JediMaster

Il-2 works with widescreen, you just can't set it thru the GUI. Edit the conf.ini file in the root Il-2 directory and you'll see the res specified on 2 lines. I think there might be a 3rd for the aspect ratio, I forget. Just change them to what your monitor uses.

Maybe they should've sent a singing telegram first?

If the laptop has a DX10-capable chip, then Gen2 will be great because of the shader enhancements he made.

It only gets more difficult from here! My daughter is 18 months and I view those early days with fond recollection...

I did. Coop.

Sliced bread is WAY overrated IMHO!

I find for most planes in Il-2 cutting throttle, stick forward, and opposite rudder seems to work best. Sometimes you have to put some roll in, sometimes not. Better hope you have plenty of altitude, though, because some planes only want to recover when they're in a pure vertical dive.

Better hope it doesn't come down to a drinking contest for the tie-breaker, because you CAN'T win that!

I think the definition of life should be simple: if the mother dies NOW, can the fetus/baby be removed from the womb and live, or will it die? The heartbeat argument holds no water because there are microscopic organisms with heartbeats. If leaving the womb means death, no matter the technology to sustain available, it's not a person yet. It's just potential. Having lived thru miscarriages with my wife, I've had no choice but to become inured to emotional attachment until the pregnancy has progressed to a "safe" point.

Doesn't the Viper have crap for features, though? Basically an engine with wheels, seats, and controls to drive it? Certainly not the kind of car I'd want to spend more than an hour or 2 a week in.

Can they really have such little faith in their own shipyards?

I support the death penalty for anything greater than a traffic stop.

Humans are animals. We're not plants.

No, no, you've got it all wrong. They're tenderizing the meat first.

It's not murder, it's more like some kind of fraud. Besides, at that point is it so hard to just let the kid be born and give it up? At 7 months already, what's the point?

Yes, this is by my count the 362nd time the world is ending. Get your souvenir hats!

No! Even he does not simply walk into it!

What is time? Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day...

Same thing that makes ice icy and heat hot.

My guess is it's because, unlike many other killer animals, it doesn't try to maul or eat the people. It just bangs them around and drowns them, leading to the "reasonable doubt" of whether it means to kill or just doesn't know its behavior will result in death.

I guess this is why Ukrainian fashions aren't all the rage in Paris, London, and Milan?

A competition to replace the F-5s is currently underway, although I forget where it is. I think they've got it narrowed down to 3 possibilities, all Euro designs I think, no US or Eastern.

LOL, in EAW reversing your roll or rudder was sufficient cause to enter an immediate death spin! Very touchy FM there, ironically it reminded me of its predecessor PAW which also had touchy spins several years earlier. I will say the sim I get spins in most often though is Il-2, even in planes and situations I completely disagree should've resulted in said spin. It's like either gravity or mass is inaccurately accounted for there and as a result even very heavy planes will dance like a paper plane in a strong wind when it departs. The ones I've gotten into in TKs sims, while granted are far less frequent, at least feel more "right."

I'm getting sick of all the coverage of this on the local news over the past several days. It's pretty much non-stop. Turn on the TV and they're saying "and the trainer is still dead, more late-breaking updates next!!"

No, camo paint will not hide a plane from a satellite or a camera on a plane, they're too good for that. It's more about the Mk 1 eyeball and hiding from planes flying above you. This scheme indicates they expect it to spend more time over land than over water. However, I can't recall many that have just a pale tan with such a dark brown and green. I don't know what part of the world has terrain that would blend with that scheme, but I don't want to even visit!