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Cockpits on Terran fighters in Mediavps and BP: AoA.
No Vasudans, I'll someday make a mode for them.
For this one you need to create a folder called Cockpitmod in your Freespace 2 directory. Create a sub folder data, then sub folders for maps,models,cache, and tables. Unzip the file and put all the .pof files in models, .tbm files in tables, and the rest in maps.
Then add "-mod Cockpitmod", no quotes, to the Custom Flags line under Features in the FS2 Open Launcher. You don't need your original showship file anymore so disable or delete it. Dragon has created an awesome generic cockpit that you can use. Just copy a entry using a GenericCP.pof, replace the ship name,and add it to the AoACockpits-shp.
Like This:
$Name: GTF Apollo
+nocreate
$Cockpit POF file: GenericCP.pof
+Cockpit Offset: 0.002 -1.05 1.23
This is the best way for the cockpit view. I was only able to figure it out this morning as the method described in the original thread wasn't working for me. The whole Cockpitmod part came from another thread that for the life of me I can't find again.
Step 1: Download the file.
Step 2: Create a folder in your Freespace 2 directory called Cockpitmod. Inside it create a folder called data. Inside it create folders called cache, maps, missions, models, and tables.
Step 3: Unzip the file you downloaded and put the pof files in the models folder, the tbl file in the tables folder, and the rest in maps.
Step 4: If you want to use the Generic cockpit with ships that aren't listed in the AoACockpits-shp.tbl you have to add them to the table. Open up the AoACockpits-shp.tbl with a text editor, you do that by adding .txt to the very end of the file name, then find an entry on the list that is using the genericCP.pof. Copy that entry and paste it at the end of the list but before #end. #end has to be the last thing on the page. Now change the name of the ship in the entry that you just copied and pasted to the ship you want to use the generic cockpit for. In the above example I used GTF Apollo. It has to be the ships full name. After you have added all the entries you want save the file and close it. Remove .txt from the end of the file name so it is back to being AoACockpits-shp.tbl.
Step 5: Open up the launcher and click on the features tab. At the end of the Custom Flags line add "-mod Cockpitmod" no quotes. Hit Apply.
That's as plain as I can put it.