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Looks great!

I just installed OVGME after deleting my old JSGME. Do you guys who use OVGME have it pointed to the main game folder or the Saved Games folder? I see that you can set-up two separate OVGMEs with one pointed to main game and one to Saved Games. Is there an advantage to doing this?

Sounds like a job for @Snaggle

Link: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3332565/

Another B-17. Posted here: https://forum.dcs.world/topic/329366-dcs-wwii-assets-pack-b-17g-livery-competition/page/5/#comment-5274975

RIP Robbie

@Klaiber ... sorry... Here's another B-17 This is yet another submission for the B-17G Livery Competition. It includes two skins, one a detailed 'Wee Willie' and one plain and without the distinguishing markings of 'Wee Willie" as specified in the competition. Speculars are used but I will change to roughmets if the developers decide to upgrade the B-17 to PBR. The detailed skin depicts Serial number 42-31333, a B-17G-15-BO, code: LG-W, nicknamed "Wee Willie". The plane completed 128 combat missions with the 322nd Bombardment Squadron of the 91st Bombardment Group. DCS: World War II Assets Pack is required. Many thanks to SOLIDKREATE for providing his research and advise and to Warlord64 for his JSON Mod and for assistance on the spinning props. Please Note: This skin will work with the default JSON file included in the game but to see the skin at it's best, use the improved Metallic look MOD by Warlord64 available here : https://forum.dcs.world/topic/319116-specular-reflectivity-from-brushed-to-mirror-effect/#comment-5150016 On 3 February over Wilhelmshaven "Willie" took some serious flak damage just above the ball turret. The repair is depicted on the skin. Wee Willie was part of a mission on 8 April 1945 The 322nd Bombardment Squadron was tasked to an attack against the locomotive repair facilities at the railroad marshaling yards in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt Germany and was on it's 129th combat mission. Wee Willie was the oldest B-17G still in service with the 91st Bomb Group, and the next to last B-17 lost to enemy action by the group before cessation of hostilities. The War in Europe came to an end with the unconditional surrender of Germany just 30 days later, 7 May 1945. It's demise was captured on a series of dramatic and heartbreaking photographs. Never Forget... B-17 42-31333 / Wee Willie Crew Position Rank Name Status Note P 1LT Robert E. Fuller POW - CP 2LT Woodrow A. Lien KIA - NAV T/SGT Francis J. McCarthy KIA - ENG/TT S/SGT Wylie McNatt, Jr. KIA - RO S/SGT Ralph J. Leffelman KIA - BT S/SGT William H. Cassiday KIA - WG S/SGT James D. Houtchens KIA - TG SGT Le Moyne Miller KIA - TOG S/SGT Richard D. Proudfit KIA -

There's a new SIMAPP Pro manual released in case you weren't aware https://winwingsim.com/static/assets/files/en/SIMAPP Pro 1.9.11-User Manual EN V1.2.pdf

Man, that sucks! Still, nothing is forever and they are way old and built when metallurgy was not as advanced as it is today (someone will probably say the same thing 50 years hence) and there was no expectation that they would last more than a few years... or much less. of course, anything can be fixed if enough money is thrown at it but where would that come from? I'm so glad that I got a ride in one. I welded a crack in a turbo on one of the Collings Foundation Nine-O-Nine when the FAA grounded it at Hayward airport. Kinda extreme on the FAA's part since they never flew high enough to activate the turbos and the exhaust bypassed the turbo. It was challenging welding 60 year old, oil soaked and lead oxide covered stainless and upside down to boot, but I managed to blob enough filler to fill the crack and signed it off. (I knew it would probably crack around the weld or somewhere else but it wasn't a safety concern in my opinion. For that, I got a free ride. Way cool! Sadly, it crashed and was destroyed at Windsor Locks, Bradley Airport October 2, 2019 when #4 engine failed (I worked on #3 and the failure had nothing to do with the turbo. According to the NTSB report "The pilot shut down the other three engines and used a spray can of nitrogen to "blow out the moisture" in the engine that balked"

Here's the link https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3332350/

Whatever you think of her... She didn't care what you thought of her... This was the best rendition I could find. RIP Ms. O'Connor.

The lower lever is an axis as well as buttons 7 & 8. #7 is with the lever released and #8 is with it fully compressed. Make sure you are mapping the cannons to Button #8 (lever fully pulled) If you release it while mapping it will map them to Button #7.

This is a submission for the B-17G Livery Competition. It includes two skins, one a detailed 'Texas Chubby' and one plain and without the distinguishing markings of 'Texas Chubby". It is a generic B-17G of the 322nd BG, 91st BS as specified in the competition rules. Speculars are used but I will change to roughmets if the developers decide to upgrade the B-17 to PBR. The detailed skin depicts Serial number 42-31634, a B-17G-25-DL, code: LG-O, nicknamed "Texas Chubby - The J'Ville Jolter". The plane flew 50 combat missions with the 322nd Bombardment Squadron of the 91st Bombardment Group. Attacked by German fighters on 16-Aug-44 while on a mission to bomb aircraft factories at Halle, Germany and blew up in mid-air. Crashed in the Forest of Mollenfelde at Eichenberg/Thurlingen, Germany with 5KIA and 4POW. Fate of the crew: Pilot 1Lt Halstead Sherrill (KIA) CoPpilot 2Lt Frank J. Gilligan (POW) Navigator 2Lt William M. Porter (POW) Bombardier 2Lt Nicholas J. Weber (KIA) Engineer/TTG Sgt Vernon E. Bauerline (KIA) Radio Operator SSgt Richard J. Munkwitz (POW) Ball Turret Enrique T. Perez (KIA) Waist SSgt Joseph R. Morrison (KIA) Tail Gun SSgt Chester W. Mis (POW). Submitted to User Files, Link Here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3332350/

Minor fixes, mostly to F-15. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/170893-dcs-world-changelog-and-updates-of-open-beta/page/8/#comment-5266885

Corrected F-14 in User Files. Please download and make sure that I got it right. The UV map is a bit confusing. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3326727/

I thought I had done it... I'll check. Maybe I just didn't submit it.

Israelis finished as well. This is a submission for the B-17G Livery Competition. This includes two skins depicting S/Ns 44-83851 No. '23' and 44-83811 No. 21. Although these are beyond the dates specified in the competition, I thought that they may be useful for missions on the new Sinai map. The history and color schemes noted on the web vary quite a bit. Original photos of what I assume to be the delivery flight show them as being very heavily worn. Some accounts say that they were subsequently re-painted and I have decided to depict them freshly painted as shown on the accompanying profile picture. I did not include 'plain' versions since they both have only the small '21' and '23' individual distinguishing markings. Speculars are used but I will change to roughmets if the developers decide to upgrade the B-17 to PBR. All accounts agree that Israeli acquisition agents managed to purchase 4 surplus U.S. Air Force B-17s. One Fortress was seized on its way in Portugal and so only 3 arrived in Czechoslovakia. On the way home to Israel, one B-17 bombed Cairo and the other two bombed Egyptian forces in Gaza and Rafiah. 1956 saw growing diplomatic tensions in the Middle East, tensions that would soon culminate in the Suez Crisis. The B-17s began flying daylight operations and the squadron supported the Israeli push towards Sharm el Sheikh, on the southern tip of the Sinai. 69 Squadron was finally disbanded on March 1, 1957 and the B-17s placed in storage and were finally scrapped in 1958. No. 69 Squadron was reactivated at Ramat David on November 1, 1969 and is active to the present operating the F-15I Thunder out of Hatzerim. Submitted to User Files. Will post link once it's approved.

359th BS_303rd BG_BN-U_Thunderbird This is a submission for the B-17G Livery Competition. It includes two skins, one a detailed 'Thunderbird' and one plain and without the distinguishing markings of 'Thunderbird" as specified in the competition. Speculars are used but I will change to roughmets if the developers decide to upgrade the B-17 to PBR. The detailed skin depicts Serial number 42-38050, a B-17G-25-DL, code: BN U, nicknamed "Thunderbird". The plane flew 112 combat missions with the 359th Bombardment Squadron of the 303rd Bombardment Group. She reputedly was crewed by 538 different airmen, none of whom suffered an injury aboard Thunderbird. Returned to the United States after the war, she was sent to Kingman Army Airfield, Arizona, where she was scrapped. This plane is the subject of a large mural in the World War II Gallery of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., entitled "Fortresses Under Fire", completed 1975–1976. by Keith Ferris and depicts Thunderbird on her 70th mission to Wiesbaden. I spent quite a bit of time working on details and weathering and want to note some of them. 1)Overlay ("Scab") patches are placed as depicted on the original photo. Normal map modified to simulate the thickness of the overlaying patches. A flush patch is on the inboard #2 engine cowling.* Paint was worn, discolored and chipped as per the original photo. 2) Mud spatters added to areas of the landing gear bays and mud stains added to tires. 3) Actual photos of the turbo and exhaust piping overlayed to better simulate those areas. 4) As per the profile by Mark Styling the rudder is shown as re-coverd but in only silver dope. Also, the de-ice boots have been removed showing bare metal (I have real life experience removing boots and the toluene solvent used to loosen them and remove the adhesive would surely dissolve any zinc chromate primer and paint thus leaving bare metal). Special thanks to Warlord64 for showing how to keep the prop domes black with engines running! Submitted to User Files. Will post link once it's approved.

U-tube is your friend... I've seen some that give dimensions. Also, I think I've seen cutting lists in DCS forum as well as IL2 in the hardware / controllers sections.

I cobbed together a wooden mount. BTW, the extension makes a world of difference!

Read it years ago. Excellent book. Rings true.

Actually, I decided to add Bort numbers to the tail of the JF-17 since the nose ones are so small. The tail is also a bit small but I can only go with what's on the 3D model itself. I also made a gray "Q" model. East German JF-17.zip

I almost always have something in the pipeline but currently nothing of consequence. Ideas / requests always welcome. I don't even remember what is waiting in the pipeline. Might as well post it?