Possible to Change Aircraft in Squadron

[Legendkiller456]

I am looking to change the P47 to the P39 in Career mode for one of the fighter groups and I am not sure on how I would go about doing this. Or would it be easier to just create a new fighter group? Any help would be very appreciated.

[=J18=FritzGerald]

I don't believe that you can change what aircraft your squadron fly, so you should probably start a new squadron.

Salute!

[Legendkiller456]

Problem is, I don't know where to start with making a new squadron lol.

[rieper_420]

Dear Legendkiller456,

 

I understand the following:

you want to play a BOBP career with P39 instead of P47.

 

Easiest way for you to do this would be:

 

1. download the Extended BoX careers Mod

(if you don't know how to use JSGME / install mods / activate mods, please search the forum)

 

2. go into the mod folder Extended_IL2_BoX_V11\data\scg\18\

 

(the folder name 18 is for the BOBP career)

 

There you will find squadrons.cfg & squadrons2.cfg.

 

search there for a squadron you would like to switch the planes:

 

Example code snippet from squadrons.cfg:

        period="1945.01.21","1945.02.07"
        name="388th Fighter Squadron, 365th FG"
        fl_day_st="00.00"
        fl_day_end="00.00"
        airfield="Florennes"
        quantity=20
        flights=2
        plane="LuaScripts\WorldObjects\Planes\P47D28.txt"
        [mission=1122]

 

3.

Exchange the line

plane="LuaScripts\WorldObjects\Planes\P47D28.txt"

with:

plane="LuaScripts\WorldObjects\Planes\P39L1.txt"

 

 

make sure to do this for all time periods

 

 

4. save the .cfg files

5. make sure the mod is enabled and you start the game with mods enabled

6. you might need to start a new career to have it work fully

 

I hope I was able to explain it in an understandable way without knowing your technical / modding / programming background

 

 

If you require any further information, feel free to contact me.

Or just tell me which squadron should fly the P-39, I can mod it for you, it takes like 5 minutes ?

 

 

Best regards

Rieper

 

 

[Legendkiller456]

Thank you for the detailed explanation. I will give a try. Appreciate it!

[sevenless]

19 hours ago, Legendkiller456 said:

Thank you for the detailed explanation. I will give a try. Appreciate it!

 

Hi,

 

I suggest adding the plane you desire to the already existing one. That gives you some more flexibility.

 

Example code snippet from squadrons.cfg:

        period="1945.01.21","1945.02.07"
        name="388th Fighter Squadron, 365th FG"
        fl_day_st="00.00"
        fl_day_end="00.00"
        airfield="Florennes"
        quantity=20
        flights=2
        plane="LuaScripts\WorldObjects\Planes\P47D28.txt"

        plane="LuaScripts\WorldObjects\Planes\P39L1.txt"
        [mission=1122]

[rieper_420]

Hello Legendkiller456,

 

Nice to have:

If you want to have your squadron mates using a US skin per default so you don't have to do it manually before each mission:

 

Since the default skin for the P-39 is for VVS (Soviet), you will need to change the file skins.cfg to have a US skin per default so your squadron mates look properly like US planes.

 

To do this, the following steps are needed.

1. Open the file "Extended_IL2_BoX_V11\data\scg\18\squadrons.cfg" and remember the Squadron ID number:

 

Example from squadrons.cfg:

/*********************************************/

[Squadron=102486]
    type=1    //0 - common, 1 - fighter, 2 - bomber, 3 - recon, 4 - transport, 5 - attack, 6 - heavy fighter, 7 - night fighter, 8 - light bomber, 9 - communication, 10 - frontline spotter

    [period] // Chapter 1
        period="1944.09.28","1944.09.30"
        name="No. 486 (NZ) Squadron RAF"
        fl_day_st="00.00"
        fl_day_end="00.00"
        airfield="Grimbergen"
        quantity=18
        flights=2
        plane="LuaScripts\WorldObjects\Planes\TempestMkVs2.txt"
        [mission=1122]
            weathers="0,1,2,3"
            subtype=""
            planes=6
            maximumPlanes=8
            weight=0.66
            range=150000
        [end]

/*********************************************/

 

2. Open the file "Extended_IL2_BoX_V11\data\scg\18\skins.cfg"

and search for the squadron number:

 

Example from squadrons.cfg:

/*********************************************/

[squadron=102486]
    [period]
        period="1944.09.28","1945.01.02"
        [skin]
            plane="LuaScripts\WorldObjects\Planes\TempestMkVs2.txt"
            skin="tempestmkvs2\tempestmkvs2_skin_01.dds"
            name="No. 486 (NZ) Squadron RAF"
            type=0 //0 - common, 1 - ace
            probweight=100
        [end]

/*********************************************/

 

 

3. as you can see, the squadron 102486is flying TempestMkVs2 and using the skin: tempestmkvs2_skin_01

 

Just an example to see how a not-default skin is selected,

 

To have the squadron flying the cool US sharkmouth P-39, change to:

skin="p39l1\p39l1_skin_09.dds"

 

I hope it works like that ?

 

4. save files

5. start game

 

 

If you require further information, feel free to contact me

 

Best regards

Rieper

 

Edited July 10, 2020 by rieper_420