During the Vietnam war there were various attempts to rescue American Pow's from captivity.
This mission attempts to recreate one of those missions. Codenamed Brightlight, SOG ( Studies and Observation group ) was one of the few groups during the war tasked with these types of missions. While most missions were SAR, dedicated to finding downed pilots, some were aimed at freeing emprisoned American POW's. Overall from what I've read, most POW's rescued were ARVN troops, although some success was achieved finding Americans.
The shapes included are to add to the feel of the mission, and should be used as such.
Vietnam Mod v2.0
author: Eric Czerwonka, eczerwonka@leapnet.com
Date: December 2000
Gametype: Single player
edited shape files:
df2gilo1.3di
df2nit01.3di
df2par01.3di
df2sno01.3di
df2snt01.3di
indo01.3di
indo02.3di
indo03.3di
indo04.3di
olive1.3di
olive1x.3di
pilot1.3di
pilot2.3di
blackhwk.3di
Df2game.bin
These shapes may not work on your machine, I have only tested them on my own PC in 640x480 software rendering and they look OK.
Installation:
Run Vietnam2.exe and install to your DF2 directory. Before you play you must also run installterrain.bat in your DF2 directory. If you don't then the terrain wont be installed and you wont be able to play the missions.
Story:
During the Vietnam war there were various attempts to rescue American Pow's from captivity.
This mission attempts to recreate one of those missions. Codenamed Brightlight, SOG ( Studies and Observation group ) was one of the few groups during the war tasked with these types of missions. While most missions were SAR, dedicated to finding downed pilots, some were aimed at freeing emprisoned American POW's. Overall from what I've read, most POW's rescued were ARVN troops, although some success was achieved finding Americans.
The shapes included are to add to the feel of the mission, and should be used as such.
Playing the mission:
warning:::::
This mission uses LOT'S OF VEGATATION and may run VERY SLOWLY depending on your setup. I run this mission in 640x480 on a PII450 with a crappy video card, and it run's fairly smoothly. I cannot comment on how it will look at higher resolutions and with better video cards.
warning:::::
Neither Eric Czerwonka nor DF mod Central are responsible for any damage to your computer. Use at your own risk. This shouldn't change any files except the addition of the new terrains. In any case you should have a backup of DF2.pff and Terrains.pff stored somewhere safe incase something does go wrong.
All shapes, missions, terrains, and other items in the mod are made by Eric Czerwonka and should NOT be used without his permission. Pre-Game GUI, Vietnam Installer, M63 Stoner Picture, and Readme made by Parker (parker@sniper-shot.net).
Find more mods like this at DF Mod Central (http://www.sniper-shot.net/dfmods/)
