OA-4M Skyhawk - UpdatePack v1.0
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*** SF2+SF2I+V required for the KfirC1_77-Cockpit and optional A-4F_74-Cockpit, that is used here together with bits from the A-7E-Cockpit. Tested in full 5-merged installation ***
After successful using TA-4Fs for FAC duties in Vietnam, the US MArine Corpse decided to get a specialized Skyhawk version for that. So 23 TA-4F airframes were converted to OA-4Ms in 1979 by adding the avionics suite of the A-4M to the TA-4F airframe. To incorporate all the electronics and additional radios the planes received the avionics hump, the A-4M nose cone, although the ARBS was not used (the LaserSpotTracker-window was faired over) and the ALR-45-housing on top of the vertical stabilizer as part of the new countermeasures. H&MS-13 and 32 were the first squadrons to use the new OA-4Ms since 1979. In 1981 H&MS-12 followed. In 1988 H&MS-13 in Yuma gave their planes to H&MS-11 in El Toro, so that H&MS-11, 12 and 32 used OA-4Ms til 1990. After that point some OA-4Ms were transferred to NATC followed by their retirement in 1991 to AMARC. Planes not used by NATC were retired since 1989 directly to AMARC.
This pack contains an update to the previously released OA-4M-Pack by Wrench. All skins and decals are newly done for this pack.
As this mod is based on a very old SF1-model, it has several shortcommings, that influence the arrangement of this pack, so there are 5 separate planes in this pack.
Included are the following "new" planes and Skins:
* OA-4M Skyhawk (2-Tone Gray Camo) - Initial Camo with large insignias and white modex.
- H&MS-12, MCAS Iwakuni '81-'83
- H&MS-13, MCAS Yuma, '79-'83
- H&MS-32, MCAS Cherry Point, '79-'83
* OA-4M Skyhawk (GhostGray Camo) - 2nd Camo-Scheme, differently arranged with small insignias and lowvis modex.
- H&MS-11, MCAS El Toro, '88-'90
- H&MS-12, MCAS Iwakuni 1986 (Yosemite Sam on Tail)
- H&MS-12, MCAS Iwakuni 1989 (Yosemite Sam on Tail, Samurai on Aft Fuselage)
- H&MS-13, MCAS Yuma, '83-'88
- H&MS-32, MCAS Cherry Point, '83-'90
* OA-4M Skyhawk (Overall Gray Camo) - There were probably just 2 planes with that camo 154306/DA01 and an unknown 2nd one. Gray overall with black markings.
- MAG-32, MCAS Cherry Point, '89-'90
* OA-4M Skyhawk (Blue/Green Camo) - Experimental Camo on 154306/DA01. Dark green / dark blue with white bottom and black markings.
- H&MS-32, MCAS Cherry Point, 1983
* OA-4M Skyhawk (Green/Gray Camo) - Experimental Camo on 154628/DA04. Green / gray with gray bottom and inverse markings.
- H&MS-32, MCAS Cherry Point, 1985
Planespecific skins for the droptanks are provided (stock A-4 tanks), aswell as a new skin for the stock Mk.20 Rockeye II CBU.
Optional:
As there's no dedicated OA-4M-Cockpit available, the Pack contains 2 options here:
* KfirC1_77 cockpit by default, from dtmdragons A-4M-pack as stand-in. It "feels" better than the big and roomy A-7-Cockpit from the original OA-4M-pack. I also made refinements over
dtmdragons version to bring it more towards a modern Skyhawk-Cockpit. Landing Gear-, Arrestor Hook Lever and Rudder pedals are working now, I rearranged and reskinned the weaponspanel,
to get rid of the hebrew stencils and Kfirs additional weaponsstations and I removed some instruments, that are useless here (Nozzle- and Shockcone Position).
* A-4F_74 cockpit, which is slightly modified by me. It now has a HUD and the Radarscreen is used for the ARBS. Although it was not actually installed in real planes, it is added for playability.
Also the HUD is rather small, but works.
The Kfir-Cockpit is default, but you can always copy the parts inside the "Optional\A-4F_74_Cockpit"-folder to you mod-folder. Same goes for the KfirC1_77-Cockpit, in case you want to switch back.
Included are Hangar- and Loadingscreens in 1920x1080 by default and 1024x768 as option. Just open the planes ini-files and you see what you have to change.
Notes and Issues:
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Camouflages:
2Tone Gray and Ghost Gray are the camouflages that were used by most OA-4Ms. For some time H&MS-32/MAG-32 used Overall Gray on 2 planes, Blue/Green and Green/Gray on 1 plane each, but I decided to "convert" the entire squadron to that camos for playability reasons, as 1 plane is probably not well usable apart from doing screenshots.
Fake Pilot Objects:
As this mod is based on the old TA-4J.lod by Fracture, all parts unique to OA-4Ms are added via the Fake Pilot Method. That leads to some problems. One is the mapping of the "antenas.lod", which contains the nosecone-antennas, bent refueling probe, fintip-housing and ecm-antennas on the lower tail. There is no mapping for the different parts - just 1 texture for everything (and none for the noseantennas). That means, that there's no possibility to paint the parts with different colors. Thats the reason why camouflage-pattern are somewhat altered at the top of the fin and modex-numbers sometimes placed in different places over the real planes.
Weapon Stations:
I rearranged the weapons stations on the plane to included missile-rails. The original TA-4 missile-rails are responsible for shadow-issues and look just not right. So I used RAVEN's nice LAU-129-rail. These rails are used for ARMs (AGM-45) as stand-in and for IRMs (AIM-9) on all wing-pylons. Just select the rail, if you load Shrikes and/or Sidewinders on that plane. I slightly changed the LOADOUT.ini, to use 5" Zunis instead of 2,75" Rockets, as seen on some reference pictures.
Shadow Issues:
Shadow Issues as known from the original pack are the same, but since the build-in Missile Rails (the source of these issues) on the outer wing pylons are removed by ini-edit, these don't come to effect. A new missile rail is provied with this update.
I hope you have fun with it!
Sources
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- Scooter! The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Story, Cr閏y 2011
- A-4 Skyhawk Association, http://a4skyhawk.org/
- Airliners.net
- Google in general, as there are very few good sources
Installation
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1. unzip to a temporary folder
2. open " ut_Content_In_Your_Mod folder" and do as you were told, if asked to overwrite, say 'yes' 
3. enjoy!
If the Squadrons are missing in the loadout screen, you should add the following lines in the squadronlist.ini ("<mod>\pilotdata"-folder) with XXX changed to the next free numbers:
[SquadronXXX]
Name=HMS11
DisplayName=H&MS-11 'Playboys'
Nation=USMC
[SquadronXXX]
Name=HMS12
DisplayName=H&MS-12 'Outlaws'
Nation=USMC
[SquadronXXX]
Name=HMS13
DisplayName=H&MS-13
Nation=USMC
[SquadronXXX]
Name=HMS32
DisplayName=H&MS-32 'Bandits'
Nation=USMC
[SquadronXXX]
Name=MAG32
DisplayName=MAG-32 'Bandits'
Nation=USMC
Credits
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- Thirdwire and TK for a great game, models and the cockpit-parts I used.
- Wrench, Fracture, triplethr3at and pappychksix - original OA-4M Pack, Updates and of course the TA-4 Model
- Nengajyou, daddyairplanes and Wrench - Yosemite Sam issue and Samurai logo
- RAVEN - LAU-129 missile-rail
- dtmdragon - Kfir-Cockpit-mod from his A-4M-pack and testing
- Eole2 - testing, loadout.tga and optional A-4F cockpit-idea
- Alejandro - Escapac seat
- FastCargo - FakePilot
- ???? - antenna/bent probe/avionics blister kit
- ???? - avionics hump
- ???? - J52- and damaged Engine-Sounds
- Rudder-Pedals ini-statements taken from bobrocks AV-8Bplus
- myself - skins, decals, loading- and hangarscreens, cockpit-changes, ini-work.
If you created one of the ????-marked items, please contact me, so I can add your name in the credits! If I forgot someone, please PM me too!
Thanks
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- Eole2 and dtmdragon for testing and providing valuable improvement-advices. Thanks to you guys!
- TMF for their A-7 and Crusader for valuable information regarding weaponsstations-arrangement, I found in the forum.
- mue for his great LODViewer, which was a big help while creating the camos and placing stuff!
- Soulfreak, for a A-4 decal pattern, I used here to place maintenance markings.
- all modders at CombatAce for their work and inspiration!
P.S.
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If you have any problems with this skin or have suggestions and hints, feel free to PM me.
08_05_2015
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