I've recently discovered that there were additional Strike Missions for F/A-18 Hornet 2.0. It's posssible the additional strike missions were missed due to some rather confusing naming. In fact there are two sets of Strike Missions, the first set replacing training and the Kuwait theater missions and another replacing the Korean theater missions.
This post will discuss what's available, how to install the Korean Strike Missions and how to manage the various Hornet 2.0 data files.
This post assumes you have an emulated version of Hornet 2.0 up and running, if not you can refer to my previous blog post: A sting in the tail: F/A-18 Hornet 2.0
Mission packs
There are 2 Strike Missions packs:
Hornet STRIKE! Missons 2.0: This replaces the standard training missions with more challenging ones and replaces the Kuwait theater campaign missions. I'm not sure if there was a version 1.0 or the 2.0 refers to Hornet 2.0 but it seems to have created some confusion leading to the second mission pack being overlooked.
STRIKE Korea '97: This replaces the standard Korean Crisis campaign missions with the Strike missions.
Both mission packs change/replace the F/A-18 Data 2.0 file. This means it's possible to end up with three versions of this file, assuming the Korean Crisis addon was previous installed.
GraphSim Corp (GSC) data: Standard training, standard Kuwait theater and standard Korean theater missions.
Hornet STRIKE! Missions 2.0 data: Strike training, Strike Kuwait theater and standard Korean theater missions.
STRIKE Korea '97 data: Standard training, standard Kuwait theater and Strike Korean theater missions.
We'll discuss managing it all later.
Installing
To find the STRIKE Korea '97 mission pack a google search for strike-korea-97.hqx, it should be fairly easy to find. Once you've managed to copy it onto your mac hard disk, install it with the following steps:
Take a copy of the standard GSC F/A-18 Data 2.0 file to keep the standard Korean mission set, the Strike installer will change this file.
Open the archive with Stuffit Expander, it should extract a .sit file and then expand the .sit to leave you with a STRIKE Korea '97 Install Folder.
Open the STRIKE Korea '97 Install Folder and run the STRIKE Korea '97 Installer.
Select the GSC F/A-18 Data 2.0 file in the Hornet 2.0 folder, not the copy you just made.
The installer will run, replacing the standard Korean missions with the Strike Korean missions.
Managing Data Files
At this point you may have at least two or even three (if you installed the Hornet STRIKE! Missions 2.0 mission pack) F/A-18 Data 2.0 files.
In order to make managing these data files easier the Strike team included a Bonus! folder in the Hornet STRIKE! Missions 2.0 folder with themed folders and icons.
Copy the GSC Missions Folder and STRIKE! Missions Folder to your Hornet 2.0 folder.
Copy the GSC F/A-18 Data 2.0 file into the GSC Missions Folder.
Copy the Hornet STRIKE! Missions 2.0 F/A-18 Data 2.0 file into the STRIKE! Missions Folder.
The Strike team also included a Bonus Icons folder in the STRIKE Korea '97 Install Folder.
Copy the Strike Korea 97 Data Folder to your Hornet 2.0 folder.
Copy the Strike Korea '97 F/A-18 Data 2.0 file into the Strike Korea 97 Data Folder.
The Strike Korea '97 F/A-18 Data 2.0 file uses the same icon as the GCS F/A-18 Data 2.0 file, which makes it hard to tell them apart. There is a themed Strike icon in the Bonus Icons folder. To apply this themed icon follow the steps:
Go to the Bonus Icons folder and highlight (don't open) the STRIKE Korea 97 Data Icon.
Using the Mac menubar, go to File and Get Info.
Click on the icon in the Get Info window and go to Edit and Copy, to copy the themed icon.
Open the Strike Korea 97 Data Folder and highlight (don't open) the F/A-18 Data 2.0 file.
Use Get Info again, click on the icon in the window and go to Edit and Paste to replace the GSC icon with the themed Strike icon.
Your folders and theirr contents should look like this.
You should now have a complete version of Hornet 2.0 with both Strike mission packs and with easy to manage folders and data files. Good Hunting!
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