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Cali, did you take the original med. files from FC1.12 or the nice texture mod, which was almost the same but looked a little better than the stock med. in Fc1.12 and it also saved FPS hit.

Well guys. glad to hear you are all having fun. My plane of choice is this one.

Yes, Jedi that is what lockon does. It tries to cover a lot of area and everything that is going on. This is one of the issues that we wish were addressed. We would like to see something like zones, if you are in a zone then it will address everything in that area but not over the whole map. When you enter another zone or area then that one gets picked up. Just an idea, there are several ideas that would be useful in cutting down the work load of your system than what is currently going on. To answer Mongoose this is probably why it takes such a heavy computer to handle lockon, and sometimes they even struggle in certain situations. Some people will say turn down the effects,scenes and textures but I personally have an issue with that. You buy a product to enjoy what it has to offer not turn things off. Lockon and DCS-BS series are great sims. but yes there should be a better way of designing the Combats so your system does not come to a crawl. Yes smoke is a big FPS hit for sure, so are shadow renderings and clouds. I am hopeful that somewhere down the line ED takes a look at how much terrain gets used. If they find a way not to have soooo much going on at one time that our computers will be able to handle the workload and game play can be as it should. Lockon is not the only sim that suffers this issue. FSX graphics are a real killer for them. Beautiful scenery but at a price. Anyway we try and enjoy what we have and hope for better. Great talking with all of you. Pete

Well,that could be a while.LOL.However, one must remember DCS is a different sim. Close as one will get to a real flight sim.( the million plus ones). To be honest with you, I have never looked at the SF series. I know of it and have seen screen shots but that is as far as it gets. I am in no position to say good or bad. I do know that there are a lot of people that truly enjoy SF. I have been with the Flanker series almost from the start and have continued with it to present day. DCS-BS for a helio is awesome and I think as the different modules come out with fixed wing a/c it will be fantastic. I think most people have their favorite flight sims and that's perfect. Keeps Companies in business who support such a small percentage of the simulation market. The main thing about flight sims. is to enjoy them. Cheers, Master. Have a great day. Pete

Hi Fliers: Our Eurofighter Typhoon FC1.12 is now available for download on lockonfiles.com. Enjoy. Our Eurofighter Typhoon for FC2.0 is now in Public Beta testing.

That sounds cool. would be appreciated. Don't forget the skin pack is a manual install, just cut and paste. At the moment only one skin available for Fc1.12, which you replace with any one skin from the skins pack. FC2.0 has 4 British skins ,11,3,17 and 29 SQN. We still have work to do as these are Beta versions but we like to share with community and get as much feedback as we can in order to help us provide the best Eurofighter that the program can allow. Cheers and thanks for taking such an interest in our Project. Have a great day. Pete

Have you got the right download for Fc1.12? The seperate skin pack gives you access to the Countries that fly the eurofighter. There is I do believe at least 3 SQN. per country. This is a manual install that will replace the skin in the Fc1.12 download. This allows you to fly a skinned a/c of the country you wish to fly with. It is a cut and paste into the temptexture file and will replace the skins that are in there.The weapons will not be in the right position as in not on hooks but will be in the correct position and on the rails. What is wrong with the cockpit? Could you please show me a screenshot of the issue so I can better answer this question please. I will be here most of the day to answer any questions. Cheers. Pete

Now I know why they call you JediMaster.LOL. Your are correct it is the A-10C. Maybe I was dreaming again.LOL AS for A-10A,don't think it is on any to do list. Thanks for the correction. Cheers. Pete

Here is the link to the FC2.0 download. This has 4 British skins, added. Let me know if you see the afterburner problem.Cheers. Pete http://www.veao.eu/mods/fc2/VEAO_Typhoon_beta_FC2.0.zip

No, it is an Fc2.0 version only. I will get you the link. Right now because of lod issues the skins are a seperate package. If you think there is a need for the skins to be a part of the FC1.12 we would have to do some work to over come the lod problem with the skins. I think it is because there is not enough slots for all the skins. We made clsids and made slots but some of this was the cause of the CTD. This might be a lockon problem. I will send you the link for FC2.0 public beta this evening. Cheers. Pete

The smaller the target the closer it gets(which is what happens). The mission editor is s problem and ED is working to give us more functionality(hopefully soon). This is a nice sim. and will be getting better. I think ED has or will be giving a couple of slots for 3D models. If you think this one's tough, just try and fly(only)DCS-BS, KA-50 is one tough helio. Look for the DCS-BS A10A modual to be released, this is going to be a very nice a/c to fly and fully clickable,6dof cockpit. FC2.0 gives you the functionality to fly the fast movers with DCS-BS and makes for some very exciting on line flying. Can't imagine giving up flying this sim. but to each his own. Have fun flying regardless of sim. Cheers. Pete

Xray: If you have any difficulty getting the FC2.0 download if you want it, please let me know and I will make sure that you receive it. That goes for the Fc1.12 as well. If you have any problems at all or hear that anyone may have an issue, I would be glad to see everyone gets the proper information and downloads. I know we have this uploaded to lockonfiles but if you would also like to have it here for the forum members,I would also be happy to see that it is upload here too. All the best Pete

Yes, Xray, the all nations pack has an issue. I corrected some of the issues that caused the crash in the latest download for Fc1.12.I would assume from the problems you are having that you have the All Nations Eurofighter download and not the most recent one. The most recent one is available at lockonfiles.com(sorry for that). Aslo available is the skins pack which is a manual install and allows you to select one of the countries skins that flies the Eurofighter. I believe that each Country has at least 3 SQN. skins you can choose from. These skins were made by Shaggy, I only arranged for them to be accessed and manually input into the download for FC1.12. This is the only download that is stable. We had issues with lod and skins etc. with other previous releases For FC1.12. We are still in the Beta stages of the Eurofighter Mod. but we like to share what we have and in doing so, also provides us with more than usual feedback, which we like to get. This will allow us to release a final Mod that the community will throughly enjoy flying. We have made changes to the 3D model and are continuing to do so. Right now we are shifting to FC2.0 and at the moment seems to be running quite well. This is a public beta release on the VEAO website. We are in the process of making an update of that Beta release shortly. One thing that would help us out is if there is a need to continue to update the Fc1.12 release. If so, I will pass this along to Chris and we will update the 3D model etc. I know that most people have shifted to Fc2.0 but our intent is, if there is a need to keep Fc1.12 supported, that we will make every effort to do so. Hope this answers your questions. If you have any more questions, please drop me a note. I will be more than happy to assist in what ever issues you may have or suggestions you may like to pass along. Cheers. Note: The All Nations Eurofighter mod. should not be available for download. We were advised of the issues and had that download deactivated. There is a newer version that corrects the CTD,etc. Sorry if there is any confusion. Pete

I got this from blaze a long while back. Hope you can use it. This is for the F-22 by sim-wolf. pilotmap.zip

Xray: This is the latest version of the cockpit. You can see that the textures are not painted well. I can make them fit etc. but an artist I am not.LOL.

Lots of trial and error. All landing gear, wheels etc. are on a file called bay. It is made of small pieces and trying to figure out what piece is what is getting to much.Eyes going nuts.LOL. They made the files with everything all over the place and some parts are modded both top and bottom together. Doesn't make since? Parts are all over the place, so you just got to try a texture and see where it ends up. What I ended up doing is making a color template of my own to see where different things would show on the skin. Had to do same for cockpit. That center MFD frame is in 5 different files and some times in two places in one file. Keeps my attention cause I want to find everything.LOL. Bad habit of mine. I can usually track it down but this one is really taxing me out.LOL. Pete

This is my ride. Still a WIP but getting close. Waiting for sim-wolf to release template for skin. This is what I figured out on my own.

Well I guess that is your approval,LOL. Now the job of doing some better painting. Not my area of expertise but am going to give it a shot. I don't have Paint Shop, wish I did but then it would take some time to learn the sucker. If you are interested, when finished as best I can do, will pass it on to you. Night gauges are done as well. I think FC2 will allow for a better cockpit mod.,. I am waiting to get my hands on the DVD version, hopefully some time in July. Cheers. Pete

Is something like this , what you had in mind, still working away.LOL. Pete

Ok, this is one idea that may work. Again give me your opinion please. Oh and a little bonus pic. as well.

Yes, I was thinking the same. I am changing them as we speak. Will send pic when I get this idea done.LOL. Lots of Ideas but feedback is greatly appreciated. After all more than me may use this. Looking at some F-22 pics now and seeing what I can do. Wife thought the same.LOL and see loves color.

Question: the F-22 is of course a digital cockpit for the most part. Here is an idea for the gauges. the F-22 uses color to designate a lot of information and very seldom uses numbers for display. Attached is on the right side some color gauges. bothe day and night look. I would like your opinion on them. Like to much color or break them down to fewer colors etc. I am looking for input on this if you have the chance. I do have some other ideas but I would like to get other insight. Thanks for any help and suggestions. Pete

Has anyone had problems with the trackir 5 and windows 7x64. thanks for any info. opps wrong spot. sorry. Please reply in hardware problems. thanks .

Thanks Rugg, appreciate the info. Have a good day.

Yup, I know they are always trying to improve on the F22, from weapons to avionics. So ,yup, they would cover things up to the public. Sounds good to me.