Geezer

Two final shots show how playing with game world lighting can improve immersion. The B&W version almost looks like a WW2 photo. Not quite, but close. Tips on how to make gameworld lighting more realistic can be found below: http://combatace.com/files/file/15939-improved-gameworld-appearance/

Both would be good - TGS for FE2 and DDS for SF2. Thanks

File Name: Gladiator MK1 File Submitter: Geezer File Submitted: 07 February 2016 File Category: First Eagles - Golden Era - Allied Add-On Aircraft This all new model with hi-res textures is the first of three new Gladiators for FE/FE2. Dedicated SF2 versions will be released shortly. A lot of guys helped me develop these models, particularly Baffmeister (new FMs), LloydNB (Sea Gladiator skins), and Stephen1918 (file bashing). Software problems prevented me from including battle damage TGA files, so the raw artwork will be posted separately as "Holes" so you can make your own TGAs. Enjoy. THIS MODEL IS ONLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FREEWARE AND IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL IT BE USED, EVEN IN PART, OF ANYTHING THAT IS PAYWARE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMBAT ACE MODDERS AGREEMENT. Click here to download this file

You're welcome. Warm up your white scarf, and fly in the glory days of the biplane!

I still can't get CS2 to make masks, and I'm sick and tired of looking at Gladiators.

File Name: Gladiator MK2 File Submitter: Geezer File Submitted: 07 February 2016 File Category: First Eagles - Golden Era - Allied Add-On Aircraft This all new model with hi-res textures is the second of three new Gladiators for FE/FE2. Dedicated SF2 versions will be released shortly. A lot of guys helped me develop these models, particularly Baffmeister (new FMs), LloydNB (Sea Gladiator skins), and Stephen1918 (file bashing). Software problems prevented me from including battle damage TGA files, so the raw artwork will be posted separately as "Holes" so you can make your own TGAs. Enjoy. THIS MODEL IS ONLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FREEWARE AND IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL IT BE USED, EVEN IN PART, OF ANYTHING THAT IS PAYWARE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMBAT ACE MODDERS AGREEMENT. Click here to download this file

File Name: Sea Gladiator File Submitter: Geezer File Submitted: 07 February 2016 File Category: First Eagles - Golden Era - Allied Add-On Aircraft This all new model with hi-res textures is the third of three new Gladiators for FE/FE2. Dedicated SF2 versions will be released shortly. A lot of guys helped me develop these models, particularly Baffmeister (new FMs), LloydNB (Sea Gladiator skins), and Stephen1918 (file bashing). Software problems prevented me from including battle damage TGA files, so the raw artwork will be posted separately as "Holes" so you can make your own TGAs. Enjoy. THIS MODEL IS ONLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FREEWARE AND IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL IT BE USED, EVEN IN PART, OF ANYTHING THAT IS PAYWARE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMBAT ACE MODDERS AGREEMENT. Click here to download this file

File Name: Gladiator Pilots File Submitter: Geezer File Submitted: 07 February 2016 File Category: First Eagles - Golden Era - Object Mods This pack contains new RAF pilots for FE/FE2, and are positioned for the Gladiator. An equivalent pack for SF2 will be released shortly. The pack contains a RAF desert pilot in short sleeves, and two RAF Europe pilots, one with oxygen mask. THIS MODEL IS ONLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FREEWARE AND IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL IT BE USED, EVEN IN PART, OF ANYTHING THAT IS PAYWARE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMBAT ACE MODDERS AGREEMENT. Click here to download this file

File Name: Templates For Gladiator MK1 and MK2 File Submitter: Geezer File Submitted: 07 February 2016 File Category: First Eagles - Golden Era - Allied Skins This pack contains the layered artwork for both MK1 and MK2, with templates. THIS MODEL IS ONLY TO BE DISTRIBUTED AS FREEWARE AND IN NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE SHALL IT BE USED, EVEN IN PART, OF ANYTHING THAT IS PAYWARE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMBAT ACE MODDERS AGREEMENT. Click here to download this file

Another MK2 progress shot, plus a shot showing off Gterl's superb Italian Front map.

I'm currently working on the LODs and skins for the MK2 - the last version of the trio. A stream of newly released Gladiator and CR42 files will start pretty soon, along with a 1930s bomb pack. The aircraft will include new RAF pilot equivalents of the Regia Aeronautica pilots contained in the CR42 release. Both Lloyd and Baffmeister have done Sterling work in assisting me - and helping me avoid dumb mistakes - so they deserve as much credit as I do. Baffmeister takes a painstaking systems approach to his FMs, so the Glad and CR42 handling qualities are balanced and match the historical record. For example, he recently simulated the aerodynamic tendency for biplanes to pull up as the speed of a dive increases. EDIT: Baff is also developing separate FMs for FE2 and SF2, reflecting the differences between the two game systems,