
Me262KG51.zip 


Skin for Jane's WW2 Fighter's Me 262
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This is my second Me 262 paint scheme for WWII Fighter's. The Me 262 skin in WWII Fighters uses 4 separate 
.bmp files for mapping textures onto the plane. This allows for higher resolution and finer detail. 
Many areas of the original skin were reworked to fix minor problems with alignment of components and 
to fix problems that simply didn't show at the lower resolution. All extremities were rounded for more 
authentic contours and much work was done to get the main landing gear to look right going up and down, 
this was accomplished in part by editing the files that determine locations for components.

Much of the credit for this skin goes to several others that provided invaluable help and information. 
It truly was a team effort.  Judge for enabling the modification of these files at all and general 
information on how the game works.  And specifically for editing the files to line up the landing gear 
components.  Jamie Iverson for sending pictures, drawings, and other info on the Me 262 that was amazing 
in detail!  And for "proofing" the plane as it progressed to insure as much accuracy as possible. Jamie 
also wrote the intro below.  Dauntless851 for supplying drawings and schemes and general information on 
the plane.  And Fluke for the included mission, beta testing the plane, and for his tactful critique of 
it as I worked on it.  Thank you all!

Questions or comments to me at:  CovClan@lvcm.com and visit my makeshift website at 
http://u1.lvcm.com/covsplace/ to see some of my other planes.



INTRODUCTION:
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Congratulations on downloading the most accurate and detailed Me 262 skin
that has ever been released for a flight sim! Jane's WWII Fighters has the
most accurate simulated Me 262 to date and Hammerd's excellent skin
featuring the markings of KG 51 is a perfect complement to a great sim.
Hammerd has painstakingly captured every detail of the Me 262 down to the
last rivet and the results are absolutely stunning. Thanks Hammerd, for many
hours of hard work! This is the best skin yet for WWII Fighters.

The Messerschmitt Me262 was the first turbojet powered aircraft to see
service in WWII. As the sleek new jet fighter streaked through the war-torn
skies over Europe it ushered in a new era in aircraft design and signaled
the end of the traditional propeller driven fighter. The jet was at least
100 mph faster than any Allied fighter and gave the tattered Luftwaffe a
much needed advantage during a time when they needed it most. However, the
Me 262 was far from perfect and suffered many problems due to it's advanced
nature. The Jumo 004 engines for example, had an extremely short lifespan
due to shortages of critical materials. Most engines lasted less than 20
hours before they had to be replaced. The Me 262 also took time to speed up
and slow down during takeoffs and landings. The Allies quickly took
advantage of this, and jet bases became prime targets for prowling
Allied fighters. In spite of this, the Me 262 was a deadly adversary and
well suited to the anti-bomber role. Me 262s often wreaked deadly havoc on
the massed bomber formations with their 4x30mm cannon and R4M rockets.

Jamie Iverson
stormbirds.com



Installation
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Before installing this, or any other, custom modification, you are advised to take a backup
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\Me262KG51

Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the WWII Fighters\Data\Me262KG51 directory.

This distribution includes Hammerd's skin for the KG 51 Me 262 and Fluke's custom mission "KG 51 Blitzreconnaissance", 
which highlights the new skin. Fluke's custom mission will be installed to the WWII Fighters\Data\Missions directory which makes it available through the museum interface. 

This distribution includes both normal resolution (256x256) and high resolution (512x512) 
textures.  Users whose video cards do not support high-resolution textures 
(e.g. 3Dfx Voodoo1/2/3/Banshee) should NOT attempt to install these skins.  
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 the normal resolution textures, double-click on the install256.bat icon.

To install the high resolution textures, double-click on the install512.bat icon.

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.


