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Microsoft Set To Purchase CombatACE It's no secret Microsoft is looking to expand its services and enhance overall user experience by purchasing companies such as Discord. While such moves may seem obvious to most, one move Microsoft is making has many in the tech industry wondering about the things Microsoft is planning next. To the members here at CombatACE are familiar with developers such as ThirdWire and Eagle Dynamics. Earlier this month Microsoft attempted to purchase Eagle Dynamics and take over the DCS World many have to come to love. However Eagle Dynamics told Microsoft to step off and tinker with their little flight simulator. Microsoft angrily shook their fist at Eagle Dynamics and then pointed to a lone developer somewhere in Texas and announced they would purchase his humble company called ThirdWire. When it comes to big companies like Microsoft purchasing companies like ThirdWire a lot of footwork is done. While doing their research Microsoft learned about other sites they can buy to enhance their user experience. CombatACE is the top of their list and Microsoft is pleased to see a humble community filled with amazing people, programmers, and mod developers. "It's like all these things we wanted rolled into one little package" said William J Tinsdale Vlll "CombatACE will make a fine addition to our collection." But what will this mean for the users at CombatACE? To answer that question we reached out to the man himself. @Erik "Well at first I was against it" Erik stated "We built a thriving community for ourselves and not some corporate giant just to come in and take over and do whatever they want with it." So, okay, so why is Microsoft buying CombatACE if that's the case? "When someone offers you a free slightly used $200 million private jet with a full crew, free fuel, and millions of dollars for the pocket. You just gotta ask where to sign you know. Besides do you know how hard it is to run a website as large as CombatACE on a daily basis? It's rewarding work but it's hard work and if Microsoft want's to take over I'm cool with that. This jet is awesome and I have a surprise for all of the long time members here. They can get 1 free trip." Looking nice there man! An inside look the dining area "Regardless of the direction Microsoft chooses to take" Erik explains "they've assured me they'll continue to maintain the aspects that make CombatACE a great website. It is my hopes the community will continue to thrive and that people will get a kick out of this obvious April Fool's article entirely made up by Skyviper" Seriously @Erik, @MK2 , Mod Developers, CombatACE Staff and Members, thank you for making this site the awesome place it is.

i love the low pass

Aegean Zippers.

Completed I will have it uploaded by tomorrow I hope.

Okay, I think I need to make these boats since I am working on the Vietnam boats to complete the set requested by Crawford

NATO Fighters day!

Time to get back home. .

A few days back I indicated that I would announce some plans for WOTR. It is intended that there will be a DLC in the works to bring the 'engine' up to the same spec as our flagship BH&H II product which is releasing soon. The DLC will comprise of the 'engine update' - this is feasible as a DLC as opposed to a new standalone product, as WOTR is already ahead of WOFFUE/PE in terms of 'engine version'. In addition there will be new AC, as well as updated existing flyable AC to bring them in line as well. More details on the WOTR DLC will be made available once we have gotten through the release of BH&HII.

North American B-45D Tornado - 37th Bomb Squadron, 17th Bombardment Group, United States Air Force, 1952

Just a quick update from me on progress. The BH&H II release build is compiled and uploaded to 2Checkout, our e-tailer, but alas they have not managed to make it live, as we had hoped, before the Easter weekend. I will keep you all updated but its next week at the soonest at the moment, and all I can say is that at the moment it is out of our hands. WM

Dassault Mirage 5PO - Esquadra 201, Portuguese Air Force, 1972

Started the Junk boat Crawford

Holy $#!T MAN! You had me going there for a sec! You folks are as bad as my wife when it comes to this day........Only problem is she continues with these shenanigans all year long!

If this doesn't come true some heads are going to roll! April Fools!

(mr burns voice) Excellent!!

Nice one!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novi_Avion

I have the project 33 at about 65% in the making, both layout.

edit: I really thought it was Friday...

Well you know me, I am always looking forward and ready for new adventures. LOL I am thinking of financing a new project, again, a Russian plane, but a new one this time, the YAK-130. I asked around and I am waiting for an answer; if the team is ready and the price is right maybe I'll make it happen.. Please tell me what do you think and what plane did you have in YOUR mind it should be build.

Nice! But why not cut your losses, chaps, and use a more effective British design? ..as happened in real life :) “Cranberry” Wrench? That was our alternate name for them. In my time they were better known as “Berrycans”. BTW, sidenote, the British smirked somewhat when Martin manufactured its B-57s to far tighter tolerance margins than our own Berrycans, for no discernible difference in performance. Fast forward to the early 2000s’, when BAe’s attempts to attach new Nimrod MR4 CAD/CAM-made wings to 1960s/70s hand-manufactured Nimrod MR2 fuselages ended in tears*. Perhaps the American approach to manufacturing tolerances (choking on my scotch here) may actually have been the right one? * sooo bloody frustrating, If only they’d spoken to any flight sergeant/chief tech on the Nimrod fleet, they’d have told them how each airframe was subtly different. Personally (as an air mover) I recall how we all knew that a couple of our VC10s were a “bit different” from the rest. In Nimrod’s case, could have meant that Britain would have retained its extremely efficient MPA capability without the unfortunate 10-year gap until the acquisition - at significant extra cost - of the arguably less-capable P-8 Poseidon. End of rant. PS for Spinners, apologies for wandering off topic. Again. Consequences of being an aviation type for >50 years 😉😉

Hallo @Erik, thank you very much for your kooperation! I have sent you a message. Greetings!

As Wrench wrote, you must repaint all water tiles. The sea tile is a minor problem, you can take this file from an other terrain, as you want. But the problem are the coast tiles. Every single coast tile you must repaint. If not the terrain will look strange.

Okay completed the new Junk model I will upload it by tomorrow.

Some time ago I had the same idea but with a smaller map, covering Colombia Venezuela and the ABC Islands, but I got stuck with the map... problem adding rivers targets tiles... and a very particular issue, sometimes the game went crazy and the planes started to fly sideways... I made some models that we didnt have here, like the Arpia IV (an armed UH-60 of the Colombian Air force) new skins for venezuelan F-16, K-8, UN-1n and my loved ones: Antey 2500 an Buk M2... Maybe I could start again this project but the terrain making is really an art.

View File DaNang Round-basket Hello and thank you for downloading my work. https://gkabs.net What's included: DaNang Round-basket model All my files should include the Strike Fighters 2 Series game file (.old) and the texture required. (tested and work only for SF2) Installation: Copy files to their proper folder If you need any further help please read the Knowledge Base at: https://combatace.com/forums/forum/268-thirdwire-strike-fighters-2-series-knowledge-base/ 1.0.0 LICENSE: You are allowed to use this model and everything included with it for personal non-profit use for Strike fighters 1 and 2. For use outside of this scope, you need to contact me for permission. gkabs@gkabs.net Credit goes to the following: Third Wire for making this outstanding game. Big thanks to guuruu and KJakker for helping me with all my questions regarding the data file Credit goes to https://www.textures.com as I use a lot of their photos to create the skins. Google for some photos and information. And finally not to forget the wonderful site of https://combatace.com and all the nice members and their dedicated support for this game. Software used: 3d Max 2009 UVLayout v2 Pro Substance Painter Adobe Photoshop If you need any assistance please contact me at gkabs@gkabs.net Submitter GKABS Submitted 04/01/2021 Category Cargo and Transports  

Uploaded the DaNang Round-basket

The Ha-Long longboat uploaded I hope you will enjoy it as much as I had enjoyed working on it.

If it should be a russian bird, so i would like to see the MiG project 33. It based on the MiG-29 technology and the older Ye-8 design. It was intended to replace the MiG-21. Here some pictures of a scale model which you can find in MiG museum Moscow:

View File DaNang longboat Hello and thank you for downloading my work. https://gkabs.net What's included: DaNang longboat model All my files should include the Strike Fighters 2 Series game file (.old) and the texture required. (tested and work only for SF2) Installation: Copy files to their proper folder also, add the sound file name to the soundlist.INI under the flight folder If you need any further help please read the Knowledge Base at: https://combatace.com/forums/forum/268-thirdwire-strike-fighters-2-series-knowledge-base/ 1.0.0 LICENSE: You are allowed to use this model and everything included with it for personal non-profit use for Strike fighters 1 and 2. For use outside of this scope, you need to contact me for permission. gkabs@gkabs.net Credit goes to the following: Third Wire for making this outstanding game. Big thanks to guuruu and KJakker for helping me with all my questions regarding the data file Credit goes to https://www.textures.com as I use a lot of their photos to create the skins. Google for some photos and information. And finally not to forget the wonderful site of https://combatace.com and all the nice members and their dedicated support for this game. Software used: 3d Max 2009 UVLayout v2 Pro Substance Painter Adobe Photoshop If you need any assistance please contact me at gkabs@gkabs.net Submitter GKABS Submitted 03/31/2021 Category Cargo and Transports  

Just uploaded the file have fun, others will be coming soon.

Still on track..... WM

Thank you for the feedback. It inspired me to do my best with the new menu mod! I am using my passion to pour a lot of details into this mod. I will go ahead and do a lot of work on this mod for the community. I figured a way to make a simple instruction on how to apply a new GUI to any add-on's hangar aircraft. I will add it in the new SF2 menu mod pack as an option. It will take a few steps by using Microsoft PowerPoint. At the same time, I am going to apply a new hangar GUI over an existing SF2 aircraft.

What's your rotation speed for takeoff?

I never imagined, growing up reading stories of WW1 aviation, that this would wind up being one of my favorite aircraft to fly in simulation. I always thought it would be the Camel. I was wrong...

some skinning progress

North American B-45B Tornado - 84th BS, 47th BG, USAF, 1952 Skin Credit: Wrench

new Paintjob...

something like this?