Hi again!!!

So, after start more or less with the left foot, I think I'm starting to catch it!!!
First before star playing around more with the F16, I started tot study more in detail the model given by the package, in my case the F18.
So for start tried to activate the bombs and after some frustrating ours screwing around with the bomb launcher code finally read something regarding the code not being correct or activated or whatever...
Frustrated looked for some alternative solution and found that someone add already bypassed by "fulling the system" using the machine gun to drop bombs on the B52!! Cool, used his code and I started to drop bombs on my F18 like a crazy Mad Dog!!!  
After after cahnged the code to use them as guided as someone sugest and worked fine after a few hours of testing!!
Well but I was not satisfied and think to my self... what about build my very own weapon? Ok Reading here, reding there, and voila!! I noticed from the generous colletion of wepons for me one very important was missing... The mighty AGM-54 Phoenix!!!!
Ok search on the net for some images of dimensions and paint schemes... then how to do it??!! I was thinking on using GMAX... but why to use the A bomb to kill the small ant?!! Google Skecthup should be ok!!  
After the 3d model done how to make it FSX compatible? More internet search... and the answer was ModelConverterX Very nice software I must say...
After crating the texture file as DDS and MDL file I was ready to test the model on FSX!
Ok pick up de code from AGM 88 so after take off turn back and soot some targets on the gorund just to see if the model was ok instead of looking for tatrgets in the air... As soon I got tone!! Fire in the Hole!!! But.... wait a minute the missile was leaving the aircraft 90º sideways!!!!
Ok no prblem!! just save the model in skecthup rotated 90º backwards.
But then the flame was not aligned with the missile rear, this one I did not figure out how to correctly adjust so after half hour of trail and error I was able to do it make it right!! (apriciate some one could explain me how make the origin point in Google Skecthup to match with ModelConverterX origin if possible!!) So after this I was able to fire some rounds and have 5 minuts of fun!! Now time to go to slip!!!
In attached is my F18 firing one AGM 54 Phoenix against parked airplane in Tancos AFB in Portugal!! later will transform it to an Air to Air missile to make it more realistic... tomorrow will post more pics and the missile model so every one can use it and have fun with it!!

Chears...

Daniel Isidro

Hi Rick.

If you are using Vista or Windows 7, try running the Weapon for FSX LOADER as an administrator.

To do that Right Mouse click on the Loader, and select Run as administrator from the list that pops up.

To make it so that it will always be run with administrative rights, Right Mouse click on the Loader, select properties, select the compatibility tab, and checkmark the Run this program as an administrator. From then on it will be able to make the changes required for it to work.

Trailboss wrote on Dec 5^th, 2011 at 2:15am:

One thing that you need to know about the Iris A-10 Warthog is that the panel.cfg in all except the CLEAN model (IRIS A-10A Warthog - CL) have their panels aliased to the CLEAN model. Like so:

[fltsim]
alias=\IRIS A-10A Warthog - CL\Panel

So here is what I did to get it working in them all.

(1) I used the Weapon Loader to add Weapon to the IRIS A-10A Warthog - CL model. It must be that one because it is the model that has the gauges for all of the IRIS A-10 Warthogs!
(2) I copied the panel.csweapon and the CSWeapon.xml in the IRIS A-10A Warthog - CL folder and pasted it into the IRIS A10 Warthog  - CAS folder.
(3) Then I edited the panel.cfg IRIS A-10A Warthog - CL\panel.csweapon folder:


The gauge lines in the panel.csweapon panel.cfg need to be changed from this:
gauge00=..\panel\A10-HUD!A10-HUD,            6,6,500,500
to this:
gauge00=..\..\IRIS A-10A Warthog - CL\panel\A10-HUD!A10-HUD,            6,6,500,500

The way I did it was using notepad and CTRL+H (replace).

Find what: =..\panel\
Replace with:=..\..\IRIS A-10A Warthog - CL\panel\

I do not recommend you select the replace all button just in case it changes one that doesn't need doing. Fortunately, there are not a lot to go through. I counted only 38 lines.

Save your modified panel.cfg.


(4) Open the aircraft.cfg and change all the lines that look like this: panel= and replace it with panel=csweapon - BACKUP the aircraft.cfg files BEFORE you modify them!


Now go and test it by starting FSX, select the A-10A Thunderbolt II CLOSE AIR SUPPORT - ED #649 IRIS Test and Evaluation Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA (it should be the first of the A-10 Warthogs).


(5) If it is working, copy the panel.csweapon and CSWeapon.xml and paste them in the remain IRIS A-10 model folders and edit the Aircraft.cfg for the other models and you can then use Cs Weapon for FSX in all the A-10 models.

One other nice thing is that when you use the Weapon Loader and select the other A-10 Warthogs, Loader will tell you that it is installed on them all.

And if doing all of that is sounds too hard, I'll zip it up and upload it to the Weapon for FSX mods! I might do that anyway.

Hope this helps.

Mark

Edit. I've attached a pic to show it works. I'm using the A-10A Thunderbolt II CLOSE AIR SUPPORT - ED #649 IRIS Test and Evaluation Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA

All that's missing from Weapon for FSX, is the ability to drop bombs.

I'm going to have a go at replacing the Warthog HUD with the Weapon HUD. If you're interested, I'll post how to do it if I can.

Mark

Mark,
As usual your instructions for adding CS Weapons to the Warthog worked like a champ.  So far I've only done the Strike Mission version because I can also have the IRIS Mk-82 bomb animation with the Weapons. I strike fear in the hearts of enemies everywhere.

Jim C

RebelUFO wrote on Mar 10^th, 2011 at 7:31pm:


I have a problem where the VC hud just shows...

WH
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On the right side edge of the HUD (obviously the rest of the text is cut off)

You need to fly certain areas to see the allied and enemy aircraft hat come with Weapon for FSX. Those locations are:

1) EDDC (Dresden GERMANY) - EDDI (Berlin GERMANY) - EDAC (Nobitz GERMANY)
2) EGJJ (Jersey UK) - EGHH (Bournemouth UK) - LFRC (Cherbourg FRANCE)
3) LDDU (Dubrovnik CROATIA) - LJLJ (Ljubljana SLOVENIA) - BKPR (Pristina SERBIA)
4) LTBG (Balikesir TURKEY) - OIIG (Tehran IRAN) - EFHF (Helsinki FINLAND)
5) OAKN (Kandahar AFGHANISTAN) - UTDD (DushanbE TAJIKISTAN) - OAKB (Kabul AFGHANISTAN)
6) OLBA (Beirut LEBANON) - HEPS (Port Said EGYPT) - LLJR (Jerusalem ISRAEL) - LVGZ (Gaza PALESTINE)
7) RKPC (Jeju KOREA) - RKSI (Incheon KOREA) - ZKPY (Pyonyang NTH KOREA)
8) SVCS (Charallave VENEZUELA) - UKBB (Kyiv UKRAINE)
9) UMKK (Kaliningrad RUSSIA) - UMMG (Grodno BELARUS) - UMBB (Brest BELARUS)
10) VVNB (Hanoi VIETNAM) - VVTS (Saigon VIETNAM) - VVDN (Danang VIET NAM)
11) ZUUU (Chengdu CHINA) - UHWW (Vladivostok RUSSIA)

There is one more secret one, but I don't want to let that one out. So I will let you search it out yourself.

Mark

Make sure that your AI aircraft settings in FSX are set above 0% (I think you only need to have it set to 1%) to see them.

For the smoke and effects, is Advance animations turned ON in FSX - Settings > Display > Graphics (Global options)?

Mark