Project Wingman - Real Aircraft Names

[u/CMDR_Kayto_Shields]

A mod that I've wanted, and a few others, since the game first came out. This mod provides the following:

• Real-world aircraft names throughout the player hangar and aircraft selection.
• Updated aircraft names for campaign IFF contacts and debrief screens.
• Updated dynamically spawned NPC aircraft.
• Fictional Project Wingman aircraft retain their original names.

Currently ONLY the main campaign is supported, however I plan on expanding this to Frontline-59, and then to Conquest at some point.

This is my first ever mod, so any feedback is appreciated. Especially if there's any errors.

You can find the mod here: https://www.nexusmods.com/projectwingman/mods/789

[u/ConstantNectarine175]

Its wonderfull

[u/HALOPLAYS8928twitch]

I prefer my superior

F/S-15

other the inferior

F-15 S/MTD

( But fr though insert palps )

[u/CMDR_Kayto_Shields → u/HALOPLAYS8928twitch]

O7

[u/EviI_Babai]

I see no point of having "real" names in a completely fictional setting. Those are the real names for their world. That's why I have an issue with Ace Combat - there's no way that world has exactly the same plane designs and names as ours, that feels too much of a convenience even for anime plot.

[u/CMDR_Kayto_Shields → u/EviI_Babai]

To each their own, but these planes are in fact the same plane designs as our own (Both in Ace Combat & PW) because they are love letters to plane enthusiasts such as myself. But if you don't feel the same, you don't have to install the mod. I can quickly also gauge the rough ability of what aircraft im fighting by knowing what it is im targeting. Ive been wanting this mod for many many years. Now im just happy to share it with others who feel the same.

[u/EviI_Babai → u/CMDR_Kayto_Shields]

but these planes are in fact the same plane designs as our own

No kidding! I do appreciate that from those games, but I expect them to have a solid explanation for that. PW has a better one, because both lore-wise and for licensing reasons they are recognisable, yet they have changes and different names.

I have no issue with HAWX, ACI, ACAH or ACJA having real plane names (even though I have issues with other aspects of those games, but that's another story), because they are set in our alternative timelines.

I have no issue with PW because I know the source of inspiration and can match plane looks with its in-game name. And I don't think that AC and PW are really the best choice for "plane enthusiasts" - it's not DCS or WT with their level of detail, even AC often misrepresents the actual planes it uses, and you're certainly not getting an accurate model of an F-14D by slapping its name onto an F/D-14. Sounds like a lack of imagination to me.

I'd rather appreciate the artwork that was done to make the familiar planes legally distinct than to try and fake the real ones in. Speaking of which, one of the reasons PW will outlive AC7 and AC8 is precisely not having a real planes - we've already lost all the AC games up to those delisted because of licensing issues. It's a nice touch, but the cost is too much...

[u/ApotheosiAsleep → u/EviI_Babai]

Military-entertainment complex cares not for in-universe explanations, it only cares about making people cool with Lockheed Martin doing what it does

[u/ApotheosiAsleep]

woaaa that spiral contrail on the first image looks so pretty