Balkans SP3 – Balance Of Power

Date: 21^st July 2003

Installation

Make sure you BACKUP your old save0.cam and save0.tri in Campaign\Balkans. You will NEED to start a new campaign, as this is a campaign base file. To install, just copy the new save0.cam and save0.tri in your Campaign\Balkans folder.

Overview

This is a new update to the Balance Of Power campaign for Balkans SP3 Theater. It is designed to REPLACE the original and November 2002 updates of BOP. To use this update successfully, you will NEED an installation of Falcon SP3 and Balkans SP3. Any other data edits and executable modifications have NOT been tested with this update and are not supported.

This is an official update sanctioned by the Balkans Theater team.

Notes

• Scenario: This campaign is NOT intended as an accurate reconstruction of actual events that may have occurred in the Balkans. The overwhelming NATO air assets, airbases outside the available map area and other factors in the F4 campaign engine make it unsuitable for faithful reconstruction of actual events.
• Frame Rates: This is a VERY active campaign, and even powerful machines may experience low frame rates in areas near the FLOT.
• Fly Any Aircraft: If you are having problems being able to choose any type of aircraft other than the F-16 any of the Balkans campaigns, open up your …\Falcon4\campaign\Balkans\Validac.act file with notepad and ensure that the number on the first line of the file is 8888.
• Loadouts: Some (many) aircraft loadouts are incomplete. This is an issue with the database files and affects all campaigns, not just BOP. It will hopefully be improved with future data edits.
• Squadron Reinforcements: This is a reported bug which affects all theatres and campaigns. Squadron Reinforcements occur correctly, but none of those squadrons are included in the ATO until the user saves and rejoins the campaign from the saved file. (It is the act of starting/rejoining a campaign that adds reinforcements to the ATO).
• Aircraft Types: Several types of aircraft are awaiting activation by data edits before they can be included in the campaign. For that reason, you will see some aircraft that will be replaced later.
• Aircraft Icons: Some of the aircraft have incorrect or empty icons on the UI map and OOB listing. This will hopefully be improved by futures data edits.

Colin “Cooler” Morrow

cooler69@btopenworld.com