Iris Pro series F-14 --> I need help please
- Thread starter GregG
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I don't ever do that. Others do but not really sure why. Should be fine for FSX (all I ever use). What you must do is copy the "texture" txt file from another one of your working paints so it finds the files in the bump, specular and other common files in your IRIS F-14 folder.
sparouty
Charter Member
The COM radio is used for communications and tunes from 118 thru 123 only the NAV radio tunes from 108 to 118 without overlap. the ILS for the airports or the carriers will be on the NAV freqs. The Iris F14 does not have the code in the HUD like some of the other planes to display Carrier ILS on 111 or 112. It is special code that must be in the HUD XML for the HUD to do this. If you look at the code for the Sludge Hornet or the T45, or maybe even the Dino F14, you will find a bunch of code to calculate the ILS info for the moving Carrier that is not in the IRIS F14. With a lot of work you could most likely use the Carrier ILS XML code as a basis to add it to the IRIS plane. If you do, please post it for the rest of us
Dave
Hi!
As a F14 Tomcat fan, I love the Iris model. I never took time for having a look into the Iris HUD code but as this (very nice) HUD has Nav and ILS feature coded with FSX nav aids, it can be modified to take into account moving carrier variables calculated by my gauge.
I would say it is more a question of having Iris/David authorization than feasabilty...
Regards,
Sylvain
modelr
SOH-CM-2025
I just scanned my IRIS F-14 texture downloads folder, and found a bunch of Banana Bob's files. 12 to be exact. Unfortunately, two of them are bad files, and both are "fix" files.
[432]VF_201_Dirty.zip
[435]VF_111_Sundowners_Dirty.zip
[443]Iris_F14A_Miss_Molly.zip
[444]Dirty_Sundowner_and_Miss_Molly_gear_fix.zip (bad, won't open.)
[447]VF_41_Black_Aces.zip
[455]Tophatters_VF_14.zip
[457]VF_32_DirtySword.zip
[459]VF_84_Jolly_Rogers_Dirty.zip
[464]VF_142_Ghostriders_Dirty.zip
[485]NEW.vf_1.zip
[520]Dirty_IRIAF.zip
[768]VF84Dirty_Update_Right_Rudder.zip (bad, won't open.)
Let me know which ones need to be uploaded to here and I'll get them to Rami.
Don
[432]VF_201_Dirty.zip
[435]VF_111_Sundowners_Dirty.zip
[443]Iris_F14A_Miss_Molly.zip
[444]Dirty_Sundowner_and_Miss_Molly_gear_fix.zip (bad, won't open.)
[447]VF_41_Black_Aces.zip
[455]Tophatters_VF_14.zip
[457]VF_32_DirtySword.zip
[459]VF_84_Jolly_Rogers_Dirty.zip
[464]VF_142_Ghostriders_Dirty.zip
[485]NEW.vf_1.zip
[520]Dirty_IRIAF.zip
[768]VF84Dirty_Update_Right_Rudder.zip (bad, won't open.)
Let me know which ones need to be uploaded to here and I'll get them to Rami.
Don
sparouty
Charter Member
hi
I would add a VF111 dirty repaint...
In the meanwhile I will have a look the HUD code.
regards
Sylvain
modelr
SOH-CM-2025
Will try to get them up today.
modelr
SOH-CM-2025
modelr
SOH-CM-2025
Greg,
They will be sent to the library. I'll just send all of them, and Rami can sort thru to see what's missing.
modelr
SOH-CM-2025
OK, all the files have been uploaded, except the two bad "FIX" zips. I checked inside the originals, and it looks like the VF-84 "fix" for the right rudder was installed into the zip. It is a newer file. The fix for the gear on the two VF-111 zips do not appear to have been installed.
I will sometimes (when I have the time when I download them,) immediately apply a fix directly into the original, if I think about it at the time. Other times I will apply them when I install the file, updating the original zip also. As I have not installed these textures, yet, (due to time restraints,) the fixes were not all done. All of these zips may have come off another, older storage harddrive I had, as all files were moved from it to a newer 1TB storage drive when I got it (them - 4 of them!) and the fix files may have gone bad during the move. My FS9 ONLY storage 1TB storage drive is just over 1/2 full, compressed! 480GB used of 931GB useable. That does not include payware, which is stored on another drive. And the installed programs are on another 1TB drive, including 4 installs of FS9. I am an insufferable collector.
But for your info, NO, I DON'T have EVERYTHING! Far from it. 
I will sometimes (when I have the time when I download them,) immediately apply a fix directly into the original, if I think about it at the time. Other times I will apply them when I install the file, updating the original zip also. As I have not installed these textures, yet, (due to time restraints,) the fixes were not all done. All of these zips may have come off another, older storage harddrive I had, as all files were moved from it to a newer 1TB storage drive when I got it (them - 4 of them!) and the fix files may have gone bad during the move. My FS9 ONLY storage 1TB storage drive is just over 1/2 full, compressed! 480GB used of 931GB useable. That does not include payware, which is stored on another drive. And the installed programs are on another 1TB drive, including 4 installs of FS9. I am an insufferable collector.
But for your info, NO, I DON'T have EVERYTHING! Far from it.
modelr
SOH-CM-2025
It takes a while before they are posted. When Rami oks them he will put them up. It may not be till tomorrow, even. The quickest way to find new files is in the "What's New" link.
fsafranek
SOH-CM-2024
I'm glad I noticed this thread. I bought the F-14 last year during the special sales but hadn't spent much time with it -- I bought way too many aircraft over the past year. I've always has a soft spot for the F-14 and especially for VF-1 and VF-2 that were the first F-14 units on the Enterprise (spotting a VF-1 bird at the top of this thread reminded me of that). It hadn't occured to me to install Sylvain's TACAN gauge but seeing a screen shot of it a page back or so makes me want to do that now.
I know everyone is talking about the Navy schemes Bananabob put together but for a little variety there is also a nice Iranian Air Force set that Jens-Ole Kjolberg put together (using DagR's masters) including the current gray/blue camo scheme.
:ernae:
I know everyone is talking about the Navy schemes Bananabob put together but for a little variety there is also a nice Iranian Air Force set that Jens-Ole Kjolberg put together (using DagR's masters) including the current gray/blue camo scheme.
:ernae:
modelr
SOH-CM-2025
To go along with what Frank mentioned here. He, along with a lot of us, bought the NEW, UPDATED, PURE FSX version of the F-14 from the great IRIS developers. The main bunch of textures we are talking about here, (US Navy) are for the OLD, Original F-14, made for FS9 and turned freeware by David a year or so ago. (Maybe more, time flies for me.
) I paid full price for all of my DSB/IRIS Tomcats, (nothing against them being freeware, nor sale priced, I got my share of other planes then, also.) Anywhoo, these textures CAN be converted to use on the IRIS PRO (payware FSX only) version by using a conversion kit (which I think comes in the PRO version, mine is datd the same as the date I installed mine.) So don't anyone dismiss these textures if you are using the PRO payware version. As it turns out, I am presently going back through ALL of my F-14 add-on textures, (presently 179 in my FS9 folder, plus 11 (so far) in my pure FSX folder) and checking for doubles, (named differently) and bad zips, (found a couple more, I remember what happened to them, now, power failure during a defrag, (WILL screwup a LOT of files!!!)) plus found some pure FSX ones in the FS9 folder, and 73 FS9 ones in my FSX folder.
Just for info, there are a lot of repaints listed for FSX, but they are actually for the FREEWARE F-14 ported over, and still in bmp form. These are NOT pure FSX, nor are they for the final payware PRO version, without being converted.
I am also finding a lot of files accidently in my DSB/IRIS folder belonging to Dino's excellent FS9 F-14. You can tell if your files are for Dino's if they have the title "F14" at the beginning of most of the exterior parts texture files. I will be going back through my Dino folder (56 items, not all textures,) looking for DSB/IRIS textures when I'm done with the DSB/IRIS folder.
I am also finding a few more BananaBob textures, but so far they have been the same as those above, just different file names. I am checking internal file dates to see if/when changes were made.