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very nice ! is this one still only out there for a few testers or publicly available yet? regards, Ron

this is really really cool to watch develop ! thanks for posting! regards, Ron

hi all, i would like to learn how to 'build' my own airfield / place some of the wonderful ground objects you chaps have made available ... but i have no idea how to begin or what items and programs i might need can someone point me to some resources or provide some assistance much appreciated, regards, Ron

hi all, been quite some time since i have flown fe2 but now back at it my favorite planes were the aviatik d1s ... i had downloaded and enjoyed the first versions and then downloaded the 'flik' versions i tried to add a new nation (something to do with adjusting an ini file if i recall) but ever since when i chose one of those planes to fly and game starts, the plane does not show up or is invisible clearly i have gibbled something and need to correct it? can anyone suggest where i might start to do so? i am thinking first i start by removing anything related to the aviatiks from my various fe2 folders??? regards, Ron

ok, it took me a while ... but i think i nearly have all my aviatiks sorted now such beautiful work guys! thanks! on the 'early' with wing mount gun, i cannot get the gun to fire with my 'fire main weapon' button? any idea what i might need to fix? cheers, Ron

excellent guys! thanks for the directions - all 3 variants now flying :) one was misnamed and two were missing a bunch of the lod files ... somehow i really gibbled that up! now i have to go try and load up all the awesome skins from quacks packages and apply steven's patches too ... hope i don't mess things up again!!

thanks very much for the direction guys - i will take another look tonight i have the downloads and did try and replace them last night but that didn't seem to work i believe the planes were showing up in the list (can it only show a max of 14 planes or so, or will it scroll through more if i have more installed)? i was putting all these files in the saved games (or as i call it 'mods' folders) - is that correct, i think so? we'll get it sorted :) regards, Ron

might there be the occasional oasis ??!? and were there camels?? or am i in the wrong desert? this will all be really cool! do i need to purchase something other than fe2 to be able to fly as it progresses? really lovely work and the way you group it all together with such character is superb! regards, Ron

hi guys, its been quite some time but i am back into fe2!! yay!! really rusty since i last gave it a try and trying to remember the bits i had learned how to handle way back when quack - is this new verdun terrain the one where you were going to place all of geezers wonderful ww1 airfield objects and people?? i was so excited to see the starts of that when i was last following and am hopeful they have now been put into the 'world'?? if so, i would also love to try a copy of your new Verdun terrain!! if that is ok? i am sure i will have plenty of questions on the forum here again, but looking forward to getting back into this and maybe helping out some in near future as i learn more too regards, Ron ooops sorry quack - i didn't read fully in my excitement ... i will wait until its ready! but please tell me more about it! Ron

hi all, i have just purchased fe2 and have tried to read through much of what is here on guidance for mods etc but there is so much that it is a bit overwhelming. the game looks fantastic but i am excited to implement some of the mods ... question one - can i use the jones mod application for all mods or only for some? if i can use it where should it, as an application 'live' and where do i place its mods folder? question two - opinions please on which would be the best sky / clouds mod for fe2 and the nicest terrains mod upgrades as well question three - opinions please on the best sound mods to bring in to the game as well i've decided if i can focus on the above first, then i can delve into many of the other mods as well for planes and theatres, campaigns etc. thanks in advance for any advice and guidance, much appreciated and hope it is ok to ask these types of questions as i fear there might be many ... :) regards, Ron

hi all, am struggling with getting the wonderful quack74 skins to run in my fe2 i think that my issue is that i cannot figure out what to set my 'austria2' numbers to as instructed by quack?? i cannot seem to find an original 'nations' ini file? so not sure what number to start the austria2 at? i tried to count the number of nations i had listed in the game pull down menu (i had 17, or 18 if you count 'none') but setting the number to that didn't work when i put the modified 'nations' ini back in the flight folder in the users mod chain, and fire up the game ... i get no countries listed in the 'service' pull down and thus the game hangs when i try to fly if i pull the nations ini file out of the folder, then the game will work ok so long as i don't choose one of the aviatiks .. any advice or direction much appreciated thanks, Ron

sorry i found the soundlis ini and the weapons data one too regards, Ron

allright - getting the hang of the extractor - have the nations.ini working now with the austria listing and decals showing correctly another question ... where do i find the sounds ini and weaponsdata (still trying to sort some of the loadouts like the morane n streamer) thanks, Ron

ok thanks wrench - i downloaded the march one - maybe it will work? next dumb question ... how do i use it to view missiondata001.cat .. is it pretty straightforward? cheers, Ron (oh and i see on your link there is a weapons editor and another editor for first eagles .. what are those for ? .. do i need one to show the flight leader streamers on the morane bullet? i can't get those to show up)

thanks wrench, as i am new to all of this ... i am going to guess ... do i need to download some special tool to open and edit 'cat' dat files?

Hi Quack, yes i think i got those from your other downloads packs (part 1 or part 2 for the aviatiks) i think my problem is that i don't know what numbers to rename the 40, 41 and 42 to, and the respective decals names to correspond i cannot figure out how many nations i already have as i cannot find an original or initial ini file for nations to see the total?? does that make sense? oh, and did anyone ever do a nicer hi res cockpit of the aviatik? the original is nice but doesn't seem as detailed w textures as some? regards, Ron

ok, messing a bit more - can now fly all the aviatiks with different camos but still need to figure out how to correct the nations ini to add in austria2 and number the decals as well to corresponding identities regards, Ron

thanks Ivor, yes making some progress and having fun !! got the terrain mod to quit flashing (read through the first 20 some pages of posts - lots of neat stuff in there, and saw to turn down level of objects or something like tha ) another question - if i want to download some of the improved flight model files from peter ... is that recommended .. and how do i know which ones to download?? regards, Ron

.... and apologies again ... dooohhh i went back and read your read me file, which was very clear, and have placed the hangar images in the aircraft folders and they are good now sorry, and thanks cheers, Ron

apoogies, on closer look .. it is only the 'hangar screen' that isn't showing properly?? also, any way to change the color of the highlighted menus to something a little more subtle rather than royal blue or lime green? not really part of this thread topic, but since it is related just curious regards, ron

thanks very much 33lima, much appreciated i think i get the basics here for the mods ... i have the sky mod up and running nicely, tried the terrain mod but was giving me wild neon green buildings .. not sure what that was all about ... also tried the tracers puff smoke mod but didn't seem to get that one to go ... anyone else had success with a tracer mod in fe2? the hi res menu images mod works well too, but the hangar images i am not sure where to put those so they appear in the game screens .. lots to learn but thanks very much !! regards, Ron

hi migbuster, thanks! these are great! question - all appear to be working for me except the 'hangar' images for the various planes .. i am not sure where to put those so they show up properly also, any idea how to change out the actual loading screens too? regards, Ron

ok, well i'll dive in ... am going to try and place the jsgme app in the users third wire tree, along with its mods folder? and try to add mods in there? as a simple first one was going to try the 'scream' mod from fe or the tracer smoke mod - are these useable with fe2? i see the tracer smoke mod readme is directing to put in an effects folder? which i can't seem to locate in fe2 ... cheers, Ron