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CFS2 Compatability Issue

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Hooraw,

My Wildcats are configured the same way, and they have never been a problem for me. I think the designers actually designed them for FS9 and then converted them to CFS2, but never designed CFS2-specific config and air files without striping them of all the FS9 junk.

David Copley's P-38 conversions had the same issue until Pen32Win got a hold of them.
 
Intrigued by Hooraw's comments I tried to reproduce what he was seeing. If I use the FS9 model for the FDG2 F4F4 Wildcat you get "an unable to display model" error. I tried this in a separate install for Capt Kurt's USMC campaign. The CFS 2 model displays OK, & I cannot see any lights.

The [LIGHTS] section in the aircraft.cfg you posted (& all the F4Fs in Capt Kurts autoinstall) has "//" at the start of the line. This tells the sim to ignore the entry. I tried every key combination to get lights to show on the CFS2 model, the only one that works is the default VC cockpit light.

At this stage everything is pointing to the F4F4 model you are using being CFS2 compatible (it displays), but not the correct one (solid colours, no textures).

btw I have no issues with Captain Kurt's VMF121 auto install (apart from the "dumb as rocks" wingmen crashing on approach to Henderson that is :biggrin-new:).
 
Ahem, although that's not what M$ (or I) intended UncleTgt, ironically it's historically accurate. A fair number of Wildcats at Guadalcanal were lost in landing accidents due to field conditions, pilot fatigue and poor aircraft maintenance conditions. :gameoff:
 
Re: Loss of colors and logos on some AC

No matter what, I cannot get colors on the added A/C. I have known about the use of the "//" way back when I joined SOH. Thanks for looking. The lights, I thought, being usable re:without the //, was because "Aircraft.cfg" was not modified enough, by text handling, or it was an FS conversion. I thought this was the problem causing the colors, insignia, et.al., even engine cylinders where not showing. The propeller was OK, the A/C is only the added marine versions that Capt. Kurk installed in his "auto-install", into a complete new CFS2 install. Even deleted and re-installed, would not install the colors, insignia etc. I have had this before, but I would have to do deep digging in other theater versions to find it. It is beyond me. BTW, I ran Kurk's Marine campaign anyway, and got a helleva lot of shooting fun - downed 5 Betty's and 4 A6m2's, in the 3rd episode. I am not criticizing, it is just my results, that I am trying to fix. p.s. I still do not like the FDG2 versions on the F4F, re: their Galer version.

UncleTgt said:
Intrigued by Hooraw's comments I tried to reproduce what he was seeing. If I use the FS9 model for the FDG2 F4F4 Wildcat you get "an unable to display model" error. I tried this in a separate install for Capt Kurt's USMC campaign. The CFS 2 model displays OK, & I cannot see any lights.

The [LIGHTS] section in the aircraft.cfg you posted (& all the F4Fs in Capt Kurts autoinstall) has "//" at the start of the line. This tells the sim to ignore the entry. I tried every key combination to get lights to show on the CFS2 model, the only one that works is the default VC cockpit light.

At this stage everything is pointing to the F4F4 model you are using being CFS2 compatible (it displays), but not the correct one (solid colours, no textures).

btw I have no issues with Captain Kurt's VMF121 auto install (apart from the "dumb as rocks" wingmen crashing on approach to Henderson that is :biggrin-new:).
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32 bit OS or 64 bit Os?

The reason I ask, if you have 64 bit OS, you would have an x86 Programs file directory, and what your result, even in x86, was the same as when I tried to help my brother-in-law, ( a member of SOH ) install CFS2 on his newer machine. I will have to visit him again to try to resolve the issue.
Keep plugging. Just my 2 cents of observation.

deadzone1959 said:
Great movie. Thing is, over the last few days I've tried installing to C:\Program Files (86) directory, tried installing to a different directory as one of the guys in another thread did, with success, still no joy. Tried running set-up as admin, and changed compatibility and set to run as admin. All suggestions from guys that got it to run on 7. Hell, maybe it's a hardware thing, I'm basically a 57 year old kid and all the other games that I have played run on 7, some are as old as CFS2. I guess I'll wait and see if some posts a magic bullet, and keep looking. Sucks, because now that I've found you guys, I'd love to try some of the mods.
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Colors SOLVED!

This is a copy of an email I got back from Doug Attrell

Hi %^&*(

First of all I should explain that it's a very long time since I was involved with CFS2.
After a search for "Marines at Guadalcanal" I presume you mean the "Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-121 Campaign"
which is available in 2 parts from Sim Outhouse. http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=44
I note the Wildcats are missing Model folders. From what I can make out from the instructions you will need just the F4F-4 Model folder

from the FDG2_F4F_for_CFS2 package here --> http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?catid=68


A lot of aircraft are included in this campaign. After a quick peek I can't see anything obviously wrong with any of them.
It would help me to know which ones you're having problems & if they're Player or AI aircraft so I can check them out properly


Regards

Doug

I copied the "Models" from an FDG F4F file into each VMF of Capt Kurk's setup for USMC at Guadalcanal. VOILA SOLVED THE PROBLEM !
With few exceptions, - some parts not meshing. But I can live with it now. This has bugged me for years. Even in other theaters. I still hate the FDG's shape version of F4F.

Thanks Doug !


 
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