In memoriam - Raid on Port Darwin released!

[Rami]

Rami

Is the PBY-2 suppose to be in the water on airfield Darwin-Seaplane? Mine sits on dry land. Are the coordinates wrong? I have to go to DEI base to take off of water. Your downloads are great and great timesavers. Is this a glitch or part of the program? I hope it just needs a coordinate change.

Braveheart (Mack)

Mack,

I just double-checked and ruled out a couple of things.

1) I downloaded Maskrider's original MR_Australia package to see if he did any custom coastlines. Nope.

2) I double-checked my installation to make sure there isn't a goof.

This is where your takeoff point should be...I have included a pic for details. Would you mind posting yours?

Thanks,

[braveheart77521]

Rami:

I don't know how to take a picture but My pby is straight behind your picture about 100 yards. The pier in your picture is right behind me. I can liftoff a wildcat at the waters edge. I reloaded a new cfs2 and got the same results

Mack

[Rami]

Rami:

I don't know how to take a picture but My pby is straight behind your picture about 100 yards. The pier in your picture is right behind me. I can liftoff a wildcat at the waters edge. I reloaded a new cfs2 and got the same results

Mack

Mack,

Okay. First, here's my quick and dirty way of taking screenshots without a downloaded program.

When you use the view keys in CFS2 to get the image you want to display, hit the "Print Screen" key on your keyboard. (usually next to the scroll lock) Then, open up "Paint" in the accessories category in the start menu. When you open MS Paint, press and hold the CTRL key and press "V." This should display the image. Then save it as a jpeg.

Second,

I presume you are using the stock coastlines, correct?

If you are, then I'm stumped. Can someone else verify Mack's results?

[braveheart77521]

rami

Here are the views of Darwin seaplane. one is from the front and the other from the back.

Mack

[Rami]

Braveheart,

Looking at those pics, I do not see shorelines, but it's hard to tell from the angle. Are you sure you are using the stock Pacific coastlines / watermasks and NOT Rhumbaflappy's newer watermasks?

[braveheart77521]

Rami

I am using the watermasking recommended in the guide of yours modified for the PTO. The same one used in the DEI downloads. Are these not supposed to be used? Please advise

mack

[Rami]

Mack,

You're doing it right....all of these campaigns use the same base. We'll find the answer to this...

[Rami]

Mack,

Please do me one last pic for me if you can. In an aircraft, fly over the pier and the shoreline and do a top-down view (use the number pad on your keyboard) so that I can see what the coastline looks like in proportion to the pier. I want to see how large the distance is from the air, and what the shoreline looks like,

[Rami]

Mack,

I had kdriver check out the thread, and I also turned Rhumbaflappy's older water masks off, and Darwin uses the stock coastlines. No changes, mine looks the same as in the pics I posted.

The installers run on top of the stock files, so even if you don't have the LOD mesh, the missions should still work.

For Port Darwin, the PTO runs with the LOD mesh, but not the coastlines. The coastlines should be stock. I double-checked, and I use the same setup for the DEI, RAAF, and PNG campaigns.

I'm kind of out of ideas at this point....

[UncleTgt]

Maybethe scenery.cfg order is out of whack. Getting stuff in the wrong order can mess up coastlines etc.

[Rami]

UncleTgt,

That could be...

[kelticheart]

Monumental release!
Thank you very much to the whole team,
for the long hours of hard work
that must have surely taken to create this addon!




Cheers!
KH

[miamieagle]

Very Nice campaign!

[msfossey]

Thank you to all involved for your hard work and generosity.

msfossey

[msfossey]

Thank you to all involved for your hard work and generosity.

msfossey