Stephen1918

Very nice! My Nieuports and Voisins have decals named "ItalianRed" and "ItalianGreen" which are red and green patches that match the game's decal colors. You are welcome to use those for the underwing tricolor markings.

File Name: Pfalz A.II conversion for Laton's E.III File Submitter: Stephen1918 File Submitted: 12 October 2012 File Category: Pfalz Skins A set of skins and some file tweaks to convert Laton's Pfalz E.III into an A.II You must have Laton's plane in order for this to work. The Pfalz A.II was identical to the E.III, except that the A.II was unarmed. I have removed the gun and Loadouts from the E.III data file, changed the way shadows are generated in the ini file, and created two new skins for the plane. There is a German skin, with a stripe around the fuselage, and an Austrian skin with red bars on the wingtips and fuselage. The original skins will still work with my conversion. I also made a new hangar screen to display the plane's new name. Everything else is the same as in Laton's original. Installation instructions: If you haven't already, download and install Laton's Pfalz E.III pack from the CombatACE Download area. My install is only for the E.III and will replace some of the original files - you might want to make backups before you proceed. For FE1 - In your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder, make a copy of the PfalzEIII folder and name it "PfalzAII." Copy all the files from my "PfalzAII" folder into your "PfalzAII" folder. Click "Yes" if it asks if you want to replace an existing file. You can delete the PfalzEIII.ini, PfalzEIII_data.ini, PfalzE.III_Loadout.ini, and PfalzEIII_Hangar.bmp files. All the other files are needed for the conversion. For FE2 - In your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder, make a copy of the PfalzEIII folder and name it "PfalzAII." Copy all the files from my "PfalzAII" folder into your "PfalzAII" folder. Click "Yes" if it asks if you want to replace an existing file. You can delete the PfalzEIII.ini, PfalzEIII_data.ini, PfalzE.IIILoadout.ini, and PfalzEIII_Hangar.bmp files. All the other files are needed for the conversion. Next, in your FirstEagles/Objects/Decals folder, make a new folder named "PfalzAII". Move the folder named "D" from your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft/PfalzAII folder into the FirstEagles/Decals/Aircraft/PfalzAII folder you just made. Click here to download this file

Welcome Andy73! I've downloaded some of your sounds (I didn't think about OFF sounds being used in FE until I saw Panama Red's post.) I'm looking forward to seeing your efforts here in First Eagles.

Very nice work Quack! Your skins add a huge amount of detail to the models. I like how you got all the hexes to line up across the parts.

Thanks for all your help, Nix. I hope you'll drop in from time to time to give us your comments, and maybe come back to modding for First Eagles someday.

Great screen shots! And an excellent story. I've always enjoyed your "mission report" posts.

Nice. I usually prefer decals because they look better in medium graphics mode, and I can increase the frame rate a little.

I like the new SPADs, they seem to work OK in FE1. The bump files and the userlist don't seem to be used, but FE1 just ignores them. I also like the skins for Strutter and the Morane N. The eastern front is getting more active!

I have uploaded the campaigns for the Eastern Front. There are three campaigns and it requires a lot of downloads - about 30 planes plus skins and ground objects. Hopefully, you have a lot of it already. Installation instructions are included in the download. This was made on FE1. Sinbad and quack74 helped with the testing on FE2 and I have some notes for converting to FE2. The biggest issue is names of planes and installing the decals, especially for some of the planes that were made a few years ago. Sinbad and I have made new versions of the SPAD 7 especially for this campaign, they are included in the download. My thanks to ojcar, sinbad, quack74, whiteknight 06604, and everyone else who helped and/or contributed.

File Name: The Eastern Front File Submitter: Stephen1918 File Submitted: 10 August 2012 File Category: First Eagles Missions and Campaigns Fighting on the Eastern Front in World War I was much different from the fighting in the west. The Eastern Front was much longer, troops were spread out more, and there were fewer roads and villages than in northern France and Belgium. The front moved back and forth more quickly and more often in Eastern Europe. In the air, recon, artillery spotting, and ground attack missions were the most common. There weren't as many dogfights, and squadrons rarely went hunting for enemy planes. The purpose of my campaigns is to capture a sense of the war on the Eastern Front. I am not trying to re-enact any particular battles. I'm just trying to create the correct mix of planes and missions to approximate the way the war was fought. This download consists of three campaigns in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, near the Russian Ukraine. 1915, takes place in the late spring and roughly corresponds to the German/Austrian Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive in which the Central Powers took back the land they had lost at the start of the war. (Austria on the offensive.) 1916, takes place in the summer and roughly corresponds to the Russian Brusilov Offensive in which Russian forces took back a lot of what they had lost in 1915. (Russia on the offensive.) 1917, takes place in the fall, after the Kerensky offensive and before the October Revolution and represents the closing months of the war in the east. Notes: Everything in these campaigns is available at the CombatAce site. Installation instructions are in a separate file. Please read the notes for special information about some of the planes. Credits: Many people have made this project possible. Some of them worked directly with me, and others have made things which found their way into this campaign. In particular, I wish to thank: ojcar for his continued support, for making all the FMs for all my planes, and for providing the inspiration for this project. sinbad, who made some planes and several skins for the Russian planes and who beta-tested the whole thing. quack74, for making skins, providing resource materials, and for beta testing the campaigns. whiteknight06604, for making skins and providing resource materials for the Eastern Front. Monty CZ and EmlD, for letting me make skins and mods for their planes. Laton, Bortdafarm, p10ppy, christian59, and geo for their planes and ground objects. von Deutschmark, gumpy, Saltfiskur, and gambit168 for their skins. Peter01 for his FMs. And thanks to everyone at Combat Ace for their support, suggestions, and inspiration. Changes in Version 2: I have corrected the way Squadrons are named and eliminated duplicates so all aircraft should display correctly in the menu screen. I have replaced some planes and included new planes, skins, and ground objects. I have adjusted all the Strategic Nodes to get ground units positioned correctly. There should be no more AA guns or troops inside buildings anymore. I have made changes to the mission parameters for many of the planes. I have made new start screens for the campaigns which display while the campaign is loading. Click here to download this file

Sinbad and I have just uploaded more skins for the Eastern Front. New skins and some data tweaks for Laton's - MS Type L, MS type H, and Pfalz E.III. We've made new loadouts for the Type L and E.III which racks the bombs along the fuselage next to the cockpit. We've also made an unarmed version of the Type L. All the planes have new ini files to update the way shadows are generated, and new Hanger and Loading screens. I THINK this is the last upload for the Eastern Front. We are beta testing the campaigns now (there are 3 of them) and I should be uploading the campaigns in a few days.

File Name: Eastern Front - Skins for 3 of Laton's Planes File Submitter: Stephen1918 File Submitted: 04 August 2012 File Category: Other Entente Aircraft Skins A set of skins and some file tweaks by Sinbad and Stephen1918 for Laton's MS Type H, MS Type L and Pfalz E.III. You must have Laton's planes in order for these to work. This download includes - skins for the Eastern front for all the planes - new loadouts, which place the bombs alongside the fuselage for the MS Type L and the Pfalz E.III - a new unarmed version of the MS Type L - new ini files for all the planes which update the way shadows are generated - and new Loading and Hanger screens for all the planes. Installation instructions: If you haven't already, download and install the three planes from the CombatACE Download area. (The MS Type L and the Pfalz E.III are each part of a combo pack.) After the planes are installed, make a copy of the entire "MSTypeL" folder and rename it "MSTypeL_Recon". You will be installing new ini files for this folder later. My install will replace some of the original files - you might want to make backups before you proceed. For FE1 - Open each of my plane folders and copy the contents into the appropriate folders in your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. Click "Yes" when it asks if you want to replace an existing file. For FE2 - Open each of my plane folders and copy the contents into the appropriate folders in your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. Click "Yes" when it asks if you want to replace an existing file. Click here to download this file

I have made some Russian skins for several of the Nieuports - 3 skins for Monty CZ's N11 and 2 for his N17 - 3 skins for EmID's N24 - and 4 skins for my own N12. With whiteknight06604's 3 pack for the N10, and Monty CZ's Russian skin for the N11, we now have a pretty good fleet of Russian Nieuports. All of my skins are pretty simple, I didn't go into a lot of detail. Mostly I reworked Monty CZ's and EmID's original skins and added the decals I had already made for my other planes. If anyone wants to improve them, please do. My thanks to Monty CZ and EmID for their permissions.

File Name: Russian Skins for EmID's Nieuport 24 File Submitter: Stephen1918 File Submitted: 26 July 2012 File Category: Nieuport Skins Three Russian skins for the Nieuport 24. You must have EmID's plane in order for these to work. I have included skins for an imported version, with the Russian colors painted over the French insignia, a version manufactured at the Dux factory, and a version with insignia for the 1st Combat Air Group. In all of my skins, I used EmID's original skins with some slight alterations. I have included a set of decals and a new ini file to update the way shadows are generated. My thanks to EmID for giving his permission to make skins for his plane. Installation Instructions If you haven't already done so, download and install the Nieuport 24 from the CombatACE Download area. My install will replace the original ini file - you might want to make backups before you proceed. For FE1 - Open my "N24" folder and put all the contents into your FirrstEagles/Objects/Aircraft/N24 folder. For FE2 - Open my "N24" folder and put all the contents into your FirrstEagles/Objects/Aircraft/N24 folder. Next, in your FirstEagles/Objects/Decals folder, make a folder named "N24". Then move my "D" folder from the Aircraft/N24 folder into the Decals/N24 folder you just made. Click here to download this file

File Name: Eastern Front - skins for 2 of Monty CZ's planes File Submitter: Stephen1918 File Submitted: 25 July 2012 File Category: Nieuport Skins A set of skins and some file tweaks for Monty CZ's Nieuport 11 and Nieuport 17. You must have Monty CZ's planes in order for these to work. For the Nieuport 11, I have made three skins. One is an imported plane with Russian colors painted over the French markings. The other two a Dux built machines, with the Dux markings and insignia for two squadrons. For the Nieuport 17, I have made two skins. One is an imported plane with Russian colors painted over the French markings. The other is a Russian built machine with standard markings and squadron insignia. Monty CZ has made a Russian skin for the Nieuport 11 which works well with these planes. In all of my skins, I used Monty CZ's original skins with some slight alterations. I have included a set of insignia decals with each plane, and a new ini file to update the way shadows are generated. My thanks to Monty CZ for permission to make new skins for his planes. Installation instructions: If you haven't already, download and install the two planes from the CombatACE Download area. This install will replace some of the original files - you might want to make backups before you proceed. For FE1 - Open each of my plane folders and copy the contents into the appropriate folders in your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. Click "Yes" when it asks if you want to replace an existing file. Next, for each plane, open my folder "PutInDFolder" and move the contents into MontyCZ's "D" folder inside the aircraft's folder. For FE2 - Open each of my plane folders and copy the contents into the appropriate folders in your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. Click "Yes" when it asks if you want to replace an existing file. Next, for each plane, open my folder "PutInDFolder" and move the contents into the appropriate aircraft's "D" folder Which is inside the Decals folder. Click here to download this file

I have uploaded some things for the Eastern Front. I have a set of Russian skins for the SPADs that came with First Eagles. And I made some Russian balloons. And (still waiting for administrator approval) I have made some skins and file tweaks for three of Bortdafarm's planes. I have similar file sets coming for some of the other planes. As I work on the Eastern Front, I was getting irritated that First Eagles assumes everything is on the Western Front. In the maps, my Russian and Austro-Hungarian units were always showing up as French and German. So I made a set of icons for the Planning Map which shows the correct nationality for all units. This will work on all the fronts, but you won't see a lot of difference on the stock campaigns. Here's a preview of the Eastern Front and some of my new skins.

File Name: Russian Nieuport 12 - 4 pack File Submitter: Stephen1918 File Submitted: 24 July 2012 File Category: Nieuport Skins Four Russian skins for the Nieuport 12 - I have included an imported version, with the Russian insignia painted over the French, and three versions manufactured at the Dux factory, two of them with squadron insignia. I have also included a set of decals for all four planes. Installation instructions Put the four skin folders into your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft/Nieuport12 folder. Next, open my "PutInDFolder" and put all five files into the "D" folder for the Nieuport12 - For FE1, it will be inside the Aircraft/Nieuport12 folder - for FE2, it will be inside the Decals/Nieuport12 folder. Click here to download this file

You could also try extending the gunner's range (in the [Crew] data.) The AI gunner doesn't seem to "see" anything that's out of his range, so he'll turn away from a plane that's perfectly visible to you. Of course, he will use up ammo faster if he's shooting at planes that are too far away. Find a good balance.

File Name: Eastern Front - Skins for 3 of Bortdafarm's planes File Submitter: Stephen1918 File Submitted: 23 July 2012 File Category: Other Central Powers Aircraft Skins A set of skins and some file tweaks for Bortdafarm's OefAlbatrosDII, HalberstadtDII, and Farman MF11c. You must have Bortdafarm's planes in order for these to work. For the Albatros DII, I have made three skins, one plain linen and two camo schemes. I have also included a new ini file which updates the way shadows are generated. Some of the parts were almost impossible to skin, so I have made decals to cover the entire part. It's kind of a clunky way to work, but the results are pretty good. (Note - The Albatros DII had a wooden stabilizer at the tail, I could not get the wood to look right, so used linen instead.) For the Halberstadt DII, I have made a green/mauve camo scheme. This plane also required decals to cover some of the parts. And this one also has a new ini file to change the shadows. For the Farman MF11c, I have made a new linen skin with a set of decals for the Russians. I have included Peter01's FM, which I have modded to take an external bomb load. Bortdafarm made several versions of each of his planes, I haven't tested them, but I think these skins will work with some the other versions. Installation instructions: If you haven't already, download and install the three planes from the CombatACE Download area. This install will replace some of the original files - you might want to make backups before you proceed. For FE1 - Open each of my plane folders and copy the contents into the appropriate folders in your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. Click "Yes" when it asks if you want to replace an existing file. For FE2 - Open each of my plane folders and copy the contents into the appropriate folders in your FirstEagles/Objects/Aircraft folder. Click "Yes" when it asks if you want to replace an existing file. Then in your FirstEagles/Objects/Decals folder, make new folders for each of the planes. Folder names must be identical to the folder names in your Aircraft folder. Move the "D" folder from each of the Aircraft folders into the appropriate Decals folder you just made. Click here to download this file