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RCN Grey - with desc.lua for static https://www.dropbox.com/s/ccabhewzmzyc942/CrazyEddies RCN SeaKing Grey.zip?dl=0

RCN SeaKing Final - had to make some compromises to get this to look half decent, its a different airframe to the original and there is some bad stretching in vital places that needed skinning, so I fiddled around the issues. https://www.dropbox.com/s/yv7ougeqzxzsvjd/CrazyEddies RCN Sea King.zip?dl=0 To create the static version simply drop the same file into the Westland Static folder and use this description.lua instead of the one in the livery. description.lua

I'm using version 0.05 released 23 Jul 2022 and its working fine in my Beta. I have just looked on page 1 of this thread and that appears to be the most recent update. My Beta is up to date. OR, am I confused and we are talking about another Tucano ? If the answer to that question is Yes then my apologies, if its No then it is working.

Nice work Neo, like it. 1st draft of the RCN version. Not happy with it, needs a lot more work. The tail is badly stretched on both sides and the texture distorted, I am finding it impossible to make the DANGER sign for the tail, so that may not be added. Its a different airframe to the RCN aircraft and some adjustments will have to be made to fit things in where they might not actually fit all that well, its a bit of a game !!!

Steve - get it here. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1veQ_U23h1GLs0M33diF5LFpvp9VtXBEr/view?usp=sharing

Many thanks Morpheus ...

Try this Google link - LET ME KNOW IF IT WORKS PLEASE https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ElZXWLzFScqe__6WixaCE2rDyLNH72kX/view?usp=sharing Stratos - I would do that but I have not got any Indian fonts. If you know what the font name is I will try to find it.

I overused my free 20gb bandwidth allocation (first time ever !!) and now they have blocked me for 24 hours, sorry guys, you will have to wait. Edit - Just trying my Google Drive account to see if that will work - wait 5

Sorry - Dropbox are trying to force me to buy a yearly package and I dont intend to pay that kind of price, so they have blocked my account. I have a free 2GB package which is more than enough for what I want, I will try to restore that.

Okay - Here is my heavily doctored version of your super MOD, with all my new liveries. Its a big file now but I have reduced the textures to just .dds files, so that should help with downloading it a bit. The static aircraft are now in the Helicopters drop down in the ME, folded blades and open blades, you cant find them under the structures option any more. That list is alfa numeric (normally, but not always) so the westlands stuff tends to drop to the bottom of that list, if you cant see it beside the sikorsky look below it. NOW - This works flawlessly for me in my Beta game, but Oban had trouble getting the liveries to show up with this version yesterday, he found that he had to move all of the aircraft .lua files from the database folder and drop them in beside the entry.lua, which is where most other mods have them, and that solved the problem. I have no idea why that happened for him in that way because mine are still in the database folder as you will see, and mine works perfectly, but if you have an issue try that first. Link broken -

This is the last one ... I'm taking a break from modding for a wee while. Here is the complete set with all the latest updates to them, minor changes, better soot markings etc etc etc . Delete the previous versions and use these. Depending on how you have this mod set up in your game will depend on how you see the liveries, so you might have to make adjustments to this pack to get it to work in your game. https://www.dropbox.com/s/e4rhbm7q7l2dmge/Crazy Eddies Sea King Liveries.zip?dl=0

Oban - I'll pm you.

When I joined the Corps the RN was just phasing out the naval Whirlwinds, and you are right, they were bloody useless. I was on 845 and 846 Sqns when we flew Wessex 5's and their payload wasnt all that great either, they actually led to the Land Rover Company developing the Lightweight Land Rover specifically for 3 Cdo Bde , so that we Bootnecks could air lift them ashore from the Carriers, a normal LR SWB/GS was far too heavy even stripped down to the bare bones. I had moved back into the Bde when the Sea Kings arrived so never got to play with those. Actually learned my MAOT/ATC job partly on RAF Puma's, we liked those beasts, good payload. My first helo was the wee Sioux, we used them as airborne FAC platforms. Happy days.

The glass issue is resolved, it was my version of the mod, I had screwed it up, now fixed. Year and years ago I saw a dark blue RN Sea King with dayglo panels, might have been on HMS Ark Royal IV or HMS Eagle, but I have never been able to find an image of it. They moved on to the light sea grey airframes after that and used those up until the death of RN Air Sea Rescue. Decided to do it anyway: mmarques - I will try an Aussie skin next.

I only realsied last night that I have been rendering the glass incorrectly on my skins, Eight Ball is sorting me out on that and I will eventually redo all of my skins again with better looking glass, it will take a little time but I will get there. Nothing wrong with the skins otherwise, keep using them for now, I'm always tweeking stuff.

Look on the previous page (10), its not the one with a playing cards but its the same paint scheme. (They were based at HMS Seahawk (RNAS Culdrone) and did from time to time deploy to the carriers. The ones based in Scotland had a wee Saltire painted on the nose, very pretty.

I know why. The turning rotor blades are a different texture file, I had forgotten how that animation was done these days. Try this - yellow instead of white: https://www.dropbox.com/s/f0lox6kho08ajaj/Armada.zip?dl=0

RN Sea Kings HMS Ark Royal 1987 - 019 HAS5 - 182 AEW2. I'm not really happy with the font on these numbers so I will try to find a better match from the huge store of fonts I have before I add them to the pack. Then I might do a couple of the really dark blue Sea Kings on Ark Royal IV - the Phantom era carrier.

Done - download the link again.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/85f7a0t2xmivkab/Armada.zip?dl=0 (Link Updated)

Voy a hacer por ti, I think thats the right Spanish, my Spanish is pretty crap, sorry !! - I will do that for you, watch this space.

Somebody asked for these so here they are, earlier than I intended. I normally like to see the Mod finished before I do stuff for it but I do like this Sea King so started on it last week: Known issues - The 845 Sqn Sea King is the wrong model, The RN Cdo Version has a simpler wheel arrangement and several other differences, so I had to fit things around what I had and the Sikorsky version fitted the need better than the Westland. Likewise the Westland Rescue versions are also different models so again I fitted things to the model as best I could, sliding doors in a different place etc etc etc - its all a bit of a compromise. There is a bit of stretching on the model so some lettering appears a bit distorted in places, my software could not correct for that, sorry. I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOUR GAME IS SET UP, and there is no point in telling me - So if you have issues with either the flying or the static versions I suggest you check a livery that does work and compare the description.lus in that livery to what I have done and make any changes that might be required. This came about because some of the mod liveries did not work and I made a huge change to the mod to get it to work they way I prefer it, in that process I changed the description.lua's on some liveries to get them to work. There are a couple of different liveries for each one, with a generic unmarked if you want to do your own. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ximab4bghwo8myw/CrazyEddies Livereies for Eightballs Sea King.zip?dl=0

All WIP - I wont release these until eightball has decided how he is going to do the Liveries, there wont work on the current setup without changes to the description.lua's. I will do a few more in due course.