Gene_Wolfpack

I love that shiny chrome, it looks so... SEXY!!!

Yeah, it's absolutely gorgeous, and thanks, I'm glad you like it! This is one of the few sharp shots I got because I was being a bit too greedy and set the shutter speed below 1/125 to get that smooth prop blur. Trying to shoot handheld with a heavy telephoto lens at such a low shutter speed completely ruined a bunch of other shots with nasty motion blur, even though I was holding the camera like a machine gun and trying to hold my breath to cut down on the shake as much as possible

- It's a shame I never got the chance to shoot photos of JASDF's gorgeous Phantoms while they were still in service. I do have a few shots of Japan's Kawasaki C-2 and P-3C Orion, though. I really love the camo and paint schemes on their aircraft, that shade of blue is always so clean and easy on the eyes.

I just realized I ran out of attachment space for a single post. Because of the language barrier, I misunderstood and thought each photo was allowed to be almost 2MB, without realizing that was the total upload limit for the entire thread. Even though I already resized some of the images, I didn't see this issue coming. So I'm gonna need some time to fix all the rest of the photos, as well as the ones I've already posted. Bear with me guys, and I'll update everything as soon as I get the time. Those are photos I took over at VVTS airport.

- I used to be a plane spotter before I kind of 'retired' to focus on my family and work. The photo quality varies a bit since I used a few different cameras, but most of them were shot on Nikons. Hope you guys enjoy these photos, just wanted to bring some life back to this digital recon thread. *I'll share some more when I get the time next. - Thanks for watching, everyone, and stay healthy!

- Who is going to do that for you, or do things the way you want them done? What modders provide is free, built on their own time and effort, and are you even paying them to do any of this? - Modders build whatever they feel like making and share the projects they personally enjoy. Plus, there is already tons of modern content available out there that handles modern warfare scenarios really well. When it comes to visual quality, the mods have already blown far past what we ever had in the stock game. . Modders have already added the F-22, F-35, Pantsir-S1, various UAVs, Su-35, J-20, and even China's recently unveiled J-35. What newer aircraft could you possibly need? - New mods will get released down the road, it's just a matter of time, and things will definitely keep improving. But no matter what, the level of detail can only go so far, you can't expect it to look as sharp or detailed as DCS. If that's what you're after, the best option for you is to just go play DCS. For me, this game is packed with memories, so with the mods we currently have, I'm completely fine with it, it's more than enough, and I don't really need anything else.

- For me, the AIs I rate highest are Grok and Claude. Both are great for coding and IT programming, but Claude is a bit more specialized and requires a higher-than-average understanding of IT to use effectively. - That's why Grok is basically a simpler yet equally effective version of Claude. It can write code and handle just about anything, including fixing errors in INI files with high precision without giving you extra fluff. That includes step-by-step guides for any task or software. Grok itself has taught me a ton and helped me fix so many issues with mods. I have two gorgeous B-1s in my hangar. They're perfect, except the afterburner effect doesn't show up when engaging the afterburner. So I decided to swap in the afterburner emitter effect from the F-15. But as you know, the huge difference in engine scale makes things tricky for someone who isn't a modder like me. It wasn't just a matter of editing a few lines in the INI file to swap them out. I also had to scale up the emitter size to fit the B-1's engine nozzles, adjust the flame length, tweak the animation effects, adjust the speed of the afterburner flame motion, etc. Grok helped me sort all of that out perfectly. I highly recommend using Grok, it's fantastic even on the free version. After Grok and Claude, I'd rank OpenAI/GPT. It has helped me quite a bit as well, though its answers tend to be rambling, verbose, and sometimes miss the point. - Gemini, on the other hand, is mostly terrible. It messes everything up. For issues where Grok can help me fix everything in just a few prompts, Gemini makes a total mess and gets worse the more you try to tweak it. What's worse is that Gemini is notorious for hallucinating answers just to give you something to read, and it only admits it if you call it out. So I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The best thing about Gemini, in my opinion, is using it for quick information and research. Since it's owned by Google, it taps into Google's massive database, making it great for looking things up. - I know I rambled on a bit, but I hope leaving this here helps other casual players who might not have heavy IT skills but just want to enjoy the game find a solid AI tool to help troubleshoot modding issues. And please excuse my English if there are any mistakes, as it's not my native language.

Your Nam era aircraft mods are awesome, Yakarov. I was wondering if you have any plans to add a few other helicopters in the future, like the CH-54 or the Chinook. Even though Third Wire games aren't great with helicopter flight mechanics, seeing what you pulled off with the CH-53 and CH-21 gives me some hope you might look into these choppers down the road. I know that's a bit of a long shot since they don't have many practical roles in SF2 other than scenic flights or scouting on transport missions, so there isn't much reason to build them. But hey, you never know, maybe you or someone else will make them eventually. They're just really cool looking choppers. By the way, I sent you a message. Always looking forward to your future work, and sorry for my terrible English!

Hi there! Are you Vietnamese too?

Hey folks! I'm pretty new here and still learning the ropes. Could anyone help me out with a graphic glitch on the aircraft? Even though this is my first time modding planes into the game, I made sure to double-check everything so I copied and pasted all the files into the right folders. I'm using yakarov79's Hercules 1.0.0 mod. Everything works almost perfectly, except all the C-130s are missing engine audio (I couldn't find a sound file in the zip), and while the other C-130 variants look fine graphically, the AC-130 is glitched out. I carefully checked, moved files around, and reinstalled it a few times, but I still can't fix it and have no idea what I did wrong. There's one more issue with the helicopters. I'm using guuruu's Helicopters flight model 1.0.1 pack. Everything from the weapons to the helis and sounds is awesome, except... the third pilot is sitting out of position. Sometimes his legs and lower body stick out under the helicopter's belly, or he just hovers in front of the Mi-24's nose. I hope someone can point me in the right direction to fix these bugs. Thanks for reading!

Man, I love this mod! It's awesome, thank you so much . Sorry if this is a dumb question, but it's my first time modding a game. Everything works completely fine and runs perfectly, except... the sound. Yeah, none of the vehicles have any audio, and I couldn't find any sound files included in the download. I'm not sure if I messed something up on my end? The AC-130 still plays the gunfire sounds when shooting, but none of them have any engine audio at all.

Yeah, sometimes a simple, lightweight game that just focuses on flight mechanics and keeps things basic for casual fun is all you need. You could say this is truly the Counter-Strike or Left 4 Dead of the flight simulator world, despite the outdated graphics and being released so long ago, it still has its own dedicated community and is going strong to this day.

Regarding the aircraft hangars, everything is completely stock. I have never modded anything into the game, so it's safe to say the entire game is in its original state. Joining this forum is actually my very first time intending to mod SF2, and as of the time I'm writing this comment, my SF2 is still basically 100% stock. I experience this on almost all terrains like Vietnam, Europe, Israel, Desert... Just panning the camera towards the hangar during takeoff drops the framerate, but if I look in another direction, everything is fine especially when I zoom in close on the aircraft with the hangar in the background. And as I mentioned above, the framerate takes a massive hit, dropping below 20 FPS, when the area I'm flying in has bombers or attackers performing ground strike missions in a custom campaign. This happens even though I don't include more than 40 aircraft total (counting both Red and Blue forces) in the battle (it affects both sides). Furthermore, if I fly near positions with multiple KPV/ZPUs or ZSUs firing simultaneously, the only way to describe it is an absolute disaster for the framerate. Yet, other AA weapons like the KS-19, no matter how numerous, do not cause this issue at all. It's incredibly strange because this FPS drop seems to happen selectively. As for my specs, I have 6GB of VRAM and 16GB of DDR4 RAM. Regarding VRAM, I'm not sure about the remaining capacity while the game is running, but monitoring software shows the game doesn't actually consume much system RAM. In fact, it runs lighter than when I'm using Google Chrome or opening Discord.