* This package was updated on 31 March, 2016 to correct aliasing issues with certain aircraft folders, and the omission of the Fiat A.74 soundpack for several of the Italian aircraft. This package replaces the following CFS2 campaign packages: Hellas, Operation Marita, RAF Vs Luftwaffe, Defense of Crete, Dodecanese campaigns, and RAF Vs Regia Aeronautica. Welcome to The Balkans Project campaigns package! This package contains twelve campaigns and a total of some two hundred and fifty missions which center around the experiences of the Italians, Greeks, Germans, and the British (both the Fleet Air Arm and the Royal Air Force) during the period of conflict in the Balkan Theatre. The period of conflict ranges primarily from 28 October, 1940 up until 30 May, 1941. However, the campaign involving the Fleet Air Arm begins in early September, 1940. This campaign is a conglomeration of several campaign packages I have released covering various areas of the Balkan conflict, combined with about sixty-five missions (approximately one quarter of the included missions) that are brand-new. The original inspiration for this package came from three sources: The “Hellas” campaign, originally at Simviation, several of the original missions from the Groundcrew “Swordfish” campaign, and the Gladiator campaign by Don Pyers. Beyond that, all of the other German, Italian, Greek, and a good portion of the British missions were created by me, along with most of the GSL scenery; the airfields excluded, of course. These missions, for the most part (excluding the semi-fictional “Hellas” campaign, and certain missions in the Fleet Air Arm campaign) are historical or historically-based, with certain liberties being taken to combine raids for the sake of brevity. The three primary sources for this effort are “Going Solo,” by Roald Dahl, “Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete, 1940-41” by Christopher Shores, Brian Cull, and Nicola Malizia, and “Courage Alone, The Italian Air Force 1940-1943” by Chris Dunning. Welcome to the Balkans Project package! In this first aircraft package, you will find nearly all of the aircraft, gauges, sounds, and weapons required for this campaign. All the required aircraft have been included, as well as any historical repaints that would have been used during or near the time that the Balkans were in conflict during late 1940 & into mid-1941 when the four principal parties (the Italians, Greeks, British, and the German conquest later on) engaged one another in conflict. Those whose work has been included in this first package include Allen, Gius, mvg3d, Brunosk, the Alphasim freeware team, Bretoal, AER_DaddyO, Peperez, Aeroplane Heaven, Morton, Kelticheart, Bismarck13, the Groundcrew team, Captain Kurt, D'Attomo / Quai, DBolt, the Donationware team, Elias, Erafitti, Isoliti4gatti, Graham, (VB Planes) Lawdog2360, Martin Wright, Moparmike, Padbury Aircraft, Paul Rebuffat, RobH, Rockster22, Sandydog, Smashing Time, Sopwith Chameleon, Thicko, Virtual Wings, and Wolfi. All of the aircraft in this package have been modified, when necessary, to include the appropriate repaints, when possible, for the aircraft. I've also included modified .dp files for each aircraft which correct information in the [MISC.DATA] section that I found to be in error. To lessen issues with frame rates with many waves of aircraft in the sky, all exhaust effects have been removed, if they were included in the original models. Additionally, all weapons required for the aircraft have been included. "Rami" |
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