BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal
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@drtbkj Got your PM, and responded too.
Waiting patiently for all the rest, be assured.With best regards.
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Good Day, All. We’ve been busy lately but work continues. I wanted to pass along a tip if you happen to get a ctd in an OFM Theater, especially if it’s an “Airplane Class” error in the crash log text… Go into Mission Commander and delete all F-35A squadrons and flights.
We suspect there’s something in that jet’s FM that BMS isn’t liking . We’re looking for a more long term solution -
Good to learn that simple procedure in advance.
Well done and thanks a lot, Fra’.
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I’m pretty new here, but I’ve been working on a series of skins for the F/A-18A-D series. The work includes:
- new high rez decals for warnings (jet intake, ejection seat, blast, arrestor hook, etc.)
- roundels and other national markings
- new false canopies in some cases (or false canopy removal in some cases)
- airframe paint and contrast adjustments in some cases
- squadron markings
I’ve spent time time researching which squadrons flew which version of the hornet, and my squadron skins correspond to my findings.
All this was for my own use/amusement, and the base skin I worked from was the OFM F/A-18C Stingers skin, which I believe from the OFM documentation was credited to Sandy “Ronin” Padilla. I searched for Ronin in the forums search here but got no hits.
I think the skins would be of interest to others, but want to get the original creator’s OK to release them, and to properly credit the original skin creator if they give the OK to release. I’m happy to offer my versions to BMS and to OFM for inclusion/distribution etc. if worthy.
Can you connect me?
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@DeepSimulations Hi. Ronin is no longer into BMS, however I do have permission to use his skins. So, Your contributions would be very welcome
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OK, thanks. I’ll post some photos in the skins section in the next few days to see if there is interest. I’ll tag you as well.
Cheers.
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The first batch are up.
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/25335/deep-simulations-f-a-18-a-d-skins
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@DeepSimulations said in BMS Other Fighters Mafia (BMSOFM) Journal:
The first batch are up.
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/25335/deep-simulations-f-a-18-a-d-skins
VERY nice. When you’re ready the DDS’s to me and I can put them in the Mafia Files and our database
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Good Day, All. We have a couple of goodies for you today, a refined F-18 Main Checklist
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9w9b7frobcfg9/F-18+Checklists
The png images included can be put on kneeboards via WDPWe have also created a crash log channel over on our Discord, for CTD issues you may have in an OFM Theater. Please post the TEXT crash log , the affected Auto-Save file from your campaign folder, and whatever notes you can such as what you were doing, where you were, etc.
https://discord.com/channels/797936162638659594/1120371208144310292 -
Good Day, All. Here’s a little present for you…
For while I’ve thought the Hornet pit jammer knob should be on the XMIT knob hotspot, so here is the correction.
https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/8zc26hsdva5ami5/3dbuttons.dat%2528OFM_Hornet_pit_6-21-23-Jammer_switch%2529/file
It goes in 4.37/data/any theater/Art/CkptArt/ your jet(with Hornet pit) folder. If you have problems finding which folder is your jet, let us know and we can help with that. As always, we recommend you backup your original 3dbutton.dat file -
Good Day, All. Time sure does go by fast these day…27 days since a post! Anyway, today’s update is that the OFM Peru Theater is about to be posted, and Kuwait is in final testing. It will be out soon, as well.
As always, thanks to our Contributers
Contributers
-Eddie
-Dardo
-Jackal
-Musurca
-Scorpion
-Syntax_Erol
-Molni
-Jan Has
-Decimal
-Vespa
-Sammy Skycraft
-Thaorak
-Drtbkj(Airwolf), and the Mafia
- And as always, Chuckles and CCC -
Today’s post is about the just released BalkansOFM Theater
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/25471/balkansofm-1-7-7-for-bms-4-37u2The Balkans Theater by Cougar and his group has always been a personal favorite. We hope you enjoy OFM-B as the homage it’s meant to be.
We’d also like to thank @DeepSimulations for the F-18/CF-188 skins pack he has provided. It is in this Theater, and will be in our future releases , as well.
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@drtbkj - you might want to look over this site -
https://www.cnatra.navy.mil/pubs-pat-pubs.asp
Particularly the T-45 pubs, because they form the basics for building a Navy Strike Fighter pilot. First you train…then you train some more.
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Good Day, All. We’ve been testing and flying OFM-Balkans with no issues . I believe Kuwait will be next.
Also, I had gotten a pm about AI having problems landing at Basco in the Taiwan Theater. Basco is right at the SE corner of the map. In fact, you have to be full-screen to see it. Anyway, here is the fix-https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/k7gs27ceq8wxvg1/LMR_hill_in_the_way_fix_for_AI_landing.rar/filez -
Good Day, All. We are happy to present to you the Kuwait OFM 1.7.8 Theater. https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/bxqlgpjz6r40mtb/Kuwait_64_OFM_1.7.8.exe/file
A full description is over in the Theater Section.
Enjoy!
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Good Day, All.
It came to our attention that while Aviano AB was in the OFM-Balkans db, it wasn’t active. To fix that, please check out https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/25471/balkansofm-1-7-7-for-bms-4-37u2/3 Today’s post there contains the link and the README
Beyond that, we have been busy with a project that we hope will add to stability, concerning the DDS files. That project is now finished.
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Good Day, All. OFMKTO 1,8 is out. https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/25569/ofmkto-1-8-for-bms-4-27u2
Also, I’d like to give a shout out to Radium. While he’s not an OFM member , he brings a lot to the Other Jets of BMS -
Good Day, All. Today’s update is that Kuriles Theater will be out soon. The basic Theater is done, we’re just doing some new Theaters for you.
Also, this is probably a good time to post a reminder… Some anti-malware programs aren’t completely happy with our Installer. When we pre-release test we download just like you do,and on my PC Windows Defender gives a warning. I just to the “keep anyway” and it’s all good. -
Good Day, All. It’s been a busy and productive week.
We have had some discussion about TE’s The current focus regarding TE’s is about stability. But, we know they’re old. That was why the priority , way back when, was to convert them from the .trn to the .te format. That way people can use MC to refine them to personal taste. That’s not a reflection of lack of interest on our part, just lack of time. Moving forward, we do want to refine and update them.
Beyond that, we are having a typical week. We are dealing with developing 3-4 new weapons, a minor ctd bug,f-35 fm refinement, and multiplayer issues, while trying to put out Kuriles. Which is still on the way (in 3-4 OFM Weeks ).
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@drtbkj
You can bet it well, Fra’, there are even more cooking here, and they’re coming out soon.Don’t sleep worried… not now, at least, that time will come.
With best regards.