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SF2 Realism Mod
HomeFries replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
Ok, DA, what's going on? Comparing the two files, the 128TFS (Squadron612) has been removed, as has 170TFS (613) and 194TFS (616). We also have 1RAAF at 716, which as I now recall makes sense because I wanted to add 1RAAF and 6RAAF. However, per your own post 716-728 were supposed to be for the USN/USMC reserve A-4 squadrons for the A-4L DLC. They would still fit as 717-728, but it sounds like you want to move them. That's fine; I haven't committed to anything yet with the A-4 squadrons, but I want something in at least quick-setting mud before I get moving on the decals. Finally, what are your intentions regarding VAQ-33? Please let me know what you're going to do before you do it (including what squadrons you want to move around) and I'll let you know if I can support it (the next A-6 superpack has a bunch of different decals by time period, so a major number revision is out of the question). -
SF2 Realism Mod
HomeFries replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
I'd like to have VAQ-33 in there (I already made decals), but you can renum if need be. As long as I only need to change one set of decals, the pain isn't bad; if you need the space, you can always move it forward to 550. EDIT: I just realized that VAQ-33 is located between other A-6 squadrons; moving that to organize groups may cause a cascade of at least three squadrons to be renumbered. I can do it, but please let me know exactly what you move to where so that I can update my A-6 decals. As far as the reserve A-4 squadrons, you mentioned previously that they were banks 716-728, but I only have 12 squadrons (which takes me up to 727). Please confirm the number range before I start making decals. Finally, I'm finally getting back into the saddle with this. After my vacation, I've been busy with end of fiscal year things, as well as the beginning of the new one. Hopefully things will begin to calm down. -
SF2 Realism Mod
HomeFries replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
Concur, DA. I for one would love to add a boatload of L1 decals, but that may prove to be time consuming. This is one of those things that shouldn't necessarily hold up a release (unless you can burn through a ton of them), but can be released either as incremental patches in the file thread, then integrated with newer releases. I'll still commit to the A-4 reserve units for decals, though I can't do much more than that right now. As for the skins, as long as we have a generic skin like desert or silver, we can always copy it and make it USAF et al in the Textureset.ini. As long as we're not creating new skins, we're still within the intended charter of the RP. -
Tangentially on topic, but I add the following lines to the [CockpitSeat001] section of my cockpit.ini files: MinMovementX=-0.16 MaxMovementX=0.18 MinMovementZ=-0.08 MaxMovementZ=0.10 This allows lateral movement in the X/Z (really X/Y) axes with TrackIR. Is there a way to do this in the viewlist so that I don't have to do this for every cockpit I have?
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SF2 Realism Mod
HomeFries replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
Guys, I'll be away for a week, so don't be alarmed if there are no regular updates for the immediate future. I'll be back with a vengeance at the end of September. -
Newbie question about RIO's
HomeFries replied to Baldric's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
I know the Reloaded mod uses the speech pack for SF1 by Renegade and Retrograde. Additionally, Skatezilla and Spectre have released improved Hawkeye comms, and Romflyer posted a link to his own approach/departure controller speech pack. -
SF2 Realism Mod
HomeFries replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
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Look on CheckSix; it's part of a WoV mod. Some of the links are broken, but at least the part with the speech pack isn't. I'm looking at putting the VPAF speech pack in the CA Realism Pack. Since the guy who did the Charlie mod isn't part of the CA licensing agreement, I need to get the guy's contact info and ask for permission.
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SF2 Realism Mod
HomeFries replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
NATIONS.INI includes Army. I'll upload it when I get a chance; I've already incorporated the speech packs I have as well (German, British, VPAF, Russian). What we can do with the red is as soon as we get level 1 decals, we can pull those particular squadrons into the sub-1000 range. I have them starting at 1000 because they are UnitNames in the campaigns, which means TK didn't make level 1 decals for them in the first place. If we have unit-specific skins, we can leave them where they are and just reference the squadron in the TextureSet.ini. We should only need to pull them sub-1000 if level 1 decals are made, at which point it won't matter anyway since the only thing that use the entry numbers are level 1 decals. -
RAAF A-6 Intruder Pack
HomeFries replied to HomeFries's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - File Announcements
Thanks, Piecemeal, That one's on my list, but since it's historical I may need to tweak the camo pattern. That's the tough part: getting the lines to match up.- 3 replies
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CF-110M Phantom - Royal Canadian Air Force
HomeFries commented on Sheriff001's file in What If Hangar
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SF2 Realism Mod
HomeFries replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
Just found the Canadian/Italian medals and French ranks in NF5 last night; will be pulling those into the RP as well (along with my USN medals). I'll tweak the commendation write-ups so that they're not theater specific. NATIONS.INI has also been updated accordingly. -
CF-110M Phantom - Royal Canadian Air Force
HomeFries commented on Sheriff001's file in What If Hangar
Sherriff, We added those squadrons to the SQUADRONLIST.INI for the upcoming CA Realism Pack. Just download it from the link above (it isn't final, but no existing numbers will be changing) and make the following assignments: SQN402.tga -> SQN788.tga SQN403.tga -> SQN796.tga SQN404.tga -> SQN822.tga SQN405.tga -> SQN823.tga Unforseen circumstances notwithstanding, you should never have to adjust your numbers again. -
SF2 Realism Mod
HomeFries replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
Here are the Red Force entries from the European campaigns. You notice a couple of things I've remmed. 1. I've remmed the aircraft type from the campaigns. This might help for traceability later. 2. I "translated" the USSR units. For Guards units with special names (e.g. 1005), I'm unsure of the proper nomenclature, so I left the original UnitName entry intact, but remmed out in case somebody can correct my entries. //Soviet Aviation Regiments [squadron1000] //AircraftType=Su-7B //AircraftType=MiG-27 Name=3IAP DisplayName=3rd Fighter Rgmt (3 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1001] //AircraftType=IL-28 Name=7FBAP DisplayName=7th Attack Bomber Rgmt (7 FBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1002] //AircraftType=IL-28 Name=11ORAP DisplayName=11th Separate Air Recon Rgmt (11 ORAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1003] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=MiG-27 Name=19APIB DisplayName=19th Guards Fighter-Bomber Rgmt (19 GvAPIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1004] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=Su-17 //AlternateType=Su-7BM Name=20APIB DisplayName=20th Guards Fighter-Bomber Rgmt (20 GvAPIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1005] //AircraftType=MiG-21S //AircraftType=MiG-23ML //AlternateType=MiG-21PFM Name=31IAP DisplayName=31st Guards Nikopol'skiy Fighter Rgmt (31 GvIAP) //UnitName=31 GvIAP Nikopol'skiy Nation=SOVIET [squadron1006] //AircraftType=MiG-19S //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=33IAP DisplayName=33rd Fighter Rgmt (33 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1007] //AircraftType=MiG-19S //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=35IAP DisplayName=35th Fighter Rgmt (35 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1008] //AircraftType=MiG-23ML Name=73IAP DisplayName=73rd Guards Fighter Rgmt (73 GvIAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1009] //AircraftType=MiG-23ML Name=73IAP DisplayName=73rd Guards Fighter Rgmt (73 GvIAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1010] //AircraftType=MiG-21S //AlternateType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-23ML Name=85IAP DisplayName=85th Guards Sebastopolskyi Fighter Rgmt (85 GvIAP) //UnitName=85 GvIAP Sebastopolskyi Nation=SOVIET [squadron1011] //AircraftType=IL-28 Name=230FBAP DisplayName=230th Attack Bomber Rgmt (230 FBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1012] //AircraftType=Su-7B //AircraftType=MiG-27 Name=296APIB DisplayName=296th Fighter-Bomber Rgmt (296 APIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1013] //AircraftType=MiG-27 Name=339APIB DisplayName=339th Fighter-Bomber Rgmt (339 APIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1014] //AircraftType=IL-28 Name=408FBAP DisplayName=408th Attack Bomber Rgmt (408 FBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1015] //AircraftType=Su-7B Name=559APIB DisplayName=559th Fighter-Bomber Rgmt (559 APIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1016] //AircraftType=MiG-17F Name=582IAP DisplayName=582nd Fighter Rgmt (582 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1017] //AircraftType=Tu-22 Name=727TBAP DisplayName=727th Heavy Bomber Rgmt (727 TBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1018] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=728IAP DisplayName=728th Fighter Rgmt (728 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1019] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=Su-17M //AlternateType=Su-7BM Name=730APIB DisplayName=730th Fighter-Bomber Rgmt (730 APIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1020] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=773IAP DisplayName=773rd Fighter Rgmt (773 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1021] //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=781IAP DisplayName=781st Fighter Rgmt (781 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1022] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=787IAP DisplayName=787th Fighter Rgmt (787 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1023] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=833IAP DisplayName=833rd Fighter Rgmt (833 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1024] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=MiG-27 Name=911APIB DisplayName=911th Fighter-Bomber Rgmt (911 APIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1025] //AircraftType=MiG-23M Name=933IAP DisplayName=933rd Fighter Rgmt (933 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1026] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=MiG-23M Name=968IAP DisplayName=968th Fighter Rgmt (968 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1027] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=61IAP DisplayName=61st Fighter Rgmt (61 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1028] //AircraftType=IL-28 Name=341FBAP DisplayName=341st Attack Bomber Rgmt (341 FBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1029] //AircraftType=Su-7BM Name=642APIB DisplayName=642nd Fighter-Bomber Rgmt (642 APIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1030] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-23M Name=4IAP DisplayName=4th Fighter Rgmt (4 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1031] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-23M Name=12IAP DisplayName=12th Fighter Rgmt (12 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1032] //AircraftType=MiG-21SM //AlternateType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-23MLA Name=14IAP DisplayName=14th Guards Fighter Rgmt (14 GvIAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1033] //AircraftType=MiG-21SM //AlternateType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-23MLA Name=18IAP DisplayName=18th Guards Fighter Rgmt (18 GvIAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1034] //AircraftType=MiG-21S //AlternateType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-23ML Name=43IAP DisplayName=43rd Fighter Rgmt (43 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1035] //AircraftType=MiG-21S //AlternateType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-23ML Name=61IAP DisplayName=61st Fighter Rgmt (61 IAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1036] //AircraftType=MiG-23MLA Name=115IAP DisplayName=115th Guards Fighter Rgmt (115 GvIAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1037] //AircraftType=Tu-16 Name=200TBAP DisplayName=200th Heavy Bomber Rgmt (200 TBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1038] //AircraftType=Tu-16 Name=203TBAP DisplayName=203rd Heavy Bomber Rgmt (203 TBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1039] //AircraftType=Tu-16 Name=260TBAP DisplayName=260th Heavy Bomber Rgmt (260 TBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1040] //AircraftType=Tu-16 Name=305FBAP DisplayName=305th Attack Bomber Rgmt (305 FBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1041] //AircraftType=Tu-22 Name=341TBAP DisplayName=341st Heavy Bomber Rgmt (341 TBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1042] //AircraftType=MiG-27 Name=372APIB DisplayName=372nd Fighter-Bomber Rgmt 372 APIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1043] //AircraftType=Tu-22 Name=402TBAP DisplayName=402nd Heavy Bomber Rgmt (402 TBAP) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1044] //AircraftType=MiG-27 Name=642APIB DisplayName=642nd Fighter-Bomber Rgmt 642 APIB) Nation=SOVIET [squadron1045] //AircraftType=MiG-21SM //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=42IAP DisplayName=115th Guards Tannenbergskiy Fighter Rgmt (42 GvIAP) //UnitName=42 GvIAP Tannenbergskiy Nation=SOVIET [squadron1046] //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=159IAP DisplayName=159th Guards Novorossiyskiy Fighter Rgmt (159 GvIAP) //UnitName=159 GvIAP Novorossiyskiy Nation=SOVIET [squadron1047] [squadron1048] [squadron1049] [squadron1050] [squadron1051] [squadron1052] [squadron1053] [squadron1054] [squadron1055] [squadron1056] [squadron1057] [squadron1058] [squadron1059] [squadron1060] [squadron1061] [squadron1062] [squadron1063] [squadron1064] [squadron1065] [squadron1066] [squadron1067] [squadron1068] [squadron1069] [squadron1070] [squadron1071] [squadron1072] [squadron1073] [squadron1074] [squadron1075] [squadron1076] [squadron1077] [squadron1078] [squadron1079] [squadron1080] [squadron1081] [squadron1082] [squadron1083] [squadron1084] [squadron1085] [squadron1086] [squadron1087] [squadron1088] [squadron1089] [squadron1090] [squadron1091] [squadron1092] [squadron1093] [squadron1094] [squadron1095] [squadron1096] [squadron1097] [squadron1098] [squadron1099] //Warsaw Pact Satellite Nation Regiments //East Germany [squadron1100] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-21MF Name=JG1 DisplayName=JG 1 Fritz Schmenkel Nation=EGermany [squadron1101] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=MiG-21M //AlternateType=MiG-21MF Name=JG2 DisplayName=JG 2 Juri Gagarin Nation=EGermany [squadron1102] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-21MF Name=JG3 DisplayName=JG 3 Wladimir Komarow Nation=EGermany [squadron1103] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-21M //AlternateType=MiG-21MF Name=JG7 DisplayName=JG 7 Wilhelm Pieck Nation=EGermany [squadron1104] //AircraftType=MiG-21PF //AircraftType=MiG-21bis Name=JG8 DisplayName=JG 8 Hermann Matern Nation=EGermany [squadron1105] //AircraftType=MiG-17F //AircraftType=MiG-23MF Name=JG9 DisplayName=JG 9 Heinrich Rau Nation=EGermany [squadron1106] //AircraftType=MiG-17F Name=JBG31 DisplayName=JBG 31 Klement Gottwald Nation=EGermany [squadron1107] [squadron1108] [squadron1109] [squadron1110] [squadron1111] [squadron1112] [squadron1113] [squadron1114] //Poland [squadron1115] //AircraftType=Su-7BKL //AlternateType=Su-7BM Name=3PLMB DisplayName=3. PLM-B Nation=Poland [squadron1116] //AircraftType=Su-7BKL //AlternateType=Su-7BM Name=5PLMSZ DisplayName=5. PLM-Sz Nation=Poland [squadron1117] //AircraftType=Lim-6bis //AlternateType=MiG-17F Name=6PLMSZ DisplayName=6. PLM-Sz Nation=Poland [squadron1118] //AircraftType=Lim-6bis //AlternateType=MiG-17F Name=7PLMB DisplayName=7. PLM-B Nation=Poland [squadron1119] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM //AircraftType=MiG-21MF Name=11PLM DisplayName=11. PLM Brandenburski Nation=Poland [squadron1120] //AircraftType=Lim-5P //AlternateType=MiG-17PF Name=25PLM DisplayName=25. PLM Nation=Poland [squadron1121] //AircraftType=MiG-19P //AlternateType=MiG-19S //AircraftType=MiG-23MF Name=28PLM DisplayName=28. PLM Koszalin Nation=Poland [squadron1122] //AircraftType=Lim-6bis //AlternateType=MiG-17F Name=30PLMSZ DisplayName=30. PLM-Sz Nation=Poland [squadron1123] //AircraftType=Lim-5P //AlternateType=MiG-17PF //AircraftType=MiG-21MF Name=34PLM DisplayName=34. PLM Nation=Poland [squadron1124] //AircraftType=Lim-5P //AlternateType=MiG-17PF Name=39PLM DisplayName=39. PLM Nation=Poland [squadron1125] //AircraftType=Lim-5P //AlternateType=MiG-17PF Name=40PLM DisplayName=40. PLM Nation=Poland [squadron1126] //AircraftType=Lim-6bis //AlternateType=MiG-17F Name=45PLMB DisplayName=45. PLM-B Nation=Poland [squadron1127] //AircraftType=Lim-6bis //AlternateType=MiG-17F Name=48PLMSZ DisplayName=48. PLM-Sz Nation=Poland [squadron1128] [squadron1129] //Czechoslovakia [squadron1130] //AircraftType=MiG-23MF Name=1SLP DisplayName=1. SLP Zvolensky Nation=Czechoslovakia [squadron1131] //AircraftType=MiG-21M //AlternateType=MiG-21MF Name=4SLP DisplayName=4. SLP Nation=Czechoslovakia [squadron1132] //AircraftType=MiG-21MF Name=5SLP DisplayName=5. SLP Nation=Czechoslovakia [squadron1133] //AircraftType=Su-7BKL //AlternateType=Su-7BM Name=6SLP DisplayName=6. SBoLP Nation=Czechoslovakia [squadron1134] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM Name=8SLP DisplayName=8. SLP Nation=Czechoslovakia [squadron1135] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM Name=9SLP DisplayName=9. SLP Nation=Czechoslovakia [squadron1136] //AircraftType=MiG-21PFM Name=11SLP DisplayName=11. SLP Nation=Czechoslovakia [squadron1137] //AircraftType=Su-7BKL //AlternateType=Su-7BM Name=20SBOLP DisplayName=20. SBoLP Nation=Czechoslovakia [squadron1138] //AircraftType=MiG-23BN Name=28SBOLP DisplayName=28. SBoLP Nation=Czechoslovakia -
RAAF A-6 Intruder
HomeFries replied to HomeFries's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Sci-Fi/Anime/What If Forum
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View File RAAF A-6 Intruder Pack This mod adds the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a user of the A-6 Intruder. It has been tested with Strike Fighters 2 Full 5+2 merged install with the A-6 Superpack 1.51 installed. It should work with less than a full 5+2, but requires the following SF2 versions to take advantage of the respective components: SF2V for the A-6A SF2NA for the A-6E and A-6E_79 The A-6 Superpack 1.51 or later is recommended, but not required in order to use the A-6A, A-6E, and A-6E_79. The A-6 Superpack 1.51 is required in order to use the A-6E_90 Systems and Weapons Improvement Program (SWIP) variant. The included SQUADRONLIST.INI is a part of the file that will be included in the Combat Ace Realism Pack. As a result, it is compatible with DaddyAirplanes' F-4 Post Vietnam skin pack. At the time of this writing, the Combat Ace Realism Pack has not been released. If you have downloaded this pack after installing the Combat Ace Realism Pack, then be sure not to copy over the included SQUADRONLIST.INI, as a more updated one will be included in the Realism Pack. In order to take advantage of the full features of the RAAF Intruder Pack, this readme is intended to be used in conjunction with the Readme for the A-6 Superpack 1.51. Thorough reading of this file and strict adherence to the instructions is highly recommended. As always before making any changes to your SF2 install, back up early and back up often! Introduction As early as 1954, the Australian government first publicly discussed the need for replacing the Canberra. The Canberra lacked radar and electronic countermeasures (ECM), and the RAAF believed that it needed a new strategic bomber to fulfill the nation's obligations to the Commonwealth Strategic Reserve in Malaysia, ANZUS, and SEATO. A requirement mandated an all-weather attack aircraft capable of delivering a variety of bombs and missiles. Air Marshal Valston Hancock, Chief of the Air Staff, stated in April 1960 that Australia needed a replacement for the Canberra, and in 1962 Indonesia's increasingly aggressive statements regarding Malaysia soon caused Australia to seriously consider Hancock’s statement. The Sydney Morning Herald reported in October 1962 that the Indonesian Air Force's Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 bombers could reach Sydney or any other Australian city with a light bomb load, while the Canberras could not fly in all weather and had insufficient range to reach Djakarta. However, available bombers were unsuitable for the RAAF. The American Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and Convair B-58 Hustler, for example, were too large for existing Australian runways. More suitable aircraft such as the British BAC TSR-2 and the American F-111 would soon be available. Candidates for replacing the Canberra included the French Dassault Mirage IV, the TSR-2, and the U.S. North American A-5 Vigilante, Grumman A-6 Intruder, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. Decision and Alternate History When the RAAF was evaluating the replacement aircraft for the Canberra, they eventually settled on the F-111. The F-111 met the RAAF endurance and all weather attack requirements, as well as being supersonic and having a respectable self-defense capability. The government determined that it did not need to go ahead with an immediate replacement for the Canberra and opted for the F-111 as a long-term solution, leading to the October 1963 announcement that it was ordering 24 F-111s. The development and production lifecycle for the F-111 was complex, lengthy, and troubled on occasion. Additional requests by the Australian government to modify the existing F-111A airframe to what would become the F-111C only lengthened the acquisition process. While the announcement to purchase the F-111 was made in 1963, the first F-111C was not delivered until 1968 . In the interim, the RAAF was using the F-4 Phantom II as a stopgap measure. What if the RAAF decided to forego the troubled (at the time) F-111 and augment its force of F-4 Phantoms with the A-6 Intruder as its all-weather, deep strike platform? This pack is strictly a "What If" set of skins and loadouts that explores what might have happened if Australia purchased the A-6 Intruder from the United States. This pack includes skins for the A-6A, A-6E, A-6E_79 (TRAM), and A-6E_90 (SWIP) in the Southeast Asia (SEA) camouflage pattern, as well as other variants based on the RAAF camouflage schemes of the time. Given that the A-6 Intruder is meant to replace the F-111C Aardvark, this pack features the squadrons, skins, and serial numbers of actual F-111 airframes (though serial numbers of aircraft involved in fatal mishaps have been omitted out of respect for the fallen). Second squadron is represented, as it flew the Canberra in the Vietnam War, and First and Sixth squadrons have been added to SQUADRONLIST.INI as the actual squadrons that flew the F-111 (and therefore the A-6). A-6 specific squadron logos have also been added to the RAAF squadrons included in the Mirage IIIO DLC, though this was done for completeness rather than “alternate historical accuracy.” Limitations This mod enhances default aircraft. If you don't have the default A-6 LODs, then this mod is of limited value to you. Additionally, this pack is unfortunately not flyable without further modification. You will need to provide your own cockpit in order to enable player use of the A-6. Two notable options are extracting the A-6 cockpit from Wings over Vietnam, or by purchasing RAZBAM's excellent A-6 pack for Strike Fighters (recommended). Likewise, plenty of existing SF1 A-6 mods include cockpits that are compatible with this pack. Regardless of which selection you prefer, any cockpit you use for the A-6 Superpack will be compatible with the RAAF A-6 Intruder Pack as well. Installation The RAAF A-6 Intruder Pack is divided into three components: the Primary Component (RAAF A-6 Intruder Skins), a folder for widescreen users that replaces the existing 1024x768 aircraft screens with 1440x900 images, and Section 2 of the Readme file which provides instructions for optional and recommended adjustments to existing INI files. Please see the readme file for further details. Submitter HomeFries Submitted 09/11/2012 Category What If Hangar
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SF2 Realism Mod
HomeFries replied to Dave's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
Please don't yet. I posted that as much for myself as for anyone else, but it will screw up my A-6 Superpack in its current version. I'll add VAQ-128 myself just prior to release. -
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This mod adds the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a user of the A-6 Intruder. It has been tested with Strike Fighters 2 Full 5+2 merged install with the A-6 Superpack 1.51 installed. It should work with less than a full 5+2, but requires the following SF2 versions to take advantage of the respective components: SF2V for the A-6A SF2NA for the A-6E and A-6E_79 The A-6 Superpack 1.51 or later is recommended, but not required in order to use the A-6A, A-6E, and A-6E_79. The A-6 Superpack 1.51 is required in order to use the A-6E_90 Systems and Weapons Improvement Program (SWIP) variant. The included SQUADRONLIST.INI is a part of the file that will be included in the Combat Ace Realism Pack. As a result, it is compatible with DaddyAirplanes' F-4 Post Vietnam skin pack. At the time of this writing, the Combat Ace Realism Pack has not been released. If you have downloaded this pack after installing the Combat Ace Realism Pack, then be sure not to copy over the included SQUADRONLIST.INI, as a more updated one will be included in the Realism Pack. In order to take advantage of the full features of the RAAF Intruder Pack, this readme is intended to be used in conjunction with the Readme for the A-6 Superpack 1.51. Thorough reading of this file and strict adherence to the instructions is highly recommended. As always before making any changes to your SF2 install, back up early and back up often! Introduction As early as 1954, the Australian government first publicly discussed the need for replacing the Canberra. The Canberra lacked radar and electronic countermeasures (ECM), and the RAAF believed that it needed a new strategic bomber to fulfill the nation's obligations to the Commonwealth Strategic Reserve in Malaysia, ANZUS, and SEATO. A requirement mandated an all-weather attack aircraft capable of delivering a variety of bombs and missiles. Air Marshal Valston Hancock, Chief of the Air Staff, stated in April 1960 that Australia needed a replacement for the Canberra, and in 1962 Indonesia's increasingly aggressive statements regarding Malaysia soon caused Australia to seriously consider Hancock’s statement. The Sydney Morning Herald reported in October 1962 that the Indonesian Air Force's Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 bombers could reach Sydney or any other Australian city with a light bomb load, while the Canberras could not fly in all weather and had insufficient range to reach Djakarta. However, available bombers were unsuitable for the RAAF. The American Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and Convair B-58 Hustler, for example, were too large for existing Australian runways. More suitable aircraft such as the British BAC TSR-2 and the American F-111 would soon be available. Candidates for replacing the Canberra included the French Dassault Mirage IV, the TSR-2, and the U.S. North American A-5 Vigilante, Grumman A-6 Intruder, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. Decision and Alternate History When the RAAF was evaluating the replacement aircraft for the Canberra, they eventually settled on the F-111. The F-111 met the RAAF endurance and all weather attack requirements, as well as being supersonic and having a respectable self-defense capability. The government determined that it did not need to go ahead with an immediate replacement for the Canberra and opted for the F-111 as a long-term solution, leading to the October 1963 announcement that it was ordering 24 F-111s. The development and production lifecycle for the F-111 was complex, lengthy, and troubled on occasion. Additional requests by the Australian government to modify the existing F-111A airframe to what would become the F-111C only lengthened the acquisition process. While the announcement to purchase the F-111 was made in 1963, the first F-111C was not delivered until 1968 . In the interim, the RAAF was using the F-4 Phantom II as a stopgap measure. What if the RAAF decided to forego the troubled (at the time) F-111 and augment its force of F-4 Phantoms with the A-6 Intruder as its all-weather, deep strike platform? This pack is strictly a "What If" set of skins and loadouts that explores what might have happened if Australia purchased the A-6 Intruder from the United States. This pack includes skins for the A-6A, A-6E, A-6E_79 (TRAM), and A-6E_90 (SWIP) in the Southeast Asia (SEA) camouflage pattern, as well as other variants based on the RAAF camouflage schemes of the time. Given that the A-6 Intruder is meant to replace the F-111C Aardvark, this pack features the squadrons, skins, and serial numbers of actual F-111 airframes (though serial numbers of aircraft involved in fatal mishaps have been omitted out of respect for the fallen). Second squadron is represented, as it flew the Canberra in the Vietnam War, and First and Sixth squadrons have been added to SQUADRONLIST.INI as the actual squadrons that flew the F-111 (and therefore the A-6). A-6 specific squadron logos have also been added to the RAAF squadrons included in the Mirage IIIO DLC, though this was done for completeness rather than “alternate historical accuracy.” Limitations This mod enhances default aircraft. If you don't have the default A-6 LODs, then this mod is of limited value to you. Additionally, this pack is unfortunately not flyable without further modification. You will need to provide your own cockpit in order to enable player use of the A-6. Two notable options are extracting the A-6 cockpit from Wings over Vietnam, or by purchasing RAZBAM's excellent A-6 pack for Strike Fighters (recommended). Likewise, plenty of existing SF1 A-6 mods include cockpits that are compatible with this pack. Regardless of which selection you prefer, any cockpit you use for the A-6 Superpack will be compatible with the RAAF A-6 Intruder Pack as well. Installation The RAAF A-6 Intruder Pack is divided into three components: the Primary Component (RAAF A-6 Intruder Skins), a folder for widescreen users that replaces the existing 1024x768 aircraft screens with 1440x900 images, and Section 2 of the Readme file which provides instructions for optional and recommended adjustments to existing INI files. Please see the readme file for further details.- 2 comments
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