Menrva

RL hasn't been kind to me, Kevin. It's a miracle I found the will and time to release what I released. Not to mention that in the PM group I had mentioned long ago how broken the aircraft data is here and there, and that I needed help in improving and fixing stuff. I didn't get help on that end, so this release is flawed. If someone wishes to fix the flight model physics and other aircraft data bits, that's much appreciated and only then I may consider updating the package, even by adding any extra skins that are made in the meantime. Without help, I'm afraid there aren't going to be further updates to this in the near future, I no longer have the luxury to work on mods at this stage.

Thanks to you for the kind words. I wish I had time to rework the aircraft data properly, but RL hasn't been pretty in the last two months. At least it's not collecting dust on my computer anymore. Like I said in the description, this add-on is flawed here and there. Help is appreciated in fixing and improving it.

View File F-35 Lightning II Skin Pack F-35 Lightning II Skin Pack December 13th, 2025 (1st Release) by daddyairplanes, simonmiller416, kblomkvist and Menrva >For Strike Fighters 2 games This is an extra skin pack for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft family add-on. Skins are based on ideas and depictions from other sources. Here below a list of the included ones: -Joint Strike Fighter (inspired by Innerloop Studios' Joint Strike Fighter game and relative artworks) -JASDF 302 Hikotai (as imagined and created by kblomkvist) -USAF 74th FS with Shark Mouth (as imagined and created by daddyairplanes) -USAF 75th FS with Shark Mouth (as imagined and created by daddyairplanes) -USAF 76th FS with Shark Mouth (as imagined and created by daddyairplanes) -USAF 65th AGRS Black Camo (as imagined and created by simonmiller416) >Credits (in no particular order): -daddyairplanes, for producing additional and/or missing USAF skins for the F-35A. -kblomkvist, for all F-35 skins he released, including those of his SF2 USAF F-35 redux package. -simonmiller416, for the USAF Aggressors black skin he made. -dtmdragon, for the templates from his F-35A/B Lightning II International Operators skin pack. -My girlfriend, for supporting me in all of my endeavors. >Disclaimer: This is a freeware; yet it can be redistributed ONLY in other CombatACE mods/mod packages. This mod may NOT in any way, shape or form be used in any payware additions. Submitter Menrva Submitted 12/13/2025 Category F-35  

View File F-35 Lightning II Add-on F-35 Lightning II Add-on December 13th, 2025 (1st Release) by daddyairplanes, Wrench, simonmiller416, kblomkvist, Astore and Menrva >For Strike Fighters 2 games This is a complete add-on of the F-35 Lightning II family of aircraft, featuring all of its Real World operators. The result of a joint effort by the community, the package currently includes the following operators and relative skins produced by daddyairplanes, Wrench, simonmiller416, kblomkvist and Astore, with tweaks by yours truly where needed for quality consistency: -United States Air Force, 23 F-35A skins -United States Marine Corps, 5 F-35B skins, 1 F-35C skin -United States Navy, 3 F-35C skins -Italian Air Force, 2 F-35A skins, 1 F-35B skin -Italian Navy, 1 F-35B skin -Japan Air Self-Defense Force, 1 F-35A skin -Belgian Air Component, 1 F-35A skin -Royal Air Force, 1 F-35B skin -Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, 1 F-35B skin -Royal Australian Air Force, 1 F-35A skin -Royal Danish Air Force, 1 F-35A skin -Royal Netherlands Air Force, 1 F-35A skin -Royal Norwegian Air Force, 1 F-35A skin I further polished the package with reworked data and weapon loadouts, my own selection of sounds, new cockpit and HUD textures and other smaller tweaks here and there. The incredibly detailed weapons included in the package are the courtesy of ravenclaw_07. NOTE: Unlike previous mod packages released by yours truly, this one does not match the quality standards I usually aim for. Real Life got in the way and I cannot spare enough time for modding as I'd like. This aircraft add-on is far from perfect, there are issues with AI, the flight model physics, loadouts not being accurate as they should be, the cockpit being just wrong and mostly a textured screen, and on and on. If in the future someone provides better data fixing such issues, and/or newer 3d models for the aircraft and for the cockpit, then I may update this package and give it further care. For now enjoy it as is and do not ask for further fixes and/or improvements, I cannot do those at this time. >Credits (in no particular order): -Klavs81, for having created the original F-35 3d models and cockpit we still use to this day. -FastCargo, for having updated the original F-35 package to SF2 standards. -Astore, for our great friendship and for creating much nicer cockpit textures, skins and emblems for Italian F-35s. -daddyairplanes, for producing additional and/or missing USAF skins for the F-35A. -Wrench, for producing missing skins for all F-35C and F-35B operators and for the F-35A skins of other NATO countries. -simonmiller416, for the USMC, USN and USAF Aggressors skins he made for the F-35B, F-35C and F-35A. -Dino Cattaneo, for his F-35 add-on for Flight Simulator X; the new cockpit textures are partly inspired by his. -JosefK, for the AGM-158C LRASM weapon mod. -ravenclaw_07, for his quality missiles and bombs add-ons. -Coupi and GKABS, for the canopy structure improvement via "FakePilot" part. -kblomkvist, for all F-35 skins he released, including those of his SF2 USAF F-35 redux package. -My girlfriend, for supporting me in all of my endeavors. >Disclaimer: This is a freeware; yet it can be redistributed ONLY in other CombatACE mods/mod packages. This mod may NOT in any way, shape or form be used in any payware additions. Submitter Menrva Submitted 12/13/2025 Category F-35  

Package has been updated to v1.1; now it includes the nations seen in the upcoming Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.

I had a terrain of Venezuela in the works some years ago, made a quick beta for fellow modder angelp long ago. I currently don't have time to work on it. I'd dislike to make it now based on current world events.

This is actually already known, it's used in the ODS 30AE mod for the F-117, and I think it's also the default value in the aircraft add-on as made and released by Dels. The most interesting findings are about the coefficients of those materials. The types of materials were already covered by some old topic long ago.

There is an issue with the water shader, it's never darkened properly during night. I haven't managed to solve it yet. So, for the time being, I reverted to Mue's terrain and water shaders with the addition of @Stary's fantastic pseudo normal effect, and I also added it to the other water shaders of the lower graphics settings (Stary's pack didn't cover those), so now coastlines appear properly with the pseudo normal effect even on water settings lower than High. I also made 5 different cloud FX shaders for each weather type, they keep Stary's changes and make clouds look different in size etc. depending on the mission's weather type (the latest version of the realSKY mod is needed). The zip attached here is packaged for the ODS 30AE mod, but shaders could be used elsewhere: Stary-Menrva's ODS30AE Shaders 2025.zip HLSL shaders are not my thing, so I hope others more experienced with those can look into what Stary did. That guy has made interesting shaders for the HUD, you may want to look into those. His work combined with yours could really improve the look of aircraft HUDs and radar displays.

@Stary fantastic stuff! I look forward to trying your shaders and make the best use out of them! I experimented a lot with shaders during the development of Operation Desert Storm 30th Anniversary Edition, but never got this far. Thank you for your works on Strike Fighters, they are much appreciated By the way, some years ago someone experimented with creating PBR shaders for Strike Fighters 2, they're available on GitHub. Their implementation is rather broken here and there, but they also introduced nice results under specific light conditions, so they may be of your interest: https://github.com/Zackin5/StrikeFighters2-PbrShaders

You just created an account, so no. Free downloads are enabled to free accounts only after they've been active for a while, more details in the topic below:

It is official The new DID is not related to the original company, but they seem to have acquired rights and, from what I understand, they are overhauling F22 Total Air War to be a new, different product based on the original game, but with updated tech and so on. The programmer behind TFXplorer (the tool which allowed to explore the world of F22 TAW) is assisting them with all main code of the game. This was just a small sneak peek, it is to be considered a work in progress. Many of the game's features are most likely to be remade from scratch given the original game was heavily hardcoded and using much outdated tech and proprietary formats.