What If Screenshot Thread.......

[Wrench 9,662]

Sword Stroke....

[Spinners 15,984]

Nice work Kevin. Always thought the PTO was more deserving of Luft'46 type 'what ifs' as it really did look like going into 1946 and beyond until Col. Paul Tibbetts and Enola Gay took to the air on that fateful August day...

[dsawan 620]

Nice PH, always love marinflieger

[Sheriff001 397]

Considering uploading these Canadian F-4K and F-4M Phantoms (once I finish all the serial and buzz numbers)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Je te plumerai!

[Geary 1,877]

Sheriff001,

 

Please upload when finished. They'll look great and fit in well in any theatre.

 

 

Wrench,

 

Those B-24 skins look great. Since I can't find them in the download section, I assume they aren't released for public consumption??

 

BTW, who won that battle?

 

 

Edited September 6, 2012 by GearyMcS

[Wrench 9,662]

actually, I was just testing the exhaust effect, which wasn't/isn't working right. It's being "looked at" by an expert.

the J8M was a real aircraft; it just didn' enter service (except for a couple dozen glider trainers). As to be expectd, issues with the Walther rocket

 

the PB4Y-1 skin is in the 1stGen downloads, prolly under WW2/Allied Bombers. it's by Pappychksix; however, it needs redoing to add the other ID leters/numbers. Built from Pasko's B-24J

Edited September 6, 2012 by Wrench

[RogerSmith 72]

Considering uploading these Canadian F-4K and F-4M Phantoms (once I finish all the serial and buzz numbers)

 

Je te plumerai!

 

I don't think you're using the correct resolution when Screenshotting

 

 

This might help: http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/aspect_ratio/

[Sheriff001 397]

It doesn't help that much. The only way the game will run properly on my computer is to run it at 1024x768 at 24 bits. The aspect ratio is correct, however it doesn't display well on widescreen monitors. In the game, SF2 appears to compensate by stretching the pixels horizontally in order to fill the screen at that resolution.

[Sheriff001 397]

 

This image was resized to 1366x768. Is there any really visible loss of definition?

[Spinners 15,984]

It's nothing to do with definition. On my laptop and monitor your Phantoms (except for the one above) look a bit like those egg-plane caricatures.

[Sheriff001 397]

Yeah. It does the same on mine when not in the game. I was just worried that stretching the image would cause it to lose quality. I am normally loathe to resize images for that reason.

[+dtmdragon 2,682]

Winner of the 2012 Royal New Zealand Airforce (Air Combat Wing) Re-activation Competition: Lockheed Martin F-16C/D Block 50/52 Plus...

 

Edited September 7, 2012 by dtmdragon

[+daddyairplanes 9,475]

ya didn't go with Gripen? honestly think that would be best choice overall for a smaller air force right now. and i can see them zoomin 50 ft off the deck better than a Viper for some reason.....

[Sheriff001 397]

Intel onboard video

 

Would you be able to tell me if stretching the screenshot causes a noticeable loss of quality (which was all I asked when I posted the stretched screenshot)?

Edited September 7, 2012 by Sheriff001

[Sheriff001 397]

Is that yes, no, or don't know to the only question I have asked about that screenshot?

 

Incidentally, it doesn't depend on the video card or monitor. Stretching an image always has a tendency to cause loss of quality. Let's say an image is 9 pixels in size (3x3)

 

 

bgr

grb

rbg

 

If you make that 4x3, then the extra three pixels have to come from somewhere, and that generally means extrapolating from the original image. This need to basically make things up is what causes the loss of quality. So, I can tell you that the stretched image is of lower quality than the original. It does contain distortions. All I am asking is if anyone else can notice them. I don't mean to sound rude, but I am not particularly interested in discussing my computer's GPU, which is why I have never asked about it.

Edited September 7, 2012 by Sheriff001

[PraetorH 166]

An oldie from my hard drive...

How comes the baddies always have the coolest insignia? j/k ;)

Edited September 7, 2012 by PraetorH

[Sheriff001 397]

Very racist cool

[RogerSmith 72]

Very racist cool

 

Confed flag isn't racist

[+dtmdragon 2,682]

ya didn't go with Gripen? honestly think that would be best choice overall for a smaller air force right now. and i can see them zoomin 50 ft off the deck better than a Viper for some reason.....

The Gripen came a close second but the F-16C/D was selected based on a 'mates rates' price with training package (pilots + ground support) from the US:

 

 

Also in the running were 2nd hand BAE GR.9 Harriers from the UK;

 

2nd hand upgraded General Dynamics/ Lockheed Martin F-16AM/BM;

 

2nd hand McDonnell Douglas/ Boeing F-4E Phantom II's upgraded by Israel Aerospace Industries;

 

2nd hand upgraded McDonnell Douglas/ Boeing F/A-18A/B Hornets;

 

And on the wish list were the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets;

 

And the Chief of the Airforce's wet dream, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II:

 

Eliminated early on was a rotor wing CAS only option, the Boeing AH-64D Apache:

Edited September 8, 2012 by dtmdragon

[+daddyairplanes 9,475]

ok change of heart on my end.... def should have gone F/A-18A. just a lil commonality with some air force nearby............... closer facilities for overhaul, training etc......

but the Gripen still looks cool.

[Sheriff001 397]

The problem with that is we're not going to have F/A-18s for that long, and most of the F/A-18A's in the world are knackered. Super Hornets would give commonality, as would F-35s.

[+daddyairplanes 9,475]

well i think the competition was 10-15 years ago. they still had a bit of life in em at the time. hey give me credit i'm fighting my automatic urge to say go with the Phantoms!!!

[+dtmdragon 2,682]

well i think the competition was 10-15 years ago. they still had a bit of life in em at the time. hey give me credit i'm fighting my automatic urge to say go with the Phantoms!!!

RNZAF air combat wing was disbanded in 2001. These repaints, along with the F-16C/D Blk 52+ at the top of the page, represent the possibilities if a competition for a re-activated air combat wing aircraft was announced tomorrow- one can dream! lol Edited September 8, 2012 by dtmdragon

[SayethWhaaaa 245]

An oldie from my hard drive...

How comes the baddies always have the coolest insignia? j/k ;)

 

Nice, Timeline 191... ish.

[Sheriff001 397]

well i think the competition was 10-15 years ago. they still had a bit of life in em at the time. hey give me credit i'm fighting my automatic urge to say go with the Phantoms!!!

 

This urge is not creditworthy!

 

Phantoms Phorever!