JediMaster

Don't say that! My daughter loves ducks, you'll upset her! All I see are the idiots talking on their cellphones while driving home in front of me.

Papa's got a brand new bag phone!

Ditto. I had little interest in the HP and Gotha because I almost never fly those big bombers. If they'd been included free in the game I doubt I'd have put an hour into the air with both combined, to pay for them made no sense. Whether in Il-2, CFS3, any of TK's sims, whatever, I just dislike being a target. The one exception was MPS old B-17 Flying Fortress almost 20 years ago. That was nothing but flying a B-17 from startup to all the way across the channel and into Germany to bomb some targets with the Norden while fighters and flak battered you. I don't know what it was, but for some reason that sim made it fun AND real. Ever since, I've only been a fighter, fighter/bomber, or attack guy with planes that usually have no more than 2 people. The DFW had the bombs but it also could take down enemy fighters...it was the F-105 of its day! I'm sure I'll have a good time with it.

You've got the wrong service. The USN wouldn't want this thing, but the USMC would love it! It's a one-Marine mini-AV-22! While the Harrier and F-35B will get to the target area fast, they don't have that persistence and low speed that make CAS more effective. Stealth doesn't matter in that regime, you just need agility, firepower, and the ability to defeat MANPADs and other short-range IRH SAMs. The USN went and retired perfectly good S-3Bs because they weren't interested in ASW being carrier-based at that range anymore I guess. I can't see them caring to get these.

We skipped those and went right to the "WWII-style field radio" models, but we did have the camcorder-in-the-hand-with-VCR-in-a-bag.

You can just stop and wait for the final release. Access to the beta was a sort of "bonus" for preordering. You actually paid for the final release. You don't have to mess with the beta at all if you don't want to.

Those Deep Thoughts were the best. "Would we cut down trees if they could scream? Probably, if they just stood around screaming all the time for no reason."

The 380 does have airport restrictions, too. So while the 8I might not make much of a dent on routes that support the 380, on ones that couldn't because of the terminals or ramps or whatever the 8I will be a way to increase capacity with no infrastructure changes.

Well, I found the F-4G Adv Wild Weasel V (85) does it, but F-4G Wild Weasel 5 (78) does not. Comparing the .ini's is taking a long time but so far the differences i've found haven't helped when i've made the 85 one look like the 78 one. Sigh.

IIRC, it is a .tga, but I'd have to check. Since it's an F-4, I'll try changing it to that stock one and see.

I dislike MMOs because they require a time commitment I do not have to give.

My 2 yr old just got over pneumonia. Nasty.

Yeah, we tease him a lot cause we got him on the spot Welcome back.

No, I only noticed it so far with a 3rd party F-4. I'll have to check other F-4s. So the issue is a specified texture is missing and it does that? If that's the case, I can look in the file and perhaps change it to a different one. I can't take an SS right now, but the effect is that the scan sweep appears to "paint" the scope, with each pass making it more covered until after about 5-6 sweeps it's totally bright green.

If the 2300 they cut are all O-5 or above I think that wouldn't be a bad thing. Cutting out the guys that are actually working though...

Yeah, when people go out of their way to tell other people they're NOT your friend, it's time to pack it in.

Which is the one that is wrong and which is the one that it should be? Can I just blank the line?

Playing ME1 really did bring back that feel I got from playing KOTOR. Man I wish there had been a KOTOR 3 with MP ala NWN2.

Yes, in the Fulcrum you sit "in" the plane while the F-16 you feel like you sit "on" it.

Ugh, a total reinstall and repatch was the answer there? That sucks.

I've only played the first so far, have yet to start the 2nd. I've also heard this will be the final chapter in Shepard's story, whether there's an ME4 or not. If there is, my guess is they'll either elevate a previously background character or they'll just make a new one.

That is one big hump.

Obviously the scriptwriter knew more than the director and editor! Let's not forget the otherwise excellent Hunt for Red October's infamous "F-14 turns into Korean War footage of crashing jet" scene.

That was a great launch. You had to be close to see it, though, it wasn't visible from more than about 15 miles or so.