331Killerbee

Looks great Spinners! Speaking of the CatPack. I think it's an outstanding Tool for modding Terrains. Case in point. I've got CA_Stary's Green Hell 2. Approch Lights and Brian32's Tile re-paints But My SF2 VietnamSEA Folder looks like this. Just remember some ground Rules. 1) You can Mod an existing File with the same Name. But can't cange a File Name and add to a .CAT. Applies to the "Stock" Files that came with the "Stock .Cat". 2) The .Cat must have the same number of files or less to work. The Header of the .Cat tells the Engine how many Files it should have. (If using less, You do this at Your own risk. It sometimes works.) 3) You can't add more Files than the Stock .Cat came with. The Header of the .Cat calls this out. In turn, This makes for neat and tidy Terrain Folders that just cry out for more Ground Objects to be added. If You've looked at the Picture above, You'll see that all I have to do is add new Ground Objects to the VietnamSEA Folder and extract the .INI's and make changes so they'll work..... 331KillerBee

My applogies (76.IAP-Blackbird and All) I had no Idea...... (Thinking I'm a DumbA$$, Old Geezer)

This one is in 4:3 Standard........Let Me know if this shows up better. I had no idea....My Bust. Let Me know if this is any better on Yall's end......

Oh hell....My bust. I forgot. I'm 16:9 in SF2.....I didn't think that made a Diff.......My Bad...I'll try redoing them in 4:3. (16:9 1080p HDMI Samsung 32")

Turn it upside down.......Might look better....

DaNang, AB. SVN. Mission E501-1/2. 10 Oct.1968. Brief at 0700. TO at 0840. TOT 0900. CAS Mission. Weather was Clear. Ingress at 20000ft. Egress at 30000ft. Target, Bunker Complex in the I Corps Area. Province, Quang Nam. Pilots LtCol.Vitali/Lt McCaffrey and Capt Hadley/Lt Cunningham....Target destroyed, No secondarys reported. Mission Completed. Callsign, "Castor Oil Nine and One Five" (Not YAP2 Generated) Semper Fi! 331KillerBee

One more thing of note, and I'll check out. A wild combination used durning the War was VMA-211 using Gun Pods on their A-4E's on one Mission. The Loadout was 3 Mk.4's with their internal 2 Mk.12's.......

Maybe I need to expand alittle more. The reason in Barrel combinations was the fact that the ROF (Rate of Fire) would need to be increased. But by increasing ROF ment more Recoil. Units had to find the best combination for their Airframes or the Aircraft would Stall. Also the Pods were Belt fed and would eject the spent Cases and Linkages. There was a worry of FOD damage and ingestion to Engines if not placed right......

The Mk.4 came in two different Flavors durning the war......The "Early" Version as You mentioned, was a Two barrled Pod. It was modified later to a Version that was basically a 3 barrled Vulcan....The true Suu-23's were full blown Vulcans...Of course, One might not find alot of information on them durning the War. Pretty much the reasoning was, Think of Vietnam as a giant "Weapons Test Bed". Weapons were modded and changed so many times durning the conflict it's hard to keep up with all the little changes....especially the little ones. But the Weapons of Today owe their exsistance to their development durning the Vietnam Conflict.... Mk.4 is in StrikeFighters2 out of the Box.... Oh, BTW....There was a 3 Barrled Version of the Suu23 too.... 331KillerBee

Just to back up My claim. VMFA-542 on 8 Oct. 1968. Were operating F-4B's out of DaNang, AB, South Vietnam. They reported expending 16,065 Rounds of 20mm for the Month of Oct. They used the Mk.4 for their Runs. Sources? VMFA-542 Unit Chronology (03A31368) for the Month October 1968 dated 8 Nov.1968. The U.S. National Archives & Records Adminstration (CACTA) Combat Air Activities File 09/01/69-10/31/68 Not to mention, This Ole' Jarhead used to load them..... Semper Fi! 331KillerBee

Yep.....

Givin' some of that Marine Corps Love...... 331KillerBee

In the (Whatever)_Targets.INI in that Terrain's Folder, It'll tell You what Type of AirField that it's using. For Example... [TargetArea058] Name=D7 Airfield Position=393000.00,559000.00 Radius=6000 ActiveYear=0 Location=1 Alignment=FRIENDLY AirfieldDataFile=desert_airfield6.ini <<<<<<<<<<< NumSquadrons=3 Target[001].Type=Runway6 Target[001].Offset=0.00,0.00 Target[001].Heading=0 Target[002].Type=Tower1 Target[002].Offset=-66.16,0.09 Target[002].Heading=0 Target[003].Type=windsock Target[003].Offset=50.00,-1200.00 Target[003].Heading=180 Target[004].Type=windsock Target[004].Offset=-50.00,-1200.00 Target[004].Heading=180

The Information that You're looking for will look like this: [Runway001] Heading=0 Offset=0,0 Length=2500 Width=90 TouchDownHead=0,918.5 TouchDownTail=0,-918.5 TakeOffHead=0,1300 TakeOffTail=0,-1300 TaxiHead[01].Heading=270 TaxiHead[01].Offset=88,1325 TaxiHead[02].Heading=270 TaxiHead[02].Offset=138,1325 TaxiHead[03].Heading=272 TaxiHead[03].Offset=188,1320 TaxiHead[04].Heading=297 TaxiHead[04].Offset=233,1298 TaxiHead[05].Heading=331 TaxiHead[05].Offset=258,1254 TaxiHead[06].Heading=357 TaxiHead[06].Offset=261,1205 TaxiHead[07].Heading=0 TaxiHead[07].Offset=261,1155 TaxiHead[08].Heading=0 TaxiHead[08].Offset=261,1105 TaxiHead[09].Heading=0 TaxiHead[09].Offset=261,1055 TaxiHead[10].Heading=0 TaxiHead[10].Offset=261,1005 TaxiHead[11].Heading=0 TaxiHead[11].Offset=261,955 TaxiHead[12].Heading=0 TaxiHead[12].Offset=261,905 TaxiHead[13].Heading=0 TaxiHead[13].Offset=261,855 TaxiHead[14].Heading=0 TaxiHead[14].Offset=261,805 TaxiHead[15].Heading=0 TaxiHead[15].Offset=261,755 TaxiHead[16].Heading=0 TaxiHead[16].Offset=261,705 TaxiTail[01].Heading=270 TaxiTail[01].Offset=88,-1325 TaxiTail[02].Heading=270 TaxiTail[02].Offset=138,-1325 TaxiTail[03].Heading=268 TaxiTail[03].Offset=188,-1320 TaxiTail[04].Heading=243 TaxiTail[04].Offset=233,-1298 TaxiTail[05].Heading=209 TaxiTail[05].Offset=258,-1254 TaxiTail[06].Heading=183 TaxiTail[06].Offset=261,-1205 TaxiTail[07].Heading=180 TaxiTail[07].Offset=261,-1155 TaxiTail[08].Heading=180 TaxiTail[08].Offset=261,-1105 TaxiTail[09].Heading=180 TaxiTail[09].Offset=261,-1055 TaxiTail[10].Heading=180 TaxiTail[10].Offset=261,-1005 TaxiTail[11].Heading=180 TaxiTail[11].Offset=261,-955 TaxiTail[12].Heading=180 TaxiTail[12].Offset=261,-905 TaxiTail[13].Heading=180 TaxiTail[13].Offset=261,-855 TaxiTail[14].Heading=180 TaxiTail[14].Offset=261,-805 TaxiTail[15].Heading=180 TaxiTail[15].Offset=261,-755 TaxiTail[16].Heading=180 TaxiTail[16].Offset=261,-705 ParkingChance=60 <<<<<<<<<<This is what You're looking for. ParkingMaxSpan=18.0 Parking[01].Heading=180 Parking[01].Offset=333,-122 Parking[02].Heading=180 Parking[02].Offset=375,-122 Parking[03].Heading=180 Parking[03].Offset=396,-122 Parking[04].Heading=180 Parking[04].Offset=459,-122 Parking[05].Heading=0 Parking[05].Offset=354,-173 Parking[06].Heading=0 Parking[06].Offset=375,-173 Parking[07].Heading=0 Parking[07].Offset=417,-173 Parking[08].Heading=0 Parking[08].Offset=480,-173 Parking[09].Heading=180 Parking[09].Offset=375,-197 Parking[10].Heading=180 Parking[10].Offset=396,-197 Parking[11].Heading=180 Parking[11].Offset=417,-197 Parking[12].Heading=180 Parking[12].Offset=480,-197 Parking[13].Heading=0 Parking[13].Offset=333,-248 Parking[14].Heading=0 Parking[14].Offset=354,-248 Parking[15].Heading=0 Parking[15].Offset=417,-248 Parking[16].Heading=0 Parking[16].Offset=459,-248 Parking[17].Heading=180 Parking[17].Offset=333,-272 Parking[18].Heading=180 Parking[18].Offset=375,-272 Parking[19].Heading=180 Parking[19].Offset=438,-272 Parking[20].Heading=180 Parking[20].Offset=480,-272 LargeParkingChance=15 <<<<<<<<< Here too for the Biggie's..... LargeParkingMaxSpan=48.0 LargeParking[01].Heading=217 LargeParking[01].Offset=353,368 LargeParking[02].Heading=217 LargeParking[02].Offset=395,337 LargeParking[03].Heading=217 LargeParking[03].Offset=436,305 LargeParking[04].Heading=270 LargeParking[04].Offset=530,277 LargeParking[05].Heading=270 LargeParking[05].Offset=530,225 LargeParking[06].Heading=270 LargeParking[06].Offset=530,173 LargeParking[07].Heading=0 LargeParking[07].Offset=436,25 LargeParking[08].Heading=0 LargeParking[08].Offset=384,25 LargeParking[09].Heading=0 LargeParking[09].Offset=332,25 LargeParking[10].Heading=180 LargeParking[10].Offset=436,125 LargeParking[11].Heading=180 LargeParking[11].Offset=384,125 LargeParking[12].Heading=180 LargeParking[12].Offset=332,125 LargeParking[13].Heading=0 LargeParking[13].Offset=436,175 LargeParking[14].Heading=0 LargeParking[14].Offset=384,175 LargeParking[15].Heading=0 LargeParking[15].Offset=332,175 Cross reference the INI's as to [RunwayXXX] (The Header that's at the top of this Post) Information and Copy over and Paste in the same order as the .INI that came from the .CAT.....Compare them and copy over the Information in the order of the .INI from the .CAT......That's it. SEMPER FI! 331KillerBee

In the Lybia.INI it will tell You what .Cat it's using and the FilePath. If it's VietnamSEA.CAT, Look in it and Extract VIETNAMSEA AIRFIELD1 (Through 6).INI.......There's DESERT AIRFIELD1-6.INI's in that .CAT too...... Desert.Cat- DESERT AIRFIELD1-6.INIs Vietnam.Cat-VIETNAMSEA AIRFILED1-6.INIs GermanyCE.Cat-GERMANY AIRBASE1-4.INI / SOVIET AIRBASE1-4.INIs IsraelME.CAT-DESERT AIRFIELD1-6.INIs Hope this helps.... 331KillerBee

Oh,My bust....

Mine? An I486 with 128mb of ram. 5Gb WD HD. Vodoo Vid card.(AGP)....OS Win95.....Running SF2.....Been working great so far.... Now if I can only find that "Documents" Thingy.........

Ravenclaw_007, I'll put up a note at the Ordnancemen Assocation's Forum to see if they can be of any help. But since it's a USAF Weapon, chances not........But I'll give it a try though...... Very cool Models. 331KillerBee

In the (Terrains)_Types.ini, Check under.......Let's see... [TargetTypeXXX] Name=GeneratorBuilding1 FullName=Generator Building ModelName=GeneratorBuilding1.lod TargetType=POWER_PLANT ActiveYear=0 TargetValue=100 UseGroundObject=FALSE DamagePoint=21.0 ArmorValue=300000.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<< These might have alot to do with this. Maybe? ArmorType=1 <<<<<<<<<<<<< RepairRate=0.150 StartDetectChance=50 StartIdentifiedChance=0 IncreaseDetectChanceKey=0 MaxVisibleDist=10000.0 CollisionMesh=GeneratorBuilding1_col.LOD DamagedModel= DestroyedEffect=LargeShortStructureCollapse DestroyedModel=GeneratorBuilding1_destroyed.LOD SecondaryEffect=MediumExplosionEffect SecondaryChance=100 Effect=SmokeStackEffect EffectOffset=6.21,3.77,16.25 ArmourTypes are as follows: ALUMINUM STEEL TITANIUM GLASS WOOD NONE ArmourValue is the Thickness of the Material. Lowering it may help out alot...... Semper Fi! 331KillerBee

Throwin' one down Range......... 331KB

H&MS-32 and VMA-331 SA-2 Bustin' over East Germany in 1987. SF2 Version Semper Fi! 331KillerBee

Well I'm sorry.... Maybe it's because that it's Sunday Morning, And My Weaties have been urinated in, I won't let this turn into a Urinary Olyimpics..... I'm sorry if I offend anyone. But an old 58 year old Ex-Marine responds this way.......I applogize. I'm done here.....

And some People wonder why us "Veterans" of Strike Fighters Series never help out or give advice or make things out of responce to Comments or Ideas (Such as Tools and such...ect.). If one wonders, CHECK OUT THE LAST TWO POSTS............ And You'll get Your Answer.........Just a quality Example.......YOU"RE WELCOME! ndicki....