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USS Boxer (LHD-4)?
- Thread starter ZsoltB
- Start date
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bymd7iALx2FoR0J0dGJSemt4Vlk
It's not Boxer, Zolt, it's Al Webers Tarawa class static assembled as an AI ship. The stern gate wouldn't work, so I set up a number of models in different cfg's- gate closed under weigh, gate open in wet deck and dry deck. And, it's free. I'd posted the link a while back when somebody else asked a similar question, but; being sent to coventry and all, it sank with out a trace. No screens available from here, but it's a damned nice model, given it's age.
It's not Boxer, Zolt, it's Al Webers Tarawa class static assembled as an AI ship. The stern gate wouldn't work, so I set up a number of models in different cfg's- gate closed under weigh, gate open in wet deck and dry deck. And, it's free. I'd posted the link a while back when somebody else asked a similar question, but; being sent to coventry and all, it sank with out a trace. No screens available from here, but it's a damned nice model, given it's age.
ZsoltB
Charter Member
I am grateful to you
I need the aicarriers text
I'm on the RAZBAM Harrier tamer
It's hard to VTOL
Zsolt
Isn't the USS Boxer LHD-4 part of Aerosoft's Seahawk and Jayhawk package (one of six ships included)?
http://www.aerosoft.com/cgi-local/us/iboshop.cgi?showdsearchSeahawk:010010!0,4961053040,10289
Thanks - Rob
http://www.aerosoft.com/cgi-local/us/iboshop.cgi?showdsearchSeahawk:010010!0,4961053040,10289
Thanks - Rob
ZsoltB
Charter Member
hae5904
Charter Member
Zsolt, have a look here: http://deltasimstudio.com/lhd.htm
It includes an AI version as well, though you can easily add all of them to AICarriers.
Cheers,
Hank
It includes an AI version as well, though you can easily add all of them to AICarriers.
Cheers,
Hank
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ZsoltB
Charter Member
You can make the text up easy Zolt..
[formation.XX]
title=USS Boxer
unit.0=Shipname, 0, 0
Just open the sim.cfg of the model and copy the title= name where I've put Shipname above. Make sure you number the formation to the next consecutive number
ATB
DaveB
Unfortunately, there is no success
DaveB
Charter Member
Zsolt..
If you're using the model in the link Lazarus posted.. this is what the sim.cfg looks like:
[fltsim.0]
title=USS_LHA_1_Tarawa
model=
texture=
[fltsim.1]
title=USS_LHA_2_Saipan
model=1
texture=
[fltsim.2]
title=USS_LHA_3_Beleau_Wood
model=2
texture=
[fltsim.3]
title=USS_LHA_4_Nassau
model=3
texture=
[fltsim.4]
title=USS_LHA_5_Peleliu
model=4
texture=
To make an entry for AIC.. you need a formation line, a title line and the name of the ship (a unit line). For example.. if you're using these models and want USS Tarawa to show in AIC.. you'd make the following entry:
[formation.xx] (next consecutive number)
title=USS Tarawa (this could be anything)
unit.0=USS_LHA_1_Tarawa, 0, 0 (the name on this line has to be EXACTLY the same as listed in the models sim.cfg)
Hope this helps
ATB
DaveB
If you're using the model in the link Lazarus posted.. this is what the sim.cfg looks like:
[fltsim.0]
title=USS_LHA_1_Tarawa
model=
texture=
[fltsim.1]
title=USS_LHA_2_Saipan
model=1
texture=
[fltsim.2]
title=USS_LHA_3_Beleau_Wood
model=2
texture=
[fltsim.3]
title=USS_LHA_4_Nassau
model=3
texture=
[fltsim.4]
title=USS_LHA_5_Peleliu
model=4
texture=
To make an entry for AIC.. you need a formation line, a title line and the name of the ship (a unit line). For example.. if you're using these models and want USS Tarawa to show in AIC.. you'd make the following entry:
[formation.xx] (next consecutive number)
title=USS Tarawa (this could be anything)
unit.0=USS_LHA_1_Tarawa, 0, 0 (the name on this line has to be EXACTLY the same as listed in the models sim.cfg)
Hope this helps
ATB
DaveB
Navy Chief
Senior Member
Can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I THINK I made the .cfg files correctly, and installed same into AIC. But not showing up.
Any advice? NC
Actually, during my initial testing (even though I couldn't get the Tarawa package to show up) I DID manage to land on the Patuxent. It was my first attempt at a helo landing on anything other than a carrier!
Any advice? NC
Actually, during my initial testing (even though I couldn't get the Tarawa package to show up) I DID manage to land on the Patuxent. It was my first attempt at a helo landing on anything other than a carrier!
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Navy Chief
Senior Member
Hiya Chief..
Post your AIC entry for the Tarawa ships so I can see if there's anything obvious.
I did a quick cut'n'shut paint job on Patuxent to add Yukon. You can get it HERE if you're interested
ATB
DaveB
Just read your post, Dave.
Thanks, will download and check it out. Not going to friends house for Thanksgiving dinner til later, so have time look at. NC
Navy Chief
Senior Member
Something has always confused me about the .cfg files for the ships. For example, there is a sim.cfg file included with the Tarawa file. But I am supposed to make a separate, modded .cfg file for my AIC? Confusing.
My AIC folder has a subfolder called, "conf.d". That is where I have the .cfg files for the various ship installs I have. But not sure how to do this one.
NC
Here is the contents of the config.d folder:
And the sim.cfg file itself: not sure how to mod it?
My AIC folder has a subfolder called, "conf.d". That is where I have the .cfg files for the various ship installs I have. But not sure how to do this one.
NCHere is the contents of the config.d folder:
And the sim.cfg file itself: not sure how to mod it?
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DaveB
Charter Member
Okey doh mate.
The sim.cfg I included with the Yukon paint is designed to take the place of the original Patuxent sim.cfg. You still have everything you had with the original and exactly the same for Yukon. The basic entries (USNS_Patuxent and USNS_Yukon) give you the ships in normal steaming mode. The 'unrep' entries are the models with underway replenishment hoses out on the port side. This tanker is setup to match USS Nimitz in unrep and while it can be used with other big ships.. the hoses and lines may not go to the right place.
The way I use the conf.d file is that I put all my formations there. It's possible to make up 'period' cvn_id files then rename them when you don't want that selection anymore but I choose to have everything in one big file. My cvn_id file currently has some 96 formations!!!
Forgive me if I'm trying to teach my granny to suck eggs but this is how I go about it:
Double click on the conf.d folder to open it then double click on the cvn_id file. This will show all the standard AIC formations plus the ones added with the Nimitz/Ike/Patuxent install. To add more ships/formations (they're all formations even if they're a single ship).. just go to the bottom of the list and add (for example) one of the Tarawa ships (you can copy and paste if an AIC cfg is included in the set) then renumber the new entries to run consecutive. Here's the tail-end of my cvn_id.cfg to show you what I mean...
[formation.91]
title=Convoy2
unit.0=HMS_Furious_1942_X, 0, 0
unit.1=GC_BritishTankerX, 0, 800
unit.2=ai_victory, 0, -800
unit.3=ai_victory, 0, 1600
unit.4=GC_BritishTankerX1, 0, -1600
unit.5=ai_victory, 800, 0
unit.6=ai_victory, 800, 800
unit.7=ai_victory, 800, -800
unit.8=AI_Saugatuck_Unarmed, 800, 1600
unit.9=ai_victory, 800, -1600
unit.10=AI_Tranquebar, -800, 0
unit.11=ai_victory, -800, 800
unit.12=GC_BritishTankerX1, -800, -800
unit.13=AI_Caltex_Manila, -800, 1600
unit.14=ai_victory, -800, -1600
unit.15=ai_victory, 1600, 0
unit.16=AI_American_Victory, 1600, 800
unit.17=AI_Tranquebar, 1600, -800
unit.18=ai_victory, 1600, 1600
unit.19=AI_Caltex_Manila, 1600, -1600
unit.20=ai_victory, -1600, 0
unit.21=GC_BritishTankerX1, -1600, 800
unit.22=ai_victory, -1600, -800
unit.23=AI_Tranquebar, -1600, 1600
unit.24=AI_Ethioian_Victory, -1600, -1600
unit.25=HMS_Belfast_1943, 0, 2600
unit.26=AI_Flower_class_corvette_X, 0, -2400
unit.27=HMS_C_class_DD_1944, 2400, 0
unit.28=HMS_C_class_DD_1944, -2400, 0
[formation.92]
title=HMS Campania
unit.0=HMS_Campania_LODX, 0, 0
[formation.93]
title=HMS Centaur
unit.0=HMS Centaur, 0, 0
[formation.94]
title=Hermes 82 TG
unit.0=HMS Hermes JUMPFX, -400, 400
unit.1=HMS Fearless, 400, 400
unit.2=HMS Glamorgan, 0, 1200
unit.3=Leander, 1200, 0
unit.4=RFA Green Rover, 0, 0
unit.5=Falmouth, -1200, 0
unit.6=AI_T2_RFA, 400, -400
unit.7=Penelope, -400, -400
unit.8=Cleopatra, 0, -1200
[formation.95]
title=Capsize
unit.0=VEH_water_capsized_sm, 0, 0
[formation.96]
title=Cavour
unit.0=AI_Cavour, 0, 0
[formation.97]
title=USS Tarawa
unit.0=USS_LHA_1_Tarawa, 0, 0
When finished, save the cvn_id.cfg and close the folder. Next time you open AIC.. keep clicking 'next page' in AIC until you come to USS Tarawa. Select that and it should appear in front of you at whatever distance you chose
You can call the title= line anything you want. If you have a lot of ships in the formation and they're for use in the Pacific.. you could make it title=Pacific Amphibious fleet.. whatever.. it doesn't matter. The thing that DOES matter is the name you put in the unit.0= line. That must be EXACTLY the same as the title= line in the ships sim.cfg. If even ONE character is wrong.. the ship will not display and you'll get an error message saying it failed to load.
The numbers after mean little with a single ship but they must be there even if they're zero's. The first number is left/right of the datum and the second number is ahead or behind the datum.
As an example, here's an entry for Nimitz Unrep..
[formation.2]
title=USS Nimitz (CVN68) Underway Replenishment (UNREP) // The title of the formation
unit.0=CVN68_7, 0, 0 // The unit at the middle of the formation
unit.1=USNS_PATUXENT_UNREP, 102, -50 // , 102, -50 shows that Patuxent is 102ft to the right of Nimitz and -50 shows it's 50ft behind Nimitz centre position
unit.2=SH-60_guard, 350, -220 // This shows an SH-60 guard helo 350ft to the right of Nimitz and -220 shows it's 220ft behind Nimitz centre position
unit.3=SH-60_guard, 150, -80 // Another guard helo.. 150 shows it's 150ft to the right and -80 shows it being 80 behind Nimitz centre position
A minus indicated in the first number puts a unit to the LEFT of the lead ship (Nimitz in this case) and any second number without a minus will put it ahead of, in this case, Nimitz.
So.. a positive first number means to the RIGHT, a minus first number means to the LEFT. A positive second number means ahead of the lead ship and a minus means behind.
An easy way to get your head around this is to call up a simple formation in the sim then open the cvn_id.cfg to see how it is listed. Once you've got your head around it, formations like my Convoy above become possible. My largest formation is an extended Falklands Task Force. This took rather longer a few minutes to knock up!!!
[formation.54]
title=TG 317.8 1982 Ext
unit.0=HMS Fearless, 0, 0
unit.1=HMS Intrepid, 0, -1000
unit.2=bristol_mid, 0, 1000
unit.3=Ai_QE2, 500, -1500
unit.4=alacrity, 0, -2500
unit.5=HMS_Invincible_82, -4000, 4000
unit.6=HMS Hermes JUMPFX, 4000, 4000
unit.7=HMS Glamorgan, 0, 4500
unit.8=broadsword, -4500, 4000
unit.9=boxer, 4500, 4000
unit.10=cardiff, -2000, 5000
unit.11=newcastle, 2000, 5000
unit.12=HMS Glamorgan, 0, 3000
unit.13=edinburgh, 4500, 0
unit.14=exeter, -4500, 0
unit.15=cardiff, 0, 6500
unit.16=RFA Blue Rover, -1000, -500
unit.17=RFA Fort Austin, 1000, -500
unit.18=avenger, 1000, -1500
unit.19=amazon, -1000, -1500
unit.20=ambuscade, 1000, 1000
unit.21=alacrity, -1000, 1000
unit.22=avenger, 2000, 1500
unit.23=ambuscade, -2000, 1500
unit.24=leander_exocet, -3500, 3000
unit.25=leander_exocet, 3500, 3000
unit.26=Penelope, -2000, -2000
unit.27=Dido, 2000, -2000
unit.28=Plymouth, -500, -250
unit.29=Yarmouth, 500, -250
unit.30=SS Canberra, -500, -1500
unit.31=RFA Sir Percivale, -1500, 0
unit.32=RFA Sir Bedivere, -1500, -800
unit.33=RFA Sir Galahad, -1500, -1600
unit.34=RFA Sir Lancelot, 1500, 0
unit.35=RFA Sir Geraint, 1500, -800
unit.36=RFA Sir Tristram, 1500, -1600
unit.37=AI_T2_RFA, -1500, 800
unit.38=AI_T2_RFA, 1500, 800
I began with HMS Fearless, 0, 0 and all other references in the formation are taken from her. unit.1=HMS Intrepid, 0, -1000 shows Intrepid is directly behind Fearless at 1000ft. The rest is easy!!
EDIT: Incidentally.. the problem Zsolt had yesterday related to the model he was trying to use. It was a pilotable model living in Airplanes so AIC couldn't see it. He's sorted now
ATB
DaveB
The sim.cfg I included with the Yukon paint is designed to take the place of the original Patuxent sim.cfg. You still have everything you had with the original and exactly the same for Yukon. The basic entries (USNS_Patuxent and USNS_Yukon) give you the ships in normal steaming mode. The 'unrep' entries are the models with underway replenishment hoses out on the port side. This tanker is setup to match USS Nimitz in unrep and while it can be used with other big ships.. the hoses and lines may not go to the right place.
The way I use the conf.d file is that I put all my formations there. It's possible to make up 'period' cvn_id files then rename them when you don't want that selection anymore but I choose to have everything in one big file. My cvn_id file currently has some 96 formations!!!
Forgive me if I'm trying to teach my granny to suck eggs but this is how I go about it:
Double click on the conf.d folder to open it then double click on the cvn_id file. This will show all the standard AIC formations plus the ones added with the Nimitz/Ike/Patuxent install. To add more ships/formations (they're all formations even if they're a single ship).. just go to the bottom of the list and add (for example) one of the Tarawa ships (you can copy and paste if an AIC cfg is included in the set) then renumber the new entries to run consecutive. Here's the tail-end of my cvn_id.cfg to show you what I mean...
[formation.91]
title=Convoy2
unit.0=HMS_Furious_1942_X, 0, 0
unit.1=GC_BritishTankerX, 0, 800
unit.2=ai_victory, 0, -800
unit.3=ai_victory, 0, 1600
unit.4=GC_BritishTankerX1, 0, -1600
unit.5=ai_victory, 800, 0
unit.6=ai_victory, 800, 800
unit.7=ai_victory, 800, -800
unit.8=AI_Saugatuck_Unarmed, 800, 1600
unit.9=ai_victory, 800, -1600
unit.10=AI_Tranquebar, -800, 0
unit.11=ai_victory, -800, 800
unit.12=GC_BritishTankerX1, -800, -800
unit.13=AI_Caltex_Manila, -800, 1600
unit.14=ai_victory, -800, -1600
unit.15=ai_victory, 1600, 0
unit.16=AI_American_Victory, 1600, 800
unit.17=AI_Tranquebar, 1600, -800
unit.18=ai_victory, 1600, 1600
unit.19=AI_Caltex_Manila, 1600, -1600
unit.20=ai_victory, -1600, 0
unit.21=GC_BritishTankerX1, -1600, 800
unit.22=ai_victory, -1600, -800
unit.23=AI_Tranquebar, -1600, 1600
unit.24=AI_Ethioian_Victory, -1600, -1600
unit.25=HMS_Belfast_1943, 0, 2600
unit.26=AI_Flower_class_corvette_X, 0, -2400
unit.27=HMS_C_class_DD_1944, 2400, 0
unit.28=HMS_C_class_DD_1944, -2400, 0
[formation.92]
title=HMS Campania
unit.0=HMS_Campania_LODX, 0, 0
[formation.93]
title=HMS Centaur
unit.0=HMS Centaur, 0, 0
[formation.94]
title=Hermes 82 TG
unit.0=HMS Hermes JUMPFX, -400, 400
unit.1=HMS Fearless, 400, 400
unit.2=HMS Glamorgan, 0, 1200
unit.3=Leander, 1200, 0
unit.4=RFA Green Rover, 0, 0
unit.5=Falmouth, -1200, 0
unit.6=AI_T2_RFA, 400, -400
unit.7=Penelope, -400, -400
unit.8=Cleopatra, 0, -1200
[formation.95]
title=Capsize
unit.0=VEH_water_capsized_sm, 0, 0
[formation.96]
title=Cavour
unit.0=AI_Cavour, 0, 0
[formation.97]
title=USS Tarawa
unit.0=USS_LHA_1_Tarawa, 0, 0
When finished, save the cvn_id.cfg and close the folder. Next time you open AIC.. keep clicking 'next page' in AIC until you come to USS Tarawa. Select that and it should appear in front of you at whatever distance you chose
You can call the title= line anything you want. If you have a lot of ships in the formation and they're for use in the Pacific.. you could make it title=Pacific Amphibious fleet.. whatever.. it doesn't matter. The thing that DOES matter is the name you put in the unit.0= line. That must be EXACTLY the same as the title= line in the ships sim.cfg. If even ONE character is wrong.. the ship will not display and you'll get an error message saying it failed to load.
The numbers after mean little with a single ship but they must be there even if they're zero's. The first number is left/right of the datum and the second number is ahead or behind the datum.
As an example, here's an entry for Nimitz Unrep..
[formation.2]
title=USS Nimitz (CVN68) Underway Replenishment (UNREP) // The title of the formation
unit.0=CVN68_7, 0, 0 // The unit at the middle of the formation
unit.1=USNS_PATUXENT_UNREP, 102, -50 // , 102, -50 shows that Patuxent is 102ft to the right of Nimitz and -50 shows it's 50ft behind Nimitz centre position
unit.2=SH-60_guard, 350, -220 // This shows an SH-60 guard helo 350ft to the right of Nimitz and -220 shows it's 220ft behind Nimitz centre position
unit.3=SH-60_guard, 150, -80 // Another guard helo.. 150 shows it's 150ft to the right and -80 shows it being 80 behind Nimitz centre position
A minus indicated in the first number puts a unit to the LEFT of the lead ship (Nimitz in this case) and any second number without a minus will put it ahead of, in this case, Nimitz.
So.. a positive first number means to the RIGHT, a minus first number means to the LEFT. A positive second number means ahead of the lead ship and a minus means behind.
An easy way to get your head around this is to call up a simple formation in the sim then open the cvn_id.cfg to see how it is listed. Once you've got your head around it, formations like my Convoy above become possible. My largest formation is an extended Falklands Task Force. This took rather longer a few minutes to knock up!!!
[formation.54]
title=TG 317.8 1982 Ext
unit.0=HMS Fearless, 0, 0
unit.1=HMS Intrepid, 0, -1000
unit.2=bristol_mid, 0, 1000
unit.3=Ai_QE2, 500, -1500
unit.4=alacrity, 0, -2500
unit.5=HMS_Invincible_82, -4000, 4000
unit.6=HMS Hermes JUMPFX, 4000, 4000
unit.7=HMS Glamorgan, 0, 4500
unit.8=broadsword, -4500, 4000
unit.9=boxer, 4500, 4000
unit.10=cardiff, -2000, 5000
unit.11=newcastle, 2000, 5000
unit.12=HMS Glamorgan, 0, 3000
unit.13=edinburgh, 4500, 0
unit.14=exeter, -4500, 0
unit.15=cardiff, 0, 6500
unit.16=RFA Blue Rover, -1000, -500
unit.17=RFA Fort Austin, 1000, -500
unit.18=avenger, 1000, -1500
unit.19=amazon, -1000, -1500
unit.20=ambuscade, 1000, 1000
unit.21=alacrity, -1000, 1000
unit.22=avenger, 2000, 1500
unit.23=ambuscade, -2000, 1500
unit.24=leander_exocet, -3500, 3000
unit.25=leander_exocet, 3500, 3000
unit.26=Penelope, -2000, -2000
unit.27=Dido, 2000, -2000
unit.28=Plymouth, -500, -250
unit.29=Yarmouth, 500, -250
unit.30=SS Canberra, -500, -1500
unit.31=RFA Sir Percivale, -1500, 0
unit.32=RFA Sir Bedivere, -1500, -800
unit.33=RFA Sir Galahad, -1500, -1600
unit.34=RFA Sir Lancelot, 1500, 0
unit.35=RFA Sir Geraint, 1500, -800
unit.36=RFA Sir Tristram, 1500, -1600
unit.37=AI_T2_RFA, -1500, 800
unit.38=AI_T2_RFA, 1500, 800
I began with HMS Fearless, 0, 0 and all other references in the formation are taken from her. unit.1=HMS Intrepid, 0, -1000 shows Intrepid is directly behind Fearless at 1000ft. The rest is easy!!
EDIT: Incidentally.. the problem Zsolt had yesterday related to the model he was trying to use. It was a pilotable model living in Airplanes so AIC couldn't see it. He's sorted now
ATB
DaveB
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I don't remember what was on the sim cfg's for the Tarawa's, probably just the enclosed ships, no formations. You can just
dump it in the aiCarriers folder, and they'll show up. I put all my AI stuff on individually titled cfg files, EG: US CV's, US surface combatants, IJN-JMSDF, RFN, RN CV's and RN surface combatants, soviet ect, ect. It keeps the cfg files from getting hairy, makes trouble shooting easier. Particularly now a days, with the plethora of AI warships and carriers of the past couple years. The last time I looked, I think I had close to 600 ships in there, in addition to the default, though many of those have been replaced. Quite a change from the situation just a couple of years ago. Now, we're scupper deep in ships.
dump it in the aiCarriers folder, and they'll show up. I put all my AI stuff on individually titled cfg files, EG: US CV's, US surface combatants, IJN-JMSDF, RFN, RN CV's and RN surface combatants, soviet ect, ect. It keeps the cfg files from getting hairy, makes trouble shooting easier. Particularly now a days, with the plethora of AI warships and carriers of the past couple years. The last time I looked, I think I had close to 600 ships in there, in addition to the default, though many of those have been replaced. Quite a change from the situation just a couple of years ago. Now, we're scupper deep in ships.