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Dillon
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How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
Let me get this figured out. I'll write you back shorty. This is exactly what I had before and deleted everything as things weren't working. -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
So this is the correct process your talking about: -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
How do you setup a Mod location to drop things into that the game will recognize? -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
The F/A-18E/F at the top of this list: http://combatace.com...0-fa-18-hornet/ Here's another on I can't get to work: http://combatace.com...k-illumination/ Where do I get the right files for the F/A-18E/F? Second what 'MOD' dir are you talking about? See my current setup below: -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
I uninstalled and reinstalled the whole game and the same issue is present. I'd love to do a join me session to show you this. Is it possible to use add-on aircraft in campaigns? When I go into campaign mode I don't see the extra aircraft I've added. -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
I typed this up last night while watching the news and got frustrated on two fronts. To explain this in a more reasonable manner here goes. Correction: A few posts above I did exactly what you suggested. I moved all files back to the default folder and found the only thing that changed was my menu music went back to the default setting (thanks to a Mod here I have Top Gun's music playing in the background in the menu area). Seeing none of the effects worked with your suggested change I opted to put things back the way I had them as the 'mod' install seems to be good for something. I changed the 'options.ini' entry to reflect where everything is located on my end meaning paths point to the 'mod' install. If you have anymore suggestions let me know but understand your suggestion above didn't resolve the issue. It seems to be a no brainer that putting effects in the effects folder is basically all that needs to be done no matter what path your using (default or mod location). That being said what else could be at play here? Why is editing of '.ini' files needed on individual cases and if it is needed why don't add-on makers put this information in their install instructions? -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
I just wanted to say I appreciate all your help so I hope I didn't come across the wrong way in my last post. It's just very frustrating to see the add-on F-14 work without issue and the other MOD's not function properly. -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
I told you a few posts above that I did exactly what your stating here and it didn't work that's why I put everything back. That's why I edited this file to reflect where everything is at. The only thing that happened with moving the files back to the original folder was my menu must went back to default. -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
Based on yours here's mine: [Mods] ModsEnabled=TRUE Directory=C:\Users\Leo\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 NorthAtlantic - Mod Editors=StrikeFighters2 [screenShots] Directory=C:\Users\Leo\Saved Games\ThirdWire\StrikeFighters2 NorthAtlantic - Mod\ScreenShots Format=JPG -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
I put it back to what I posted above (the screenshot above). -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
Taking everything out of the MOD's install did nothing but break my menu music and brought back the default music. I put everything back and tried the 'options.ini' MOD you mentions. That did nothing as well. Loading up the F/A-18F add-on aircraft showed that the effects (afterburners, mist over fuselage) were still not present. The deck lights did not show up. -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
I'm really confused : When trying to get the Top Gun music to play in the sim I had to do what's outlined in the YouTube video. -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
Here it is. -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
When I get home I'll send a screenshot. Thanks for the help... -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
I already have an 'effects' folder under the root of my 'YOUR NAME/Saved Games/Thirdwire/StrikeFighters2 NorthAtlantic - MOD' folder. So in essence all the effects files go in the same 'Effects' folder which is what I did, there weren't any sub-folders. I'm not understanding how anything different could be possible. -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
I've been moding sims for years by way of Flight Simulator so I know it's not rocket science. Most SF2 add-ons have no instructions and/or assumes you know where things need to go. Either that or they reference folders (not folder paths) assuming one has been around the SF2 environment since it's inception. There are two key locations I found with my install and that's under x86 Program Files and under the User directory. If (in the case of the Carrior Illumination MOD and F/A-18) the download has an effects folder within it you would the assume it goes in the \effects folder. This was the case with the third party F-14 that worked on my end. I can't imagine what would be different with the Carrior lights and F/A-18. Again the F/A-18 actually works with no afterburner or mist over the body of the aircraft effect. Carrior Illumination is just MIA. -
How do you get Effects to work with 3rd party add-on aircraft in SF2: NA?
Dillon replied to Dillon's topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
That's the folder I'm putting the effects in. When I go into the sim it doesn't work. For example 'EricJ's F/A-18E/F's work in the sim but the effects included with his package don't work. I placed them in the folder you referenced. Is there something different going on with the North Atlantic version?