Unlocks Avril's F-104C Starfighter for use in Campaign and Free Mode, and gives it gun weapons and custom skins. Available in two variants.
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withSIX for the GBU-43/B model from their mod for ARMA 2. Treyarch of Activision for the F-85B's gun pod model. Gaijin Entertainment for the original Mk 4 Mod 0 gun pod model.
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Fixed the missing third person cockpit textures. It's been months since the last update; how come nobody noticed this?
Added dark-colored weapon pods for Skin 4 and 6.
Minor MREC clean-up for the vicinity of Model B's refueling port.
Version 1.2
Modified the texture mappings of Model B. Now both variants uses the same texture files.
Increased the damage and radius of Model B's custom TGTP, and changed its lock-on range to 6500 meters.
Added the optional file to give the Model A wingtip pods for additional usage of its custom IEWS.
Version 1.1
Merged both variants of the Starfighter into a single .pak and made them available together.
Improved the Model B's wingtip gun pods' mesh.
Added standalone localization strings for both variants.
Revamped the Model A's custom MGP's properties, and added the optional .pak file to replace the current custom MGP with the previous version of it.
Retouched the custom TGTP's explosion effects.
Removed all patches provided in the archive except for Enhanced Gunplay's hitbox patch, as they were very outdated at this point.
Version 1.0c
Clean-up on Type B's right side gun port's MREC and Normals textures.
Fixed a discrepancy of weapon ammo counts in Enhanced Gunplay Mod patches, and added support for EA-18G Add-on Type B.
This mod enables Avril's F-104C to be used outside of Free Flight Mode and arms it with 3600 rounds of main gun. Available in two variants: Model A and B.
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F-104C -AV- Model A
Main Weapon: Custom IEWS pod, 12 times usage. Lasts for 15 minutes with 6 minutes cooldown.
SPW1: MGP, 4800 rounds. Increased damage to that of A-10C's main gun.
SPW2: PLSL, 1300 shots. Stats unchanged, but you can keep the "Guns Only Bonus" in mission results.
SPW3: Custom MGP, 2800 rounds. It has high damage and area-of-effect, but with a slower fire rate and lacks regular guns' Raycast data (basically bullet distance-to-target hit modifier), so more precise aiming is needed.
The previous version of the custom MGP is available in the mod archive, in case you prefer that one. It has a wide hitbox and no area-of-effect, but you can aim it more leniently.
F-104C -AV- Model B
Main Weapon: Custom wingtip gun pods, 4800 rounds. Same stats as Type A's MGP.
SPW1: PLSL, 1300 shots. Same properties as Type A's.
SPW2: Custom TGTP, 25 drop requests. Has wide radius and high damage, but only useable if there's ground target within its targeting reticle.
SPW3: Custom IEWS, 15 times uses. Stronger effects than Type A's main IEWS and stackable with another usage, but lasts only for 4 minutes and each usage also has 2.5 minutes cooldown.
This type is also outfitted with two main gun ports and a custom refueling port for flying boom system instead of drogue probe.
Note: You need to switch back to Normal weapon first to change the TGTP's targets due to an unresolved issue with its game file's inner workings.
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This mod also restores the amount of this Starfighter's skin slots and provides them with custom liveries. The custom liveries are as follows:
Slot 2: N104RB Red Baron paint scheme. Codenamed -Duc Écarlate-.
Slot 3: Trigger-dog themed livery. Based on ITAF's F-104 centennial livery of Arturo Ferrarin and Guido Masiero’s 19,000 km flight distance.
Slot 4: Mage Squadron tribute livery. Loosely based on ITAF's 102 Gruppo 25th anniversary F-104S MM6833 paintjob.
Included with this mod are optional files to use the previous version of the Model A's Custom MGP, a hitbox patch for certain targets in ElectronicOldMen's Enhanced Gunplay Mod, and an optional wingtip pods for the Model A that gives one more usage for its Custom IEWS.
