quack74

I need a Aviatik D.I . Hint, Hint ! There are already a few Austrian and Italian aircraft. What's one more:ok: . I can say that because I dont have to do the work to make them:grin:

Some More:

Just a WIP of an Austrian-Italian campaign I've been working on. It's pretty much fictional since there is a limited number of aircraft and no Italian or Austrian terrain. I used Gepards' Vogesen terrain with Jan Tumas visual upgrade. It look beautiful and it seems to be working out so far. Just need to do more skins and object placements. Here are a bunch of pics.

Heck, are you waiting for those Jasta 10 Pfalz D.III's???? If that's what you're talking about, I forgot about those. I was working on that Nations.ini for the Pfalz National markings. I didnt want to release anymore German planes without finishing the Nations.ini first. All the Pfalz D.III's will use it. Same with the new Austrian skins. But I'll get it all out this coming week.

Thanks for the compliments. I'm still working on those No.60Sqn SE5's. I just have to make the correct flight lettering decal .tga's. Also I've created a way to use the German national insignias (iron crosses) without the white borders for the Pfalz D.III's. It's all done with new nations added to the Nations.ini files. So I've been busy with things. But the big project I've been working on is an Austrian-Italian campaign. It uses the Vogesen terrain made by Gepard. It's the only one with mountains. It's a beautiful terrain. I installed Jan Tumas terrain upgrade. What a difference. It's now even better. Gepard has been helping me out with some details. But my point is I've been doing a whole bunch of skins for the the available Austrian and Italian aircraft. I'm using planes like the AlbatrosD3Oef from Skunkworks. The Hansa-Brandenburg, the PhonixKD1, Savoia Pamilio SP.3 and the Caproni Ca.3 by Laton. The Ansaldo SVA5 also by Laton. All three Hanroit models. RAF Camel squadrons No.45, No.28, No.66, and No.139. F2b's of No.139 Sqn too. A few SPAD 7's and 13's. So on and so on. So I've been busy. When it's all done I'd like to share with everyone. I'll try to include all the skins needed. I'll post a bunch of WIP pics when I get back to my PC. I hope some of you will be intersested in this campaign and skins. We need more Austrian or Italian aircraft. Especially 2-seaters. I used the DFWC5 and AvaitikC1. Even the GothaGIV with Austrian camo. It looks great so far:good:

I've got about six differnt skins I've been working on and updating my older downloads. But also some other FE2 mods at the same time. So I dont know what to finish first. Do you have a particular skin, or two, in mind. I'd like to help if I can.

I would like to get my trees to appear for farther distances. What .ini file and how? BTW, I'm using Jan Tumas terrains and trees. If anyone could help that would be great. You can see in the pics the tree lines stops to close. For me anyway. My settings are all set to unlimited.

I agree! Great work. Been waiting for this. I would like the new water too

I put them Everywhere! Still nothing with the narrowplt. All others work fine. It has to be the .LOD. (I think anyway)

I've tried everything that I know of and still no show. I made a seperate Pilots folder and put it in there with the others. I put it in the Objects folder, the aircraft folder, and even the skin folder for the heck of it. It's got to be that FE2 isnt reading the .LOD for whatever reason. I mentioned this to Geezer. When he gets a chance he'll have a look. Or maybe you could do something Laton?. Anyway I F'd up my second install of FE2 (Austria-Italy) had to redo it. Big PITA. Because now I cant get it to work either. Single missions and campaigns freeze at 10% when loading. I reinstalled it again and same thing. Feel like pulling my hair out. I'm trying to work on a Vogesen campaign (it looks like northern Italy) for my Austrian Install. I've been working on all the StratigicNodes and object BasePoints. So time consuming. And now it doesnt work! Arg! I dont know what I'm missing in my install. I just copied all the files and folders from the original install. Just changed the aircraft inventory. Crazy

Monty CZ, I tried changing the Formation.ini (via new 2nd fighter formation) to show 1 Squadron, 1 Flight and 1 Element. I even created a new Nation for one spacific skin to use. One aircraft would appear, but not all the time. For some reason one or two aircraft to a flight seems to be a craps shoot. My example I was trying to make was Verner Voss' Fokker Dr.1. I created a whole new Dr.1 aircraft that contained one skin (Voss Dr1) and used the new Nation name (GERMANY-VOSS). In the Nations.ini under "GERMANY-VOSS" I had the formation set to the newly made fighter formation I created in the Formations.ini. It all worked as planned. When I first tried it out in single mission, One Dr1 appeared. It also had the skin of Verner Voss. I was pretty happy. BUT... the second mission had two Dr1's. Both using the Voss skin. Everything is det to what it should be. But for some reason there is a random flight size minimum. TK said that his sims arent really designed for single aircraft flights. Weird, cosidering I've removed the spacing for any other aircraft in the new Formation.ini for "GERMANY-VOSS" . Even in Campaign mode I changed all the supply and starting aircraft and pilots to just 1. Voss' Dr1 will appear in campaigns as AI (which is pretty cool when I'm in a 56 Sqd SE5) but most of the time there will be two or four. I cant figue out another way. I just dont think it's possible unless TK makes "1" really mean "1". Which would be great. There were a lot of lone flying aces I didnt try the "Transport" method. But wouldnt that make "Voss'" Dr1 fly like a transport and not a fighter? I dont know I'll give it a go.

Thanks Dapit. I'll see what version I have then get the newer version if needed.

Just wondering if anyone knows of an updated verion of KMD or Le Missioneur mission builders that works with TW's series2 sims. FE2 for me. Or if anyone know of any future release. Thanks

Just wanted to know if anyone else has had this problem with the narrow pilot made for Latons' Hansa Phonix. The narrowplt.LOD doesnt seem to work anymore for FE2. Can anyone confirm this?

There is no 2010 exporter for TW's .LOD's for FE2 yet AFAIK. Also there is no way to get AI aircraft to appear as a single aircraft in a flight. So the airship will end up flying in twos or more. Believe me I've been trying to get just one aircraft to appear. It doesnt work. I've even mentioned something about it over at TW. But I think they just said that their sims werent designed for single aircraft flights. Too bad. There is an airship available in the download section. But it appears in single missions as two or more side by side airships all the time. Kind of anoying. It will only work in mission building. But now with FE2, there is now mission building available. Big Big bummer. But if you can get that airship in here, I'll download it for sure.

Well I guess if I update the original install it should update the new second install automatically right? They both use the same stock files and engine right? Well it works so far. Thanks Dave72. I guess it was easy enough huh .

Thanks Dave72 . Can you update it with new patches since it has a new name?

I just created a second install of FE2. I named it "Austria-Italy". Now when asked where to install I typed in C: Program filesx86/ Thirdwire/ Austria-Italy. It worked and it created the C:Saved Games/ Thirdwire/ Austria-Italy mods files. BUT now when I want to update this install with the latest patches, the patch install tells me it cant locate the "FirstEagles2" install. When I try to install the patch I put in the address where my new install is located C:ProgramFilesx86/ Thirwire/ Austria-Italy. But no go. The patch wont recognize the Austria-Italy name. I've tried to change the names of the Austria-Italy.exe back to FE2.exe in program files. And then change the SavedGames/ Thirwire/ Austria-Italy back to FE2 as well. I changed them lines inside the Options.ini to read FE2 instead of Aust-Italy. And at the very bottom of the Options.ini there is a line for [MergedTitles]. I had Austria-Italy=TRUE but changed it back to FirstEagles2=TRUE. When I got everything back to default settings and names (that I know of) I was able to install any patch. But when I ran the sim it would crash at the SingleMission or Campaign screens. It wasnt just the June2010 patch either. Can someone tell me how to properly do a second install for FE2. I hope what I wrote wasnt too confusing:dntknw: . Thanks all

Just wondering if the shadow bug on the Nieuport 16 has ever been fixed. It's coming from the wing mounted Lewis's mounting bracket. The right side I think. The Nieuport 16 was made from the Nieport 11 made by MontyCZ and Texmurphy and reposted by Christian59 as a N16. does anyone know why there is a shadow bug with the 16's gun brackets but not the 11's? The 16 was just an altered .LOD with a headrest added I think. Why the Shadow bug on the 16 If it's the same gun mounts? In sort if it hasnt been fixed is there anyone that could fix this shadow problem? And no I'm not just going to disable the shadow:grin:

SPAD13, why cant you get Peter01's FM's to work??

Only the WAV files go into the new Sounds folder.

You have to make a "Sounds" folder at C:..User/../../FE2/ Sounds. Place all the unpacked sound files here and any new ones. Then extract the "SoundList.ini" from your FlightContents folder. Place it outside of the FlightContents folder but keep it in your main "Flight" folder Add the new sounds you like (if they have a different name) and then add the next consecutive numbers for the new sound. You'll see how it's done for the others in the SoundList.ini. If the new sounds have the same name as the original then only overwrite the original in the new main "Sound" folder only.

I personaly put all my aircraft , stock and add-on, in the new /Objects/ aircraft location. That way I can add skins or new flight models to them all easily. I also added a short cut folder on my desktop of the C:/....SavedGames/ Thirdwire/ FE2. That way I dont have to always go to My Computer/ C: Users/ etc, etc Hope you get it working

Sounds like you're doing it right. But lets see. You should have your aircraft skin folders in this location: C:/ Users/ name/ Saved Games/ ThirdWire/ FirstEagles2/ Objects/ Aircraft/ **all aircraft here***/ **all skin texture .bmp's, Decal.ini, and TextureSet.ini's for each particular aircraft here***. That's all you need to do. If you add a skin to a particular aircraft, just drop it into the aircraft's main folder. The game automatically finds the TextureSet to get the aircraft info. If a skin has a Decals.ini folder "D", then that "D" folder has to go into the main Decals folder (you'll have to create this folder) here: C:/ Users/ .......FE2/ Objects/ Decals/ **aircraft name**/ "D" folder here. If you have this setup right, then I cant imagine why your skins wont show.

Hello Ace of Spades. Lets see what you need to do for FE2. First you'll need the CAT pack utility to unlock your game files: http://combatace.com/files/file/10458-catpack-archiving-utility/ Once you open these locked files you can select any file you want to mod and place into a new folder under the files main name. For instance if you pull out an unpacked effect file from the "Flight Contents" in the main Flight folder, you'll need to create a new "Effects" folder to put the newly modified effects file into for the game to see a change. Again you'll have to make these new folders. Here is where you make them: C: / Users/ your name/ SavedGames/ Thirdwire/ FirstEagles2/ ***any new folder goes here***. Folders like the Flight folder and the Objects folder are already there for you. Just unpack the "ObjectDATA" files (CAT files) or the "FlightContents" files (CAT files) in them and just place these files outside of the CAT folders but still inside the main Objects or Flight Folders. It sounds a bit confusing because it is at first. It takes a little time to get used to what has to go into what folder. But everyone here is very helpful when it comes to these problems. I'm not sure if I was clear or not so feel free to keep asking questions until you get it right. It took me awile too. Hope this helped a little. quack74