Sundowner

Random screenie...

I think I had it working on my CF-100 model ....and the B57's I did....."think" being the key word here.

TMF is not dead...........just not intrested..

View File South East Asia 1964-74 This is part 1 of a 2 part pack, you WILL need both parts for it to work correctly. This is my version of a South East Asia terrain, it has been many years in the making but is still not complete or finished. But considering that my modding years are coming to an end I thought I'd release it anyway. The area north of the DMZ is a real mess target wise as it's an area I've never been interested in, I personally fly CAS/Armed-Recon in the Central Highlands area. This is a 250 meter map with 600+ tiles and TOD's so you need a fairly powerful machine to run it. There's over 450 new ground objects never been released before, all made by myself so any errors there are entirely down to me. Over the years I've got help and advice off dozens of different modders. They have been the inspiration for me to continue this far, so while they are too many to mention we should a remember that without the modding community this sim/game would of died many years ago. This package contains work and ideas from many of the great terrain experts. A great big THANK YOU to everyone I've worked with in the past. If you are new to the SF simming world, please don't bother whining and screaming about all the little oddities you may find that you don't like, just download the tools needed from here at CombatAce and fix them. Believe me when I say "you've never had it so good" Please read the readme or you WILL mess up your install and it will all be your own fault. ................................................................ I AM NO LONGER A MEMBER OF THE COMBATACE FAIR USAGE AGREEMENT ...................................................................This package and ALL it's contents are for single user use only. ......................................................................You may NOT redistribute it or any part of it WITHOUT MY PERMISSION. Sundowner 13 Jan 2026 Submitter Sundowner Submitted 01/13/2026 Category Full Terrains  

A few more from an early Da Nang airbase....

It was the stock TW airbase issues that got me started on doing my own.........

It happens when the "Flat Objects" eg parking area's etc are not placed low enough in 3ds Max, there's a very fine line between making them so low as they dont show at all, or positioning them a few inches above the terrain which then causes the Z buffer fighting issue. I've come across it a few times when making my bases, just because they appear to be made at 0.0 on the Z axis very often they're not, I have all my runways, taxiways etc,etc set at 15cm above "ground level" in 3ds max which seems to be the sweet spot for me.

TileToHeightGridRatio=8 is for 250m heightmap resolution maps.

Da Nang. Late 1966..........

Just an old screenie I found on an old backup drive.

I have my Vietnam set up just for missions south of the DMZ, plenty of mud moving and recon possibilities...

Not too sure about your Da Nang tower location but my reference's show it further down to the south on the old original pan, basically between those first 2 large hangars in your screenshot. Originally the old French built tower was used for a short while before the US built their own wooden structured version which again was in time replaced with a more modern "concrete" structure. All these US bases are very hard to depict accurately as they changed so much in the early years as various combinations of materials were used during construction then upgraded as need to suit newer aircraft coming the war zone, just the types and sizes of the revetments alone can be a complete nightmare

It's been a while...

Getting rid of a lot of the "old crap" on the site would free up some space. Also allowing the individual to delete their own out dated stuff could help......I've never been a fan of uploading my stuff and not being able to delete it when I want to.

Personally I don't care what happens to any of my stuff anymore, whether it's locked away here or scattered all over the net, it's all old work and outdated anyway.

That feeling of returning home after a long time in hospital is priceless.

Yes, TAE appears to be case sensitive. Thanks again for your continued support .

Blimey !!!! It's way too complicated for my simple mind......

If it happens on every target area and its a terrain where you're using a TFD exported Data ini ,it's because the TFD uses a lower case letter where the game uses upper case . It's where the name of whatever .jpg,tga etc is. I cant remember the exact naming but its some thing like; TextureFilename= as opposed to ; TextureFileName= Sorry if I'm not being very clear....

These are the only pictures I've found so far....not much different to what you have.. Also it might be worth me mentioning that the top edge of the flap/aileron join has a small curve to it, most folks miss it out when modelling but it's definitely there.

Truly outstanding work Volker !!

A 16 hour session , blimey Mohamad that is tough no wonder you feel so rough. Just keep your spirits up, stay positive and rest assured that we are all praying for you and hoping everything goes well for you. Good luck my friend.

Good luck again, you're in good hands in London.

Blimey mate. good luck like Eric said.