Spinners

I like that! Having Pilots and Seats in the Aircraft folder always seemed very untidy to me.

Looks like fresh downloads are already patched.

I think that's 'decal bleed' where the actual decal is too close to the edge of the decal sheet - in other words, leave a bit more of a gap around the decal. For a roundel a 180px circle needs to be on an absolute minimum square of 200px x 200px.

List of changes in this Update include: Feb 2009 -------- * Mach indicator on F-4 cockpits not moving past M1.1 is fixed. * Joystick settings is less likely to be lost even if the joystick is unplugged. * Screenshots are now saved in .JPG format. * F-4C (67) cockpit air threat indicator always being ON is fixed. * A-4B and C altimeter not working is fixed. * Some of the new 3d models for weapons not showing up is fixed. * Missing Sidewinder rails textures on A-4 is fixed. * One of the F-4D/E (75)'s decoy dispensers not working is fixed. * Create New Pilot pop-up dialog now displays correctly. * F-4E (72) and (75)'s service entry dates have been corrected. * "Desert Fury" campaign having wrong start dates for USN and USMC squadrons have been fixed. * Font sizes have been adjusted to fit better on different resolutions. * Some of the campaign CTD have been fixed. * Aircraft prices when playing Mercenary campaign have been adjusted to better account for small differences in their ECM capabilities. * Starting weapons supply has been increased for Mercenary campaigns. * The game no longer searchs for decals outside Decals folder, all decals must now be placed under Objects\Decals folder. * A-4 and F-100 drop tanks have been added to the external models so they use individual texture set. Spinners says "Sweet!"

Wrench's 1) seems the most likely. Another suggestion is that the bmp hasn't been properly condensed down from the psd file and still contains an alpha channel. EDIT Although, I think, in GIMP this might make it black.

Has anyone done another install? And how do you do it?

I don't understand. I've got SF2 on my Vista PC and it's not in my 'My Documents' folder.

Fiddler? Fantastic!

Nice work Nicky - Are they still based down there?

Very nice! Thanks erikgen and thanks to everyone at 'Team Voodoo'

Voodoo FR.3 of No.13 squadron, RAF Middle East Command.

Phantom FR.3's of No.13 squadron (somewhere over Paran )

I didn't even know it existed and enjoyed reading what I found at the Baugher site.

The readme is by phamtuan - I can't see the problem here

A good point that and, indeed, that's what I used to do - but I can't now that I've 'upgraded' to Vista!

I've used them both and much prefer The Gimp but even MS Paint will convert a screenshot to a JPEG.

Splash one Bandit! Hunter F.4 of No.14 squadron, RAF Middle East Command.

View File RAF Hunter F.4 for Strike Fighters 2 This is a simple mod of the excellent Third Wire Hunter to give a flyable F.4 with markings for No.14, No.54, and No.247 squadrons of RAF Middle East Command based in Dhimar during the late 1950's. Whilst all three squadrons did actually operate the Hunter F.4 the markings are slightly 'generic' and the serial numbers are actually from a batch of cancelled Venoms from that era. Regards Spinners Submitter Spinners Submitted 02/22/2009 Category Hunter

The US Navy pilot (link below) makes a reasonable Desert Pilot... if you keep the cockpit closed! http://www.geos-aircraft.com/SFPilots.htm

View File Westland Whirlwind - Desert Camo No.6 Squadron This is a fictional Desert Camo scheme for the Westland Whirlwind recently released by Veltro2K with markings for the famous No.6 squadron ('The Flying Can-Openers') of the Royal Air Force. For SFP1/SFG/WOV/WOE/WOI just drop the folder called '6d' into your Whirlwind folder and go and open some cans! For SF2 users things are a bit more tricky but you probably know your way around the different file structure by now. BTW the Whirlwind flies really nicely in SF2 but make sure you've got your throttle to zero before you start! Anyway, many thanks to Veltro2K for this little gem and also to Syrinx for the template and for the serial number decals - to which I've added another two to make a baker's dozen plus I've knocked up some reasonably authentic squadron codes. Submitter Spinners Submitted 02/21/2009 Category British Commonwealth

Looking good Lloyd! I can remember seeing that Javelin in the flesh on a visit to Duxford in the early 1980's. One of the TSR.2's was there as well (before it was refurbished) and I also clearly remember seeing a very shiny Lightning F.1A too.

View File RAF Phantom FG.2 (No.38 Group) McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.2 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 1 This is a simple mod of the stock Phantom F-4B to give a 'what if' J79 powered Phantom FG.2 tactical fighter with markings for No.6, No.41 and No.54 squadrons of No.38 Group of RAF Strike Command as they might have appeared in the late 1960's but I've also included some two-colour B-type markings for you to play around with. In theory, this should work in any 'first generation' game that has the standard F-4B LOD's. As SFG and WOV does not have the RAF Letter codes I've made some of my own in yellow and white and included them here to help avoid bare fins although there's plenty going on in fin land. BACKSTORY The successful first flight of the McDonnell XF4H-1 (Phantom II) on May 27th, 1958 certainly piqued the interest of both the RAF and the Royal Navy and by 1959 both were granted official 'observer status' on the project. The realisation that only two of the Royal Navy's five aircraft carriers could operate an aircraft of the XF4H-1's size (and that only after extensive modernisation) soon cooled the interest of the Senior Service but the RAF could see a promising aircraft of obvious potential across many roles and not just in their search for a Hunter replacement. By 1960 McDonnell were scheming various tactical fighter versions of the F4H-1 Phantom II with J79 engines including a minimum change version of the baseline USN F-4B to replace the Hunter and Javelin in RAF service and supplement the Lightning. The RAF had already bore the brunt of the 1957 Defence White Paper and had then suffered the ignominy of losing the UK's nuclear deterent in the planned switch from V-Force to Polaris. Following this heavy perceived loss of status the Air Staff were so determined to get the TSR.2 that in March 1961 they volunteered to forsake the supersonic V/STOL P.1154 strike fighter and STOL AW.681 tactical transport and replace both with off the shelf purchases of American aircraft. Both projects were declared as "too technically challenging to succeed in the current fiscal situation" but the early cashing-in of both projects did ultimately save the TSR.2 which went on to survive the 1964 Budget Review and enter RAF service at the end of the 1960's. Meanwhile, back in August 1961 the UK Government became the first export customer for McDonnell's XF4H-1 with an order for 350 aircraft consisting of 150 interceptor-fighters for RAF Fighter Command and 200 tactical fighters for RAF Germany and No.38 Group. Designated by McDonnell as the F-4K and by the RAF as Phantom F.1 and Phantom FGA.2 the first F-4K rolled off the St. Louis production line in February 1963 with a ceremonial first flight on April 1st, 1963 to coincide with the RAF's 45th birthday celebrations. These early RAF Phantoms retained the AAA-4 infrared search and tracking sensor fitted to a prominent bulge underneath the radome housing the powerful AN/APQ-72 radar and were powered by two General Electric J79-GE-8A engines each rated at 10,000lbs dry thrust and 17,000 lbs thrust with afterburner. The Phantom FG.2 entered service with No.41 squadron at Coningsby in January 1966 and eventually equipped no less than ten RAF squadrons at home and abroad. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the PhantomFG2 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the PhantomFG2 into your Decals folder. CREDITS Thanks to TK for a great little game/sim. And thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 01/04/18 Version 1 - 26/02/09 Submitter Spinners Submitted 02/20/2009 Category Fictional Aircraft, Experimental and UAV's