Spino's Modern F-15 Mods

[Spino]

 

[Geschirre]

Thanks for the updated F-15 SMTD that uses all the wing pylons!!!  I modified the CLSID to kick it old school with Aim-7s and Aim-9Ms for a late '80s flavor.

Not to take advantage of all the generosity and wonderful mods you have provided us, would it be difficult to remove the flight test nose boom from the nose?

Yes I'll make the skin available at some point.  I am a talentless hack that just reverse engineered that Ace Combat camo skin from _BillyTheKid_ and changed the hue/saturation/glow/soften and added some details for the 32nd Ops Squadron based out of Soesterberg Air Base in the Netherlands.  I have an agressor skin in the works too. Similar to the blue camo F-15, again no talent, just changing the hue to blue and adding the details like the yellow/black checkerboard tail flash.

Thanks Geschirr

Edited March 2, 2023 by Geschirre

[Spino]

On 3/2/2023 at 11:53 AM, Geschirre said:

Thanks for the updated F-15 SMTD that uses all the wing pylons!!!  I modified the CLSID to kick it old school with Aim-7s and Aim-9Ms for a late '80s flavor.

Not to take advantage of all the generosity and wonderful mods you have provided us, would it be difficult to remove the flight test nose boom from the nose?

Yes I'll make the skin available at some point.  I am a talentless hack that just reverse engineered that Ace Combat camo skin from _BillyTheKid_ and changed the hue/saturation/glow/soften and added some details for the 32nd Ops Squadron based out of Soesterberg Air Base in the Netherlands.  I have an agressor skin in the works too. Similar to the blue camo F-15, again no talent, just changing the hue to blue and adding the details like the yellow/black checkerboard tail flash.

Thanks Geschirr

 

TBH I do wish I could remove that pesky nose probe, but I don't have the source file for the F-15S/MTD so I can't do that.  I could try to ask the original dev for a new .edm without the nose probe, but the chances of that aren't great.

[Geschirre]

Thank you for the insight. Don't bother, you have a lot of great things in the works and minor cosmetics need not be one of them. Thanks again!

[Spino]

@Geschirre I should get you to make skins for me more often!  I have something else going up on the forums soon that might interest you...

In other news, I hope to release the F-15C MSIP soon, once I get some issues straightened out...

[dlder]

I just now realized, there is v1.6 of your mod... gotta try it next. Also curious about the MSIP mod^^

[Spino]

11 hours ago, dlder said:

I just now realized, there is v1.6 of your mod... gotta try it next. Also curious about the MSIP mod^^

MSIP was actually a program that started in the late '80s to upgrade the F-15 fleet with things like AIM-120 capability, but I haven't been able to find a name for the upgrade program that fitted AESA radars and such to the F-15C/D fleet, MSIP it is.  I don't have the skills currently to implement an AESA radar ingame (maybe one day lol), but what I can do is add more modern missiles (AIM-9X and AIM-120D for example).  That's what the MSIP mod is about, since MSIP stands for Multistage Improvement Program, so theoretically the more modern upgrades for the F-15C fleet could fall into that category (AIM-9X for example).

[SilentSparrow]

Maybe just call it the F-15C(U) for the F-15C Upgrade Program. That way you can distinguish your mod from the F-15C MSIP. This is because the F-15C MSIP (I think) was actually the F-15C version preceding the MSIP II Variant that we have in DCS.

[Geschirre]

Any chance of working your magic with AIM-260s?  I added them to the .lua but they only look good on the front two fuselage stations.

Adding single ones to the two wing pylons would be cool.  I took them from the F-22 Enhanced Mod update and had the F-22 mod activated to load up

the AIM-260s.  I think it would add some more lethality to this weapon truck.

[SilentSparrow]

I think Spino said he doesn’t like the AIM-260 textures and he’ll make his own.

[Spino]

On 4/3/2023 at 12:10 AM, Geschirre said:

Any chance of working your magic with AIM-260s?  I added them to the .lua but they only look good on the front two fuselage stations.

Adding single ones to the two wing pylons would be cool.  I took them from the F-22 Enhanced Mod update and had the F-22 mod activated to load up

the AIM-260s.  I think it would add some more lethality to this weapon truck.

I'm not a fan of the model, the textures look okay.  The fins look extremely fat to me.  TBH I didn't know that the AIM-260 had been added to the F-22 enhancement mod.  Once RL stuff settles down a bit I will start working on the next iteration of the F-15EX, and I might include the 260 from the F-22 Enhancement Mod if Nightstorm is okay with it and I can get it working.  The AIM-120Ds from the F-22 Enhancement Mod have been all screwy when I tried to add them to the F-15EX, so we'll see.

[Jerec]

Which mod contains the AIM-260???

[Geschirre]

Thank you for your consideration Spino, and all that you've done, and all that you do.

[SilentSparrow]

10 hours ago, Jerec said:

Which mod contains the AIM-260???

Nightstorm's F-22A mod.

[Nightstorm]

On 4/5/2023 at 9:06 AM, Spino said:

I'm not a fan of the model, the textures look okay.  The fins look extremely fat to me.  TBH I didn't know that the AIM-260 had been added to the F-22 enhancement mod.  Once RL stuff settles down a bit I will start working on the next iteration of the F-15EX, and I might include the 260 from the F-22 Enhancement Mod if Nightstorm is okay with it and I can get it working.  The AIM-120Ds from the F-22 Enhancement Mod have been all screwy when I tried to add them to the F-15EX, so we'll see.

I had permission from Cap (Grim Reapers) and CurrentHill to include the 260.  They should be consulted instead of me for the model and textures.  I added the missile to my LUA code and you can use that as base or whatever you want.  I recently made changes to all of the 120 series missiles as well as the 260.  Loft performance, battery life etc.  I added the 120D-3 just yesterday.  Same model and textures, just a new version added in LUA.  Feel free to use it as you see fit.

[SilentSparrow]

2 minutes ago, Nightstorm said:

I had permission from Cap (Grim Reapers) and CurrentHill to include the 260.  They should be consulted instead of me for the model and textures.  I added the missile to my LUA code and you can use that as base or whatever you want.  I recently made changes to all of the 120 series missiles as well as the 260.  Loft performance, battery life etc.  I added the 120D-3 just yesterday.  Same model and textures, just a new version added in LUA.  Feel free to use it as you see fit.

Oh hi Nightstorm! Have you added the wing pylon missiles yet to your F-22A?

[Nightstorm]

2 minutes ago, SilentSparrow said:

Oh hi Nightstorm! Have you added the wing pylon missiles yet to your F-22A?

Yes, they've been there for a while.  the 260's are not on the wings though.  Internal only.

[SilentSparrow]

Just now, Nightstorm said:

Yes, they've been there for a while.  the 260's are not on the wings though.  Internal only.

How do I get them? With the Wing Pylon missiles edition?

[Nightstorm]

Yes, follow the instructions included in the archive.

You can't have two copies of the A2A_Missiles.lua and for whatever reason it would only work in the Coremods sub-directory in the main folder.  So that file needs to be removed or commented out in the F22 folder.  

Sidenote:  Let's not hi-jack Spino's F15 thread with F22 talk

[Spino]

On 4/6/2023 at 10:45 AM, Nightstorm said:

Sidenote:  Let's not hi-jack Spino's F15 thread with F22 talk

Thanks @Nightstorm.  I'll see what I can do about adding the AIM-260s to the F-15EX, it may require a modification of your A2A_Missiles.lua, because I would need to create custom loadouts for the AIM-260 to make everything look right.  Also I probably will need to adjust the attachment point position based on what Geschirre posted.  Hopefully they don't explode on launch like the 120Ds do!

[Nightstorm]

45 minutes ago, Spino said:

Thanks @Nightstorm.  I'll see what I can do about adding the AIM-260s to the F-15EX, it may require a modification of your A2A_Missiles.lua, because I would need to create custom loadouts for the AIM-260 to make everything look right.  Also I probably will need to adjust the attachment point position based on what Geschirre posted.  Hopefully they don't explode on launch like the 120Ds do!

I've not been having any issues with them.  I did have to adjust the attachment point position for the F22 as well.  So, I imagine that will be the case.

[Spino]

25 minutes ago, Nightstorm said:

I've not been having any issues with them.  I did have to adjust the attachment point position for the F22 as well.  So, I imagine that will be the case.

Well when I tried to add them to the F-15EX, they exploded on rail launch.  I'll look into it more later.

On 3/2/2023 at 11:53 AM, Geschirre said:

Thanks for the updated F-15 SMTD that uses all the wing pylons!!!  I modified the CLSID to kick it old school with Aim-7s and Aim-9Ms for a late '80s flavor.

Not to take advantage of all the generosity and wonderful mods you have provided us, would it be difficult to remove the flight test nose boom from the nose?

Yes I'll make the skin available at some point.  I am a talentless hack that just reverse engineered that Ace Combat camo skin from _BillyTheKid_ and changed the hue/saturation/glow/soften and added some details for the 32nd Ops Squadron based out of Soesterberg Air Base in the Netherlands.  I have an agressor skin in the works too. Similar to the blue camo F-15, again no talent, just changing the hue to blue and adding the details like the yellow/black checkerboard tail flash.

Thanks Geschirr

 

What about releasing that skin @Geschirre?

[Gogi12]

Hi Spino, how close are You to release F-16C(U)?

 

[Spino]

16 hours ago, Gogi12 said:

Hi Spino, how close are You to release F-16C(U)?

 

There is no F-16C(U) mod that I am working on.  F-15C Upgraded variants (F-15C Golden Eagle, F-15J, F-15CI) are in the works, but it will take some time to sort out the cockpit situation with them all.

In other news, I have added the AIM-260 to the F-15EX, although the implementation is not complete.  So far it passes separation tests without issue though.

[Nightstorm]

5 hours ago, Spino said:

There is no F-16C(U) mod that I am working on.  F-15C Upgraded variants (F-15C Golden Eagle, F-15J, F-15CI) are in the works, but it will take some time to sort out the cockpit situation with them all.

In other news, I have added the AIM-260 to the F-15EX, although the implementation is not complete.  So far it passes separation tests without issue though.

Awesome!