... Submitter ndicki Submitted 04/10/2011 Category F-4

Hello - Just wondering whether it would be convenient/possible to change the default size of the photos for the file library from square to, say, 4:3 or 16:9? As aircraft are generally long and thin rather than short and squat, it makes adding decently-detailed shots that bit more difficult. Hardly high priority, but it's just something I keep having trouble with. Thanks!

Have you modified the model LOD files to look for .dds files? If not, it'll still be looking for the appropriate BMP files. You need to work through the model with a hex editor, changing each BMP entry to DDS. The easiest tool is Martin Wright's DXTBMP - I have no idea of the settings to use, but I use DXT1 with no alpha, for most things.

What would be good is if there were a way of randomising the skin on the fuselage, so the aircraft in the flight had different patterns of camouflage, never mind different individual numbers. If it's possible to paint the camouflage blotches onto a decal without losing the panel detail - presumably also on the decal - it might be interesting. But I know very well I don't have the energy and patience!

This will be coming soon - it's a repaint of Monty_CZ's S-99 as a late-production Bf109g-6 or g-14 - there was actually no difference between the late g-6 and the early g-14, so it can do either. The tall tail and Erla canopy appeared in the autumn of 1943, and while they were not universal until mid-1944 or later, they do mean that this aircraft can be used for any 1944-45 scenario.