My coastal shippings spawns exploit a feature that I don't think has been explored on this forum. You may be aware that when looking at a campaign map, there is a grid overlay that breaks the map...
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My coastal shippings spawns exploit a feature that I don't think has been explored on this forum. You may be aware that when looking at a campaign map, there is a grid overlay that breaks the map...
Lots to try in the list below, everything from controlling the number of spawning aircraft, to setting spawn retry intervals. Obtained from examining a dump/crash file in the AppData/Local pathway:...
Don't forget you can add a QuickCombatFriendlyRadius to your game.xml file, to decrease disturbance even more! As described in this thread. I've settled on a value of 8000 or 10000.
A great feature of the mission builder is the ease with which you can get a number of flights arriving at a waypoint just when you want them.
In the formation tab, select a waypoint. In the...
Thanks very much MajorMagee, maybe the AA settings are why I can't get the 2019 shaders to run!
If the aircraft waypoint for takeoff in the mission file is set type="turn", then those aircraft may not retract their undercarriage. The solution is to change the waypoint type to "takeoff". I've...
Thanks, James, this looks really interesting. NB I can't get the first link to work (XML to gl converter).
Sopwith's Guide to Using the Alpha Channel to Mask Objects. This is an excellent .pdf guide which explains in simple terms how to mask things on an aircraft texture sheet (or any .dds texture sheet,...
I have uploaded a fix for recon missions, for the stock spawn set.
www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/local_links.php?action=jump&catid=70&id=23583
IIRC there is a simple fix for the recon bug - the recon xml spawn files are faulty. You need to add the campaign mission objectives as per other campaign spawns, to the recon xml spawn files (no...
Landclasses.xml can be found in the terrdata.zip file within the Terrains folder.
If you want to change the look and feel of the scenery you fly over, this file can be edited using Notepad. For...
Uploaded under CFS3 Other > Effects is a pdf file of the Effects Master List provided with GMax CFS3 package. Not everybody has MS Excel so pdf is more accessible. If you want to add wake effects...
OK girls and boys,
I guess I have a bit of time on my hands....
Here are the MS knowledgebase articles that turn up on a recent search...
Microsoft Support Articles for CFS3
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The window on the m3d viewer is quite small. So if you add "-1280" after a space to Pat's line above (ie. after -m3dview) this will give you a much better window, handy when looking at big models!
Running CFS3Config.exe is one of the most important things to do when installing Combat Flight Simulator 3. However very few people would claim to have their setup perfect - it is a very complicated...
