Lightning P-38 Expansion

The canopy entry now slides correctly. Working machine guns and cannons have been added. Working gauges, liveries, and extra skins are also included.

This mod introduces the WWII era P38 Lightning to GTA5. This is my all-time favorite plane, even more so than the F14 Tomcat. I couldn't find a copy of this for V anywhere, so I decided to create one myself. While I typically focus on trains and props, this marks my first serious attempt at creating a plane. The plane features working propellers, control surfaces, control wheel/yoke, lit gauges, wing landing light, running lights, interior light, working landing gear, and wheels.

Livery support is now functional. Machine guns and cannons are operational. Compatibility with the carpet bomb script is included. The plane has custom collisions and all exhaust, fire, and damage effects work correctly.

Currently, this plane is an addon and lacks proper LODs. It functions well when spawned using a simple trainer.

As always, my models are not locked. If you can assist me in improving this plane, please contact me – I'm happy to collaborate with someone to enhance it.

Feel free to use it in your mods, videos, vehicle packs, etc., but please let me know and avoid stealing my work. It appears to be the only P38 for GTAV at the moment, and I'm putting a lot of effort into it.

KNOWN ISSUES:

Needs LODs.

EXTRA CREDITS:

Thank you to my friends:

• HEINRICH_HANS_THE_16TH for providing extra liveries!
• SkylineGTRFreak for teaching me about gauge functionality.
• Elope for advice and assistance in areas I was unfamiliar with.

INSTALLATION:

Add the P38L folder to your DLC folder using OpenIV:

MODS/UPDATE/X64/DLCPACKS

Next navigate to:

MODS/UPDATE/UPDATE.RPF/COMMON/DATA

Make a copy of DLCLIST by dragging it to a folder on your computer.

Then enter EDIT mode on OpenIV and add the following to your DLCLIST file:

dlcpacks:\p38l\