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[Hiede]

Scoobyman: The skin on the F4F-4 is the one that came with the Donation Ware F4Fs: F4F-4 Wildcat VC-39 USS Liscome Bay.

I have one problem though: Whenever I use any of Wolfi's TBF Avengers as the player aircraft, when I start to fly, the game CTDs. Now I've tried 3 separate planes, installed all the weaps, used UT's US Pilot mod (which is supposed to prevent CTD), put in a different dp and checked for aliases but no joy. Obviously I am missing something, as I have never had a problem with his planes before. Any recommendations or a cure would be greatly appreciated. I really want to test these missions and make some torpedo runs.

My son said he has used the Wolfi TBF Avengers as the player aircraft in missions with no problems.He said he uses the one that replaces the stock one.May there is just a glitch in that CFS2 install,it happens as I'm sure you know.

He also uses UT skins for them to represent the ship they flew from.There also skins for the other FDG planes done by UT for ops in the Solomons.One is Watchtower for the Dauntless and the other is Wolfi TBF1 USN42.

Hiede

 

[Deathwind]

Panels are often the culprit in these crashed games.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Panels are often the culprit in these crashed games.

Bingo! It was he panel. Thanks for the tip. And thanks to Rami, who sent me the panel files and to UT, who posted them.

Skins? I don't bother with them. I just build missions/campaigns. Should the player want different paint jobs for the air compliments of 4 different carriers, they they can do the research and download them themselves.

 

[Hiede]

I wonder why my son had no problem the TBF Avenger.Maybe the stock replace has a different panel.

Hiede

 

[Deathwind]

Most of the Overhaul aircraft panels work fine if not all of them but I’ve noticed a lot especially newer panels are configured in a way that simply doesn’t want to work on all computers and if you run it through Fs Panel Studio some will point out errors like two entries with the same name. Some people add all the gauges first then add the panel as a separate entry and apparently it must work on their pc but it won’t on all of them. Some panels you need to change render third window to 0 in order to work. I discovered that on the liberator mod after someone I can’t remember who pointed it out to me. It would work fine if your in a neck brace but try looking out the side window or rear and games over.

 

[Hiede]

Guess it's like textures,Sometime they work fine and others are blurry.I just change the mid maps and format on them.It must also depend on
your video card.

Hiede

 

[Deathwind]

Exactly one persons pc is gonna be better especially gaming then others. For textures the less they are compressed the better chance the blurry part isn’t there. I also patch my executable with the 4g patch that makes it run smoother and better especially with all the new scenery and wild effects like some idiot making dropped bombs pollute the landscape for at least 10 minutes or so.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Update: on progress

My problem probably is "systemic." I am building this campaign (as I did with Kursk) on an older, HP Envy, 8-RAM, i5 processor, 2.6 GHz, intel video chip, Windows 8.1 laptop. I've never had a prob with Wolfi's TBFs on my i7, win 10 laptop with Nvidia video card. The problem seems to be solved now, so I shall continue to march.

I used UT's TBF 1942 dp with the Avenger so I had to go back and re-assign the load-outs, since the payload/armament set-ups are different from the dp I had been using. A minor set back. So now I have just 6 more missions to flight test and edit. I will probably be starting the re-work of the Santa Cruz half of the campaign this weekend.

 

[Deathwind]

Probably the video card it wouldn’t be windows 10 or 11 which I have if it worked on your windows 10 laptop. Some panels don’t work on mine which was 10 but now it’s 11 I have the intel graphics and well they aren’t the best for anything gaming but all you need for everything else. Seems like that airplane crashed on me but I can’t remember now if I swapped panels or fixed the one in it but I don’t have it installed at the moment. In fact I’m running around like a chicken with his head cut off figuring out what I want to do next. I’m thinking about redoing the stock campaigns but long projects aren’t good unless your by yourself and have time on your hands but I’ll do something if not that.

 

[highpockets]

I found a note on the airspeed drop on Wolfi's Avenger when bomb doors are open.

"Originally Posted by bearcat241
Greg, open the *.air file and scroll down to record 1101. Look at the spoiler drag factor and reduce to suit your taste.
Thank you sir, I will try your suggestion

PS: Where do I find Air edit?

PPS: oops! never mind I found it under utilities in the Warbirds CFS2 library!
Last edited by Shadow Wolf 07; March 8th, 2019 at 08:41."

 

[UncleTgt]

a note on panels

Allen discovered early on that WIN 7& later OS don't like the 1024 x 768 pixel panel bitmaps that an awful lot of aircraft have been released with. I make a point of including panels "upsized" to 1600 x 1200 pixels when I come across this issue whenever I'm revising planes. But there are other workarounds - see Allens WIN 10 guide for lot's of good info...
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforu...ntent-thread?p=1297690&viewfull=1#post1297690

 

[UncleTgt]

A you still including a PBY search mission?

Greg,

If you're including the PBY seearch mission in your Santa Cruz revamp, I may have some scenery ready in time ...

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Greg,

If you're including the PBY seearch mission in your Santa Cruz revamp, I may have some scenery ready in time ...

UT;

Yes I am. As a matter of fact i will be working it this week as soon as I finish flight testing and editing the last 4 Eastern Solomons mission. Of course, I can always wait on that particular mission.

Here is o non-combat screenshot from my "what if" attack on the Japanese fleet carriers. It features the Donation Ware F4F-4 that scoobyman32 liked.

 

[scoobyman32]

Thanks for the better-angle shot SW, she is a beauty! Think the white stripes on the tail make it a VF-6 cat from the Big E, but I have never come across that skin. The campaign is really coming along quick, you're getting damn good at this.

Awesome news to see you've got more Solomons scenery in store UT, looking forward to it muchly.

 

[UncleTgt]

Scoobyman,

I thought I'd try & get Rennell done, & the Santa Cruz group for Shadow Wolf.

I may get the eastern islands tidied up (Malaita, San Cristobal), we'll see. They didn't really see any action around them, so I may just get the LWM polys done so the sloping water is gone...

 

[scoobyman32]

Shots look great! All of your work is appreciated UT. Your recent scenery updates in the SPT have me flying more recon missions than ever before. In the past, the scenery wasn't that great, and they become boring to fly. With your updates, my SWP install has become more like MS Flightsim '42! I'm too busy for combat, checking out the sights.

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Why one should always use Pen32Win's dps for JMK (Usio) Ships:

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Anyone know why the IJN_ChitoseSPC_LOD texture comes in black?

 

[Hiede]

Anyone know why the IJN_ChitoseSPC_LOD texture comes in black?

On our computer it is grey and has other textures for the upper surfaces.Depending on your computer and video card you may have to change the format for them.

Hiede

 

[Shadow Wolf 07]

Well, I guess it doesn't really matter as long as she is hit-able and sinkable. On my computer... okay, as long as it works for other players. Note; none of stuart277's other ships show as black. Hmmm...