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************************ Iranian Weapons for SF2 **************************** This pack is designed for use in the Op Darius Mod. The weapons in this pack were originally made for SF1 by Lindr2 back in September '08. I've converted them to SF2 standard and reskinned them to be more "realistic" than the original skins were, however 99% of the work was done in Paint so don't expect miracles with the skins! I've tested it in Op Darius with the Nov'11 Patch and everything seemed fine but let me know if you find anything. All the following have been tested and work on all the Iranian jets, however because of the "AttachmentType" nations used for the various Iranian jets in Op Darius these weapons will be available for most Aircraft. To make the pack compatable with the Aircraft in Op Darius I've had to make a few changes to how the Radar guided Anti-Ship Missiles work so they are now IIR guided (that way you won't have to mess with A/C data files to get them to fit on the pylons) ***************************************************************************** Installation Drag and drop into your Op Darius Mod Folder - Usually C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 Op Darius (or whatever you've called it) ***************************************************************************** Weapons List - Due to sanctions Iran has it's own indigenous weapons program so I'll try and explain what each weapon is and it's guidance system. AGM-379 Zoobin - TV Guided 1200lb Missile Farj-e-Darya - TV Guided 300lb Anti-Ship missile Fatter IRM - Heat-Seeking Air to Air Missile GBU-67 Qadr - TV Guided 2500lb Glide Bomb GBU-78A Ghassem - TV Guided 2000LB Glide Bomb HK-55 Granat - Inertial Nav Guided 3300lb Cruise Missile Kosar 1 - TV Guided 210lb Anti-Ship Missile Kosar 3 - Radar Guided 250lb Anti-Ship Missile Nasr - Radar Guided 750lb Anti-Ship Missile Noor-A - Radar Guided 1350lb Anti-Ship Missile Noor-B - Radar Guided 2000LB Anti-Ship Missile (extended range) Retarded 750lb LGB Retarded 1000lb LGB Retarded 2000lb LGB Sattar 1 - Laser Guided 1000lb Rocket Sattar 2 - Laser Guided 1000lb Rocket Sattar 3 - Laser Guided 1000lb Rocket Sattar 4 - Laser Guided 1000lb Rocket Toophan 2 and Launcher - Wire Guided Tow-Style Anti-Tank Missile Yasser - Laser Guided 1750lb Rocket TIS-33 Laser Designator Pod ****************************************************************************** Issues - The original models and skin mapping weren't perfect so I've done the best with what I had to work with, however there are several issues which are beyond my control. The worst of which is the model for the Sattar 1&4 wasn't mapped fully so there's a thin slice where you can see through the model. 2nd is the Retarded LGB's only use a tiny section of the skin map meaning the text on the skin is repeated in mirror image on one side of the bomb. There's other minor issues but those are the biggest. ****************************************************************************** Thanks to The following - Lindr2 for the original weapons. Dave & Edbuger for the Op Darius Mod and the weapons ini help. Ravenclaw007 for the Skinning ideas & templates. ****************************************************************************** Change Log V1.1 - Weapon .ini's updated to SF2 standard, FRANCE added to nations (For F1-EQ) ******************************************************************************

************************ Royal Air Force Kestrel GR1/3 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 V2.0 ************************ Due to technical internet issues Cocas has asked me to release this for him as he's unable - This is the V2.0 update of Cocas and Spinners fantastic "Sea Kestrel" pack and is a fairly comprehensive overhaul of the original pack with almost everything either new or improved! This pack includes all the Effects, Weapons and Sounds required to run on a standalone setup but it has only been tested on an Full 5 Merged setup. Installation ------------- Unzip then copy and paste the Effects/Flight/Objects/Sounds folders into your Mod folder (usually C:\Users\YOUR NAME\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 **or whatever yours is called**). AIRCRAFT ------------ Aircraft Specific Info - ---------------------- Kestrel GR1 ('87 - '05) - Designed for the RAF as a purely ground attack aircraft alongside the the Royal Navy's Sea Kestrel FRS.1 it had the Radar removed and had the new Angle Rate Bombing System (ARBS) fitted instead but was otherwise virtually identical in performance. The 4 RAF Squadrons equipped with the GR1 were given different paint jobs to reflect their different areas of speciality with 1F & 20R Sqns painted Green for Central Europe, 3F Sqn painted in White/Green winter camo for Northern Europe and 4F Sqn in Desert sand for the middle East. Kestrel GR3 ('06 - '20) - This massive upgrade saw everything from the engine to weapons to the avionics all hugely upgraded, especially the weapons. It included a new Nose mounted FLIR camera with RWR and the ability to carry the more advanced weapons that the RAF had developed. All 4 Sqns returned to a Grey paint job for the GR3. OTHER INFO ----------- Issues - ------ ARBS - I've tried to be tricky here and made the ARBS system a laser designator but with no range. You'll need to fit some LGB's to see it working but if you want to actually drop LGB's then you'll need to add a separate Laser Pod to do the guiding. It does look pretty cool though! Hovering is quite difficult at 1st. With a fuel weight of under 25% and no weapons you can hover at around 55% thrust but without a working Nozzle gauge it's difficult to tell where your nozzles are pointing, especially as the 3D model nozzles stop moving at only 40' visually! My recommendation is to apply fully forward nozzles (98.5') and then slowly move it backwards until the engine exhaust dirt looks like it's pointing at 90' but it's not ideal (see Alternate Cockpit below). The mapping is "interesting" in some places with stretching, especially on the 2 Booms. The 3F skin (winter Camo) was really tricky, so much so that I wanted to punch a thousand cute kittens by the end after spending hours/days trying to get the edges to match up! So sadly it's not as good as I'd like but the PS templates are out to so hopefully you can improve on my skin. *******If you find any issues or find that I've got something wrong please contact me on CombatAce - http://combatace.com/user/64030-ianh755/ ******************* ------------------------------------------------- Alternate Cockpit Usage (for Advanced Users only) - ------------------------------------------------- Included in this pack is Bobrocks fantastic Harrier AV-8B cockpit which, as it includes important Nozzle info, makes hovering much easier. However the Cockpit is more limited in comparison to the Kestrel (F-23/29) version so, if you're not bothered about trying to hover that much, I'd stick to the original Cockpit. Installation is simply dropping the Cockpit folder with it's 2 ini's into your A/C and altering the aircraftname.ini to point to the 2 new ini's. I'd make a backup before you though just to be safe! Please use at your own risk, if you don't know how to alter ini files then please don't attempt to install the new cockpit in case you break something! THANKS -------- Massive thanks to Cocas for creating the 3D model and patiently modifying it everytime I asked for any/every crazy little thing! Spinner for his fantastic work with the original Pack. Dels for creating his superb F-23/F-29 cockpit used here with his kind permission. Bobrock for creating his amazing AV-8B cockpit used here with kind permission. Ravenclaw007 for the stunning weapons he makes and I continue to enjoy using. Spillone104 for his Improved Afterburner Effects. The Various Modders who've made the Pilots and Seats which I used from my install but sadly I can't find out who you are to give full credit (please PM me and I'll update this with your name) but I think its' EBurger68, ChrisBV, Ravenclaw007 and EricJ ************************************************************************************* Have fun and thanks for Downloading.............................................IanH *************************************************************************************

This is the new Photoshop Template for use with the New V2.0 pack of the RAF, RN and USMC Kestrel aircraft by Cocas which can be found here - RAF - http://combatace.com/files/file/14039-raf-kestrel-gr1-gr3-pack-by-cocas-v20/ RN - http://combatace.com/files/file/14040-royal-navy-sea-kestrel-frs1-frs2-by-cocas-v20/ USMC - http://combatace.com/files/file/14041-usmc-av-16a-av-16b-kestrel-ii-by-cocas-v20/ Have fun!