Stephen1918

I am running Panama Red's Realistic Sky Mod. I have noticed when running under the "Clear" weather setting, about half the time I get Panama Red's clouds, the rest of the time I get a purplish haze at the horizon. Does anyone know why it's so inconsistent?

Thanks for posting this. Parts of the data.ini have always been something of a mystery to me. This helps.

Buddy1998 - First, thanks for asking. Second - I have spent several years working with other modders to make First Eagles a better game. Other modders have also contributed, and I have benefited from their contributions. I really do not want to see my efforts used to make another game a better game because I will not be able to benefit from that. Please do not use my planes for anything other than FE. Of course, if you want to make mods for FE, contact me and you will have my full support.

The Real World has been holding me prisoner for several weeks. I managed to escape today, but I'll have to go back tomorrow. Gambit168 - thanks for the revised skins. They're a good addition to the plane. I like it when I can download something new for FE. HerGr, whiteknight06604, Crawford - I tried making a rifleman as an add-on pilot, but there is no way to make him move, so the static armed observer is the best alternative. VonS has figured out how to alter the FM so that gun shots come from his vicinty, and that works pretty well. Whiteknight - I approve of your revisions to the Taube. Check your messages. Crawford - There is an ini for my pilots included with the FE2 version. But I don't know where to place it in FE1. If you can figure it out, please post your solution here.

Thanks for pointing this out. I'll look into it. The problem was with the elevators. In the Taube, the tailplane used warping and didn't have moving elevators, but the data file was causing the parts to move anyway. You were seeing the cables detaching when the part moved. I went into the data file and removed the model node names. I have uploaded a new version. If you have already downloaded the Taube. Use this data file to correct the problem. TaubeDataV2.zip Thank you!

The canals look good. Are you making new TODs for the city?

Gambit, these look great. Will you put them into the Download section, please?

I'm running FE Gold on Windows 7 - I had to install an older version of Direct X, I don't remember which one, 9 I think.

If you guys want to help out, there are several planes already here that could be converted to Spanish Civil War. They would need new skins/decals and some tweaks to the data.ini to change nations, dates, weapons, pilots, etc. The DH9 bomber was introduced at the end of WWI, production continued into the 20's. Spain got several of them and pulled them back into service at the beginning of the civil war. They were used by both sides during the early days of the war. If somebody wants to make SCW versions of the Airco DH9 and upload them into the Golden Era section, you have my blessing. There are several planes in the Strike Fighters downloads that could be converted to FE. I don't know what kind of permissions you would need from the original authors, but I think it would be polite to ask. You would need to make new skins, change the data.ini to change nations and dates, and to use FE pilots and weapons. I have only looked in the SF1 downloads, there may be others in SF2. Russouk2004 has a Messerschmitt Bf.109 - there are several versions there. The Me. Bf.109C was used by the Legion Condor and the Nationalists. I think the major difference between the types was in the weapons, you might need to do some "RemoveNode" tricks. Pasko has a Junkers Ju87 Stuka. Wrench has made a Ju87B for the Italians. The 87B was also used by the Nationalists in Spain. Russouk2004 has also made a DH82 Tigermoth. The Tigermoth was used by the Spanish as a trainer, and was used by both sides for recon and liaison in the Civil War. The Tigermoth is unarmed, but would still be a good plane to have. Raven has a Fiesler Fi156 Storch. There were only 5 or 6 used by the Nationalists in Spain. Raven's is armed with a machine gun and has a bomb loadout, but I don't know if the planes in Spain were armed. Bunyap has a Boeing P-26 Peashooter. There was exactly 1 of them used by the Republic side in Spain. The Spanish got it for evaluation, decided not to buy any more, but used it when the civil war started. There may be others. And there may be some that were not used, but have a configuration similar to planes that were used and could be used as placeholders until a better version shows up. So... if any of you want to help out, we could get several more planes in SCW in just a few weeks.