Recently I've been looking to depict battlefield obstacles, wire barriers & runway damage in my scenery projects. Unable to find anything suitable from the range of objects already created, I decided to have a go at creating some new objects for myself.
This zip contains a range of ground obstacle objects for use as eye-candy when writing missions.
Wire Obstacles
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a 4mtr high wire barrier, useful for strongpoints &/or blocking runways. Using a simple box model with an alpha-channelled bitmap to depict the wire itself. The models are multi-LOD, & have a damage model to show a different appearance for destroyed sections.
wireobs_sml_UT a short 20mtr length
wireobs_lng_UT 60mtrs long overall
Wire Fence
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A single strand vertical fence, approximately 1.5mtrs high. Meant to look like the wire entanglements/ front-line wire from WW1. Using a simple thin box model with an alpha-channelled bitmap to depict the wire itself, a single 45mtr long object is depicted, it is multi-LOD, & has a damage model to show a different appearance for destroyed sections. I'm not sure this is really visible enough from the air to be worth it, but someone may find it useful.
wirefence_lng_UT 45 mtrs long overall
Hedgehogs
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Based on the 2 mtr steel Czech- Hedgehog barrier developed in the late 1930's. The models are multi-LOD. No damage model, as the obstacle design is meant to be resistant to even bomb damage (it's meant to roll with the blast).
hedgehogx3_UT 3 units in a single line
hedgehogx7_UT 7 units arranged in a hexagon
hedgehogx9_UT 9 units in a single line
Craters
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Various sizes & configurations, used to depict bomb or shellfire damage. Again, an alpha-channelled bitmap does the blending at the edges. The models are a simple rectangle, so have not been made multi-LOD. The different sizes have different heights to them, giving some 3D relief to the objects. As these are simply eye-candy, they do not have any damage model.
craterAsml_UT, craterBsml_UT, craterCsml_UT
Small (Types A/B/C) - an equivalent to the stock 150lb craters
craterAmed_UT, craterBmed_UT, craterCmed_UT
Medium (Types A/B/C) - an equivalent to the stock 1000lb craters
craterAlrg_UT, craterBlrg_UT, craterclrg_UT
Large (Types A/B/C) - an equivalent to the stock 2000lb craters
craters1_UT - 3 x small shell craters grouped together, to depict smaller calibre artillery shell holes
craters2_ut - 3 x small shell craters grouped together, to depict smaller calibre artillery shell holes
minecraterL_UT
Roughly similar to the 2000lb bomb crater size, with a slightly taller crater rim. More like a WW1 mine crater than a bomb crater in appearance.
minecraterXLA_UT, minecraterXLB_UT
A larger crater with a taller crater rim, offered in 2 different textures. More like a WW1 mine crater than a bomb crater in appearance.
To install, unzip the download to a temporary location & move/ copy files to the matching folder names inside your chosen CFS 2 install.
Thanks to
Allen for his Making Exploding Objects using FS2002 Tools & Tutorial
Arno Gerretsen for ModelconverterX, such a clever & versatile tool
This is freeware and subject to the usual conditions
Textures: modified by me by using texture files from a CFS3 Spitfire painted by Nigel Dickinson. I used some of the original art work by Alessandro Biagi, Phanis, and me. I have included some textures files from the Seafire_MKIII (A.F. Scrub, email: af_scrubbypc@hotmail.com).
Damage profiles: Acwai.
Airfile by: Acwai, it was tuned to fight against the stock CFS2 Zero aircraft in the multi-player mode. You can use any Spitfire airfiles.
2D panel: screen captured from the VC.
Sound files: Frédéric BOURMAUT.
DISCLAIMER: Use this program at you own risks, the author is not responsible for any damages done to your computer.
This is a copyrighted freeware program. FREE DISTRIBUTION ONLY. You may upload or post this unmodified aircraft to any web sites. This program can not be posted where a fee of any kind is required or even nagged for. This includes disk distribution or any other kind of fees. It can not be included in a commercial package.
Textures: modified by me by using texture files from a CFS3 Spitfire painted by Nigel Dickinson. I used some of the original art work by Alessandro Biagi, Phanis, and me. I have included some textures files from the Seafire_MKIII (A.F. Scrub, email: af_scrubbypc@hotmail.com).
Damage profiles: Acwai.
Airfile by: Acwai, it was tuned to fight against the stock CFS2 Zero aircraft in the multi-player mode. You can use any Spitfire airfiles.
2D panel: screen captured from the VC
Sound files: Frédéric BOURMAUT
DISCLAIMER: Use this program at you own risks, the author is not responsible for any damages done to your computer.
This is a copyrighted freeware program. FREE DISTRIBUTION ONLY. You may upload or post this unmodified aircraft to any web sites. This program can not be posted where a fee of any kind is required or even nagged for. This includes disk distribution or any other kind of fees. It can not be included in a commercial package.
This folder contains a repaint for the Bleriot XI by Wings42 in the colors of N908LB, the reproduction Bleriot XI that was constructed by the Experimental Aviation Association in 2011, using an original Anzani engine. It is painted to commemorate the first US. airmail pilot, Earle Ovington. who used his Bleriot in 1911 to fly mail between the aviation meet in Garden City, NY and Long Island.
This folder contains a repaint for the Bleriot XI by Wings42 in the colors of Bleriot XI-2 F-AZPG, a replica Bleriot XI, based with the Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis in La Ferte Alias in France. Adolphe Pégoud, whose name is on the wings, was a French pilot and flight instructor who became the first fighter ace in WW1. He was the first pilot to make a parachute jump from an airplane, and was the second pilot to fly a loop. He died when he was shot down by one of his prewar German students on 31 August 1915 at the age of 26.
This folder contains a repaint for the Bleriot XI by Wings42 in the colors of Bleriot XI-2 Britannia. The third Bleriot XI imported into New Zealand, it was a two seater presented by the Imperial Air Fleet committee to the New Zealand government. The committee's aim was to promote the development of aviation in the British empire, and the presentation was intended to stimulate military aviation in New Zealand. The aircraft was a proven one, having been flown 347km non-stop from Dover to Cologne by Gustav Hamel in 4 hours 18 minutes on April 17, 1913. The aircraft was dubbed "Britannia' at a ceremony at Hendon on May 22, and Hamel then took former New Zealand Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward for a short flight. The committee was composed primarily of London businessmen and Sir Joseph was the deputy-Chairman. The aircraft was paid for by public subscription and was valued for insurance purposes at 1400 pounds. The aircraft was disassembled and shipped to New Zealand aboard the Athenic. The aircraft arrived in Wellington on September 29, 1913, where it was discovered that the propeller was not in the shipment. This was soon shipped to New Zealand. In the meantime the aircraft was stored in a purpose built shed at the Buckle street Defense stores. In late 1913 Joseph 'Joe' Hammond had been appointed official Government pilot.
Mr. Hammond suggested flying the aircraft to Auckland for display at an Exhibition. However the aircraft was railed north and was assembled in Auckland on January 14, 1914. On January 17, 1914 Mr Hammond made his first flight in the aircraft from the Epsom showgrounds. The following day he completed an hour long flight over Auckland at low level. A flight on the 19th with a journalist as passenger was aborted during takeoff when Hammond found he had no rudder control. Repairs were made and the aircraft flown again on January 24th. Another flight with a passenger then took place. Rather than a member of the media or any of the officials present Hammond chose to take Miss Esme McLalland as passenger. Miss McLalland was a member of the touring Royal Pantomime Company which was performing in Auckland, and the choice failed to impress the officials - Joe Hammonds employment as official pilot was terminated. The aircraft remained on static display for the remainder of the Exhibition and was returned to Wellington at the end of April 1914. Without a pilot (there were several Army Officers training in England - 2nd Lt. A. Piper and 2nd Lt. W. Burn) any official role for the aircraft (and officials did not seem to know what to do with it), it was placed in storage at the Mt Cook barracks in Wellington. Soon after, a report by General Hamilton, the Imperial Inspector of Overseas Forces discouraged further aviation development. With the outbreak of war an offer was made to send the aircraft with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. It was shipped back to England, departing on the Arawa on October 16. It was unloaded in London on January 15, 1915 and and went from there to Brooklands where it is believed to have been used as a trainer. Repaint by Jan Kees Blom
This folder contains a repaint for the Bleriot XI by Wings42 in the colors of Bleriot XI-2 No. BL333 of the Belgian Air Force, Centre de Calais-Beaumarais, 1915.
The original Jet Aircraft of the RAF Red Arrow Demo Team and many airworthy models still being flown around the world. This was originally an FS2004 model by Brian Franklin and now converted to Native FSX by Mario Donadon and Postbaer61. Four different models and five liveries including the Red Arrow and Yellow Jacket Demo aircraft. Plenty to read up on inside the zipfile, so please do!! Enjoy!
This folder contains a repaint for the FG-1D Corsair by Milviz, in the colors of F4U-1A No 129372 of Flotille-12F, added the numbers on the landing gear doors.
New work includes:-A minor change to the model characteristics to resolve spec issues.
A 2D cockpit Panel in wide screen taken from a screen capture of the VC, with gauges modded to suit.
Effects [which are needed to be copied to the FSX Effects folder for smoke and vortices. The latter is a bit ham-fisted but works.
Included are the 4 variations of the one and only 225 to be completed [to date], from first-flight vintage to Current scheme.
Bump maps and night light bitmaps are included in specific 'passenger' versions such as the Qantas and Aeroflot, etc. but otherwise the 'real' versions are in the 'texture.common' folder, which also has the metal wings and specs.
There are, as with most models...quirks that have to be tolerated, ie. the inner tail surfaces are 90% scale of the outers, and there's sometimes an odd self-shadow effect on the fuse under the main wings....[and rears as well]. Joining of various bitmaps has quite a bit of distortion...particularly around the nose and main wing haunches.
The graphics were all done to HD 4096 res, working from existing 'openings' in the model...ie. doors elevators etc. so in that regard they are accurate to the pixel. My Kit was built from scratch from enlarged original bitmaps and reworked per-pixel to get sections to align, etc. No-one appeared to have done a great deal with the spec mapping, particularly when it came to shiny chrome surfaces and were painted 'flat' [fake shine]. The main detail advantage of 4096 is the panel seams are 1-pixel wide [with matching bump maps] and not 'fudged' for look as would be the case in lower resolutions.
The linework was transposed along with various 'details' to create the Bump maps and much of them are reasonably close to real...but there's a lot of conflicting graphic representations out there so nothing's definitive really.
Thomas's original copyright and texts are include.
STRICTLY NOT for commercial gain, in whole or in part.
Any queries...I can be found at SOH [only place I upload to] or email pmar4984@bigpond.net.au
This is just a very quickly put together set of skins for the Firepower B-17F. The base of the skins is the default one that comes with Firepower. I just tweaked markings and colors, etc. There are five skins, one for each CFS3 WW2 Expansion.
This is repaint for L-19 Bird Dog, the model of Black Box Simulation (for P3Dv5, PBR version), some changes in VC plus canopy from inside also. This is real but Today's repaint of this Cessna, used in Vietnam War - but it looks like O-1/L-19 from Vietnam's war period. The standards here have been kept.
The plane is currently stationed in Santa Fe / USA.
This folder contains a repaint for the freeware Edgley Optica by Aerosoar, to be found on Flightsim.to. This imaginary paint scheme shows what it might have looked like as a Foward Air Controller for the US Air Force, based on a paint scheme of a O-2A that is currently in the Museum of Flight.
This folder contains a repaint for the Bleriot XI by Wings42 in the colors of PH-BLÉ, an airworthy reconstruction based in the Netherlands. "The “Early Birds” Bleriot XI bears the Dutch registration PH-BLÉ and was built as ‘homebuilt’ project nr. 78. This aeroplane is a reconstruction built by the Early Birds Foundation in Lelystad, the Netherlands, to original specifications and using as many authentic materials as was practical. It is powered by a 3-cylinder 45 hp Lenape Papoose engine. The original plane was fitted with a now very rare 25 hp Anzani 3 cylinder which for obvious reasons was not available. Fuselage woodwork is ash with steel bracing wires. The aircraft has made several flights preparing for the commemorative Channel flight, celebrating the first Channel crossing by Louis Blériot 100 years ago.
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