TeTeT's Vietnam War Vessels

[TeTeT]

Hi,

ironically I was looking for a MiG-21F-13 model, but what I sourced is closer to the MF, minus the GP-9 gun pod and missing intrinsic gun. So in a very real sense we'll make do with what we can acquire for free or at reasonable cost.

Based on the comments on the MiG-21bis I've changed the SFM table slightly. We're looking for additional eyes on the current dev model of the MiG-21MF. If you're interested in fighting against the AI only MiG-21MF and want to help with development please send me a DM here and/or join our discord at https://discord.gg/Jyr8a27K and ping me there. Especially results from dogfights between F-4E (player) and MiG-21MF (AI) would be of interest.

Cheers,
TeTeT

[EA-18G_BlockII]

On 6/16/2024 at 5:52 PM, TeTeT said:

Hi,

ironically I was looking for a MiG-21F-13 model, but what I sourced is closer to the MF, minus the GP-9 gun pod and missing intrinsic gun. So in a very real sense we'll make do with what we can acquire for free or at reasonable cost.

Based on the comments on the MiG-21bis I've changed the SFM table slightly. We're looking for additional eyes on the current dev model of the MiG-21MF. If you're interested in fighting against the AI only MiG-21MF and want to help with development please send me a DM here and/or join our discord at https://discord.gg/Jyr8a27K and ping me there. Especially results from dogfights between F-4E (player) and MiG-21MF (AI) would be of interest.

Cheers,
TeTeT

can you add the attenna on its back and change the engine nozzle so it may somewhat looks like MiG-21PF? that would fits better with 1965-1968's timeline (Rolling Thunder Ops)

Edited June 26, 2024 by EA-18G_BlockII

[TeTeT]

Nice idea. Ideally I would love to convert it to an MiG-21F-13, but we'll see what time and skills allow for. Right now we're still busy with the MiG-21MF and some other possible surprises.

Cheers,
TeTeT

[sinzov]

Gentlemen,

maybe I am mistaken, but I would prefer a second generation Fishbed: Mig-21PF (small fin), Mig-21PFM (broad fin) this version prolly being the most numerous supllied to the Vietnamese (some of them with GP-9 gondola, rarely used).

The -F13 was only seen in 1965, 1966, and the -MF came late in 1971.

But: whatever MiG, I very much appreciate your work very, very much.

cheers, sinzov

[TeTeT]

1 hour ago, sinzov said:

...maybe I am mistaken, but I would prefer a second generation Fishbed: Mig-21PF (small fin), Mig-21PFM (broad fin) this version prolly being the most numerous supllied to the Vietnamese (some of them with GP-9 gondola, rarely used).

The -F13 was only seen in 1965, 1966, and the -MF came late in 1971.

Thanks for your kind words! When I sourced the model it was advertised as MiG-21F-13, but clearly it isn't. I was believing it's a MiG-21MF, but it sports the GP-9 gondola and no built-in cannon. Maybe therefore it's probably the model of a MiG-21PFM? I got myself a book from the author of https://mig-21.de/default.htm to educate myself a bit more on the actual variants that existed and their relative performance. The table at https://mig-21.de/deutsch/technikbewaffnung.htm seems also to hint that the GP-9 gun pod  was used by the PFM, not the MF.

It's good fun to learn about this while we try to bring it into game I can see that some serious scholars may snicker at this naive approach, but for the hobby that modding is, it's the right approach for me. To uncover new knowledge and make it available for the enjoyment of the game.

Cheers,
TeTeT

[Linx]

On 6/13/2024 at 10:49 AM, Biggus said:

Having a reasonable AI Fishbed will be a game changer for me.  Thanks for making such an awesome mod!

+1

So much this! Looking forward to it.

[Beldin]

On 5/23/2024 at 7:05 PM, HawaiianRyan said:

It would be great if this were fixed.

It was fixed at one point, I'll add it to a mission soon and see how it's flying these days.

[HawaiianRyan]

2 hours ago, Beldin said:

It was fixed at one point, I'll add it to a mission soon and see how it's flying these days.

I'm pretty sure this is fixed with the version they released on June 05, 2024.

[TeTeT]

Hello,

We have made several updates and renovations to the Vietnam War Vessels mod. Unfortunately, the release of the MiG-21MF has been postponed as the model requires significant reworking to better represent the aircraft. However, we are also developing a well-recognized propeller-driven plane for the mod, though neither plane has a fixed release date yet.

In terms of recent updates:

• Odyseus has improved the fore and aft sections of the CVA-31.
• The Maddox now features new bridge windows that are more in line with the Vietnam War era appearance.
• Technically, the CVA-31 deck has been renamed to PALUBA_, which has resolved the BDA messages in the debriefing.

We hope you enjoy the update!

https://github.com/tspindler-cms/tetet-vwv/releases 

 

[Geschirre]

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we are also developing a well-recognized propeller-driven plane for the mod

The E-2 with four bladed propellers!?!? Instead of the abomination that we are force to use.  I always leave the static version off my carrier decks because the 8 bladed prop doesn't fit my 80s/90s scenarios... dare to dream  

Thanks for all you've done!

Edited July 16, 2024 by Geschirre

[bbtbmb]

Hopefully, it's a "Stoof with a Roof."

[Woogey]

3 hours ago, Geschirre said:

The E-2 with four bladed propellers!?!? Instead of the abomination that we are force to use.  I always leave the static version off my carrier decks because the 8 bladed prop doesn't fit my 80s/90s scenarios... dare to dream  

Thanks for all you've done!

 

I really hope Dino (IndiaFoxtEcho) brings in an asset pack.  He has a decent E-2C, and C-2 he had released in P3d.  Also an A-4/TA-4/OA-4 that would be nice to have.  

[TeTeT]

I agree that an E-2D Hawkeye would be an awesome asset to add - but unfortunately this idea leads out straight to the place below, which may aid us to find the answer:

[Geschirre]

Well then I agree with bbtbmb.

Although I don't think the layperson considers the S2F a,

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well-recognized propeller-driven

I take your picture to mean, "number two with a roof."  Grumman S2F/S-2 Tracker, which is just as well to pretend it could a C-1 Trader, but even my imagination couldn't let it be a WF/E-1 Tracer, "willy fudd"/ "stoof with a roof."  Not trying to recommend anything, just enjoying speculating.   

Edited July 18, 2024 by Geschirre

[Stackup]

The most well known prop aircraft in Vietnam I can think of would be the Skyraider.  Although I wouldn't say no to any of the other suggestions, the E-2C especially, and I'll add the B-26K Counter Invader as another option to continue the twin engine aircraft speculation trend.  Looking forward to whatever it is.

[Raffi75]

Hi

I have a little problem. I installed the latest version of TeTeT's Vietnam War Vessels 0.5.3. I downloaded a mission using this add-on, but when I want to run it I get a message that Crusader is missing. I wanted to remove the Crusader by editing it so that I could fly in this mission. Unfortunately, I can't edit the mission because... DCS doesn't see the Crusader, but when I create a quick mission myself, I have no problem choosing the F-8E Crusader.

Can anyone help me explain what this is about?

[TeTeT]

4 hours ago, Stackup said:

The most well known prop aircraft in Vietnam I can think of would be the Skyraider.  ...

 

Congrats @Stackup  I thought the reference to the toilet bomb via the toilet house was a sure giveaway! 

@Raffi75 I guess the mission was created with an older version of the mod. We renamed and unified the model names in between. Most likely the transition from crusader to tetet_crusader or, much less likely, from crusader to vwv_crusader is causing this problem. If you let me know the mission author and the location of the mission file I see if there's a way to fix it.

Cheers,
TeTeT

[Raffi75]

The problem occurs on two missions made by Manfred8081.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3339561/

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3338675/

Cheers

Edited July 22, 2024 by Raffi75

[TeTeT]

6 hours ago, Raffi75 said:

The problem occurs on two missions made by Manfred8081.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3339561/

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3338675/

Thanks for sharing. I see the first mission has now a revision without F-8s, does it work for you now? On the second mission 13_Chu_Lai_Road_Recce_Day_CV-59.miz, it works fine on my system and the F-8s are present. Maybe something went wrong when installing the mod? Can you perhaps share the dcs.log from you when loading 13_Chu_Lai_Road_Recce_Day_CV-59.miz in a direct message here, or even better, hop on  our discord at https://discord.gg/zyp3rSdj and inspect the problem via a screen share?

Cheers,
TeTeT

[TeTeT]

Hi,

we've detected a problem with missing parts on the generic Essex class carrier and also with the launchbar of the F-8. We're testing fixes currently and hope to push out Vietnam War Vessels 0.5.4 hotfix tomorrow.

Cheers,
TeTeT

[TeTeT]

Hi,

we found another problem in the update to the Maddox and hence will delay the release of 0.5.4 for another round of testing of the latest RC build.

Cheers,
TeTeT

[TeTeT]

Welcome to the Vietnam War Vessels 0.5.4 hotfix update!

We've addressed several issues identified in version 0.5.3. The Generic Essex class carrier had some missing mesh parts, the Maddox wasn't consistently engaging air targets with its main guns, and the F-8 Crusader has been problematic since version 0.5.0. We've updated the models for both the Generic Essex class carrier and the F-8 Crusader, and made configuration changes to all three assets.

Please download from https://github.com/tspindler-cms/tetet-vwv/releases

Changelog since 0.5.3:

2024-07-26
  F-8 Crusader
    - Remove gear suspension code
    - Fix AIM-9C/D position
    - Fix hideable pylon
    - Update edm to fix various problems
2024-07-22 
  F-8 Crusader
    - Remove broken launchbar
  CVA-31 Bon Homme Richard
    - Fix broken Essex generic edm
  Maddox
    - Use sensor 20 for mk12 127mm AIR

 

[Ironghost]

1 ora fa, TeTeT ha scritto:

Benvenuti all'aggiornamento hotfix 0.5.4 di Vietnam War Vessels!

Abbiamo risolto diversi problemi identificati nella versione 0.5.3. La portaerei classe Essex generica aveva alcune parti mesh mancanti, la Maddox non ingaggiava costantemente bersagli aerei con i suoi cannoni principali e l'F-8 Crusader presentava problemi sin dalla versione 0.5.0. Abbiamo aggiornato i modelli sia della portaerei classe Essex generica che dell'F-8 Crusader e abbiamo apportato modifiche alla configurazione di tutte e tre le risorse.

Si prega di scaricare da https://github.com/tspindler-cms/tetet-vwv/releases

Registro delle modifiche dalla versione 0.5.3:

2024-07-26
   F-8 crociato
     - Rimuovere il codice della sospensione del cambio
     - Corretta la posizione dell'AIM-9C/D
     - Risolto il problema con il pilone occultabile
     - Aggiorna edm per risolvere vari problemi
 2024-07-22 
   F-8 crociato
     - Rimuovere la barra di avvio rotta
   CVA-31 Bon Homme Richard
     - Risolto il problema con l'EDM generico dell'Essex rotto
   Maddox
     - Utilizzare il sensore 20 per mk12 127mm AIR  

 

Hi Tetet, but do I have to copy only the 767MB version or also the other version? Sorry, maybe it has already been asked.

[TeTeT]

1 hour ago, Ironghost said:

Hi Tetet, but do I have to copy only the 767MB version or also the other version? Sorry, maybe it has already been asked.

Hello,

Thanks for you interest in the mod! If you want the complete mod:

 

TeTeT.VietnamWarVessels.0.5.4.zip (767 MB)

If you want only the base assets without additional textures (liveries):

 

TeTeT.VietnamWarVessels.base.0.5.4.zip (526 MB)

If you want only the liveries without the base assets:

 

TeTeT.VietnamWarVessels.liveries.0.5.4.zip (241 MB)

If you need help with this, please join the discord (see first post in this thread) and we can assist you in real time.

Cheers,
TeTeT

[TeTeT]

Hi,

also want to point you to these missions for the A-4 created by manfred8081/slapshot. Some sport CVA-31, others CV-59:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/de/files/filter/type-is-single/user-is-manfred8081/apply/?PER_PAGE=100

Cheers,
TeTeT