Aces High Campaign - Copley's P-38s

Bee´n there, done that - no go

In the pages of the site there is indeed a line saying "for the limited P-38J CFS2, click here" but unfortunately the link is broken, so nothing happens exept you get a "page cannot be found". Maybe we could get permission to upload that version here at SOH?
Finn
 
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Have no fear, gentlemen. This is on the list of missing files I sent to Douglas and Moparmike. If you'd like, I can send them a PM asking them to restore these files ASAP.

However, given the time frame of the campaign and Devildog's reputation for historical accuracy, I think he might be in fact referring to the "Triple Play" P-38 pack that is the archived American aircraft section.
 
If we cannot locate David's P-38s anywhere I will contact him and ask permission to upload them from my files.
 
Yes, those are the ones. I then used Morton's skins for them to make them Bong and McGuire specific.

Thanks, guys.

BTW, I also sent David Copley and email asking his permission to upload them with my next set of missions.
McGuire's first set are almost ready to go.

DD73
 
Yes, thank you kwb737! I didn't even know this site, now I registered and I downloaded the P-38 Triple Play package by David Copley. These are great P-38s, very pleasant to fly, and with a fantastic sound. I saw that Lawdog2360 released a "P38 Sound" package since then, including the sound files by D. Copley plus some additions by Lawdog. I will try this too.
 
Nor can you go wrong with David Copley's P-38s for CFS2. I flew every P-38 out there trying to find the right ones for Aces High. None even come close to David Copley's. His are the standard by which all other P-38s should be judged.
 
In the SOH Archive are also the 2 following P-38s by D. Copley (and... the links work!):

"P38J by D. Copley and pilot by Wolfi" ==> P38J.zip
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/page.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=15120

"P38M Lightning Radar Version" ==> P-38M_Night_Fighter.zip
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/page.php?lloc=downloads&loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=15190


I noticed 3 points about them:

1. Some gauges miss in the P-38J (holes in the panel...), but you get them in the P-38M.

2. As for the pilot textures, if I install the 3073 Ko "US_Pilot_Body" bitmap which is in the P-38J, the pilot I get is not completely textured, i.e most of his body remains grey. If I install the 2049 Ko "US_Pilot_Body" bitmap which is in the P-38M, I get a fully textured pilot, with a blue suit. (Does anyone manage otherwise?)

3. The sound files - same in both add-ons - sound great and are numerous (77), but they happen to be the ones D. Copley created for his fictional XP-38N project, so they don't seem to be the most appropriate for a P-38J or a P-38M - or any other P-38 variant which actually existed.


Lightning Radar VersionP38M Lightning Radar Version
 
And I forgot another point about this P-38M: Am I wrong, or all operational P-38Ms were plain black painted? This one is gray, with invasion stripes and blue-white-red spinners. And if you look at the P-38M model for FS2004 on David Copley's site, it is plain black : http://www.kazoku.org/xp-38n/model/index.htm
 
I have the gray P-38 with invasion stripes and Wolfi's pilot, I have the black P-38 M but don;t remember where I got it, it was not off this guy's site. As I understand it the black P-38 Ms arrived too late to be of any operational value in the Pacific or ETO.

Bones
 
Oops, in my message #17 above, I meant 3073 Kb and 2049 Kb. "Ko" is French... :d
 
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