ndicki

What, this sort of thing? Just putting the ideas together...

I've been getting horrifying FPS freezes when the new MF MiG-29 appears - I mean, real freeze-frame stuff. It's the only aircraft that does that on my admittedly not that recent but still perfectly adequate rig. Is anybody else getting the same thing? And can anyone suggest a fix? Even at long ranges - several miles - I get this problem, so it doesn't seem to be just a problem of LODs.

As I have no idea how to build a campaign, I don't know. It should be easy enough, I'd have thought.

2012. The financial crisis has brought the British economy to its knees. Unemployment is rife, and the underlying tensions running through British society have caused massive social and ethnic unrest. Minority groups have rioted violently throughout England, and the Armed Forces have had to intervene to impose stability. Meanwhile, government debt spirals without end as benefits and welfare payments far exceed predicted levels. Scotland and Wales are as usual the hardest-hit parts of the kingdom, and payments to those areas equal those made to the rest of the UK. As a result, English MPs in Westminster vote for the dissolution of the Union. England leaves the United Kingdom, abandoning Wales and Scotland to face the future alone, and Northern Ireland at the mercy of the Republic. Wales and Scotland have no option but to form an alliance against England, to claim back the huge sums of money taken in taxation which should normally have been used to help them out of the crisis. England will not budge. Various smaller groups join the Celtic Alliance; Cornwall secedes from England, and the Isle of Man joins some weeks later. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland remains in limbo, caught between Nationalist factions who wish to exploit the possibility of joining the South, and loyalist factions, now cast adrift, who are attempting to preserve their independence from the South, with some under-the-table help from the English... And fighting breaks out, first caused by popular unrest, but rapidly becomes militarised as cross-border skirmishes and air intrusions take place more and more frequently. England attempts to intimidate its neighbours, who still demand the restitution of their monies and citizens, into submission... If nothing else, Spinners will enjoy it. By the way, this is my idea, and I will be very unhappy if you, Larry Bond or Tom Clancy exploit it for a book... That's my objective! But I don't know (yet) how to put together a campaign for SF! So any help? Here's a MiG-29 of the Army of the People's Democratic Republic of Wales. Anyone speak Welsh, so I can make a nice decal to put on the aircraft somewhere?

It's done that sort of thing to me, too. At a guess, you'd need to be fiddling with the core files, removing the stuff by hand, or fix the core .ini files so they won't run, or something. Not a task I relish much...

Very interesting. What he says mirrors trouble I've had finding the correct colour balance for some of the aircraft I've been doing, too. Green has been an especial problem! I've also actually got to the point of considering renouncing the use of decals for insignia except serial and codes, in fact.

Very interesting and informative article - thank you. Just to tell you how much I agree with you: I recently changed monitor, which caused no end of trouble, and then found that the colour values I was using for skinning in CFS3 don't altogether correspond in SF. Especially greens, as you've pointed out. Which was the colour I had the most trouble with when I changed my monitor, too...

OK, got the idea. Thanks - this look any better?

Not sure how that works... Is it by using a greyer alpha channel, do you mean? They are a bit bright, I admit!

Don't know why, but this hasn't made it into the file announcements, so I'll announce it myself - it's the "normal" stablemate to the Sidewinder version. This one comes with optional national insignia and serial numbers, just to add a bit of variety. http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...amp;showcat=273

Actually, for Rhodesian aircraft I've used a different dark green - the references I gave are the ones I use for CFS3; here I've used 76, 76, 58. It's a bit less bright. And I've just uploaded a normal Rhodaf Hunter, without the Sidewinders - it seems to have failed to get into the file announcements, don't know why...

This is a Rhodesian Hunter in the Royal Rhodesian Air Force colours which were carried up until 5th March 1970, when the Rhodaf dropped the "Royal" prefix and adopted the green-and-white insignia. Any interest?

If you go and download my Rhodesian Hunter, there are a few tips there on adding new aircraft - all my SF1 aircraft work - and it shows you how to add new weapons. It's actually a sight easier the new way! http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=8445 Terrains seem generally to work if you create a folder in your My Docs/Strikefighters folder, called "Terrains". Note the "S". In SFP1, it was "terrain". Vehicles go into Objects/GroundObject. Etc, etc. Folders are pretty much the same as in SF1. Just don't go un-catting the core files, or you'll get in a terrible mess...

View File Hunter FGA.9 Rhodaf Late UDI Period HAWKER HUNTER FGA.9, No.1 Squadron Rhodesian Air Force, Thornhill AFB, Rhodesia, late 1970s The Hawker Hunter FGA.9 was delivered the (then) Royal Rhodesian Air Force in 1962/3 to replace the DH Vampires then in service with No.1 Squadron. The aircraft wore a number of different camouflage schemes during its twenty-plus years in service with the Royal Rhodesian Air Force, the UDI-period Rhodesian Air Force and finally, the post-Independence Air Force of Zimbabwe. Twelve aircraft were delivered, and all are represented in this pack, although three crashed during the 1970s. Credits: Spinners modified the Thirdwire stock Hunter FGA.9 to make it flyable, and fitted the cockpit. Modifications to ini files, stock weapons, screens and skin by Nigel "ndicki" Dickinson. Ideas and support from Josh "Jeremiah Weed" FOR SF2 ONLY RELEASED UNDER THE COMBATACE FREEWARE AGREEMENT Submitter ndicki Submitted 03/14/2009 Category British Aircraft

Now then... Colours: I use the following chart for RAF and Commonwealth aircraft: Dark Earth : 110, 93, 63 Dark Green : 68, 76, 56 Sky/Camotint : 172,177,159 or 171, 180, 161 "Duck Egg Green" : 174, 182, 154 BS381 No1 Sky Blue : 161, 176, 167 Ocean Grey (RAE) : 105, 114, 120 Mixed Grey (1941) : 95, 95, 95 (For guidance only) Med Sea Grey : 144, 147, 151 Night/Special Night: 27, 27, 27 Mid Stone : 158, 131, 8 Azure Blue : 165, 187, 190 Dark Med Blue : 86, 114, 134 Dark Slate Grey : 97, 99, 82 Ex Dark Sea Grey : 91, 96, 100 Trainer Yellow : 252, 220, 1 Dull Blue : 2, 14, 34 Dull Red : 116, 1, 1 Roundel Blue : 16, 0, 90 Roundel Red : 199, 13, 0 Roundel Orange : 211, 94, 0 Interior Grey-Green: 108, 122, 96 PRU Blue : 82, 104, 115 They seem to look close enough to yours, which are a little more faded. The Migs look good, but if I were you, I'd add a little Gaussian blur to the layers of camouflage paint to make them look more sprayed-on. And if you'd like, I can knock out serial numbers, national insignia and a decals.ini in a matter of minutes. One thing I would do if I were you - go into graphics settings and adjust the object detail and texture settings for high and unlimited. Your aircraft will become much clearer and sharper!

That Trog looks good! Where did you say you'd found it? Here's my next one - assuming permissions, etc - the Cessna 180 from WOV. Rhodaf had two C-185s on strength, and it's an easy enough aircraft to find on the market. Useful little tracker/spotter plane...

Alex, you might want to talk to Starfighter2 - I think he's already done a lot of the work.

View File Hunter FGA.9 Rhodaf (SW) FIXED VERSION - MISSING PYLON ADDED - APOLOGIES TO ALL CONCERNED! Rhodesian Air Force Hawker Hunter FGA.9 as modified by the South African Air Force to carry either Sidewinder or V3B "Voorslag" IR missiles. This was carried out at the SAAF's TFDC at Waterkloof in August 1979. http://www.ourstory.com/thread.html?t=305460 The main difference between the Rhodesian Hunters and other similarly modified Hunters is the addition of an extra weapons pylon between the two existing ones; most Air Forces simply used the external pylon. At least two aircraft were modified this way. It is unclear what happened to them after Independence. Credits go to Spinners for converting the stock FGS.9 to flyable, AleDucat for making the indispensable pylon and rail, and Jeremiah Weed for the idea and support. Thanks! FREEWARE ONLY WITHIN THE TERMS OF THE COMBATACE AGREEMENT. THIS IS FOR STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 ONLY AND WILL NOT WORK AS SUCH IN WOX/SF1. Submitter ndicki Submitted 03/12/2009 Category British Aircraft

You're right - the thing got left out. Apologies all round - too many things going on at the same time. I've just submitted a fixed version.

View File Gina Mk1 Rhodaf Fiat G-91 R4 Gina Mk1, No.2 Squadron Rhodesian Air Force, Thornhill Air Force Base, Rhodesia, early 1980s. Now imagine that Ian Smith had won the internal settlement elections in April 1979, and that the Lancaster House Agreements never took place. Instead of the South African volte-face which did take place in reality, South Africa's John Vorster maintained the oil supply to Rhodesia, and increased South African military aid. Rhodesia continued to fight for its survival... Despite the leftist revolution in Portugal in 1974, new aircraft were made available in the shape of 16 ex-Portuguese Air Force Ginas from stocks left in Mozambique. With a bit of tricky under-the-table dealing to circumvent the UN arms embargo and outwit the current left-wing government of Portugal, these aircraft were brought on strength in 1980 with No2 Sqn RhAF to replace their ageing DH Vampires. And Robert Mugabe, in the real world Africa's worst dictator since Idi Amin, never came to power. Thanks go to Erikgen for the aircraft, RussoUK and Zurawski for the cockpit, and Jeremiah Weed for the concept. THIS IS FOR SF2 ONLY AND WILL NOT WORK IN WOX/SF1 Released as freeware only in accordance with the Combatace freeware agreement. Submitter ndicki Submitted 03/12/2009 Category G-91 Gina

Ok, I'll see what I can find. I've just uploaded the final version of the Hunter - you'll be wanting to use the finished skin instead of the one I sent you.