DCS Super Hercules mod by Anubis

[ggrewe]

I did a quick add to the "default" livery that comes with the mod & renamed "default - Loading Bay Down"

You can unzip & add to the Mod directly or add to the main DCS install under Liveries:

Add to Mod folder route: C:/ ..../ Saved Games/ DCS/ Mods/ Aircraft/ Liveries / Hercules

Add to Main DCS route: ...DCSWorld/ Bazaar/ Liveries/ Hercules

 

You can make a copy of the livery folder & rename as above to have static version (ground only) & a separate flying version.

Just change the name, found near the bottom e.g.

name = "US default"     to    name = "US default - Loading Bay Down"

Or just put "--" in front of "name" & it will read the Folder Name as Description, instead - as I have done (much easier for maintenance)

Good luck

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Edited July 18, 2024 by ggrewe
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[Ghostmaker]

  On 7/18/2024 at 2:22 PM, ggrewe said:

I did a quick add to the "default" livery that comes with the mod & renamed "default - Loading Bay Down"

You can unzip & add to the Mod directly or add to the main DCS install under Liveries:

Add to Mod folder route: C:/ ..../ Saved Games/ DCS/ Mods/ Aircraft/ Liveries / Hercules

Add to Main DCS route: ...DCSWorld/ Bazaar/ Liveries/ Hercules

 

You can make a copy of the livery folder & rename as above to have static version (ground only) & a separate flying version.

Just change the name, found near the bottom e.g.

name = "US default"     to    name = "US default - Loading Bay Down"

Or just put "--" in front of "name" & it will read the Folder Name as Description, instead - as I have done (much easier for maintenance)

Good luck

Hercules.zip 649 B · 4 downloads

 

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Sorry for the delay ive been away for work. Just looked at this and downloaded the zip to C:/ ..../ Saved Games/ DCS/ Mods/ Aircraft/ Liveries / Hercules

From here i can see the ramp down on the static herc. Thank you..

However, is there a way i can have the ramp down and then change the livery? Im fairly new to this lol

 

Edited July 29, 2024 by Ghostmaker

[ggrewe]

Haven't actually tried to fly the Hercules, but looks like you can activate loading bay in flight.

Suggest you read the manual & try?

Video done by Grim Reapers:

C-130 Hercules Mod: JATO Cargo Loading, High Alt & Tactical Drop Guide | DCS WORLD

[Ghostmaker]

Is there a way to change the livery for the herc, with this ramp down mod?

[Ghostmaker]

Also just a quicky, is there any reason why from cold parked up windows &Home doesnt start the herc up like in other aircrqft?

 

Many thanks

[Mordants]

  On 8/11/2024 at 9:42 AM, Ghostmaker said:

Also just a quicky, is there any reason why from cold parked up windows &Home doesnt start the herc up like in other aircrqft?

 

Many thanks

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Don't quote me but my Macro_sequencies.lua's for auto start and stop are in the DCS root folder. The Anubis mod is in the saved games folder which does not have that file.

 

Edited August 16, 2024 by Mordants
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[leoliao]

  On 5/10/2024 at 3:55 PM, EA-18G_BlockII said:

uh question, when i set the Hercules to UNCONTROLLED on ramp, the propeller was still having spinning texture, how can i fix it thanks

 

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hey dude, I ran into the same problem as well, have you fixed it? May I ask how you fixed it?

[Ghostmaker]

  On 8/11/2024 at 3:00 PM, Mordants said:

Don't quote me but my Macro_sequencies.lua's for auto start and stop are in the DCS root folder. The Anubis mod is in the saved games folder.

 

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Sorry only just seen this, as a newbie. Can you explain haha. 

[Mordants]

  On 8/16/2024 at 2:53 PM, Ghostmaker said:

Sorry only just seen this, as a newbie. Can you explain haha. 

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There is no macro sequencies lua file in the Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\aircraft\Hercules ver 6.8.2\Cockpit\Scripts folder. This because the start sequence for the engines and APU are difficult to replicate. This I gleaned from others who have tried to create an auto start mechanism. As to why it is, is completely out of my knowledge base.

[Ghostmaker]

  On 8/16/2024 at 5:55 PM, Mordants said:

There is no macro sequencies lua file in the Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\aircraft\Hercules ver 6.8.2\Cockpit\Scripts folder. This because the start sequence for the engines and APU are difficult to replicate. This I gleaned from others who have tried to create an auto start mechanism. As to why it is, is completely out of my knowledge base.

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Thanks for the response. Thats ok i thought i was doing something wrong. I guess ill need to either learn how to fire her up or ill just nees to start from hot

[Mordants]

  On 8/16/2024 at 10:48 PM, Ghostmaker said:

Thanks for the response. Thats ok i thought i was doing something wrong. I guess ill need to either learn how to fire her up or ill just nees to start from hot

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A manual start up is very easy once you have done it a couple of times. Perhaps the easiest in DCS as far as I'm concerned. Also using a mod called "The Way" really helps with the nav inputs, makes life very simple.

[TJTAS]

This mod doesn't seem to work on the Kola map. Specifically at the Norwegian airbases, Bodo, Banak and Kirkenes. You load into the cockpit and then DCS hangs.

[ST0RM]

  On 9/17/2024 at 9:46 PM, TJTAS said:

This mod doesn't seem to work on the Kola map. Specifically at the Norwegian airbases, Bodo, Banak and Kirkenes. You load into the cockpit and then DCS hangs.

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[Asiavik]

Having an issue with the cannon station (5) it is zoomed in and I can't get it to zoom out. Anyone have this issue?  Any fix?

[Asiavik]

Managed to figure out what was wrong. The FOV on the cannon view was too narrow for my ultrawidescreen set up. I adjusted the FOV for that station in views.lau and that fixed the problem

[Glen36]

What FOV scale you have adjusted?

[TKhaos]

Will be the Views.lua in the main Hercules folder I would imagine. If you open the file with Notepad++ there's the Cannon Target Station at line 137 and 279 and FOV is set at 42.661049 so make that bigger, could try something like 60.000000. Use that as a starting point and adjust either way until you are happy, most of the other FOV are set at 75.000000.

Using Notepad++ is handy as it will make a backup file so you can revert back to that, if not just make a copy the Views.lua before doing anything. 

If you haven't got Notepad++ this is the official download: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Edited September 26, 2024 by TKhaos

[Asiavik]

  On 9/26/2024 at 11:24 AM, TKhaos said:

Will be the Views.lua in the main Hercules folder I would imagine. If you open the file with Notepad++ there's the Cannon Target Station at line 137 and 279 and FOV is set at 42.661049 so make that bigger, could try something like 60.000000. Use that as a starting point and adjust either way until you are happy, most of the other FOV are set at 75.000000.

Using Notepad++ is handy as it will make a backup file so you can revert back to that, if not just make a copy the Views.lua before doing anything. 

If you haven't got Notepad++ this is the official download: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

 

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You are correct 

[Asiavik]

Now if I could figure out where the errors were in the aiming and the projectile paths......

[zbysiek]

Anyone got this working with simshaker?

[aeronautes]

  On 8/11/2024 at 9:42 AM, Ghostmaker said:

Also just a quicky, is there any reason why from cold parked up windows &Home doesnt start the herc up like in other aircrqft?

 

Many thanks

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This mod doesn't implement some of the backend for handling macros, eg the ones used in Macro_sequences.lua. However as mentioned in this previous post an autostart is available with a patch to the mod and using a scratchpad extension. So install the two zip files mentioned. One caveat is that aeronautes-pit extension has been integrated into the main scratchpad github so you can use that if you prefer. You'll still need the Herc zip file from aeronautes github for now.
 

 

[Corsac]

Hey, I just wanted to report that the Hercules mods seems to conflict with the recently released 2.4 version of the CJS SuperHornet mod (

but 2.4 installs in Saved Games).

The dcs.log output here shows:

2024-11-29 23:57:11.764 ERROR   LuaGUI (Main): [string "Scripts/Database/db_main.lua"]:37: bad argument #5 to 'format' (number expected, got table)

when running a SuperHornet mission with the C130 mod installed. Error disappears when the C130 mod is moved away. Apparently it could be because the C130 mod access warehouse data in a way incompatible with recent DCS versions. I know there's no work done on the mod for now but maybe a simple patch would be possible (i'll try to investigate and report back)

So for now it's likely you have to chose between the Hercules and the Rhino.

[=Skywarp=]

"IMPORTANT - FOR STEAM USERS:

In the main options under special is a checkbox "Tick the box to enable for steam users"."


Hi!

I downloaded the mod yesterday and the checkbox isn't available.


 

[DD_Friar]

Salute

Odd Message - looking for advice and what to do

When ever I occupy the herc I am receiving the message below? any ideas what causes it? does not happen in other planes so this it makes me think it is this module?

"tempmission did not load"

null

[Ithronwise]

  On 11/30/2024 at 1:02 PM, Corsac said:

when running a SuperHornet mission with the C130 mod installed. Error disappears when the C130 mod is moved away. Apparently it could be because the C130 mod access warehouse data in a way incompatible with recent DCS versions. I know there's no work done on the mod for now but maybe a simple patch would be possible (i'll try to investigate and report back)

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There is a hotfix for the Herc Mod but not by Anubis, instead SkateZilla from CJS Superhornet Team has taken a closer look at the issue: