[JScones]

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Australian Aircraft - Australia never flew the Hurricane in Australia (except for one example that made it's way to Australia from Singapore)

I assume you mean V7476, which was stationed primarily at Laverton and used for demonstration purposes.

Anyway, GWX does not spawn RAAF Hurricanes in or even near Australia - they are in the Museum to reflect the fact that Australia did use them during WWII. Indeed, it provides flexibility if one wants to add them to an airbase in North Africa or the like.

The appearance of the roundel sans red dot on the Hurricane in the Museum is a limitation of SH3 - it only provides one roundel to cover the whole war. As most/all activity relating to the RAAF in GWX is in the SW Pacific, the correct post-November 1942 RAAF Type SWPA roundel is used. I mean, seeing a Cat off the coast of Sydney with correct region roundel outweighs seeing a RAAF Hurricane with the same roundel only in the Museum.

However, to overcome some of SH3's limitations in this regards, I'm running an SH3Cmdr add-on that I created which changes the roundels of all countries that historically did so at the appropriate dates. Thus RAAF planes in *my* SH3 get the correct RAAF Type M2 roundel until November 1942 and then the latter variation SWPA roundel after April 1944. I haven't decided whether or not to release the add-on to the masses, and I'm waiting to hear from some others on related aspects.

Anyway, here's how all roundels appear in my game... http://www.users.on.net/~jscones/markings/markings.htm

The only other alternative is to clone and specifically hand paint all aircraft, but again, unless one used SH3Cmdr to update plane skins as the war progressed, you still wouldn't have a full workaround to these SH3 limitations.

But these limitations are understandable - I mean, SH3 is a u-boat sim, not a flight sim and the aim is to avoid aircraft, not marvel at their wonderful paint schemes! :rotfl:

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

Missing the Mozzie! Australia used then and even built some!

Yes, my fave plane. IIRC its omission was simply an oversight.

I was away interstate during the week prior to GWX release, which coincidently was the week that Serg's planes were being adapted and included in GWX. Thus I did not get a chance to "QA" this aspect and ensure that one was added.

No dramas though, one can very easily be added to the Australian Roster (will need a start date change to reflect "our" later acquisition) and I'm sure this can be done for the next GWX update.

However, as RAAF Mosquitos in the Pacific did not take part in ASW, you still won't see one in the region.

FWIW I would *love* to see a Mosquito carrying the correct 3:8 ratio SWPA roundel (yes, I'm a bit of an aircraft freak, especially when it comes to the RAAF).

Originally Posted by bookworm_020

There was another aircraft that was listed that didn't belong there as well, but I've have forgot what it was.

Every aircraft under the Australia Roster belongs there (even the P38, although again, due to SH3 design, it utilises a "hard-painted" US roundel).

Fortunately, the GWX campaign researcher is ex-RAAF (well, Reserves, but still...).