JediMaster

J-10 is to Lavi as F/A-18E is to F/A-18C or Su-27 is to MiG-29. They LOOK similar, but are different sizes and other than general layout aren't the same under the skin at all.

I fly both, although I probably fly LOMAC/FC a little more because of the MP. In fact, I ONLY fly them MP pretty much, a good 95% of the time. LOMAC's MP offerings are richer (missions rather than simple random flights) so I wind up spending more time there lately. Of course, that's what I do with ALL my flight sims, including Il-2:46 and F4:AF and CFS3 and FE and SFP1 and such...MP almost exclusively. What time I spend offline is usually dedicated to things like RTS (Company of Heroes!) or FPS (Crysis, FEAR, Ghost Recon, Armed Assault, Rainbow 6), even though I play some of those MP as well. Here's a fun statistic: number of above mentioned flight sims I have played a campaign on--ZERO. MP or single missions or just goofing around. The only sim I have installed right now that I've played a campaign till the end: EECH/AH, and that was YEARS ago, and I've not touched it in probably over a year. The latest mods for EECH beg for me to get back into it, though...3d Apache cockpit at last!

Yeah, the Draken, Viggen, and Gripen are sweet planes. Not a big fan of the Lansen, though.

Might I suggest the DL 2.5 upgrade? It will cost more, though.

Well, here's the main thing...a complex campaign system does NOT require complex avionics system modeling. You could take TK's planes, terrain, modeling, etc and mate it with an F4-style campaign and it would work. Likewise you can take a plane as complicated as the one in F4 and give it a bare bones SP/MP game to go with it. In fact, it was done, and it was called Back to Baghdad. Anyone remember it? No? That's because it was like flying a REAL F-16 simulator. All the switches, bells and whistles, accurate systems and all, but outside the cockpit was NOTHING. Horrible terrain, AI, campaigns, etc. Oh, and it was $100. I'm not saying it doesn't cost as much or even more to make a fancy campaign as it does to make fancy systems modeling, just that a fancy campaign does NOT require the "study" that advanced systems do.

While I'd prefer "ultimate", and that is my wish for more sims like that, I know that's a pipe dream. Advanced is what SFP1/WoX offer now, and I consider that the bare minimum. Basic isn't even worth my time (like Jane's F-15 had) and no MP means I may or may not bother with it. Back in the 90s I had many SP-only sims, but I had more free time and spent 90% of my PC time on flight sims. Now my time is less and split between other genres, so I tend to gravitate towards ones I can play MP in a coop environment.

The Raven had a "canoe" on the underside where the gun was. I think that was it as far as external differences went. I also believe it had no pylons, or at least never used them operationally, although it might have had the ability to carry them.

It basically started from the Lavi (itself based on the F-16) and was scaled up and taken from there. Is it better than what the Lavi would've been had it entered service? Hard to say as no Lavis did! Better than an F-16? Could be. Than a Kfir? Definitely. I've not heard a NATO name for it yet. I've heard a rumor the JH-7 is called Flounder, though.

SR-71 would be kinda dull, really. It goes high and fast but fires nothing and turns like a glacier!

Or a chef serving rat?

Stealth had some redeeming features--an Su-35 in flight was one, Jessica Biel in a bathing suit was the other!

At least it wasn't CNBC!

Another elderly plane that badly needs replacing.

I still think Mel Brooks never had a single idea as brilliant as "Springtime for Hitler."

American Dad is a bit satirical. The title star is a right-wing CIA officer who has stereotypical behavior and makes lots of non-politically correct observations, much to the chagrin of his left-wing college age daughter. His wife is typical long-suffering stay at home mom, the son is a total geek and they have an alien from the Roswell crash named Roger living in the attic. Here's the theme song's lyrics: Good Morning USA, I got a feeling that it's gonna be a wonderful day The sun in the sky has a smile on his face and it's shining to salute to the American race. Oh boy, it's well to say: "Good Morning USA."

People can be so insensitive...it makes me want to cry! Um, ok not really. However, I think this says it all: I admit I know some people, rather well at that, who are just too lazy to do any of that. They refuse to use mods unless they are either self-installing .exes or can just be unzipped with folder structure intact to a given directory. Alter .ini files? CAT extraction? Run an editor? Forget it. Despite the fact that they spend upwards of 30 hrs/week on their PC! They're the "I'd rather be playing than modding" category to the extent that they'll play an unmodded game long after I'm bored with the mods I have just because they're not going to stop playing it to mod it!

Are you implying CA is being run by...a rat??

I don't know if I want a robot to rationalize. That leads to things like "it would be better if humans let us run things."

Are all the current Chinese missiles in the weapons pack already? I don't even know.

Those WIPs are really hip!

LOL, I just now saw I missed Lexx's reply last year and never answered him! DOH!!

Yeah, this sounds like a heavier-than-air balloon on a tether. Can't go anywhere but up and down.

What version of ATI's Catalyst drivers are you using? You should be using at least a 6.x driver, although 7.x would be preferable. That card is on the low end of what LOMAC can take, but it should at least give you a picture.

Has anyone mentioned Stealth yet??

...and we've only just begun...