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View File DLC 28: AVIA S-99/S-199 Flaps Fix Strike Fighters 2 - DLC 28: AVIA S-99/S-199 Flaps Fix Fix for the bugged flaps of the aircraft Avia S-99 and S-199. Fixes the meshes and adjust the data.ini for both planes. This is a patch for the file DLCData028.DLC of 121.878.708 bytes Found in your SF2\DLC folder. For safety backup your original DLCData028.DLC file. The distance LODs will not be fixed, so it is advisable to change the distance in S-99.ini and S-199.ini like below: [LOD001] Filename=S-99.lod //Distance=120 Distance=300 Gerwin 4-7-2019 http://members.quicknet.nl/lm.broers/ Submitter gerwin Submitted 07/04/2019 Category Other  

I still prefer SF2 over any other similar game/sim because of the modding features. So practical to add, expand and fix objects and terrains, it is like a build you own flightsim toolkit with great stock items. Just wish some rudementary helicopter support was added before development stopped. This complete edition price is pretty good value IMHO. But the other individual prices should come down as well, these were actually raised about year ago. What surprises me a little is that, on his forum **, TK advised against merging SF2NA with the other games, and now he does just that. (** forum now gone.)

Nice find! It is a small world, since "ArmA 2" mod "Cold War Rearmed 2" recently added a Spahpanzer Luchs, and now I know where they got it from. https://bb-mapping-designs.de/community/include.php?path=forumsthread&threadid=208&entries=30

He is a member on Vogons: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=49315&p=753845

PS. Did someone ever find a 3DS max (2009 or earlier) filter that can reduce the polygon count of complex shapes automatically, without screwing things up too much? So far I did not.

I figure that two or maybe three distance LODs are the most important: - The one right after the main lod, so the game can stop sweating on the small details as quickly as possible. But what Guuruu says about damage overlays is also a factor. - What is usually the hardest part for the game to render are Airfields and Carriers with parked aircraft. So the parked LODs that are typically in view during takeoff and landing decide on the lowest FPS situation. But a busy carrier is rather unfixable in this regard, besides just keeping them a bit plain (less parking spots, avoid deck crew) or buying a overkill graphics card. - The smallest one. An aircraft is often just a few pixels large in the view of the player. So if the model for this range is like 200/100kB or smaller it significantly lowers the total rendering load in most situations. What I usually do is set temporary LOD distances in the ini file to check for proper LOD synching. Like 60m, 80m, 100m and 120m. And then see if all LODs appear when zooming in and out. This also shows whether or not there are nodes that make LOD transitions unnecesseraly crude on the eye, so one can consider adjusting these. ( Note that I never made aircraft, just ground objects.)

Here is Finkbeiner junior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Finkbeiner His wiki page is 'suspect' if you know what to look for. Privileged kid.

Yeah, Should be something there for custom height increments. At least in the latest version. Note that your screenshot shows an older TFDtool version. Edit: Key: T = Toggle increase/decrease amount between 10 and 'autodetect'. Combined with changing this entry in TFDtool.ini from 10 to 1: heightmap_increase=1

View File Aggressor Camo Skin for A-4F '74 (fictional) Aggressor Camo Skin for A-4F '74 (fictional) version 1.0 by Gerwin 17-7-2018 DESCRIPTION: Made for The Strike Fighters 2 A-4F '74 model. For use by the player or by a new nation which can be called "Aggressor" in the Nations.ini. This skin is part of a Skin set, all in the same style, by the same author. It can also be applied to the A-4G DLC, which can serve as a sleeker fighter version with 4 Sidewinder missile rails. INSTALLATION: Copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains the A-4F '74 files, for example: My Documents\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2\Objects\Aircraft\A-4F_74 Sample entries for a new nation called "Aggressor": Add to Flight\Nations.ini, at an appropriate number XXX: [NationXXX] Name=Aggressor DisplayName=Aggressor Red Air Force Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NamesRussian.lst RankList=RanksRussian.lst CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst Formation.Fighter=SovietFighter Formation.Attack=SovietFighter Formation.Bomber=SovietBomber Formation.Transport=SovietBomber Formation.Tank=SovietTank Formation.MobileAD=SovietAD PilotTrainingStandard=NORMAL GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Add to A-4F_74__UserList.ini: [Aggressor] ServiceStartYear=1971 ServiceEndYear=1994 Availability=COMMON THANKS TO: Third Wire for the Strike Fighters Based Games. Camo pattern initially based on A-4F 'Super Fox/ Mongoose' by dtmdragon, for A-4G DLC Submitter gerwin Submitted 04/22/2019 Category A-4  

View File Aggressor Camo Skin for Mirage IIIC (fictional) Aggressor Camo Skin for Mirage IIIC (fictional) version 1.0 by Gerwin 8-7-2018 DESCRIPTION: Made for the stock Wings over Israel Mirage IIICJ Model. For use by the player or by a new nation which can be called "Aggressor" in the Nations.ini. This skin is part of a Skin set, all in the same style, by the same author. INSTALLATION: For WOI Copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains the Mirage IIICJ / Shahak files, for example: WOI\Objects\Aircraft\Shahak For SF2 copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains the Mirage IIIC files, for example: My Documents\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2 Europe\Objects\Aircraft\Mirage3C But in this case replace the 5 textures with the ones in the folder called "SF2-Version" Sample entries for a new nation called "Aggressor": Add to Flight\Nations.ini, at an appropriate number XXX: [NationXXX] Name=Aggressor DisplayName=Aggressor Red Air Force Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NamesRussian.lst RankList=RanksRussian.lst CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst Formation.Fighter=SovietFighter Formation.Attack=SovietFighter Formation.Bomber=SovietBomber Formation.Transport=SovietBomber Formation.Tank=SovietTank Formation.MobileAD=SovietAD PilotTrainingStandard=NORMAL GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Add to Shahak_UserList.ini: [Aggressor] ServiceStartYear=1979 ServiceEndYear=2010 Availability=VERY_COMMON THANKS TO: Third Wire for the Strike Fighters Based Games. Submitter gerwin Submitted 04/22/2019 Category Mirage Skins  

View File Aggressor Camo Skin for F-16A Netz (fictional) Aggressor Camo Skin for F-16A Netz (fictional) version 1.0 by Gerwin 21-4-2019 DESCRIPTION: Made for the stock Wings over Isreal F-16A Netz Model. For use by the player or by a new nation which can be called "Aggressor" in the Nations.ini. This skin is part of a Skin set, all in the same style, by the same author. INSTALLATION: Copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains the F-16A_Netz files, for example: WOI\Objects\Aircraft\F-16A_Netz When in the game select the skin in the loadout screen. or: My Documents\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2 Israel\Objects\Aircraft\F-16A_Netz The SF2 Model of the F-16 has some texture mapping changes. Use the bitmap in the folder "SF2-Version" to make the set SF2 compatible. Sample entries for a new nation called "Aggressor": Add to Flight\Nations.ini, at an appropriate number XXX: [NationXXX] Name=Aggressor DisplayName=Aggressor Red Air Force Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NamesRussian.lst RankList=RanksRussian.lst CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst Formation.Fighter=SovietFighter Formation.Attack=SovietFighter Formation.Bomber=SovietBomber Formation.Transport=SovietBomber Formation.Tank=SovietTank Formation.MobileAD=SovietAD PilotTrainingStandard=NORMAL GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Add to F-16A_Netz_UserList.ini: [Aggressor] ServiceStartYear=1979 ServiceEndYear=2010 Availability=VERY_COMMON THANKS TO: Third Wire for the Strike Fighters Based Games. Submitter gerwin Submitted 04/21/2019 Category F-16 Fighting Falcon Skins  

View File Aggressor Camo Skin for C-130A Hercules (fictional) Aggressor Camo Skin for C-130A Hercules (fictional) version 1.0 by Gerwin 7-4-2019 DESCRIPTION: Made for the SFP1 C-130A model. or use by the player or by a new nation which can be called "Aggressor" in the Nations.ini. This skin is part of a Skin set, all in the same style, by the same author. Unfortunately the stock C-130 model is no longer included in SF2. INSTALLATION: Copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains the C-130 files, for example: SFP1\Objects\Aircraft\C-130A or: My Documents\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2\Objects\Aircraft\C-130A Sample entries for a new nation called "Aggressor": Add to Flight\Nations.ini, at an appropriate number XXX: [NationXXX] Name=Aggressor DisplayName=Aggressor Red Air Force Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NamesRussian.lst RankList=RanksRussian.lst CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst Formation.Fighter=SovietFighter Formation.Attack=SovietFighter Formation.Bomber=SovietBomber Formation.Transport=SovietBomber Formation.Tank=SovietTank Formation.MobileAD=SovietAD PilotTrainingStandard=NORMAL GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Add to C-130A_UserList.ini: [Aggressor] ServiceStartYear=1956 ServiceEndYear=2000 Availability=COMMON THANKS TO: Third Wire for the Strike Fighters Based Games. Used the bottom of the USAFsea skin, as found in Eburger68's Vietnam Expansion. Submitter gerwin Submitted 04/21/2019 Category Multi Engined Bomber, Transport, Light Attack and Trainer Skins  

Interesting paint schemes. The Harrier is indeed a great subject for some mercenary service. It just occured to me again, that although I call my Desert Skin sets "Mercenary Sand", I use them for the SFP1 Paran nation. Mercenaries in SFP1 are on Dhimar's side, so that is the other way around... Actually I don't even use Mercenaries in the Desert map nations list. Maybe I should? But I suppose with the SFP1/SF2 games it is easy to use skins in whatever configuration desired. I love that about these games. :)

These YAP carriers and ships look pretty darn good from the screenshots. I just wish these guys form the YAP team would add one or two distance LODs to their carriers and escorts. It would take about an hour to add a model with the framerate-heavy details removed, for further distances. Such a model may also be useful as a collision model. With that in mind I prefer the stock SCB-125.

Good point! The expansion pack requirement is mentioned now.

View File Mercenary Sand Skin for Spitfire 9C (fictional) Mercenary Sand Skin for Spitfire 9C (fictional) by Gerwin 21-4-2019 DESCRIPTION: Made for the Wings over Israel Expansion Spitfire 9C model. For use by the nation of Paran. This skin is part of a Skin set, all in the same style, by the same author. This work is based on existing skins (EAF camo). INSTALLATION: Make sure you have both Wings over Israel and its Expansion pack, The SF2 versions of these products should also work fine. Copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains the Spitfire 9C files, for example: WOI\Objects\Aircraft\Spitfire9c or: My Documents\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2 Israel\Objects\Aircraft\Spitfire9c Optionally add "Paran" to Spitfire9C_UserList.ini, like below: [Paran] ServiceStartYear=1946 ServiceEndYear=1955 Availability=COMMON In case one want to use this skin for the Spitfire 9E The two wing bitmaps for the 9E are included in the folder "Spitfire9e_wings" You have to mix these two bitmaps with the 9C mod to get a proper 9E texture set. THANKS TO: Third Wire for the Strike Fighters Based Games. Submitter gerwin Submitted 04/21/2019 Category Spitfire  

View File Aggressor Camo Skin for F-5E (TMF) (fictional) Aggressor Camo Skin for F-5E (TMF) (fictional) version 1.0 by Gerwin 20-4-2019 DESCRIPTION: Made for The Mirage Factory F-5E model. For use by the player or by a new nation which can be called "Aggressor" in the Nations.ini. This skin is part of a Skin set, all in the same style, by the same author. INSTALLATION: Copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains the F-5E files, for example: WOE\Objects\Aircraft\F-5E or My Documents\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2\Objects\Aircraft\F-5E Sample entries for a new nation called "Aggressor": Add to Flight\Nations.ini, at an appropriate number XXX: [NationXXX] Name=Aggressor DisplayName=Aggressor Red Air Force Alignment=ENEMY PilotNameList=NamesRussian.lst RankList=RanksRussian.lst CallsignList=CallsignsUS.lst Formation.Fighter=SovietFighter Formation.Attack=SovietFighter Formation.Bomber=SovietBomber Formation.Transport=SovietBomber Formation.Tank=SovietTank Formation.MobileAD=SovietAD PilotTrainingStandard=NORMAL GenderRatio=0 DebriefSuccessMusic=DebriefSuccess.wav DebriefFailMusic=DebriefFail.wav DebriefKilledMusic=DebriefKilled.wav SpeechFile=USAFSpeech.cat SpeechTextFile=USAFSpeechText.str Add to FA-18A__UserList.ini: [Aggressor] ServiceStartYear=1975 ServiceEndYear=1990 Availability=VERY_COMMON THANKS TO: Combatace.com The Mirage Factory modding team. Third Wire for the Strike Fighters Based Games. Submitter gerwin Submitted 04/21/2019 Category F-5 Freedom Fighter Skins  

View File Mercenary Sand Skin for Avia S-99 (fictional) Mercenary Sand Skin for Avia S-99 (fictional) version 1.0 by Gerwin 20-4-2019, based on artwork by Amariani DESCRIPTION: Made for the SF2 DLC "AI Plane Pack 1" S-99 model. For use by the nation of Paran. This skin is part of a Skin set, all in the same style, by the same author. INSTALLATION: Make sure you have installed SF2 DLC "AI Plane Pack 1". Copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains the S-99 files, for example: My Documents\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2\Objects\Aircraft\S-99 Optionally add "Paran" to S-99_UserList.ini, like below: [Paran] ServiceStartYear=1946 ServiceEndYear=1949 Availability=RARE THANKS TO: Amariani at combatace.com, for the S-99 to Bf 109 skin sets. Third Wire for the Strike Fighters Based Games. Submitter gerwin Submitted 04/20/2019 Category Other Origin  

View File Mercenary Sand Skin for IAI Kfir C2 (fictional) Mercenary Sand Skin for IAI Kfir C2 (fictional) by Gerwin 21-4-2019 DESCRIPTION: Made for the Wings over Israel IAI Kfir C2 model. For use by the nation of Paran. This skin is part of a Skin set, all in the same style, by the same author. This work is based on existing skins. INSTALLATION: Copy the included folder with contents to the folder that contains the Kfir C2 files, for example: WOI\Objects\Aircraft\KfirC2 or: My Documents\ThirdWire\Strike Fighters 2 Israel\Objects\Aircraft\KfirC2 Optionally add "Paran" to KfirC2_UserList.ini, like below: [Paran] ServiceStartYear=1977 ServiceEndYear=1994 Availability=COMMON THANKS TO: Third Wire for the Strike Fighters Based Games. Submitter gerwin Submitted 04/20/2019 Category Mirage Skins