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Hey fellas.

 

For over 2 years I've been gathering all kinds of goodies for LOFC, packing 'em into one big pack. It's a gathering of my favorite mods and tweaks for Lock On. The main advantage is that I don't have to install all the mods again when I format/reinstall. The meinit.xml file is edited to death to include all those mods, and also correct squadron names for all the new skins I have installed. Here is the readme file, along with a list of the included addons:

 

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= Tech's LOFC Enhancement Pack V5.3 =

 

For Lock On: Flaming Cliffs (patched to 1.12a only)

 

This package is a gathering of my favorite mods and tweaks for Lock On: Flaming Cliffs only.

 

It contains:

 

- 666th_birdy's v1.2 High and/or v1.1 Medium Scenery Mod.

- 9thAF_Nachtwolf's Triple Ejector Racks and LAU-68 3D models for the A-10A.

- Alexandra's High Resolution Su-33 Skins (4).

- Alexandra's 641GvIAP High Resolution Su-27 Skin.

- Alexandra's 689GvIAP High Resolution Su-27 Skin.

- Alexandra's 941eIAP High Resolution Su-27 Skin.

- Alexandra's Canadian & Isreali C-130 Replacement Skins.

- Alexandra's High Resolution F-14 Skin Packs 1 & 2 (10 Skins).

- Alexandra's High Resolution Tu-95/142 Skin.

- Aquarius Varun's High Resolution Russian Knights Su-27 Skin.

- Aquarius Varun's High Resolution Ukrainian Aerobatics Su-27 Skin.

- Archer's F-15C/Mig-29/Su-25/Su-27/Su-33 Cockpit Gauges Lights Mod.

- Archer's Realistic Runway Night Lights Mod.

- Bobocop's Fast Overcast v3.1 Cloud Mod (Medium + High).

- Bossi's High Resolution Su-24 Skins (2).

- D-Scythe's "Birds of Prey" High Resolution Skins for Walmis' F-15C model.

- D-Scythe's F-16CG/CJ "War Pack" High Resolution Skin Pack & Canopy Improvement.

- D-Scythe's High Resolution Mig-29 Skins (7).

- Evil-JOE's Camouflage Fire-Fighter Truck Skin.

- Evil-JOE's Israeli F-4E Replacement Skin.

- Evil-JOE's Force Feedback Disable tweak.

- Flanker's High Resolution KC-10 Skin.

- Flanker's High Resolution Su-17 Skins (3).

- Flanker's High Resolution Su-27 Skins (2).

- Flanker's High Resolution Su-30 Skins (3).

- Flanker's Ukranian 831th GvIAP High Resolution Su-27 Skin.

- HAWG11's Realistic Sun Size Mod.

- iVIPER21's C-17A High Resolution Replacement Skin.

- iVIPER21's Dirty Decks For Carriers & Various Ships.

- JJ Alfa's F-111 "Ardvaark" Add-On with High Resolution skin.

- Knell & Wallamis's New Mig-29 Ventral Fuel Tank (3D Model & Worn Out Skin).

- Kovy's Mirage 2000 Reality Skin Pack v2.0.

- kyborg's An-26B/An-30M High resolution Replacement Skin.

- kys1257's Realistic Afterburner Mod v1.12 (3D Model & Skin).

- LYS's Realistic Russian Pilot Blue Skin & Knee Boards v3.0.

- Majesco's Enhanced FPS Water Mod v2.0 (Fixed D-Scythe's Enhanced FPS Water Mod).

- Mechanist's High Resolution Su-25 Skin.

- Merlin's F-15C 610gal Conformal Fuel Tank High resolution Skin.

- MigMag's HUD Reflection Mod For Russian Aircrafts.

- MigMag's High Resolution 1998 KnAAPO Demo Scheme Su-27SK Skin.

- Mitch Janssen's High Resolution A-10 Skins.

- Mitch Janssen's High Resolution A-10 Pilot/Seat Skin.

- Mitch Janssen's Realistic A-10 Cockpit + Enhanced Cockpit Gauges Lights.

- MrWolf's High Resolution Su-25 Skin.

- Oxyd's High Resolution US/UK HUD Fonts.

- Rapier71's Realistic US Pilot with Knee Boards.

- RVE Jetfire's TU-22M Skin & Window Fix.

- Shepski's Realistic Weapons Loadouts Mod.

- Some1's new Sorbtsiya ECM Pod v1.2 (3D Model, LODs & Skin).

- Start 80's High Resolution Su-25 Skin.

- Starlight's High resolution T-80 Soviet Guard Skin.

- Tatti's New F-15C 610gal Conformal Fuel Tank (3D Model).

- TekaTeka's Enhanced Structure Lights v2.0.

- TekaTeka's Realistic Moon v2.0.

- TekaTeka's Directional Airfield Icons.

- TekaTeka's Enhanced Cockpit Reflections.

- TekaTeka's Russian Seat Mod/fix.

- TekaTeka's In Cockpit Camera Angles Mod.

- TekaTeka's Map with Russia/Georgia Borderline.

- TekaTeka's Tree Shader Mod v2.0.

- TekaTeka's Structures Visibility v1.1 (For HIGH Visibility Range Setting).

- PallMall's New Su-25T Lipetsk AB Add-On Skins (2).

- PallMall's German F-4E High Resolution Replacement Skin.

- PallMall's High Resolution Su-25 Skins (2).

- Walmis' New F-15C 3D Model.

- Walmis' Weapons Pack v2.11 (3D Models & Skins).

- Xuantam_vOz's Fast Canopy Without Scratches v2.0.

 

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From me:

 

- A gathering of improved sounds from Archer, zzzSpace, Grebs, and many others,

tweaked to my liking using Sony's SoundForge 8.0a.

 

- All New Loading Images and a new Main Menu image.

 

- Encyclopedia items now appear in alphabetical order.

 

- Tweaked HUD color to a more realistic mint green.

 

- A new high resolution Ukrainian Su-25 skin (Saki Airbase).

 

- High resolution Ukrainian Air Force roundel marking.

 

- I edited the MEinit.xml file to incorporate the F-111 mod, the realistic weapons

loadout mod, the TER Racks & LAU-68 mod, edited the bomb drop order for the Mk20 & Mk-82

on TER, and changed squadrons names of many planes to fit the new skins.

 

- I made the Su-39 (Su-25TM) flyable. It shares the Su-25T cockpit, model and

everything else, just like in real life.

 

- I resaved all BMP's to "Indexed" instead of "RBG" for better compression, resulting

in better performance at the expense of a barely noticeable quality loss.

 

- I packed all texture files into .cdds packages for better performance.

 

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IMPORTANT NOTE:

 

- In order to accommodate TekaTeka's Tree Shader Mod, you will have to edit your

"graphics.cfg" file. It is located in the "%GAMEDIR%/Config" folder. Open it with

notepad, press CTRL+F and search for "trees". Then Press "Find Next" 2 more times,

until you get to the line where it says: "trees = {200000, 20000};" You will have

to change the value to "trees = {200000, 15000};" in order to avoid trees popping

up at far distance. Anything between 8000 and 15000 is OK. DO NOT GO OVER 15000.

 

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*Due to the increased number of high resolution skins, some FPS loss might be

noticed on slower systems.

 

**Only compatible with Lock On: Flaming Cliffs v1.12a due to the "meinit.xml" file

modifications.

 

***Even though I tested this mod extensively and all seems fine, you still install

this pack at your own risks!

 

****I am only taking credit for MY WORK, under the "From me" section, and for editing

and packaging all this together. All other credits belong to the people listed in

the 1st section of this readme file.

 

Enjoy!

 

Tech

 

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There are actually 2 packs, the other one being especially made for Widescreen display users.

 

I have 2 questions:

 

1 - Anyone interested in this?

2 - Should I contact very single addon maker to request permission before releasing anything? (Should've done this in the 1st place maybe, but I was only planning to keep this for personal use. With the amount of addons I have now, it'll take forever to contact every single contributer. All credits are given to the respective modders anyways.)

 

Maybe the concerned modders/addon makers can get involved right here and tell me if they agree or not with their work being included in this pack.

 

The Enhancement Pack weights in at roughly 286Mb, and is modman compatible.

 

Please reply in great number :)

 

Best regards,

=ACU=Tech

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Odin_Norway

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I think this sounds very interesting. Would maybe help newcomers in the jungle of addons out there. But would maybe make a reinstall less painfull as well :thumbup:

 

I guess most of the addon makers are happy as long as you credit them, but you never know.

 

But I think you maybe shold wait a few weeks before you release it since Birdy have just made a v1.3 of his scenery and Rockwelder has something going on as well as both Grandsurf and Mafia.

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Sounds awesome to me. There is always going to be "another mod just around the corner" so you could release you mod pack as is; as long as the upcomming mods mentioned above dont involve new MEINIT files.

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love the idea, it would be great to have all in a pack, provided its ok with mod makers.

some really good stuff in there...

 

true there is always something else coming out, new models or mods.

maybe a release and then a later update/new release with an edit to the meinit etc

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THIS IS A GREAT THING.:thumbup:

This idea to include all the improvements in an just only complete package, it's really interesting.

However it would have to create something efficient that works, many mods make references with more files together ..

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Hi guys, thanks for answering.

 

Well as a few already mentionned, there will always be something new around the corner. If I keep waiting for new stuff, I'll never release it... The pack is already done and ready to install.

 

@Flanker1: you are absolutely right, typo from me, sorry 'bout that.

@FWT: I've been gathering these for over 2 years now.

@SuperKungFu: I wanted to include Birdy's latest 1.3 scenery, but I red it was messing up with TekaTeka's Structure Visibility mod, so I decided to remain with the previous version. Anyone got both working together?

 

I guess it would also be possible to release "Pack Updates" when new mods see the light of day.

 

Anyways, I'm still waiting for mod/addon makers to give their opinion on this subject...

 

Cheers,

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@SuperKungFu: I wanted to include Birdy's latest 1.3 scenery, but I red it was messing up with TekaTeka's Structure Visibility mod, so I decided to remain with the previous version. Anyone got both working together?

 

 

yea the instructions to get both of them working is in birdy's thread in the first post. You have to manually add in some values.

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Ok little update guys:

 

- Birdy's scenery mod V1.3 now integrated instead of V1.2 :)

- Added Alexandra's C-130 Replacement Skin Pack (10 skins).

- Added Valery & Alex N. Zak's Mig-23MLD High Resolution Skin.

 

After thinking about it, I'll wait for the Ground Mod(s) and the new A-10 to be released before releasing anything.

 

I still wish that more people give their opinion on this subject...

 

Cheers,

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However it would have to create something efficient that works, many mods make references with more files together ..

 

No worries matey, everything is integrated / mixed together and all works fine. Can't tell you how much hours I spent studying mods and editing files, to make sure everything was working... Besides, I've been flying with this mod for quite a while now.

 

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Good work! Can't wait to try this one out when it's released. I'm usually too lazy to bother with many of the mods, so this'll be a good way for me to get the best stuff out there :D

Regards

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@Odin: in the meinit file you need to set su-39 humancockpit=yes.

 

Then in the "Bazar\World\Shapes" folder, you need to copy and rename those 2 files:

 

kabina-su-25t.cmd rename to kabina-su-39.cmd

kabina-su-25t-glass.lom rename to kabina-su-39-glass.lom

 

You're done. The Su-25TM (Su-39) will share the same FM, cockpit (etc...) than the Su-25T.

 

 

I also have some great news:

 

Thanks to Skypat's ModMan 6, there is no need to edit your graphics.cfg file, it is all automated now. My package will automatically edit the trees value to "trees = {200000, 15000}" as requested by TekaTeka's Tree Shader Mod installation. It will also add the requested path to the new cdds files included in this package (no need to use the cfgupdate util anymore), will edit the fogparam2 value to "0" to remove building transparency and also modifies the "around_object" value to 15000. Finally, it will edit the noise values as suggested by rockwelder with his Ground Pounder Terrain. I've tested this extensively this weekend and it works like a charm :thumbup:

 

What it means:

No graphics.cfg replacement = no need to redo your game settings, they will stay the same after installation, and the mod installation will edit only the required lines, and revert them back to default values on uninstallation :)

 

Can't thank Skypat enough for that!

 

Cheers,

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TEC... You mentioned wide screen users, I'm running a 28 inch viewsonic ( primary monitor) and a 24 inch samsung what exactly would the differences be for widescreen ????

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