F/A-18C Hornet Pack
by Hudson & Pennywise
(VFC-12 "Fighting Omars" And VMFA-251 "Thunderbolts")
Email:hudson@radishville.com & pennywise@radishville.com Website:
http://www.radishville.com
Table of Contents
Version 1.0 Only works with Flashpoint Resistance versions 1.85 and above due to event handlers in config.cpp
*Note:This addon uses heavy scripting and alot of custom animations. If you are using a low-end computer
you may experience some performance issues. The Addon was built on a 1.1 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz AMD
processor with 384-512 Mb RAM, GeForce3 machines with very low to no performance decrease in
gameplay. If you use lower end machines you MAY notice different results. This addon has been
extensivly tested on both local and dedicated servers (100% linux compatible now, BETA wouldnt
run on linux servers) to insure proper multiplayer performance.
Disclaimer: This is an unofficial addon, you know the drill.If you install it and your game goes *BOOM*
dont come crying to us. ***Use at your own risk***
- O2/Textures/Config by Hudson[Produce]
- Config help by Pennywise[Produce]
- Scripting by Pennywise[Produce]
- Research, testing, hosting and moral support :-) by Angry Radish
- Texture help by Tigershark (thanks alot the lettering is excellent!)
- Big thanks to all the radishville regs and admins for any testing and feedback they provided.
- Thanks to Wonder, KaRRiLLioN, Cervomix, DeaDMeaT, Scorpio, Harnu, Hurricane, Face, GRoman, Aiede,
Sseagle, and Warlok for any Testing/Advice/Help they provided
- Big thanks to the DKM mod for showing us all the wonderful things you can do when you try,
- Carnege for giving me tips on modelling and textures.
- Very Big Thanks to Col Klink, Brsseb, and Zwadar for their O2 tutorials.
This is an addon for Operation Flashpont Resistance v1.85+, It adds 12 F/A-18 Hornets in 3 different
color schemes. The addon is loosely based on the real life naval reserve squadron VFC-12 The Fighting
Omars and The US Marine Fighter Attack squadron VMFA-251 "Thunderbolts". VFC-12 is the premiere US
navy mock agressor training unit providing top notch air to air flight training for the carrier
fleets of the US navy. VMFA-251 is US marine Fighter attack squadron based at MCAS Beaufort, SC.
This addon is released as is to the public, do not modify the addon in anyway.
*Note:If you want to retexture or modify the addon in anyway you MUST contact me (hudson) at the email
addy above. Do not use or modify the config.bin, the config.txt or any .hpp or .sqs script files
included in this addon. If you need help with or would like to use any of the scripts included in
this addon as part of your projects you must first contact pennywise (pennywise@radishville.com).
- Animated cockpit canopy. This is opened and closed when a player or AI unit gets into or out of the aircraft.
- Animated folding wingtips. These are user controlled. Use the "Fold wings Up" and "Fold Wings Down" actions
in your action menu.
- Animated arrester hook. This is also user controlled. Use the "Raise Hook" and "Lower Hook" actions in your
action menu.
- Animated Heads Up Display.
- Animated custom landing gear. This is also user controlled. Use "Raise Gear" and "Lower Gear" actions
in your action menu
- Simulated sound barrier. The addon is scripted to play a vapor cloud shockwave animation and sonic boom sound
when the aircraft reaches 825 Kmph. This is not the real speed of sound. It is a simulated speed that we came up
with. We dont need aircraft ingame moving at 1400 Kmph so we made up a more game friendly sound barrier speed.
- Very short takeoff and landing. This is to simulate carrier takeoffs, no scripts needed. Mass in geometry
model has been tweaked to make for a very fast and easy takeoff. Flaps friction has been raised to make for
slower landings.
- 20 new sounds. Folding wings, landing gear, canopy, weapons, AA warning, to many sounds to list.
- Fixed Geometry Model from BETA version. You can no longer walk thru half of the plane. No more getting
stuck on the nose of the plane.
- Fixed Fire Geometry Model from BETA version. You can now shoot and kill the pilot. No more giant invisible
force field around the plane.
- New Textures
- Incoming AA warning light and buzzer. This is automatic. When your aircraft is locked onto and fired at
with a missile or rocket you will hear a warning buzzer. Also a "Warning" light will flash on the top left
hand side of the cockpit instrument panel.
- ALR-67 countermeasure system with working chaff. Automatic and manual countermeasure deployment. Chaff will
stop most incoming missiles. It will not however stop missiles launched from side shots, head on shots, or
multiple volley shots. Player can select the chaff manually and fire at will. Also works automatic for player
and AI when shot at with a locked missile.
- CBU-87b Cluster Bombs.
- Server side and client side code utilized to ensure proper animation and functionality for every player. This
means the addon won't crap out on you in a multiplayer game. No more ghost animations or animations not working
when they should.
- Scripted to control AI. AI uses all features of the aircraft as expected. AI speed is controlled now. AI speed
settings are as follows. (This is a general speed found by following AI in the editor) Speeds for speed modes
set with waypoints are, Limited 310 Kmph, Normal 600 Kmph,and Max 900+ Kmph.
Plane Model Names:
- F18base.p3d <--- Blue Fighter
- F18baseb.p3d<--- Blue Bomber
- F18grey.p3d <--- Grey Fighter
- F18breyb.p3d<--- Grey Bomber
- F18brown.p3d<--- Brown Fighter
- F18brownb.p3d<-- Brown Bomber
Weapon Names:
- AMRAAM: Rad_AMRAAM_Launcher
- AGM88d HARM: Rad_AMG88d_Launcher
- Mk83 bombs: Rad_Mk83_launcher
- CBU87b Cluster Bombs: Rad_CBU87_launcher
- 27 MM Cannon: Rad_Mauser_27mm
Ammo Names:
- AMRAAM: Rad_AMRAAM_Launcher
- AGM88d HARM: Rad_AMG88d
- Mk83 bombs: Rad_Mk83
- CBU87b Cluster Bombs: Rad_CBU87
- 27 MM Cannon: Rad_Mauser
Custom Animation names:
- CanopyAnim //Animation for cockpit canopy
- FrontGearAnim //Animation for front landing gear
- lgflanim //Animation for front landing gear bay door, front left
- lgfranim //Animation for front landing gear bay door, front right
- lgfl2anim //Animation for front landing gear bay door, front left door 2
- leftgearanim //Animation for left landing gear
- rightgearanim //Animation for right landing gear
- lgorlanim //Animation for rear landing gear bay door, outside rear left door
- lgorranim //Animation for rear landing gear bay door, outside rear right door
- lgrlanim //Animation for rear landing gear bay door,rear left door
- lgrranim //Animation for rear landing gear bay door,rear right door
- lgrl2anim //Animation for rear landing gear bay door,rear left door 2
- lgrr2anim //Animation for rear landing gear bay door,rear right door 2
- warnanim //Animation for incoming AA warning light
- hookanim //Animation for arrester hook
- lwinganim //Animation for left folding wingtip
- rwinganim //Animation for right folding wingtip
- lkhklapka2anim //Animation for fake aileron left
- pkhklapka2anim //Animation for fake aileron right
- BrakeAnim //Animation for airbrake, not used at this time. Everything is setup in O2 however
If you want to start the aircraft ingame with the wings folded up, simply add the
following code without the quotes to any units initialization field "agvF18foldwing=true".
This addon contains an added feature to mission makers. An optional popup dialog that enables the pilots to select
between different spread patterns for the cluster bomb. This extra dialog feature can be enabled by adding
'#include <Rad_F18\CBUDlg.hpp>' in the description.ext file for your mission. When
adding this code the F18s carrying CBUs will gain a new action in the action menu
"Setup CBU". After the pilot selects the action the following
popup dialog appears. If you dont include
'#include <Rad_F18\CBUDlg.hpp>' in your 'description.ext', you will
recieve a resource missing dialog. In this case, the addon automatically
configures the CBU settings to default settings and you can play without the dialog.
At this point the pilot may select between 6 different altitudes the bomb will release its bomblets.
The higher the altitude the greater the radius the bomblets will spread. Pilots simply click once on the
height/spread setting they would like and then click on select configuration at the bottom of the dialog.
The settings are held until the pilot uses the setup menu again. If the menu is never activated then the bomb
will be released at the 50M/150M default setting.
Due to the custom animations 'gearRetracting' had to be set 'False'. For those who like to land without gear down,
this may cause an undesired behavior when landing.
If you dont include '#include <Rad_F18\CBUDlg.hpp>' in your 'description.ext', you will
recieve a resource missing dialog. In this case, the addon automatically
configures the CBU settings to default settings and you can play without the dialog.
Appendex
Animated Heads Up Dispaly. Go Back
"Setup CBU" Action. Go Back
"Setup CBU" Dialog. Go Back
Resource Missing. Go Back
