RustyKurnass

Plenty of sample on the Tube, also read the KB forum; after create the new mod folder be sure to follow religiously the instructions in the downloaded file(s), from a noob...

View File TMF F-14A_82 VF-41-84 '86 Cruise Skins SF2NA TMF F-14A_82 VF-41-84 '86 Cruise Skins Tested in SF2NA, Full-5 Merged and based on Blackburn32 and 1977Frenchie ODS 30th Anniversary great skins. During the past Winter-Spring lockdown I've tried to create some skins for the The Mirage Factory Tomcats in order to match the correct markings for the Squadrons included in my modded installation of SF2NA ( Exp Pack, Med Crisis and North Cape) finishing to realize "new" skins for other planes, in one case for the whole Air Wing! These mini Pack comprised the correct markings for the VF-41 and VF-84 1986 cruise aboard USS Nimitz to be used with the The Mirage Factory F-14A_82,to be used in the SF2NA expansion Almost all the decals was done by me, with very few modified ones from the starting skins. ========== To Install: As always ,all in the relative folders in your game(s) ----------------------------- Credits: TMF, Blackburn32 and 1977Frenchie for the F-14A and skins Me for the decals and the small improvements If I've forgot someone, let me know please! ------------ Know issue: I tried to be the more historically precise as possible, but I miss some squadron Bu.Nos/modexes and prefered to not add any fictious solutions. The VF-84 skipper jet was a Hi-viz bird for which I realized a separate skin that can be selected in the Briefing screen dropdown menù, Anyway,I've included also the Lo-Viz markings for this plane ( as other line bird) 'cause my research showed the same Bu.No. with both markings, probably a pre- and during Cruise livery, I left at the single player the choice! -------------------------------------------- Legal note: This package may NOT in any way, shape or form be used in any payware addition. ------------------------------------------- Gianni "RustyKurnass" Coniglio Submitter RustyKurnass Submitted 07/08/2021 Category F-14  

Look like the first kill in ODS of "Rico" Rodriguez... Mandatory screen from ODS 30th Anniversary

Can't wait for it.perfect addition for NF5!!!!

That's awesome!!! Mandatory screenshot: backing the BUFF

Harrier in the Storm

Jolly Rogers 1986 cruise

TAV-8B?

HI gents, I finished the skins for the Nimitz 1986 and Kennedy 1982 Air Wings Tomcats VF-31 VF-11 VF-41line bird And the Skipper's Further research of the Jolly Roger cruise, show that only the Skipper plane was in full color markings, the CAG one was in LoViz The skipper: here I've done a separate skin, as was impossible to manage the marking/skin change with only the decals as you know and suggested...

This is my idea, probably I wasn't clear before, 'cause my bad English... The VF-41 option for a single gray skin is quite acceptable foe me ( maybe can be add a tan decals for the nose tip of the color jets,let see if I can...), but for the Jolly Rogers's the only solution is a double skin, LGG full color jets and three tone grays TPS. Again thanks for the head-ups, suggestions and your time guys! Thanks to @Crusader, I've added the red strip over the RWR blister!

Think is the only solution for my scarce skill mate!

Thanks guys. Yor're right Nightfall, I wasn't the best to explain my "problem" The problme aren't the decals,I learn a bit how manage them ( more or less) , but the camo. The VF-41 line bird was in all gray TPS... ...while the Modex 100 and 101 was in LGG camo with tan radome tip and full color markings,but for this the problem was less important,cause despite the difference in the two grays I can live changing only the decals,after all are enough precise for me. For VF-84 he things are a bit more complex ( for me at least). The line birds But the CO and XO color bird,again, were in LGG full color markings,and there the differences are a bit more importants... Also, in the 1982, the VF-14' Modex 101 bird had a rattlesnake nose art, someone have a useful image to use for the decals? Anyway,thanks guys for lose you time with me!!!!

The VF-14 is done. BUt I need to find where the tail RWR blister is on the skin maps, as actually block the red stripe But I discovered myself prey of the demon and started redo the skin of the various VFs of my mods; in fact despite great very few skins in the TMF F-14 Superpack is historically correct ( and this is more than logic, as the modders can't manage the single units's change of markings),and actually I started modify four Squadron. The real problem are the Nimitz 1986 F-14s. Both the suadron had the CO and XO planes as the color birds, but in the overall light gull grey and the line ones in TPS , and this made the work more hard, 'cause AFAIK the game engine cannot manage in a unit the change of skin but only the decals during a precise timeframe,and if for the VF-41 the problem is more acceptable as anyway the TPS is a overall grey,the VF-84 had the three tone grey TPS... Oh well,I need some compromise!

Added also the correct gun vents ( how sexy are the Tomcat lines in the second shot!)

Hi guys, I solved my issue with the VF-31. Simply , as something is in this cases, is my fault ( when stupidity reign supreme...). The mod have three Campaigns with VF-31/Forrestal, I simply added the skin to the wrong one; for any good count,now each one Campaign are with my skin, at wich I replaced my previous star&bar as I don't like too much. Also I've pratically finished the VF-32 skin

You're right Frenchie. Nothing of special but is a gap in the TMF pack and needed for the Campaign I posted above as the correct one. Unfortunately I can't add the small Felix on the external tanks as isn't build in the TMF model Also working on other two skin for the same mod, for the Indy Air Wing. The VF-32 with the less know and less glamorous markings And the sister squadron VF-14 wit these stars & bars with inverted colors Some time ago I've also realized the VF-143 correct markings for the early '80s

Mate,I don't touched the CampaignName as the squadron is already in the Campaign from the beginning 'cause directly included in the mod, I simply changed the skin with the historic correct one done by me. as you can see from my post, I can select my skin but the game don't "accept" the skin as the default one and is strange, as in the same mod' El Dorado Canyon Campaign I done and added four Hornets skin and all run smoothly Here the Campaign.ini entry for the squadron, you can see that all is correct [USNUnit007] AircraftType=F-14A_82 Squadron=VF31 ForceID=1 UnitID=11 StartDate=11/02/1986 DescFile=CampaignNC3CDesc.txt StartText=CampaignNC3CStart.txt Thanks anyway for the interess and the suggestion

Desert Storm. Guys,this mod alone worth the site subscription....

January 1991. Another mission done for the Queen, time to return home

This ie great!

Wow a C-2! A Skywarrior will be the perfect mate,but...

Maybe you can try to updates first only the planes with the old same skin name and add another line to upgrade the skin One example from the Campaign.ini of the Golan Stalemate IDF side: [AirUnit018] AircraftType=Nesher Squadron=144IDF ForceID=1 Nation=ISRAEL DefaultTexture=IDFCamo2 UpgradeType=FIXED Upgrade[01].Date=02/01/1978 Upgrade[01].Type=KfirC2 <--------------------------- First upgrade only the plane... Upgrade[01].Texture=IDFCamo2 Upgrade[02].Date=02/04/1978 Upgrade[02].Type=KfirC2 Upgrade[02].Texture=IDFGREY1 <-------------------------------------- ...then the skin