This sounds familiar. 
I had to refamiliarize my INI editing. For instance, if I ever go into the options screen I have to go back to the OPTIONS.INI and change the aspect ratio to 2.4 (ultra-wide) because the highest it can go is 1.7777 apparently.
Thanks, but I wouldnāt have a clue as to how to get basic keyboard commands to work. It saves graphic options fine, and as long as I donāt fly, it saves the control settings. But as soon as I get in the plane, the control settings are all reset and the keyboard doesnāt work.
When Iāve got more CPU cycles, Iāll jump on a forum and see if anyone else has a WAG. I like to think of myself as pragmatic and logical. But with Third Wire software, a demon lives there waiting for Chipwich. It knows that I love the Vietnam conflict and long to hunt MiGs up North and drop snake and nape. The golden BB every time I get near the SF series.
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If you are using a MOD folder, make sure the paths are correct in your c:/computer/chipwich/savedgames/thirdwire/strikefighters2 vietnam/options.ini
For example mine:
[Mods]
ModsEnabled=TRUE
Directory=D:\ThirdWireMods\ThirdWire\SF2V
Editors=StrikeFighters2
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I have to say, just watching you guys talk about the process of getting all this to work is intimidatingā¦I donāt think Iāll ever embark on that journeyā¦buuutā¦that does look really awesome! A proper 'Nam sim! With Sandys and Phantoms and things! Thatās wicked.
I get what youāre saying. Itās too bad because it doesnāt need to be that way. The game has been āstableā since 2014, and for the most part, the most critical mods have been out that long as well. But the SF2 community hasnāt ever managed to do what other game communities have done (IL-2 1946 comes to mind) and create some easy to install, all inclusive mod packs, that can serve as an easy baseline for an install of the game. Heck - Iām one of the creators of the AGXP for SF2V and I still screwed up the install the other night! Forget someone new trying to casually check out the game!
I tried to create a baseline mod pack with some folks once (@HomeFriesā¦?) , but it never went anywhereā¦
Iām going to put some though into thisā¦ maybe its worth a revisit. It would just be a compilation of existing mods at this pointā¦
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I watched the video and my thoughts were āthis doesnt look that different from flying around Caucasus coasts in DCSā. We just missing few aircrafts thereā¦
@Franze / @Wes is it possible to create some mission on HP to replicate this a bit? I mean some P51, UH1, F86, F5, MiG15/19/21 ? Lets go full fictional 
Anyway TK is already working with @ED on MAC, lol
I wishā¦
Yep. So open to modding, you can go crazy and make it perfect for yourself.
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I still have SF2 installed and working as far as I know, but Iāve barely touched it in years.
I think 2013 was the last year I spent significant time in it. The loss of the MP in SF1 was one problem, the expansion of options in DCS World was another, and TK throwing in the towel after SF2:NA (which was really a few steps from greatness) was the final nail. I found myself spending less and less time as the mods became tougher to get working together, and reinstalling, and multiple installsā¦
Mods can add units, they can change some things, but they canāt improve the underlying aspects that still needed it. TK needed to do that, but his stubborn adherence to his path doomed it.
I remember for awhile SF2 had better 3D models than DCS while DCS had better terrain. DCS has kept going and now looks superior in almost all aspects, aside from those that have been neglected. The F-14A 3D model, for instance, looks awful in DCS. I know HB is working on theirs to match their F-14B, but for now we have this odd mix of modern ones and LOMAC-looking ones.
SF2 always had top notch planes but only acceptable terrain, which I understand given the workload to make each, but it does make the old units in DCS stick out more. The Black Sea and Nevada both got redone, but still some of those old units persist.
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Itās in the works after the basic Korean-era scenario is finished. Next tier will be 60s-70s mix with all the WWII planes and cold war jets, plus the trainers (even though theyāre slightly out of place).
Sounds good!
You twerps are going to make me reinstall this, arenāt you?
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As the guy who actually remastered the Black Sea terrain, I can affirm that yes, it is a workload.
However, thereās been newer tools that have emerged that have really made terrain work much easier to do and has streamlined the process greatly.
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Does that mean weāll get future maps faster than once every six years?
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Marianas, Falklands, Syria, Channelā¦those are the ones I know of, did I miss any?
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Pfunk was taking about SF2 maps, not DCS mapsā¦
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heh, there was black sea terrain for sf2? thatās funny 
I remember. We had a baseline set for data, but I was getting out of SF2 modding so I passed off all my stuff to the guy running it. Then I think he lost interest and it stalled there. I remember getting frustrated with the modding because TK was catering to the people on the forums asking stupid questions rather than people who were asking specific modding questions.
I think the time that DCS World got the Huey was about the time I lost interest in SF2. That sim was screaming for multiplayer, and SP eventually got stale. Once we could do multiplayer with fixed+rotary wing in DCS, my interest shifted.
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On the SF2 topic, however, there are two things I would really like to see adopted from SF2 into DCS:
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The decoration system was brilliant. You get decorations based on the nationality/faction for whom you are flying, and each decoration is independent of everything else (e.g. you donāt have to first get the Silver Star to get the Air Force Cross). Additionally, the citations list the date and circumstances surrounding the decoration (e.g. aircraft, theater, rank) so you can recall how you got each decoration.
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The decal system was also much better than DCS. Rather than having decals tied to the 3D model like DCS, decals were mapped in a text file with three-dimensional coordinates offset from the aircraft center of gravity. This would allow a lot more flexibility with decals, such as noseart, side numbers, serial numbers, and even entire tails. Being able to resize numbers, make minor adjustments, and have serial numbers tied with side numbers (nice for USN/USMC aircraft) was a nice-to-have feature, and it made skinning easy, compact, and yet with a lot of variety.
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