CJS Super Hornet Community Mod v2.4 - Official Thread

[Ghostmaker]

48 minutes ago, Ithronwise said:

The E19 sound pack is included.

No, it uses some files of the F/A-18C module but doesn't overwrite or replace anything.

Ok great stuff so on page 1, i assume thr new upto date folder is there and we juat unzip the full folder into saved games folder 

[Ithronwise]

12 minutes ago, Ghostmaker said:

Ok great stuff so on page 1, i assume thr new upto date folder is there and we juat unzip the full folder into saved games folder 

No, unfortunately not and I cannot edit the first page because I am not the thread starter. You can download the latest mod version here:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/6dw6jbftx3zl7ex/CJS+Super+Hornet+Mod+v2.4.zip/file

But I highly recommend to join the discord channel for more information, more downloads, bugfixes etc.:
https://discord.gg/gsX5CYm4

[Ghostmaker]

Just started the download. I also have the herc mod. Should this mod work straight away or will i be expecting conflics?

 

Sorry fairly new to all of this

[Ithronwise]

40 minutes ago, Ghostmaker said:

Just started the download. I also have the herc mod. Should this mod work straight away or will i be expecting conflics?

Check this:

 

[Ghostmaker]

8 minutes ago, Ithronwise said:

Check this:

 

the problem i have now is this issue, it wont load into any mission / mission editor

 

so as above ive gone to the Herc mod, double clicked on the Entry.Lua and i get this pop up on the left. i dont have anything on my system to open it. what is the best place to open it with?

 

messing with Lua info is new to me so bare with also

 

[Ithronwise]

10 minutes ago, Ghostmaker said:

so as above ive gone to the Herc mod, double clicked on the Entry.Lua and i get this pop up on the left. i dont have anything on my system to open it. what is the best place to open it with?

not the entry.lua, the Hercules_Loadout.lua as I wrote. You can open it with Notepad, use the find function in the Edit menu (search for "Ammo GBU-31V3B*6", there is only 1 entry in this file).

Replace the whole line you will find with this one:

Ammo_Pallet_Contents({user_name = _("Ammo GBU-31V3B*6 [12949lb]"), clsid = "Herc_Ammo_GBU_31_V3B_bombs", contents = "{GBU-31V3B}", count = 6,  mass = 981, wstype = "weapons.bombs.GBU_31_V_3B"})--GBU-31V3B

Save the file and that's it.

[Ghostmaker]

2 minutes ago, Ithronwise said:

not the entry.lua, the Hercules_Loadout.lua as I wrote. You can open it with Notepad, use the find function in the Edit menu (search for "Ammo GBU-31V3B*6", there is only 1 entry in this file).

Replace the whole line you will find with this one:

Ammo_Pallet_Contents({user_name = _("Ammo GBU-31V3B*6 [12949lb]"), clsid = "Herc_Ammo_GBU_31_V3B_bombs", contents = "{GBU-31V3B}", count = 6,  mass = 981, wstype = "weapons.bombs.GBU_31_V_3B"})--GBU-31V3B

Save the file and that's it.

Ill have a look as ive never messed with the loadout either

[Maolain]

My search skills must be rusty. I can find skins, I cannot find the actual mod to download. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[OldFlyer]

Here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6dw6jbftx3zl7ex/CJS+Super+Hornet+Mod+v2.4.zip/file

[Ghostmaker]

18 hours ago, Ghostmaker said:

Ill have a look as ive never messed with the loadout either

just got round to trying to sort this, again ive been met with the pop up as to what programme to open this Lua with, what does every one use as theres nothing to open / view the Lua file with on mine

 

[HawaiianRyan]

1 hour ago, Ghostmaker said:

just got round to trying to sort this, again ive been met with the pop up as to what programme to open this Lua with, what does every one use as theres nothing to open / view the Lua file with on mine

 

Lua files are just text. Pick your favorite text editor.

If you're totally lost, use Notepad++.

[Ghostmaker]

52 minutes ago, HawaiianRyan said:

Lua files are just text. Pick your favorite text editor.

If you're totally lost, use Notepad++.

Cheers its all new to me so no idea whats the best. Notepad++ seems like one to download

[Ghostmaker]

all sorted thank you all

 

is there only 1 Livery for this so far as i only have this option across all the super Hornets

 

[Archangel44]

You can find a few Liveries here ===> DCS Superbug Skins

[Ghostmaker]

57 minutes ago, Archangel44 said:

You can find a few Liveries here ===> DCS Superbug Skins

Ah thank you. Juat download and add the the liveries section withing the mod folder?

[Archangel44]

The place to put them is:

Local Drive/Users/Your Name/Saved Games/DCS/Mods/aircraft/CJS Super Hornet Mod v2.4/Liveries/...And in this Livery Folder, you should have 3 models of the F-18, the E, F and G model. Drop the proper downloaded livery into the proper plane model folder.

See the example:

Hope this helps.

[Blinde]

9 hours ago, Ghostmaker said:

all sorted thank you all

 

is there only 1 Livery for this so far as i only have this option across all the super Hornets

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/search/?q=cjs+livery&s=Search

Much more liveries.

[Archangel44]

2 hours ago, Blinde said:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/search/?q=cjs+livery&s=Search

Much more liveries.

The link is Forbidden.

[Blinde]

6 hours ago, Archangel44 said:

The link is Forbidden.

Type cjs livery in search box

Edited December 6, 2024 by Blinde

[Ithronwise]

15 hours ago, Archangel44 said:

Local Drive/Users/Your Name/Saved Games/DCS/Mods/aircraft/CJS Super Hornet Mod v2.4/Liveries/...And in this Livery Folder, you should have 3 models of the F-18, the E, F and G model. Drop the proper downloaded livery into the proper plane model folder.

Not exactly. The right and better place for liveries is in Saved Games\DCS\Liveries, and there you have to create three folders FA-18E, FA-18F and EA-18G.

If you copy the liveries into the mod folder they will be gone if you do a clean install of a new mod version. 

Edited December 6, 2024 by Ithronwise

[Archangel44]

2 hours ago, Ithronwise said:

Not exactly. The right and better place for liveries is in Saved Games\DCS\Liveries, and there you have to create three folders FA-18E, FA-18F and EA-18G.

If you copy the liveries into the mod folder they will be gone if you do a clean install of a new mod version. 

Yea, that's one way to skin that cat. I use OVGME and when it comes time to do an update, clean install, etc... I just disable them with the OVGME program. 

Perhaps it's a few more steps, but it works for me.

Thanks for the tip.

[CarloVecchi]

Am 12.1.2023 um 03:55 schrieb bennyboy9800:

3. Is there a paintkit?

Yes! Here

Link doesn´t work anymore.

Are there updated templates available for the latest version?

[Boelcke]

vor 8 Stunden schrieb CarloVecchi:

Link doesn´t work anymore.

Are there updated templates available for the latest version?

must be this

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ol9rshtajbs14ix/FA18EFG_Texture_Template_4K_v2.4.zip/file

 

[CarloVecchi]

vor 14 Stunden schrieb Boelcke:

must be this

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ol9rshtajbs14ix/FA18EFG_Texture_Template_4K_v2.4.zip/file

 

Thynk you very much! 

[SkateZilla]

Tip:

Do NOT ever edit any formatted text container (Lua, .js, etc etc), in Windows Notepad,

Either use a software suite like Visual Studio, Or Notepad++, both are free, w/ Notepad++ being the easier to use option.