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New link posted See if it works It should, I looked at the files briefly.

Why thank you! Please, See your PM

The Brewster F2A Buffalo has been cleaned, washed and dried combed even! She is looking pretty spiffy Got to post number one to see her in all her glory!

The Human Connection This thread shall be dedicated to all things human. I will post as many human characters as I can find, and create, without killing myself, or them! They will encompass 1) static general public in various poses, 2) Static military troops in various poses 3) Armed troops with weapons once I find a good code base to use for them As these are declared as infantry in the sim, and using the sim args to make them behave realistically is time consuming and tedious to do, I have not done so. Perhaps in the future, once the tech is mastered. Up Date 2024.8.4 Afghanistan Humans have invaded my Hard drive! You too can have fun by downloading the link just below! Watch out for hidden knives!] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xnd5uthcsb1gwuqlnflj8/Afghanistan-Population-V1.21.zip?rlkey=cyr7yx5l9rhq2t927mhmk9seu&st=4nbd2xxq&dl=0 Up Date 2024.7.14 The French Army has assembled. I had at one point made a few fire weapons This no longer works Consider them as static, "Eye Candy" for now Once good code is found, they will be fixed. Note These are not OvGME ready to allow individual parts to be installed, instead of the whole mod There is no warranty, either express, nor implied that these will work! YMMV https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xrgjtfkxnnbhv1fgpibej/French-Army-V2.9.6.zip?rlkey=awzr3jnfbjamgwe25boczyl4k&st=9s26yg8i&dl=0 “Vive la liberté” A small sample of the contents Let get started! To begin, and I must say a very clever way around this human animation issue is used! May I present, The DCS Ski Team! Place them on a high mountain, give a few downhill way points, and let them have fun! I have armed most, but I do not think it works yet. Still investigating. With the up coming Afghanistan map, there is lots of desert. However, there are very large mountains! Perfect for a weekend out on the slopes! Saved games install OvGME ready Stay tuned! More to come! https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wa7zcmf2zws6jehuvdoge/The-Ski-Team-V1.0.0.zip?rlkey=m8uodh7zcri0uut1i1wezsoxj&st=f6ee9v1f&dl=0 I thought I was placing them on snow, it sure looked that way in the ME...... Must be Global Warming! Sure pissed the Sergent off! He looks angry! Now I need to give them all winter outfits! Feel free to paint the textures! I will add the liveries to the mod It a long way to the bottom boys, better strap in! Might be a rough ride! LOL Find all under infantry

I needed to make room in the hanger! This beauty shall be posted in this thread, As It was always planned to be part of the Pearl Project. Run, don't walk, to the first post! She will also be posted in the Hanger, so others can find her easier. This will take a few to release. Here is a tease!

I swear I heard someone say Vought SB2U Vindicator Was I mistaken?

This aircraft shall be towed to the Hanger soon for up-keep and maintenance. All issues I will attempt to solve Much has changed in the sim code since this was released. Your reports are welcome! They help make a better mod Cheers!

The Hawker awaits your inspection in the first post.

My bad! I am investigating the misbehaving glass and prop blur texture issue. In the mean time, I think we keep with the British theme for a bit. What do YOU think?

For any land vehicle to be user drivable there needs to be a connector called, "DRIVER_POINT" in the main lua, and added to the 3d model, ie: edm If you can find the lua, these changes can be tried without the connector in the edm Never tried this before, and I think the lua's are locked away If you do a search for SuntSag's pilot mod, there may be clues on how to accomplish this, Using his code.

DAMN! I thought I fixed that! Will fix today. Sorry for any inconvenience.

The "Duck Boats" DUKWs are still in use as tourist transport in harbor and river cities across the globe. The first "duck tour" company was started in 1946 by Mel Flath in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The company is still in operation under the name Original Wisconsin Ducks. Boston"s Duck boats are colorful, bulky, boat-like vehicles that travel throughout Boston on land and on water. Boston Duck Tours are 80-minutes in length - 60 minutes on land and 20 minutes on the Charles River. Boston Duck Tours began rolling through the streets of Boston in October 1994. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_tour The original "Ducks" were the actual Vehicles used for the Normandy beach landings! Released Because of the historical significance, and for FUN! A saved games install OvGME ready Enjoy! https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rsi3874eff7ihzmbf0n6h/The-Duck-Boats-V2.9.2.zip?rlkey=5v6cnq2wbahpm9vglzdjnei4q&st=zzjr60yv&dl=0

With a suggestion from @Silver_Dragon (Thank you!) I will be checking all these subs, and posting a complete list of the contents of each link/pack in the first post ASAP

Thanks to all. My focus is on WWII and Vietnam/Korea. So the Cold war shall get some attention. And love! Watch the TeT VWV thread for more goodies! And if you feel so inclined, Consider donating to Tripods efforts He is bringing the cold war to DCS in a big way! I have never asked for donations I do this out of Love for DCS Any donations should go to others creating WWII and cold war assets Support the Modders!

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https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5fkzwoab25bmfjsn9xe6y/The-DUKW-V2.9.0.zip?rlkey=6fbm42ifbes85k77uin8x4o9p&st=pvlpeyf4&dl=0 A little something extra for a thank you!\ For all your amphibious troop and equipment transport needs! Un armed.

After due consideration, and contemplation over the last few days, I have decided to continue! @Gogi12 Thank you for your comments I will change my work flow to focus on quality, not quantity. @Seaside You have been a dedicated supporter for a long time I appreciate the compliments! @352ndDeacon My friend, I have known you since the beginning of my modding journey. You, above all , deserve MY praise for your help throughout the years. THANK YOU! @tripod3 We have known each other for much less time, But You have great talent I am happy to assist you in any way I can. Thank you for understanding. And your comments. @bbtbmb I will continue, rest assured. @Beldin My good sir, Your comments took me by surprise! I know we ended our collaboration on a less than stellar note. My fault. i was hasty, and inconsiderate. and I I apologize. Please see your PM I have a offer you can not refuse! And it does not involve horses heads in bed! @Chap2012 I thank you as well All these votes helped sway my decision. To that end. please wander over to the Warbirtd hanger I am leaving something just for you all! Merci! I am humbled!

WOW! No matter what I post here, it seems Currenthill gets all the Glory! And responses And Praise! he does deserve it all A Master at his craft! Whats the Matter? Don't Like my offerings? I can find other things to spend my time on. This modding takes gobs of time. eating away at the remaining years of life I have left. Perhaps I need a breather. No more mods? If you want me to continue creating these assets, say so. Each vote counts toward my final decision. I think I will go fly the OH-58 And OH-6 Catuse That is all. Carry on..

See first post The Amphibious Vehicles Two versions of the Volkswagen Schwimmwagen A Bonus Volkswagen Beetle,Type 1 circa 1942 all un armed Sitting targets! One Ford GPA Jeep Armed

Presented by I began this mod many moons ago Although it worked, I was never happy with how it looked in sim Then, today, A LIGHT BULB went off! A Torus! Of course! The effect has improved to the point I am releasing this as a Beta, Proof of Concept Add On. Three Island included One as a Plain, inactive island so a comparison can be done It is slightly smaller as well With active Lave flows!! A collision has been created for Hawaii Not tested Most likely does not work There is a limit to how large a collision can be, and work in sim A note of importance Please find them under ships Do not give any way points if you want them to be there when you return! Leave a static In the ME, when to try to look at the image of the Islands, they are so large, you can not see them very well They are very large, Made to be close to RL as I could. Stay in the main view to set up mission if using them A saved games install OvGME ready From High res images and models from Sketch Fab, Free. A "Proof of Concept" Release. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3gkmp84pc3r20ob8hb6qi/South-Pacific-Islands-Eruption-V2.9.0.zip?rlkey=5mhk4qgn1imbnritdryw85gcb&st=35t5nr26&dl=0 A WIP, and will be improved as inspiration is received!

Inspecting the offerings! I"ll take the burger and beer!

We have a new up-date! First post shall reveal all!

The Knights of the Sea This is NOT a link to the sim of a similar name! Long in the making, and finally here, Presents, The Knights of the Sea Patrol Torpedo Boats In DCS A large collection of boats Took forever to make them all work as intended. It required a sim Up-date as well. A labor of love! There are a few from Markindel as well, re made by me to work in the current build All work is my own A saved games instal OvGME ready The included boats, all as separate mods inside the main zip ELCO 80 Class PT Boat German Torpedo Boat T14 Higgins Motor Torpedo Boat PT-73 IJN Torpedo Boat No 2 IJN Torpedo Boats Motor Torpedo Boat PT-3 and PT-6 Patrol Torpedo Boat PT-109 Pacific Patrol Torpedo Boat PT-328 Pacific PBR 31 Mk.II Patrol Boat Riverine Royal Navy Fairmile C Motor Gun Boat SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser Schnellboot S11 Swift Patrol Boat Torpedo Boat PT-109 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8hkoc4nk9t2htkicv7uij/Knights-of-the-Sea.zip?rlkey=f7nqzrhhui1941d44h2cpbhb3&st=lgv2da7d&dl=0 Please report any bugs or issues to me via PM I will fix them ASAP PT Boats of World War II: From Home Front to Battle US Navy/National Archives 80-G-345819 Introduction PT (Patrol, Torpedo) boats were small, fast, and expendable vessels for short range oceanic scouting, armed with torpedoes and machine guns for cutting enemy supply lines and harassing enemy forces. Forty-three PT squadrons, each with 12 boats were formed during World War II by the U.S. Navy. PT boat duty was very dangerous and the squadrons suffered an extremely high loss rate in the war. From Design Competition to Home Front Production In 1938 the US Navy sponsored a design competition to small boat builders with a challenge to create a highly mobile attack boat. Prizes were awarded for the winning PT boat designs. Not long after the U.S. entry into the war, there were roughly a dozen separate manufacturers of PT boats from the United States, Canada and Great Britain supplying the US Navy. Eventually Elco (Elco Motor Yachts) with a factory located in Bayonne, New Jersey and Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana were the dominant two builders with Elco producing the largest number. In the later years of the war the U.S. Navy standardized the design and construction of the PT boat. Two basic and distinctly different types of PT Boats were built for combat with the predominant PT, the 80-foot long "Elco" boat, and the slightly smaller 78-foot long "Higgins” boat. By the end of World War II, 399 Elco PTs had been built. Higgins built 199 or 205 PTs, depending on which figures are used. Elco answered the call to design a PT boat by purchasing a new Scott-Paine motor torpedo boat from England and having it shipped to Electric Boat’s Groton plant. Dubbed PT-9, America’s first PT boat was subjected to numerous sea trials, alone and against other PTs in prototype stages. Over the next two years, PT-9 and subsequent Elco-improved PTs won a series of comparison “plywood derbies” In 1939 Elco doubled the size of its plant and tripled its capacity in order to build PTs. At the height of its PT boat production, Elco employed more than 3,000 men and women working three shifts a day six days a week. They produced, on average, one PT boat every 60 hours. Along with Elco, Higgins Industries made a strong impression with its PT boats in the “plywood derbies." Based in New Orleans, Higgins Industries was a small boat company owned by Andrew Jackson Higgins. Higgins built a wide array of boats. Most World War II historians often equate the beach landing crafts used at Normandy and Iwo Jima simply as “Higgins boats." The first Higgins PT boats were used against the Imperial Japanese forces in the Battle for the Aleutian Islands and in the Mediterranean against Nazi Germany and her allies. They were used to support the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. PT boats were used for harassing enemy shore installations, supporting friendly troop landings, destroying floating mines, sinking enemy shipping targets, destroying enemy landing barges, rescuing downed pilots, landing partisans behind enemy lines, and attacking enemy island outposts. A smiling, shirtless Lt. John F. Kennedy in cockpit of PT-109 Lieutenant John F. Kennedy sitting in the cockpit of World War II Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109. Photographer unknown. Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston. A Future U.S. President’s Tale of Heroism: PT-109 Perhaps the best known PT was skippered by Lieutenant and later U.S. President John F. Kennedy. An 80-foot Elco boat, PT-109 was operating in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific and joined 14 other PT boats for a nighttime ambush of four enemy destroyers and supply ships of Japan’s “Tokyo express." Most of the PT boat attack force fired their compliment of torpedoes and headed for home, but three boats stayed behind including the 109. In the confusion and darkness at sea, Lieutenant Kennedy noted a vague shape approaching him. He assumed it was a sister PT boat, but soon discovered it was a Japanese destroyer. Kennedy attempted to swing his boat into position to fire a torpedo, but was not fast enough. The much larger destroyer hit the 109 broadside at full speed nearly splitting the much smaller wooden boat in half. Kennedy and the survivors swam nearly 3 miles to a small island. After a week of surviving on small islands with the help of Solomon Islands locals, Kennedy and the 109’s surviving crew were rescued by PT-157. two photos: left: long ship with spotted paint moving quickly through water. Color photo of same ship in a building. PT 617 in the water in the 1940s and in 2007 at Battleship Cove, MA.

First post up-dated! We have a On the tarmac!

From thingvese The ;lens cost 68.00 US 30.00 filament Three weeks to create The eyepieces and other hardware I already owned. Total cost, about 100.00 US