Militariy Aircraft Mod

[Timex3]

30 minutes ago, western_JPN said:

In looking into the 3d models of CAM's DC-10 and MAM's KC-10 in DCSW / ModelViwer + their dds texture files,
those two models look having the same origin.
Two models have same UV mappings.

CAM's DC-10 model might be born from getting rid of the flying-boom of KC-10 model.
No difference about their qualities.

I use the DC-10 from the Civil Aircraft Mod. I love the liveries I have for it, including an RAF livery. The DC-10 was used by the USAF as a Tanker and a Transport Aircraft. I'm sorry that you don't seem to care for them! 

Cheers,

Timex 3

[western_JPN]

58 minutes ago, Timex3 said:

I use the DC-10 from the Civil Aircraft Mod. I love the liveries I have for it, including an RAF livery. The DC-10 was used by the USAF as a Tanker and a Transport Aircraft. I'm sorry that you don't seem to care for them! 

The tanker version of DC-10 USAF used was just KC-10 Extender , a contents of Military Aircraft Mod (title of this topic) , isn't it ?

As once I wrote, CAM's DC-10 and MAM's KC-10 might be born from the same 3d model and share the compatible UV mapping.
Perhaps easy to transfer CAM - DC-10 skins to MAM - KC-10.

 

[CRUD]

Has anyone noticed the C-5 is flyable now?  When did that happen?

Edited December 5, 2024 by CRUD

[Fungible]

5 hours ago, CRUD said:

Has anyone noticed the C-5 is flyable now?  When did that happen?

no?

any plane can show up in the role menu if you make it a client in the mission editor, doesnt mean u can actually fly it or anything

[kolpakov_79]

[CRUD]

On 12/5/2024 at 3:36 PM, Fungible said:

no?

any plane can show up in the role menu if you make it a client in the mission editor, doesnt mean u can actually fly it or anything

I sat in when I had it show up for player

[FDan]

В 04.02.2025 в 20:32, kolpakov_79 сказал:

[Ronin_Gaijin]

6 hours ago, FDan said:

Could you please share the link for this beautiful livery?

[HawaiianRyan]

Is the KC-10's boom and drogue still misaligned for players in the latest DCS version with this mod?

Did anyone fix that?

[Minsky]

On 2/14/2025 at 3:13 PM, Ronin_Gaijin said:

Could you please share the link for this beautiful livery?

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3342291/

[Minsky]

2 hours ago, HawaiianRyan said:

Is the KC-10's boom and drogue still misaligned for players in the latest DCS version with this mod?

Did anyone fix that?

AFAIK, yes and no.

This mod hasn't been updated in years.

And seeing that even the CJS Superbug Tanker, which is very much alive and actively supported, still has similar issues, I doubt this could be resolved by modders alone.

Edited March 10, 2025 by Minsky

[Ronin_Gaijin]

9 hours ago, Minsky said:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3342291/

Thank you very much!

[kolpakov_79]

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3342291/

Спасибо огромное

[kolpakov_79]

[Mizuri]

On 8/9/2024 at 5:26 PM, grim_reaper68 said:

I've done it, but still had the same problem. 

A400M Liveries Fix – Texture Issue (Normal Map)

I tried the solution mentioned earlier, but it didn’t work in my case. For many A400M liveries, especially the German ones, the MAM_A400M.dds file was incorrectly converted. The file size was over 83 MB, which caused issues.

I used NVIDIA Texture Tools Exporter to reconvert the textures to the latest DDS format. After conversion, the MAM_A400M.dds file is now only 23 MB and works correctly.

To save space, I placed the shared MAM_A400M_B.dds normal map in the "Airbus" folder.

Then, I added the following line to the description.lua of each A400M livery:

{"MAM_A400M", NORMAL_MAP , "../Airbus/mam_a400m_b", false};

Result: All liveries now load correctly with proper normal maps.

Important: Do NOT add this line to the “Airbus” livery itself — it will break that livery.

(All credit goes to the original creator.)

Installation

1. Download and unpack the archive.

2. Copy the folder A400M_Atlas into:

C:\Users\<your_user>\Saved Games\DCS\Mods\aircraft\Military Aircraft Mod\Liveries

If using OvGME:

1. Disable the mod first.

2. Download and unpack the archive.

3. Copy the unpacked A400M_Atlas folder into your OvGME mod directory (same location as above).

Replace the existing A400M_Atlas folder

Now available in User Files:
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3347014/

Edited September 21, 2025 by Mizuri
User Files link

[No.20Raka]

Hi and thank you for this fix. Where do we put this folder? 

On 5/10/2025 at 5:41 PM, Mizuri said:

A400M Liveries Fix – Texture Issue (Normal Map)

I tried the solution mentioned earlier, but it didn’t work in my case. For many A400M liveries, especially the German ones, the MAM_A400M.dds file was incorrectly converted. The file size was over 83 MB, which caused issues.

I used NVIDIA Texture Tools Exporter to reconvert the textures to the latest DDS format. After conversion, the MAM_A400M.dds file is now only 23 MB and works correctly.

To save space, I placed the shared MAM_A400M_B.dds normal map in the "Airbus" folder.

Then, I added the following line to the description.lua of each A400M livery:

{"MAM_A400M", NORMAL_MAP , "../Airbus/mam_a400m_b", false};

Result: All liveries now load correctly with proper normal maps.

Important: Do NOT add this line to the “Airbus” livery itself — it will break that livery.

Download link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kQsf_wiODwoUh0ZnuTCoK-in3fShRQaI/view?usp=sharing
(All credit goes to the original creator.)

Where do we put this folder?

[Morpheus]

19 hours ago, No.20Raka said:

Hi and thank you for this fix. Where do we put this folder? 

Where do we put this folder?

In ....Saved Games\DCS xxx\Mods\aircraft\Military Aircraft Mod\Liveries

[kolpakov_79]

[rwbishUP]

Thank you @Mizuri for the fix.

[kolpakov_79]

Excuse me. Maybe I missed it. KC-10 can fuel?

Edited July 5, 2025 by kolpakov_79

[grim_reaper68]

No, in my case the boom just travels from left to right, and never comes to the refueling port. only the KC-135 works.

[HawaiianRyan]

I spent some time updating the C-5 Lua to correct aircraft performance, especially aerodynamics tables and engine thrust tables to be better tuned to the real-world aircraft's performance. There are fairly extensive Lua comments throughout.

These also include some aircraft lighting tweaks, too.

As usual, I don't offer support so please don't ask. If you don't know how to install this or don't like the changes, don't install this.

 

Edited December 21, 2025 by HawaiianRyan
Removed old file

[western_JPN]

On 12/14/2025 at 7:16 AM, HawaiianRyan said:

I spent some time updating the C-5 Lua to correct aircraft performance, especially aerodynamics tables and engine thrust tables to be better tuned to the real-world aircraft's performance. There are fairly extensive Lua comments throughout.

I respect your hard works.

Only about dimensions ... historical wing_span and length values ... a bit troublesome with current DCS terrain modules.
I cannot explain them in correct English words ... umm ... the root of the problem is on official terrain modules.
Their current airbases / airports don't allow historical wing_span X length large aircrafts spawning on or taxing-into ramps even allowed IRL.
ED official largest AI airplanes are B-52 ; 56.4 meters wing_span X 48.5 meters length and Tu-160 ; 55.7 meters wing_span X 54.1 meters length.
ED and 3rd party terrain developers don't assume to prepare parking slots (in their internal logical parameters) for over 60 meters W X over 60 meters L size airplanes.
When we use mission editor, almost all terrains' all airbases / airports refuse ramp start waypoint or taxing-into any ramps for C-5M with historical dimension values.
User made missions or RAT-MOOSE scripts made in old dimension values will be bugged with new historical dimension values.
Similar result maybe also about historical dimensions A380 / B747 / A330 in CAM.

I want to see large mod aircrafts ramp start / taxi-in scenes.
I personally choose fake dimension values for them to mislead DCS ME / AI in 59.9 meters X 59.9 meters even not historical to allow them.

[HawaiianRyan]

49 minutes ago, western_JPN said:

I respect your hard works.

I want to see large mod aircrafts ramp start / taxi-in scenes.
I personally choose fake dimension values for them to mislead DCS ME / AI in 59.9 meters X 59.9 meters even not historical to allow them.

I agree -- ED needs to account for larger aircraft. Maybe they'll fix it/account for it it in a near-future patch.

If this affects you, as @western_JPN alludes to, just hand-jam a dimension fix.

[crazyeddie]

I do the same guys, been doing that for years, the fudge doesnt appear to affect anything else much.