Geezer

Does anyone have any info for the Martinsyde cockpit? I can't find anything, so I'd appreciate hearing from someone who has some photos, drawings, whatever. Thanks ahead of time.

Thanks. My hitch in the USAF was spent maintaining the B-52's radar controlled gun system, so I get a little gonzo when it comes to armament systems. That's why I love First Eagles' two-seaters!

Making good progress on the Martinsyde. When released, the pack will have two artwork folders - hi-res textures (shown) and lower res textures for guys with older computers.

Still rough, but making good progress on the new Martinsyde G.100 for the Palestine mod.

The standard game light settings seem a bit murky. Perhaps a necessary compromise for changing weather conditions? As normal desert weather is "severe clear" I changed my light settings in the ENVIRONMENTSYSTEM.INI. By increasing [Day1] SunLightLevel to 1.25 from 0.95, the results look more like desert sunshine. Shot was taken in Steven1918's Palestine mod, now being tested.

'Tis a fine madness!

ojcar wrote the Halberstadt was not used in Palestine, but will he include it in some "what if" missions. He also requested an AEG C.IV and a replacement for the Martinsyde G.100/102 that ARE needed for the Palestine mod. I found several photos of No 14 Squadron loading twelve - gasp! - TWELVE Coopers bombs on their Martinsydes in Palestine. A second Lewis gun was a standard factory fitting, but was generally removed by the users as it was nearly impossible for the pilot to both fly evasively and shoot accurately at the same time. Steven1918 agrees it should be possible to set up the flexible Lewis as a phantom gunner with a very limited field of fire and the competency of a drunken blind man. Useless, but fun.

Gorgeous.!!!

I've been upgrading some of the "standard" buildings artwork found in many mods. If the upgraded art is of any interest to you, contact me and we can figure out if the new stuff could drop into your Flanders effort.

Agreed - with 20/20 hindsight, the Royal Aircraft Factory designers do look like idiots. The BE2 was a pretty good plane when it was first designed and built - before the war. At that time, many other designs also placed the observer in the front cockpit. But those other designers responded to the ever changing requirements of aerial warfare and moved the observer to the rear, plus developed fairly effective gun mounts for the observer to use. But not the Royal Aircraft Factory. They were "comfortable" building the BE2, and saw no good reason to change, despite the BE2 being almost helpless in combat. That bureaucratic resistance to change cost the lives of hundreds of British airmen, and was a contributing factor to Bloody April in the spring of 1917.

New clear doped fabric skins for Steven1918's BE2c. These were developed primarily for the Palestine mod, but can be used for most any other theater or location. Two shots below show experimental Max environment, based on some old CA terrain textures - I think they were from Eritrea. Once the mod is done, I might make some hi-res terrain textures as a follow-up.