I was going though CFS2 stuff on dics 1 lookin for the P-39 textures I asked about earlier, and I came across these files.  I opened a couple and I'm asuming they are MS planes in GMax or whatever they modeled them with.  But not only did I find the normal stock planes and the AI, I found two that were out of place, a P-47D and a P-47N.  They were much two detailed to be FDG's Jugs, and the textures and everything else looks like what MS did with CFS2. I'd show them two you, but I don't know how to put pic's in here.  If someone tells me how I'll do it.  Anyway, the planes don't look completed, all the areas that should be rounded, the wingtips, cowl, etc., are anglur, not enough polys I guess.  Is this some part of another campaign that MS skrapped?  Maybe it was an Amry Air Crops campaign.  It is possible.  Did anyone ever see an Air Corps bird in one of the campaigns?  The P-39s, P-38s, B-25s, B-24s, and the C-47s.  I've never seen those planes in the US Navy campaign, but I don't know about the IJN one because I've never done it.  I really don't care for the zero, just a fling match as far as I'm concerned.  So, can anyone shine any light on this?

Those are simply textures, not complete aircraft. You can find a lot of stuff like that if you look hard enough, left in either deliberately or by mistake. Someone found a pic of a baby in FS2002, most likely slipped onto the disk by a proud parent.

Is this what you mean?



I admit being wrong about it being a texture. It's a screenshot in JPEG format. What it's doing there is one of life's little mysteries. Woody's suggestion is most likely correct. Nothing to get excited about.

  I just got a good laugh out of that Fireman.  The irony of that is Paul will probably be the last one standing.

While on the topic of other then stock planes, I'm trying to figure out how to get an addon aircraft to show up in Quick Combat as an opponent.  It seems you never can tell what will show up and what won't.  I had to delete an Me 109 off the sim because it kept showing up as a Japanese plane in QC but I can't get the Sally I just installed to show up at all.

While I'm thinking of it, Did anyone else have the Mosqueto offered from here install using the Japanese language file?  Weird.

BTW Hagar, Thanks for all your help. I did all your suggested reading and I now have a much better handle on aircraft installs and everything works.

L. J. Over...

OK Hagar, I went over and downloaded the QC Editor. I'll go install it now and give this a try.

Funny, I've been flying CFS 2 for over a year now and still haven't done much more then add a few planes and bases, and fly a few campaigns.  When I was flying F-3 then F-4 this long I was addicted and spending vast amounts of time at it.  I think I actually like CFS 2 more   because I'm an avid WW II history reader but nowadays I seem to have too many other projects going.  Maybe if I got a new system I'd fly more.  my unit is nearly 5 years old.

Hope you don't mind all the questions. For as long as I've been flying this sim I should probably be more informed. I have read the manuals thuroghly but none of this file manipulation stuff is in the Microsoft literature.  It's floating around the net in articals here and there.

Thanks again Hagar   L. J. Out.

Hi L.J. I'm always happy to help when I can. Glad you're enjoying CFS2.

Hi Christopher. M$ don't actually say what the ADDON folder is for. I find it an ideal place to keep all my addon scenery. I'm sure this was their intention too. Check out my CFS2 Scenery Clinic. http://www.simviation.com/lair/cfs2scenclinc.htm

Woodlouse,
I've been flying a very nice Mosquito that came with numerous skins: Standard day fighter (Europe), day fighter post "D day" (invasion stripes), Night fighter (black) that I think came from right here on simviation.  It also has a nicely done bomb sight feature.  I fly the Pacific Theater only so I installed a seperate  "China India, Burma" Theater skin which I'm pretty sure also came from here.

Hagar,
The QC Editor works great.  It's so much better when you don't have to take on Georges in your Wildcat over Henderson where they don't belong.  I made catagories for Early and late Nipponese fighter, bombers, German stuff, the works. It's great!

BTW. that Sally from here is exellent to fly against. It's a well done a/c with just the right amount of defensive firepower unlike the MS Betty which has a better cannon then the last F-16 I flew, rediculous!  Also it doesn't instantly go up like a match when hit. It can obsorb a few rounds then start to disintigrate under continued hammering more like the real gun camera shots I've seen. Although, in reading and talking with vets I've often heard of how they might pop one quick burst into a Japanese opponent and the whole thing would immediatly become a white/yellow fireball (no tank blatters).  Commonly, the pilots might actually survive the blast but be on fire themselves when bailing out and just become a flaming streamer when their chute partially deployed.

All in all, the plight of the Japanese pilots was incredably tragic and I have more respect for them the more I learn about that amazing piece of history. 

L. J. Out.