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File Name: Integrated Nations for DCS World File Submitter: HomeFries File Submitted: 11 October 2013 File Category: DCS Misc. Files Switzerland by CHSubZero USN/USMC by Home Fries This mod allows your logbook pilot to fly for Switzerland, the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps in addition to the default nations. The USN and USMC "countries" have their own sets of insignia and share a set of medals. Additionally, the option is there to update the USAF medals from the default medals (three of which are incorrect) to the actual USAF medals that can be earned for valor in air combat. Regardless of whether you choose to update the USAF medals, the existing default USA medals will now include the "Combat V" as applicable.. Note: the default alliance matrix keeps the USN and USMC as "neutrals", so that you still only need to make a "USA" unit in the mission editor. This just keeps things simple, at least until the F-14 or F/A-18C is released. The mod also adds certain aircraft to different nations. Predominantly, the F-4 Phantom II has been added to nations who flew it historically (including USA, UK, Australia), most of the Eastern Bloc aircraft have been added to the USA inventory for scenario flexibility, and the MiG-29A has been added to Georgia and the Insurgents to provide more interesting scenarios. Finally, this mod is compatible with the Hellenic Air Force (HAF)mod version 1.05, though it requires that the HAF mod be installed first, and that this mod be disabled prior to reparing or removing the HAF mod. Installation: This assumes that you already have a working JSGME installation for DCS World. If you know just enough to spell JSGME, I recommend looking here for details on using JSGME with DCS World: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98607 Big takeaway: don't create a folder called "MODS" within DCS World (this is already taken). Call your JSGME Mod folder something like "_MODS" or "GME_MODS". If you are updating the previous version of this mod, perform the following steps: In DCS World, set your default logbook to a pilot with a default nation. Create a new pilot if required (see "Disabling this mod" below). Exit DCS World and disable the old logbook mod. Delete the old mod, as the folder naming scheme has been updated for the new release. Extract the folders in this archive to your JSGME Mod folder. How you proceed with setting up the logbook mod is up to you. To install the logbook mod without the Hellenic Air Force Mod: Enable the "Logbook - Integrated Nations (Master)" mod. If you wish to use the Hellenic Air Force mod with this logbook mod, you must install the HAF mod first. Then you can proceed with the following steps: Enable the "Logbook - Integrated Nations (Master)" mod. Install either the "Logbook - Integrated Nations (HAF Compatibilty Patch)" or Install the "Logbook - Integrated Nations - Correction for US Air Force (optional) & HAF Compatibility Patch". If you have an existing USN or USMC pilot in your logbook from a previous install, then manually update your logbook (see below). Note that you will need to disable this mod in order to repair or uninstall the HAF mod. Manually Updating your Existing Logbook: If you use the USAF Correction or the HAF mod, it may be necessary to manually update the entries in your existing logbook. This section covers those eventualities. Either way, find your logbook file, which is located at: C:\Users\<user name>\Saved Games\DCS\MissionEditor\logbook.lua Be sure to back it up prior to making any edits. Next open it in a text editor such as Notepad++ (Windows Notepad is not recommended). Hellenic Air Force Compatibilty: If you have an existing USN or USMC pilot that you need to make compatible with the HAF mod, find the pilot that has a ["countryId"] of 22 or 23 and add 1 to the value (22 becomes 23 and 23 becomes 24). Note: this does not apply to a Greek pilot with a ["countryId"] = 22. Next, find the section called ["awards"]. If any of the subsections are [22] or [23] and one of the awards listed is [1] = "Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal", then add one to these subsections just like you did with ["countryId"] USAF Medals: If you have an experienced USA pilot who has the original medals by ED, and you wish to apply the correct medals with this logbook mod, then you will need to manually substitute the old default USAF medals with the proper entries so that they display properly. Under your pilot, in the section called ["awards"], you should find and replace the existing medals as follows (up to the number that you have): [2] = { [1] = "Air Force Achievement Medal", [2] = "Air Force Commendation Medal", [3] = "Air Medal", [4] = "Distinguished Flying Cross", [5] = "Legion of Merit", [6] = "Silver Star", [7] = "Air Force Cross", [8] = "Medal of Honor (Air Force)", }, -- end of [2] You should now see the appropriate USAF medals in your logbook. Australian Medals: The db_countries.lua file in DCS World 1.2.6 (and 1.2.8 at the time of this writing) lists the medals in the incorrect order, which makes it so you cannot see the medals in your logbook. If you have an Australian pilot and wish to see the medals, enable this mod, then go to your logbook.lua and find the ["awards"] section, as described above. Then on the lines indicating the medals earned, replace the following numbers: [5] should be [1] [4] should be [2] [2] should be [4] [1] should be [5] Then with this mod enabled, you should be able to see your Australian medals. Disabling this mod (for DCS World updates): Installing the logbook mod is the easy part. However, if you create a USN or USMC pilot, you will need to disable this mod whenever you update DCS World, so I highly recommending adding a "dummy" pilot with one of the default nations. Whenever you need to disable this mod, be sure to switch your logbook pilot to deFault prior to disabling this mod and applying the update. While you can often just re-enable this mod after updating (and then go back to your pilot), this extra step saveguards your pilot datafile in case the DCS update makes this version of this mod obsolete. Enjoy! Click here to download this file

File Name: Additional USA Logbook Units for DCS World File Submitter: HomeFries File Submitted: 28 February 2013 File Category: DCS Misc. Files Latest version is only compatible with DCS World 1.2.4 and later. For 1.2.3 users, be sure to download version 1.02. ModMan 7.3 with the November 2012 update is required to use this mod. If you arent using ModMan 7.3 (Nov 2012), then see the bottom of this file for manual installation instructions. This mod adds squadrons and patches to the selectable units in the player logbook, and replaces the default squadron line art with actual squadron patches. Units included employ the A-10, F-14, F-15, F/A-18, or the UH-1. The following units have been added: US Air Force: 1st FS Fightin' Furies 2d FS American Beagles 5th FIS Spittin' Kittens 7th FS/TFS Screaming Demons 8th FS/TFS Black Sheep 9th TFS Flying Knights 12th FS Dirty Dozen 18th TFS 19th FS Fighting Gamecocks 22d FS Stingers 25th FS Assam Draggins 32d TFS Wolfhounds 43d FS American Hornets 44th FS Vampires 47th FS/TFS Termites 48th FIS Tazlanglian Devils 53d FS NATO Tigers 54th FS Alaska's First Guardians 57th FIS Black Knights 65th Aggressor Sqn. 66th Weapons Sqn. 67th FS Fighting Cocks 74th FS Flying Tigers 75th FS Tiger Sharks 76th FS Vanguards 78th TFS Bushmasters 81st FS Panthers 91st TFS Blue Streaks 92d TFS Skulls 95th FS Boneheads 101st Fighter Sqn. MA ANG 103d FS Black Hogs PA ANG 104th FS Fighting Orioles MD ANG 107th FS Red Devils MI ANG 110th FS Lindbergh's Own 114th FS Eagle Beavers OR ANG 122d FS Bayou Militia LA ANG 123d FS Redhawks OR ANG 131st FS Death Vipers MA ANG 159th FS Jaguars FL ANG 184th FS Flying Razorbacks AR ANG 186th FS Vigilantes MT ANG 199th FS Mai Tai's HI ANG 303d FS KC Hawgs 318th FIS Green Dragons 354th FS Bulldogs 355th FS Fightin' Falcons 357th FS Dragons 358th FS Lobos 390th FS Wild Boars 433d WS Satan's Angels 493d FS Grim Reapers 509th Tactical Fighter Sqn. 510th FS/TFS Buzzards 511th Tactical Fighter Sqn. 525th FS Bulldogs 1st Fighter Wing (FF) 3d Wing (AK) 10th Tactical Fighter Wing (AR) 18th Fighter Wing (ZZ) 18th Operations Group (ZZ) 23d Tactical Fighter Wing (EL) 23d Wing (FT) 33d Fighter Wing (EG) 48th Air Expeditionary Wing (LN) 49th Tactical Fighter Wing (HO) 52d Fighter Wing (SP) 81st Tactical Fighter Wing (WR) 104th Fighter Wing (MA) 131st Fighter Wing (SL) 142d Fighter Wing ("Oregon") 175th Wing (MD) US Navy: VF-1 Wolfpack VF/VFA-2 Bounty Hunters VF/VFA-11 Red Rippers VF/VFA-14 Tophatters VFA-15 Valions VF-21 Freelancers VFA-22 Fighting Redcocks VF-24 Renegades VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet VFA-27 Royal Maces VF/VFA-31 Tomcatters VF/VFA-32 Swordsmen VF-33 Starfighters VFA-34 Blue Blasters VFA-37 Ragin' Bulls VF/VFA-41 Black Aces VF-51 Screaming Eagles VF-71 Be-Devilers VFA-72 Blue Hawks VFA-81 Sunliners VFA-82 Marauders VFA-83 Rampagers VF-84 Jolly Rogers (pre-1995) VFA-86 Sidewinders VFA-87 Golden Warriors VFA-94 Mighty Shrikes VFA-97 Warhawks VF-101 Grim Reapers VF/VFA-102 Diamondbacks VF-103 Sluggers (pre-1995) VF/VFA-103 Jolly Rogers (post-1995) VFA-105 Gunslingers VFA-106 Gladiators VF-111 Sundowners VFA-113 Stingers VF-114 Aardvarks VFA-115 Eagles VFA-122 Flying Eagles VF-124 Gunfighters VFA-125 Rough Raiders VFA-127 Desert Bogies VFA-131 Wildcats VFA-132 Privateers VFA-136 Knighthawks VFA-137 Kestrels VF-142 Ghostriders VF/VFA-143 Pukin' Dogs VFA-146 Blue Diamonds VFA-147 Argonauts VFA-151 Vigilantes VF/VFA-154 Black Knights VFA-161 Chargers VF-191 Satan's Kittens VFA-192 Golden Dragons VF-194 Red Lightning VFA-195 Dambusters VF/VFA-201 Hunters VF-202 Superheats VFA-203 Blue Dolphins VFA-204 River Rattlers VF/VFA-211 Checkmates VF/VFA-213 Black Lions VF-301 Devil's Disciples VF-302 Stallions VFA-303 Golden Hawks VFA-305 Lobos VF-1285 Fighting Fubijars Carrier Air Wing 1 (AB) Carrier Air Wing 2 (NE) Carrier Air Wing 3 (AC) Carrier Air Wing 5 (NF) Carrier Air Wing 7 (AG) Carrier Air Wing 8 (AJ) Carrier Air Wing 9 (NG) Carrier Air Wing 11 (NH) Carrier Air Wing 14 (NK) Carrier Air Wing 17 (AA/NA) US Marine Corps: VMFAT-101 Sharpshooters VMFA-112 Cowboys VMFA-115 Silver Eagles VMFA/VMFA(AW)-121 Green Knights VMFA-122 Crusaders/Werewolves VMFA-134 Smoke VMFA-142 Flying Gators VMFA-212 Lancers VMFA(AW)-224 Bengals VMFA(AW)-225 Vikings VMFA-232 Red Devils VMFA-235 Death Angels VMFA(AW)-242 Bats VMFA-251 Thunderbolts VMFA-312 Checkerboards VMFA-314 Black Knights VMFA-321 Hell's Angels VMFA(AW)-322 Moonlighters VMFA-323 Death Rattlers VMFA-333 Fighting Shamrocks VMFA-531 Grey Ghosts VMFA(AW)-533 Hawks Additionally, I copied the USA selectable patches from Ka-50 Black Shark and added them to the selectable units. This should hopefully suffice until DCS World can read the USA.lua files from multiple modules (DCS World as of 1.2.3.9871 only reads from "A-10C." I also added some UH-1/HH-1 units for the UH-1 Huey module: 20th Special Operations Sqn. (USAF) HA(L)-3 Seawolves (USN) HA(L)-5 Blue Hawks (USN) HML-367 Scarface (USMC) HML-767 Nomads (USMC) HML-770 Sock Eye (USMC) HML-771 Hummers (USMC) HML-776 Gangsters (USMC) VMO-2 Cherry Deuce (USMC) VMO-3 Scarface (USMC) VMO-6 Tomcats (USMC) 1st Cavalry Div. (Airmobile) 10th Mountain Div. 101st Airborne Div. (Air Assault) Finally, I added a number of aircraft type patches (e.g. F-14 Tomcat) as selectable units, expanding the list of selectable airframes. Special thanks to Outcast and Killer_R, whose FC2 mod of similar type inspired me to do this mod. I have also used Outcast/Killer_R's USA.lua from FC2 as the starting point for my determination of which A-10/F-15 units would be included in this mod. However, all included graphics are my own edits taken from public sites in accordance with the FAIR USE act. Manual Installation (1.2.4+): If you wish to manually install this mod, then back up the following files/folders in DCS World: \Scripts\Database\Troops\USA.lua \MissionEditor\data\images\Countries\USA\Troops (entire folder) Manual Removal (1.2.4+): 1. Copy your backup USA.lua to \Scripts\Database\Troops\, allowing overwrite. Optional (the files don't hurt anything, but can be removed in the interests of storage space): 2. Delete the contents of your \MissionEditor\data\images\Countries\USA\Troops folder (you did back them up, right?) 3. Copy your backups to the \MissionEditor\data\images\Countries\USA\Troops folder. Click here to download this file