WhiteBoySamurai

Thank you all for downloading. This model has been updated to fix an issue with the missile reloads that I just noticed.

You can either replace the data file from the updated package I uploaded, or manually make the following changes to the data.ini file.

Under the [super] section:

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Thanks, krfrge.

Kang Ding is almost done. Still need to do decals and a ship-launched Hsiung Feng II missile.

I was doing a simple Ka-29 recon mission in the wastelands when I got bounced by some very aggressive F-5's. 

I got a maneuver kill on one.

But as it happened, the survivor chased me right into the line of fire of a Vulcan AAA. It didn't end well.

Okay, okay, I can do it.

As always, if anyone can supply nice 3-views and line drawings, ships will get built much faster. 

I just finished this new 40mm Bofors. Taiwan uses them on the Kang Ding and Cheng Kung (locally-build O.H. Perry frigates). I don't know of any other navies that use this mount.

Here's the Kang Ding with the new mast and hull modifications. I just need to make the new radar and install the weapon systems.

Nice work, man!

I'm sending you a new stand-alone Phalanx model. I re-optimized it and remapped to a separate sheet like the other guns.

This will also make it easier for me in the future to install on new ships. (I really should've been doing that from the beginning.)

I do have some Russian vessels planned, including a couple of modern frigates and rebuilt/retextured Kirov series. I haven't made a Moskva yet, but I'd like to someday if I have time.

Extremely useful video about smoothing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Iswm1xKtGs

If it's not working as shown in this video, you probably need to weld vertices like russouk2004 said.

In their deal with Taiwan, France was able to sell La Fayette hulls and their electronics, but not the weapon systems. Taiwan had to improvise a bit when fitting the Kang Ding class.

So far, I've added the 76mm gun and Sea Chaparral launcher:

Looks great, colmack!

I just finished a bunch of 3" 50cal guns; check your email for them soon.

From right to left:

• The open-mount I originally made for the Leahy, but I re-mapped it on its own texture sheet so you can use it more efficiently in other ships. Iwo Jima was laid down with these.
• Standard Mk33 turret, which has a really weird shape and I'm not 100% satisfied with, but I think it's close enough. The LPH's got a refit to this type at some point.
• Alternate Mk33 turret, used on other types of ships like the Oslo class frigates. I'm including them here for completion.

For questions 2 and 8, there is a partial solution if you want a second sortie without ending the mission.

Go to your Controls folder. There should be an .ini file in there that lists all the key controls, such as "Default.ini". Open that up, and look for the [ControlSet001] column. At the end, paste in the following:

REARM_WEAPONS=ALT+W
RELOAD_GUN=ALT+G
UNJAM_GUN=ALT+J

La Fayette is being uploaded now.

The Taiwanese Kang Ding will be a separate release, to make it simpler for those of you who only play in the European theater or Pacific theater.

Fun fact: The service dates for the Suffren, Jeanne d'Arc, and even this modern stealth ship all overlap by a decade (1996 to 2007). So you can have them all in one fleet during that time period. Enjoy!

La Fayette is 99% done; just need to add some weathering. Next is the Kang Ding-- I'll need to modify the hangar, build new masts and radars, Sea Chaparral and Bofors turrets, and install a 76mm and phalanx. Should take another week at most.

As you may know, there was a La Fayette made for SF1 a long time ago. Here are some screenshots of my version and the old version to show why I think it deserved a new model:

You working on that, colmack? I've got 3" guns and Sea Sparrow launchers if you need them.

Here's a video of Boeing's similar project, the Advanced Tactical Laser, being fired from a C-130.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfmEUqmgsK4

Imagine driving along in your technical on the way to behead a journalist or something, and all of a sudden an invisible force slices through the hood and sets your engine on fire. Anyone who survives something like that is going to re-evaluate their life choices, or at least rush to get a change of underwear.

Coincidentally, some of the sound effects seem to have been lifted from Strike Fighters.

Starting the textures.

"Far over the misty mountains cold..."

Thanks KJakker, that's a big help.

The La Fayette model is done and unwrapped. Will test and begin skinning soon.

Another great man is taken from us. RIP.

^ Replied, Dave.

Alright, I'll put together a package for the Ka-29. I hope someone can improve on the skin and flight model.

More progress on the La Fayette:

Need to finish the Crotale launcher, add in some details, and then start texturing.

It's certainly been a while. I'm sure you've seen the Jeanne d'Arc recently, but here are some other projects I'm working on.

First, I plan to do some more French ships. Here's the La Fayette so far. I'm doing this one first so I can also make the Taiwanese version (Kang Ding class).

FREMM and Horizon are also in the works. Probably a Georges Leygues and Cassard too.

I'm still working on the long-hull Essex. I finally finished unwrapping the hull, and the main texture will be 4096x4096 so that the deck looks as crisp as possible. I still have a lot of work to do on the island, though. 

By the way, does anyone have a close-up photo of the pre-refit bridge? I think I've done a decent job on the late-era enclosed version, but I'm stuck on the original version (below). Diagrams and grainy photos are all telling me different things.

I know people want a Ka-25, but I gave up on the one I was building. Sorry. Someone else said they were working on one, anyway.

However, I did find a partially completed model of a different Kamov on a free model site a while back, so I put this together as practice:

The skin is really low-res (it's just a basic camo scheme the thing came with), and the flight model is extremely touchy on the yaw (I did the best I could with it). But it flies. I put in lights, animated doors and landing gear shocks. If you guys want it, I'll upload it.

I like this idea. Helps prevent redundancy.