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Wanted to share some screenshots with a mix of ships & subs docked in Guam.

Oh, my what is that I see in the back ground, is that a shape of a Blueridge I see!

I'm guessing angled deck, I really can't see a straight deck since Magnitude 3 is making one to go with the F4U Corsair that's coming out soon.

Hey @Bungo does the S-2G Tracker come with the mod? I happen to taken a quick peek at it and I could not find it as a static object.

Thanks @jocko417& @Mizzyfor your guys help, I'm now on the right path.

Sorry I meant to say do I need to have a common texture fold. I see what you’re saying sadly my mind is trying to make it harder than it needs to be, but I still can't get it to work.

SO just drop it in the VSN-F104G folder but not in its own?

There is an RN livery for the sea king but the db_countries that comes with it no longer works for me. I used to have to place it back in the scripts folder after every update. After many try’s I ended up giving up making it work. Maybe ED will get around fixing it or just wait for RAZBAM’s SH-3. Royal Navy Sea King: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3310330/

I have but I'm not sure if I installed in the right order. My understanding is you need to place the common textures in the same folder as the skin you are wanting to use right?

Hey there, I was wondering if someone can help me understand how to install the skins the right way. I know what files need to be placed, but every time I copy & paste the contents the outcome is still the same just like what is shown in the photo below.

I have to say I got a bit excited when I found out about this mod, it gives the carrier in DCS some much-needed variety. Thanks, Admiral189 & Kobra for making this happen, I can't wait to see the next update's come out for it.

I don't know much about the mod, I know its about one or two years old and the modder was Hawkeye. I'll send you more details on it in discord.

Hmm, the Belknap & the Knox models look familiar to me; they look like the ones from the game Cold Waters.

Officially: HeatBlur is making the Forrestal class carrier, RAZBAM is mostly making amphibious ships & small carriers that the harrier can take off and land from like Invincible, Ocean, Hermes, Wasp, Tarawa, & Guam. Miltech showed they were making an Essex class for the F4U-1D Corsair but there has been no update on that. Scuttlebutt: I heard a small bit about the Enterprise being added to DCS once the Marianas Map comes out, both CV-6 & CVN-65. But this is just a rumor, and I would take it with a grain of salt. Mods: There are some aircraft carrier mods out there, one is the Charles de Gaulle which is not bad. Another is Joey45 1981 HMS Hermes. There is one being worked on, HMAS Melbourne but the Modder wants to wait until the community A-4E-C releases their EFM. I did find one more carrier the Sao Paulo, looks very nice but badly needs a refit, had to do some troubleshooting to get it to work and once I did you could see it needed some updating both code & the model to bring it to the latest version of DCS. With the F-8J Crusader coming out and the A-4E-C been out for a good while, the Sao Paulo (Ex-Clemenceau-class) would make a good addition to DCS.

Hey Admiral how is the Kidd DDG coming along?

Is anyone having a hard time getting the SH-3 to work again? For whatever reason, my copy of db_countries.lua from the RN & RCAF skin is making my DCS freezes at 11% in the load screen when I lunch DCS.

The link in the very first post on page one.

Yeah, RAZBAM is making an AI SH-3 for the Falkland Islands map, I do remember hearing a strong rummer that they may do a fully flying module once some of the ongoing projects are done or close to being done, but again it was a rummer and plans can change so who knows whats going on with that. On the subject of using the UH-60 to make the SH-3 tail wheel not bounce, does it change anything on how the SH-3 folds up once the aircraft is parked?

Nice job, looks pretty good. I'm not sure what happened to Johnny and his work, most likely got tied up with life and had to step away or something. Is there any way you can share the skin work you did monkie? I've been working on a Vietnam mission for some time and I've been wanting to change out the default skin for a while, and I'm not sure just what RAZBAM SH-3 version is going to look like.

Yeah, Admiral, I don’t think ED will add any more ships to DCS for a while, if they did it most like in another modules or assets pack for a new map like Mariana island map, other then RAZBAM there are two other third-party makers that are making AI ships. We all know HeatBlur is doing there Forrestal Class Carrier, Deka Ironwork Simulations has their Chinese Assets Pack with a nice amount of Chinese ships in it. I’m keeping my eye on Magnitude 3 LLC there making a Long-hull Essex class carrier for the F4U-1 Corsair, there also making F-8J Crusader which I cannot wait for but there no word yet, if they’re going to make a carrier to go with it like the Midway class or Long-hull Essex class carrier or if it will work with any of the carriers that are already in-game.

Thanks, man, I will keep that in mind. I don't want to give you a list not until you get caught with what you're working on and fixing right now, also I want to wait and see what the third-party devs and ED will bring out for AI ships. If you look at the vacant model's list sofar only RAZBAM is planning on making a lot of them but I'm a wait and see kind of old salt then listen to scuttlebutt. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=4076891#post4076891

WOW, I’m impressed Admiral, it looks just like the 3d model that was used in promoting and final pick model thanks. Thanks for sharing the links that you use to find the ships, I feel like a kid peeking in the window outside of a toy store. I have a bit of a thing for older cold warships then newer ones, so its fun to see if there any there that’s on my bucket list.

You would be right Gerbilskij they never added twin-arm missile launchers on the Spruance class but on a different class of ship that the US Navy never really ordered. I’ll post a link talking about it but in short, this is what happens. The last Shah of Iran ordered six to be built then changed it to four, after the Iranian Revolution happen the order of the ships were canceled and turned over to the Navy which became the Kidd class of DDGs. In the early, to mid-2000s they were taken out of serves and sold to the Republic of China to be used if their navy. Design-wise I think it's interesting that the Spruance, Kidd, & Ticonderoga class ships use the same main hull shape when they were being built, only the Kidd and Ticonderoga’s had there extended by 38 feet. Kidd class DDG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidd-class_destroyer

Well looks like you will be able to give the FFGX a name now. Not sure if you heard but the Sec Nav just announced that the lead ship will be named USS Constellation (FFG-62).

First time taking & editing screne shots, I'm quite happy how they came out. :)