FSX doublepack for pilotable british Navy carrier "HMS Victorious" from 1944 and 4 cruisers of the Dido-class. The carrier has 3 different deck configurations with Corsairs on deck.
This versions are generally flightsimulation ai-ships, made by Fraser Paterson and Philip Chandler from flyingstations.com. A download there is required (Victorious_1944.exe).
Features: Both ships with bridge, sound and airfiles with special effects. Several camera views let you explore the ships.
Bitmaps and configuration by Erwin Welker
1. Install my folder "HMS Victorious 1944" with my panel, sound, aircraft.cfg and airfile first.
2. Copy the Gauges and the Effects into the mainfolder of FSX
3. If you like, install the downloaded ai-ships for general ai-usage as requested for the download
4. Copy from the ai-version all of the Models and the textures into the folder for the pilotable version, named "HMS Victorious 1944"
!!!Do not copy the sim.cfg! It is only for ai-ship!!!
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INSTALLATION: "Dido class cruisers"
1. Install my folder "Cruiser Dido-class" with my panel, aircraft.cfg and airfile first.
Copy or aliase the sound from HMS Victorious into the Dido-class folder
2. Copy from the ai-version all of the Models and the textures into the folder for the pilotable version, named "Dido class cruisers"
!!!Do not copy the sim.cfg! It is only for ai-ship!!!
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How to get the views?
1. toggle with S-key to aircraft-views
2. then toggle with A-key for other views
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SOUNDS
Remember: Some sounds are only in the panel view mode available or they are very low in the aircraft views
F8-F5 (Flaps): Main guns
ZZ: (Autopilot disengage): Schips bell
Shift E (Exit open/close): Alarm
G (Gear): Typhoon horn
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FEATURES & EFFECTS:
Fire the AA-guns with the key for the Smoke effect
Fire the main guns with the strobe light switch on the bridge or with the key for the strobelight
The camera with the Title "Gunsight_Shift2_Strobelight-Torpedohit 270°" provides all information you need:
With Shift E2 you can insert the remote fire control-graphic. The camera is on top of the foremast.
You can rotate it with the coolie hat of your joystick or with the keys of the numpad.
Using the stroblight switch you can initiate a torpedoshot in the direction of 9 o'clock/270°. The explosion is time delayed.
CREDITS
Many thanks to Fraser Paterson and Philip Chandler and the other from the flyingstations team.
Many thanks to all of the creative persons, who do such a great work.
I am sorry, but I do not know from whom all the gauges, effects and sounds are. I have to many.
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This file is FREEWARE. It should not harm your computer, but you install it on your own risk.
Feel free to copy or to distribute it, but don't make any money with it. It is not permitted to use it for commercial-purpose.
