About this mod

A gigantic and ambitious modpack aiming to reinterpret every NPC skin in Ace Combat 7 in order to provide more detail and unit heraldry between squadrons and nations. Creative liberties have been taken with some designs. When finished, it will feature around 160-180 skins and several user interface tweaks.

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The True Canon Pack (referred to as the TC Pack, TC, or TCP for short) is currently one of the largest and most ambitious projects ever undertook by an Ace Combat 7 modder. 



The mission of this pack is simple. It will reinterpret every NPC and canon player aircraft skin and give them more detail, while constraining each skin to a marking scheme unique to each country. In addition, several formerly Osean squadrons under the IUN-PKF have been turned into squadrons from other nations in order to make the IUN feel more "international" than it originally is depicted as in the vanilla version of Ace Combat 7.  Finally, all NPC skins belonging to aircraft that are also playable will also be usable by the player.


When finished, this pack will feature almost 170 skins, counting both NPC and player skins, with each player skin being usable in all skin slots.

At present, the pack features 137 skins, however this number will grow over time.

This Google Document contains written record on every skin that will be made and will be updated with my progress.


TCP will be separated into several smaller Sets in order to let players download the skins they want the most, and to save on download speed. They are as follows:




Main Sets:

  • Trigger Set: A skinpack containing the aircraft of the player character of Ace Combat 7, Trigger. Set ID: 01.


  • Osean Federation Set: A skinpack containing the aircraft belonging to the Osean Federation. Set ID: 02.


  • LRSSG Set: A skinpack containing the aircraft of the various members of the OADF's Long Range Strategic Strike Group (LRSSG). Set ID: 03.


  • Spare Squadron Set: A skinpack containing aircraft belonging to the 444th Fighter Squadron of the Osean Air Defense Force. Set ID: 04.


  • IUN-PKF Set: A skinpack containing aircraft belonging to squadrons of the International Union Peacekeeping Force (IUN-PKF). Set ID: 05.


  • Kingdom of Erusea Set: A skinpack containing aircraft belonging to the Kingdom of Erusea. Set ID: 06.


  • Aces of Erusea Set: A skinpack containing aircraft belonging to the aces of Erusea. Also includes new Assault Record renders and thumbnails. Set ID: 07. (Currently Unavailable)


  • EASA Set: A skinpack containing aircraft belonging to the Erusean Air and Space Administration, including the 68th Experimental Squadron "Sol".  Set ID: 08.


  • Alicorn Set: A skinpack containing a skin for both the eponymous submersible aviation cruiser Alicorn and the aircraft from said submarine. Set ID: 09.


  • ISEV Set: A skinpack containing the skins of both the airborne aircraft carriers Arsenal Bird Liberty, Arsenal Bird Justice, and their MQ-101s. Set ID: 10. (Currently Unavailable)


  • Mimic Set: A skinpack containing the aircraft belonging to the brother-and-sister assassin team Mimic Squadron. Set ID: 11.


  • Z.O.E. Set: A skinpack containing the aircraft controlled by the Zone of Endless artificial intelligence, including the ADF-11F and ADFX-10F UAVs. Set ID: 12.



Bonus Set (UI):

  • Squadron Intros: A UI tweak that slightly changes the squadron intros in M1, M5, M11, M20, and SP01.

  • Free Mission Thumbnails: A mod that tweaks the mission thumbnails in the Free Mission and SP Mission menus. (Currently Unavailable, undergoing overhaul)

  • Radio Portraits: A tweak that updates the radio portraits to correct the affiliations, ranks, names, and more. Additionally updates Erusean affiliations to be in French. Additionally features a bonus file to replace the portrait border to the beta version featured in the E3 2017 demo.
  • Subtitle Font: A file that changes the subtitle font to ACES07_Regular by HoshinoComet. This font, which is the other UI font of Ace Combat 7, was originally the subtitle font in the E3 2017 demo.
  • Title Screen: A mod that replaces the Ace Combat 7 title screen background with a new image.



This mod is incomplete. It will be updated over time and articles will be written regarding each major update with patch notes and addition lists. The contents of each set will be available to view in more detail in the image gallery.


I'd like to offer my thanks to HoshinoComet, njmksr, Cherry/CallsignYukiMizuki, Lanzerince, BlackBaron1945, StrikeFreedomX2, UltraBooster, Dantofu, RythusOmega, SkylineGTRFreak, Silencer555, Lemmy, Urvogel, agc93, CirqueDuCiel, Kankitsu, CrabsJohnson, and to anyone else who assisted or will assist this project, whether by providing assets or inspiration. Further credits to asset use will be given in the documentation section. I heavily encourage you to read it.

I'd like to give further thanks to Gojira, Elchfisk, agc93, Gavin2806, and LacusClyne on Discord for assisting in the gathering of footage and screenshots.

Finally, I'd like to give my thanks to everyone who has supported this project in the past, whether by downloading it, endorsing it, leaving a comment, providing moral support, and more. 

This project would not have been possible without all of you. Thank you. Please enjoy the True Canon Pack.