A4- Skyhawk re-release Public Beta

[colonel_klink 0]

For some time I've been wanting to update this.

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This release is Verion 2.5 Beta:

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Why beta?

At the time of release several issues were being worked on based on the limitations of the OFP engine and the author's limited knowledge of scripting.

Public Beta and Bug reporting

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This release as stated is a beta. As such the author realises that there may be some issues (bugs) in this release. Please report any bugs, improvements email Colonel_Klink at bawbwatt@hotmail.com or visit the appropriate thread on the DC3D Official Forum at http://www.essentialasair.com/dc3d/

Features of this release:

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Sidewinder, Sidewinder and rockets, Mk82 Ground attack Versions:

All aircraft have been improved or features added:

Specular Skins

Ejection Seat and Canopy

Improved Dash Panel

Ejected shells

Gunfire smoke from both guns

Mk82 Bomb version now has random duds with FX Crater and dud bomb

Mk82 Bomb version has sea splash when bomb hits water - both exploded and dud

Mk82 Bomb version has correct number of bomb loadout

Afterburner Effects REMOVED ON ALL VERSIONS

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A4 Skyhawk Download Page

[belgerot 33]

Very nice, glad to see an update to this beautiful plane

[YacieK 0]

Chapeau bas col Klink. Very nice and very veeeeeeeeeery good job.

[fatcroc5 0]

awesome work mr klink

[Schoeler 0]

The scooter has always been one of my favorite Navy/Marine Corps aircraft of all time. It's just a beautiful little workhorse of a plane. Nice job! It would be great to see someone do a Blue Angels skin for it.

[colonel_klink 0]

It would be great to see someone do a Blue Angels skin for it.

I've been thinking about that for a while.

In the meantime I'm putting the finishing touches to a USS Intrepid version of the A4. Hopefully the conversion wont take more than a couple of days.

A note on the current version: An issue I realised I've overlooked is the droptanks not functioning correctly all the time. Will fix in the next update.

Also the Mk82 bomb version has a built in random dud function. This is scripted to work over both land and sea with differing effects. This is experimental. Feedback welcome.

The sea hit effect is proceeded by the normal explosive flash. I'm looking for an alternative that will eliminate the flash over sea, but stll retain it over land.

BTW this is part of my Nam contribution which will be worked on from time to time.

Klink's Nam Page

[Raptor 10]

Good job! Colonel Klink

alittle bit faster Mirror:

A4 Skyhawk Beta v.2.5 (9,4 Mb/Ace-file)

by OFPCenter

Raptor

[Ironsight 1]

Awesome. The Skyhawk has always been one of my favourite aircraft in OFP and in real-life. Good to see it updated

[lee_h._oswald 0]

Thank you so much Klink!

I love this plane, and now there is a new version.

Downloading now!

MfG Lee

[fighter 0]

Nice work - as usual

fighter

[Hornet85 0]

It would be great to see someone do a Blue Angels skin for it.

dont they fly F 18 Hornet?

[colonel_klink 0]

It would be great to see someone do a Blue Angels skin for it.

dont they fly F 18 Hornet?

I think they do now, but the A4 was used some years ago.

[lee_h._oswald 0]

Some screens of the "bomber":

Fantastic!

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@ Klink:

With joystick, it handles a bit nervous but is still flyable. Would be nice to see some tweaking on this.

MfG Lee

[Gedis 0]

yeah, and i can provide more info about skyhawks...

[colonel_klink 0]

Just noticed that the sound for the bombs not working. in next update... Thank God this is just a beta

Flight has only been tested via keyboard and mouse so far. Anybody who wants to tweak for the Joystick please PM me.

[Pappy Boyington 0]

It would be great to see someone do a Blue Angels skin for it.

dont they fly F 18 Hornet?

they started out flying the Grumman F6F Hellcat

1946

then the Grumman F8F Bearcat

1946-1952

then the Grumman F9F Panther 2&5

1949-1954

then the Grumman F9F-8 Cougar

1953-1956

then the Grumman F11 Tiger

1957-1968

then the McDonnell Douglas

F-4 Phantom

1969-1973

(Fantastic Shot Here)

then the McDonnell Douglas

A-4 Skyhawk

1974-1986

and now McDonnell Douglas

F/A-18 Hornet

1986-Present

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on topic: "geardown radio message not found" error. and please change the cockpit open close fucntion to user action. speed controled canopys irk me bad other then that its nice

[Wa_Va_Voom 0]

hi,

I was wondering that the version of A4 Skyhawks Kilnk has blessed the OFP Community with has a "'hump" between the cockpit and the tail what is the hump for does it house anything?

Apart from that its a great addon love it, its made a good addon even better

[da12thMonkey 1943]

The hump contains avionics. It was introduced on the A-4F IIRC.

Nice to see an update of this addon Klink, the old version was still one of the best OFP aircraft addons around IMO. I've had one or two bugs come up with this update though; I can't get the sidewinders lock on to targets by right-clicking and I get an error message when ejecting, it said somet about a missing file, somet to do with 'wind' I think.

[miles teg 1]

Oh... one problem.... was that hump on the A-4F in place during the Vietnam War? If not it might be good to have a older variant for use with Vietnam missions. Otherwise I guess this plane belongs more for 1980's missions.

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

[Lt_Phoenix 0]

Oh... one problem.... was that hump on the A-4F in place during the Vietnam War?  If not it might be good to have a older variant for use with Vietnam missions.  Otherwise I guess this plane belongs more for 1980's missions.

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

If I'm not mistaken this A4 was originally made for the Falklands Mod with FAA (Argentine Air Force) or CANA (Argentine Naval Aviation Command)  colours, since these were used during the the conflict.

As for the different variants, you can find som info

here

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It seems that the ones used by the FAA and CANA during the conflict were infact without the avionics "hump". Argentina didn't use the "hump" version until 1994.

CANA Skyhawk

FAA Skyhawk

FAA Skyhawk (post 1994 version)

[benus 0]

hm .... nice plane !

(using FFUR)

[Pappy Boyington 0]

Oh... one problem.... was that hump on the A-4F in place during the Vietnam War?  If not it might be good to have a older variant for use with Vietnam missions.  Otherwise I guess this plane belongs more for 1980's missions.

Chris G.

aka-Miles Teg<GD>

http://www.skyhawk.org/5E/G158148/html/158177c.htm

Date: November 1969

so yes it did have the hump...

however it wasnt "common"

http://www.skyhawk.org/5E/G151984/html/152000.htm

Location: Chu Lai, Republic of Vietnam

Date: December 1969

[FireflyPL 0]

Great plane, but better pilot would be nice and Israeli version as well

[Metalmalte 0]

that plane is really well done Col! great work!

[colonel_klink 0]

USS Hancok was used in the Vietnam conflict between 1965 and 1972.

The A4F depicted in this addon is basically correct for the era 1969 onwards.

http://www.skyhawk.org/5E/G154970/html/155043.htm

Quote[/b] ]Nice to see an update of this addon Klink, the old version was still one of the best OFP aircraft addons around IMO. I've had one or two bugs come up with this update though; I can't get the sidewinders lock on to targets by right-clicking and I get an error message when ejecting, it said somet about a missing file, somet to do with 'wind' I think.

Will check this out.

Thanks