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Define 'rare'. How many aircraft in WWI had 4 blade props vs total number of aircraft types? Do you have that info there Dutch? I'd like to know. FastCargo

6GB????? Dude, all my F-111 variants with the cockpit don't even take up a gig...that must be some ultra detailed cockpit! :) FastCargo

Craig, Outstanding work! Take your time...we'll all be here when you're ready! FastCargo

Gentlemen, Limited, sane, political discussions are okay on a case by case basis. This thread has so far been very productive. Barely legible rants are not okay. Keep it civil. FastCargo

Heck, I just checked and my merged SFP1/WOV/WOE install with mods is at 19GB! Plus my FE install is at a paltry 2.6GB. I've already made a DVD-R with SFP1, WOV, WOE, and Full Merged installs (all stock and fully patched) for backup. I'm thinking maybe I should do the same thing for a modded SFP1/WOV/WOE install. Have a 'basic' modded merged install for things like enviromental and weapons mods. But then have the campaigns, aircraft, ground objects, and terrain be 'era/theatre' specific. That way if I feel like BoB campaign, just loadup the WWII DVD...for Korea area, a Korea DVD, etc. Sure would save some HD space... FastCargo

Brainless, Man, you should have been here about a year ago when I showed up! Because thats what I did too. So I actually built screens for the Korean Air War mod that were compatible (and looked decent) with WOE! But I long since got rid of them when I learned how to make campaigns fully compatible with my merged install.... Sorry man... FastCargo

That's very unusual...I've never even heard of such a problem. I'd recommend the TW forums as well... FastCargo

Well, we fly home, but the very NEXT day, I have to drive 3 hours to Del Rio, TX for re-blue. What's that you say? Well, I'm a T-38C Instructor Pilot (IP). But, I don't train Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) students. I train pilots (in Pilot Instructor Training - PIT) to become T-38C IPs who then teach UPT students. Anyway, after doing this for 3 years, the command mandates that you travel to a UPT base (in this case, Laughlin AFB, TX) to spend a week down there and fly with UPT students. Basically, it refocuses your 'picture' to make sure you are giving your students (ie future T-38C IPs) good info so they can be more effective instructors. So I spend a week on the line. First thing that hits me is I've forgotten how tiring 3 sorties a day is...I was a hunk o' junk by Wednesday night. Definitely was a lot easier when I was younger... A few pics: T-6A solo student in the overhead. T-38Cs up initial for the break. A IFF (Intro to Fighter Fundamentals - post UPT course for future fighter pilots) T-38C taxiing in. The USAF has decided to split IFF among all the UPT bases and break up Moody AFB, where it was all consolidated. This of course, was after all the IFF training was consolidated at Moody AFB 5 years ago. Who's running this railroad? Oh, and don't let the paint job fool ya...it's the same exact aircraft I fly now, they just use it differently. Ahhh...memories. This bird is my old tail number from when I was an active duty T-38A UPT IP at Laughlin AFB in 96-99. We even have our wedding day pictures by this bird...my buds from the squadron flew a 4 ship down to Tampa to attend, and this jet was one of the birds they used. So we got permission from MacDill AFB Base Ops to run out to the flight line to get wedding day photos. Of course, back then it was an 'A' model in white, not the 2-tone grey 'C' model it is now. I tell ya, if you ever want to get a real idea of how much we (the USAF) train...visit a UPT base. Planes fly from sunup to sundown, all 3 runways get a constant workout. An average UPT base will have more aircraft movement than ANY (and I mean ANY) major airport. It's sort of an intangible 'This is why I'm here' kind of feeling at a UPT base. After that, I drove back Friday night to San Antonio...and caught a jumpseat to Memphis Saturday to operate a A300 to Manchester, NH. Did I mention I'm tired? :) Okay, I'm done for now... FastCargo

Spent the last couple of days in Seattle, hit the Science Fiction Hall of Fame Museum, Museum of Flight, and the Pacific Science Center. Pacific Science Center was cool for the kid...recognize this shot? I was lying on the grass, looking up to take this pic (the sun was directly behind the needle) when the munchkin decided to check on me...made for a funny pic at the beginning of the thread. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Museum was okay, but they wouldn't let us take pics in there...kind of a bummer. I'm always surprised how bad props actually look up close. They had displays of actual costumes of some various shows, mostly Star Trek. Had one of Jeri Ryan's jumpsuits...either she's really small, or that thing was TIGHT. She's quoted as saying she couldn't wear panties or a bra because the lines would show through. I'm just not going there... Anyway, they had a BSG (new) flight suit...I know what I want for Christmas... Hit the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field. Flown into Boeing Field plenty of times, but never had the chance to check out the Museum. They were offering biplane rides that day...I was REALLY, REALLY tempted... 10 points to whoever recognizes the cockpit! :) Yep, the Concorde...definitely smaller inside than I thought it would be. Just can't stop being an instructor pilot..."Right stick, RIGHT STICK!...woahhhhhh!" 747 number 1 - undergoing renovation. Air Force 1 - based on the 707. 737 number 1. F-5 number 1, actually called N-156. Note the vertical tail is differently shaped than production F-5s. Also, it had dual sets of navigation lights on the wings...and a HUGE landing light. For you Sag! License built F-86. And for you Paul. Sorry about the vertical poles...couldn't find a way to take a better pic without them in the way. Lockheed A-12 with D-21 drone. Personal jet powered pulpit anyone? ALCM. Yep, the REAL flying car. Speaking of which...it's the 21st century, where are my flying cars? I was promised flying cars! Noticed this odd Learjet taking off. Had a pod slung underneath a wing...a pod that looked a LOT like the early USN version of LANTIRN. On closer inspection of the picture, it looked like the pod was carrying a small, finned object...like a towed target. Caproni (sp?) Ca20. According to the description, this may have been the very first fighter plane EVER. Anyone smart on WWI aviation can confirm or deny? Would be fascinating if true. More to come...

Okay folks, picture time! I'm going to use thumbnails you can click on so I don't bog everyone down. At the beginning of August, we went on a vacation (if you can call it that) for 3 weeks. Starting in California to attend a wedding: Clean up pretty good I'd say... Partial view from the house a few of us rented...couldn't get the panoramic to post. Anyway, awesome view...great place to get together. If it hadn't been so hectic, it would have been a perfect place just to hang out, grill stuff and drink beer. Pool table, bocce court, pool, hot tub, wireless internet, etc. After California, we then flew up to Vancouver, BC, Canada (actually, flew to Seattle, then drove) to visit the in laws, relatives and friends. Included hanging out at a park just off the runway of Vancouver Intl Airport. My son running around looking at the FedEx ramp at the airport. 747 owned by Oasis Airlines of Hong Kong. Airbus A310 owned by FedEx. Boeing 727 painted by FedEx but flown by Canadian aircrew. You'll notice it actually has a Canadian tail number. That's because foreign airlines can't fly within Canada (ie FedEx can't fly from Toronto to Vancouver directly), but if the aircraft is actually owned and flown by a Canadian company... We have similar rules in the US...most countries do. Mostly for job protection. In fact, DHL uses this rule to fly in the US. If you looked really closely at a DHL aircraft, you would see the text 'Operated by ABX Air'. Saw this while visiting Point Roberts, Washington state. Basically, it's a small part of the US, that you can't get to any other part of the US except by a boat or driving through Canada. We are thinking about buying some land up there. Anyway, this was caused by a Virgin Airways 747 right at the cloud level...cool eh? This plane was driving me NUTS! I was in my inlaws back yard, watching the kid play around, and I keep hearing what sounds like an airliner high overhead. But all I see is this plane doing a slow banked turn...several times orbiting something. But, damn it, it SOUNDS like a turbine powered airliner. I finally decide to take pictures of it so I can read the tail number (had the long lens nearby). It had it on the wing as well, so I looked it up. C-FDGM is a basic Cessna converted to turboprop power, owned and operated by the RCMP...hmmm. Recon, anyone? I think what was happening is that there were some condos nearby, and the sound was bouncing in such a way that the 'prop' part of the sound was getting canceled out, leaving only the 'jet' noise. Drove down to Seattle, and passed by the Peace Arch. Because the line at the border is so long, there's usually time to get out and run around, perfect for the kid (big arch ain't it kiddo)! Continued...

Peter, Just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work in this section. You're doing an awesome job. Also, I want to thank everyone for offering constructive critques...this is how a community should act to get a better experience for everyone. FastCargo

Like Marc said, Venezuela isn't by itself an issue...but the idea of building an 'anti-Northern' alliance could be a concern. However, I also think some are starting to figure out Venezuela's democracy is being turned into a dictatorship...one that isn't looking so benevolent. Witness the shutting down of an opposition radio station, and now pushing a 'no term limits' change to their constitution... After all the various dictatorships that used to exist in Latin America, I would hope people would be leery of such a change to reoccur. FastCargo

The AI has been a topic of discussion for a while. Most folks play on 'Hard' setting, which still can result in inconsistent AI. There are also levels of AI within the general 'Hard' setting...just tends to change the distribution amount. FastCargo

The search engine is your friend: http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showt...mpaign+aircraft FastCargo

The game/sim would have to be built to take specific advantage of the card because it uses specific drivers. Physics cards are already starting to fall out of consideration because of multi core CPUs showing up. It's just as productive to task a CPU with physics problems when you have multiple ones to choose from. Save your money. FastCargo

Correct. Click on the XF designations (and the F-110) for more info. F-100 Super Sabre F-101 Voodoo F-102 Delta Dagger XF-103 - Proposed Republic Mach 3+ interceptor F-104 Starfighter F-105 Thunderchief F-106 Delta Dart F-107 Ultra Sabre (the funny looking intake) XF-108 Rapier - Proposed Long Range Interceptor with 2 XB-70 engines...looked similar to CF-105 Avro Arrow with F-15 intakes XF-109 - Proposed supersonic VTOL fighter with 8 (!!) engines built by Bell F-110 - Original designation of what became the F-4 FastCargo

Hey guys, pics are going to have to wait for a bit. I'm stuck in the Laughlin AFB TLF...and they don't have high speed...DOH! And, I'm just damn tired...down at Laughlin for re-blue. I'm too friggin old to trip turn sorties... I'll tell ya later. FastCargo

No ailerons, upper wing, or wheels...landed safely at home plate! No right gear, flaps or aileron...dead stick...on a hill! A HILL on a hill... FastCargo

Maybe so, but here is the actual case: http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm FastCargo

Yep, you are missing something. You must find the weapon that you added in the weapon editor (after you open weapondata.ini with it). Double click on the weapon to open up the page for it...then just hit 'OK'. DO NOT ALTER ANYTHING! Then save the file. The weapon editor will then rebuild the weapondata.dat file with your new weapon. That's it. FastCargo

Maybe a Block 10 model back in 1996. Not now. FastCargo

Normally, I don't believe in deliberately handicapping someone...but in that driver's case...I'll make an exception. FastCargo

Mike, Thanks a lot for the input. This is a lot of stuff that you are asking to be done. Nuclear weapon details are great...however, there are a bunch of projects going on. Actually, these projects might be a great way for you to learn the ins and outs of modding for the TW series of sims. For instance, loadout files are simple text inis. You could be the one to tweak the loadout for the B-52s and FB-111s. Also, range and speed issues with the SRAM can be changed in a similar manner, just using Notepad. Some of the weapons have skins that are simple BMPs, you can change them in Microsoft Paint. Check the knowledge base for details, we'd all benefit from your expertise in this area. FastCargo

While visiting the in-laws in Vancouver, BC, I stopped by Future Shop to get a wireless router for my in-laws (DSL...so sloooowwww). Anyway, while I was there, I found some 'Collector Editions' of Tom Clancy FPSes...basically, collections of PC FPS games for each series except for the most recent release. The collections not only include English and French versions of each game, but shirts, caps, bags, and a belt. Plus they come in these containers: Obviously, I don't care too much about the non-software stuff (though my wife digs the containers they come in...great for stuff...freak out your neighbors when you offer cookies from the 'cookie tin')...but if you haven't got these series' already, the price is pretty darn reasonable...29.99 CDN for each collection. I didn't play a lot of the R6 series, nor any of the GR series, so these were no brainer purchases. SC I already have all the series, so I didn't buy that collection. Also, anyone want the French versions of the games? I'm not going to play em... Anyway, for those who never tried any of the series', I think they're pretty darn reasonable way to start...

Sweet....what's its max res? You were already posting shots with 1920 x 1200... :) FastCargo