FastCargo

Wagsled, We really look forward to hearing these stories! With your permission, I'll also start posting links to these stories in the Air Combat School part of the forum. Thanks a lot! FastCargo

As a former 'ridge runner' I can tell you the temptation is strong to minimize your ridge crossing height and the natural tendency is to get lower. In rolling terrain especially because it becomes difficult to estimate just how low in the valleys you can go. More than a few guys have pulled birds nests out of their aircraft because they were trying to be the best terrain followers they could... He's lucky, considering he's a single engine aircraft. Oldie but goodie. FastCargo

Because oil has 1 big property that made it easy to use: 1. It's easier to 'crack' to make gasoline, kerosene, etc. Most products gained for least energy used. Also, gasoline has the highest power to weight ratio of the other fuels. The other options weren't as cost effective...why invest in technology that's ultimately way more expensive at the time. Now, enough chatter, get the thread back on track! $3.45 here in San Antonio. FastCargo

That's just sick! I love it! FastCargo

To be honest, I haven't even started messing with that part. I'm not sure that it needs to be tweaked anyway. Current status for those interested: Addon models: Complete unless something comes up. Skin (model and parts): In progress Decals: Not started INI work: Almost complete - maybe some minor tweaking needed. Debating giving Raven sidewinder ability or not (appearently, it was capable, but I don't think it was ever used). Other than fuel tanks, I don't think the Raven ever carried ANYTHING externally. But I'm not smart on all the F-111 variants. Also, I think the Raven was later upgraded with the better engines than what the A model had. Apparently there were also some big cockpit changes, but I don't think that's going to happen... I think the skin and decals are the last big hurdles. FastCargo

A more representative skin (thanks USAFMTL and Sundowner). Still VERY much a work in progress. Tweaked the tail bump (so to speak) with smoothing, specular, gloss and polygon editing with much better results. FastCargo

All aircraft can take partial damage. Look closely at the ini files to figure out why this is. Heck, you can even adjust said factors... FastCargo

You make one...use another missile (such as a AMRAAM) as a template...then season to taste. FastCargo

The site does NOT require payment, just registration. Donations are accepted though. FastCargo

Mean Time Between Failure. Just like it sounds...high number is good, low number is bad. FastCargo

You have to use DOSbox to do it. http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?showt...commander\ FastCargo

That's just damn pretty there Rugg... FastCargo

First COMBAT flight sim. Jet. That's all it was called.. http://www.migman.com/ref/1980_combat/Jet/Jet.htm Even went up against Mig-23s... FastCargo

Wagsled....thanks for the explanations. Always nice to hear from the guys who did the real thing... FastCargo

Also, 3ds MAX does regular backups. Did you go into your backup folder to see if you could recover there? FastCargo

There are no external pylons on the B-52D model...yet. FastCargo

Holy CRAP! Them is some serious templates! I remember someone's website (I forgot who) who has a BUNCH of F-4B skins...very nice. But the downloads didn't give you a clue how big the files were until you unzipped them...each paint scheme (including decals) was an average of 300MB EACH!!! Actually, this is snappers baby, I'm just helping out. Snapper, chat with Sundowner to see if he can get you those templates. I'm real happy with all of the shapes for this bird plus the ini edits to make certain parts of the A model disappear. But the tail bump is driving me nuts...it just doesn't quite shadow right. I get the feeling it has something to do with the smoothing parameters. FastCargo

"Belly landing check - OK" Well, as long as everyone got out okay... FastCargo

Just an old topic that got bumped up because someone just started the campaign recently. FastCargo

Very quick and dirty paint job to see how the parts are integrating. FastCargo