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Admiral, if the models are close enough, you could just change the textures to make the new ship. I wish ED Did this for one of their carriers so we could make the Nimitz, Dwight, and a Vinson that doesnt look like garbage lol.

Hey Admiral, the missing texture is likely a roughmet or normal map. you dont need high detail of either, but they help bring a LOT of life to models.

Okay, when I heard USS Constellation and USS America, I totally expected CVs -64 and -66 lol. Miscommunications aside, those are looking good.

Hey, Admiral! If the "Connie" mentioned was the USS Constellation, that would be fantastic to see. I've seen Big-E mentioned, but I have not seen the USS JFK. Those two (Enterprise and Kennedy) are my personal votes, but If you can find a good model for the early Nimitz class (CVNs -68, -69, and -70), that would be fantastic. If you wanted to add the lights, it would be great, but if not, a Generic model to handle all three ships would be just as good, I think.

So @Admiral189does this mean we will need to redownload your ships for them to work ingame?

Funny you mention this. I have 2 packs in development right now. CVW-9, on their 2001 Operation Enduring Freedom cruise, and after that is finished, I will resume work on my other pack, CVW-3 on the maiden cruise of the USS Harry S Truman. Past that, I don't have any specific plans, but these two will take quite some time.

Bill, what era of VAQ-130 do you intend to do? it would make me very happy if you did the 2000-2001 cruise lol

@mani.zaeimhttps://discord.com/channels/547961984658833408/693981721204621362/808502109036871711 That is a message link that explains what happened to them. They were removed from the community vote pool to prevent double voting.

@mani.zaeimHB chose the liveries to be a part of the base release, and there is a community vote to decide a favorite. That winner will receive a free module, I believe. and to address your "while they didn't participate in voting", every single livery here was in the LAG discord.

All I know is that the final deadline is January 28th. So, without a doubt, the winners will be picked sometime after then lol. Aside from that, I have no clue.

Aha, thank ya!

Hawkeye, Im a little confused, what has been changed in this update?

Gypsy 100, BuNo 162916 F-14B with VF-32 Swordsmen on the 2000-2001 maiden deployment of the USS Harry S. Truman Includes custom cockpit BuNo, patches and helmet, a custom Lantirn pod, grey AG munitions (textures by Eagle Dynamics), and fuel tank, as well as a tweak to the leading edge of the tail. Download link (Will also be posted to user files)

Nickel 100, BuNo 159428 F-14A with VF-211 Fighting Checkmates during the 2001-2002 Operation Enduring Freedom deployment. Includes custom Lantirn pod, helmets, flight suit, 3 different possible fuel tanks, and the grey variants of weapons (textures done by Eagle Dynamics), as well as tweaks to the tail's panel lines, and custom normal and roughmet work to remove the exterior reinforcement panels, which are usually inaccurate for A models (I say usually because it seems that every BuNo was different, and I could not find a true standard). Download link (will be posted to the user files)

You would have to ask them. I don't speak for the mod team, I'm just an excited community member lol

Yep, afaik the VNAO T-45 will be free.

Wolf, at some point, VNAO is going to release a T-45 mod with an EFM, custom cockpit, etc. It looks pretty freaking awesome, and afaik, its close-ish to ready. Personally, I'm speculating that it will be public within 3 months, but nothing has been released by the mod team.

The dark blue tail looks almost exactly like the jet I am working on. Do you know what year that was taken? I do plan on submitting something for the A as well, but not the Viggen, as that template gives me nightmares lol

I am working on the VF-32 Swordsmen HiVis as my submission, but its not ready yet.

@Maxter737 what sound mod do you use?

Anything advanced is probably not going to happen, because its locked behind the SDK. However, a simple aggressor A-4M (without anything fancy like most guided munitions or a targeting pod) would likely be possible if you wanted to give it a go.

The end goal was to do the whole squadron, but I was going to release 100, 101, and a Generic low vis first, as a part of a pack with the other jets of that cruise. VMFA-314, VFA-146 (the blue cag, not the murica cag lmao), VFA-147, and the supporting E2 and S3s. I have the Hornets mostly done, but I want to play with custom dirt and RoughMets before release, and the support planes are completely finished.

I have been summoned lol. Yeah, Im working on one of the cruises, or some combination of the two. The Millenium cruise deployed specifically to the Persian Gulf, while the Nov 2001-May 2002 cruise was focused on the North Arabian Sea. Not sure which exact one to do yet, but the stencils are pretty freaking similar on VF-211. Obligatory WIP screenshot included.

@eatthis All the information you need is contained in the very first post in this thread.

@Calinho That is an immense task. I make skins for fun, and I've only barely scratched the surface of cockpit texturing, so I can say for a fact that cleaning up the cockpit like that is going to be monstrously hard. If you really want to see a clean cockpit ingame, I encourage you to try your hand at texturing, because I don't think Heatblur is going to provide us that lol. PM me if you do end up trying, I'm intrigued with the idea