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Wait...you can add NON-Steam games to your Steam library? FC

And then there is the matter of how easy or difficult the SDK will be to use. I like the idea...but until I see real results and not a video, I'm not holding my breath. FC

Hawker Hunters have been available for purchase for some time. The CEO of Critical Techologies owns one (or used to I think). FC

Talk is cheap. I'll believe it when I see it. FC

I was going to say, TK himself on the TW boards said only the F1 was in the next Expansion Pack. FC

Eric, Once you're done with the panel lines and rivets, could you PM me the templates so I can start working on the bump mapping? Unless you would like to take a crack at it... FC

Thread cleaned up, again. I will start banning folks next time. FC

Download the B-1B Redux package. It includes the B61, B83, and SRAM, with correct delivery profiles and working weapon effects. FC

I doubt it. FC

Ace888, You can use a hex editor to try to figure out what the mesh names are for the stock F-15A LOD file...just make sure you don't change anything...and yea, it's not as easy to figure out unlike using a OUT file in most 3rd party mods. FC

Here's what I use as a primer: http://combatace.com/topic/21867-definitions-of-aero-coefficients/ That page helps a lot in figuring out what each surface does or should do. Now typically what I do with blended inputs is use invisible 'links' so I get proper effects (visual and aerodynamic) with particular inputs. That's the only thing I can think of.... FC

KB, Stop lurkin' man...that's two jarheads we haven't seen in a while... (you and Jarhead1).. FC

As someone married to a Canadian, how about you take a close look at your Diefenbaker government if you want to know who killed the Arrow. Blackfly is doing an Arrow...as well as some other folks. http://combatace.com/topic/54885-where-is-avro-canada-cf-105-arrow/ FC

Folks, does everyone understand that TK is NOT talking about completely (or even mostly) hardcoding the sim? He knows that mods are what help keep the sim alive. But he has to walk a line between testing for everything mod related with each new change and not testing at all. If you read the information on Dec2010B, you realize that the prop/shadow issue was unanticipated because the 'flags' in the previous versions of the exporter were not used. His mistake was rushing out the C patch. I think once he had figured out what was happening with the props, a simple message stating what the issue was and that it will be fixed after some more testing would have helped. People would have been a lot more tolerant of some props acting weird vs not being able to takeoff from airfields. Also, reading what he has posted, the idea is by hardcoding constraints, mods won't break the sim to the point everyone complains about it. The trick is to allow enough freedom to mod without feeling overtly constrained. Most sandboxes do have walls. And I'd agree with Dave that I would love some detailed information about how the sim works and the direction he is going with it. I think that information on it's own would be worth it's weight in gold to modders, so we could capitalize on the sims strengths and avoid or at least mitigate the weaknesses. FC

Well, to be fair, I don't think he was saying anything about hi res skins. However, the enviromental mods are what have me concerned if he decides to hard code certain things. I also don't think you will see TK make the series completely mod unfriendly, but there may be limits imposed on certain aspects of modding. FC

Awesomeness! FC

MB, I think you're reading that incorrectly....'nuclear capable' means able to carry nuclear weapons - NOT nuclear powered. I still think a 2 tiered bomber force would be more cost efficient in the long run...smaller stealthy penetrator for Week 1 ops, then larger COTS platform for sustained standoff ops and low IADS locations. FC

http://combatace.com/topic/44026-converting-older-planes-to-work-in-sf2-a-basic-guide-by-migbuster/ FC

When it is finished and not one second before. FC

Yea, I just read that myself Ant, and it concerns me. But now I can see the logic...if tons of people come on the TW forums and bitch about this mod or that mod screwing up their game, other folks not familiar with the series may think the game is unstable and not buy it. It's a Catch-22...market the game as mod-friendly, but you can't make it too moddable or folks will fill the boards with their complaining about their mods. FC

My question is how well some of these apps work. Video converter apps can be annoyingly finicky due to codec issues. Anyone tried out the video converter apps? One review said their iPhone video converter app didn't convert the video to a format the iPhone recognized. Also, in another review, a caution: FC

Okay, based on what models I've been able to find... Nimitz class carrier: Start - late 70s F-14 A-6 A-7 E-2 EA-6B 80s (changes only) FA-18A/C add H-60 add 90s A-6 delete A-7 delete 00s (early) FA-18E/F add Current F-14 delete EA-6B delete EA-18G add Future FA-18A/C delete F-35C add That's the plan right now...I haven't been able to find a good H-3 or S-3 model to add, and some of the other models will need some messaging before they are ready to use. FC

Simpler is better...the less overall configurations (ie different types of aircraft), the easier the work is. FC

Well, from reading the thread, it sounds like what he said was the only sure way to prevent such things was to hardcode it...I don't interpret that as an intent to do so. FC

Lookin good! FC