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Watch out for those radio masts sticking up around the flight deck, they were only up when in harbour or at cruising stations, at flying stations they were down and well out of the way of any aircraft and helo's approaching and working the deck. Same applies to guardrails and flag masts on the flight deck, if the ship had any, always removed for flying stations. Flags normally fly from the main yard's at sea. Bonnie is looking good. :thumbup:

Some of the things you mention are already available Lunatic, in 3rd party Mods, but not all. Rangers Assets Packs, VP's Airfields Pack, to name but 2. I look around the Nevada Map and some of that stuff would be wonderful to have, and would fit in with the other maps depending on your mission period. Sadly I have not found any way to extract that stuff from the game, so it would be nice if ED could make some of it available in the Mission Editor. I would particularly like some of the new trees, they are great. We live in hope !! :thumbup:

Now that I am getting used to the new Causcasus Map and working out its little foibles, I am loving it, it just looks so much better than before. Within the ME we have the same old buildings as we have always had, some of them really quite poor for the modern map. Is there a plan to add other or newer buildings to this feature, I would particularly like to be able to add some trees in a few places. We can remove them, it would be great to add a few back where we want them. Is that being considered, is it even possible, I appreciate the trees might not be as simple as it sounds.

You can do that yourself, stop/cancel the torrent as soon as it starts and it gives you the option to go to an HTTP download.

Sorted - Thanks SkateZilla.

Brilliant, thank you. :thumbup:

I can confirm this problem is being caused by my very old RFA Wave Ruler mod that was designed for DCS 1.5. I have been trying to fix it for a while to get it to work in DCS 2.5 and have finally given up, its not a texture problem but a model problem and I cannot seem to be able to fix it, sorry. You will have to remove both models from your game to get rid of that horrible wake problem REMOVE RFA Wave Ruler AND USNS Patuxent, both ships use the same model base. Once you have removed both the issue should go away.

If you place the new building just off to the side of the old one very slightly it will stay on the ground, it only does that when you place it right on top of the old building. It takes a little trial and error to work out how far you have to move it but its easily done. As a rule of thumb if you place the square of the new one just over half way off the square of the old one you should get the right result. Here is an example of it, the rather ugly old Restaurant building at Batumi removed and replaced with one of VP's buildings, plus a few extra's:

Mods to Helicopter lua's. We have many helicopters in DCS and not all of them can land or take off from ships. I have yet to see any helicopter than cannot land on or take off from a CVN. Mods to Aircraft lua's. Many of the weapon loadouts are incorrect, a minor detail change that used to easily done by users. Mods to db_countries.lua. We have new countries being added to the game all the time, with no facility within the db_countries.lua to add the aircraft or helo's they fly. For example India. They fly Migs, Su30's, An32's, A50's, Il76's, C17, C130, Tu52 etc etc.. You can add India to a Blue coalition, but you cant fly the aircraft. Another simple Mod that could be done easily by users.

Hi mate, thank you for quick reply. There was nothing in the log that I could see, but I dont know everything I see in there sometimes, so I tried it again after a PC restart and it worked okay. Guess that was a one off. Thanks again, I just needed to know it was okay elsewhere.

Added India to Blue Side. Game froze. Nothing in coalition window would work, had to restore PC to desktop. Tried to run game, froze at 55% loading. Removed all Mods back to clean instal, game still freezing at 55%. Removed default_coalition file from Saved Games Mission Editor file, game now starts properly again. Tried to add India again - same problem.

Is it me or is there something weird going on with the Upload / Download site. One minute there is 1 page with 1 new download only available, 2 minutes later there are 5 pages of what appear to be new downloads available, and 2 minutes after that we are back to 1 page again but with different downloads, then a few hours later we have all the usual pages again. Or have I been hitting the Rum bottle too much again !!! :(

Yep, that fixed it, thanks.

Same issue - Every time I log in to 2.5 Beta. I go to the support site as suggested and it says DO NOT report any problems with 2.5 Beta. What do you suggest we do next.

Be aware that you no longer appear to be able to mod anything in the database files, any changes made to individual aircraft and the db_countries files and the game will not start. What a bummer that is. :badmood:

I'm getting the key to bind the password every time I start the game, I have tired to ignore it and I have tried to bind it, but it doesn't work. I have an authorised password and its showing up in the Module Manager so why is this a problem ?

Brilliant Mustang, have been too busy to look at this issue in detail yet but your post has made my day, its great to know it can be done. Many thanks mate. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Have tried several ways to do this with same results as you so far, I have been trying to replace that horrible concrete skin they use for the fuel points at airfields with something more realistic. I can remove it with an empty.tga file, but other parts of the map (where the same file is also used) go all black. I have tried the same processes as you, replacing like with like, same results every time. Have not given up hope but this does not bode well for anyone wishing to make the kinds of texture changes we had previously, (I loved Highways Villages Mod). Things are very different now so its not going to be easy. If I come up with a solution I will post it here.

Found this whilst trawling through the Shapes folder in 2.5, not implemented in game yet but looks nice, comes in 2 parts, Truck and Tank Trailer.

Found it. Not something I will be trying to change this time, way too difficult.

Has anyone found the file that lists the cars and trucks used in the AI civilian traffic. The stuff running all over the place on the Caucasus Map specifically. It used to be called RoutesTypes.cfg - that listed what vehicles and trains ran, types, sequences, duration, mixture etc etc. It was easy to adjust and easy to change in all manner of ways. I want to add to it but damned if I can find it anywhere, anyone got any ideas where it is or what its now called ? I'm not asking about the Civ Traffic Setting in the Main Settings Menu, I know what that does and thats not what I'm trying to find.

It needs upgrading to work in DCS 2.5. Ajax is going to have a look at it to see if it can be done, 2.5 is very different to earlier versions of the game. Give him time, he will let us know on here when and if it can be done.

Oban, keep in mind the game updates will reinstate the old edm's each time, so the best way to do that is to create a JSGME File and re-install each time after an update.

Sorry guys, my PC screwed up the first dropbox link and I screwed up the second. This link should contain everything. Shapes Folder with the correct updated edm's Texture Files including the missing cockpit texture an example description.lua to show you what lines to add link deleted

Here, try this one, there is a fix for the missing canopy in there as well. Link deleted, missing file, new link added below