NightIntruder

It's not the case, I hope. I've got some things on tracks, as you say, and those are aircrafts including KA-3B, Tracker/Trader family and CH46. They are not important additions, except CH46 maybe (as I think) and might be added later through small patches or as a standalone addons compatible with 2.6 so they will not hamper the final release of the UNSUNG 2.6, I guess.

Yesterday, I made polys with crew names. There are real 48 names of crew members (provided with the package), who either died, were lost at sea after bailing out or were announced MIA. I also have made camouflages of 5 more squadrons, so at this moment the package includes liveries of VAP-62, VAQ-133, VAH-1, VAH-11, VAH-2, VAH-4 and VAH-6 and they are shown below in this particular order. You can easily see lack of side numbers and those are to be added later.

I fixed the weapon issue. Also, more and more cockpit's spaces are covered by photo-real textures. Additionally, I added polygon with switchable serial number texture on tail and already prepared 72 real serial numbers textures of those A-3A/A-3B which the Navy had lost in flight - to commemorate all brave men and women who lost their lives flying the aircraft.The A-3 fuselage has also poly with name of aircraft carrier (just above airbrakes) which the Skywarrior used to operate from. I prepared 32 carriers names textures for use with hidden selection command on that poly. The default is - obviously - USS Nimitz. Those polys I prepared having in mind mission makers who are historically - oriented and like making RWO missions. And then most exciting update today although you will not see it - the aircraft now is roaring with a custom sound of real P&W J57 turbojet engines! :) Now I am switching to work on polys with crew members names and side numbers/squadron markings.

Showmaker... that's errrr...... there's no word to describe what I am feeling now. Man....

Those pics are real "brain reaper" :) I like them!!

Beautiful stuff! I love them :)

It's exactly like you said. ---------- Post added at 11:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:25 PM ---------- I have been working on textures for an hour and updated some markings with higher res ones: Also I am working on photo-real textures of the cockpit:

Next will be Grumman family S2F, C-1A and E-1C, all coming from FSX, made by Milton Shupe with his kindly given permission. Below you have a sample of his great work. Also I am still working on CH46 SeaKnight. Next in line however will be a big surprise, and saying "big" I do mean really large stuff, in various meanings :) That's AN/ALR 69 - Radar Warning Receiver, which is part of ACE. I will make the aircraft compatible with ACE2, as usual, and to have the RWR working you need to DL the mod.

Thanks Chris! And as a small update, short video footage from tests aboard USS Nimitz: PS. It seems that Youtube have shrinked my original movie, changing original 16:9 size and resolution. I do not know how to fix it so my apologize for that.

Well, they are beautiful planes indeed and you are right that would be great to have them onboard. However, as far as Navy fighters are concerned, the UNSUNG mod has great looking F-4 Phantoms therefore I did not consider them, especially F-8, as a part of my plan. Although I've got both F-8 and RF-8 (by Alphasim/Virtavia) they need to be checked whether their models are good enough to pass an exam for further conversion. F-8 is the most probable nominee. A-5 Vigilante is out of reach and I would not really consider it as they were replacement for A-3 and their main role during Vietnam War was reconnaissance mission, which is rarely conducted in SP/MP environment. The only things A-5 could have onboard as a recce assests would be a radar and a TV camera as there is no way to create Picture-in-Picture in A2 game (in order to take recce photos). It is beauty, is fast and agile and would look great on Nimitz's deck though. I will reconsider both planes. Thanks for drawing my attention to those aircrafts! :)

It is likely to be available in a few days with couple of liveries. Unfortunately, rear turret will not be included at this moment but I plan to upgrade the Whale in final, public release. Also I am thinking about adding changeable side, serial numbers, crew names as well as squadrons emblems and markings. Additionally, the plan is to make a multimission EW/Tanker version EKA-3B (which is the biggest challenge for me at this moment) along standard bomber one - A3B.

I would like to show you upcoming Douglas A-3B Skywarrior for A2OA. The Whale, as it was called by aircrews, has been a strategic bomber for US Navy for decades and the largest carrier-based aircraft ever. I make this addon through conversion of great FSX model by Alphasim/Virtavia, with permission granted (many thanks!). It is going to be compatible with JDog's Nimitz aircraft carrier and is invented to be a part of UNSUNG Mod. At this moment, all airframe's animations are done, as well as Res, Geo and Shadow LODs, so stay tuned. "Whale 1-1 is inbound to land!"

As soon as I am happy with quality of my addons I will port them into A3. So technically speaking it is possible and that's the plan.

@Spooky AFAIK, it can be used without ACE - those are the only dependency it has: // ACE2 settings ace_sys_air_rwr_type = ACE_SPO15; ace_sys_air_rwr_detectable = 1; ace_sys_air_rwr_hasrwr = 1; ace_sys_air_rwr_range = 2400; ace_sys_missileguidance_limits[] = {-60, 15, -150, 150}; ace_sys_missileguidance_tracklimits[] = {-60, 15, -80, 80}; ACE_hasAfterburner = 0; ACE_SYS_EJECT_EJECT = 1; ace_ejection_seat = "ACE_K36"; ACE_SYS_EJECT_MULTICREW = 0; ace_weight = 9850; So, you mainly lose some additional functionality and all effects connected with ACE mod, but when I tested it in vanilla + CBA it went OK. @Lennard Regarding CH-21C Shawnee - it was handed over to UNSUNG devteam. It might also be released as standalone addon due to several liveries not relevant to Vietnam war. CH46 Sea Knight is still WIP at this moment and I do not know its ETA yet, sorry. I would love to have it finished prior UNS 2.6 release as I want to contribute the model for the MOD.

Thanks for tips pookie! :) Well, S3 was mainly anti-ship/anit-submarine however, as I know now, they were carrying reg. bombs too. USN had ca. 30 planes in tanker version as well, so you are right. So, to have fully completed Nimitz, I assume that someone should ask Milton Shoupe for his C-1 Traders, as they were workhorse of Carrier-Onboard-Delivery operations at the Vietnam War times. By the way, Vikings entered service after Vietnam war, and they predecessors were S2 Trackers/E-1 Tracers, also made by Milton. Take a look at this real beauty, both in RL and in FSX (in this case it's a Tracer and Trader): http://www.rikoooo.com/images/photos3/Grumman_E1B_Tracer_FSX_%26_P3D_2.jpg (171 kB)

I did not test and reverse engineered them since I've got agreement yesterday:) I will check them to find if they are modeled in such way to have folded wings and send you answer via PM. By the way, have S3s been really carrying regular bombs at those times? Regarding aft cannons, it is possible but could be demanding on scripting side as those cannons were semi-automatic controlled by rear hemisphere radar AFAIK. I can prepare the model to have such function and folded wings, I think. But speaking about racks and weapon proxies, I will definitively need your help, so thanks in advance :) Also, I do not know atm how to create EKA-3B (electronic warfare & tanker).It requires modifying the model a little bit (I can) and some scripting kung-fu (I am total lame). EDIT: Both aircrafts have folding wings modeled, and A-3 has bomb bay doors working as well. No clue about bomb bay of S-3B.

This beauty is inbound to land on armaholic in a few days. Since it comprises app. 36 liveries from 18 countries, I though that it MUST include these two (below) so I made them today. It's a little bit of a dedication to you gents, for your hard work on the mod :) Cheers! By the way, as I have already been granted with kind permission from Virtavia/Alphasim for conversions of their freeware resources, next two are my possible targets, both are loved carrier-based planes:

You may look into this addon (script) on armaholic to find the answer :http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8168.

Upcoming conversion of beautiful FSX Mig-21MF by Ivan Jurcaga, a famous 3D artist from Czech Republic, with permission given. The addon is likely to include a bunch of liveries from a dozen countries, mostly of eastern Europe and the Middle East ones. Great cockpit and the model, so keep your eyes open ;) Night Intruder

I would like to improve some of capabilities of Franze's Su17/Su22, especially KKR pod with its photo module. I wonder if there is a way to make a screenshot (picture) during gameplay, store it somewhere and use it later using script/trigger during the same gameplay - all of those in MP environment? I know that pictures to show in game should be declared in description.ext. Guys, do you have any idea how to do it in real-time of a gameplay?

It is beautiful! :) I remember that, being in primary school, I took this bus to the school every day.

This a/c is great, I like it :) you may find some interesting photos and 360-views of Suchoi here: http://galeria.aviateam.pl/panorama/16 You can zoom the view little bit and take screenshoots to make photorealistic textures for its cockpits. Good luck with the project :)

It's mine. It's low-quality real sound of Mi-6 captured from several youtube footages, then processed and converted. There are at least dozen of pictures with sound recorded inside, outside and from large distance as well, in different phases of a flight. Talented sound maker can create great sound based on them, I believe. BTW, I sent you PW.

It sounds great! :) As soon as the mlod with NVA camo be extracted I will send the package to Sav as you suggested. Thanks for help gents! :)

The addon already has the ViewCargo LOD, however looking at what you and Sav say about possible issues and real needs I would rather focus on resupply version only. Thanks for the tip though :)