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Sorry to tell you guys my skins were created for the original ED/Tomcatz Kutz model, the new Kutz model (2017) is completely different and would require a complete set of new skins to create Lioning. The older model Kutz is still available in the game, you can have my skins as a Liveries add on if you want them but I doubt the older model Kutz will remain in the game for very long, its poor quality compared to the new model.

I still exist ... and so does that skin, I'm still above ground and still modding, but not on here. The Lioning was a very old skin done for the original Tomcatz Kutz model, I have no idea if it fits the new ED model or not, but I will have a look and let you know in a day or two. I wont be doing a Queen Elizabeth skin for the Nimitz model, sorry, it's too much work and I'm too busy with other stuff these days.

Manual Start ... well I never !! How long have we had that in the game ?? :bored::bored:

The original Mistral Mod was created by a chap called Lilkiki, he asked me to rework the deck skins for him which I did. Sadly he then died quite suddenly and I decided to finish the Mod off for him. I discovered the models belonged to Turbo Tape Games and Lilkiki had not sought permission from them to convert and use the model. I sought that permission and the guys there were were very generous and forgiving, so I finished the Mod off and cleared it through the correct channels with ED for inclusion in the download site, which was agreed after they had seen the written permissions. Some months later ED decided to remove that Mod along with many others. I have updated the Mod twice since then for private use but after a recent game update I decided its was not worth all the extra work. The last version that worked in the game was somewhere around the early 2.5 stage. The model itself is really quite poor compared to what is now being done by other ships modders, a certain amount of fancy paintwork can overcome some of the issues but no amount of painting can overcome a very basic edm with many parts missing or incorrectly located/made. In view of that fact a new and better model is being considered I will not be resurrecting it. I hope that explain it adequately for everyone.

Much better map, I have both, Gulf is good but its mostly sand, Syria has a bit of everything and the detail is excellent, go for Syria.

Excellent idea, really well executed, we all have slightly different perspectives on what looks best so a bit of compromise is always required, I'm looking forward to your improvements. Well done mate, I know how much work goes into this kind of Mod, I have played around with the vfs textures a bit myself and its not an easy thing to do or get absolutely right. :thumbup:

Excellent Admiral, great detail and fine workmanship. :thumbup:

Look up The Royal Marines Armoured Support Group on Normandy beaches, they had Centaur Tanks in their LCM's, used to fire in the first assault waves on D Day. So not as weird as it might sound, but I wondered how an LCAC would cope with a modern tank gun. I'm still curious to know if its been tested, cant find anything to show you yet. However, here is a RMASG Centaur, currently sitting beside Pegasus Bridge in France. Restored by an old mate of mine a few years ago and in very good condition.

Sorry Admiral, I meant have they ever tried that in real life ... the animation and your models are excellent, I'm very impressed.

Have they ever tried that - M1A1 Tank Gun firing off moving LCAC, with a bit of sea swell and nice wet deck - I have this crazy image of how it would go in my mind: :cry: BANG .... SH*T ! ... SPLASH !! But seriously, have they ?

Patience was the key ... and the problem, lack of in my case !! :music_whistling:

Thanks mate, cart before horse again !!!

15 Jul 2020 - Game Update 2.5.6.50979 wont update to 2.5.6.52196 - Updater says the game is up to date, which it clearly isnt !!

The selection of buildings in the ME drop down menu has hardly changed in the lifetime of the game and to be honest they are pretty poor in terms of quality and usefulness. The game maps are now full of wonderful fixed buildings, trees, bridges, you name it we have them on the maps, but we cant access them and its so frustrating having to use stuff that is well past its sell by date. Is there a plan to update or add them to the drop down menu's ?

Given the severity of the potential problems this could cause you would think ED might see fit to put something on their main page to warn people about it. Something noticeable, something bold.

HMS Bulwark, and HMS Albion, both LPD's, are still on Royal Navy strength. Are you confusing HMS Bulwark with HMS Ocean, which was an LPH, which we recently sold to Brazil. USS Oak Hill looks superb.

Latest Beta, just a simple mission on the Caucasus map, 1 aircraft flying along (any aircraft, it makes no difference), nothing else. I have a decent machine, 500GB SSD, Nvidia GTX 1080, 32 GB Ram, i7-6850K CPU. Windows 10, ALL drivers up to date, I even tried rolling the GTX back to see if it made any difference, it did not.

Vanilla game, no mods, just the game. Caucasus map can take up to 3 minutes to load what is just a simple mission of 1 aircraft, the Channel map with the same aircraft loads up almost instantly, as do the Persian Gulf and NTTR maps. There is something amiss with the Caucasus map, nothing in the log file to tell me what it might be. For the record I have removed the game from my PC, installed a fresh copy, run repairs at least 8 times and I still have to reduce my Gama settings from 2.2 to 1.7 to make the game viewable/playable without eye strain.

The Channel, or as we know it in the UK, The English Channel, goes all the way from The Western Approaches to The North Sea, so this map isn't actually a Channel Map. It covers the sea area known as The Strait of Dover, so you could correctly call it the Strait of Dover Map if you wish to give it a nautical name. That said I am reminded this is just a game, so it worries me not. You may call it whatever you like, no blood will be spilt on it and I'm sure we can still enjoy it, warts and all. :pirate: Late Edit: See next post down: I support dis80786's view, it could be astounding.

I lived in the SE in the 1950's - 60's living in Bexhill and Margate, and I spent time in the military at Deal. I also worked at Dover port in the 1980's. I bought the map assuming it would be reasonably accurate historically, and I have to say I would be hard pressed to say it was a map of Kent in the war years. It's more like the Kent I remember in the 1980's. That said it's a damn sight better than Normandy, in many respects, so I can live with the errors. Its only a game after all, not real life !

I am getting the same issues, with the same time scales. Getting from there to flying a single aircraft over a completely empty map, no mods, can take up to another 4 minutes, it seems to be sticking at 88% most of the time on the loading screen and 'please wait' when loading a mission. I have a high end machine running Windows 10, everything is up to date, drivers etc etc. Tried removing the game and reinstalling - same issues persist.

Vanilla game, no mods, with the latest update on a high end PC. From hitting the exe to getting a simple mission of 1 aircraft on the Caucasus map to actually fly took just short of 7 minutes, that has been the worst time frame tested over the last 2 day, sometimes its been a little less, but not by much. Tried it again with all my Mods added, no difference. Not unplayable, but unacceptable.

All the WW2 stuff is encrypted now, if you can find it, and open it, do tell us, we would all love to know how you did it. As Harker said, even if you do manage to change it, it will fail the security regime they have created and the boat will not appear in the game. That's my understanding of the current situation with WW2 stuff.

Apex - the first thing you need to do is learn how to set up JSGME in your game, so that you can edit the lua's. You have to do it this way because every time the game updates the lau's that you changed will be restored to their original state. To avoid that JSGME allows you to instal your changes, then uninstall them before they game updates, then reinstal them again when the update is completed. Do this first, then I'll tell you how to make your mods to make them carrier capable. Start here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=98607 PM me when you have cracked this ... its a good learning curve to get you started.

You can still edit the Mig and Su25 lua's, make them carrier capable. No hook, but they do take off and land on carriers. I suspect that will change soon, but you can for now.