JediMaster

The important part of all these sims is FUN. I think some people let their quest for realism over shadow that at times. That said, I admit I've had OFF myself since its release but I've really not done too much with it. I'm looking forward to their upcoming Phase 2 release to see how that fares. I also love FE and should get to try it coop this weekend for the first time.

Yeah, the 47F is a new variant. The funny thing is the Army is buying brand new ones at the same time they're upgrading old Ds. So which is the better deal?

I think it's the best fighter ever. I also think that in the future we're going to be glad we have it. And I think right now it may get screwed because it can't do much for the fight we're involved in today. However, people are notoriously bad at predicting the fight of tomorrow.

I got mine for Xmas 05 and I've never looked back. I still can't use it for driving sims, but I can't fly without it. :fans:

From what I understand, the 1.05 patch is due out this week and is supposed to fix a LOT. The changelog goes for pages. That said, when I first got OFP it was the American release a few months after the Euro release and it had already been patched a lot. I know the Euro release was referred to as the "beta test" because of the bugs. It was eventually brought up to snuff after a short time period. I see no reason to doubt they'll do the same with ArmA.

So, the question then is would you rather hear about: 1) Britney's hair/rehab exploits 2) the latest Anna Nicole Smith...whatever this is 3) crazy astronaut lady wearing a diaper and driving 12 hrs straight because she had the hots for some guy? I'd like stuff with more meaning to be raised in coverage myself, but I think I'm wishing into the wind...

There are no shortage of people out there who are so clueless as to think that. I've had to deal with some real winners in my time who'd bring in horribly abused PCs and wonder why they failed! My favorite was the one with the crushed mouse. He said his wife seemed to have broken "the foot pedal".

Ah, found it. Only came out a month ago, I guess that's how I missed it. ;)

There's a MiG-29C? I don't appear to have it...where is it available? The Su-22 is nothing more than an Su-17 on steroids, but I eagerly await more Fitters, as well as the Fencer. I also left out other planes like the La-9 and 15, the Chinese copies and native planes such as the J-8II, and Yaks. Now, for the planes I'd like to see more of--Soviet/Russian bombers! We of course have the Tu-22 Blinder, Tu-16 Badger, and Tu-4 Bull. We could use a Tu-22M Backfire, Tu-95 or 142 Bear, Tu-160 (and the B-1B to go with that :) ), Myasishchev 'Bison', etc...

If the May/US version is just going to be the same 1.05 you could get from the UK (and patched), then there's no point in waiting.

Big thing for me has been the faster loading time of the CCC. Was SO slow before.

Same with mine. Only the Steam version does, and in that case it's just that Steam must be running as it is with all games from there.

List of flyable MiGs: MiG-15bis MiG-17 MiG-19 MiG-21 (lots of them) MiG-23 (also quite a few) MiG-25 (ditto) MiG-27 and 27D MiG-29A and G (E German A model) So we're basically only missing the 31, which historically speaking has done the least of any MiG ever to enter production. :) For Sukhoi: Su-7 (variants) Su-9 (variants) Su-11 Su-15 (variants) Su-17 Su-27 (just released) Hardly a small selection. Of the missing Su's, the 24 and 25 are important planes, but as dedicated ground attack didn't get the priority the AA planes get. As for the Flanker variants 30, 33, 35, and 37, the last 2 don't count (not in service) and the first 1 is coming in a couple of variants. The 33 is also coming.

The F-111B was cancelled and the F-14 was indeed the plane acquired to replace it. The F-111B would've had the same AWG-9/AIM-54A combination the F-14A carried. It also used the same engine, which led to many problems for the F-14 for 20 years until the A+/B was introduced with the F110 engine. In the SF games, the F-100 has a hook which like the other USAF planes mentioned is one-way only--you can drop the hook, but you can't retract it. Only the USN/USMC planes have that feature. I've never tried it, but do the runways in SF/WoX have arrestor cables, or is it purely cosmetic for all but the naval planes?

Although it CAN take off vertically, the Harrier is truly a STOVL plane--short t/o, vertical landing. I have the best luck starting my roll with nozzles fully aft, then when I reach 100 kts with flaps extended I rotate to 45 and LEAP off the tarmac. ;) However, landing vertically requires coming to a stop and then hovering and that is VERY hard.

I'd be here more if that POS hacker hadn't done what he did to this site and made the DoD proxies filter this place out as a "phishing site." :( As a result, I can't get here from work anymore and that's when I used to be here the most!

I guess the outcry over the years for patches from the previous titles has taught him it's best to give fair warning. ;)

A patch just came out for this, 1.04, within days of my post! What an odd coincidence. :) There are many updated 3D models, such as for the 688i, that are very good.

He better! Other than the standard cut the CC companies take (a few %) there shouldn't be any other "hidden" hands in the pot. :)

Are you guys just using the macro "normal" or "hard" instead of choosing "custom" and doing it all yourself? You can then put everything hard BUT the FM if you choose custom.

With the visibility the 25 has, a pit is easy. Just use any other plane's pit, but look through a paper towel tube at the screen. :yes:

Unfortunately, that's it. Weapons load is determined by what plane and what your mission is. I think there's an .ini file somewhere that you can adjust to change that, but you can't make it change without adjusting the file outside the game each time. For me, the worst is the A-10. The MP loadout has LGBs and no Mavericks which is just wrong.

iF-22 and Jane's F-15 were the last 2 jet sims I gave serious time to (with EAW being the last WWII sim and LB2 the last helo sim). Everything since has gotten a lot less play time. iF-22 at least was playable as it was. iF/A-18E was not.

Falcon 4 has it, and so does its latest incarnation, F4:AF. LOMAC right now does not have it, but the next add on is Black Shark, featuring the Ka-50 Hokum, and it will have a clickable cockpit. For cockpits with MFDs it's helpful as that's what the real pilot does, push the buttons around the edge of the screen. I think it's silly for things like flaps, lights, gear, etc though.

Best free A-10 ever! Rivals the one in LOMAC, and that was done by a big old team getting paid to do it.