Community PTO Pack Version 2
A large up date with many fixes and improvements. Please see the read me file, also posted below.
Enjoy!
File is too large for the user site.
Download from the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H06Djr0EWYZtqahuPMn_Pt8AR7IqR_DU/view?usp=sharing
Screens coming soon!
For anyone having issues with the above link, try this drop box link please.
The google link will not work, damn Goggle! LOL
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/416svmfohb5r2eefflmhg/Community-PTO-Pack-Version-2.zip?rlkey=uo3c6fy0apom0kjauule80dvg&st=quvctnv0&dl=0
We noticed a few issues with the mod.
Fixes are in progress.
A new link will be posted when it is ready.
Stay Tuned!
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/416svmfohb5r2eefflmhg/Community-PTO-Pack-Version-2.zip?rlkey=uo3c6fy0apom0kjauule80dvg&st=quvctnv0&dl=0
The original models and textures are nothing to do with me, These were all available from Eagle Dynamics forums or user files. I don't own the textures or models, i've updated the lua, collision models, hitpoints, weapons and senosrs so that they "work"
Here is the list of changes with attributions credited. Some of these are best effort. Al lot of the lua was in fact me, over many months as a collection i gradually improved. All the FM's have been changed, all the sensors are original,
most of the weapon shells are changed from the german shells. Community textures I've pleaded with Gary and he did some amazing work without templates to make very basic decades old models look really good.
Dipole antennae by Hawkeye60
Original 'frankenstein model' from sketchfab bits - just a droopy dipole (3 poles) and generator and jerry cans to resemble a radio station. This isnt released anywhere else at the time.
Nakajima B5N Kate
This is a Emmanuel BARANGER (Helijah) mod and GPL3. The Kate had a number of FM issues that made her terrible, as well as the wing fold wouldnt work and wasnt carrier capable.
artist: helijah (https://sketchfab.com/helijah)
website: (licensed_under_cc.) https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/nakajima-b5n-kate-030b98bbffd6481ebc86f6133e42ebcd
licence: CC-BY-4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) requirements: Author must be credited. Commercial use is allowed.
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/251986-the-warbird-hanger/ - Original ED Forum post
Original download https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/srihx26dvmw6egdaeoztf/Nakajima-B5N-Kate-V1.2.1.zip?rlkey=qx65plaov2qveptvd0svpjbum&dl=0
Aichi D3A 'Val'
This is a Emmanuel BARANGER (Helijah) mod and GPL3. All credits as above. FM, lua, wing folding carrier ops, speed and all that jazz is Pikey
TBM Avenger (v2)
Another Emmanuel Baranger sketchfab. https://forum.dcs.world/topic/251986-the-warbird-hanger/
The wing fold was repaired, we've been backward and forward editing the original 3ds max file and some things broke and some things fixed. wheels dont roll and turret doesnt move,
bay doros also broke, but we got Garys textures, so at a distance, its superior in v2 and solved the performance problem due to the rats nest and multiple 3D edits.
Fletcher DD - https://forum.dcs.world/topic/263743-wwii-pacific-allied-assets/?tab=comments#comment-4600427
This is quite a famous, if not the most famous of Markindels purchases. I've lovingly updated the lua to create better sensors and weapons, using real in game shells that came with the M3 Essex. Any other lua ive in some way, checked or tuned.
Iowa - https://forum.dcs.world/topic/263743-wwii-pacific-allied-assets/?tab=comments#comment-4600427
This model needed a cleanup, but thats it. removal of patriot radars and german shells and tuning on the angles and WS. The args for the DM actually work and i tuned the HP counts and area damage.
Hiryu CV https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3031408/ 2017 upload model is the same. This is an old lost beauty. The lua was in a terrible state and weapons were redone.
Cimarron Oiler (WW II USS Cimarron AO-22) https://forum.dcs.world/topic/328367-wwii-cargo-and-transport-ships/#comment-5273798 "free 3d, cad nav, sketch Fab etc and have a common use license" https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5065qy6ppcyew2pqkva2u/WW-II-Cargo-Transports-V-2.8.0.zip?dl=0&e=1&file_subpath=%2FWW+II+Cargo+Transports%2Fmods%2Ftech&rlkey=q38ejli5w7qamkl9kspe1viwg
Fixed the animated guns, left the others. Renamed it.
Dale Tanker (british tanker) https://forum.dcs.world/topic/328367-wwii-cargo-and-transport-ships/#comment-5273798 "free 3d, cad nav, sketch Fab etc and have a common use license" https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5065qy6ppcyew2pqkva2u/WW-II-Cargo-Transports-V-2.8.0.zip?dl=0&e=1&file_subpath=%2FWW+II+Cargo+Transports%2Fmods%2Ftech&rlkey=q38ejli5w7qamkl9kspe1viwg
TypeC Cargo https://forum.dcs.world/topic/285745-wwii-japanese-pacific-theater-naval-order-of-battle/ a super simple little Japense cargo vessel buried in one of Hawkeyes packs.
DOLs ZERO http://virtualcockpits.web.fc2.com/mod/dcsw_reisen52/dcsw_reisen52.html - the main work was to neuter the crazy FM so now its fun and you cna kill it or be killed. The second was to grab some community skins which hugely improve the look and bundle those in.
I've changed the GT.Name so it wont conflict and it works with my convention. I might have fixed carrier capability.
DOLS Akizuki http://virtualcockpits.web.fc2.com/mod/dcsw_akizuki/dcsw_akizuki.html Gary Grewe did 2 custom textures for her, I redid the weapons using 25MM shells from M3's new Pacific pack. I then also made it more sloppy on the guns with custom sensors. it fights fairer now.
DOL's Zuikaku http://virtualcockpits.web.fc2.com/mod/dcsw_zuikaku/dcsw_zuikaku.html - almost nothing changed bar tweaking and shells. GT.Name is changed so it can coexist old missions.
[ED] COff's present to the community: "make_aircraft_carrier_capable". Lost somewhere in a forum, forgotten about.. this is a gem. You can decorate Spitfires as Seafires and they take off and land on the Essex. No idea why people think you cant do carrier ops in WW2, it works great!
This command is baked into the plugin to allow Spitfires and FW190 to carrier trap. Edit in the entry.lua.
Two highly recommended skins.
For the Brits the aforementioned Seafire skin, at least, pretty close to it and of the era: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301732/?sphrase_id=4939434 thanks to Jocko417
The Japanese Betty skin for the Ju88 is a great imersion helper, thanks to mambroz: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3317312/
Of course to the community, especially Gregory (Hawkeye60) whose passion for sniffing out models online and bringing them to life has inspired so many. Markindel, whose Italian lua and damage models will survive eternally. Thanks to Gary, Turbine, Mav,and all the people at the Hangout for their help and inspiration.
Pikey December 2025
