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Couldn't help ya on the tank issue...but as far as the wing fold...what I have noticed is that the MovingPylon and RotatingPylon parameters work, but only for items defined in the data.ini (bombbays, aerodynamic sweep sweep, etc). For pure animations, weapons will only stay in relative location...not maintaining any sort of alignment. We had this problem on the Super Hornet during the wing fold. We never did solve the issue. FC

F-15C/D/J/DJ are now updated to SF2 Dec 2009 patch levels. Also, chaff and flare counters now appear to work properly in cockpit. FC

Eject, You posted BEFORE you even opened up the mod? You wasted Wrench's time looking up the information for you because you couldn't bother to try to look it up first? Just...wow. FC

Simple, look at the griffin that is the squadron symbol on the tail of that F-14. What does it look like he is doing? FC

Maybe try putting a laser designator on the aircraft and set the weapons to be a2g laser guided missiles? I'm not sure how well the 'sea-skimming' parameter seems to work anyway.... FC

Hold on. First, which sim are you trying to do this for....that will determine which weapon pack to download. Second, my recollection is that at least the F-15C can already carry the AIM-9X in the sim as long as you have the most recent version of the F-15C and weapons pack...no editing needed. FC

Well, as with anything else, there is more to the story. First, the IL-76 is a smaller cross section aircraft, similiar in size to the old C-141. The C-17 is far wider, capable of carrying outsized cargo and vehicles (cross section rivals that of the C-5). In addition, terms of gross tonnage, the C-17 can carry approximately 1/3 more troops, and almost double the weight. Plus, the IAF has had a hard time maintaining their fleet of IL-76s due to lack of a unified spares distribution channel. The biggest thing I noticed after doing some research is that there simply isn't any military type airlifter available on the market that matches the C-17 in terms of overall cargo size. All the other 'Super Heavy' lifters are out of production (C-5, An-124). A proposal to restart the An-124 production line would result in an aircraft that has more lifting capability, but would also run about 200 million dollars each and would require 50 BILLION dollars to restart production. The A330 is simply not the same class of aircraft. It really is apples and oranges. FC

Realize, there will be some parts of the aircraft that may not be able to be manipulated at all without the MAX file because the values were set in the MAX file. For instance, tires shouldn't ever be shiny, so a modder might manipulate the glossiness within MAX. At that point, you will not be able to change the glossiness of the tires at all without access to the MAX file. FC

Prove that the P-3 flew into Venezualan airspace and you have a case. Otherwise, it's 'he said, he said'. Bears would hover just outside the international line at 12 nautical miles. Which isn't dick at anything above 30000 feet. Ask Libya about that. Speaking of which, I notice the video of the F-16s intercepting the U-2 at 37k. Deuces operate at twice that altitude...so if there were any REAL recon going on, there wouldn't have been an intercept. More than likely, he was descending into an airfield and the F-16s wanted to take a look at it. It's called 'shadowing' and again, we did all the time when the Bears would come to play. The S-2 is an anti-sub aircraft...not a whole lot of use over land. And a EP-3 is a SIGINT aircraft...pretty sure if I wanted to know about gold and native people, I'd have sent something else. It's getting a little old hearing the 'US is in the wrong' chant without even doing a little bit of research to see what the truth is vs what someone said. FC

Well, the A330 and the C-17 are totally different aircraft. There are things the C-17 can do that the A330 cannot do...period. About the only thing a A330 can do that a C-17 cannot physically do is be an airborne tanker...and even that's a maybe. FC

Probably not...the Gen 1 series is probably on it's last patch. In addition, collision modeling for buildings and trees would require a rewrite of the terrain code, which costs time and costs money. From what I can tell, that isn't a priority at the moment for the Gen 2 series. FC

I'll disagree. I think it's been a damn busy year for aircraft and projects. Desert Storm, WOV and SF2V enhancement mods, NF4+...these are the major all-in-one mods released in the past 12 months. Not to mention dealing with the Oct 08 patch for Gen 1 sims, and the ENTIRE Gen 2 sim line (SF2/V/E/I) and patches, plus migration to Windows 7 and DX10 for a lot of us. Frankly, by the end of this year, I was worn out, especially having to deal with real life issues on top of that. Veltro, you yourself are sitting on a couple of models...you of all people should know what goes into a quality release. With the holidays, the economic blow up, the loss of the leader of the MF, the departure of several prominent modders from the ThirdWire scene, quite frankly, I'm amazed we didn't shut down the lights, close the doors, and call it a day. FC

Sure, use the SpecificStationCode=xxxx parameter(where xxxx is a four character alpha numeric code) within the weaponstation entry of the data.ini of the aircraft AND within the data.ini of the weapon. The weapon will only get loaded if the number matches the entry in the data.ini. This is only applicable for patch level Oct 08 or later. FC

Hmmm...for some reason, the Wiki entry disappeared. Read these first: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2540395/Longbow_new_members_read_here_.html#Post2540395 Has a couple of links. Also, something new has been added: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2894891/Longbow_2_Windows_Vista_7_Fix_.html#Post2894891 Read and learn. FC

Well, I think even the ThirdWire sims mimic parts of it (side to side, cockpit shake), but don't mimic the linear acceleration parts (up/down/fore/aft). FC

Actually, FSX mimics this already (pretty well I might add). FC

Clarify which sims you have: Digital Integration's Apache Jane's AH-64D Longbow Jane's Longbow 2 If you're trying to get Longbow 2 to run, start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbow_2. Near the bottom, there are a few sites (Flyboy's in particular, I don't know if PositiveG's site is still up since he passed away) that has several tips on how to get Longbow 2 running in XP. At one point I had the original Longbow running as well. I seem to remember DI's Apache (and Hind) working right out of the box. Personally, now that EE has a very nice upgraded AH-64 (and Hind), I've abandoned the Longbow series entirely...the work that Arneh has done is nothing short of spectacular. FC

Totally confused...LODs shadow already if you're at 08 patch level or higher. Can you be more specific? FC

Yep, you got it...don't even need a special naming convention or anything. I use the sim included bitmap for my destroyed LODs. Check out the T-38s or F-5B for how I did it. FC

Weird, I have Win 7 64 and haven't seen that issue at all...runs just fine at 1920x1200 with just a bit of 'stretching' for the menus (4:3 menus). FC

The destroyed LODs go into the /Aircraft folder (NOT the individual aircraft folders). Like the old pilots used to be before the Oct 08 patch. Found this out after some trial and error. FC

The gunsight is not part of the model. It works like the HUD. Now, there are clever ways to make a side sight, if you have 3ds MAX. FC

That's correct. Unless the rail is part of the model, you will not see one. There are ways around this of course that involve adding parts either by the Weapon or FakePilot method. FC

Try this. Change: ViewAngles=-90.0,-16.0,0.0 To: ViewAngles=0.0,-16.0,0.0 FC

We refuse to see it for this very reason. The plot from what I have read is EXTREMELY contrived. If you're going to embed your political beliefs in something, at least do a better job than using the film analogue of a 2x4 to do it in. FC