JediMaster

Most Fulcrums carry a belly tank that they don't ever jettison, too.

I don't know if they ever carried retarded bombs as the plane was devised as an interceptor. Technically if they can carry slick bombs they can carry retarded bombs, because other than testing for possible separation issues the interface is the same, but I don't know that the Mirage III was ever used in that way.

Well technically it's been inbound for over a month now, TK just had some last minute bugs to stamp out apparently. It would be nice if it comes out in time for the long weekend ahead (after I hoped and was disappointed it would be out for the long weekend a month ago).

If it's Lockon Gold, that's 2 CDs with the old game plus the addon.

Only thing I've seen about error code 3 was a corrupted DL of the DL version of FC, not a CD version.

I think I ran into that too. There's a bug with that mission I guess where it's set as carrier landing and not t/o. You should be able to find some missions around the net for practicing that. No idea offhand where to look, though, as I've never grabbed any single missions for Il-2 myself.

Bargain game = bargain gameplay Most of the time, anyway. There have been exceptions...

I've not played any of the recent NFS games, the last was in the 90s I think, the one before the Porsche-only release! I think they appeal to different segments. Simbin's Race/GTR/GTL is on the sim side, NFS is on the mainstream side without being pure arcade. It's all in what you want.

I think I still have my EAW around somewhere. I played multiple BoB campaigns, but when it came time to start the 43 and 44 ones, I just lost interest. Compared to the BoB ones they seemed repetitive and less diverse. Lots of almost escort-only campaigns for the allies and bomber/fighter intercept only for the Germans got stale fast. I'm glad they've been able to alter the game to offer more...EAW was the last WWII sim I flew the campaigns in! I've played a lot of Il-2 in the past EIGHT years since release, but never made it past 3-4 missions in a campaign because the repetition/lack of diversity was worse than EAW's worst. Looking at those shots, though, I can only think "turn on FSAA!!"

It's possible the disk is indeed damaged in some way. The ultimate test would be to try and install it on another PC somewhere to see if it's something in your PC itself (which has been known to happen) or if it's the CD.

The Race 07 demo on Steam is very good, and GTR Evo, which replaced GTR2, is an expansion for it.

That's the Bink movie player, which many games use for cutscenes and intro movies. Maybe try DLing and installing the latest version from Bink's site, if it's available?

The F-104 was a hot rocket, but I don't think it was ever really threatening to anyone except for some of its pilots. It very well might have been a better choice for Germany to get J-35s, but politics trumps ability more often than not.

They do, you just have to speak German to understand it! I know a little German. He's in the office down the hall.

It should, there's never been a DVD drive made that didn't read CDs.

On the plus side, if Godzilla or some other sea monster is in the water it can ram them at high speed like a knife!!!

Come on, tell me those shows with the bass fishers wouldn't get better ratings if they called it "Bass Hunters!"

You probably don't have another one lying around, but if you do I'd try installing it from another DVD/CD drive. Just a thought.

Yes, Battle of Britain is the first title in the SoW series. That means there won't be nearly that many different models of planes to fly in it compared to Il-2, but with time they plan to expand on it. Of course, depending on how much time they take that engine could be obsolete long before they get even half as many planes as Il-2 has.

I'm getting the vibe that maybe we need to head over to the SF2 DL section to get these planes. Anyone else feeling the same thing?

Quite honestly, I doubt it ever will. With the number of planes modeled that are currently not available elsewhere, and the unlikelihood that we'll ever get successor sims to model them all, I don't see myself ever dumping it unless (until) it gets so dated that I feel like I'm just unable to cope with it anymore. That said, I've been playing Dark Forces on Steam from 1995 and that game just looks AWFUL now...but it's still fun.

A good scale for the effectiveness of a gov't is the magnitude of the issues it tackles. Going after a TV station for showing a satirical cartoon shows just how ineffective Venezuela has become. They can't do anything substantive, so let's demonize the US to try and create an enemy for the people to rally around and let's also attack one of their CARTOONS.

Something I don't get--shouldn't people say they go hunting for fish instead of "fishing"? There's no difference in the end result, just the technique, but many things are hunted in totally different ways anyway. You don't go "deering"...

I just might vomit.

Well to be fair if the visibility is poor it looks just like a C-5 with a different paint job. I like C-17s because they're so quiet!