Gepard

So the SAM site will look in the next update of DRV 2.0

This i mean with reworking of target areas. This is one point of many. The number of SAM sites is to low, compared with reality of Vietnam War. It were over 200 sites in 1968/69 and more than 300 in 1973. But in reality not all SAM sites were used by the Vietnamese. They moved their SAM batteries between the SAM sites, so that some sites were empty while others were used. If i could "switch on" the active sites by random ..... That would be a nice feature.

View File DRV 2.1.2 alias North Vietnam DRV 2.1.2 terrain Democratic Republic of Vietnam or better known as North Vietnam ***************************************************************************** ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This terrain is written for SF2NA and SF2E or SF2I or SF2V. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I. Short description: This terrain covers North Vietnam, parts of South Vietnam and Thailand. The timeframe of the terrain is from 1964 to 1979. It is made as a NavalMap so that you can fly carrier missions against North Vietnam. You can fly following missions for the Americans and their allies, the South Vietnamese: SWEEP,CAP,ESCORT,INTERCEPT,STRIKE,SEAD,ANTI_SHIP,RECON,CAS,ARMED_RECON For the North Vietnamese you can fly this missions: CAP,INTERCEPT,RECON DRV 2.1.2 is an updated version of DRV 2.1, which is an update of DRV 2.0, which is a rework of DRV 1.4, a terrain which i made 20 years ago. I gave it a new tileset, reworked the tiling and the target areas. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I+. Update DRV 2.1 reworked the tiling of the terrain reworked the placement of TOD objects on the tiles. removed as many "potholes" in the landscape as possible added the north vietnamese airfield Cat Bi reworked all north vietnamese airfields to gives them a more or less correct layout reworked all american air bases, to give them a more or less correct layout renamed airbase Cam Thy to Tho Xuan renamed airbase Hue to Phu Bai Combat Base added the airfield Da Nang East (Marble Mountain Airfield) reduced the number of SAM sites relocated Gia Lam Airfield from west of Hanoi to east of Hanoi Update DRV 2.1.1 added RSBN Nav System to North Vietnamese airfields added radars to american airfields reworked some coastal tiles removed a fuel truck that parked middle on the runway at Udorn AFB changed the original Sampan boats to GKABS much better looking boats added a new tanker Update DRV 2.1.2 added some fishing ports, with some junks, fuel drums and a little bit Flak added rocks some miles east of Hai Phong solved the "distant mountains" problem, which was graphic glitch that appeared in DRV 2.0 till 2.1.1 reworked the farm-rivermouth tile added Red Crown with CG-16 Leahy class cruiser reworked some Flak batteries ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ II. INSTALLATION: To run this terrain you need SF2NorthAtlantic and SF2 Israel or SF2 Europe or SF2 Vietnam. Unzip the folders Objects and Terrains into your saved game folder ...ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2XXXX Thats it. If you have SF2Europe installed you must do nothing more. If you miss SF2E and have SF2Israel you must open file DRV.ini with Notepad editor and look for the lines: //CatFile=..\IsraelME\IsraelME.cat CatFile=..\GermanyCE\GermanyCE.cat change the entry into: CatFile=..\IsraelME\IsraelME.cat //CatFile=..\GermanyCE\GermanyCE.cat If you have SF2Vietnam, but no SF2 Europe then open DRV.ini with Notepad editor and look for the lines //CatFile=..\VietnamSEA\VietnamSEA.cat CatFile=..\GermanyCE\GermanyCE.cat change the entry ino: CatFile=..\VietnamSEA\VietnamSEA.cat //CatFile=..\GermanyCE\GermanyCE.cat save the file ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ III. Credits. Tileset is basing on Starys Green Hell 3.0 tileset. I converted it to jpg format and merged the 512x512 tiles to 1024x1024 pixel tiles. Tileset green made by Wilches Korat Air Base ArmourDave UH-1 Huey Wrench AH-1 Cobra ??? Radardome Grumpapotamus airfield components are taken from AirfieldDevKit_v1.1 made by Pureblue design of Nakhon Phanom AFB by Wrench, inspired by Tannethal, modded by me design of Ubon AFB by Wrench, inspired by Tannethal, modded by me Crader Wrench Techniker.LOD is made by Geezer, modded by me industrial factories are made by Geezer. POW.LOD is made by Geezer, modded by ZwergUhu Pit1 is made by Raven, modded by me RSBN-4N is made by Yakarov ZIL-130-KNS-1PM-2 is made by Yakarov ZIL-157_SA2_Trailer made by Yakarov(???), taken from SF2_SAMs_Pack american airfield radars are made by GKABS fishing port is made by GKABS Tanker_Vietnam is made by Juhlhelm as Cargoship GK-Ha-Long is made by GKABS GK-Junk-Boat is made by GKABS GK-Junk-Furled-Sail is made by GKABS GK-Mnt... are made by GKABS CG-16 Leahy is made by WhiteBoySamurai FireCan is made by Juhlhelm I hope i have not forgotten someone. . ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IV. This Terrain is Freeware. Commercial use is not allowed. And i say it again for the YAP, YankeeAirPirates file thiefs, the usage of this terrain and/or parts of the terrain for commercial use is not allowed!!!!! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ V. For remarks, comments, bugs, etc please use CombatAce forum or send me a PM. Hope you enjoy it. Michael (Gepard) Made in Germany 26. December 2025 Submitter Gepard Submitted 07/08/2025 Category Full Terrains  

Hun over the muddy waters of a vietnamese river.

I will include Udorn in a further update. The DRV 2.0 terrain had in major part the target areas of DRV 1.4. I made only some minor changes. I future i will rework the target areas completly. With the mighty tools we have today it is much easier and faster to do than 20 years ago.

Great addon. I will include it in an updated version of DRV 2.0 I have uploaded DRV 2.0 just now. It is a beginning. Further rework of the target areas is neccessary. I will do it in the next time. Give me 2 weeks.

The Hun over North Vietnam. (DRV 2.0 terrain. WIP)

At the moment i'm working on DRV 2.0 terrain. I promised to release a Beta today, but the real life ..... You know. Shit happens. My wife broke our printer and then she said: "Can you repair it?" That's why the delay. I think tomorrow i will release the Beta. WIP screenshot. Thud near Korat AB. BTW is it possible to connect a ground object in the target areas with a random marker? I ask, because the North Vietnamese had over 200 SAM sites in 1968, but only 50 batteries, which were rotating through the SAM sites. With a random value i could simulate such SAM battery movements.

Thud over Korat AB (DRV 2.0 terrain WIP) Can someone remember who made the file of this base?

So DRV 2.0 looks at the moment: Carrier ops are possible now. The target areas need a completly rework. This terrain is 20 years old now. It is still a lot to do, to bring it to a up to date standard. But i think tomorrow i will release a Beta version. Hopefully CA site is not to slow. If so i will try it on monday again.

And touchdown!!

The Su-27 is a 40 years old plane. It was made for Cold War. But today it is only useful in the air defence role. It can't survive in areas, which are covered by modern air defence systems.

Somewhere over Vietnam

Somewhere over North Vietnam.

Coastal tiles are done. Still to do are river in city tiles and railways i farmland tiles. WIP screenshot shows the coastline and sea tiles. If you look to the river you see one of the old river in city tiles.

Coastal tiles are done. Still to do are river in city tiles and railways i farmland tiles. WIP screenshot shows the coastline and sea tiles. If you look to the river you see one of the old river in city tiles.

SitRep: Most of the tiles are now on the new standard. Still to do are the coastal tiles and the city river tiles. I hope i can do this tomorrow. The problem of my very first terrains are "potholes" in the landscape. To cure this will need some time. But i hope i can release a first Beta version of DRV 2.0 terrain on sunday.

Over North Vietnam.

I started a small update of the DRV terrain to bring it on SF2 standard and give it a better tileset. WIP Screenshot shows old and new tiles. The new tiles i have taken from Rio de la Plata terrain. They are basing on Green hell tileset.

What if Germany would have used the Tornado F.3.

Yesterday i was playing with the TFD tool to improve my USAMichigan terrain. My Anti-Virus scanner AVIRA started to a routine quick scan. Suddenly the window of the TFD tool disappeared and a restart of the tool was not possible. I was searching a while till i found the reason. Avira had the opinion, that the TFD tool would be a virus, stopped it immediately and moved it into quarantine. And what i have learned: If i'm working with the TFD tool and the Anti-Virus scanner starts, then i must close TFD as fast as possible.

It is the 170m Shelter. I have moded it a little bit with a hexeditor. In the original file the roof skin should be HangarA-2.bmp or Ind_Roof1.bmp.

Aurora Municipal Airport