Jan Has F-16 LV7 Update packs

[cougar56th]

As promised, here is an update pack with Jan Has LV7 F-16s. This pack has already been setup in their own installers.

The first thing you need to do is install the JSGME software which can be found in the Jan Has pack downloads or the link below. Follow the instructions at the link below how to setup JSGME.

JSGME link….https://www.falcon-lounge.com/falcon-bms-essentials/tutorials/install-mods-falcon-bms/

After JSGME is installed and setup, run the pack installers and follow the prompts.

After you have finished running the installer, the models are installed.

To enable the mods, follow the instructions at the link below.

https://www.falcon-lounge.com/falcon-bms-essentials/tutorials/install-mods-falcon-bms/

These are compatible with 4.37.2

Fix for LANTIRN Pod texture. LANTIRN Pod Fix

• Disable your mod in the JSGME
• Go to your Mods folder and select the Jan Has pack.
• Go to …Mods/Jan Has…/Data/(Add-On Theater)/Terrdata/Objects/KoreaObj folder
• Paste texture 873 and 874 in to KoreaObj folder
• Re-enable Mod.

MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR INSTALL
Here is the link for the default KTO theater

Korea JH LV7 F-16 with ALW

Here is the link for the Balkans Theater

Balkans JH LV7 F-16 with ALW

Here is the link for the Israeli Theater

Israel JH LV7 F-16 with ALW

[jstnj]

@cougar56th said in Jan Has F-16 LV7 Update packs:

As promised, here is an update pack with Jan Has LV7 F-16s. This pack has already been setup in their own installers.

The first thing you need to do is install the JSGME software which can be found in the Jan Has pack downloads or the link below. Follow the instructions at the link below how to setup JSGME.

JSGME link….https://www.falcon-lounge.com/falcon-bms-essentials/tutorials/install-mods-falcon-bms/

After JSGME is installed and setup, run the pack installers and follow the prompts.

After you have finished running the installer, the models are installed.

To enable the mods, follow the instructions at the link below.

https://www.falcon-lounge.com/falcon-bms-essentials/tutorials/install-mods-falcon-bms/

These are compatible with 4.37.2

MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR INSTALL
Here is the link for the default KTO theater

Korea JH LV7 F-16 with ALW

Here is the link for the Balkans Theater

Balkans JH LV7 F-16 with ALW

Here is the link for the Israeli Theater

Israel JH LV7 F-16 with ALW

Thanks for doing this!!! Saves us all a bunch of time.

One note though, I notice that when I do this myself I get a minor “issue” which also seems to be present in your pack:

Some of the variants Acdata have IsVtol set to 1. This makes the sim (or at least it did in 4.36, I havent checked in 4.37) show the a “vectored thrust angle overlay” for the F-16 variants as if they were a harrier.

I searched and replaced IsVtol 1 to be IsVtol 0 for all the .dat files and it seems to fix the issue.

Not sure if janhas did that on purpose but I’ve had to change it every time.

Anyway, thanks again!

[cougar56th]

@jstnj yes I am aware of that….however, I believe if you change it to 0 it removes something else…maybe the infobar….anyway I left it the way it is because I figured someone else could fix them all. Just remember if you are playing multiplayer with these and you change the smallest thing in the dat files, you might not be about to connect

[jstnj]

@cougar56th good point!

It removes the infobar for the thrust vectoring, the other infobar is unaffected.

Doesn’t solve the MP problem though.

I guess I’ll leave my post up for those who might be like me

[Icarus]

Yes Jan Has did the VTOL thing on purpose. It is connected to the NVG. He gives option of no NVG that does not have thrust showing.

[Icarus]

@cougar56th said in Jan Has F-16 LV7 Update packs:

@jstnj yes I am aware of that….however, I believe if you change it to 0 it removes something else…maybe the infobar….anyway I left it the way it is because I figured someone else could fix them all. Just remember if you are playing multiplayer with these and you change the smallest thing in the dat files, you might not be about to connect

Anything that changes ACData files can cause MP connection issues with servers that use same ACData folder. Jan Has skins change ACData files.

[cougar56th]

@Icarus yes they do. That is why I require the use of the JSGME mod manager

[Magnum1964]

Thank you for the pack @cougar56th . I don’t see a lot of activities on the site of Jan Has since last February. Do you have any news about the update progress of some skins. I see some interesting skins (F-16AM RJAF, F-16BM-RNoAF or F-16C-50 HAF) that are not updated yet. I have two questions for you:

1. Are the previous skins packages from LV6 compatible with 4.37.2?
2. If yes, do you have somewhere LV6 the zip-files of the Jan Has models as they are not downloadable anymore?

Thanks.

[cougar56th]

@Magnum1964 no the LV6 packs are only compatible with 4.36.

The updated packs for LV7 are located in in this thread

[Chunk]

Thanks so much @cougar56th!

[APOLLO 11]

@cougar56th You are the best!! Really appreciate your effort and dedication to provide this pack with Janhas LV7 skins.
Best regards from Athens Greece!

[fede_tank]

Big thanks to Cougar56th and JanHas!

[JUmpstart5179]

@cougar56th do the installers include all the skins?

[cougar56th]

@JUmpstart5179 whatever skins were in the LV6 Jan Has pack I did for 4.36 are the same skins

[CloudWallace1981]

@cougar56th thanks for your work, it saves me a lot of time!

I’m quite new to BMS modding in general, so honestly I still don’t get what’s the point of the “IsVtol” boolean in the acdata and its link with the NVGs on the F16

I’ve tried adding the JanHas models myself to 4.37 when they were first released with some success, but I never got to understand what the “NVG” setting was there for. I mean, I could always turn the NVIS on the helmet ON/OFF with the usual keybind no matter what acdata file I used, and the only effect of editing the file (or using the pre-edited one provided by JanHas) was the removal of the writing at the top (which was quite bothersome for me)

Can anyone ELI5 what’s the deal with that string, and why is it needed on these graphical mods?

[luoyi11]

Thank you for the integration, very easy and quick installation, but my AN/AAQ14 LANTIAN pod’s texture seem to have some problems, I installed with JSGME, no other mod installation;The texture of other objects is not abnormal, I do not know if it is my personal problem…

[Sniper 0]

@luoyi11 I noticed that with the Balkans LV7 actually, but not Korea

[bstar07]

@luoyi11

I have the same issue. I assume Janhas 3D model data file has compatibility issue with Lantirn pod.

[cougar56th]

@luoyi11 Ill take a look

[cougar56th]

@luoyi11 Check fix in the first post.