Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) combined assets. This is a remastered collection of PTO mods fr om community members assembled with "ED make carrier capable" functions, custom liveries from the community and fixes from myself.
I don't own any of the mods, the textures, or models and its simply a repackaging and refurbishing of some hidden gems out there wh ere collision shells have been swapped or fixed, weapons and sensors improved and fixed, liveries added and so on. This is the contents. Many of these models are over a decade old, but with some liveries can greatly enhance the PTO immersion whilst we wait for the official DLC.
Download here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17GdT-PG3TxXMt1mOClfXLt8TfU0GUpGB/view?usp=sharing
Nakajima B5N Kate
This is a Emmanuel BARANGER (Helijah) mod and GPL3 with 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
TBM Avenger 3
Another Emmanuel Baranger sketchfab. First linked in https://forum.dcs.world/topic/251986-the-warbird-hanger/
The Flight model is now 'ballpark' and not crazy out, but a bit floaty. The wing fold was repaired, and new British textures created courtesy of Gary Grewe which fit the British Pacific Fleet Avengers.
The weapons were fixed, although issues remained, and guns remained a mystery. Bay doors open. Loadouts fit all bombs except the bomb racks, there was a 4x500 for the A20 I could reuse, which was a standard British loadout.
A lot of work went into this from Mav87, but we all gave up on that turret. Fixed carrier capability. Landing and takeoff is good.
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/
