ThomasDWeiss

I want to win an F-15C.

The download link is http:/// and the page gets stuck there, and the only way to go back is to close Explorer.

I changed them quite a bit from an earlier version where you flew with three wingmen.Now you fly either alone or with a single wingman. The difficulty was how to make the AI in these missions challenging - I found (or learned) a way to do it but had to halve the number of enemy fighters. To balance the odds you only have a single wingman. Fair is fair. If you like dogfighting I think you will enjoy them. http://www.biohazcentral.com/dl_engine/red...46ae1b6b437961c (It is a LOMAN package)

My nemesis - the Mirage 2000-5.

I had to send my ATI9800 128MB RMA, so I got an X800PRO 256 as a replacement , and found some interesting things about it. (I read this thread that Faust posted , so I knew I had to change the aperture size http://forum.biohazcentral.com/index.php?showtopic=6159 ) I had to increase the aperture size to 256MB RAM to match the on-board memory (to fix graphic tearing) and use AA x4 plus AF x2 to improve image quality. I used a mission from the mission pack I uploaded here to test the X800, and the results were quite interesting: FPS did not improve that much, perhaps 25% to 40% depending on how much action was going on - image quality improved a lot. If there is a lot of action, FPS drops to half. There is once in a while a slight stutter. I also managed to improve the graphic settings without losing FPS. So, if you got a good CPU (I have a P4 2.8) a GIG of RAM and an ATI9700 or an ATI9800 you will not gain FPS by changing cards, but image quality will get quite a nice boost. IMHO with you have a good card, changing the CPU is a better investment.

Here are some screenshots that I took that are better in showing what an X800 can do I had to pause the game for these screenshots (1600x1200) at 1152x768 and image quality is simply great, Without clouds 1152x768 With clouds, 1152x768 - FPS remains the same! When there is a lot of things going on, FPS goes DOWN! The conclusion is that, overall, an X800 gives you much much improved graphics, THE COLORS ARE VIVID! objects are rendered better, you can improve detail settings, add more trees, retain the original explosions, clouds and add lights - and still get an average of 20+ FPS. - This last one was taken at 1600x1200 with the game NOT paused.

Great layout - I like the colors. Very very nice.

In my opinion, this is the best Lock On Add-on there is.

I am sorry for your loss. May he rest in peace.

I posted this at SimHQ and I though it would be interesting to share this with you guys, I did an ATI 800PRO x ATI9800PRO Benchmark (3DMARK03) test. Same system - I only changed the card (AA and AF set at app pref) 9594 Date: 2004-10-01 CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2800 MHz GPU: ATI RADEON X800 473 MHz / 446 MHz OS: Microsoft Windows XP Res: 1024x768@32 bit 5624 Date: 2004-04-23 CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2800 MHz GPU: ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 378 MHz / 338 MHz OS: Microsoft Windows XP Res: 1024x768@32 bit

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this sequence is quite telling, the sky is overcast and if there is a frame killer it is flares and explosions `

I am just starting to use it, but FPS is higher no doubts. I will post later on a thread with screenshots from a mission that I made that I know to be particularly FPS challenging, then we will see.

They should send you a new one! After a while I was looking at screenshots I took ... and tried to remember the fun I had flying Lock On. ;)

ATI sent me an email today, they will ship me a brand new ATI9800 and it should arrive in a couple of days. Now I have two cards :D ! I am impressed by ATI - they provide a three year warranty , better than NVidia, whose representative here in Sao Paulo was as unhelpful as he could be, so I bought the 9800 and now an X800. Hopefully tour card will arrive soon, mine took five weeks.

I agree with you, it will be some time before we can run Lock On with all options maxed.

I upgrade drivers regularly , other than being more stable, this latest revisions do not make meaningful changes or improvement on FPS. Wonder why I do it.

I downloaded the latest ones, they seem to be quite stable. http://www2.ati.com/drivers/wxp-w2k-ccc-8-...25a-017633c.exe (42.3 MB) ( Note you must have Microsoft’s .NET Version 1.1 Framework installed http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...displaylang=en)

I had the same problem you had - saw thru the carrier deck, it went back to normal as soon as I increased the AGP aperture size to 256. I will also go back to my old 9800 settings - I pushed the FPS as far as I dared with those missons of mine. They should have changed the labels from low/medium/high to a CPU range like 1.0/2.0/3.0+ and everybody would have been more happy with Lock On.

Almost gone south ... :P ;)

Great video, thanks.

here is a short briefing for the Su-33 and F-15 mission - later on I'll post one for the german MiG-29A missions. RED DOTS => were reinforcements should arrive YELLOW => enemy forces GREEN => the CAP route you can follow (*) Enemy fighters will follow the Yellow routes at first - you will have a chance to ambush them as they try to engage other fighters. (*) not the same as your waypoints RED DOTS => strike package targets If the strike package is successful, it will reduce the SAM/Flak threat. (HAWK SAM sites usually have Gepard/Roland units attached to them) Reinforcements arrive at these times - you can use them to (ALT-J) jump cockpits. You will notice that GAI flights will appear in the second half of the mission, these are being scrambled because you approached their Airbase - take them out as they are taking off. You can also fly the A-10 ... or the Su-25. There are plenty of targets to be hit, unfortunately there are many enemy fighters trying to shoot them down.

I just downloaded zzzspace_v61 Soundpack_102 and some great skins that STORM made from Simhq and wanted to upload them here - but your uploads seem not to be working.

Feliz Aniversario ! Happy Birthday!

No problems - you can dl the latest version at checksix.