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Title: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 02, 2018, 08:21:49 PM
Here is a current project I have been working on over the past 6 months or so.
A lot of research was initially needed for this project
Decent information was hard to find on the net initially
Please see the sourced websites encompassing The Battle of Attu island, The Bombing Of The Kuril Islands and The USSR Invasion of The Kuril Islands (after the Japanese had surrendered)

Specific Dates

The Battle Of Attu island 11–30 May 1943
This map starts off at around 1 or 2 months after the battle and the USAAF 11th Air Force and US Navy had established Marsden mat airfields on Attu Island and neighboring Shemya Island

The Bombing Of The Kuril Islands December 1943 until the end of the war 1945
11th Air Force and a US Navy Air Wing

The Invasion Of The Kuril Islands by The Soviet Union August 18 and September 1
Since Japan had already surrendered Japan was caught by surprise. Japan did not know which country was invading their islands at the time.

The Invasion Of The Kuril Islands USSR

(https://image.ibb.co/h8GHeK/USSR1.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/dZXCDe/YSSR2.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/gDUERz/USSR3.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/chtxeK/USSR4.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/ceZ3KK/USSR5.jpg)

US Navy Air Wing Kuril Island Strike

(https://image.ibb.co/fSh548/il2fb_2018_07_12_09_22_12_537.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/bFKk48/il2fb_2018_07_12_10_34_03_961.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/jHi1cT/il2fb_2018_07_12_10_34_18_389.jpg)

The 11th Air Force

<iframe width="798" height="439" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/X8VHpTQxbaA" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="798" height="599" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-W7egVqOyKA" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The Map

In this complete package you get the following
Kuril Islands Attu map
A _Tex folder of new and other textures for the map
A specific sky to place in your main _Tex folder

A Note the main Tex folder should be this
MAPMODS/MAPS/_Tex/KurAttu    .....  and the sky tgas in general _Tex folder



Just so there is no confusion  :D

A further footnote from Skyfan Thanks for pointing this out  :P
very due to old age
If you don't have this texture add it in


https://www.mediafire.com/file/oftys7td7jxqhx3/Marks+Shallows+Texture.rar (https://www.mediafire.com/file/oftys7td7jxqhx3/Marks+Shallows+Texture.rar)

Other Mods

4.13 Runway plates are included in this package as they have been used for most runways
Please see the file order 3do/airfield/.........
Add the static.ini entries to your static.ini already provided if you do not have the 4.13 plates

SAS Skipper's Maratz gun and Japanese gun.

This mod has also been included for you to install.
The Maratz gun could be used on the cape at the tip of the Soviet peninsula.
The Soviets had a gun battery there.
You could easily place some Japanese guns on the Kuril islands as these islands were heavily fortified.

The download package link

https://www.mediafire.com/file/cpwxraxlj92npuw/PACIFICNORTHWEST43-45.rar/file (https://www.mediafire.com/file/cpwxraxlj92npuw/PACIFICNORTHWEST43-45.rar/file)

The following websites were used for research

https://www.norpacwar.com/kurile-photo-missions (https://www.norpacwar.com/kurile-photo-missions)
http://aleutianplanes.com/#cannon_nose (http://aleutianplanes.com/#cannon_nose)
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/f/fleet-air-wing-four-strikes.html (https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/f/fleet-air-wing-four-strikes.html)
https://warisboring.com/russia-invaded-japanese-islands-with-u-s-ships-after-japan-surrendered/ (https://warisboring.com/russia-invaded-japanese-islands-with-u-s-ships-after-japan-surrendered/)
http://p63kingcobra.com/p-63_kingcobra_battles.html (http://p63kingcobra.com/p-63_kingcobra_battles.html)

I read interesting accounts of a half built Japanese airfield on Attu Island I included this field without any taxi ways and parking areas.

I am now in the throws of making a Ventura/Harpoon campaign for it.  ;D :D

Enjoy EXTREME flying conditions, hazy, poor and blind  :D ;)


Enjoy,

Kirby


Credits

Team Diablos 4.13 airfield Plates
SAS Skipper Castle Gun

Textures
Bombsaway shallows and snow textures
Lynx23 Svalbard map 1 snow/mountain texture
Farang65 new textures from the area

Scenic Pictures

Kuril Islands
(https://image.ibb.co/bOGYGe/il2fb_2018_09_17_11_07_22_558.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/gLDPE9/il2fb_2018_09_27_20_18_41_832.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/dDo21p/il2fb_2018_09_27_20_21_34_070.jpg)

Soviet Peninsula
(https://image.ibb.co/b5PWu9/il2fb_2018_09_27_20_24_40_273.jpg)

Attu Island
(https://image.ibb.co/dJ7Ugp/il2fb_2018_09_27_20_23_09_888.jpg)

Real Images of Kuril Islands and Attu island
(https://image.ibb.co/dJPqSK/sized_IMG_3839_400x300_42345.jpg)
(https://image.ibb.co/jndpMe/1000w_q95.jpg)

ps I haven't had the chance to update my Nvidia driver for awhile. I am always busy when the update driver pop up occurs.
my water has been like that for a while now I feel from not updating my driver need to do it one day.














Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Gaston on October 03, 2018, 04:30:58 AM
Thanks !

Looks very interesting... hope it will be included in BAT !
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 03, 2018, 09:22:19 AM
Lovely! Will test it tonight!

EDIT:

Fails to load in FMB for me... "it says landscape 'kurillislandattu.ini' loading error at the bottom

running in 4.13.4.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 03, 2018, 05:58:55 PM
This is the all.ini in the read me

KurilIslandsAttu KurilIslandsAttu/load.ini

There is no hyphen

Don't know were you picked up that

Check the all.ini read me again  ;) :)

Cheers,
Kirby

Made the map in 4.12 with 4.13 runway plates I don't have 4.13
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 03, 2018, 08:45:22 PM
Have checked and double checked all entries and it still isn't loading...  :( will re-download and re-try.

For reference, i typed it wrong above, but my all.ini was copy pasted directly from your readme.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 03, 2018, 08:54:13 PM
You should be ok especially having the 4.13 plates already in your game version 4.13

MAPMODS/MAPS/_Tex  folder and KurilIslandsAttu map folder 2 folders? in MAPS

In your main _Tex folder / KurAttu folder and 2  sky tgas

I'll see if anything wrong at all this end

Cheers,
Kirby
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 03, 2018, 09:08:49 PM
Yep looks like this:

MAPMODS folder:
(https://i.postimg.cc/SR7fjMFS/MAPMODS.jpg)

MAPS folder:
(https://i.postimg.cc/6pQf5qHK/MAPS.jpg)

_TEX folder:
(https://i.postimg.cc/mkRQxgc0/TEX.jpg)

ALL in a relatively light 4.13.4:
(https://i.postimg.cc/RhXJjQxH/SAS_Folder.jpg)

LOG just goes on forever about regiment load fails
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 03, 2018, 09:31:51 PM
Hey There I see one thing with your folder method comparing my 4.12 to your 4.13

MAPMODS/MAPS/

in MAPS (folder)

3do folder
_Tex folder
KurilIslandsAttu (map folder)
under neath all your map folders

all.ini note pad doc.

That's what I can see MAPS folder is in the wrong place

That's what I can see

In _Tex main folder KurAttu textures folder and 2 tgas sky

Cheers,
Kirby

ps you'll see a foot not in red about this folder placement MAPMODS/MAPS/ _Tex/3do/KurilIslandsAttu (3 folders) in the main post

pps I wouldn't install the 4.13 plates as you should already have them that would cause a double up in your game version
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 03, 2018, 10:02:31 PM
I see what you mean about my folder order. Will correct this and retest

EDIT:

re-installed _ no luck. No idea what im doing wrong. The thing is i install maps all the time with no problems. I DID have the initial installation order wrong but I've corrected it and still nothing.

Installed order is:

MAPMODS / MAPS / _Tex / KurAttu textures folder+2 tgas
MAPMODS / MAPS / KurilIslandsAttu (map folder)
MAPMODS / MAPS / All.ini
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 03, 2018, 11:58:24 PM
Is you all,ini note pad full of other load.ini  entries

Just thinking about your first post

That was a strange load.ini entry you had

Did you just copy/paste my all.ini entry in to your all.ini

It looks really different.

Cheers,
Kirby

trying to get you sorted  :D

kurillislandattu.ini

from your load/ini     kurillislandattu kurillislandattu/load.ini in your all.ini

did you rename the main map folder  of the from KurilIslandsAttu to kurillislandattu
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 04, 2018, 05:09:49 AM
Is you all,ini note pad full of other load.ini  entries

Just thinking about your first post

That was a strange load.ini entry you had

Did you just copy/paste my all.ini entry in to your all.ini

It looks really different.

Cheers,
Kirby

trying to get you sorted  :D

kurillislandattu.ini

from your load/ini     kurillislandattu kurillislandattu/load.ini in your all.ini

did you rename the main map folder  of the from KurilIslandsAttu to kurillislandattu


Thanks for your patience.

No I didn’t change anything. I simply moved things from the package to the MAPMODS folder as always.

Copy/Pasted the .ini line. It’s exactly as your Readme in my game. Disregard my first poor spelling as I was posting the report from memory.

I’m off to work now, but I’ll tinker with it some more later.

PS: I’ve been assuming that this will work in a clean 4.13.4. Do I need any other maps installed for dependency? I assumed not since you included objects and textures. (Thanks by the way)

Regards
Fresco
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 04, 2018, 05:39:03 AM
One possible item you may need once and perhaps you get the chance to load it just say if it doesn't save missions
Then you'd definitely need the object pack from UP Boomer that is available in sfs format over at M4T if you haven't got that installed already. That is usually a must have for all mod versions

Definitely no reliance on other maps

Also typos can be huge for I see no capital letters in you /load.ini mine has KIA (no pun intended) in my load
typos are a map makers nightmare especially when you can't see it for a day or so then you finally see it.

Other than then that never worked at all with 4.13 always based around 4.12

Cheers,
Kirby
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 04, 2018, 06:01:34 AM
I copy pasted the .ini. I’ll double check the spelling.

I have a 4.12 with the UP3 objects already in it. I’ll see if it works there and report this evening.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 04, 2018, 07:26:38 AM
Here is my load.ini entry from the notepad doc loaded in package

KurilIslandsAttu KurilIslandsAttu/load.ini

Capital K for Kuril Capital I for Islands and capital A for Attu

In your load.ini I see all lower case kurillislandattu.ini

Typos do cause huge problems for any map maker or install one slightest typo in a tga name or in a load.ini or in all. ini entry major problems

just another question did you drop the two tga files of the sky directly in to your _Tex folder

Cheers,
Kirby

Cheers,
Kirby
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Gaston on October 04, 2018, 11:53:28 AM
Added in my BAT/WAW. The map itself was sufficient. All objects seem to be already in. Could save a test mission without problem.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Mission_bug on October 04, 2018, 12:56:00 PM
Installed for me no problem Kirby, thank you very much, really appreciated. 8)

My it looks bleak in them islands, must have been a real bitch getting a posting there. :D


Wishing you all the very best, Pete. ;D
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 04, 2018, 07:04:53 PM
My load.ini looks like this:

KurilIslandsAttu KurilIslandsAttu/load.ini
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 04, 2018, 07:09:55 PM
Will definitely go in the next BAT Update  :D

If you have  a look around in Google Earth you can see some remnants of those Japanese bases on the 2 main Kuril Islands

That whole Kuril Island chain was heavily fortified bunkers, underground tunnel systems, trenches and tank/ gun emplacements as well

Also on Attu and Shemya island in the Aleutians sometimes you have to zoom in real close to see them regarding the old USAAF airfields.

On to a Ventura/Harpoon campaign (1 month)  :D   :)

Followed by a full Aluetians map from Dutch Harbor to Attu Island for the battle of Kiska and Attu Islands

The buildings, accommodation and peer on the Kuril Islands that you see a lot of are canneries most likely bluefin tuna. No major villages or a lot of population at all on Kuril Island chain except the 2 islands just off the Japan coast Southern Kuril Islands

I didn't pay too much attention to the upper left hand corner of the Soviet peninsula thinking there wont be too much flying there.

Cheers,
Kirby
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 04, 2018, 07:12:56 PM
For Fresco 23,

Did you drop the 2 sky tgas in your main _Tex folder if they are not in the _Tex folder as stand alone tgas (not in any folder) the map wont load if they are not in _Tex folder.

Cheers
Kirby

Still trying to get you sorted :D
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 04, 2018, 07:31:39 PM
For Fresco 23,

Did you drop the 2 sky tgas in your main _Tex folder if they are not in the _Tex folder as stand alone tgas (not in any folder) the map wont load if they are not in _Tex folder.

Indeed i did.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 04, 2018, 07:33:56 PM
Stumped now over the week end anyway

Don't know much about 4.13

Others have no issues as seen above.

Will think about more so over the week end  :D

Cheers,
Kirby

For those that don't have any problems loading the map please post some pics just for others to see  :D ;)
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: SkyFan on October 05, 2018, 12:57:00 PM
Dear farang65, thank you for the interesting map and for your efforts during it's creation.
Unfortunately I have no texture which my log requires:
Quote
INTERNAL ERROR: Can't open file 'MAPS/_Tex/water/BA_Shallows_RockyFloor_X.tga'
It is: BA_Shallows_RockyFloor_X.tga
with placement in ...MAPS/_Tex/water folder.
May be it is the reason of installation issue not for me only?
And may be any other textures are also necessary?
So, could you please share with me named texture(s) or link for download?
Thank you in advance.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 05, 2018, 06:51:08 PM
Hi Skyfan

That is a message I am more use to.  ;D

You found  a really good fault there  :-[

Definitely a sign of old age

If you install in a large pack like BAT that texture from Mark will be in it. if doing a stand alone and you don't have it you'll need it for sure.

Strange as to why Fresco's message isn't the same as yours this could be Fresco's issue but he definitely gets a general all.ini message in his 4.13 version

https://www.mediafire.com/file/oftys7td7jxqhx3/Marks+Shallows+Texture.rar (https://www.mediafire.com/file/oftys7td7jxqhx3/Marks+Shallows+Texture.rar)

I'll post this up in the main post with your credit

Thanks again Skyfan  ;D

Definitely due to old age  8)

MAPS/_Tex/water/ BA_Shallows_RockyFloor_X.tga

That should be it  :D ;)

The main map textures folder covers all of the textures KurAttu folder except for _Tex/water/ Marks shallow tga

Cheers,
Kirby
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 05, 2018, 07:29:33 PM
Ill try it as well and report back.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 05, 2018, 08:51:28 PM
Hi Fresco23,

Concerning your general all.ini message I can recall I only had that message one time

when I loaded up a very old map project that didn't have a load.ini at all in the map folder after putting in a load.ini in to the map folder it loaded fine

Sure hope it is a success for you  ;D

Cheers,
Kirby
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: PO_MAK_249RIP on October 06, 2018, 12:20:57 AM
Fresco have you checked your static.ini entries for the 4.13 plates? I thought i had all of them having installed the 4.13 plates to my CUP install but there are lots of static.ini entries i dont have with this map, too many for me to trawl through tbh.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: SkyFan on October 06, 2018, 02:32:34 AM
Dear farang65, thank you very much for helpful link. Now your wonderful map works successfully in my 4.13.4m+DGenPACK 2.1.
Definitely a sign of old age
Take it easy  :) I'm not teenager also, but I just remember one old Russian proverb:
Quote
Good people are like good wine - over the years they only get better
:)
I wish you enough free time and a lot of inspiration for creation of new interesting projects for IL-2 community.
Have a nice day.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Fresco23 on October 06, 2018, 09:32:03 AM
Fresco have you checked your static.ini entries for the 4.13 plates? I thought i had all of them having installed the 4.13 plates to my CUP install but there are lots of static.ini entries i dont have with this map, too many for me to trawl through tbh.

Thanks for the idea. I have installed this map over 4.13 both WITH and WITHOUT the included additional entries. It will not load. I just this morning installed it in a 4.12 game with the same results...... The only thing i didn't try was adding UP objects/textures. But I am trying to keep this install pretty light, so I'm avoiding adding them if I can.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 06, 2018, 06:26:06 PM
Hey Fresco23

If you want to make it a light install just install the concrete, pacific ground, winter and PCP folders into your 3do/airfield/ folders and so those specific lines in the static.ini entry.

It will ruin the map if you don't have them and you wont be ably to save a mission as objects will be missing

I included all of the 4.13 plates just as an easy package

I am learning how to set up a campaign for the first time ever a failed attempt last night will try again today.  :D ;)

Cheers,
Kirby
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: mandrill on October 06, 2018, 08:04:03 PM
Fresco have you checked your static.ini entries for the 4.13 plates? I thought i had all of them having installed the 4.13 plates to my CUP install but there are lots of static.ini entries i dont have with this map, too many for me to trawl through tbh.

Thanks for the idea. I have installed this map over 4.13 both WITH and WITHOUT the included additional entries. It will not load. I just this morning installed it in a 4.12 game with the same results...... The only thing i didn't try was adding UP objects/textures. But I am trying to keep this install pretty light, so I'm avoiding adding them if I can.

Press "shift / tab" and the game will tell you if your missing any map files for the basic load.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: farang65 on October 07, 2018, 05:31:35 AM
Here's a glitch I found today starting to set up a Ventura/Harpoon campaign

(https://image.ibb.co/kthL9U/il2fb_2018_10_07_15_49_57_068.jpg)

See how the PCP plate is not level. That would have happened when working on the coastline.

This glitch is on Attu Island the US Navy airfield

https://www.mediafire.com/file/581nogbchez5vgb/overwriteinmainmapfolder.rar/file (https://www.mediafire.com/file/581nogbchez5vgb/overwriteinmainmapfolder.rar/file)

Just over write the 3 actors static labels and texts in to your main map folder

Cheers,
Kirby
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: Flamer50 on October 07, 2018, 11:05:27 PM
Outstanding map Kirby!! 8). Just did a test run of the map in a 409ModAct install with the
airfield fix and missing tga added, loads and saves fine. Thanks Again!

Bwf.
Title: Re: Pacific North West Kuril Islands/Attu Island Aleutian Islands July 43 to Sept 1 1945
Post by: W0W66 on February 15, 2019, 07:43:08 AM
For those who may be interested,

A good book about the Aleutian war is Thousand Mile War World War II in Alaska & the Aleutians by Brian Garfield.

http://www.addall.com/New/compare.cgi?dispCurr=USD&id=740&isbn=9780345243812&location=10000&thetime=20190215063343&author=&title=&state=AK (http://www.addall.com/New/compare.cgi?dispCurr=USD&id=740&isbn=9780345243812&location=10000&thetime=20190215063343&author=&title=&state=AK)

You must read the footnotes.  It adds info/depth. I will get a copy again one day.

The John Huston Doc.  Funny, the weather does not look all that bad. HA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmgeseTShE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkmgeseTShE)

Sorry if these have already been posted.