Airfield Static Templates for Persian Gulf Map

[Rudel_chw]

Hello,

 

I'm opening this thread to provide support for a set of Static Templates that I've edited for the airbases of the Persian Gulf Map. I've uploaded them in two files, one for the Red Coalition (basically Iran and the strait islands) and another for the Blue Coalition (UAE and strait islands):

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3314370/

 

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3314404/

 

 

Please note that these Templates require at least three User Mods as pre-requisites:

 

1) VPC Airfield Equipment Mod, by @voc, originally available here:

 

https://virpil.com/en/news/58-vpc-airfield-equipment-dlya-dcs-world

 

However, that Mod version is currently obsolete, download instead an updated version of this Mod from this post:
 

The files are in OvGME format for use with a Mod Manager, please note that the Mod has actually two packages, as it must go both into the DCS program folder and into your Saved games folder.

 

2) Nato Personnel & Items, by @SUNTSAG: 

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/190965-nato-personnel-and-items

 

3) Civil Aircrafts Mod, by @cdpkobra  , @Popchar and @seth0s  : 

 

https://cam.em-key.de/

 

None of the above Mods impact on the Multiplayer game, as they are all installed on the /Saved Games/ path. To improve detail, I suggest to make use of these additional items, tough they are not strictly required:

 

1) To replace the ugly green Farps of the standard DCS, I use the Desert FARP v3 Mod by @SUNTSAG :

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/186925-desert-farp-mod/?tab=comments#comment-3614555

 

2) To provide desert skins for the ground AI vehicles, use these liveries by @easypeac3:

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307516/?sphrase_id=1210190

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307500/?sphrase_id=1210190

 

3) To provide liveries for Iran's aircrafts, use these liveries by @sadjad-vosoul  :

 

 

 

 

Best regards,

 

Eduardo

 

 

Edited July 2, 2022 by Rudel_chw
Added updated download link for the VPC Mod

[Pitbull1979]

Hi, I have VPC and I using it in my missions , but it's not work with Your's Red Static Templates. I see only vehicules. Blue working perfect

[Rudel_chw]

3 minutes ago, Pitbull1979 said:

Hi, I have VPC and I using it in my missions , but it's not work with Your's Red Static Templates. I see only vehicules. Blue working perfect

 

Please make sure to be using my customized copy of this Mod:

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ai6cuX3YQI26h4xg4260mM02r87dGQ?e=rxOTR4

 

as other published links are not fully compatible with DCS 2.5.6

[Pitbull1979]

Ok, I will try and let You know about results

Edited January 19, 2021 by Pitbull1979

[Rudel_chw]

53 minutes ago, Pitbull1979 said:

Ok, I will try and let You know about results

 

 

Also, the Red Templates need both Iran and Russia to be on the Red Coalition of your mission, check that too

[Pitbull1979]

Hi, 

 

Repport:

 

- It's the same version VPC what I have (but for test I replaced it for version from link)

- all components working fine

- Caucas Blue and Red work perfect

- My misions with VPC work perfect

- PG Blue work perfect

- PG RED - still only vehicules. No airfield equipment and YES- I have Russia and Iran in RED coalition

[Rudel_chw]

47 minutes ago, Pitbull1979 said:

Hi, 

 

Repport:

 

- It's the same version VPC what I have (but for test I replaced it for version from link)

- all components working fine

- Caucas Blue and Red work perfect

- My misions with VPC work perfect

- PG Blue work perfect

- PG RED - still only vehicules. No airfield equipment and YES- I have Russia and Iran in RED coalition

 

Hi, 

 

It's so strange, as I just tested them and the red templates do work on my DCS:

 

 

Can you tell me which Airbase was giving you trouble?

 

Eduardo

 

[Minsky]

49 minutes ago, Pitbull1979 said:

- PG RED - still only vehicules. No airfield equipment and YES- I have Russia and Iran in RED coalition

 

Dunno, I can see everything just fine (tested at Havadarya):

 

 

Make sure you have this checkbox ticked:

 

 

I'm not sure of which VPC version I'm using (my notes says it's "0.9.6 without lights"), but I can recall downloading a modified build from somewhere.

 

Edited January 20, 2021 by Minsky

[Rudel_chw]

5 minutes ago, Minsky said:

 

Dunno, I can see everything just fine (tested at Havadarya):

...

 

 

 

Hi @Minsky,

 

Thanks for confirming that the Templates work for you too ... but man, you really need to lower your Gamma  ... that scene looks too washed out .. compare with my video above .. I use a Gamma of 1.5

 

Best regards,

 

Eduardo

[Minsky]

3 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

you really need to lower your Gamma  ... that scene looks too washed out ..

 

Yeah, that's just some old ReShade profile in this testbed DCS installation  My main looks different.

 

Spoiler

 

[Pitbull1979]

Now working fine. I reinstal desert Farp and now all is OK. Why it's not Work before- I do not know

[Swson]

Hi, I downloaded the required mods, as your given 1drive link is dead I installed the:

VPC-Airfield Equipment 0.9.4 beta.zip

and the patch

VP Object -20210427T133942Z-001_patch.zip the the shapes directory of main/

However, putting directly the mods into saved games/DCSopenbeta/Mods/tech/main for VPC, NatoGF in tech as well as Civil Aircraft in mods/aircraft, every time I load a base static file like UAE or DUBAI intl (but also plenty of others), when I launch the flight, I get a window:

 

DX11RENDERER error : shader " model/fake_omni_lights.fx " failed to compile HRESULT:ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND

with retry or cancel leading both to a game crash.

what could be going wrong and how to fix that???

Curiously, It seems I succeeded late last night at least one time to go through the error with the standard VPC (not patched) with an installation using MODMANFX64 but I could not been able to reproduce it today....

 

I am using the 2.7 version of DCS beta and I have a huge PC configuration with 32Go RAM and 16Go of VRAM in a radeon 6900XT

 

Thanks for your help if possible because your mod is really nice and it's a pity I could not use it I was ready to be delighted to see the AL DHAFRA AFB where I spent a lot of time in all its splendor...

[Rudel_chw]

17 minutes ago, Swson said:

...

Thanks for your help if possible because your mod is really nice and it's a pity I could not use it I was ready to be delighted to see the AL DHAFRA AFB where I spent a lot of time in all its splendor...

 

Hello,

 

Please, delete your current VPC Mod and replace with the one from this post:

 

 

Please note that in order to fix this issue, I had to add a small 2nd part to the VPC Mod .. the largest part goes onto the /Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/ folder, while the small one should go onto the DCS Program folder (usually at /program Files/Eagle Dynamics/DCS Openbeta/ ) ..  as far as I have tested, this small Mod does not impact on the Multiplayer Integrity Check.

 

Best regards,

 

Eduardo

 

[SilentSierra]

Hi @Rudel_chw

 

Do you have plans to release static templates for Syria map?

 

I tested two static templates, but they looks too messy named objects.

 

They are not hidden like your static templates.

 

Best regards.

Edited September 29, 2021 by SilentSierra

[Rudel_chw]

6 hours ago, SilentSierra said:

 

Do you have plans to release static templates for Syria map?I

 

hello,

 

I’ve edited a few, but I like to share complete sets, so no plans to share them soon. However, I did share carrier templates for Syria a while ago: 

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3312410/

 

and

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3312342/

 

 

 

[SilentSierra]

14 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

hello,

 

I’ve edited a few, but I like to share complete sets, so no plans to share them soon. However, I did share carrier templates for Syria a while ago: 

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3312410/

 

and

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3312342/

 

 

 

 

I have downloaded the Caucasus, Nevada, Persian Gulf and these aircraft carrier static templates for Syria.

 

I create simple mission, but with these templates, the airfields looks much better.

 

Great job. Thanks for sharing.

Edited September 30, 2021 by SilentSierra
Added Caucasus.

[SilentSierra]

Hi @Rudel_chw.

 

I have loaded all the static templates, but I noticed that I can't save these three with DCS World 2.7:

 

• Bandar Lengeh
• Bandar-e-Jask
• Jirof

Can you check these static templates, load and save the mission for me?

 

Attached is the mission with the downloaded templates.

 

Best regards.

PGulf Complete (by Rudel_chw).zip

[Rudel_chw]

26 minutes ago, SilentSierra said:

I have loaded all the static templates, but I noticed that I can't save these three with DCS World 2.7:

 

• Bandar Lengeh
• Bandar-e-Jask
• Jirof

 

Hello,

 

My Templates require several users mod to work: VPC, Nato Soldiers, etc. The three cited ones make use of @SUNTSAG 's Desert Farp Mod .. if you don't have that Mod then the Mission can't be saved.

 

Get the Mod here (use the latest v3 Mod, just tested it and it is compatible with DCS 2.7): 

Best regards,

 

Eduardo

[SilentSierra]

1 hour ago, Rudel_chw said:

@SUNTSAG 's Desert Farp Mod

 

I didn't had this "Desert Farp Mod". I installed and the static templates works fine.

 

Great job. Thanks for sharing.

 

Best regards.

Edited October 3, 2021 by SilentSierra

[ShaunX]

Hi @Rudel_chw,

Thank you so much for these fantastic resourses.

I did initially have the same issue as SilentSierra above, but have now installed the Desert Farp mod and everything works perfectly!

You might want to consider editing the user files entries to state that Desert Farp is mandatory for certain airfields (particularly as V3 is now a saved games version).  It threw me for a while as the ME allows insertion of those airfield resources but then immediately invalidates the mission so it is not savable (or even possible to open it again in the ME). Thought I must have corrupted DCS somehow and ran a repair.

Thanks again,

Shaun

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, ShaunX said:

You might want to consider editing the user files entries to state that Desert Farp is mandatory for certain airfields (particularly as V3 is now a saved games version).  It threw me for a while as the ME allows insertion of those airfield resources but then immediately invalidates the mission so it is not savable (or even possible to open it again in the ME). Thought I must have corrupted DCS somehow and ran a repair.

 

Hello,

The individual Templates do state which Mod they require:

 

 

but the User Files description is misleading, as the Desert Farp is described as "optional", which used to be the case but a DCS update changed this behaviour, so I will update the files description. Thanks for reminding me about this issue.

 

Best regards,

 

Eduardo

Edited December 11, 2021 by Rudel_chw

[truebrit]

Hi Rudel, do you have a working link for your version of the VPC Airfield Equipment Mod. Thanks.

[Rudel_chw]

8 minutes ago, truebrit said:

Hi Rudel, do you have a working link for your version of the VPC Airfield Equipment Mod. Thanks.

 

Yes, get it here:

 

please note that there are two download links: one for items that go into your /saved games/dcs/ folder and the other that goes into /program files/eagle dynamics/dcs/

[IR.Clutch]

15.06.2022 в 22:22, Rudel_chw сказал:

Yes, get it here:

Is it possible to edit your static templates for Al Dhafra? I do not see any objects on the mission map, but I'm using version 0.9.6 instead along with the root fix and I guess that's the issue? The war between our objects and the static ones started when I tried to load your templates for testing purposes. Thanks!

Edited October 27, 2022 by IR Sky

[Rudel_chw]

4 hours ago, IR Sky said:

Is it possible to edit your static templates for Al Dhafra?

 

A static template can’t be edited directly, instead you have to create a new empty mission, then load the static template, then edit the changes you want and finally save a new version of the template with those changes.

 

4 hours ago, IR Sky said:

I do not see any objects on the mission map

 

Most of the template objects are hidden, but not all, you should see at least some of its 300 objects. Here is a video that I recorded last night, showing how it looks on my DCS:

 

 

Please note the template requirements: Saudi arabia, UAE and UK must be on the blue coalition, and two User Mods are needed: VPC objects, and NATO soldiers.

 

4 hours ago, IR Sky said:

but I'm using version 0.9.6 instead along with the root fix and I guess that's the issue? The war between our objects and the static ones started when I tried to load your templates for testing purposes. Thanks!

I’m not sure what are your objects, but the VPC version of the Mod that I’m using is the one posted just above your post.

Best regards,

 

Eduardo.