JediMaster

I only thought occasional things on Chappelle were funny, I like most of Carlos' stuff.

That's not exactly the pic I remember. The front is similar, but the tail section behind the wing trailing edge is different. Maybe that one is an internal MiG concept. As for the Ramenskoye sat shots, I saw some of those of the Tu-160 next to the Tu-144 and other fighters, taken in the late 70s. While I could tell which was the MiG-29 as I already knew its shape, I would've been hard-pressed to guess its accurate design based on that. Of course, NATO got numbers confused before. I believe the MiG-23/25/27 group was muddied a bit before the USSR released official info as to which plane had which number.

The USN was supposed to get 3 new planes, one to replace the A-6 (A-12), one to replace the F/A-18A/C (JAST), and one to replace the F-14 (NATF). In the event, 2 of the 3 were cancelled (mostly due to money) and the other became the still-waiting-for F-35. The SH was rushed into development primarily to replace the A-6 but also the F-14 as they decided to retire them.

IIRC, the ones the USN/USMC use are the heavier Mav variants with the larger warhead. Perhaps the TER doesn't work so well with them? As for the TER, they only seem to carry pairs operationally in a slant load, with the 3rd spot always vacant.

Ditto on Armada I beating A2. While technically A2 was better than A1, better graphics, the addition of 3D space, and so on, it had a far weaker story, weaker AI, and weaker MP than the first game. I dumped my copy of A2 just a year after I got it, but I still have A1 somewhere.

It was so fun listening to the cast commentaries on the DVD with Jerry and Bruce and so on. They always talked about Mira getting all that exposition. "A thousand years ago..." She's got an interesting recurring part on Lost now.

The Gal-X was only seen in the TNG series finale, "All Good Things...", right? I don't remember seeing it any other time.

I played all those old SW games on the PC. Rebel Assault, first that required a CDROM, a hint of the console-type games to come. Dark Forces, first official SW FPS game (there were Doom mods out first). X Wing, a game doing officially what Wing Commander had already done unofficially. One of the must fun SW games ever made really didn't need to be in the SW universe at all, Ep I Pod Racer. It was just a fun racing game with upgrades and all.

Perhaps the Final Five are something altogether new...

You mean the Russian demo, right? I thought the full English version wasn't out yet.

Something I learned as a wee Padawan--water and electricity don't play nice together!

oh, yeah, that could be a problem, hard to say. I installed 1946 into a totally new directory (it defaulted to one with "1946" in the name) so I avoided that pitfall. I then went and uninstalled the previous FB+AEP+PF one, as I had no further need of it.

I don't know what files those are offhand, but I'd think they'd be available on the CD?

Right, right, that's enough. This thread has become very silly. Off you go, then! Hello!! Hello!!! Yes? Who eez eet? Whose castle is this? This is the castle of my master, Guy de Lombard! Go and tell your master that if he offers us food and shelter for the night that he may join us on our quest for the Holy Grail. Well, I'll ask eem, but I don't sink he'll be very keen. He's already got one. *I told them we've already got one!* *snicker* He's already got one?!?! Yes, eet's very nice. What did he say? He said they've already got one. Can we come up and see it? No! Why not? You are stupid English types! What are you then? I'm French! Why else would I have this outrageous accent??

I guess the hand's on the other foot now, eh, Kramer? Alright boys, let's take some pictures. *all rush to yank pictures off the walls of the office* "I'll take the Focke-Wulf!" I have to concentrate...concentrate...concentrate...concentrate... I have to concentrate...concentrate...concentrate...concentrate... Hello???Hello???Hello???Hello??? Echo...Echo...Echo...Echo... Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon... Manny Mota... Mota... Mota... What was it we had for dinner tonight? Well, we had a choice: steak or fish. Yes. Yes, I remember. I had lasagna. Captain, how soon can you land? I can't tell. You can tell me, I'm a doctor. No. I mean I'm just not sure. Well, can't you take a guess? Not for another 2 hours. You can't take a guess for another 2 hours? No, I can't land for another 2 hours!

I still fail to see why certain people feel qualified to air their unqualified opinions in the media.

I've got that one on DVD. They did a special release only recently after years of non-availability. There's also the 2 Philadelphia Experiment films, although the 2nd one was pretty bad. There was Fatherland with Rutger Hauer, that was pretty good. The Jedi Master

I always liked the Excelsior, ever since I saw it first at age 11.

Actually, I think the problem is that the stock planes are all designed to work with each other while the 3rd party planes are designed to be as real as possible given the patch level at the time of their release. Many planes are now 1 or more patches behind, and this makes them behave differently, either in absolute terms or at least WRT the stock planes.

Funny you should mention asking for permission to use Dee Dee Dee, as Mencia is so known in comedy circles for ripping off other people's stuff he's known as "Carlos Menstealia". That said, his show is funny and I have both seasons on DVD. I never get to catch it live, though. That's ok, uncensored is better.

Welcome back! Coming home only to be there for the retirement must be bittersweet at best.

Why do I get images of Dennis Hopper with an eyepatch and Kevin Costner with gills when I see this??

Of course the real 31 was just a redone 25, but I remember some early DoD "impressions" of the MiG-29 looked like a cross between the real 29 and 31. That plane of course never was made. The real 29 surprised a lot of people, as did the Su-27. I was impressed with one aspect of the Firefox design, though, and that was that they kept MiG's signature tailfin design. Put it in a sideview comparison with a real Flogger, Foxbat, Foxhound, or Fulcrum and it's the same tailfin.

I've got the 1.04 patch, had it since release. Have LWAMI but haven't installed it yet, mainly because I play MP with a couple of guys from time to time and as soon as you mod you need to worry about MP. Not sure if LWAMI is one of those "everyone has to have it" types or not. Which sound mod are you referring to? Subguru has this listing: DW_AMBIENT_SOUND_MOD_MAIN_MENU_FULL.rar (21 meg) DW_AMBIENT_SOUND_MOD_Normal.rar (30 meg) DW_AMBIENT_SOUND_MOD_High.rar (30 meg) DW_AMBIENT_SOUND_MOD_eHigh.rar (30 meg) Audio/SFX (26 meg) Interfaces/SSN21 (17 meg) Interfaces/688I (17 meg) Interfaces/AkulaII (22 meg) Interfaces/FFG (11 meg) Interfaces/MH60 (3 meg) Interfaces/P3 (6 meg) Do you mean ALL of them, or just one of them? I honestly don't have as much time in DW as I'd like, maybe 30 hours, so I've not run into that desire to mod it to the hilt I've had with some past games.

The UK version was "killing you"? I'm not sure what that means! I've got a copy of the German DVD patched to 1.05 which allows playing in any language (just change language= in the .cfg file) and it's great. We have found a line or two in the profile file WRT enemy abilities--enemySkill and enemy Precision. The first is how smart they are, the 2nd is how well they shoot. By default, both start at .85. That is pretty much godlike. I've got mine lowered to about .33 and the game is so much more enjoyable as you live longer. You might think that at 1/3 of max they'd be a pushover, but far from it. I find it a decent challenge now. Maybe one day I'll push it all the way up to .5!