RustyKurnass

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

Hi all gents, I've just finished a customized VF-31 skin for the TMF F-14A_82 that I'll use in Campaign, edited the necessary lines in the Campaign Data.ini but for some reason don't start as default texture despite I can easily select from the dropdown menu in the loadout screen.Any Help? [TextureSet059] Directory=VF-31AE86 Name=VF-31 "Tomcatters" '86 Nation=USN Squadron=VF31 StartDefaultDate=1985 Specular=0.300000 Glossiness=0.750000 Reflection=0.000000 DecalNumberRandomize=TRUE DecalNumberBlockSize=10 DecalNumberStart=0 DecalNumberEnd=11 The CampaignData.ini entry [AirUnit011] AircraftType=F-14A_82 Squadron=VF31 ForceID=1 Nation=USN CarrierBased=TRUE NavalUnitID=2 ShipID=1 DefaultTexture=VF-31AE86 StartNumber=0 RandomChance=100 MaxAircraft=14 StartAircraft=14 MaxPilots=14 StartPilots=14 Experience=100 Morale=100 Supply=100 Intelligence=100 MissionChance[SWEEP]=90 MissionChance[CAP]=90 MissionChance[INTERCEPT]=100 MissionChance[ESCORT]=90 MissionChance=0 MissionChance[CAS]=0 MissionChance[SEAD]=0 MissionChance[ARMED_RECON]=0 MissionChance[ANTI_SHIP]=0 MissionChance[RECON]=0 MissionChance[NAVAL_SEARCH]=0 MissionChance[NAVAL_ATTACK]=0 MissionChance[ESCORT_JAMMER]=0 MissionChance[ESCORT_DECOY]=0 MissionChance[CRUISE_MISSILE]=0 MissionChance[EARLY_WARNING]=0 UpgradeType=NEVER You can see from the pics that the default texture isn't mine but can be selected from the dropdown menu

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

Is the HUD in ODS 30th Anniversary Mandatory screen

Ehi mate, how you've added the launch rail for the Winder? I will set the Antiship mission for A-6 in El Dorado Canyon with a single Aim-9 on outer pylon, but HATE when a weapons don't show the appropriate rail! I've some pics of A-6s with Aim-9s, the oldest showing an A-6 of VMA/AW)-224 during the USS Coral Sea 1972 Viet cruise

Yes

Think that the problem about the update of the planes is that the game engine can't manage the upgrade of hte plane model and the skin at the same time. You can upgrade the same plane's skin ( MIG-21MF skin-1 to MIG-21MF skin-2) or different plane with the same skin name ( MIG-21MF skin-1 to MIG-21Bis skin-1), Happened also to me in the past Your lines are for different skins, while the two will be match each other UpgradeType=FIXED Upgrade[01].Date=6/5/1973 Upgrade[01].Type=MiG-21MF Upgrade[01].Texture=Afghanistan3 <-------------- Upgrade[02].Date=6/5/1979 Upgrade[02].Type=MiG-21bis Upgrade[02].Texture=SovietCamo1 <----------

VF-33 and VF-102 1979 cruise onboard USS INDEPENDENCE,start of lo-viz markings...

Mate,the dispensers was retroffitted under the "Shoehorn" project of 1967 , in order to equip the F-4 s fleet a commone ECM suit ( a great mess in reality). Confirmed by my veteran Nam F-4 pilot friend Gene. Maybe this link can help you

Great to see another modeller! Currently working to a F-15A Baz for my personal collection, and some different project for collector, as after losing the job with the lockdown, both me and my brother returned at a full time modelling work