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Yep, great job guys. Thanks for saving us all a few headaches. :)

An alternative hypotheses is that this is his plan to raise the money necessary to finish Exp 3...

If Russo is right we face 4 hypotheses : 1 - TW is deep in debt and the assets end up belonging to the banks which can lead to 2/ or 3/, but not 4/ 2 - TW assets are sold to a game publisher/dev, who may or may not continue the SF series or just scrounge it for some code and the models. 3 - TW assets are left untouched, orphaned, in a legal limbo as to whom they belong to. 4 - TW releases all its assets as open source, letting the community take on the both the code and plane development. 2/ could be either way, it could help the SF series, even though without TK it would be strange, or it could just be the final blow while preventing us to ever patch the game ourselves. 3/ would left us in a grey legal area allowing us both to patch the game and eventually convert the LODs back to sources, but it still would be not be entirely legal while requiring a lot of effort. 4/ would be ideal, but highly improbable. Also, if TW is clearing house, it would make 1/ and 2/ less likely, as these models are worth more money as potential assets than as released DLC, it might however be a form of "farewell gift".

Why can't he be both, if we were to reach the Godwin point and be overly dramatic, was von Stauffenberg a traitor or was he doing the right thing ? Sometimes doing the right thing is breaking your pledges and disobeying orders, as you should know. In the present case there was no "proper channel" to report to before whistle blowing so, unlike Manning, he did not fail to follow procedure before jumping to acts that could be qualified as treason. Is the revealed information ground-breaking and surprising ? Not really. Does the information reveal that the NSA and CIA might be overextending their mandate ? Possibly. Is the surveillance society and reliance on technological surveillance instead of human intel mostly theater, costly and globally inefficient while degrading civil liberties ? Certainly. Does that same surveillance society and security theater change anything for the average citizen, for better or for worse ? Nope. Do you need to grow up and stop adding more and more rituals to defeat bogeymen who have repeatedly shown that your rituals are ineffective ? Probably. What was the lesson of 9/11 ? Why did it happen ? Because experts, with human intel, were not heard... And how did you fix it ? By investing more and more into technological intel, data mining and almost scuttling traditional human intel... The only reason you haven't had any major problem since is not because how effective this intel setup and your security theater are, but the fact that your enemies just don't give enough of a damn about you and are even more incompetent, 9/11 was a fluke, the perfect combination of some imagination on one side and utter political failure on the other, it had nothing to do with a lack of intel.

Etendard IVC ? Uh ? Don't get me wrong, it seems nice and I'm really curious to get my hands on it, however I think the designation and back-story will need some work. C usually stands for "Chasse" (hunting) and designates planes which primary mission is air defense. Besides, Etendard IV were larger, this one seems closer to the first two Etendard VI, however the real ones were to have afterburners and an area-ruled fuselage similar to that of the Etendard IV. In fact the main differences I notice between your plane and the first two Etendard VI are the refueling probe (which could pass for a british or isreali refit, but is not in the french style of implementing it) and ECM antenna on the rudder (once again in the british style rather than french).

Nah, don't worry, I know you're doing your best, you're the one knowing how much time, money and hardware you're willing to throw at the problem and the exact parameters of said problem, I'm just cranky...

Sorry to contradict you Erik, but it is not. First of all, operators should usually only be parsed as such if they are the leading term of a query or preceded by a space and should be treated as text otherwise (unless you have the power to do like Google and treat them as placeholders for both space, text and operators). Second, if it worked as you seem to think the search result for "F-35" would not be "No results for 'F������'" but "The following search terms are not allowed and were removed from your query: F" and "One or all of your search keywords were below 2 characters or you searched for words which are not allowed, such as 'html', 'img', etc, please increase the length of these search keywords or choose different keywords." The current answer for "F-35" suggests a query parser problem (or at least a problem in determining which error message to throw, suggesting sloppy code). Thirdly, let's see what results your proposed alternatives offer shall we ? Query : "F+35" Answers : Mirage III Phil Air Force F-8H F-32 Cutlass II F-32 Cutlass II SF2 F-85F-40 Sabre Remod Pak AT-6G North Korea People's Air Force MiG-29 IV.KGzbV 1, 1940 Banidos J-31 TSF J 35 Draken Ilmavoimat Package So we only have the first vaguely relevant relevant in 10th place, the rest was garbage, you have 2 other "relevant" results in the first page, and have the first true F-35 only on the second page (in 30th position). The reason is simple, the search ignores the "F" part of the query, as it's too short a search term and starts searching only for 35, among both the title AND the description of the download, which is fine for forum content, but makes it useless for download content. "F +35", "F 35" bear the exact same results as once parsed they are identical. Query : "F35" Answer : Bird of Prey That's the unique result. Compare and contrast these with the results google offers for the same searches using the following method : In Google type : site:combatace.com/files F-35 site:combatace.com/files F -35 site:combatace.com/files F35 site:combatace.com/files F 35 site:combatace.com/files F+35 site:combatace.com/files F +35 We'll note that Google also searches both titles and contents, it does rank results by putting more weight on results in title though, offering far more useful results. In conclusion, 1/ There is a bug 2/ If you are still unwilling to fix it, I still demonstrated the search engine doesn't work as you yourself believe 3/ We may alleviate the problem by making the search in the downloads section on Titles only by default and allowing 1 character search (but depending on the code it might create performance problems so I would discourage it without greenlight from the dev) On a sidenote I also have to wonder what the big deal is with the reorganization of files and why it does seem to involve moving the files, in any properly coded system it should only be a matter of altering database records (and with properly set constraints either at the DB or code level, it should not lead to crashes), not moving files themselves (not to insult Erik if that's a homegrown solution, but from what is said and seen of it, it would seem to be using the least elegant solution to a common problem)...

In that case the next best thing would be fixing the search... I guess the lP Board licence comes with a certain amount of tech and bug support, and in my book the forum search behavior when it comes to downloads IS a bug (if only because it works for the other searches), and that's the whole reason you pay for a licence. That would make it relatively safe if Erik didn't feel like messing with the code.

Or at least they should fix the damn search "feature" that ignores/misinterpret dashes, meaning that searching for "f-16" for instance returns nothing, on a site focused on military aviation, it is a vital part of the forum search engine (and using google is not really an alternative). If that was done AND modders all agreed on a common taxonomy for their uploads (some use only "viper" for their F-16 file, others just "falcon", others "F-16", some "F16" or a combination of those, it makes finding everything easily a mess, even using Google), it would made search actually usable.

Well, Dassault was very accommodating with the customer wishes, however the starting price point of a Mirage III was higher than that of a Mirage 5 and politically it was easier to sell the "inferior" Mirage 5, never-mind the fact that some Mirage 5 configurations (including the 5DE) ended up being Mirage IIIE, at similar cost.

No trouble on my end using the Mirage5BA and Mirage IIIO cockpits.

Yep, extract the BM_MIRAGE5E2_*.BMP files from the DLCData028.DLC, use a tool to convert them to true normal maps (I used Paint.Net and the NormalMapPlus plugin, however I do not know the settings used by TW originally, my attempts so far seem either too flat or too strong) and place the result in /Objects/Aircraft/Mirage5E2 But that would still need fixing by TK at some point anyway, I already reported it.

Can anyone confirm that there's a problem with the Mirage 5E2 (it already happened with an earlier Mirage DLC when a texture was used a normal map) ? I just extracted the files, the bump maps are textures improperly converted...

Unless I missed it, and given the screenshots, the only single seat F-5 released was a F-5A, then used for the F-5E, which might explain the differences. Apparently we have at least a F-5E, I'll have to check that, didn't look at the LERX. Yes, there are two main variants to the stock F-5E nose, the original one, close to the F-5A one, and the later one, called "sharknose", flatter, fitted to late Taiwan and Swiss models (and maybe others, but they are the only ones I remember to have used it consistently). The nose in your pictures and screenshots both seem to be the regular, early version. Take into account that some south american air forces (Brazil at least) refitted their F-5 with radar (of the Griffo family IIRC), leading to a modified, slightly longer nose, maybe there has been other.

Download available here All right, I'm working again on my RF-84F superpack, I know no one cares about the little recon plane, but at least that guarantees Paulopanz or Ludo won't beat me to it. This thread will serve to track the WiP and to motivate me to progress regularly, it will also serve to gather any information and feedback you might have to contribute. The big idea follows : Legend : Done In progress To be done Awaiting information Historical means only planes known to be available for the given time frame are represented, it's not 100% accurate, but as accurate as sources, motivation and gameplay allow. Semi-Historical means it contains both planes verified historically to be active and part of the represented squadron AND planes randomly chosen from planes known to have served with, depending on the available sources, the wing or the service at the time to fill the gaps. Generic means the plane numbers are chosen randomly from the pool of planes assigned to the nation, squadron numbers assigned randomly from the possible numbers and no sources allows to verify the plane was or was not in flying order at a given date. In some extreme cases it might mean a generic skin with no serial at all to avoid. RF-84F_US (Early Republic Seat, US pilot, painted spoilers, active brake chute) United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 32nd TRS Silver, Semi-Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1956, Sembach DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 32nd TRS, Late '57 Silver, Semi-Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1957, Sembach, DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 38th TRS, Late '55 Silver, Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1955, Sembach, DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 38th TRS Silver, Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1956, Sembach, DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 38th TRS, Late '57 Silver, Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1957, Sembach, DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 302nd TRS, Late '55 Silver, Semi-Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1955, Spangdahlem, DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 302nd TRS Silver, Semi-Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1956, Spangdahlem, DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 302nd TRS, Late '57 Silver, Semi-Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1957, Spangdahlem, DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 303rd TRS, Late '55 Silver, Semi-Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1955, Spangdahlem, DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 303rd TRS Silver, Semi-Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1956, Spangdahlem, DE United States of America, US Air Force in Europe, 303rd TRS, Late '57 Silver, Semi-Historical, 17 planes, circa late 1957, Spangdahlem, DE United States of America, Pacific Air Forces, 15th TRS, Late '58 Silver, Semi-Historical, ?? planes, circa late 1958, Kadena, JP United States of America, Pacific Air Forces, 45th TRS, Late '58 Silver, Semi-Historical, ?? planes, circa late 1958, Misawa, JP RF-84F_FR1 (Early Republic Seat, French pilot, no spoilers, inactive brake chute) France, Armée de l'Air, ER 4/33 Silver, Semi-Historical, 14 planes, circa late 1956, Akrotiri, Cyprus, UK RF-84F_FR2 (Early Republic Seat, French pilot, painted spoilers, active brake chute) France, Armée de l'Air, GR 1/33 Silver, Generic, 24 planes, circa late 1956, Cognac, FR France, Armée de l'Air, ERT 2/33 Silver, Generic, 23 planes, circa late 1956, Cognac, FR France, Armée de l'Air, ERT 3/33 Silver, Generic, 23 planes, circa late 1956, Cognac, FR RF-84F_FR3 (Late Republic Seat, French pilot, painted spoilers, active brake chute) France, Armée de l'Air, [GR|ER] 1/33 Camo, Generic, 16 planes, circa late 1962, Cognac, FR France, Armée de l'Air, [ERT|ER] 2/33 Silver, Generic, 16 planes, circa late 1960, Cognac, FR Camo, Generic, 16 planes, circa late 1962, Cognac, FR France, Armée de l'Air, ERT 3/33 Silver, Generic, 16 planes, circa late 1960, Cognac, FR Camo, Generic, 16 planes, circa late 1962, Cognac, FR RF-84F_NATO1 (Early Republic Seat, Euro pilot, painted spoilers, active brake chute) Netherlands, Koninklijke Luchtmacht, 306 Sqn. Silver, Historical, 16 planes, circa late 1956, Eindhoven, NL Belgium, Force Aérienne Belge, 42 Sqn. Silver, Historical, 14 planes, circa late 1956, Brustem, BE Belgium, Force Aérienne Belge, 42 Sqn. Camo, Historical, 16 planes, circa late 1960, Brustem, BE Norway, Luftforsvaret, 717 Skv. Silver, Historical, 24 planes, circa late 1956, Rygge, DK Greece, Polemikí Aeroporía, 348 Mira Silver, Generic, 16 airplanes, circa late 1955 RF-84F_NATO2 (Late Republic Seat, Euro pilot, painted spoilers, active brake chute) Netherlands, Koninklijke Luchtmacht, 306 Sqn. Camo, Historical, 16 planes, circa late 1962 Belgium, Force Aérienne Belge, 42 Sqn. Camo, Historical, 15 planes, circa late 1962 Camo, Historical, 24 planes, circa late 1968 Denmark, Flyvevåbnet, 729 Esk. Silver, Generic, 4 planes, circa late 1962 Camo, Historical, 19 planes, circa late 1962 Camo, Historical, 18 planes, circa late 1968 Norway, Luftforsvaret, 717 Skv. Camo, Historical, 24 planes, circa late 1962 Camo, Historical, 19 planes, circa late 1968 Greece, Polemikí Aeroporía, 348 Mira Camo, Generic, 16 airplanes, circa late 1964 Camo, Generic, 16 airplanes, circa late 1974 Turkey, Türk Hava Kuvvetleri Silver, Generic, 24 airplanes, circa late 1964 Camo, Generic, 24 airplanes, circa late 1974 RF-84F_DE2 (Martin Baker seat, German pilot, painted spoilers, active brake chute) Germany, Bundesluftwaffe, AG 51 Camo, Generic, 36 planes, circa late 1962 Germany, Bundesluftwaffe, AG 52 Camo, Generic, 36 planes, circa late 1962 RF-84F_TW (Early Republic Seat, US pilot, painted spoilers, active brake chute) Taiwan, Zhonghuá Mínguó Kongjun, 4th CRS Silver, Historical, 22 planes, circa late 1958, Songhang, TW

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Maybe better at a time, but the F-16 had a clearer and easier growth path making it a better choice in the long run.

Must be Saint Leonard's Day, here are the Jumping Jews of Jerusalem...

They're buying Lucasfilm, and thus get Lucasarts, however I doubt Disney cares about Lucasarts and I doubt we'd like what will come out of it... As for Lucasfilm ? Star Wars Episode VII already planned for 2015... yeah... right... A Monkey Island Pixar movie I'd be interested in, but a Disneyfied Star Wars, after the fiasco that Episodes I to III were ? No thank you very much...

And how is that a problem exactly ?

File Name: RF-84F Thunderflash Superpack File Submitter: Gunrunner File Submitted: 03 November 2011 File Category: F-84 Discussion and screenshots here NOTICES : This mod is NOT released under the Combat Ace Freeware Licensing Agreement (http://combatace.com/topic/55729-freeware-licensing/) as it includes content NOT subjected to it. The only content you can reuse freely following the CA Freeware Licensing are the SKINS and DECALS as they are my creation based on freely released template or from scratch; For all the rest you MUST contact the original author beforehand. ---------------------------------- PREREQUISITES : To my knowledge you only need SF2:E, however you might also need the Exp2, if you have finflashes not showing, just tell me and I'll include mine rather than using TW's. This should work without trouble with NATO Fighters 5 (however the versions already included in NF5 have a slightly different file organization and naming convention). This mod should not rewrite anything except itself and the relevant campaign files. ---------------------------------- GLOBAL NOTES : All planes marked with a * in the numbers list are considered historically correct, all others are as correct as sources allow, at worst they come from the pool of planes available to the nation in the given timeframe and bear possibly existing squadron numbers. There's a topic on CA (http://combatace.com/topic/68436-rf-84f-thunderflash-request-for-information-and-superpack-wip/) tracking my progress and meant to receive any feedback and information you might want to share. ---------------------------------- NOTES FOR 1956 : The Suez and Norwegian skins are bonuses and not useful for a Europe '56 campaign. I initially planned of including slightly anachronistic camouflage versions for Belgium and Netherlands, however, given the time needed for the operation and the fact that the campaign takes place in the heart of winter, camouflage would have made no sense. If you feel the need to properly install the Squadrons, you should add the following to your SQUADRONLIST.INI (if they squadrons are not already there), but everything is set up to work without it. ----- [squadronxxx] Name=32TRS DisplayName=32nd TRS Nation=USAF [squadronxxx] Name=38TRS DisplayName=38th TRS Nation=USAF [squadronxxx] Name=302TRS DisplayName=302nd TRS Nation=USAF [squadronxxx] Name=303TRS DisplayName=303rd TRS Nation=USAF [squadronxxx] Name=ER1/33 DisplayName=ER 1/33 'Belfort' Nation=France [squadronxxx] Name=ER2/33 DisplayName=ER 2/33 'Savoie' Nation=France [squadronxxx] Name=ER3/33 DisplayName=ER 3/33 'Moselle' Nation=France [squadronxxx] Name=ER4/33 DisplayName=ER 4/33 'Fumassol' Nation=France [squadronxxx] Name=42BAF DisplayName=42nd Squadron Nation=Belgium [squadronxxx] Name=306KLU DisplayName=306° Squadron Nation=Netherlands [squadronxxx] Name=RNAF717 DisplayName=717 Skv. Nation=Norway [squadronxxx] Name=TW4CRS DisplayName=4th CRS Nation=Taiwan ----- FRANCE, SUEZ All serial numbers involved in Suez are correct, 8 squadron numbers are attributed to the proper plane, 3 were used at Akrotiri but randomly assigned, the rest are randomly chosen from the most probable squadron numbers at the time. FRANCE French RF-84F in late 1956 would have been stationned at Cognac, but would probably have been detached in Alsace or Germany in case of conflict, one squadron relieving the previous, given the involvement in Operation 700 and the readiness of the squadrons in late 1956, the order of detachement would have been ER 2/33 first then ER 3/33 and finally ER 1/33 (remember, the last planes reached France from Cyprus in late December, and the last ground personnel and equipment in early January 1957, so even accounting for a rushed move, the attrition of planes and personnel would mean they'd probably take no part in the conflict unless it lasted into the Spring of 1957). US 3 or 4 stripes of different colors denote a plane assigned to the Wing Commander, 2 stripes or the same color to the Squadron Leader and 1 stripe to a Flight Leader. ---------------------------------- OPTIONAL ASSEMBLY REQUIRED : These planes are meant to use specific pilots however this is strictly optional, if you don't add them, the game will use the default pilot, so it's only a matter of adding more pilot variety and a more authentic feel to things. To respect the LOD author's wish not to have a situation where his work might be unknowingly used without proper attribution or worse you'll have to download the pilots separately or as part of the packs in which they are bundled. All are based on Old Diego's pilot, with skins by Corktip14 for the French version, ravenclaw_007 for the German ones. For USAF and ROCAF planes, you'll need the KUSAF01 pilot from Diego's pilot pack : http://combatace.com/files/file/9197-diegos-pilot-pack/ For French planes, you'll need the Guen312 pilot from the Israel 48/56 mod : http://combatace.com/files/file/11024-1948-war-for-independence1956-suez-crisis/ For German planes, you'll need the PilotGAF pilot from the German Pilots pack : http://combatace.com/files/file/9210-german-air-force-pilot%C2%B4s/ For other planes, you'll need the Euro001 pilot included with NATO Fighters 4+ Update 1 : http://combatace.com/files/file/11099-nato-fighters-4-patch-post-dec-2009-patch-level/ ---------------------------------- UPDATING YOUR FORMOSA FREEDOM CAMPAIGN v1.1 The necessary campaign files have been modified to add the Taiwanese RF-84F, just overwrite the original files. Due to JonathanRL's way of implementing squadrons (without a proper squadron list) I've had to use a specific variant for Taiwan rather than use it as a skin for the US variant, as should be. It also means that unless you add the squadrons properly, the ROCAF 4th CRS will appear show up as a USAF unit (without impact on anything else than text displayed on the loadout screen). It was the best compromise to be both working with Formosa Freedom and still be compatible with the standard implementation. At the moment I'm not interested in providing a package solely for that purpose. ---------------------------------- UPDATING YOUR 1956 SUEZ CRISIS CAMPAIGN v2.1 The necessary campaign files have been modified to use the updated RF-84F, just overwrite the original files. Be aware that it will leave the RF-84F using my old naming convention in place, it's up to you to delete it if it creates confusion in single mission play. At the moment I'm not interested in providing a package solely for that purpose. ---------------------------------- CONTENT AND CHANGELOG : v0.2 (10/08/2012) (6 variants, 15 skins, 2 campaign updates) CHANGED ALL Skin naming convention changed to make maintenance easier, you should remove the older skins, the "new" ones are identical ADDED RF-84F_NATO1 (based on the updated RF-84F, spoilers, brake chute, Euro pilot, early Republic Seat) 1 Camo skin for 42 Sqn. (Belgium), 16 planes, circa late 1960, Brustem, BE RF-84F_NATO2 (based on the updated RF-84F, spoilers, brake chute, Euro pilot, late Republic Seat) 1 Camo skin for 42 Sqn. (Belgium), 15 planes, circa late 1962, Brustem, BE RF-84F_TW (based on the updated RF-84F, spoilers, brake chute, US pilot, early Republic Seat) 1 Silver skin for 4th CRS (ROCAF), 22 planes, circa late 1958, SongShan, TW RF-84F_US (based on the updated RF-84F, spoilers, brake chute, US pilot, early Republic Seat) 1 Silver skin for 38th TRS (USAFE), 17 planes, circa late 1955, Sembach, DE Operation Formosa Freedom 1 set of files to add to JonathanRL's Operation Formosa Freedom v1.1 1956 Suez Crisis 1 set of files to update the Israel 45-56 mod to use the new RF-84F naming convention (and benefit from the updated skins and inis) v0.1 (11/03/2011) (4 variants, 11 skins) ADDED RF-84F_FR1 (based on the updated RF-84F, no spoilers, no brake chute, French pilot, early Republic Seat) 1 Silver skin for ER 4/33 "Fumassol" (France), 14 planes, for Operation 700 / Musketeer / Suez War, Akrotiri, Cyprus, UK RF-84F_FR2 (based on the updated RF-84F, spoilers, brake chute, French pilot, early Republic Seat) 1 Silver skin for ER 1/33 "Belfort" (France), 24 planes, circa late 1956, Cognac, FR 1 Silver skin for ER 2/33 "Savoie" (France), 23 planes, circa late 1956, Cognac, FR 1 Silver skin for ER 3/33 "Moselle" (France), 23 planes, circa late 1956, Cognac, FR RF-84F_NATO1 (based on the updated RF-84F, spoilers, brake chute, Euro pilot, early Republic Seat) 1 Silver skin for 306 Sqn. (Netherlands), 16 planes, circa late 1956, Eindhoven, NL 1 Silver skin for 42 Sqn. (Belgium), 14 planes, circa late 1956, Brustem, BE 1 Silver skin for 717 Esk. (Norway), 21 planes, circa late 1956, Rygge, NO RF-84F_US (based on the updated RF-84F, spoilers, brake chute, US pilot, early Republic Seat) 1 Silver skin for 32nd TRS (USAFE), 17 planes, circa late 1956, Sembach, DE 1 Silver skin for 38th TRS (USAFE), 17 planes, circa late 1956, Sembach, DE 1 Silver skin for 302nd TRS (USAFE), 17 planes, circa late 1956, Spangdahlem, DE 1 Silver skin for 303rd TRS (USAFE), 17 planes, circa late 1956, Spangdahlem, DE ---------------------------------- KNOWN ISSUES : - The spoilers are not part of the model and are only painted on. - The brake chute fairing is there even on early models. - Some skins are not "right" due to subtle mapping problems and a model not 100% accurate. - Some parts inherit the global skin lighting values instead of having these set to fixed values. - There may be some decal bleeding on lower visual settings as in some cases I only leave a 1 pixel margin. ---------------------------------- WHAT'S TO COME : - Some more panel changes and details - Normal and specular maps, maybe, when/if Florian has the time and motivation to do so - 15th TRS and 45th TRS PACAF planes - 1962 and 1968 European planes - Greek, Turkish and Italian planes - 1955, 1957 variants for USAFE, various others (French early camo trials, Luftwaffe WS50...) - Templates and full documentation - NF5 updates - Version specific hangars and loading screens - Integration of feedback ---------------------------------- CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : RF-84F Original 3D Model : Michael Davies & Alphasim (porting rights granted to GMG) 3D Conversion & Animations : Amokfloo / Florian Cockpit : Zurawski (taken from his F-86) INI work : Amokfloo / Florian, Soulfreak / Soulman, NeverEnough Damage textures : Amokfloo / Florian Model update for SF2 : Amokfloo / Florian Various small fixes : Israel 48/56 Team Ejection Seats Republic Ejection Seats : Steve_S Martin Baker Gw5 Ejection Seat : ravenclaw_007 Skins Original Skins and templates : Soulfreak / Soulman, ravenclaw_007 Enhanced templates, skins and compilation of bits : Gunrunner A huge thanks to all the modders allowing me to bundle their work with my skins or taking the time to explain why they'd rather not, to eburger68 for his work on NATO Fighters motivating me to get back to work and of course to CA and TK for a wonderful toy and the community to go with it. If I forgot someone or believe I've included your work without proper credits, permissions or respect for your terms of use, do not hesitate to contact me on Combat Ace forums. ---------------------------------- SOURCES : Wings over Suez by Brian Cull Tactical Reconnaissance in the Cold War by Doug Gordon Squadron/Signal Fighting Colors #6504 - USAF Europe in Color, Vol.1 : 1948-1965 by Robert Robinson Squadron/Signal Fighting Colors #6563 - USAF Europe in Color, Vol.2 : 1957-1963 by Robert Robinson Squadron/Signal Aircraft in action #1061 - F-84 Thunderjet by Larry Davis, David Menard and Don Greer Wing Masters HS 11 : Suez 1956 : Opération Mousquetaire And of course the Internet... With first and foremost, the unavoidable Joe Baugher : http://www.joebaugher.com Nathan Decker's Forgotten Jets : http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/ForgottenJets.html and countless others... ---------------------------------- Gunrunner 10/08/2012 Click here to download this file

This got a point update to add what was almost finished and to make use of JonathanRL's fantastic Taiwan campaign. There's more to come but I acquired new and better references and interviews and am in the process of adjusting my work (as some assumptions based on bad pictures and erroneous profiles were just plain wrong).

There's also the possibility that once TK sees no further commercial potential for SF2 and can't/won't update it further or give it a successor he will reopen what was closed. Quite a few developers have taken that road before and TK, despite the recent falling out with the larger community, has been a class act, so it would not be entirely out of character for him to do so.

Good point, that's probably why it works that way now, because he doesn't make a distinction between the various elements and he needs it to work that way for normal maps.

I wouldn't bet too hard on that particular technique to work in the long term, it seems to be a bug as it should only work within CAT files, not outside. A more labor intensive method and not available to modders packing their mods is the use of symlinks or hard links (and in some case, junction points), however the game engine seems to be prone to crash on exit when some directories called are using a junction.