I think what’s needed here is an LOD that contains just the legs… because all of the downloads I can find contain the legs and other cockpit components (HUD glass, switches, etc.) If one could have just the legs, it could be appended to any cockpitmodel2 LOD and be completely version independent. Does this sound right?
EDIT:
No, that’s not right. I wasn’t clear on what the “append model” function in LE does. It adds a model to the CT registry, rather than appending vertices/polys to an existing model as I suspected. Either way, I figured out that all F-16s except the AMs use a “cockpitmodel2” LOD and can therefore use the original legs-only model. Unfortunately, the AMs use a different setup of LODs and I couldn’t get them working. For them, I tried editing and replacing cockpithudmodel with 4.LOD as shown elsewhere in this thread, but couldn’t get it working. Maybe if I wasn’t trying to remove the legs using Edit LOD in LE, it would work? Not interested in a full body nor flying AM models anyway. Sorry. It would be possible to get all of these working in Balkans (and probably other theaters the same way) as well, but it would require changing the LODs in the 3dckpit.dat files for each aircraft… For some reason the Balkans theater guys felt it necessary to do each aircraft’s cockpit model differently?
To Install Pilot Legs for KTO in 4.33:
You will need any or all of these cockpitmodel2 CT#s:
For the 25/30/32/40/42/50/52/KF series jets:
• 2
• 3005
• 3089
• 3094
For the A-15/B-15:
• 3005
• 3154
For the IAF jets:
• 3128 (C/D 30)
• 3161 (D 40)
• 3143 (52+)
• 3154 (B)
• 3005 (A)
Replace those CTs with onlylegs.lod by following these instructions:
Open LE and select the KoreaOBJ.HDR file from Data/Terrdata/objects, then:
• Next to the “Normal” button put in the new cockpitmodel2 CT# as listed above. (You’ll do this whole process for each number.)
• (Optional) Click “3-D Viewer” to confirm the model does not have the pilot legs
• Click the “Normal”
• Click the “1” button under the “Edit” button
• Click the “Select LOD” button and then OK
• Click the “Action” menu
• Click “Replace Model”
• Then select your “onlylegs.LOD” file
• Click “Go To,” then select CT Record to return to the start
• (Optional) Click 3-D Viewer to check that they were installed correctly.