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G'Day all, I realised that it has been over 17 years since I built the C-130J cockpit, so I decided it needed some love too... Dels

I appreciate your input, and I understand your concern. Here's the problem more directly so hopefully everyone can understand it. The 5-file download limit per day does not work. Because free email accounts exist people go to the furthest extremes possible to beat a system put there to prevent unlimited free downloads. There are no options for us. We either switch to fully free downloads which is financially destructive, or we go to a pay for content model. It will not matter if we put an age restriction on the accounts, we'll end up with the same burden just one or two years down the road. I have believed in the honesty and integrity of people for over 23 years doing this. I have supported them financially and I have believed that they would get their fill and things would calm down. Today CA delivers over three terabytes of data every month and that number continues to climb. Then there's the other side to managing the multitude of accounts people create to download, it takes me hours every single day to weed through them, 365 days per year no breaks or no time away. I pay to work here. To make things worse it's only making those people mad when their accounts get suspended. They go out onto the internet and talk trash about what we do and how horrible we are, but they never once look at it from our perspective. I challenge each of those people to make a luxury sized car payment, a mortgage payment for some, every single month to work at a place where you're the enemy while you're paying for their download content. The change is here.

Because I think the financial support matters, I just took a 2 year subscription. Although I am labeled a modder, these days are way behind me because Real life (tm) creates a lot of "bumps in the road". Hopefully the money helps a little bit, if I can spare a little bit more I will try to support some more, but Military Disability Pensions here are not big money. We'll make the best of 2025! Together!

I have uploaded it in the "What if Hangar". When the Admin gives the okay, you can enjoy it. Have fun! Remark: If you fly for the East Germans, you will find 100 more or less different skins. These skins are made by large decals, which are placed over a greengrey basic skin. For self defence, the plane comes with a 5 shot flare dispender. This device is not my invention. The most Warsaw Pact planes and helicopters had had such a dispenser. It was intended to give own forces the signal "Friendly Plane!", but worked as decoy launcher against early IR-seeker missiles as well.

Hello everyone! Merry belated Christmas! It have been quite hectic monthh fo rme, therefore it is just today I began working on mods again. While wokring on F8U/F-8s series, afer having leraend how to work with avoinics more, went back to make some tweaks to gunsight and cockpit offsets, and this time, gunsight is now at correct size. I also realized I forgot to add '100 MILS" to top of gunsight. This is the deafult offset thaht fits the gunsight on the refelctor glass. Y ou can use button to widen FOV to zoom back a bit. I am doing some updats to A4D / A-4s sereis aafter realizing the new methods of making gunsight works better without 'double gunsight 'over lapping each other. I dsicovered a new method while working on F8U / F-8 series. I plan on adding 'filted' glass area for gunsight too. Eagle114thh

Zulu Alert, runway is all yours....

Just contact one of the CA gurus and explain the situation... there's nothing that can't be explained and worked out! ;-)

Cuaak

or contribute to the community (modders, admins, moderators) but it is correct that you can no longer have a free account and download, although free accounts can still make comments in forums

While I admittedly didn't see it myself, I have a paid subscription so it as it says won't affect me. Got to pay money to get them thar downloads now. Which in effect removes the need for people to create multiple accounts to circumvent the rule.

This is why we have announcements both as page headers, AND it's own forum

View File MiG-21F-13M Fishbed-O MiG-21F-13M update program (What if) *********************************** ---------------------------------------------------------- I. This mod is written for SF2 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ II. History: In 1969, the Soviet Union delivered the first of 87 MiG-21Ms to the East German Air Force LSK/LV. This aircraft was eagerly awaited in the GDR, as it promised a greater range, a higher weapon load and an improved radar. But when the aircraft became part of everyday military life, the joy soon gave way to great disillusionment. It became apparent that the MiG-21M had lost a large part of its maneuverability compared to its predecessor models. The acceleration ability was also no longer what it was used to. The pilots were loudly critical, which was unusual, because in the GDR it was strictly frowned upon to criticize Soviet military technology. At first the head of the air force wanted to punish his pilots for their criticism, but his deputy convinced him of the opposite. If loyal elite pilots dared to criticize openly, then there must be something to it. Therefore, a series of training air battles was scheduled in which the MiG-21M had to compete against its predecessor models. In every single air battle, the MiG-21M was outmaneuvered and simulated being shot down. The aircraft was simply too fat and underpowered. The disillusionment was great. Therefore, it was decided to use the MiG-21M from now on only as a reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber. In order to bridge the time until more modern MiG-21 variants arrived, the older MiG-21 versions were ordered to be modernized. The focus was on the MiG-21PF and the MiG-21F-13. The MiG-21F-13 was the most agile version of the MiG-21. It was loved by its pilots. But this aircraft had some disadvantages. These included the lack of an air target radar, a low weapon load and a less than reliable engine. These problems needed to be addressed. The project was codenamed "Moskito". At the end of 1969, the Chief of the GDR Air Force presented the "Moskito" project at a meeting of the top leadership of the Warsaw Pact states. Polish and Czech participants were interested, so an agreement was reached that the "Moskito" project should be jointly pursued by the three states of the GDR, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Poland took on the task of modernizing the weapon system. Czechoslovakia would take care of the engine and the GDR would revise the sensor system. Work in Poland progressed quickly. This was because Poland was already working on a double launch rail for air-to-air missiles. It was called Monsun and was originally intended for the MiG-21PF. It now had to be integrated into the weapon system of the MiG-21F-13. This was achieved within a few months. The Czechs' task was more difficult. Initially, the original R-11F-300 engine was to be replaced by the MiG-21PFM engine. However, there were some delays and problems installing the engine. In addition, the increase in performance was only achieved when the afterburner was used, not with normal thrust. It was only when the Soviet Union agreed to supply the R-13F-300 engine that real progress could be made. Normal thrust increased by 5%, and afterburner thrust by an incredible 25%. The test pilots were enthusiastic about the MiG-21F-13 with this engine. In the GDR, they were faced with the problem of developing an air target radar that would match the RP-21 in terms of performance. The RP-21 did not fit into the slim nose of the MiG-21F-13. Therefore, the radar rangefinder SRD-5ND Kwant was used as the starting point for radar development. By using semiconductor technology instead of vacuum tubes, it was possible to reduce the weight of the device, increase its reliability and triple the detection distance. Instead of detecting a large aerial target at 7 km, the new radar had a range of more than 20 km. Making the radar's small antenna swivelable was a major problem. But after a few failed attempts, it was possible to develop a reliable mechanism. By mid-1971, project work had progressed to the point where the components developed by the three participating countries in the "Moskito" project could be combined in a prototype. Flight testing went surprisingly smoothly, so that the conversion of the first MiG-21F-13 to the new standard could begin in early 1972. In the GDR, the work was carried out in the aircraft factory in Dresden. Modernized aircraft were given the type designation MiG-21F-13M. The Polish aircraft were given the same designation, while the Czechs called their machines S-106M. Between 50 and 60 MiG-21F-13s were converted in each of the three countries. Czechoslovakia built another 50 new machines till 1976. The MiG-21F-13M saw its first combat deployment in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The Soviet Union demanded that its allies compensate for the aircraft losses of Egypt and Syria by supplying MiG-21s. The GDR supplied the unpopular MiG-21M, while Poland and the Czechs each sent 12 MiG-21F-13Ms to Egypt. They were first deployed in the air battle of Al-Mansura, where they were able to shoot down 11 Israeli F-4Es without losing a single aircraft of their own. The Egyptian pilots were enthusiastic about the MiG-21F-13M. The MiG-21F-13M was flown in the GDR until 1985. In Poland and Czechoslovakia they were taken out of service in 1990. The pilots of the MiG-21F-13 loved this aircraft and considered it the best MiG-21 version ever. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ III. CREDITS: The MiG-21 cockpit is made by Paladrian. The missile dual rack is taken from Weaponspack. The tactical numbers are made by Paulopanz. The EastGerman skinpack is made by me, all other skins are stock game. ---------------------------------------------------------- IV. INSTALLATION: -Unzip all files into your objects folder. ------------------------------------------------------------ V. This mod is FREEWARE. COMMERCIAL use is NOT ALLOWED. ---------------------------------------------------------- VI. For remarks, comments, bugs, etc please use CombatAce forum or send me a PM. Hope you enjoy it. Michael (Gepard) Made in Germany December 2024 Submitter Gepard Submitted 12/28/2024 Category What If Hangar  

https://combatace.com/announcement/24-upcoming-changes-to-our-downloads/

yes all stations should have rackspecificstationcode=A-7-6 at least in this mod... current GKABS A-6 uses different racks (also different code) which are more complex at some point. And my new A-7 (wip) will also use them...But this is a far future...

shush you

There should be additional MERs and TERs with RackSpecificStationCode=A-7 (included should be in a pack ?) And then it will work properly. OPTIONAL MOD DATA LOADOUT will only work with optional Data.ini, loadout.ini and said MERs

Modders will not be affected by any of the changes. Erik

The best is: send Yakarow and PM and ask for help.

"keep doin that pilot shi... he's still behind us" (moments later)

dont worry leave it on me and twitter i know what to do

Now it has its own shark mouth decal, it looks better.

I am working on the SF3 project and have created a new folder in the UE5 engine. The only problem is that I am short of 3 million in funding. Can anyone tell me how to get it other than looting the First World Bank?

Just flying around at X-Mas. No missile firing, no bombs dropping, no gun shooting. Only flying and enjoy the landscape. Merry X-Mas to you all.

@PJB TK screwed modders here when he locked up the .lods AND .vfx files because of an CIV3 asshole stole Thirdwire .lods by claiming they're his. Since then TK hated modders as a whole. Before all of that, TK was in favor of modding.

Posting what we all wish for isn't going to magically bring back TK and his interest in this game. I mean other than a project I working with Soulfreak and Co, I have little interest in the game anymore, or at least selective interest anyway. I mean there's just no indication that TK is going to work on this and maybe an SF3, or improve SF2... So there you go Wrench, somebody did something about it.

I can't stop laughing .... Somebody else has to take over and explain the way of the 3w world ...

Random shot.....

I do have a plan for that... =========================================== Picture and text are irrelevant

lets not give up hope lets rise our voice everywhere for SF 3