DCS Shinano Japanese carrier mod

[gdotts]

DCS Shinano aircraft carrier 

I have this installed and works great!

[Saxman]

25 minutes ago, gdotts said:

DCS Shinano aircraft carrier 

I have this installed and works great!

Which is more than you could say for the REAL Shinano.

[BRONYA]

17小时前，gdotts说：

DCS Shinano aircraft carrier 

I have this installed and works great!

Hi there, I'm the author of the Shinano mod. I'm glad you like it. I've made some updates to the mod. Please download these files and replace them. Thank you.Shinano.luaShinanoRunwaysAndRoutes.lua

[gdotts]

I assume you all know that we do have Fletcher Class destroyer mods for the sim.....right??

Again mine works great, then on top of that, add a German Bismark which UNFORTUNATLY shows smoke and wake ONLY but guns fire shells just fine.  Now that is tons of naval shells water geysers and anti aircraft blankets going on all over the place on both sides.  Gives the illusion of one heck of a battle....  I have been blasted out of the sky every time and my Essex burning and sunk along with a few destroyers.  Just saying!!

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, BRONYA said:

Hi there, I'm the author of the Shinano mod. I'm glad you like it. I've made some updates to the mod. Please download these files and replace them. Thank you.Shinano.luaShinanoRunwaysAndRoutes.lua

 

Thanks a lot for the Mod, tough I still need to test it in battle, so can't say much about its workings yet  

 

 

 

 

The zero is the one made by @DOL, but it seems that it's for a land based zero, so it can't really be used with your carrier, I placed them there just for the photo  

Edited July 4 by Rudel_chw

[Danzig]

is there a good Zero AI mod?  besides the " use japan livery on FW190" method?  

[Saxman]

5 hours ago, Danzig said:

is there a good Zero AI mod?  besides the " use japan livery on FW190" method?  

I think Dol's Zero is the main one, but its flight modeling is...suspect.

[Danzig]

39 minutes ago, Saxman said:

I think Dol's Zero is the main one, but its flight modeling is...suspect.

maybe it is more fun fighting then the iron ass fw190 - thx!

Edited July 6 by Danzig

[Saxman]

3 hours ago, Danzig said:

maybe it is more fun fighting then the iron ass fw190 - thx!

You can't outrun them.

You can't outclimb them.

You can't outdive them.

You can't outroll them.

Even the F4UFO AI can't fight them.

Seriously, the flight modeling is completely borked. At least the 190s you can actually get guns on.

[Nightdare]

On 7/4/2025 at 8:19 PM, Rudel_chw said:

The zero is the one made by @DOL, but it seems that it's for a land based zero, so it can't really be used with your carrier

 

By this stage in the war, the zero's weren't given enough fuel to return anyway, so who cares about tailhooks? 

[-0303-]

When Shinano was sunk, it only carried Ohka's in terms of flying materiel. They really didn't care about tail hooks.

Edited July 7 by -0303-

[Rudel_chw]

6 hours ago, Nightdare said:

 

By this stage in the war, the zero's weren't given enough fuel to return anyway, so who cares about tailhooks? 

 

27 minutes ago, -0303- said:

When Shinano was sunk, it only carried Ohka's in terms of flying materiel. They really didn't care about tail hooks.

Many of my missions are what-if ones, as following the real history is kind of boring (since we already know the outcomes) … in that environment I prefer a working carrier, no matter what its reality was.

[Stevecat]

I'm new to DCS and saved this to my DCS/Mods file like the posts specified.  But it's not loading into my Instant Mission Planner.  WHat am I doing wrong?

 

[Rudel_chw]

41 minutes ago, Stevecat said:

I'm new to DCS and saved this to my DCS/Mods file like the posts specified.  But it's not loading into my Instant Mission Planner.  WHat am I doing wrong?

 

You mean the Quick Action Generator? ... try creating your mission with the Mission Editor instead:

 

 

[Stevecat]

Thanks Rudel.  Not working that way either.  I need to go back and see why my Mods aren't loading into the game.  I'll figure it out.

[51_Blade]

On 7/4/2025 at 6:22 PM, BRONYA said:

Hi there, I'm the author of the Shinano mod. I'm glad you like it. I've made some updates to the mod. Please download these files and replace them. Thank you.Shinano.luaShinanoRunwaysAndRoutes.lua

Hi BRONYA. It is a great mod, good job. I've modified the spawn to avoid the wings pass through. If you'r agree I can share the file.

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[BRONYA]

10小时前，51_Blade说：

Hi BRONYA. It is a great mod, good job. I've modified the spawn to avoid the wings pass through. If you'r agree I can share the file. 嗨，BRONYA。这是一款很棒的模组，干得漂亮。我修改了生成点，避免了翅膀穿模的问题。如果你同意，我可以分享文件。

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sure! a good job,thank you

[51_Blade]

Here you have the file with modified spawn. And again, great job BRONYA.

ShinanoRunwaysAndRoutes.lua

[Sprool]

I have been playing around with a Marianas ww2 scenario with 4 x FW-190's dressed as Zeros on the deck of the Shinano, but only the lead plane takes off, and then it sits in a near-stall at 80 knots and 55 ft off sea level, never retracting its gear, picking up speed or climbing. The other 3 never take off. Is there a setting I need to assign in the mission editor for them to behave properly?

 

[BRONYA]

13小时前，Sprool说：

I have been playing around with a Marianas ww2 scenario with 4 x FW-190's dressed as Zeros on the deck of the Shinano, but only the lead plane takes off, and then it sits in a near-stall at 80 knots and 55 ft off sea level, never retracting its gear, picking up speed or climbing. The other 3 never take off. Is there a setting I need to assign in the mission editor for them to behave properly? 我在尝试一个二战时期的“马里亚纳”战役场景，在“信浓”号航母甲板上有 4 架涂装成零式战斗机的福克伍尔夫 190 战机，但只有头机起飞，然后它在接近失速的状态下以 80 节的速度、离海面 55 英尺的高度停滞不前，起落架始终没有收起，速度也没有增加，高度也没有上升。另外 3 架始终没有起飞。在任务编辑器中我需要设置什么选项才能让它们正常起飞？

 

mabe you should try increasing the carrier's speed to 28 knots and sailing into the wind, while also setting the aircraft to a ramp start state in the mission editor instead of a runway takeoff.

[Sprool]

thanks i will give that a try...

[edit] No change, the planes fly about 55ft abouve the water, nose up, struggling to reach more than 65 kts  

Edited Saturday at 03:39 PM by Sprool

[BRONYA]

2025/7/19 PM11点28分，Sprool说：

thanks i will give that a try... 谢谢，我会试试看的……

[edit] No change, the planes fly about 55ft abouve the water, nose up, struggling to reach more than 65 kts   [编辑] 没有变化，飞机在水面上方约 55 英尺处飞行，机头朝上，时速难以超过 65 节。

I think this is because the aircraft's engine lacks sufficient acceleration capability and cannot power the 190 effectively.I think this is because the aircraft's engine lacks sufficient acceleration capability and cannot power the 190 effectively.我认为这是因为飞机的发动机加速能力不足，无法有效地为 190 提供动力。

 

 

[Sprool]

Are there any WW2 aircraft I can use that the ai can get to take off from the carrier?

[Mav87th]

Yep. The val can. And in not too long the Zeke-52 can as well.