Majesco Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 Hey guys, I came back to the work of the F/A-18C mod for the Su-33 which I’ve ever had an intend to give it up, I couldn’t find how to fix a problem for 2 months Now, I need more time to fix sum things more and add a new quick mission, an F-18 startup screen for the mod The reason why I’ve ever had an intend to give the F-18C mod up was a problem: _ Su-33 has 12 pylons while the F/A-18C has only 9 pylons, so it seemed to be Ok I could load weapons on all stations in loadout screen for the F-18 but it’s not like that. All weapons couldn’t be load under F-18C’s stations number 7, 8 and 9 on the right wing so I couldn’t use them I solved in another way: tried to make new 3 imaginary/ invisible pylons in MEinit for the F/A-18C (9 reals + 3 virtual pylons =12 pylons = Su-33)......and the result seems to be succeeded........Everything’s Ok Let’s take a look on some in-game screenshots: I can now fly the Su-33 with the shape of F-18C with some features of Su-33 (refuelling boom, tailhook) and other features of F-18 (max speed, max fuel, max height, etc....) And now I wanna poll all guys: Which external color of the F/A-18 canopy do all people like the most ? _ Default Blue F-18 canopy Or Mitch Janssen’s Grey F-18 canopy: 1
warthogmadman987 Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 keep up the good work, will download. I vote for Mitch's grey color!
Ghostrida9 Posted February 8, 2007 Posted February 8, 2007 :pilotfly:oh yea awesome,so I just hope that the plane ain't "too high" above the Ground while taxiing, cause there was always those problem with any mod, looked like the Plane was hovering above the Ground, kinda Problem with the Shape I think, anyway I vote 4 Mitch's grey color, no doubt.:thumbup: RAF Gütersloh Airbase Project Now or Never
Hellcat61 Posted February 9, 2007 Posted February 9, 2007 Sweetness! I've been hankerin' for some traps on the Stennis. Woot! I'm glad you finally got the tail hook to work. "When you're out of Tomcats, you're out of fighters!"
Majesco Posted February 9, 2007 Author Posted February 9, 2007 I just hope that the plane ain't "too high" above the Ground while taxiing No, i couldn't correct what you said
Hellcat61 Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 When can we expect a mirror to download this mod? "When you're out of Tomcats, you're out of fighters!"
Majesco Posted February 10, 2007 Author Posted February 10, 2007 sorry guys, i've just found a new bug: my FA-18 could fire AA missiles, drop unguided cluster bombs as well as he could carry all kind of bombs, AGMs.... but he couldn't drop laser bombs, GBUs & AGMs, i need more time to find what it's and fix it No any other mirror, i'll send the file to Thomas Dweiss and he'll upload to LOfiles
Majesco Posted February 10, 2007 Author Posted February 10, 2007 :D, there're some things that i can't correct
Shotsx74 Posted February 10, 2007 Posted February 10, 2007 There is a way to correct the AB and the wing folding, I am not sure how but if you look at the VBA's mod theres is corrected as well as an out dated one for 1.02.
Hellcat61 Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Any updates man? Im pretty psyched!! "When you're out of Tomcats, you're out of fighters!"
Aeroscout Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 WOW! cant wait! Iv always wanted a F-18 Mod with a tail hook! Nice work! Rep inbound! DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices
Aeroscout Posted February 12, 2007 Posted February 12, 2007 Oh, and a question for ThomasDWeiss; could this be instaled over the Crimerian Air Wars Mod with carrier ops so that the Su-33 could be flew on the American side, not the Russian? or is ther a simple game file i can edit to change this? Thanks. DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices
Prophet Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 MEinit.xml to add Su-33 to US. I can write in here how, but not at my desktop, I will get it in here if someone else doesnt beat me to it.
Aeroscout Posted February 13, 2007 Posted February 13, 2007 well, with carrier OPS, the Su-33 is already avalable with the US, so replacing it with the F/A-18 Mod should work, right? DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices
Majesco Posted February 15, 2007 Author Posted February 15, 2007 F-18C's afterburner position is corrected, let's see 1
Shotsx74 Posted February 15, 2007 Posted February 15, 2007 Nicely done, were you able to correct the folding issue? I think there is a way to make the SU-33 on the U.S. side to and not the R.U. side.
Aeroscout Posted February 15, 2007 Posted February 15, 2007 Will the AI Su-33 still look like the Su-33, or will it look like the F-18 too? The AB correction is good. still cant wait for download. DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices
Majesco Posted February 16, 2007 Author Posted February 16, 2007 I sent the F-18C beta mod without Mitch's skins to Thomas Dweiss, he tested it and found no any problem But......i think there're some things we have to live with, the F-18 can't drop laser guided bombs because the Su-33 has no laser guidance system for dropping laser bombs or firing laser guided AGMs although he can carry all
Hellcat61 Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 Thats cool man. All you need to do is throw a Marine skin on it and then load it up with iron bombs and rocket pods. WOOT! Good ol' CAS. "When you're out of Tomcats, you're out of fighters!"
Aeroscout Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 Awsome! The download's still not ready at lockon files, but i'm eagerly awating it. DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices
mikoriad Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 It would be great if ED released what they have as far as the f-18 goes and aleast let us have the proper functionality of the ingame model. I like the MOD but just can't get past all the flaws created by using the su-33. I know they didn't have enough info on the weapons systems and all but I could look past that. Althlon X2 6400+ 3.2 ghz EVGA 8800GT SC - 512mb X-45 MOMO pedals
RedIndian Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Hi all, I am looking forward to this mod too! Well, I am a purebred Legacy Hornet fan and I agree with the previous poster. May I ask a few questions about this upcoming mod. Will the flaps also deploy on the Hornet? With the two other mods for a flyable Hornet that are available, there were always some shortcomings e.g. the leading edge flaps were either always fully deflected, or the ailerons weren't drooped with the flaps deployed. Now that the Su-33 droops the ailerons additionally along the inboard "main" trailing edge flaps, like the Hornet does, will this effect the visual Hornet model in this mod as well? Maybe sounds like a nitpick for some, but to me it was always somehow ruining the "experience" of flying modded AI Hornets in LO. Thanks for your feedback. Keep up the great work! :thumbup:
Majesco Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 Thats cool man. All you need to do is throw a Marine skin on it and then load it up with iron bombs and rocket pods. WOOT! Good ol' CAS. F-18's Marine skin ? I don't know anything about it, just use Mitch's hi-res skin only. Hellcat61, could you show me some photos of F-18s Marine skin ?
EricJ Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 But......i think there're some things we have to live with, the F-18 can't drop laser guided bombs because the Su-33 has no laser guidance system for dropping laser bombs or firing laser guided AGMs although he can carry all http://562.50megs.com/LOMAC/Tutorials/LGW.zip :thumbup: Homepage | Discord | Linktree | YouTube 'Nearly everyone felt the need to express their views on all wars to me, starting with mine. I found myself thinking, “I ate the crap sandwich, you didn’t, so please don’t tell me how it tastes.”' - CPT Cole, US Army
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