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This development is disturbing to say the least. If a private website such as ourselves were to issue such an edict, that's one thing. It's a private website, we can do what we want. There is no such thing as freedom of speech on a private website...no matter what some chuckleheads may say. Not pointing at anyone in particular. However, it is quite another matter for the government to get involved. You would think the government would have other things to do than worry about anonymous comments about their elections. FC

Bringing the OV-10 back is not a new idea, it's been proposed several times...unfortunately, this is one of those "doesn't look sexy enough and it's too old" ideas that never makes it very far. The AT-6B was the front runner for the contract the last time I checked. It's too bad...for current ops it's a great platform. FC

Well, the problem isn't that it is difficult to make the fixes for NF4+...the individual fixes are easy. But there are a LOT of them that would be needed. FC

The Gold combo pack includes the expansion pack. If you just bought the Gold pack...you should already be fully up to date. I don't think you need to patch. FC

Well, run the game, I'm pretty sure somewhere in the splash screen is the date of the latest patch. I'd look for it except my install is heavily modded, including a whole new front end interface. FC

Yep, no worries. And yes, the SF2 series does not require a weapondata.ini/dat file or using the weapons editor to add third party weapons. It's all drag and drop now...much better! FC

Are you sure the Nov 08 update hadn't already been incorporated into the original install? FC

Odd, it shouldn't be doing that....all that appears correct. Does it work in the sim properly? And as an aside, you shouldn't need the weps editor in the SF2 series. FC

Hmmm...I'm stumped at this point. I've got the wing pylons working properly...but can't get the centerline station to behave. Not sure why...I'm going to continue to hack at it. I'm not seeing any obvious things wrong at the moment... FC

Well, mikey, while you're working on that, I'll tell you why the sim tends to handle weapons racks oddly. The answer lies in the way the sim accesses data. This assumes you are loading from the weapon screens...otherwise, the sim will simply use what is in the LOADOUT.INI to the best of it's ability. In the older sims, those with a weapondata.ini/dat file, the sim would simply go down the list in numerical order until it found the weapon rack that met all the parameters (type of weapon to be carried, length, diameter, weight, etc) and use it. However, problems could immediately show up. An example is if you were trying to load Stingers to be carried by a helo or something like the AT-6B. There is a custom 2IR rack I built for the Stinger. It has very small Load,Diameter, and LengthLimit parameters (ie you can only fit a Stinger on it). However, in the old days, you would simply tack the new weapondata entry on the end of the weapondata.ini, run it through the editor, and you'd have a new weapondata.dat. The problem is immediately apparent. The second you start loading something other than what's in the LOADOUT.INI, the sim will go down the list in the weapondata.dat. But it will NOT encounter the 2IR rack I built first...it instead will encounter the 2IR that comes stock with the sim (the LAU-105 rack). That rack has much larger Load, Diameter, and LengthLimits to be able to carry 2 Sidewinders...which means you can easily fit 2 Stingers on there. Yep, you'd get a loadout with a very silly picture of a Cobra with tiny Stingers loaded on huge LAU-105 racks. In the Gen 1 sims, this could be fixed...what you did was simply reorder the rack entries. The way I did it was from more to less restrictive. In other words, I'd put the Stinger 2IR rack first, then the LAU-105, etc. It works the same way with TLR, TERs, MERs, etc. The BRU-61 was another example...I simply made sure it came before the standard TLR rack (or any other TLR rack). Of course, this could get complex with multiple racks...I did a brute force method, pulled out every entry that was a weapons rack of any sort, re-numbered what was left of the weapondata.ini. Then I took all those weapon rack entries, sorted them by category, then by most to least restrictive, then renumbered them to put them all at the end of the weapondata.ini. Ran it through the weapon editor, and voila...an install that would use the right rack MUCH more often for the particular weapon if you loaded it from the hanger screen. In SF2, the problem is now obvious. Because the sim doesn't normally use the weapondata.ini/dat for 3rd party weapons...it will always look at the weapondata.ini first, THEN look at your nice sorted weapons folder, and go in order. Unfortunately, since the weapondata.ini/dat is looked at first, it always will use the standard TLR rack before the BRU-61. And I'm not sure how the sim would react if you extracted the weapondata.ini and customized it yourself...would it ignore anything outside the weapondata.ini/dat? And do we want to start playing with weapondata.ini/dat files again because a few racks won't behave? I haven't done the research yet...not sure I want to with 2000+ weapons available... FC

Specify which sim, and which fuel tanks. I suspect I know the answer (it's a pretty simple one) but I need more information. FC

You know, it DOES look like a F-22, F-23, and Su-27 hybrid. F-22 general wing planform, F-23 forward fuselage, and Su-27 general engine arrangement (interestingly, it looks like the engines are slightly divergent). FC

No it wasn't. FC

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Ant, I agree with you to an extent...that's one of the reasons I specified for those wanting to help to insert specific links to the Knowledge Base or other threads or to help with the search function (because I have to admit, the Search function here isn't that great sometimes). I agree that general 'check the Knowledge Base' responses don't help as much, but I think it's useful for new guys to have URLs they can click on that someone helping them provided. It allows them to get the answers they need while still getting familiar with the Knowledge Base and how it works. The hard part with Q and A is trying to strike a balance between total hand-holding and complete flailing. FC

Folks, just to be clear, please ask questions and help folks when you can. This is just a template to make both sides of the conversation more productive for everyone! FC

Probably not for a long time. FC

If you are using SF2/V/E/I patched to Dec 2009, do the following: Backup your F-31A_AVIONICS.INI first! Go into your F-31A_AVIONICS.INI and find the [DTVFilterMaterial] entry. Then substitute the [DTVFilterMaterial] and [HUD] entries with this block of text - Should fix the HUD problem and possible TV screen issues. FC

Interesting, but the AI can't use the additional axis generated...try it, you'll notice it yourself. FC

Been there, done that. Now, show us pitch linked upward thrusting engines. NOT using the thrust vectoring controls. And with the initial thrust axis at zero degrees. FC

Solved the issue: I was correct, the LoadLimit is the problem. By the picture you uploaded, you are using Stations 5 and 7 to carry your weapons, which have a 750 kg LoadLimit But the LoadLimit you were quoting were from Station 5a and 7a, which have a 2000kg LoadLimit. Which I'm using here as you can see. So, 2 ways to solve this...one, add TLR, EOGR to Stations 5a or 7a, OR increase the LoadLimits on Stations 5 and 7. Note, this will NOT solve the issue of the sim using the wrong TLR rack, that is a sim code issue. You can solve it with a custom weapondata.ini/dat file, but it would require a LOT of work. I can explain if you are curious. FC

Disregard the advice just given by rscsjsuso5. He did not do the work up front to realize that the 2 models discussed are the same model, one is slightly further along in development, but BOTH of them have the same issue. FC

Damn Lexx...I actually agree with you for once! Also, the satiric movie you are thinking of is Hot Shots. That I laughed my ass off...but it's not a serious movie, so that's okay! "Roger Chilly Willy Milli Vanilli..." FC

I've had to stop watching most aviation related movies, because they mostly suck...especially the ones that try to take themselves seriously. For instance, I was all prepared to watch "Behind Enemy Lines" on TV, and then I watched the opening missile evasion sequence...yea, that was it for me. Stealth...yea, didn't even consider watching that one. In fact, most aviation related movies suck as far as at least TRYING to get the details right or at least plausible...and those that do get it right are dull as toast... And before anyone accuses me of rivet counting...nothing of the sort, just they should at least get the basics plausible... FC

Hmmmm...I'm a little stumped on this one. It should work...DiameterLimit and LengthLimit shouldn't be an issue if you can get 3 on there. I can tell you why it tries to use the stock TLR, but not why it's acting like this.... Kind of bugs me because I'm the creator of the SDBs, the BRU-61, and did the weapon stations on the XL. FC