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Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Mitsu on July 19, 2002, 01:08:20 PM: http://www.age.jp/~tsb/sights/sights.htm

These gunsights are based of nabe's gunsight bank.
http://www.ceres.dti.ne.jp/~nabezo/AH/gunsight/gunsight.htm

Way To Go and thanks a lot kurakura! :)
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Karnak on July 19, 2002, 01:52:40 PM: Domo arigato, Mitsu-san.

These are improved versions of what I have already been using.
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Post by: Vermillion on July 19, 2002, 01:58:53 PM: Very Nice :)

Thanks!!
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Post by: funkedup on July 19, 2002, 02:02:31 PM: WOW WTG KURAKURA!!
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Post by: Turbot on July 19, 2002, 02:11:33 PM: Nice work and another great contribution to the AH community. Mitzu you are a great asset to us all
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Post by: fffreeze220 on July 19, 2002, 02:21:40 PM: how to use em. as far as i can see thse sights consist of 2 pics which belong together. what to do ?
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Post by: Turbot on July 19, 2002, 02:24:59 PM: Extract the files into your gunsite directory (I think called "sights") Then select in setup (from clipboard) for each plane.
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Karnak on July 19, 2002, 02:40:50 PM: Mitsu,

Here are a couple of historical gunsights not included in the list. Any chance of getting them added?

Revi 3D:
Bf109E, Bf110-C
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Karnak on July 19, 2002, 02:44:06 PM: And this one:

N-9:
P-51D, P-51K, P-63, A/B-26, B-25
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Karnak on July 19, 2002, 02:45:03 PM: This is the general guide to WWII gunsights that I go by:

USAAF K-14/RAF GGS Series

P-51D
P-47D
Late model Spitfires (Mk IX on?)
Late war US Navy fighters (F4U-4?)

The US K-14 (and the virtually identical US Navy Mark 18) was a license-built variation of the British-developed gyro-stabilized lead-computing sight. The sights were largely similar, with some differences in knobs, settings, etc., and used a gyro system to permit the reticle to compensate for relative motion in the firing and target aircraft. The reticles were the same in the US and RAF versions.

US Navy Mark VIII (also Mark 8)

All US Navy and Marine Corps fighters and dive bombers:

F4F
F6F
F4U
SBD Dauntless
As Mark 8, some USAAF fighters (P-47D)

USAAF N-3

P-51B/P-51C
P-47C and early P-47D
P-38F-1 through P-38J-5
P-40
P-39
P-61
B-25
B-26
This sight reticle is also identical to the N-2 sight, which was installed on many early P-40s and the P-35. It is suitable for use in any US-built fighter, including those supplied to the USSR and Britain through Lend-Lease. NOTE: This sight consists of a simple circle with a center dot. It differs from my "RAFMark2" sight only in size (my Mark2 is slightly smaller)

USAAF N-9

P-51D
P-51K
P-63
A/B-26
B-25
The N-9 was the standard USAAF fighter sight by around 1943, until it was replaced by the K-14 gyro sights. It is suitable for use in any US-built fighter, including those supplied to the USSR and Britain through Lend-Lease.

RAF GM2 Mark II
(Also known as
GM 2 Mark IIs, Mark II* and Mark III)

Spitfire Mk. Ia through Vc
Hurricane Mk. I, IIc
Brewster Buffalo
Note: Some sources report that US pilots,
on arriving in England in 1942-43, often replaced their US gunsights with British models, so you would not be out of line using this one in the P-38F, P-51B, or the P-47C.

RAF
Type I, Mark II

Late war British fighters:

Tempest
Typhoon
Spitfire Mk V, Mk IX
Mosquito
Beaufighter

Luftwaffe Revi 3D

Bf109D
Bf109E
This is the sight fitted to early-war Messerschmidt fighters, and is appropriate for the Battle of Britain Bf109E.

Luftwaffe Revi 16B

Bf109G-10
FW190A-8
Me 262

Luftwaffe Revi C12-D

Bf109G-10
Bf109G-6
Bf109G-2
Bf109F-4

Soviet Model PBP-1

IL-2
Pe-2
Tu-2
Yak-1, Yak-3, Yak-7, Yak-9U
LaGG-3, La-5, La-7,
MiG-3
This was the standard Russian reflector sight from 1941 onwards.

Japanese Type 98

A6M Zero series
N1K2-Ja

Japanese Type 3

Ki-100 Siki-sen
Ki-84 Hayate
Ki-61 Hien

Post-and-Ring Sight

This is a "generic" sight appropriate for early war fighters of all nationalities. Post-and-Ring sights were retained on later fighters as "backup" to be used in the event of failure of the reflector unit, and many reflector models, like the US N-9, the German Revi sights, and the Japanese sights above, had integrated "rings" for this purpose.
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: GRUNHERZ on July 19, 2002, 03:45:53 PM: Here's a slight modification I made to Nabe's Revi16B, the ring is bigger and the vertical line will display more solidly in the game.

Please try it and tell me what you think.
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Post by: Mogi on July 19, 2002, 04:44:12 PM: Cool sights! Thanks for the work!
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Post by: Karnak on July 19, 2002, 05:01:40 PM: Based on the description given in brady's "Can we Please have a New Italian Plane?" thread in the Aircraft & Vehicles forum I have created a S.Giorgio sight for the Italian aircraft by modifying kurakura's illuminated Revi C16B gunsight.

Here you go for those interested:
Title: What am I doing wrong?
Post by: HeLLcAt on July 19, 2002, 08:24:51 PM: I am not sure if I downloaded them wrong, but there is an orange and black background and they do not work in the game. Is there something special I have to do to the gunsights. I love these gunsights, but I just can't get them to work...Can someone please help me.

~BlueiceJ~
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Witless on July 19, 2002, 08:43:14 PM: Excellent work! Thanks awfully :)
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Post by: Karnak on July 19, 2002, 08:51:06 PM: HeLLcAt,

Copy all the bmp files into your \Aces High\Sights\ folder.

In the game use the clip board to go to setup.

Click on the Sights button.

Set each gunsight to the desired aircraft by sellecting the version without the "_alpha" in the name.

For example, I have the P-51D set to k14.bmp. Aces High uses K14_alpha.bmp as a brightness map, if you don't have it in the Sights folder there will just be an orange square in place of the gunsight.
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Post by: Kweassa on July 19, 2002, 09:39:14 PM: I wish someone can make a illuminated sight out of my Revi sights.. :)
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Post by: Kweassa on July 19, 2002, 09:40:31 PM: .. and this one too.. :) the rings are a bit small, but it looks great when zoomed up :D
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Post by: Samm on July 19, 2002, 10:54:18 PM: What are the alpha sights for ?
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Post by: Karnak on July 19, 2002, 11:15:56 PM: Samm,

The alpha sights are the brightness maps for the gunsights. Both files must be in your Aces High/Sights/ folder.
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Post by: Vuokko on July 20, 2002, 08:03:55 AM: Here is Kweassa your sights with some kind of illuminated look.
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Post by: Glasses on July 20, 2002, 10:35:30 AM: Muchas Arigato Mitsu, you are a most valuable asset to this community. I was wondering where they would make iluminated sights for the other aircraft :D :cool:
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: GRUNHERZ on July 20, 2002, 10:57:38 AM: Can anyone explain how the illuminated sights are made? What do you do to modify the standard ones etc.
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Post by: AKIron on July 20, 2002, 11:00:14 AM: These are great, thanks! :)
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Post by: ArceBandit at 6 on July 20, 2002, 11:21:27 AM: Mitsu how did you blur them in 256 bit colour .I tried this in 24 bit colour with photoshop and then save it to 256 colour but the bluriness goes away. Aces High only excepts 256 bit colour. My gunsights are 256-256 resolution and are perfectly symetrical and 100% accurate the lines are all 2, 4, 6, or 8 ,no odd numbers

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59283
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Post by: CyranoAH on July 20, 2002, 02:07:20 PM: Thanks a lot!!

Daniel
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Post by: JoeDirt on July 20, 2002, 02:30:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Vuokko
Here is Kweassa your sights with some kind of illuminated look.

these did not work,i selected the orange on and it was orange on my whole gunsight screen, same with the black one
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Kevin14 on July 20, 2002, 02:41:05 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Karnak
Based on the description given in brady's "Can we Please have a New Italian Plane?" thread in the Aircraft & Vehicles forum I have created a S.Giorgio sight for the Italian aircraft by modifying kurakura's illuminated Revi C16B gunsight.

Here you go for those interested:

Finally! Thank you so much, all we need now is either a Re-2005 or G.55 :D BTW Mitsu, I downloaded your sound pack, great work also!
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Post by: Alino on July 20, 2002, 04:48:17 PM: All i can say is: THANK YOU for this real good work.

And a big <<<<<<<<<<<~~>>>>>>>>>>>~~
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Post by: Vuokko on July 20, 2002, 06:41:23 PM: Quote
Originally posted by JoeDirt

these did not work,i selected the orange on and it was orange on my whole gunsight screen, same with the black one

Has anyone else tried them, because they are ok in my computer :confused:
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Post by: steely07 on July 20, 2002, 07:11:24 PM: Thanks,great work :)
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Post by: Mitsu on July 20, 2002, 08:10:10 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Karnak
Mitsu,

Here are a couple of historical gunsights not included in the list. Any chance of getting them added?

Revi 3D:
Bf109E, Bf110-C

I'd tell kurakura about them.
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Mitsu on July 20, 2002, 08:23:23 PM: Please don't ask me about how to make a gunsight.

kurakura made gunsights (not me!), if you like them, please say thank to him.

He's not on this community. and I don't have a technique of drawing. so we can't help you. Sorry.

But mason or other good guys might help you... :D

BTW thanks for using my sound collection, Kevin.
I'd release new sound patch in this week.
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Post by: Mitsu on July 20, 2002, 08:37:29 PM: Karnak, here I list the WWII Optical Gunsights for IJAAF planes:

Type 100 Gunsight (almost same as IJNAF Type 98 Gunsight):
Ki-43-II (Oscar)
Ki-43-III (Oscar)
Ki-44-II (Tojo)
Ki-45 (Nick)
Ki-61-I (Tony)

Type 3 Gunsight (almost same as IJNAF Type 4 Gunsight):
Some Ki-61-I (Tony)
Ki-61-II (Tony)
Ki-84 (Frank)
Ki-100
Ki-67 (Peggy)
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Kweassa on July 20, 2002, 09:03:02 PM: Vuokko, oh my god! Thanks very much! They seem to look better than I hoped it ever would :D :D :D

100 thanks to you :)
Title: kurakura's illuminated gunsight bank is open
Post by: Karnak on July 20, 2002, 09:51:38 PM: Mitsu,

How do I contact Kurakura?

Thanks.
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Post by: Saintaw on July 21, 2002, 04:51:08 AM: Very cool, thank you :)
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Post by: Alino on July 21, 2002, 06:28:32 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Vuokko

Has anyone else tried them, because they are ok in my computer :confused:

They all working great here.
Title: new sights!
Post by: bloodstain on July 21, 2002, 07:28:55 AM: I downloaded and installed those new sights and they look great thanks foir sharing em with us!:D
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Post by: Glasses on July 21, 2002, 08:11:13 AM: Mitsu could you ask Kurakura if he could make the Revi reticle and lines bigger like Nabe's Gunsights but in luminated form?

Thank you. :D
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Post by: Wmaker on August 12, 2002, 11:27:09 AM: I can't believe how I've missed this thread!!

Great sights Nabe/kukakura!!

Beautiful Revi-sights!!

gonna try them now....

Karnak, you right on RAF Brewster Buffalos. Just wanted to mention that finnish Brewsters used finnish Väisälä-reflector sight which was based on Revi 3C