F-117A NightHawk - Alpha Released

[Keshman]

Thanks for the information on exit date ( beta ) versions!

[oscar19681]

Just wondering is it really stealth?

[Fortran]

Originally Posted by oscar19681

Just wondering is it really stealth?

Originally Posted by Fortran

It is invisible to radar, incredibly hard for AI to spot and identify and impossible to lock on-to. However, if:

A: The landing-gear is down
B: The weapon bay is open
C: The jet is banking or pitching at high angles

Then the radar-cross-section is substantial enough and the plane is then locatable on radar and lockable by ground2air and air2air system. The pilot is warned of this by the RCS light illuminating on the eyebrow lamp.

Pretty much as above, the alpha version will not feature the script for "C: The jet is banking or pitching at high angles" as I haven't finished it yet.

[Grensvegter]

this looks very promising an impressive model skilz.now more than ever we need a Bagdad map to simulate Desert Storm its finest hour.Bravo!!!

[Simon C]

I can't wait for this, if you do release tonight then it will be taking up the rest of the night for me.

[AndresCL]

Fortran, now that MMA is released is there any plans to make it compatible with it? Or will you instead keep the original model/behaviour

[Fortran]

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F-117A NIGHTHAWK STEALTH FIGHTER FOR ARMA 2

RELEASE VERSION - ALPHA 0.1

BY FORTRAN 2009:

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INFO/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

This is an early alpha release of the F-117A NightHawk for Arma2. I am currently pressed for time to continue
development so in the meantime until I can complete the asset this release is purely a demonstrator of the final
or future release(s). As such there are a number of issues/bugs which will be addressed in the near
future. All known issues/bugs are listed below, please report any further problems in the following thread:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=83459

As this is an early release an MP compatibility has not been tested yet I have not signed the addon. This should
be tested in singleplayer only until the next release.
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FEATURES////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


Fully working 3D Cockpit with day/night capability featuring the following game-accurate gauges:

01: Beta (Horizontal AOA)
02: AOA
03: MFD HSI (including waypointing and airport waypointing, TimeToTarget and DistanceToTarget and heading)
04: Radar Altitude (up to 1000 meters, bug set to 100 meters)
05: Standby Attitude Indicator
06: Trims Indicators (Elev/Rudder/Aileron)
07: Slip Indicator
08: Fuel/RPM/EGT/FuelFlow Counters
09: Fuel (including Bingo and Low Warning) Indicator
10: Oxygen (1 RT hour supply)
11: G-Force Indicator (including Max-G Attained Needle)
12: Eyebrow Indicators (Warnings for RadarAlt, RCS, Stall, BingoFuel,Chute)
13: MFD Attitude Indicator (including AOA/Speed/VertSpeed/Altitude)
14: Airspeed Indicator
15: Main Attitude Indicator
16: Vertical Speed Indicator
17: Altimeter (Accurate to 9000 meters)
18: Standby HSI Indicator
19: WeaponBay lights illuminate when weapon bay is open
20: Landing Gear (Handle moves with gear position and lights (dull green: stowed, red: gear moving, bright green: gear down)
21: Annunciator Panel (warning lights light as required)
22: Both MFD's run through a "boot" sequence when the engine is fired up.
23: Clock (H/M/S)
24: Full HUD


Brakechute deployed on landing (includes brakechute door animation)
2 x GBU-27B LGB's
DLIR laser designator system
Fully stealth (unless gear is down / weapon bay is open / Jet is performing high Pitch/Banking maneuvers)
Map based waypointing system (waypoint is displayed on right MFD compass)
Airport waypoint system (nearest major airport bearing for vanilla A2 maps is shown on right MFD compass)

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INSTALLATION////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Copy: f117a_nighthawk.pbo
f117a_target.pbo
f117a_chute.pbo
gbu27.pbo


To a mod/Addons folder structure inside your ARMA 2 directory. For example:

Arma 2/@F117A/Addons/

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EXTRA CONTROLS///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

DLIR sensor is activated via the action menu, to leave the sensor system once fired press "Space bar".

Waypoint System is activated by clicking on the map to set the waypoint marker. This waypoint can be moved
once set by clicking on a new location on the map. The MFD heading will update automatically.

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KNOWN ISSUES///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

The following bugs/issues will be addressed in the final or updated release(s) of this asset.

01: GBU-27's can currently be fired with the weapon bay closed.
02: GBU-27's do not fall from lowered proxy position (weapon cradle down).
03: DLIR Sensor script can only be executed once per session.
04: Textures are VERY VERY WIP, no shaders, no normal/spec maps, just a simple diffuse.
05: When taking off, if the execution of the takeoff is not perfect the brake chute might deploy.
06: It is not known at this time if the scripts associated with the F-117A will work in MP.
07: The F-117A currently uses the A-10 soundset.
08: GBU-27's can still be fired outside of the DLIR script system, however this may cause damage to the plane.
09: Illuminated cockpit textures (used for day & night) appear a little too bright during daytime.
10: Loading BOOT BIOS screens may flicker when loading for the first time per session.
11: BETA Gauge (H-AOA) does not currently display H-AOA date but rather rudder data.
12: Currently only one waypoint may be created on the map using the waypointing system.
13: Pilot actions can be performed outside of the plane (ie opening the weapon bay or using the DLIR sensor)
14: Currently only 1 LOD, no shadow LOD and no wreck model.

Any further bugs or issues may be reported in the following forum thread:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=83459

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CREDITS///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Fortran - Models/Textures/Scripting
Nuxil - Script fragment for locating angle between two objects
Gigan - Freelook mouse driven camera system (DLIR sensor script base)
Cole - Vapor Trail Script (Taken from Mykes release of the F-16)
Mandoble - Mando Missiles (GBU Guidance system)


THANKS TO///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

BI Community Forum members - Especially the following members for their help:

[APS]Gnat
RKSL-Rock
UNN
Nuxil
Myke
kju

Soul_Assassin - For the amazing 3DS Max toolbox! Would have never been able to do this without this
amazing bit of kit! Thanks mate!

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LEGAL///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

By downloading/installing/running/extracting this asset you agree to the following conditions:

This asset or the models/textures/scripts that it employs cannot be used for financial gain, re-sale or military purposes.
You also agree not to redistribute or edit the asset/modes/textures/scripts without prior consent of the author.

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Download Links:

MIRROR 1: http://www.filefront.com/14895691/F1...HA_RELEASE.zip
MIRROR 2: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ME1IRRK3

[Drew]

zomg yay!

[Jezaa]

Sweet as cheers dude, thanks for the effort.

[Drew]

got a couple of errors while testing (Which is expected, I'm not complaining ) some missing file errors .paa something or another, but it does look awesome and flys very well