Oldwheat has posted a skinpack for AFS's I-153, but where is the aircraft????????? 

OMG! 

It could be lost forever! 

Shame on you ... and a grown man to boot!

But do you need  a grown man to boot?
Ifn you are still looking for the Polikarpov, head over to the library section at SimOuthouse. Morton has uploaded a package which has all the bits and pieces and just needs a sound folder to make it complete. The file is "mk_Polikarpov_I-153.zip".
Thanks for the great skins Larry . I reaaly like the way the numbers are slightly faded. These will look just right on Achim's airfields.

Ravenna, I've been in chats and forums where CFS2 "militants" like me are called "killers" who like to "kill people" by those who are into FSX/2002/2004, etc. I guess dropping paras is viewed as benign and safe and takes no lives.

On to the TB-3/I-16 problem: There is a ".DBK" file included in the folder, is this a backup .dp that let's the I-16s show up? Do I just need to change the name of this file to get the I-16s going? The I-16 installed fine to my Aircraft folder in MSCFS2, it's just sitting there.

I wish I knew how to edit .dps and hardpoints; I'd love to string OW and Scrub's I-153s across the top wing along with the I-16s. If you look in the little history they sent us there is a pic of 5 aircraft attached to this plane. I love it. I want to integrate it into Nomonhon and China Theater missions when I get around to writing missions. My income is next to nil too, I make American Indian artifacts for a hobby and gave a friend an arrow, he bought me the TB-3.

Bonesky

Bones,
Here ya go:
http://www.cfgse.calebflerk.com/
This ought to keep you off the streets for a few months!

Ravenna wrote on Mar 26^th, 2010 at 9:35pm:


I'd love to see some skins for Scrub's and OW's I-153 with patriotic slogans on the side of the fuselage.

Ravenna, you got me to thinking and I added a panel to the I-16 and it shows up fine. However, I can;t get the engines to start, I assume the engines on the I-16 runs? I'm not versed on AI plane configuration, perhaps it just needs the folder without the panel.

There a dozen little readme files with mine, best I can make out about animations I can't seem to get mine to work(lights on-off, open bomb bay doors, open right door) or the chutists to drop. Here is the section of my aircraft.cfg you suggested:

[LIGHTS]
panel = 0, 20.84, 0.00, 2.00, fx_vclight,
panel  = 1, -20.00,   0.00,  2.90, fx_vclighth,
panel  = 2, 29.00,   0.00,  2.50, fx_vclighth,
panel  = 3, 18.00,   0.00,  3.99, fx_vclighth,
panel=0.00,0.00,0.00,fx_fallsw

I'm gonna work on the animations but the I-16 engines not starting is sort of disappointing.

I think the ultimate in cool would be to string this I-153 across the top of the wing, and be able to get in either one or the I-16 and release to fly against attacking fighters.

Thanks

Bones

Bonesimoto wrote on Mar 29^th, 2010 at 6:08am:


If you see aa TB-3 flying out there with I-16s hanging from the wing and 3 I-153s across the top with Oldwheat in the pilot seat, you know I will have digested Caleb's tips

Bones

Ravenna wrote on Mar 29^th, 2010 at 8:40am:


Part of the problem could be that my computer is not powerful enough to run it, I only have 64 meg video, 768 meg RAM and 1.2 gig processor.

I have made repeated installs to different folders, the panel folder that enables CFS2 to see the I-16 as a weapon, or as anything, does not install on my copy of the TB-3. I'm going to advise Icarus Support of this.

Does the engines on your I-16s run, and do they have bombs?

Thanks
Bones