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Anybody out there?

Baltika's UK terrain is out, and it's very nice. Go and get it! BUT... I don't have WOE, so I don't have the ground objects, houses, trees, etc. And the WOE stock tilesets are abysmal. The fields are all rectangular and regular, and nastily coloured, so they look like a childish parody of what American agriculture might look like if seen from the air. Not Baltika's responsibility, I must add, because he has done a great job with limited means, as he explains in the "read-me". SO... The trick is to download these tiles and objects, and tip the lot into your UK terrain folder. http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=6192 And lo and behold, it looks right. Beautiful tiles for beautiful terrain. You'll probably have to turn your scenery settings down in order to keep decent FPS rates, but it looks great. Happy!

Thanks, Kurdes - good move there!

Yes, I have, actually - still WIP round the edges, but it'll save you some time. It's been realigned to take account of where the moving parts really are, and has new mapping for the wing fences. If you PM me with your e-mail address, you're welcome to use it as long as it is not for Zimbabwe, South Africa, or Celtic Wars skins!

Grief, no! No idea, I'm afraid. Is that scan from Piet Van Schalkwyk's SA Colours and Markings? If not, that might be a place to start.

Brilliant! Thanks! Now I can try to figure out how campaigns work...

Try renaming the tanks for one of them; you'd then have to edit the data.ini and loadout.ini with notepad to reflect the new names. (Run a search for the old names, or even use "replace all" with the full file names, old and new.) Then you need to hack the LODs with a hex editor - I use XVI32 from http://www.chmaas.handshake.de - search in "text string" for .bmp. Once you've found the reference to the skin files, change the name needed carefully keeping to the same number of characters. Close and save, and rename the corresponding .bmp files with the new name. That should be it.

http://www.aviationmegastore.com/?shopid=L...0&art=52136 SAAF Ju52s were ex-SAA, so the civilian model, as were the Ju86s. They were field modified to carry bombs, and painted in camouflage colours. I don't have any photos of Ju52s available, but I do have one or two of the JU86s. They appear to be wearing heavily weathered sand (or pale) coloured paint on the uppersurfaces, and possibly similarly-toned pale blue paint on the lower surfaces, with a straight feathered demarcation which is virtually imperceptible on B+W photos. Good luck!

Thanks! Moving on to the detail work and weathering...

The fire effects are interesting, too...

The Hawk would not be the sexiest combat aircraft, but it would be the most numerous, at least until foreign machines become avaliable. So... The logic is that they would be used as attack aircraft at relatively low altitude, hence the green and brown camouflage. And because I happen to have a weal spot for that sort of thing, and it's different from RAF specs - equally important if you're a small country trying to distance itself from its bigger neighbour. Just in case, I've tweaked it to carry 4 Sidewinders - I can't see why that would be technically problematic. By the way - Welsh for "Rescue"?

The Dragon's nice. They don't operate any more, sadly.

Sounds perfect. When you're ready... :smile:

Looks good!

That was the difficult one! The other "new" ones are Ulster Defence Force and IRA.

I see it the same way as Shaolin - and the cross looks too much like something to do with the Red Cross. But the Scottish Lion looks dead good - there, I'm hesitating between the Cross of St Andrew and the Lion Rampant as fin flash. Difficult decision! Has anyone identified the other "made-them-up" ones?

What do you think of these? I'm quite proud of them! There are two for Scotland, and two for England - which do you all prefer?

I'm o, Photoshop CS - but PM me with your e-mail address and I'll try and find one that'll go through the post!

Baltika, I'm looking forward to this, I really am! Beautiful scenery. Meanwhile, I'm repainting Russo's Hawk - the original skin textures don't line up at all around the tailfin and rudder, so that needs looking at. As the majority of BAGC aircraft will be Hawks from BAGC Valley (!), then I'd better get them right. I'm wondering about weird tribal paint schemes, such as the Stewart tartan on the Scottish F.3...

You won't get anywhere near it! My flight of ex-RAF BAGC Hawks has just knocked down an incursion by a flight of RAF Typhoons, just to prove the point! Don't ask how, but it works...

Never heard of it. Probably anti-Saffa propaganda.

Yes, he has - but he hasn't answered my PM... They were Reims Cessna 337s with Brownings in pods on the roof!

How's this do you? [Nation203] Name=WALES DisplayName=Byddin Awyr Gweriniaeth Cymru Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NAMESWELSH.LST RankList=RanksRAF.lst CallsignList=CALLSIGNSRAF.LST Formation.Fighter=USFighter Formation.Attack=USFighter Formation.Bomber=USBomber Formation.Transport=USBomber Formation.Tank=USTank Formation.MobileAD=USAD PilotTrainingStandard=EXCELLENT GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Medals=MedalsRAF.ini MedalTextFile=MedalsRAF.str [Nation204] Name=SCOTLAND DisplayName=Scottish Air Corps Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NamesBritish.lst RankList=RanksRAF.lst CallsignList=CALLSIGNSRAF.LST Formation.Fighter=USFighter Formation.Attack=USFighter Formation.Bomber=USBomber Formation.Transport=USBomber Formation.Tank=USTank Formation.MobileAD=USAD PilotTrainingStandard=EXCELLENT GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Medals=MedalsRAF.ini MedalTextFile=MedalsRAF.str [Nation205] Name=ULSTER Alignment=FRIENDLY DisplayName=Ulster Defence Force PilotNameList=NamesBritish.lst RankList=RanksRAF.lst CallsignList=CALLSIGNSRAF.LST Formation.Fighter=USFighter Formation.Attack=USFighter Formation.Bomber=USBomber Formation.Transport=USBomber Formation.Tank=USTank Formation.MobileAD=USAD PilotTrainingStandard=EXCELLENT GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Medals=MedalsRAF.ini MedalTextFile=MedalsRAF.str [Nation206] Name=IRA DisplayName=Irish Republican Army Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NamesBritish.lst RankList=RanksRAF.lst CallsignList=CALLSIGNSRAF.LST Formation.Fighter=USFighter Formation.Attack=USFighter Formation.Bomber=USBomber Formation.Transport=USBomber Formation.Tank=USTank Formation.MobileAD=USAD PilotTrainingStandard=EXCELLENT GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Medals=MedalsRAF.ini MedalTextFile=MedalsRAF.str [Nation207] Name=EIRE DisplayName=Irish Air Corps Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NamesBritish.lst RankList=RanksRAF.lst CallsignList=CALLSIGNSRAF.LST Formation.Fighter=USFighter Formation.Attack=USFighter Formation.Bomber=USBomber Formation.Transport=USBomber Formation.Tank=USTank Formation.MobileAD=USAD PilotTrainingStandard=EXCELLENT GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Medals=MedalsRAF.ini MedalTextFile=MedalsRAF.str [Nation208] Name=CORNWALL DisplayName=Cornish Volunteer Force Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NamesBritish.lst RankList=RanksRAF.lst CallsignList=CALLSIGNSRAF.LST Formation.Fighter=USFighter Formation.Attack=USFighter Formation.Bomber=USBomber Formation.Transport=USBomber Formation.Tank=USTank Formation.MobileAD=USAD PilotTrainingStandard=EXCELLENT GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Medals=MedalsRAF.ini MedalTextFile=MedalsRAF.str Of course, I need to work on names, call-signs, etc, but the basis runs perfectly.

And I've been trying to understand how a campaign works so I can actually do something useful with it...