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RICARDO's "Horse of War" A-10A cockpit mod for Flaming Cliffs 1-2 v1.0
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This mod is based on excellent RICARDO's "Horse of War" mod for DCS A-10C. So the credits for the original textures and my gratitude go to him.

Installation:
 It's not MODMAN package, so to install it you need to put two files from the "Main" folder to FC2/Bazar/World and
 add those two lines to graphics.cfg, located in the FC2/Config folder, under the TextureCollections section:
    common = ".\\Bazar\\World\\Ricardo-HD4_BMP.cdds";
    common = ".\\Bazar\\World\\Ricardo-HD4_TGA.cdds";

These lines must be put BEFORE the original CockpitsTexturesBMP.cdds & CockpitsTexturesTGA.cdds.

After this you can enjoy the new pit right away, but there are some notes for your consideration.

Note #1: It's better to place them BEFORE other RICARDO's HD pits, but that's not critical, since the only affected file is KOMPAS-PLASHKA-MIG-N.BMP.

Note #2: The A-10A cockpit mesh uses some textures from the F-15 cockpit, so their modified versions included in this package too. Therefore, it's recommended to place those lines in the graphics.cfg BEFORE any F-15 replacement cockpit cdds.

  Those files are:
   F-15-RUD-01.BMP
   F-15-RUD-02.BMP
   F-15-KNOPKI.TGA
   F-15-KNOPKI-N.TGA

Note #3: The package is compatible with Flaming Cliffs 1 right away, except for the A-10-PRIBORY-9.TGA file, which must be taken from Additional/FC1 folder and placed in FC1/Bazar/TempTextures.

Note #4: In the Additional/Alernative/Pilot folder resides the modified US pilot legs texture, which's been made smaller. Also there's modified F-15-PILOT.bmp file to make it compatible with the F-15 pit. Those who want to use it just place PILOT-USA-G01.TGA and F-15-PILOT.bmp to FC2/Bazar/TempTextures folder. Or you may just ignore it and keep using standart pilot.

Note #5: The "Brighter Version" folder is for people using An7hraX's ENB sharpening filter. The "Main" pit becomes too dark with it. Or someone may like the brighter version as it is.

Note #6: As this mod was made using Flaming Cliffs 1.12b, it looks best with the FC1 cockpit mesh. The FC2 cockpit mesh for A-10A has some minor changes, and in my opinion FC1 mesh looks better. The difference can be seen on screenshots in "Mesh Comparison" folder. So you can just take Kabina-A-10.cmd file from FC1 (or from Additional/FC1 folder), and replace FC2 mesh in FC2/Bazar/World/Shapes folder, as I did. (See Note #3 after doing this, and make a backup). It seems to work fine. I haven't done extensive testing yet, but any troubles with that are unlikely. Or you can just ignore this note, there's not so much difference between these meshes in fact.


That's all I think.

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Known bugs: 
- The APU temperature gauge shows slightly incorrect readings. The original gauge goes up to 12, and the new one only to 10 with the same range.
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Please, leave your comments in the mod's thread. Any notes or bug reports are welcome.

Or you can reach me in Skype - tatarus31

Sincerely, Tatarus

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In Russian:

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RICARDO's "Horse of War"    1-2 -     DCS A-10C
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     "Horse of War"  ,      .

:
    ,          Main,    FC2/Bazar/World.  ,   FC2/Config/graphics.cfg
   TextureCollections  :
    common = ".\\Bazar\\World\\Ricardo-HD4_BMP.cdds";
    common = ".\\Bazar\\World\\Ricardo-HD4_TGA.cdds";

     CockpitsTexturesBMP.cdds  CockpitsTexturesTGA.cdds

      ,    :

1:       HD   ,    ,      KOMPAS-PLASHKA-MIG-N.BMP.

2:   -10      F-15,         cdds-.  ,    graphics.cfg     -10  ,   F-15.

   :
   F-15-RUD-01.BMP
   F-15-RUD-02.BMP
   F-15-KNOPKI.TGA
   F-15-KNOPKI-N.TGA

3:      1,    A-10-PRIBORY-9.TGA,   1      Additional/FC1    FC1/Bazar/TempTextures.

4:   Additional/Alernative/Pilot    .    ,      .     -   PILOT-USA-G01.TGA  F-15-PILOT.bmp    TempTextures.  F-15-PILOT.bmp      F-15,    .   ,       .

5:   Brighter Version         ENB     An7hraX'.  -       .

6:      1.12b,         1.   2   ,       . (      Mesh Comparison).      Kabina-A-10.cmd  1 (   Additional/FC1),     2   FC2/Bazar/World/Shapes. (   ).   .    ,        .    ,      .

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 :   APU    .     12,    10.
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     .       ,    tatarus31

 , Tatarus.
