FW190D9Black8.zip

Darrin "Hammerd" Covington

"Black 8" Fw 190 D-9 W.Nr.210968  Pilot: Uffz. Karl Frob 2./JG 26 (I.Gruppe)
This aircraft was ditched in Schwerin Lake, Germany on April 17, 1945 and recovered in November of 1990. The paint and markings were in good condition.


This release is the continuation of the work done by Mike "Hemingway"
Pollitt and myself to the default 190a for Jane's WW2 Fighters. The
original modifications were accomplished by text editing the 3d files, but
with the release of the J3 Editor by Steven "Judge" Dickson I felt
compelled to spend some more time with her. The editor makes these
modifications so much easier.
Almost every object has been reworked in some way to capture the shape
and mood of the FW190D-9 "Dora". It was truly a labor of love.
A few things of note include: The weapons loadout in WW2F is hardcoded
so the D-9 still retains the outboard wing cannons/ gunpods. I did
blank the guncounters in the cockpit though. Next, the tailwheel appears to
be buried in the ground. This is caused by the additional length of the
fuselage. The cure for this causes the tailwheel to completely
disappear when retracted, so I decided to leave it as is. And finally the foot
step will turn with the tailwheel because it is an entity of that
group.
I want to thank "Jaxon" for the use of his main wheels,tail gear
assembly, and pilot. He did a fantastic job on these for the Me109, but with a little work they
incorporated nicely into the Dora. Bryan Bury and Warren "Fluke" Brookman
also contributed with information and suggestions. Bryan also mapped the spinner and painted the bmp for the spiral. Thanks!
Be sure to also download and install "Target's" flight model, and
missions created just for the D-9 by "Fluke". Available at
http://ww2f.dogfighter.com/
Also get the missions created just for the D-9 by "Fluke"
Included in this package are all of the necessary 3d files and the
bmp's for the conversion. It will replace the 190a in the game. The bmp's
included are only silhouettes, without panel lines or details, to permit
skinners to begin their own version of the plane while I work on mine.
Please post questions or comments to the messageboard at
http://ww2f.dogfighter.com/

Please do not post these files anywhere without permission or remove,
or alter, the "Hammerd" logo from the bmp's.

Darrin "Hammerd" Covington

Installation
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Before installing this, or any other, custom modification, you are
advised to make a backup of
your original ww2.sqs archive.

Extract the contents of this archive to the WWII Fighters\Data
directory.  Assuming the
default installation, this is: C:\Program Files\Jane's Combat
Simulations\WWII Fighters\Data

The files will be extracted to a new directory WWII
Fighters\Data\FW190D9Black8.

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the WWII
Fighters\Data\FW190D9Black8.

This distribution includes  multiple high-resolution (512x512) textures
for users whose video cards.
WARNING: attempting to install high-resolution textures on a system
with a video card which
does not support them may cause the game to crash.

To install, double-click on the installDORA.bat icon.

NOTE: If you already have a copy of the D-9 files installed on your
machine, SQZIP will
generate a warning message when installing the BMPs.  This does not
mean that anything
has gone wrong with the installation, it is only warning you that it is
overwriting files already
installed.

This will open up a DOS session and the installation will proceed in
this window.  When
the installation is complete, a message saying "DONE...CLOSE DOS
SESSION" will be
displayed in the window.  Close the DOS session by clicking on the X
close button in the
top right corner of the window.

Installation is now complete.

