AdA Mod V2.0 for FC2

Good evening.

As usual in the world of IT projects, the initially scheduled development time has been multiplied per Pi to obtain the final result (x 3.14...).

The requirement level of our testers, the amount of 3D models and skins, the new possibilities available with FC2 (compared to FC1), never stopped to increase our workload to finish the project. The more we did, the more remained to be done.

To see the greatest aircrafts of the world fly in FC2 eventually took 4 years of development, thousands hours of modeling, skinning, integrating, coding, documenting, testing, brainstorming phone calls and hundreds of Coca Light bottles (yes, AdA Mod dev team does not drink coffees and try to take care of their health).

Thus, we are extremely happy to (finally) announce the mod release for December 2011.

In order to wait until then here follows the ReadMe of the mod:

---- Introduction ----

 

The AdA Mod 2(000) is a mod for LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 2 that modifies and improves the original content with the integration of the main combat aircrafts in use in the French Air Force (Armée de l'Air, AdA) and French Navy (Marine Nationale) for the last 20 years.

 

As usual in the world of informatics projects, the initially scheduled development time has been multiplied per Pi to obtain the final result (x 3.14...).

The requirement level of our testers, the amount of 3d models and skins, the new possibilities available with FC2 (compared with FC1), this never stopped to increase our workload to finish our project. More we did, more it remained to be done.

To see the greatest aircrafts of the world fly in FC2 finally asked 4 years of development, thousands hours of modeling, skinning, integration, coding, documentation, tests, brainstorming phone calls and hundreds of Coca Light bottles (yes, AdA Mod dev team does not drink coffees and they try to take care of their health).

 

Thus, we are extremely happy to (finally) deliver the mod that absorbed a big part of our free time, and to be able to thank our entourage for the patience and the support they gave us, testers for their help and their implication without fault, modders for their eagerness and their love of work well done, and in particular BarbsMan, which evening after evening has found the motivation and the talent to cut the road with his laser sabre.

 

Do not hesitate to take a look on our forum (http://www.ada-mod.org/forum) or on C6 forums (http://www.checksix-forums.com) to share your remarks and suggestions.

To exchange is one of the great joys of impassioned voluntaries !

 

 

---- Content ----

 

- Flyable Aircrafts with specific flight models:

- Rafale (C, B and M versions)

- Mirage 2000 (B, C, D, N and -5 versions)

- Mirage F1 (C, C200, CR and CT versions)

- Mirage IV-P

- AlphaJet

- Jaguar A

- SEM (Super Etendard Modernise)

 

- IA Aircrafts:

- C-135FR (Refueller)

- E-3A/F (AWACS)

- MiG-21

- F-5E

- Boeing 707

 

- Payloads:

- Fuel tanks:

- RPL 701 1250l (Rafale)

- RPL 741 2000l (Rafale)

- RP541/542 2000l (Mirage 2000)

- RP522 1300l (Mirage 2000)

- RP35 1160l (Mirage F1, Jaguar)

- RP201 2200l (Mirage F1)

- RP20 2400l (Mirage IV)

- SEM 1100l

- SEM 600l

 

- Missiles:

- SCALP (Air-to-Ground Cruise Missile)

- AASM (Modular Air-to-Ground Armament)

- AS30L (Laser Guided Air-to-Ground)

- AM39 Exocet (Anti Ship)

- AS-37 Martel (Anti Radar)

- ASMP (Factitious Nuclear Missile)

- Super 530D (Air-to-Air Missile)

 

- Jamming Pods:

- Barracuda

- Barax

- BOZ-103 (Flares/Chaff Mirage IV)

- LL5081 (Flares/Chaff SEM)

- Phimat (Flares/Chaff)

 

- Targeting Pods:

- Damocles

- Nacelle Atlis II

 

- Recognition Pods:

- Reco NG (Rafale)

- Nacelle ASTAC (Mirage F1)

- CT52 (Mirage IV)

- CRM-280 (SEM)

 

- Smoke generators:

- Smokewinder

- Magic R550

- Alphajet PAF (Patrouille Acrobatique de France, French Aerobatic Patrol)

 

- Bombs:

- BAP-100 (Anti Runway Braked Bomb)

- Durandal (Anti Runway Bomb)

- BAT-120 (Tactical support Braked Bomb)

- Belouga (Sub-munitions Bomb)

- GBU-24 (1000kg Laser Guided Bomb)

- GBU-12 (250kg Laser Guided Bomb)

 

- Rockets:

- LRF3 (4 * 100mm rockets)

- LRF4 (18 * 68mm rockets)

- LRF1 (36 * 68mm rockets)

 

- Functionalities:

- All Aircrafts have been added without erasing the original aircrafts, except for the Rafale C/B that replaces the Su-30.

- Registration and Tail markings System integrated in the mission editor. Entirely based on present or past existing registrations.

- Damage model for all aircrafts.

- Detailed and independent collision model for each aircraft.

- Specific Flight Models (within limitations from LockOn and available public data).

- Pylons visibility System. If payload is not loaded, pylon is not displayed.

- Functional Flares/Chaffs Pods : If a pod is loaded, available Flares/Chaffs quantity is increased accordingly.

- Functional Jamming Pods.

- French Air Force and Navy official payloads.

- Light source position correctly positionned.

- Position and Navigation lights.

- Reheat directly integrated in the 3d models. Different colours/size for Day and Night.

- Animated Pilot and WSO : Now there is some life in AdA's cockpits.

- Holds, various protections/pins and stairs for aircrafts on parking (IA only).

- Modification of cockpit sounds : scan / track / shoot cockpit alerts, the over G, overspeed alarms, failures, bingo fuel... etc. sounds have been changed (identical to AdA v1)

- 2 levels of canopy opening on several aircrafts

- "Optional" WSO on the Alphajet

 

- Bonus: Iraq Mod (by Woodman)

- Su-25 skins

- Mi-24 skins

- Mirage F1-EQ

- Mirage F1-EQ5/6

- MiG-21 skins

 

 

---- Installation / Disclaimer ----

 

Use ModMan to install this mod (if you don't know what is ModMan, see http://www.checksix-forums.com/showthread.php?t=128731)

But, first of all, backup your whole lockon directory. Things are not supposed to go wrong, but you never know what could happen. With a backup, if your installation becomes screwed up, you just have to erase the corrupted directory and rename your backup with the name of the directory you just deleted.

Anyway, use the mod at your own risk ! :)

 

 

---- Problems / limitations / known issues ----

 

- AdA Mod is not OnLine compatible with players which does not have the mod. This is due to modification/integration of new weapons.

 

- We had to get rid of the stock afterburner cones : we could not modify the way they were displayed and, depending of the underlying original aircraft, we could find reheat not correctly placed in relation to the engines.

In a similar vein - the contrails, hydraulic leaks... etc. are displayed according to the underlying original aircraft and may appear slightly offset or doubled.

 

- Cockpit sounds have been replaced by AdA Mod sounds. No more Betty's suave voice, no more for "Pbredegne attakie..." and others Slavic joys.

Welcome in the cricket world :)

 

- Strobes & beacons lights only wok for "others" (IA & other clients), never on the player's own aircraft (in solo or multiplayer).

 

 

---- Credits ----

 

- Integration in FC2 : BarbsMan

 

- Rafale (C, B and M versions) :

- 3D model : Pink_Tigrou

- Skins : Pink_Tigrou

- Flight Model : BarbsMan

 

- Mirage 2000 (B, C, D, N and -5 versions) :

- 3D model : BarbsMan

- Template : Cpt Stark and BarbsMan with Shark971 collaboration

- Skin Tiger-Meet : BarbsMan

- Skins : Cpt Stark

- Flight Model : BarbsMan

 

- Mirage F1 (C, C200, CR and CT versions) :

- Original 3D model : Knell

- Improvements (damage, details, mapping, animations) : BarbsMan

- Skins : Oxitom and Hubman

- Flight Model : BarbsMan

 

- Mirage IV-P :

- Original 3D model : Knell

- Improvements (damage, details, mapping, animations) : BarbsMan

- Skins : Oxitom and Hubman

 

- AlphaJet :

- Original 3D model : Lco (Laurent Correia)

- LockOn Adaptation of the 3D model, mapping, re-modelisation, animations... etc. : Airone et BarbsMan

- Template : Airone and Cpt Stark

- Skin million : Airone

- Skin PAF : Lolo-ba705 modified by BarbsMan

- Other Skins : BarbsMan

- Flight Model : BarbsMan

 

- Jaguar A :

- Original 3D model : BPao

- LockOn Adaptation of the 3D model, mapping, re-modelisation, animations... etc. : BarbsMan

- Skins : BarbsMan

- Flight Model : BarbsMan

 

- SEM (Super Etendard Modernisé) :

- Original 3D model : Tlog

- Improvements (damage, details, mapping, animations) : BarbsMan

- Skins : Tlog

- Flight Model : BarbsMan

 

- C-135FR :

- Original 3D model : BPao

- LockOn Adaptation of the 3D model, mapping, re-modelisation, animations... etc. : BarbsMan

- Skins : BPao, modified by BarbsMan

 

- E-3A/F (AWACS) :

- Original 3D model : BPao

- LockOn Adaptation of the 3D model, mapping, re-modelisation, animations... etc. : BarbsMan

- Skins E-3A : BPao

- Skins E-3F : BarbsMan

 

- MiG-21/J-7 :

- Original 3D model : BPao

- LockOn Adaptation of the 3D model, mapping, re-modelisation, animations... etc. : BarbsMan

- Skins : Sundowner

 

- F-5E :

- Original 3D model : BPao

- LockOn Adaptation of the 3D model, mapping, re-modelisation, animations... etc. : BarbsMan

- Skins : BarbsMan, from Sony Tuckson Template

 

- Boeing 707 :

- Original 3D model : BPao

- LockOn Adaptation of the 3D model, mapping, re-modelisation, animations... etc. : BarbsMan

- Skin Pan American : BPao

- Skin Air France : BarbsMan

 

- Iraq Mod (based on Michelange work for adding new country)

- Skin Iraq Su-25 : WoodMan

- Skin Iraq MI-24 : WoodMan

- Skin Iraq Mirage F1-EQ : WoodMan

 

- Payloads 3D and skins by Pink_Tigrou :

- RPL 701 1250l (Rafale)

- RPL 741 2000l (Rafale)

- Reco NG (Rafale)

- Smokewinder (Rafale)

 

- Payloads 3D and skins by BPao :

- AS-37 Martel (Anti-Radar)

- Super 530D (Air-to-Air Missile)

- Magic R550

 

- All others Payloads, 3D and skins, by BarbsMan

 

 

---- Many thanks to ----

 

- to Az', Big Master of Quality Control, lights specialist, for having buried us under a mountain of screenshots, of various bug reports, his enormous work of tests and corrections, his intransigence and his desire for polishing all the little details.

 

- to Pink_Tigrou, for his splendid Rafale, without which the AdAMod would not be what it is. Thanks for his talent, his dynamism and the hours he spent to shape the polygons.

 

- to Cpt_Stark, for being with us since AdAMod v1 and in particular for the registrations of the aircrafts : all are real and were indeed used at a given period. This historical heart of the AdA Mod, it's him.

 

- to Oxitom, for his skins, and especially for the tail markings : if you can brag with your markings, that's thanks to Oxi, his talent in skinning and his control of the weathering.

 

- to MajorBug, for many pieces of advice, his infallible knowledge of Lockon and some brilliant ideas: condensation, night reheat, far visibility of position lights… He made possible to push back what we believed being the limits of the modding under FC. Thanks to have shared with us his expertise throughout the creation of the MOD.

 

- to Woodman, for his support without fault, his many tests, his relevant remarks and his presence.

 

- to the beta testers, Woodman, Azrayen', Cpt Stark, Rafal, Romaniak, MajorBug, Shark971, Harms, Pouka, Necron, Cougar133, Luzi, Blaze, Virus for all their help and support. Their work was not all fun and games, but they stuck to the task.

 

- to BPao. He was really a great person. His death has affected all of us. He was the original creator of a lot of 3D models included in our mod (Jaguar A, E-3, C-135FR, F-5, MiG-21, Boeing 707). His generosity and his kindness will not be forgotten. RIP.

 

- to Topolo, for his documentation on French Aircrafts flight models.

 

- to Knell, for letting us including his beautiful Mirage F1 and Mirage IV models.

 

- to Michelange, for the standardisation work for Adding new countries in FC2.

 

- to Duderino and DaDa, original templates / skin makers of the Mirage F1 and Mirage IV.

 

- to Skypat, father of the magic Modman software.

 

- to Dobberman & Bensky, to have organized one of the most extraordinary visits of our lives. The heat of their reception, their passion, their competence (and their patience in the case of the interminable description of the Mirage 2000) really touched us. Within this time when the materials are proposed always, one forgets a little the men, whereas their value and their engagement are determining as much. Thank you, this day VIP was incredible!

 

- to Tigrou (the *real* pilot), for his reception on the homebase of the Rafale beast, and his great kindness. He had allowed Tigrou (our modeller) to add a lot of details on the Rafale.

 

- to the C6 community : http://www.checksix-fr.com and its forum : http://www.checksix-forums.com

 

- To anyone we forgot : do not hesitate to contact us and help us to correct this mistake by giving us a link to your website or a way to get in touch with you.

 

 

---- Contact ----

 

- On the AdA Mod forum : http://www.ada-mod.org/forum or on C6 forum (http://www.checksix-forums.com) while addressing to BarbsMan in a thread or by MP (HubMan took its well deserved retirement ^^)

 

 

---- The last word ----

A big thank you to everyone! Do not hesitate to help us with your remarks, suggestions, bug reports or possible issues. But most of all do not forget that, in Lockon, "A Bandit At Your Six Is Better Than No Bandit At All"

;)

 

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The AdAMod Development Team :

BarbsMan

HubMan

Pink_Tigrou

Cpt Stark

Azrayen

Oxitom

Airone

MajorBug

Tlog

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More news to come (really) soon.

Barbs.

Finally a detailed update about how this project is progressing, thank you for the heads up BarbsMan.

Is the Super 530D the only added air to air missile ? what about MICA and MAGIC 2 as in FC1 version...

Could you please also specify which cockpit for which aircraft ?

I hope this mod gets clearance for public MP servers like in FC1 days where MICA EM was the AMRAAM/R-77 counterpart, same for MICA IR going against R-27ET or even Magic2 for R-73/AIM-9...This would close the gap between French and International MP communities.

Tres bon travail, bravo a toute l'equipe de developpement !

Nice mod.

Something fascinating.

Alpha jet! Alpha jet! Alpha jet!!! My favorite jet of all time finally gonna be flyable!!!! Can't wait thanks!!!

Sounds very exciting !!!! Any pics or previews?

Alpha jet! Alpha jet! Alpha jet!!! My favorite jet of all time finally gonna be flyable!!!! Can't wait thanks!!!

What he said, But times 3 Million. :pilotfly:

Sounds very exciting !!!! Any pics or previews?

Check out here! ;-)

Hi

Is the Super 530D the only added air to air missile ? what about MICA and MAGIC 2 as in FC1 version...

The stock models from LO are pretty good, we didn't replace them.

Could you please also specify which cockpit for which aircraft ?

More details to come soon, but cockpits are the same as in the AdA v1, no more work on this part was included for the v2.

I hope this mod gets clearance for public MP servers like in FC1 days where MICA EM was the AMRAAM/R-77 counterpart, same for MICA IR going against R-27ET or even Magic2 for R-73/AIM-9...This would close the gap between French and International MP communities.

I'm afraid this will no more be possible, due to the extensive range of modifications included (in particular the weapons mods & flight models tuning => Integrity Check fail).

On the other hand, the stock aircrafts remain available in AdA v2 (except the Su-30), so you can have a dogfight between a MiG-29 and a Mirage 2000 :)

Tres bon travail, bravo a toute l'equipe de developpement !

Merci !! :) :)

Sounds very exciting !!!! Any pics or previews?

Pouka posted a link, and more is to come (really) soon. Stay tuned ;)

Cheers

Az'

Hi again :)

Video (trailer): 2 French Rafale Arrival flight for VFAT 2011 (tactical demo)

Video by Cougar133, one of the performers for this year's VFAT.

Enjoy :)

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Az'

Thanks Azrayen and Pouka !

This mod looks totally awesome! :D

C'est déjà Noël! Fantastique surprise, merci à tous :-))

Now That's A CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Thanks guy's for all your very hard work and to tigrou for keeping the Rafale alive.Cheers and Seasons Greetings to all the team.:thumbup::thumbup:

rattler

The cockpits are also changed or this mod uses the default existing ones?

The cockpits are the same as in ADA mod for FC1.12, that mean mainly new textures. But no new 3D cockpits for this moment.

Thanks Azrayen for all the feedback! My biggest wish is to see this mod approved in main servers...am not sure at what extent you guys have edited the FM and the weapons characteristics but I believe all the modification must have been based on reliable data. Some mods have been well accepted in public servers and I do wish the same for this mod. Hopefully testers from these servers would have a look at ADA and decide afterwards, with a little bit of luck we may end up flying all together everyone riding his favorite beast :) Eyes locked on December 2011!

Can't wait...:eek::joystick:

Thanks "AdA":thumbsup: Team

The Rafale Tactical Display team trains hard for the incomming VFAT:

But perhaps you also like movies? If so, after the "arrival" video, let us proudly present:

:pilotfly: Trailer VFAT 2011 - Rafale Tactical Display :joystick:

Enjoy :D

Az'

Thanks a lot for this great mod ¡¡

Waiting por it desperately

Wow this looks awesome.

I have one question: if you create Rafale M and Super Etendart you create new French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (R91)???

Great news! I've been eagerly awaiting for this mod for a long, long time!

Thank you, AdA Mod team! :thumbup:

Another bath of screens from the Rafale Tactical Display team:

The live display is tonight (23:35 - 00:10 GMT) on VFAT :)

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@ SVKSniper: Nope. See the readme (1st post) to know what's included :)

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Az'

This looks awesome. Glad to see the AdA mod back in action.